The UNLV-Michigan game on Sept. 19 was one of 165 games on the board Friday when the Golden Nugget opened college football lines on the season’s most intriguing matchups. The Wolverines opened as 33-point favorites over the rebuilding Rebels.
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The fact that Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh had no problem taking his shirt off recently during a football camp and running around the field with a bunch of teenagers — while still wearing his signature khaki pants — didn’t surprise Delanie Walker one bit.
Utah State football players — nose guard Travis Seefeldt, linebacker Adewale Adeoye and defensive ends John Taylor and Edmund Faimalo were injured in a car accident Friday, some seriously. Former Aggies softball player Sarah Vasquez was the driver, and she reportedly was hurt, too.
The NFL is researching potential temporary venues that could host a team or teams in Los Angeles for the 2016 season.
As the winner of the “Madden NFL 16” cover vote, Odell Beckham Jr. might be on edge about possibly being the next victim of the notorious “Madden Curse.”
Filling in as a guest host recently on A CBS Sports Radio show, Chris Simms surely wanted to impress. So the former University of Texas quarterback shared a story about his Longhorns teammates getting paid, as well as accepting some illegal payments himself during his college playing days.