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CFB Saturday: Manning shines, and Noles crater
Essentially the most eye-catching second from yesterday in school soccer: After Heisman-contending Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers left the blowout towards UTSA with an indirect damage, backup Arch Manning accounted for 5 touchdowns, together with this 67-yard run that demonstrated wheels far superior to these of his well-known uncles:
CAN’T TOUCH HIM 😮💨@ArchManning pic.twitter.com/65nR57qIR5
— Texas Soccer (@TexasFootball) September 15, 2024
We’ll wait to be taught extra about Ewers’ standing. Virtually a month till Texas’ subsequent massive sport, the one towards rival Oklahoma.
For now, let’s speak about Florida State. Since 1977, Bobby Bowden’s second season in Tallahassee, the Noles have began solely two seasons 0-3.
Teaching each of these seasons? Mike Norvell, now together with 2024. After shedding 20-12 at residence yesterday to Memphis, FSU is simply the second preseason top-10 staff because the Eighties to lose its first three video games.
Insult to damage: Memphis was the staff Norvell left for Florida State, and now the 3-0 Tigers are favored for a 12-team playoff autobid.
How’d this occur? Final 12 months, FSU went 13-1, powered by 9 transfers who then obtained drafted. The portal giveth! However “there merely hasn’t been sufficient improvement of the gamers Norvell has recruited from the highschool ranks,” defined Manny Navarro yesterday.
How dangerous will this get? It’s straightforward to think about FSU’s November sport towards Florida (1-2 after yesterday’s depressing loss to Texas A&M) missing any bowl-season stakes in anyway.
Elsewhere in CFB:
Final night time, No. 1 Georgia obtained its greatest regular-season scare in over a 12 months, escaping Kentucky 13-12. The Dawgs are off subsequent week, then visiting No. 4 Alabama.
Large winners: No. 14 Kansas State rocked No. 20 Arizona, No. 6 Missouri outlasted No. 24 Boston School, Bama righted the ship at Wisconsin, No. 16 LSU received a wacky one at South Carolina and No. 18 Notre Dame took out emotions on Purdue.
Rivalry weekend isn’t till Thanksgiving, however we obtained a style yesterday. Washington State obtained some realignment revenge on Washington, however Oregon State obtained nothing of the type towards No. 9 Oregon. In the meantime, Pitt got here again to beat West Virginia, and Deion Sanders College notched a standard soccer victory over Colorado State.
Yesterday’s throwback headline: “Whooping cough outbreak forces Portland State to cancel sport vs. South Dakota.”
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NFL Watch Information: Discover a sofa, buddy
Time to feed extra soccer knowledge into our brains and determine who’s higher than whom. Our slate immediately (all occasions ET):
1 p.m.Buccaneers at Lions — We have now a number of matchups like this immediately, the place one staff (Tampa Bay) seemed like a bona fide contender in Week 1, however we simply aren’t positive but. Detroit earns contender standing for now after final season’s playoff run … which included a playoff win over the Bucs at residence. TV: FOX
4:25 p.m.Bengals at Chiefs — Everybody’s anxious about Cincinnati and nobody is anxious about Kansas Metropolis. These two entered the season as possible AFC playoff opponents. I’m watching Cincy intently right here. Is the September disaster right here once more? TV: CBS
8:20 p.m.Bears at Texans — It is a full-fledged Assertion Sport, as C.J. Stroud and the Texans can announce themselves as actual Tremendous Bowl hopefuls with a straightforward win right here. In the meantime, Caleb Williams didn’t look nice final week, and the Texans’ protection is healthier than Tennessee’s. The QB matchup is well worth the watch alone. TV: NBC
Information to Know
McCaffrey to overlook prolonged timeChristian McCaffrey is headed to IR with calf tightness and Achilles tendinitis, which means he’ll miss at the least the subsequent 4 video games. After already lacking Week 1, the soonest the two-time All-Professional can return is Oct. 10 towards the Seattle Seahawks.
We pinged fantasy ace Jake Ciely to ask how panicked fantasy house owners must be, on a scale of 1-10. Right here’s what he mentioned: “That is at the least an 8. First, McCaffrey is not any assure to be 100% when he returns. Second, the 49ers have a Week 9 bye, which implies they is perhaps overly cautious and maintain out CMC till Week 10. Add these two collectively, and also you won’t get 100% CMC till Week 11 … or worse.” Oof.
