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South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers suffered an ankle injury late in the second quarter of Saturday’s 36-33 loss to No. 16 LSU. Sellers dropped back to pass on third-and-10 from LSU’s 35-yard line but landed awkwardly on his leg while taking a sack. Sellers was taken directly to the locker room before the first-half ended. 

Though the ABC broadcast indicated that Sellers got his ankle taped and was going to try and play in the second half, former Auburn transfer Robby Ashford finished the rest of the game with 42 yards passing on 2 of 4 attempts. 

“He’s got a little bit of an ankle,” South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said of Sellers during a halftime interview with ABC. “We’ll go in there and look at it and see where we are.”

Sellers was having a breakout game against the Tigers prior to his injury. He completed eight of his 15 pass attempts for 112 yards and rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries. His 75-yard touchdown rush gave South Carolina a 24-10 lead with 4:28 to go in the second quarter.

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Junior receiver Walter Jones spent much of Friday night begging St. Rita’s coaches to call a deep pass to him.

Jones said he asked enough that it started to be annoying. But when the game was on the line, the coaches dialed up the deep shot and Jones delivered.

“In the beginning of the game, I was telling (offensive coordinator John Nee) to run that play,” Jones said. “I kept telling him. He was getting frustrated with me.

“Then at the end of the game, I just gave him a look on the sidelines. We ran that route, and it was money.”

Money, indeed. Jones hauled in a pass from Steven Armbruster and broke free for an 80-yard touchdown with 1:06 left, lifting the Mustangs to a 14-7 win over host Brother Rice in a CCL/ESCC crossover game in Chicago.

Armbruster completed 11 of 19 passes for 203 yards and two TDs, including a 58-yard scoring strike to Lucas Davis for St. Rita (2-1). Cormac Lacy and Killian Lacy each had a sack and Justin Buckner made several key tackles.

Jaylin Green ran for 85 yards on 10 carries and Tyler Lofton added 84 yards on 11 carries for the Brother Rice (1-2). Charlie Stec had two sacks and Conner Stack provided two tackles for loss.

The Crusaders tied the game 7-7 with 1:30 left when junior quarterback CJ Gray ran for a 1-yard TD on fourth-and-goal.

The Mustangs answered right back thanks to Jones, who has emerged as a big-time playmaker, according to St. Rita coach Martin Hopkins.

“He’s a very special athlete,” Hopkins said. “We had him playing corner at the end of the half, too. He’s one of those guys we can put anywhere and he’s always going to give all his effort.

“For a young guy, he operates more maturely than his age. Kudos to him. He does his job in the run game and he gets his pay days in the pass game.”

On the winner, Jones broke open over the middle of the field and…

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The No. 20 Arizona Wildcats look to continue the nation’s longest winning streak as they face off against the No. 20 Kansas State Wildcats on Friday night. While these schools are now both in the same conference, the game was scheduled several years ago and will not count towards the Big 12 standings. Arizona enters 2-0, most recently defeating FCS Northern Arizona, 22-10 last Saturday. K-State rallied from a deficit in the second half to beat Tulane on the road, 34-27, to get to 2-0. Arizona is 5-1-1 in the head-to-head series, though the teams haven’t played since 1978.

Kickoff from Bill Snyder Family Stadium is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Kansas State is a 7.5-point favorite in the latest Arizona vs. Kansas State odds from SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 60.5. Before making any Kansas State vs. Arizona picks, be sure to check out the college football predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a profit of over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. It is also coming off a profitable 13-9 season on top-rated spread picks and is off to a 4-0 start on over/under picks this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen strong returns.

Now, the model has set its sights on Arizona vs. Kansas State and has locked in its picks and CFB predictions. You can visit SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Here are the college football odds and betting lines for Kansas State vs. Arizona:

Kansas State vs. Arizona spread: Kansas State -7.5Kansas State vs. Arizona over/under: 60.5 pointsKansas State vs. Arizona money line: Kansas State…..

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On Saturday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide will travel north to play what is the first true road game of the Kalen DeBoer era against the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin.

In what is Alabama’s first road trip to a Big Ten program since Penn State in 2011, the Badgers will likely provide a test for the Crimson Tide, who are coming off a bit of a disappointing Week 2 victory over South Florida. So, to learn more about the Badgers ahead of this Saturday, we here at Roll Tide Wire got the opportunity to talk to Ben Kenney of Badgers Wire about what Alabama fans should expect going into Week 3.

Here is our conversation about the upcoming Alabama vs. Wisconsin game, which includes a Badgers point of view on quarterback play, names to know, a potential upset, and more.

Quarterback play for Wisconsin

Sep 7, 2024; Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Wisconsin Badgers quarterback Tyler Van Dyke (10) throws a pass during the second quarter against the South Dakota Coyotes at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Q: While a limited sample size, are there any noticeable differences that Tyler Van Dyke has brought at quarterback compared to what Wisconsin has had in recent years?

A: “The only real comparison can be made to Tanner Mordecai in 2023, since the Graham Mertz era from 2020-2022 was under an entirely different regime. But it’s hard to tell any real difference between Van Dyke and Mordecai through two weeks. Van Dyke has been up-and-down, as Mordecai was last season. There have been flashes, mainly in the first half against South Dakota last weekend. But his season has been plagued by inconsistency. So, to answer the question, no, there isn’t a noticeable difference. Both Van Dyke and Mordecai have the potential to make game-changing plays, but neither have done so consistently. I think Saturday’s…

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The Pac-12 is on the cusp of poaching four Mountain West schools to join Oregon State and Washington State in preserving the league, according to Yahoo Sports. Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State are the Mountain West schools expected to apply for membership into the conference. An announcement could come as soon as Friday, according to The Athletic. 

