CLEVELAND, Ohio — 3-1. Three straight fourth-quarter winning drives. The Cleveland Browns are the talk of their city right ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns have spent the last three weeks finding ways to win. Cleveland is riding a three-game winning streak, including a prime-time victory over the Steelers on Thursday night, ...

Beneath the surface of this lopsided matchup lies a dangerous combination of factors that could derail Minnesota's perfect start.

Trap games in college football are like a faulty switch on your sump pump. Against your better judgment, you notice it, you ignore it, and then one random day, it bites you in an expensive way. Last ...

With the College Football Playoff expanding from four teams to 12, and almost certainly to 16 in 2026, dropping a game or two during the regular season is no longer the worst thing in the world.

Big Ten Media Days always produce championship promises, playoff predictions and optimism across the league. What coaches rarely discuss are the games capable of derailing those expectations. Every ...

Trap games are matchups where top teams can be upset by lesser opponents due to a lack of focus. These games often occur before or after major, highly anticipated contests on a team's schedule.

The Broncos became the first team to beat the Eagles in 2025 in Week 5 and they’re facing a team that hasn’t won a game yet this season in Week 6, which is the kind of situation that leads to people ...

This is one of the best parts about college football. While anybody can beat anyone on any given Sunday in the NFL, the high variance nature of having to rely on 18-to-23-year-olds in the college game ...

Northwestern’s biggest trap game is not against a Big Ten heavyweight. It is not even against a Power Four opponent. That is what makes Ball State so dangerous. The Wildcats are accustomed to playing ...

Trap games in college football are inevitable. Trap games should be marked as such on the schedule, in big, bold type signaling danger. Beware! This is the game that could seriously put a dent into ...

Sometimes it isn't the biggest obstacles in the road that disrupt your path. It can often be the potholes you don't see coming. Such is the nature of trap games in college football. It's easy for ...