Author: Shawn Christopher

McCaffrey out vs. Jets

Surprise, surprise, fantasy football players: The sure thing became the unsure thing just a little while ago. San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey, one of the league’s biggest stars, is out for Monday night’s opener in Santa Clara against the

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Texas' Jerrick Gibson scores on Michigan on Saturday, an eventual 31-12 win for the Longhorns over the defending national champion Wolverines. (Photo by AARON J. THORNTON, courtesy of GETTY IMAGES)
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Texas crushes defending champ Michigan

So much for that, “Hey, I know they made the playoff, but Texas is in REAL TROUBLE when they go to Ann Arbor!” thing. Instead, it was the Michigan Wolverines, who looked absolutely nothing like the national championship team a

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Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey (above) promised at SEC Media Days in July in Dallas that the league would announce its tiebreakers, in the event of a tie at the top without divisions this season. The league made good on that promise Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by VIRGINIA HAGLER-LUCAS - THE FOOTBALL BEAT)
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With divisions gone, SEC announces tiebreakers

For the first time since the year before Antonio Langham picked off Shane Matthews and sent Alabama to the 1992 national title game to face Miami (1992 Alabama vs. Florida), the Southeastern Conference won’t have divisions. No SEC West, no

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Nebraska on Wednesday named true freshman Dylan Raiola (above, 15) its starting quarterback for its season opener. (Photo courtesy of CBS SPORTS)
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‘Huskers name Raiola starting QB

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has made his first, big, public win-loss-affecting decision. The Cornhuskers announced Wednesday that Dylan Raiola, a Nebraska legacy player – and more importantly than that, a true freshman – will get the start at quarterback on

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