One other file for ClarkIf it seems like we’ve written one thing a couple of new Caitlin Clark feat each weekend just lately, nicely, we most likely have. The star rookie added to her tally of data once more on Friday, logging essentially the most assists in a single season (she already had the rookie file and file for many in a single sport). Ben Pickman has Clark’s full listing of accolades right here.
Extra information
The person accused of killing Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, in a drunken driving crash will stay in jail whereas the case performs out in court docket, a choose dominated.
Tiger Woods underwent surgical procedure for nerve impingement in his decrease again, his sixth again surgical procedure and first since 2021.
Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts indicated there’s a “slim” — however non-zero — likelihood Shohei Ohtani may pitch within the postseason.
Lionel Messi scored twice for Inter Miami towards the Philadelphia Union final night time in his return to MLS motion, a 3-1 win.
Explainers: Why Taylor Swift is in your timeline once more
Hiya once more to Hannah Vanbiber! Take it away:
Everybody was mad about Taylor Swift final week. To cite Swift herself: We have to settle down.
So, what’s happening? She’s been busy! A recap:
Her NFL season 2 premiere drew a great deal of consideration. She attended the NFL season opener to help her boyfriend, Travis Kelce — this irked some individuals, predictably. It was a Chiefs–Ravens sport that drew a file 28.9 million viewers, and what felt like 100 million extra weighing in on-line about it.
The hug heard ‘around the world. The discourse round Swift lurched into the political sphere, first when Donald Trump shared a faux AI-generated Swift endorsement, then when Brittany Mahomes favored, then unliked, a Trump submit and doubled down about it.Swift then attended the U.S. Open ultimate with Kelce, in addition to Patrick and Brittany Mahomes. Taylor and Brittany hugged, sending the web right into a tailspin, studying maybe too deeply into it, because the web does.
The endorsement. Two days later, after the presidential debate, Swift posted a Harris-Walz endorsement. The submit drove over 400,000 visits to a linked voter registration web site in 24 hours.It has over 10 million likes on Instagram, one by WNBA star Caitlin Clark.
Successful. Swift was again within the information the subsequent day on the VMAs, profitable essentially the most awards of the night time and thanking Kelce for his help. Setting data and reminding us about her enjoyable soccer boyfriend!
Takeaways:
Swift is extra well-known and widespread than ever (amongst males, too!). Her affect, which even Roger Goodell referred to as the “Taylor Swift impact,” is simple, and has been amplified in her relationship with Kelce.
It is perhaps time to the touch grass, as the youngsters say! May or not it’s that we’re projecting our cultural anxieties and needs onto Swift — and that it’s extra about us than her? I’m heading exterior proper now.
Watch and Pay attention
📺 MLB: Dodgers at Braves7:10 p.m. ET on ESPNYes, there are playoff implications, however I’m right here to see if Shohei Ohtani breaks the 50-50 mark. It’s wild to suppose he’s doing all this in his first 12 months with the Dodgers.
📺 WNBA: Solar at Aces6 p.m. ET on CBS Sports activities NetworkThese groups have three video games left within the season that might affect playoff seeding. I simply need to see how every staff is enjoying heading into the postseason, anyway.
Kirk Irwin / Getty Photographs
Pulse Picks
Don Waddell is main the Blue Jackets by way of the unimaginable Johnny Gaudreau tragedy and, as Pierre LeBrun superbly wrote Friday, it’s an unlucky echo from Waddell’s previous. Find time for this.
Did you see MLB helmets will probably be getting advertisements this postseason? Tyler Kepner says it’s a tasteless money seize.
We actually don’t discuss sufficient concerning the Royals’ unimaginable transformation this 12 months. The reshuffle was extra last-minute than you suppose.
The man omitted within the Tom Brady media circus: Greg Olsen, now Fox’s No. 2 analyst, who opened as much as Richard Deitsch about how he’s dealing with the demotion he knew was coming. Olsen is killing it proper now, too.
The Pac-12 is again, in case you missed it. Chris Vannini has a roadmap of how the reborn convention can end off its spectacular rebuild.
Most-clicked within the e-newsletter Friday: Our story on Caitlin Clark’s feedback about voting within the upcoming presidential election. Learn it right here.
Most-read on the web site yesterday: Dianna Russini’s weekly “What I’m Listening to” column, the place she shares a element from Deshaun Watson’s contract that might show necessary.
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