#North Carolina State

Though most college football fans have turned their attention to next season, I want to take one final look back at 2022 to continue my annual tradition of exploring what I got right and wrong - with a heavy emphasis on the last part. I called my preseason ballot the "most perplexing jumble" I've experienced because rosters were so fluid. That was…

It was not the best of weeks for the Atlantic Coast Conference as Virginia fell two spots to No. 13, Miami went from 12th to 16th and Duke tumbled all the way to 24th in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. Then, North Carolina's Armando Bacot, the top scorer and rebounder in the conference, suffered an ankle injury early in the much-anticipated…

The 2022-23 college football season wrapped up with Georgia's 65-7 rout of TCU on Monday night to give the Bulldogs the sport's first back-to-back championships since Alabama did it after the 2011 and 2012 seasons. We already have odds for next year's national championship, and if they're any indication, Georgia has a chance to do something truly…

Kirby Smart walked into the SoFi Stadium coach's room after Georgia's 65-7 rout of Texas Christian in Inglewood, California, on Monday night. And Smart saw his 10-year-old son, Andrew, bawling. "I'm like, 'Oh no, somebody's hurt his feelings,'" Smart said. "Somebody's thrown him down or done something to him. I said, 'Why are you crying? You're…

Minnesota and Syracuse both had strong seasons in their respective conferences, but each team comes into the Pinstripe Bowl short handed. Syracuse burst on the scene in 2022 with six straight wins, but sputtered down the stretch with injuries. Now, the Orange are without star running back Sean Tucker, who opted out of the Pinstripe Bowl and…

Teams looking to get back on track meet when the Butler Bulldogs battle the St. John's Red Storm in a key Big East matchup on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (10-7, 2-4 Big East), who have lost four of six, are coming off a 76-51 loss at Seton Hall on Saturday. The Red Storm (11-6, 1-5), who have lost five in a row, dropped an 83-80 decision at Providence on…

St. John's will try to end its five-game losing streak when it hosts Butler at 6:30 p.m. ET Tuesday in a Big East game at Carnesecca Arena in New York. St. John's (11-6, 8-2 home, 1-5 Big East) continued its skid when it dropped an 83-80 decision at Providence on Saturday. Butler (10-7, 2-3 road, 2-4 Big East) had its two-game winning streak ended…

Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

The Michigan Wolverines have posted a historic 25-3 record over the last two seasons and will look to keep that momentum rolling with an experienced and talented team in 2023. While professional declarations will not be finalized until next Sunday, Team 144 is expected to return a minimum of 15 starters, with optimistic projections ranging as high…

In a battle of interim coaches, the Cincinnati Bearcats will take on the Louisville Cardinals in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl at Fenway Park in Boston. It's time to continue our college football odds series with a Cincinnati-Louisville prediction and pick. Cincinnati has gone 9-3 this season but lost long-time head coach Luke Fickell to Wisconsin. In the…

STILLWATER, Okla. - As a preseason top-25 team, Oklahoma State football is expected to once again contend for a Big 12 Championship in 2022, with an outside shot at making its first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Cowboys came painfully close to a conference title last season and are hoping to make a return trip to Arlington in…

The No. 14 Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes look to start the season 13-1 for the sixth time in their history, but first since 2015-16, when they take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in an ACC matchup on Friday. The Hurricanes (12-1, 3-0), who have won eight in a row, are coming off a 66-64 triumph over sixth-ranked Virginia on Dec. 20. Their Dec. 28 game…

Bowl season continues on Friday with the Orange Bowl. The #6 Tennessee Volunteers (10-2) take on the #7 Clemson Tigers (11-2). The action kicks off at 8 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Tennessee-Clemson prediction and pick. Tennessee is 10-2 and finished second in the SEC East. The Volunteers are 9-3 against the…

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The Maryland Terrapins and the NC State Wolfpack will square off in one of the quirkier bowl games, the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Friday afternoon. It's time to continue our college football odds series with a Maryland-NC State prediction and pick. Maryland finished their regular season at 7-5, their second straight bowl appearance under head coach Mike…

College football bowl season continues with the Duke's Mayo Bowl showdown between Maryland and North Carolina State. Sign up with our Caesars Maryland promo code AMNYPICS to unlock first bet insurance up to $1500. If you lose this bet, Caesars will give you a free bet for a second chance. Plus, your Caesars Rewards account will get a boost with…

NC State has covered the spread in five of their last seven games while Maryland is looking to pull off an upset in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. Taulia Tagovailoa and Maryland will take on No. 23 North Carolina State in the 2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl. North Carolina State finished 3-2 straight-up but just 2-3 against the spread down the stretch of the regular…

Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams was one of three Southern California players selected to The Associated Press All-America team released Monday. Offensive lineman Andrew Vorhees and defensive end Tuli Tuipulotu joined their quarterback to give USC more players on the first team than any other school. The AP All-America team is presented by…

Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends. Follow @thegoldsheet on Twitter. Thursday Minnesota (-10, 42½) vs. Syracuse: The Golden Gophers won and covered their last three bowls. Minnesota is 6-1-1 against the spread in its past eight…

Three days and a wakeup till the Orange Bowl for Clemson football as they take on the Tennessee Volunteers Friday night in Miami Gardens. Last week I wrote about Bryan Bresee's potential return to Clemson for the 2023 season and how it wasn't a sure thing. It sounds like Bresee wants to have some film of himself playing defensive end for the NFL to…

The Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium features the Syracuse Orange taking on the Minnesota Gophers as nearly double-digit underdogs. Read more to see why our college football betting picks have the Gophers having the upper hand throughout. The Minnesota Golden Gophers will head to New York on Wednesday to take on the Syracuse Orange in the Pinstripe…

LONDON (AP) - Results from English football: Monday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first): Wisconsin and Oklahoma State are looking to finish with a flourish at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl after inconsistent seasons. The Badgers fired coach Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start, but beat Nebraska late in the season to become bowl eligible…

The Coppin State Eagles will take on a tough George Mason Patriots team on Friday for what should be one of the best NCAA basketball games today. They come into this one playing some impressive basketball on the season and are hopeful that they can even make some noise in their conference throughout the year. Despite Coppin State being 5-9 on the…

We're heading into the second week of college football's bowl season. It's hard to break down 43 games in depth, so here are some quick-hit thoughts on a few of the more noteworthy ones: • Considering last weekend's New Mexico Bowl featured BYU vs. SMU in ABQ, it should have been called the Acronym Bowl. • No disrespect to either team, but seeing…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to Syracuse.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. Syracuse Football started 2021 with a 3-1 record before losing six of their last eight games to finish 5-7, falling short of a bowl game. However, QB…

Here's a roundup of Southwest Florida football players who signed National Letters of Intent on the first day of the early signing period, Wednesday, Dec. 21. In the words of assistant coach Kendoll Gibson, Jaheim Clarke and Anthony Baxter "set the standard" at Riverdale. Roaming the Raiders secondary for four years, the duo put pen to paper on…

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and there are 43 college football bowls to wager on. VSiN is here to help bettors sort through them all and find the value. Be sure to check out our College Football Bowl Betting Guide, our homepage for individual bowl previews and our running best bets file. This is the preview for the TicketSmarter…

College sports leaders have spent more than a year reviewing the calendar, and where everything fits in it, to best accommodate the oft-conflicting pursuits of athletic excellence, academic credibility, athlete well-being and piles of cash. It's a well-meaning endeavor, but it's missing one obvious fix: Get rid of the December football signing…

America's favorite condiment-sponsored postseason bowl game is back, and we've got a sneaky-good college football betting matchup for the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Maryland will represent the Big Ten as a small favorite having secured a second straight winning season under fourth-year coach Mike Locksley. North…

After seeing their undefeated start to the season end against Houston last Saturday, Virginia faces another challenge tonight as the Cavaliers visit Miami in a matchup of ranked ACC teams. The action from the Watsco Center in Coral Gables is scheduled to tip off at 8:30 pm ET, and you can catch it on ACC Network. The Cavaliers (8-1, 1-0 ACC) went…

This article is part of our NHL Picks series. The suddenly ice-cold New Jersey Devils pay a visit to PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday night, and it is one of a handful of games I am not attending in person during the month of December. Due to the holidays, work and the fact I am not a millionaire, I can't go to EVERY game. Plus, I do have the…

Much like when multiple former Clemson football players opted to enter the portal on the same day earlier in December, there was a flurry of activity yesterday on where these former Tigers would play next season. Also, with UCLA expected to get a MAC transfer and Bo Nix returning to Oregon, rumors began to swirl about a landing spot for D.J.…

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His teammates called him a gamer, a winner, Superman. After a nationally televised, primetime rivalry win over UCLA in which Caleb Williams threw for a career-high 470 yards and clinched USC's spot in the Pac-12 championship game, the Trojans hope to add another title: Heisman. USC officially launched the quarterback's Heisman platform this week,…

