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  • Broncos vs. Bills odds, picks, predictions: Best bets for NFL divisional round game

    The AFC West champion Denver Broncos will host the Buffalo Bills this Saturday, as Buffalo advanced with a hard-fought 27-24 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild-card round while the Broncos sat and watched at home as the conference’s top seed.

    Josh Allen, who was already nursing an injured foot, suffered a few more injuries in the game, while the Bills also lost wide receivers Tyrell Shavers and Gabe Davis for the season during the contest.

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    Will Allen and Co. take the next step en route to that elusive Super Bowl trip? Or will Sean Payton, Bo Nix and Denver’s terrific defense move them one step closer to their first Super Bowl appearance since 2016?

    Ben Fawkes gathered quotes from oddsmakers for all the games and our team of NFL handicappers provides their favorite wagers on the game.

    Odds courtesy of BetMGM.

    What oddsmakers are saying

    “We opened this game Bills -2, total of 46.5. We’re at pick-em right now, certain places have Denver -1. It certainly has been early Denver money. I don’t think Buffalo is quite at the San Francisco level of injuries, but they’re getting up there. Early money grabbed the +2, +1.5 on Denver. Total has ticked down to 46 here, down half a point. At pick-em, you’re going to get public Bills money” — Thomas Gable, sportsbook director at The Borgata

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    “We opened Bills -1.5, now at Bills -1 (EVEN). My power ratings made this Broncos -0.5. In this type of game, the Bills have the playoff experience, which we’ve seen make a difference. In terms of biggest one-way sided games, it’s going to be this one. Bills getting majority of the action” — Joey Feazel, head of NFL trading at Caesars Sportsbook

    Best bets

    Matt Jacob: A week ago, the 2025 NFL rushing champion (Buffalo’s James Cook) faced the league’s No. 1 rushing defense (Jacksonville). Suffice to say, it wasn’t a fair fight: The Jaguars held Cook to 46 yards on 15 carries (a paltry 3.1 yards per tote).

    Thanks to Josh Allen’s heroics, the Bills escaped Jacksonville with a victory and now head back on the road, this time traveling to Denver. And greeting Cook will be the NFL’s No. 2-ranked rushing defense.

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    The Broncos surrendered 91.1 rushing yards per game (only 4.5 more yards than Jacksonville) and held opponents to just 3.87 yards per carry (tied for second-best in the league).

    Over the last six regular-season games, only three players tallied more than 50 rushing yards against Denver: Chargers backup quarterback Trey Lance (69 yards in Week 18); Packers running back Josh Jacobs (73 yards in Week 15); and Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota (55 yards in Week 13)

    Take out Lance and Mariota, and only five running backs have eclipsed 50 rushing yards against the Broncos since Week 4 (14 games): Jacobs; rookies Ashton Jeanty and Cam Skattebo (60 yards each); and Kareem Hunt and Breece Hall (59 yards each).

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    The only player to top 75 rushing yards versus Denver all season? The Colts’ Jonathan Taylor (165 yards in Week 2).

    Bet: James Cook under 75.5 rushing yards (-115)

    Jacob: In his final regular season game against the Chargers, Denver quarterback Bo Nix put the ball in the air a season-low 23 times. It made perfect sense, as the Chargers started a slew of backups on both sides of the ball and the Broncos cruised to a 19-3 victory.

    Why put the franchise quarterback at unnecessary risk in a one-sided game, right?

    Of course, Denver coach Sean Payton would love nothing more than to see the same scenario play out Saturday against Buffalo, with his troops jumping out to a big lead and the offense leaning heavily on the run game. It’s just not likely to happen.

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    Because they’ve struggled to defend the run, I expect the Bills to load the box and force Nix to beat them with his arm. In turn, I expect Payton to allow his young quarterback to fire away — because he did it all season.

    To wit: Prior to the finale against the Chargers, Nix threw at least 34 passes in six straight games (and averaged 39.8 per contest). And going back to a Week 4 home rout of Cincinnati, Nix cleared 33 pass attempts in 10 of his final 14 games.

