Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly walked into the team’s media room Thursday, stared into a computer screen and let the emotions tell his story. “For 24 hours I watched and held my wife’s hand as she labored with our daughter,” Kelly said, reading from a prepared statement. Mary Kate Kelly was born Dec. 17 at a hospital on the north side of Indianapolis.

Temperatures are expected to reach a high of -3 degrees Fahrenheit for the 7 p.m. ET start.

The headline to Friday’s article from Joseph Person of TheAthletic.com implies that Panthers coach Matt Rhule will return for a third season. The second paragraph sends a far different message. “[S]ources say owner David Tepper is unhappy and embarrassed after the $16 billion hedge fund manager gave Rhule a seven-year, $62 million deal to outbid [more]

There is perhaps no better illustration of how Friday night’s Orange Bowl went for Michigan than the contrast in when the two teams were able to get the matchups they wanted. For Michigan, it was on one of their last. “Yeah, I mean, the swing route to Bowers, it looked like they hit a sluggo there with their running back on our linebacker, same exact play we have in our offense, and ran it toward the end of the game there when you saw Donovan matched up on their linebacker,” Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said after the game.

The Tide and Bulldogs are playing in the College Football Playoff title game for the second time in five seasons. Can Georgia do what Alabama did 10 years ago?

The whole team is almost back with four returning from the COVID list, leaving only 3 active roster players and 2 practice squad guys on the lists. The team also let go of two including K Chris Naggar on Thursday: