Author: Mikesportz
Brian Kelly and his LSU Tigers were in dire straits coming into the final weekend of the regular season. On the field or off it- just nothing going the Tigers’ way. It seemed like this would continue when QB Garrett Nussmeier went to the locker room under duress with an apparent shoulder injury. But cometh the hour and cometh the man. Nuss is cut from a fabric different to your usual college QB and he showed just that. Nussmeier returned to the game and played lights out. He had 277 yards and 3 TDs through the air as LSU ran…
When the LSU Football team kicked off the season, Greg Penn III and Harold Perkins were manning the middle of the defense while Whit Weeks was a rotational piece Blake Baker was deploying when needed. Whenever Weeks would enter the game, he’d look like one of the fastest players on the field and would make such a massive impact that they couldn’t keep him on the sideline much longer. Against South Carolina, Weeks had his first massive game of the season recording 11 tackles helping LSU shut down the Gamecocks rushing attack. He’d follow that game up with impressive showings…
Alabama concluded the regular season with a 28-14 win in the Iron Bowl over Auburn. The Crimson Tide improved to 9-3 on the season and gave the College Football Playoff committee something to think about with a win. Prior to rivalry weekend, Alabama needed some help from other teams to increase their odds of potentially reaching the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. That happened to an extent. The No. 6 Miami Hurricanes suffered their second loss of the season at the hands of an unranked Syracuse team. No. 12 Clemson lost a nail-biter against No. 15 South Carolina. Both losses…
The Auburn head coach believes a couple of key statistics played major roles in the outcome of the 89th Iron Bowl TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— No. 13 Alabama defeated Auburn 28-14 at home in the 89th Iron Bowl on Saturday evening. Unless the offense has an extremely explosive game with a plethora of quick scores, the team that wins has possession of the ball for a longer amount of time or was more efficient with it. This was the case for the Crimson Tide as Alabama logged 36:35 with the ball while the Tigers held it for 23:25. That said, Auburn had…
Florida football landed another commitment for its 2025 class, getting four-star edge rusher Jayden Woods to flip his commitment from Penn State to UF on Friday. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound Woods, from Mill Valley HS in Shawnee, Kan., is the seventh-ranked edge rusher and 75th raked player overall in the 2025 class, per 247Sports. Woods also had offers from Tennessee, Purdue and Wisconsin. With the commitment of Woods, the Florida Gators 2025 class is up to 15th nationally per 247 Sports. Florida’s class was as low as No. 51, but UF has picked up recruiting momentum after posting back-to-back upset wins…
In just a few hours the LSU Football team will take the field for its final regular season game of the year as LSU takes on the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma boasts an impressive defense especially in the trenches and it helped the Sooners in knocking off Alabama. Given that LSU’s two starting guards were listed on the injury report heading into Saturday the offensive line was a concern for LSU. The Tigers will once again get right guard Miles Frazier back into the lineup, he was listed as probable despite playing last weekend as he deals with an ankle injury…
Since the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, fans spent months racking their minds. Why, you ask? Well, Sha’Carri Richardson anchored Team USA to a 4x100m relay gold and a new championship record. With 41.03 seconds on the clock, Team USA produced the fastest time ever at the event. Shortly before this, the men’s team had bagged a 4x100m relay gold themselves, and this is when Christian Coleman ran over to hug the 24-year-old. However, this got the rumor mill churning, and speculations about their alleged relationship soon arose. In a classic “Will they, won’t they?” situation, fans would try connecting the dots…
The new Wildcats coach and former player brings humility, for the first time since the Tubby Smith era, and a sense of communal ownership. Start with the hair. What little there is. “He can grow a full head of hair,” insists Mark Pope’s wife, Lee Anne. “And there would be no gray in it.” Yet the men’s basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats has shaved his blonde hair down to a short stubble for most of his adult life—your basic jarhead Marine recruit look—because it’s simply easier. His cut is so low maintenance that when his four daughters were little,…
ORLANDO — Friday night’s final blow, a 28-14 defeat to Utah, served as a microcosm for UCF’s demoralizing 2024 season. Save for a few moments of individual magic from RJ Harvey, who set the school’s all-time touchdown record before halftime, UCF endured the same inconsistent quarterbacking, committed the same irredeemable mistakes and despondently walked off the field searching for answers that never came. Utah snapped a seven-game losing streak by turning three Knights turnovers into 17 points, and further turned up the heat on Gus Malzahn. The 59-year-old coach dropped to 28-24 overall at the completion of his fourth season,…
Aryna Sabalenka recently teased her hitting partner, Andrei Vasilveski, for looking like a kid during her return to off-season training. The Belarusian player concluded her 2024 season after competing at the WTA Finals. Here, Sabalenka reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Coco Gauff. The 26-year-old, however, cemented her status at the year-end World No. 1. Sabalenka frequently shares updates about her team and her hitting partner, Vasilevski, on social media and recently shared a story on her Instagram, teasing the latter. She shared a picture of him using an Insta X camera while they return for their off-season…