Two of the best teams in the country clash in non-conference action on Saturday when the 14th-ranked Indiana Hoosiers take on the eighth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks. The Hoosiers (8-2), who have lost two of three, are coming off an 89-75 loss to No. 9 Arizona last Saturday. The Jayhawks (9-1), who have won three in a row, crushed Missouri 95-67 that…

college basketball odds series for our Austin Peay Murray State prediction and pick. The Austin Peay Governors have a decidedly mixed profile. Their collection of results so far this season does not lend itself to an easy and obvious verdict about this team. On one hand, the Governors took on some big nonconference challenges to start their season.…

Nine down, one to go. The 2022 free-agent signing period has been fast and furious. When Carlos Correa signed with the Giants earlier this week, he was the eighth of my top 10 free agents to sign. That breakneck pace hasn't slowed. On Thursday night, Carlos Rodón and the Yankees agreed to a six-year, $162 million contract, as Jon Heyman first…

A handful of the Football Bowl Subdivision's new head coaches for 2023 look like can't-miss hires right off the bat, including Luke Fickell at Wisconsin, Hugh Freeze at Auburn and Matt Rhule at Nebraska. But beware: Three or four years down the road, what seemed like a home run at the introductory press conference can be revealed as a big swing and…

Maryland and North Carolina State reignite an old Atlantic Coast Conference rivalry in a regional interest clash with some saucy history. NC State should have a bit of a home-field advantage. Here's what you need to know about the matchup. Friday, Dec. 30, noon at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. ESPN is airing the game. Each…

It's the big 4-0 for the women's NCAA tournament, and here's what a tour through the record book tells us: There was no shortage of unusual feats and quirky numbers in the first 39 years. To mark the 40th birthday as the opening games near, here's a sampling: 1. The men have not seen a champion with a perfect record in 45 seasons. The women have…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Several preseason magazines tagged the University of Louisville football team with a sixth place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division. After the Cards started ACC play with losses in their first three league games, the talk show lines lit up with predictions Louisville would finish last. Hold all…

Maryland online sports betting has been live for just under a month now, and it's proving to be a riveting market for MD residents. Maryland bettors are winning huge amounts of cash betting on local teams like University of Maryland, the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Commanders, etc. To make things even better, MD residents can still claim an…

The Furman Paladins take on the NC State Wolfpack. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Furman NC State prediction and pick. The North Carolina State Wolfpack led the Miami Hurricanes for a large portion of this past Saturday's ACC game in South Florida. N.C. State led 55-43 with 13:45 left. The Wolfpack scored just five points in a…

CC Sabathia knows a thing or two about being a lefty ace at Yankee Stadium. The retired Yankees great believes Carlos Rodon would flourish in the Bronx. "I feel like he could pitch anywhere," Sabathia said Monday while at a holiday event for his PitCCh-In Foundation that hosted approximately 200 children in need at Space Events in Englewood. "He's…

The Duke's Mayo Bowl is set for Friday afternoon when the Maryland Terrapins (7-5) battle the #23 North Carolina State Wolfpack (8-4). Maryland is making their 29 bowl appearance and have a 12-14-2 record. NC State qualified for their 35 bowl game and are looking for their first win since the 2017 Sun Bowl. Below is my college football pick for…

Many of the major individual awards for the 2022 college football season were handed out Thursday night at the "Home Depot College Football Awards." Here are the big award winners for 2022, excluding the Heisman Trophy (which will be handed out Saturday): Maxwell Award (player of the year): Caleb Williams, USC QB Walter Camp Award (player of the…

ATS Picks Season Record: 7-8 (5-1 last week) ATS Best Bet Season Record: 1-1 (1-0 last week This week's abbreviated ACC schedule brings us four conference showdowns, highlighted by a primetime matchup that sees No. 4 Clemson visit Florida State. The Atlantic remains as competitive as ever, with the Tigers as the current favorite, while we will get…

college basketball odds series for our Dayton Virginia Tech prediction and pick. Virginia Tech enters this season with a target on its back. The Hokies are the defending ACC Tournament champions, led by coach Mike Young. The Hokies are 8-1, having stumbled against Charleston but then beating Penn State and Minnesota before fending off North…

Here's the thing about the college football season. Every week is crunch time for somebody, when defeat can feel like a blindside chop block. Moments of Truth. Nebraska had one of those last Saturday in Ireland and look how that turned out. This week's selection of Moments of Truth: Wait a minute, can this be right? North Carolina is playing at…

The end of the 2022 season is a bittersweet moment. While bowls and the College Football Playoff are still on the horizon, our weekdays are quieter and Saturdays aren't as chaotic. But a season's worth of excellent work always deserves recognition, and All-American teams do just that. Bleacher Report's panel of writers-Max Escarpio, David Kenyon,…