It’s the officially unofficial halfway point of the prep football season, which means it’s time for me to hand out a few midseason awards.
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UNLV expects a crowd in the range of 25,000 Saturday when the Rebels host Hawaii, and anything short of it would disappoint given a few factors: UNLV will try to win a fourth straight regular-season game for the first time since 1984, and Hawaii’s healthy and passionate fan base wants nothing more than to trample such thoughts.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was found not guilty on Tuesday of an assault charge accusing him of punching a woman in the head at a nightclub.
If any football team was to prevent Boise State from winning the Mountain Division, it figured to be Utah State. But probably not anymore.
Noah Jefferson didn’t need to beg for the football. Liberty coach Rich Muraco already knew the junior tight end was being under utilized.
It’s official. The Denver Broncos are the biggest favorite ever in an NFL game in Las Vegas, a whopping four-touchdown pick Sunday at home against the hapless Jaguars.
The trip to Hawaii last football season felt like anything but a visit to paradise for UNLV. Even though the Rebels were 3½-point favorites, they were never in the game in getting blown off the field 48-10.
The NFL is prepared to meet with an Indian tribe pushing for the Washington Redskins to drop the team’s nickname. Just not this week.
It has not happened yet, and the unenviable task now falls on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.
Ian Locke rushed for two first-half touchdowns, and Matthew Larson also had two TD runs to help host Mountain View’s football team storm to a 46-13 win over Laughlin on Saturday.
In the absence of coach Sean Payton, the New Orleans Saints were stumbling down the stairs in the dark, with last season turning into a lost cause before it even got started.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to be part of the selection committee that will pick the teams for the College Football Playoff next year, a person with direct knowledge of the process told The Associated Press.
When studying preseason magazines in June, I look for scheduling situations that are attractive. The one that stood out most this season was Ohio State’s game at Northwestern.
Coronado quarterback Jackson Cofer scored on a 95-yard run on the first play of the second half on Friday. The Cougars gained a little more than half of that total the rest of the game.
Arbor View could not have executed its offense much better than it did in the second half on Friday at Las Vegas.