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Alabama will face Texas in a mega-matchup Saturday in Tuscaloosa, a 6 p.m. kickoff on ABC. ESPN's Alex Scarborough has an excellent piece on the rise of Jalen Milroe (above) to the starting quarterback job at 'Bama. (Photo courtesy of ROLLBAMAROLL.com)
College

Can Milroe help Tide take down Longhorns?

For the bulk of the time that Nick Saban has been the head football coach at the University of Alabama (since 2007), the Crimson Tide have always had a quarterback plan in place. From Greg McElroy to A.J. McCarron to

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Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts (above) and the Eagles will visit the New England Patriots on Sunday to open the 104th NFL season. (Photo courtesy of ESSENTIALLYSPORTS.COM)
NFL

Week one, NFL schedule & TFB picks

Here – and we’re all excited about it – is the very first edition of thefootballbeat.com’s 2023 NFL Picks. Trying to prognosticate this year are associate editor Clayton Fletcher, correspondents Mitchell and Shelby Molandes and Jenna Hagler Lucas, two of

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Florida State pulled away from LSU in the second half Sunday night in a top-10 matchup, and beat the Tigers, 45-24. (Photo courtesy of USA TODAY - Alice Devine)
College

FSU pulls away, flexes muscles in win over LSU

Talk about proving a point. For moments during Sunday night’s game between No. 5 LSU and No. 8 Florida State, FSU quarterback Jordan Travis appeared overwhelmed, and even flustered. The fourth quarter didn’t have many of those moments. The Seminoles

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