    With ideal weather expected in Denver, Nix should air it out at least 34 times in what figures to be a close game.

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    Bet: Bo Nix over 33.5 pass attempts (+100)

    Russell: While the Broncos offense got better after their Week 12 bye, Denver’s defense actually regressed, with a stretch of games in which they were 21st by EPA/Play (adjusted for turnovers and garbage time). What that means for the Bills is that Josh Allen should be able to move the ball through the air.

    However, Allen’s running low on deep threats, and tempting fate against the Broncos’ pass rush seems like a bad idea. Look for an array of safe, underneath throws to his tailbacks, tight ends and Khalil Shakir. With the market tilting towards favoring the Broncos, at the very least a close game-script could enhance Allen’s chances for a high-volume afternoon — and a game where they’re trailing would secure it.

    Bet: Josh Allen over 19.5 pass completions

  • Jim Cornelison’s national anthem performance ahead of Bears-Rams will be broadcast by NBC

    There may be frigid temperatures in the forecast for Chicago ahead of Sunday’s divisional round playoff game between the Bears and Los Angeles Rams, but there will be a warm-up act that will fire up the Soldier Field crowd.

    Jim Cornelison will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and, as Mike Tirico told ESPN1000’s “Waddle and Silvy” show on Friday, NBC will air the legendary anthem singer’s performance.

    “We’ve lived it at NBC with the Blackhawks games,” Tirico said. “I’ve lived it at the Indy 500, Jim singing back home in Indiana. I would walk out during the Saturday rehearsal of the pre-race for the Indy 500 just to be there and listen to Jim singing in the rehearsal so I can hear it on Sunday live. That’s the best anthem you’re gonna get at any game, any year. … That place [Soldier Field] is gonna be at 11 out of 10.”

    The 61-year-old Cornelison began singing the anthem at Chicago Blackhawks games in 1996 and assumed the role full-time in 2007. His pre-game anthem was an attraction during the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup runs in the 2010s.

    Soldier Field has also heard his booming pipes on numerous occasions before Bears games. But Sunday’s anthem might garner the biggest response he’s received with a trip to the NFC title game on the line.

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    Cornelison won’t be the only star not on the field but in the building on Sunday night. Brandon Martinez, better known as “Cheese Grater Guy” was gifted tickets from Miller Lite after he went viral during last week’s win over the Green Bay Packers.

    No word if “Bill Swerski’s Superfans” will also be in attendance rooting on Da Bears.

  • Is it time to uncap the market in college sports? Top industry brass already pushing for major change

    CORAL GABLES, Fla. — For years now, especially during the era of athlete compensation, few universities have been the target of more criticism than the University of Miami.

    One of the program’s mega-boosters, Nevin Shapiro, spent time in prison, after all. Another, John Ruiz, landed the program in one of the last wide-ranging NCAA investigations a couple years ago.

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    And just last year, the University of Wisconsin filed suit against Miami for tampering with an athlete who had signed a revenue-share agreement.

    Maybe all of this can be solved in one way: uncap the market.

    “The idea of capping compensation has never worked in this industry,” said Miami athletic director Dan Radakovich, speaking to Yahoo Sports from his second-floor office on campus Friday morning. “The model we have right now is really difficult to enforce. People who feel like they want to invest should have the ability to invest.”

    Radakovich is the latest and, perhaps, the boldest to publicly encourage an uncapped market of athlete compensation.

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    As schools strategize to exceed the new $20.5 million roster cap in a variety of ways, many college officials believe that enforcement is “really difficult,” Radakovich says, and that the act of restricting earnings — even within the House settlement’s injunction — is not a way forward.

    “Over time, if we have this kind of open system, economics will bring things back to a more normal circumstance,” Radakovich said. “This model would allow this to be fair to those who want to invest and allow the market to settle. It will settle over time. It always has.”

    Would removing the cap fix the new problems in college sports or just create new issues? (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports)

    Would removing the cap fix the new problems in college sports or just create new issues? (Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports)

    Roughly six months into college sports’ new revenue-share era, many of the highest-ranking college administrators are supporting abandoning the roster spending limit.

