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Kickers won’t make or break your season, of course – that is, unless you draft a kicker too early after watching Sebastian Janikowski highlights on YouTube like Al Davis. Don’t let the classic kicker hype videos influence your draft strategy all that much. Hopefully by 2023, we’ll have a punters list. Punters are people, too. DOMINATE YOUR COLLEGE FANTASY DRAFT: Join CFBDynasty Visit CFBDynasty’s Draft Central to subscribe and gain access to our complete rankings of more than 1,500 players....

“These games have been up a couple weeks, so there have been some wiseguy moves early, and then they kind of settle out," Avello told The Linemakers on Sporting News. On big game days, they’ll get hit pretty hard. A lot of times, the favorite gets whacked, so they end up going back the other way. “It’s hard to gauge the first week out of the box. You only can go by any personnel changes – some teams will lose like 20 guys, but they’re still going to be good....

We’re a long way off from this year’s College Football Playoff, which will have the semifinals at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic and Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 29. The College Football Playoff championship game is scheduled for Jan. 7 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. 2018 SEASON: Questions | Predictions That said, Michigan basketball’s run to the national championship game drew some criticism because the Wolverines played double-digits seeds until running into Villanova in the championship game....

Sporting News will break down the College Football Playoff picture each week, with the four teams we think are in and the field behind them. Bowl projections are coming Monday. MORE: College football Week 4 highlights Here is the playoff picture heading into the last week of September: 1. Alabama The 59-0 victory against Vanderbilt wasn’t so much a warning shot — it was an eviction notice. The Tide rolled up 677 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 496 yards and averaging 7....

LSU and Ohio State consolidated the top two spots with dominant wins over Ole Miss and Rutgers respectively, while Clemson extended its winning run to 26 games with a 52-3 rout of Wake Forest. A week after leapfrogging Alabama into the top four, meanwhile, Georgia clinched the SEC East title with a 21-14 road win over Auburn, which should further boost its playoffs credentials. Here’s what to look for ahead of the latest set of CFP rankings, which are released on Tuesday, November 19....

Spoiler alert: Sporting News’ Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings are going to change. The transfer portal has made it almost impossible to project what the preseason polls will look like in August, even if the same-old contenders will still be on top. That said, we like talking about rankings. We like getting an early feel for which teams might be on top. Keep in mind Michigan, which won the Big Ten championship and made the CFP for the first time, was unranked to start 2021....

We have three games between top-25 opponents, the biggest a pivotal SEC East matchup between No. 9 Florida and No. 7 Georgia in Jacksonville. No. 18 Iowa travels to take on No. 17 Penn State in Happy Valley, and then No. 14 Washington State and No. 24 Stanford face off in Palo Alto. MORE: Sporting News’ Week 9 Power Rankings Sporting News has highlights, scores and updates for all those games, plus more....

No. 8 Notre Dame and No. 24 Boise State are the only ranked teams not playing Saturday. The Fighting Irish are on a bye this week while the Broncos hosted Marshall on Friday. Both teams defeated ACC opponents in Week 1 as Notre Dame topped Louisville and Boise State beat Florida State. No. 12 Texas A&M heads to No. 1 Clemson and No. 6 LSU takes on No. 9 Texas in the two ranked games of the week....

Opener: Penn State -24 The Penn State Nittany Lions (PSU) are coming off a major beat down defeating Big Ten Conference foe Maryland Terrapins 59-0 in a game that was incorrectly advertised by the networks as one in which Maryland would earn the upset win as a 6.5-point home underdog. How wrong was that? The Lions covered the spread by 52.5 points, outgained the Terrapins in total offensive yards 619-128 and had a 30-10 edge in first downs....

With a 23-20 win over then-No. 9 Auburn, the Tigers became the first team in the AP Poll era to win three matchups against top-10 ranked teams in the opening weeks of the season. They become the third team to hold the No. 1 spot in the rankings this campaign. Joe Burrow strengthened his credentials as a Heisman Trophy candidate, completing 32 of his 42 passes for 321 yards and a touchdown, while Clyde Edwards Helaire hushed for 136 yards and a score over 26 carries....

Some weekend, huh? Especially when Fox Sports 1 will have its own college hoops doubleheader earlier in the day at Madison Square Garden, with St. John's taking on Marquette at 12:30 p.m. ET and Michigan State facing Georgetown at 3 p.m. ET. There’s been talk about the Orange-Devils game potentially attracting a crowd of 50,000 fans, and a Orange athletics official did not deny something big would be planned for the event....

From there, the Commodores took control. They went on to win 8-2 and claim the national championship, the second in program history. Starter Mason Hickman got into a groove after his initial shakiness, going six strong innings with 10 strikeouts. Vanderbilt’s offense supported him with nine hits and knocked out highly touted Wolverines right-hander Karl Kauffmann in the fourth inning. MORE: Sign up for DAZN to watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show...

The Nintendo Switch made a huge impact when it was released, breaking sales records and impressing players. Since then the console has gone strength to strength with a series of successful original and third-party games. Naturally, this has led to plenty of people wanting the console and when they see a console that looks the same but is only $50, they may be tempted to try their luck. RELATED: N64 Emulator Removed from Xbox Games Store...

colombian goalkeeper David Ospina on Friday stopped a penalty kick and Christian Cueva missed for Peru, allowing Colombia to advance to the semi-finals, reports Efe. In a game dominated by strategy, Peru succeeded in tying down Colombia, who did not have an inspired day except for a flash of brilliance from James Rodriguez. Colombia played well in the midfield; in the first half it was restricted by an alert Peru, who, unlike in previous matches, hardly committed any errors....

After my recent visits to Barranquilla, I can see why. As the country’s premier distribution channel on its Caribbean shore, this oppressively noisy and humid city of 1.2 million ranks as one of the major exit points for Colombia’s multibillion-dollar cocaine and heroin exports. Almost no one is completely safe on the streets here. Not the city’s leading drug lords, at least a dozen of whom have been gunned down over bad debts and turf battles in the past two years....

Jairo Suarez and Andres Gonzalez, along with 47 other international footballers, will make up for the required quota of 49 players in the central international player draft pool. Hero Indian Super League international player draft is scheduled for August 21st 2014 in Mumbai. Both Jairo Suarez and Andrés González are thrilled to participate in and support the growth of football in India. “It’s an honour to represent Colombian football in a country as important as India....

On Sunday, Polis posted on his campaign Facebook account to remind Colorado residents that scientific studies supported the use of face coverings and face masks in public places to help reduce the spread of the virus, adding: “So if you’re a selfish bastard and wearing a mask to protect others isn’t enough of reason to do so, then maybe protecting yourself is?” The commentary angered anti-mask advocates, some of whom accused Polis of discriminating against those who suffer from asthma and cannot wear a face mask....

Nathan R. Herries, of Vail, was flagged to Eagle County law enforcement via an anonymous tip and cited within hours of his photo being published and shared across social media, deputies said. He was wanted in relation to an incident that recently took place at a Village Market store in the small community of Edwards. According to the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, Herries was cited in lieu of arrest for the suspected violation of a public health order, disorderly conduct and second degree tampering....