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Texas Tech senior running back Tahj Brooks (center) has 2,957 career rushing yards and 27 touchdowns as a Red Raider. He's hoping to add more tonight, as Tech (6-6) takes on Cal (6-6) in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, the prime-time game Saturday night on ESPN, an 8:15 p.m. kickoff. (Photo by ANNIE RICE, Courtesy of the LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL)
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It begins: seven bowl games on Saturday

The college bowl season is officially upon us today, with seven – 7! – bowl games scheduled for Saturday. Obviously, some of them overlap, but hey: we’re providing the kickoff times and previews for you right here, with help from

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Longtime NFL play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, shown here with Kirk Herbstreit on Amazon Prime's "Thursday Night Football," may be left off of NBC's NFL playoff coverage. (Photo courtesy of AWFULANNOUNCING.COM)
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Michaels may not call a single playoff game

It looks like the man that some say is the best play-by-play man in NFL history won’t be on NBC’s playoff coverage. Al Michaels, it’s reported, won’t be on any of the three playoff games that the NBC family of

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A broken index finger on his throwing hand will sideline Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (right), who will miss the rest of the season after having surgery. (Photo courtesy of WEIS.COM)
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Justin Herbert will have surgery, out for season

As if Los Angeles Chargers fans needed another reason to tune out, well, now they have one. The franchise announced on Tuesday that quarterback Justin Herbert will miss the rest of this season, opting to have surgery on a broken

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Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence (center) suffered what was diagnosed as a high ankle sprain last Monday against Cincinnati; the Jaguars hope Lawrence can start Sunday at Cleveland. (Photo courtesy of THE SPORTING NEWS)
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Trevor Lawrence may start at Cleveland

Ankle, schmankle. ESPN is reporting that the Jacksonville Jaguars will start quarterback Trevor Lawrence on Sunday at Cleveland if, after going through warmups before the game at noon Central time, he’s deemed able to do so (Sources – Jaguars planning

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Alabama wide receiver Isaiah Bond (above) had the game-winning touchdown against Auburn a week ago. Bond and the Crimson Tide (11-1) face No. 1 Georgia (12-0) today in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta, a 3 p.m. kickoff on CBS. (Photo courtesy of DECATUR DAILY)
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Would committee leave SEC out of playoff?

Is it possible the College Football Playoff committee will leave out the Southeastern Conference, even with five teams in the top 14 of their very own poll, and how idiotic that would be? SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey says there’s no

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Aaron Rodgers (above) returned to practice, albeit non-contact, with the New York Jets on Wednesday, 11 weeks after surgery for a torn Achilles he suffered on the fourth play of the season against the Buffalo Bills. (Photo courtesy of TIME.COM)
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Rodgers back for non-contact practice

Big news out of New York today, and it doesn’t involve another lawsuit against a certain former President. The most talked-about torn Achilles this side of Kirk Cousins – that one belonging to New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers –

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Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon (0) helps get his teammates pumped up after making a big play. Gordon leads the nation in rushing yards, is among the leaders in most rushing categories, and he and the Cowboys (9-3) will face the Texas Longhorns (11-1) on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ABC in the Big 12 Conference Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. (Photo courtesy of THE OKLAHOMAN)
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Texas, Okla. State to meet in Big 12 title game

The Big 12 Conference Championship is set – finally. Texas is 11-1, ranked seventh in the country and poised to get into the College Football Playoff if it can win the conference title game at AT&T Stadium, the football palace

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