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    In an interview earlier this week, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said college sports “cannot govern the money any longer” and should consider an unlimited spend. Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua, in an interview last month, said very bluntly, “I think the cap is too low.”

    But wouldn’t an uncapped market mean the wealthiest programs in the country would outspend others?

    “Aren’t they now?” Radakovich replied. He estimates that an uncapped market would mean football rosters at $35 million-40 million and reaching, in a couple years, the $50 million mark.

    “We’ve never been successful to a large extent at legislating competitive equity,” he said.

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    Radakovich’s comments come three days before Miami meets Indiana here in the national championship game and on the very day that a potential transaction unfolded in college sports’ unruly free-agency market. Duke quarterback Darian Mensah plans to enter the transfer portal and, according to the Miami Herald, will sign with the Hurricanes despite being under contract with the Blue Devils as part of a two-year, $8 million deal he signed last year.

    Radakovich and other Miami officials did not comment Saturday about the potential transaction. Now that Mensah is in the portal, UM’s staff can legally contact him, though communication has likely already happened with Mensah’s representatives.

    In what is standard language in many revenue-share agreements, Mensah’s contract with Duke prohibits another university to use his name, image and likeness, potentially impacting his compensation or participation at any other school. It’s a legal entanglement that may be necessary to resolve, likely through a financial settlement between the schools or legal action.

    The situation shines a light on the messy circumstances in college athletics, where an industry is slowly evolving from amateur to professional and where a lack of national enforcement has even resulted in some conferences — the SEC — to consider a league-only model.

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    Some believe enforcement from the College Sports Commission — the new policing arm created by the power conferences — is around the corner. In fact, the CSC is in the process of notifying several programs of inquiries into unreported third-party NIL contracts or NIL guarantees to athletes — which is against the rules — that may eventually be denied by the CSC’s NIL Go clearinghouse. If a player accepts compensation of a denied deal, they are deemed ineligible.

    “Student athletes appear to be being promised NIL deals, and it’s not clear that they will actually get through NIL Go,” CSC CEO Bryan Seeley said earlier this week from the NCAA convention.

    At the root of all of this is the NCAA’s landmark decision in May 2024 to settle three antitrust cases, most commonly referred to as the House settlement. The agreement — blessed by a federal judge — features a concept of permitting schools to share revenue with athletes under a spending cap.

    In a negotiated resolution between plaintiff lawyers and NCAA/conference administrators, the Year 1 cap was established at $20.5 million — an amount meant for all athletes at each school. The $20.5 million represents 22% of certain athletic department revenues among the 68 power conference programs. That figure, when coupled with scholarship and other benefits, nets to near 50% of an average of athletic department revenues to achieve a 50-50 split similar to an NFL model.

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    However, budgets even in the power conferences vary widely. Ohio State’s $250 million budget, for instance, is more than twice the amount of at least two dozen fellow power league schools. If the cap were set on an individual school basis, the Buckeyes’ cap would likely exceed $40 million annually — or twice the current spending limit.

    It’s part of why schools are creating third-party deals — exempt from the cap — to exceed the limit, as reported recently at Yahoo Sports.

    “We have a soft cap,” Bjork said. “The 22 percent was settled three years ago. The market went way beyond 22 percent. The House case settlement did not keep up with the market. In some ways, we need to overcorrect the House settlement in terms of the money piece.

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    “When you restrict the money, you cause people to do things against the rules, go underground or wire things. We’re hearing all kinds of stories,” Bjork continued.

    From the NCAA convention this past week, NCAA president Charlie Baker described the revenue-sharing portion of the settlement as a “dramatic departure from the status quo” and something in which stakeholders should be patient about.

    “I think we’ll know a lot more about this over the course of the next 12 months or so, but I do believe that some of the things that are messy actually creates clarity,” Baker said.

    In the meantime, here in Miami, the Hurricanes continue to rock the collective college sports boat — on and off the field.

    “Everyone is looking to get an edge on everyone else as this industry has done forever,” Radakovich says. “They are going to spend X, so we are going to spend 2X.”