Those four schools represent arguably the top brands in the legacy Mountain West and schools that have been considered for power conference membership in the past. If the four schools move by the 2026 season, the Pac-12 will only need to add two more programs to reach the minimum eight schools to be an FBS conference. 

Ten of the 12 legacy Pac-12 schools officially left the conference in 2024 as the existing grant of rights expired. Four schools went to the Big Ten, four to the Big 12 and two to the ACC, leaving Oregon State and Washington State without a long-term home. The pair will compete as de facto FBS Independents over the next two years and are ineligible for an auto-bid to the College Football Playoff. 

However, the legal status means that the two Pac-12 schools still had a massive war chest of $250 million in resources available to them, primarily payouts like NCAA Tournament units and existing contracts. According to CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd, buying out four schools from the Mountain West in a one-year period would cost approximately $187 million. The Pac-12’s existing resources could be leveraged to help offset that difference. 

The long-term goal of the expansion would be to rebuild the Pac-12 as a power-level conference. The league continues to legally possess “autonomy five” status and would conceivably retain it in a new form. The next step for…

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Omari Thomas. Tennessee Volunteers versus Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on October 21, 2023. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

The 2024 college football season enters Week 3.

Bowl season will begin on Dec. 14 and the college football season will conclude on Jan. 20, 2025 with a College Football Playoff national championship game.

Tennessee will look to advance to its first College Football Playoff appearance in school history this season.

The Vols received updated bowl game projections following a 51-10 win versus North Carolina State in Week 2.

Below are bowl game projections for Tennessee with 10 games remaining in the regular-season.

USA TODAY

Erick Smith: Nebraska versus Tennessee (Cheez-It Citrus Bowl — Camping World Stadium — Orlando, Florida)

ESPN

Kyle Bonagura: Michigan versus Tennessee (Cheez-It Citrus Bowl — Camping World Stadium — Orlando, Florida)

Mark Schlabach: No. 10 Alabama at No. 7 Tennessee (College Football Playoff first-round) and College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential versus No. 2 Ohio State

READ: 2024 Tennessee football game-by-game predictions

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 07: Head coach Josh Heupel (R) of the Tennessee Volunteers and head coach Dave Doeren of the NC State Wolfpack shake hands following the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium on September 07, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the NC State Wolfpack 51-10. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Tennessee’s bowl projections after Week 2

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The No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide square off against the Wisconsin Badgers in a cross-conference tilt on Saturday. This SEC vs. Big Ten matchup is part of a loaded Week 3 college football schedule. The Badgers (2-0) are coming off a 27-13 victory over South Dakota, while Alabama (2-0) cruised to a 42-16 win against South Florida. The Crimson Tide are 19-1 in their last 20 games played in September and they’ll enter Saturday’s showdown as a big road favorite. 

Kickoff from Camp Randall Stadium is scheduled for noon ET. The Crimson Tide are 15.5-point favorites in the latest Alabama vs. Wisconsin odds via SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 50.5. Before you lock in any Wisconsin vs. Alabama picks, be sure to check out the college football predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model.

The model simulates every FBS college football game 10,000 times. Since its inception, it has generated a profit of over $2,000 for $100 players on its top-rated college football picks against the spread. It is also coming off a profitable 13-9 season on top-rated spread picks and is off to a 4-0 start on over/under picks this season. Anyone who has followed it has seen strong returns.

Now, the model has set its sights on Alabama vs. Wisconsin. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several college football betting lines for Wisconsin vs. Alabama:

Alabama vs. Wisconsin spread: Alabama -15.5Alabama vs. Wisconsin over/under: 50.5 pointsAlabama vs. Wisconsin money line: Alabama -750, Wisconsin +520Alabama vs. Wisconsin picks: See picks at SportsLine

Why Alabama can cover

The Crimson Tide are led offensively by quarterback Jalen Milroe. The junior signal caller has been sensational for the…

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Sep. 9—In a game that came down to the final possession, Claremore senior Andrew Hancock seized his “one chance” and made it count.

With 23 seconds left and Bartlesville threatening, Hancock embodied the Zebras’ Week 1 theme of “One Chance”, intercepting a pass from Bruins quarterback Nate Neal to secure a thrilling 35-33 season-opening victory for the Zebras on Friday night at Lantow Field.

“We were in Cover 5, so I was (in deep coverage),” Hancock said. “I’m backpedaling, and I see him (the receiver) break across. I saw Michael Robertson undercut, so I went up top. The ball was thrown high. It felt great to put the game away. Their offense was driving, but our defense was holding. It just felt good to get it over with.”

Hancock’s game-sealing interception capped off a night where Claremore leaned heavily on standout performances from its offensive stars.

Senior quarterback Brad Hoisington, a transfer from Oologah, was the driving force behind the Zebras’ attack, rushing for 194 yards and three touchdowns while also throwing for 91 yards and another score.

Hoisington wasted no time making an impact, accumulating 144 yards rushing and two touchdowns on his first four carries, including an 80-yard score on Claremore’s second play of the game and a 28-yard dash minutes later.

“Once I got going, I was like, ‘We got this,’” Hoisington said. “Once I got that feeling, it was nonstop from there.”

However, he soon faced a tougher challenge after Bartlesville adjusted.

Hoisington managed only 1 yard on his next eight carries as the Bruins defense tightened up, but he refused to be discouraged, eventually breaking through again with a pivotal 37-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter that proved to be the game-winner.

“It was just trusting my teammates and knowing that they’re going to have my back, and I’m going to have theirs,”…

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