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The wait is over. It's been seven months since Seattle and New England met in a surprising Super Bowl matchup. And now they're squaring off again, on a Wednesday no less, to kick off the new NFL season. It's one of a few games in Week 1 that promises to shake up the league hierarchy from the jump. With the 2026 campaign finally upon us, let's see where the Top […]

I have so many questions. I’ve been thinking about the 2026 season since … well, Feb. 9 at about 12:30 a.m., the morning after Super Bowl LX. What I didn’t realize was that the next official game we’d see would be a rematch of that title game. But on Wednesday, the first time an NFL season will open on a Wednesday, it's the Patriots against the Seahawks in Seattle. I […]

If it feels like Michigan can't do much of anything without inviting controversy, you've just been paying attention for the past two years. Add to that list the seemingly phantom single second of time Big Ten officials found on their clock but not the game clock — the one all of us can see — that allowed the Wolverines to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. All official parties […]

Matthew Stafford had his best year as a pro last season, posting video-game numbers as he nearly led the Los Angeles Rams to a second Super Bowl appearance in his five seasons with the team. Even more impressive, Stafford did it with a balky back at 37 that forced him to miss a large portion of training camp. Now, even with the Rams as heavy Super Bowl favorites, it's fair […]

While hysteria crashed into disbelief across Michigan Stadium on Saturday night, as a last-ditch Hail Mary saved head coach Kyle Whittingham from an unthinkable upset in his debut, the television cameras quickly latched on quarterback Bryce Underwood — just as they’d done all evening. Hours earlier, during an ebullient pregame scene in Ann Arbor, the broadcast followed an emotional Underwood out of the tunnel and into a pregame huddle amid […]

Every college football season produces a moment that, years from now, will make people look at one another and say, "I remember where I was when that happened." For Kyle Whittingham, Bryce Underwood and Michigan football fans everywhere, that moment came Saturday night at the Big House. The Wolverines trailed in-state foe Western Michigan, 12-7, with one second remaining on the clock. Their season opener, one in which they entered […]

First, it was the Michigan Wolverines winning the national championship in the 2023 season. Then, it was the Ohio State Buckeyes. Last year, it was the Indiana Hoosiers. Will the Big Ten Conference make it four titles in a row? Could a team that has been knocking on the door in recent seasons end its title drought? Or is the next Indiana poised to emerge and strike? Urban Meyer, Matt […]

Is the Big Ten or the SEC the best conference in college football? Urban Meyer has coached and won national championships in both conferences. And when it comes to which one is better, he has a pretty definitive answer. "For close to 20 years, the SEC, we all knew it, dominated the country and the Big Ten Conference," Meyer said on Week 1's edition of "Big Noon Kickoff" when asked […]

Everything’s bigger in Big Ten country. Literally. There are 18 teams in the conference. And when it comes to college football’s biggest stage, the Big Ten has been hard to beat. One of its schools has won the national championship in each of the last three seasons, while three Big Ten teams made last season’s College Football Playoff and two advanced to the semifinals. But which Big Ten team reigns […]