  • 2026 Sony Open: How to watch the golf tournament, Round 3 tee times, streaming schedule and more

    The PGA Tour’s 2026 season opener is the Sony Open, which kicked off this Thursday at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. While some of the sport’s top names like Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele won’t be competing in this week’s tournament, you’ll see golfers like Russell Henley, J.J. Spaun, Robert MacIntyre, Collin Morikawa, Keegan Bradley and Ben Griffin, at the 120-player event.

    The first round of this week’s tournament began on Thursday, and it will run through Sunday. To watch all the action at this week’s Sony Open, you can catch featured groups and holes streaming live on ESPN+, or tune in to the Golf Channel each night of the event from 7-10 p.m. ET for primetime coverage. Here’s what you need to know about this week’s schedule, streaming info, and tee times.

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    How to watch the 2026 Sony Open:

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    Dates: January 15-18

    TV channel: Golf Channel

    Streaming: ESPN+, DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV

    When is the Sony Open?

    The 2026 Sony Open runs from January 15-18, 2026.

    What channel is the Sony Open on?

    Primetime coverage of the Sony Open will air nightly on the Golf Channel from 7-10 p.m. ET.

    2026 Sony Open broadcast schedule:

    All times Eastern

    Thursday, Jan. 15: 12 p.m. (ESPN+/ESPN Unlimited), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

    Friday, Jan. 16: 12:15 p.m. (ESPN+/ESPN Unlimited), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

    Saturday, Jan. 17: 12:15 p.m. (ESPN+/ESPN Unlimited), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

    Sunday, Jan. 18: 12:15 p.m. (ESPN+/ESPN Unlimited), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel)

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    How to stream the Sony Open without cable:

    While you can catch the tournament’s biggest moments during the Golf Channel’s primetime coverage from 7-10 p.m. ET each night, for the most comprehensive live coverage of every round, you’ll need to tune into ESPN+. ESPN+ will be streaming early coverage and featured group coverage every day of the event from roughly 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.

    The Golf Channel is available with subscriptions to DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV.

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    Sony Open tee times (Round 3):

    All times ET.

    12:10 p.m.: Haotong Li and Zecheng Dou

    12:19 p.m.: William Mouw and Rico Hoey

    12:28 p.m.: Sahith Theegala and Aaron Rai

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    12:37 p.m.: Zach Bauchou and Keith Mitchell

    12:46 p.m.: Mac Meissner and Emilio Gonzalez

    12:55 p.m.: Matt McCarty and Billy Horschel

    1:04 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama and Johnny Keefer

    1:13 p.m.: Chad Ramey and Webb Simpson

    1:22 p.m.: Robert MacIntyre and Pierceson Coody

    1:31 p.m.: Denny McCarthy and Russell Henley

    1:45 p.m.: Seamus Power and Tom Kim

    1:55 p.m.: Zach Johnson and Vijay Singh

    2:05 p.m.: Bud Cauley and Mark Hubbard

    2:15 p.m.: Tom Hoge and Zac Blair

    2:25 p.m.: Taylor Pendrith and Corey Conners

    2:35 p.m.: J.J. Spaun and Adam Scott

    2:45 p.m.: Matthieu Pavon and Sam Stevens

    2:55 p.m.: Dan Brown and Jacob Bridgeman

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    3:05 p.m.: Joe Highsmith and Jordan Smith

    3:20 p.m.: Kensei Hirata and Lee Hodges

    3:30 p.m.: Kota Kaneko and Ricky Castillo

    3:40 p.m.: Ren Yonezawa and Patton Kizzire

    3:50 p.m.: Jordan Spieth and Brian Harman

    4 p.m.: Chandler Phillips and Daniel Berger

    4:10 p.m.: Brice Garnett and Michael Kim

    4:20 p.m.: Dylan Wu and Si Woo Kim

    4:30 p.m.: David Ford and Adam Svensson

    4:40 p.m.: Ben Griffin and Harry Hall

    4:55 p.m.: Alex Smalley and Kurt Kitayama

    5:05 p.m.: Jake Knapp and Sudarshan Yellamaraju

    5:15 p.m.: Nick Dunlap and Doug Ghim

    5:25 p.m.: Patrick Rodgers and Ryan Gerard

    5:35 p.m.: Takumi Kanaya and Vince Whaley

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    5:45 p.m.: Chris Gotterup and John Parry

