Retirement has been good in most respects for Brent Celek, who resides with his wife and two children on a spread in West Chester loaded with enough history to fill a novel. Physically, the just-turned 34-year old Celek feels healthier than he has in at least the 11 years he gave the […]
Lily Janiak (second from right) with her mother, brother and paternal grandmother at a University of Michigan tailgate. Photo: Courtesy Lily Janiak The closest I usually get to describing my University of Michigan football fandom is to compare it to my fallen Catholicism: It’s like how, if you were raised Catholic, you’re always Catholic, even […]
Steve Atwater, who played for new Defensive Coordinator Ed Donatell in the 1990s, explains to Andrew Mason and Ryan Edwards why Donatell will be a good fit and help the players on Denver’s defense … Tyler Polumbus and Andy Lindahl dissect the potential impact of new Offensive Coordinator Rich Scangarello … and Steve, Mase […]
Emily Giambalvo January 24 at 11:18 AM Jon Hoke, a longtime coach at the college and NFL levels, will be named defensive coordinator at Maryland, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Hoke will fill the final open coordinator position under Coach Michael Locksley, who was hired by Maryland on Dec. 4. Two […]
MOBILE, Ala. — Georgia defensive lineman Jonathan Ledbetter has his motor running high this week at the Senior Bowl, his intensity carrying into each drill with NFL coaches and scouts looking on. “I came here to compete,” Ledbetter said. “Just work and do my best, fly around to the ball and show these coaches what […]
Longhorn fans sing the Eyes of Texas before a football game against Baylor at Royal-Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13, 2018. [Stephen Spillman for Statesman] BEVO BEAT Football Posted January 23rd, 2019 Danny Davis American-Statesman Staff @aasdanny During the 2018 football season, Texas sold out three home games and averaged 97,713 fans over its six appearances […]
Clemson has won two of the past three national titles, and the Tigers will likely be the favorites to win it all again in 2019 as Trevor Lawrence and plenty of playmakers will be back. Clemson has a couple of early tests, but the schedule sets up nicely for the Tigers to return to the […]
To head off the inevitable whataboutism: Yes, the Rams got hosed too, by multiple missed penalties. But none of those were as blatant, as obvious in realtime, or as directly would have changed the outcome of the game, as the missed pass interference by Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis. The NFL […]
I don’t watch the NFL as much as I used to because Sundays are such a carryover from the Saturdays that Texas A&M plays that in order to spend any time with my family I’ve got to sacrifide everything but Dallas. As a result, the last three weekends have been educational not just from […]
I don’t watch the NFL as much as I used to because Sundays are such a carryover from the Saturdays that Texas A&M plays that in order to spend any time with my family I’ve got to sacrifide everything but Dallas. As a result, the last three weekends have been educational not just from […]