Author: Andy Knapp

The Kansas City Chiefs have applied the franchise tag to Pro Bowl guard Trey Smith, keeping him with the Team for at least one more season. The move was made this afternoon after weeks of speculation that the 25-year-old KC 6th round 2021 selection was potentially headed to Chicago. Now, Smith stays where he’s been for 2025 and will earn $23.4 million guaranteed on a brand new one-year deal. Smith was drafted out of Tennessee with the 226th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and has since become a cornerstone in Kansas City’s interior line. A two-time Super Bowl champion,…

With a little over two months til the 2025 NFL Draft, the pressure is on for the 32 NFL teams to make the selections that will help them perform well in the 2025 season. The first selection goes to the Tennessee Titans, who wrested the 1st overall pick from the Chicago Bears and New York Giants after vying for it against them all season. So who comes off the board in the first 10 selections? Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado (Titans) The 2024 Heisman Trophy winner is undoubtedly going to be the 1st overall pick for a team that needs more…

CFP National Championship Preview: #8 Ohio State, #7 Notre Dame Captivate It all comes down to this. #8 Ohio State vs. #7 Notre Dame. The 2025 CFP National Championship will be decided Monday night in Atlanta at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Buckeyes look for their ninth national title and to become the first and only CFP champion to win it all in two different formats: they won the inaugural four-team CFP in 2014. Now, they have a chance to win the inaugural 12 team format. Notre Dame also looks for its ninth title, and its first since 1988, a full 37-year…

Chiefs Challenge Texans: NFL AFC #1 Seed Divisional Preview The Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a threepeat begins Sunday at home against the Houston Texans, who they last played back in Week 16, a few days before their visit to Pittsburgh on Christmas Day. It was a 27-19 victory at Arrowhead, and these two teams meet again with a spot in the AFC Championship on the line. So, do the Chiefs yet again advance to another AFC title game? Or does Houston use its rock-solid defense to pick up another stunner like they did last week against the Chargers? Why…

CFP Preview: #8 Ohio State & #5 Texas’ Cotton Bowl Battle The 2nd CFP semifinal premiers tonight, with #8 Ohio State playing #5 Texas with a chance to face #7 Notre Dame for the national championship a little over a week from today. The Buckeyes are fresh off their unexpected stomping of #1 seed Oregon in last week’s Rose Bowl, while the Longhorns needed two extra periods to fend off a pesky Arizona State team that nearly pulled the upset of the Playoff. Now these two Big Ten teams vie for a spot in the 2025 national championship. Do the…

NFL Wild Cards Week 18: Vikings, Commanders Battle For Spots With just one week left in the 2024 NFL regular season, the pressure is on for the 6 teams fighting for a playoff spot in the AFC and NFC wild cards. The divisional champions have all been crowned, and they have nothing to worry about missing the postseason. But who among the remaining 6 teams is the most likely clinch candidate in the penultimate week of the regular season? 1. Vikings, 14-2; at Lions Minnesota can win this game after being stunned at home back in Week 7. If they…

CFP Preview: #2 Georgia Duels #7 Notre Dame in Sensational Sugar Bowl With the 12-team CFP quarterfinals set to begin today, besides the peculiar matchup of Penn State and Boise State, Georgia, and Notre Dame face each other in a game that has the Dawgs favored by a single point. The Sugar Bowl serves as the host game for this quarterfinal, with the winner facing the winner of Ohio State vs Oregon and Texas vs Arizona State in the Orange Bowl, down in Miami. The Dawgs get their first major test since the SEC championship, with an interesting situation at…

CFP Preview: #2 Ohio State & #1 Oregon Meet in Captivating Quarterfinal The second of 4 quarterfinal games for this year’s 12-team College Football Playoff may be a championship game in its own right. Ohio State and Oregon, the number 2 and number 1 seeds, respectively, duel in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day at 5 pm. with the winner facing the winner of the first quarterfinal between Texas and Arizona State. The Buckeyes and Ducks have met in the Playoff before- the inaugural CFP championship game was between the two schools, which Ohio State ran away with in…

CFP Preview: #8 Ohio State, #9 Tennessee Battle in Columbus It’s been touted as one of the first round’s biggest matchups. On Saturday night, #8 Ohio State and #9 Tennesee will clash at Ohio Stadium, with the winner facing #1 Oregon in the Rose Bowl next week. It’ll be the final game of Saturday’s tripleheader after Clemson faces Texas and SMU goes up against Penn State. The real reason why this game has garnered so much hype, however, is the fan talk. Tennessee fans are looking to fill Ohio Stadium, even overtaking it, but do the Vols have the advantage…

Top 5 Heisman Winners: Cam Newton, Joe Burrow the Elite QBs This past Saturday, college football’s top prize, the Heisman Trophy, was awarded to Colorado WR/DB Travis Hunter. Hunter had one of the closest margins of voting victory in the trophy’s history, beating out Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty by less than 200 votes. Hunter and Jeanty had stellar seasons that made them more than worthy of the Heisman, but who has the best? Here are the top 5 Heisman seasons in college football history. 5. Cam Newton, QB, Auburn (2010) Despite just playing his 3rd and final year with…