    5:55 p.m.: Kevin Roy and Maverick McNealy

    6:05 p.m.: Adrien Dumont de Chassart and Nick Taylor

    6:15 p.m.: Davis Riley and S.H. Kim

    More ways to watch the 2026 Sony Open:

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  • Transfer portal: The best remaining players available after Friday’s entry deadline

    The main transfer portal deadline has come and gone.

    Friday was the final day for those not playing in Monday night’s national title game to enter the 2026 college football transfer portal. A player can commit at any time after Friday’s deadline. But if he’s not in the portal by midnight, he’s unable to transfer ahead of the 2026 season barring a sudden coaching change or other unforeseen circumstance.

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    And while many notable players have committed to new schools already so they can enroll for the spring semester — we’ve got the winners and losers here — there are still some key players who have not made an official decision just yet. Here are the top players still available ahead of the portal’s closure.

    (Note: Indiana and Miami players will have five days to enter the transfer portal after Monday night’s game)

    Non-Quarterbacks

    Ole Miss EDGE Princewill Unmanmielen

    The Rebels’ star edge rusher announced Thursday night that he would be entering the transfer portal and while he hasn’t committed anywhere yet, it’s not hard to see how LSU and his former coach Lane Kiffin could be the favorites to land him. Ole Miss is reportedly trying to block his transfer.

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    Unmanmielen had nine sacks in 2025 and 13 tackles for loss in his first season at Ole Miss. He came to Oxford after two seasons at Nebraska, where he had 1.5 sacks and 35 tackles. It was a breakout year after his brother Princely recorded 10.5 sacks in 2024 for Pete Golding’s defense.

    Colorado OT Jordan Seaton

    The top recruit signed by Deion Sanders announced this week that he was entering the transfer portal and has no shortage of suitors. He reportedly is taking a visit to Texas as the Longhorns are looking to add even more to their offense ahead of Arch Manning’s fourth season with the team. Texas’ offensive line improved as the season went on and the Longhorns’ performance correlated with it.

    Seaton started right away at Colorado when he arrived ahead of the 2024 season and could be a first-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft after another strong season.

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    Missouri EDGE Damon Wilson

    Wilson signed with Missouri ahead of the 2025 season and was the Tigers’ sack leader with nine in 2025. He came to Mizzou after two seasons at Georgia, where he had 3.5 sacks over those two years.

    Wilson is looking to leave Missouri amid legal action by Georgia over his departure from the Bulldogs. Georgia’s athletic association has said Wilson owes the balance of the NIL deal he signed after the 2024 season before he made the decision to transfer. Wilson has challenged Georgia’s assertion.

    Quarterbacks

    Duke QB Darian Mensah

    Duke quarterback Darian Mensah plans to enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports Friday. Mensah posted a 34:6 touchdown-to-interception ratio, threw for nearly 4,000 yards and guided the Blue Devils to an ACC title this season after transferring in from Tulane.

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    Ohio QB Parker Navarro

    Ohio’s starter for the past two seasons will have one season of eligibility following a season at UCF and four with Ohio. In 2025, Navarro was 188-of-303 for 2,375 yards and 14 TDs with 11 interceptions while also rushing for 886 yards and nine scores. In 2024, he was even better as he was 195-of-295 passing for 2,423 yards and 13 TDs and 11 interceptions while rushing 160 times for 1,046 yards and 18 touchdowns.

    San Jose State QB Walker Eget

    A four-year player at San Jose State, Eget been the Spartans’ starter for the past two seasons. He was 232-of-393 for 3,051 yards, tossing 17 TDs and nine interceptions across 11 games in 2025. For his career, Eget is 421-of-730 passing for 5,563 yards and 30 TDs with 19 interceptions.

  • As Miami reportedly pursues Darian Mensah, Mario Cristobal doesn’t want to talk about his future QB situation ahead of title game

    Mario Cristobal didn’t want to talk about who could be playing quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes in 2026.

    As rumors swirl that Miami is pushing hard for Duke quarterback Darian Mensah, Cristobal’s team is also prepping for Monday’s College Football Playoff national title game against Indiana. During media day on Saturday, Cristobal was asked about what his team’s quarterback situation could look like in 2026 and he wanted nothing to do with it.

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    “Anything related to the future, we choose respectfully not to comment on because, for us, all that matters right now is this team and this opportunity,” Cristobal said.

    “So we’ll leave it at that, if that’s OK. Respectfully.”

    Miami QB Carson Beck’s final college game is set to be Monday night, and the Hurricanes hadn’t added his successor in the transfer portal — yet. As the portal closed Friday night, Mensah was a surprise entrant. The former Tulane QB had been signed with Duke for the 2026 season after he was one of the most high-profile transfers of the 2025 offseason.

    Mensah led Duke to the ACC title in 2025 as Miami missed out on the title game but still snuck into the College Football Playoff. He was one of the best quarterbacks in the ACC this past season and was 334-of-500 passing for 3,973 yards and 34 TDs with just six interceptions.

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    He could be a first-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft. And he looked set to play his fourth season of college football with the Blue Devils. Instead, he could have an even bigger NIL offer coming his way from Miami or someone else — and now the defending ACC champions are left to scramble for a replacement as the portal has officially closed.

    “The calendar, we all know, needs work,” Cristobal said. “We need a remedy that works for everybody and makes sense for everybody and allows for both student athletes to pursue their best opportunities while somehow, some way, maintaining their principles and values that come with college football, which I think we all know we’ve lost that a little bit. We have.

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    “Then obviously we’re up against a different clock, being that we’re still playing, and all the focus for us is on playing, and then all the extra time, which you have to make, you have to cut into your own time, to continue to build your team for the future.

    “We feel we’ve done the best that we can thus far, and we’re going to keep going.”

  • Fantasy Football: Packers WR Matthew Golden was a big miss in 2025 but is there reason for optimism moving forward?

    After the Green Bay Packers spent a first-round pick on WR Matthew Golden in the 2025 NFL Draft, many believed that was a signal to target the speedster in fantasy football drafts immediately. That belief backfired in a big way as Golden struggled to carve out a role while injuries and a crowded receiver room held him back.

    Matt Harmon and Justin Boone discussed the Packers rookie WR’s disappointing first year in the NFL and whether or not there’s hope for the future on the latest episode of the Yahoo Fantasy Forecast.

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    There were plenty of question marks surrounding the Packers’ WR room going into 2025, as Harmon points out, and he admits it was a huge whiff on his part before the season. Boone mentions the crowded group of receivers, and while Romeo Doubs could bolt in free agency, there’s still the presence of Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Dontayvion Wicks and TE Tucker Kraft.

    Boone doesn’t really see a path to Golden being a quality fantasy asset next season. While Harmon was high on Golden going into the fantasy season, he viewed him as a third-tier prospect coming out of college.

    Golden finished his rookie season with just 29 receptions on 44 targets for 361 yards and no scores. He also had 10 carries for 49 yards and four catches for 84 yards and a touchdown in the wild-card loss to the Bears.

    Boone has Golden ranked as the WR69 in his early wide receiver rankings for fantasy football in 2026. In Boone’s dynasty rankings and trade value charts, Golden comes in as the WR45.

  • Indiana’s Curt Cignetti not interested in moving on to NFL: ‘I made that decision a long time ago’

    Curt Cignetti’s work turning Indiana from a Big Ten doormat into a national championship hopeful has not gone unnoticed by those outside of the college football world.

    As the 15-0 Hoosiers prepare for Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game against Miami, Cignetti was asked about taking his talents to the NFL. His name has been brought up during this current coaching cycle and bandied about regarding potential future openings. But the interest would only be one sided.

    “I’m not an NFL guy,” Cignetti said during Saturday’s CFP media day. “I made that decision a long time ago. Chuck Amato, NC State, in 2000. I had a chance to go with the Packers. Tommy Rossley, Mike Sherman, [Brett] Favre was in his heyday. I declined the opportunity. I almost took it. That’s when I made the final decision. I’ve always been more of a college football guy.”

    A Pittsburgh native, Cignetti’s name was floated earlier this week after Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin stepped down.

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    Cignetti has over 90 million reasons to stay in the college game after inking a lucrative eight-year extension with Indiana in October that will see him average $11.6 million per season.

    The 64-year-old Cignetti was a head coach for IUP, Elon and James Madison before being hired for the Hoosiers' job ahead of the 2024 season. In two seasons in Bloomington he's led Indiana to a 26-2 record and two appearances in the CFP. He's also coached a Heisman Trophy winner and likely No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick in Fernando Mendoza.

    The Hoosiers lost to Notre Dame in the CFP first round last year before this past season's climb atop the rankings and wins over Alabama and Oregon to reach the title game.

  • Air Force suspends men’s basketball coach Joe Scott indefinitely as treatment of cadet-athletes investigated

    Air Force has suspended head men’s basketball coach Joe Scott indefinitely as the treatment of cadet-athletes is investigated, the school announced in a brief statement Saturday.

    “Air Force Men’s Basketball Head Coach Joe Scott has been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into the treatment of cadet-athletes,” the statement reads. “Assistant Coach Jon Jordan (USAFA ’85) will serve as interim head coach.

    “No further information is releasable at this time.”

    Scott, 60, has led the Falcons for 10 seasons, including six straight in his second stint as head coach. He previously served in that role from 2000-04.

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    While Scott, who played at Princeton as a guard from 1983-87, guided Air Force to a Mountain West regular-season title and an NCAA tournament appearance during a 2003-04 season that saw the Falcons crack the AP Top 25, he hasn’t achieved comparable success in his second go-around at the program’s helm.

    In fact, Scott has yet to author a winning season since he took over the reins again ahead of the 2020-21 season.

    The Falcons have won single-digit games three of the past five seasons and are off to a 3-14 start this season. As of Saturday morning, they are still winless (0-6) in Mountain West competition during the 2025-26 campaign.

    After Scott’s first run as Air Force head coach, he took the same position at his alma mater, Princeton. His reunion lasted from 2004-07. Then he coached Denver for nine seasons from 2007-16. He took the Pioneers to the NIT after a WAC regular-season title in 2012-13.

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    Scott was an assistant at Holy Cross (2016-18) and then Georgia (2018-20) before returning to Air Force.

    Jon Jordan, Air Force’s interim head coach, is also in his second stint with the program. He’s been back since the 2022-23 campaign. He’s coached on the program’s staff for a total of nine seasons, dating back to 2000-05 when he first worked under Scott and then Chris Mooney.

    A 1985 graduate of Air Force, where he was a three-year letter winner on the court, Jordan also coached on Scott’s staff at Denver.

  • Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos: How to watch today’s NFL game, kickoff time, TV channel and more

    The Buffalo Bills have made it all the way to the divisional playoff round this season, but as they head into their game against the Denver Broncos, they’ll be without a few key players who have suffered injuries as of late, including cornerback Maxwell Hairston, linebacker Terrel Bernard, along with safety Jordan Poyer and wide receiver Gabe Davis, who were both injured last weekend in the Bills win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Broncos are healthy and well-rested by comparison, coming off a bye week and ready to host the Bills at Mile High Stadium.

    The Bills vs. Broncos game will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch this and every other divisional round playoff game this weekend.

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    How to watch the Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos:

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    Date: Saturday, Jan. 17

    Time: 4:30 p.m. ET

    TV channel: CBS

    Streaming: Paramount+, DirecTV, NFL+ and more

    Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game time:

    The Bills vs. Broncos game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, Jan 17, 2026.

    Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game channel:

    The playoff game between the Bills and Broncos will air on CBS, which means if it’s on in your area, it’ll also stream live on Paramount+. You can also tune in on mobile devices with NFL+.

    How to watch the Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game without cable:

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