Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Review-Journal with college football notes and trends.
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UNLV star wide receiver Ricky White entered the season with clear expectations for himself: To “be the best receiver in the nation” and block at least two punts.
Raiders coach Antonio Pierce left the door open for a reconciliation when he spoke about Davante Adams after Wednesday’s practice.
Tom Brady’s bid to purchase a minority share of the Raiders from owner Mark Davis could be resolved when NFL owners meet in Atlanta.
The Raiders are making a quarterback change heading into their home game against the Steelers on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
The Raiders were rolling early in Sunday’s game in Denver, but one play seemed to snap all the life out of their sideline.
The Raiders’ marquee free-agent signing this offseason suffered a foot injury Sunday that will keep him out indefinitely.
Boise State junior running back Ashton Jeanty emerged from an upset-filled weekend of college football as the consensus favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.
Hajj-Malik Williams said teammates helped him get through some tough times after he lost the starting quarterback job to Matthew Sluka to begin the season.
Aidan O’Connell replaced Gardner Minshew at quarterback in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos after Minshew struggled after throwing a pick-six.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor in Nevada turned $300 into $99,349.14 on NFL Sunday after hitting an eight-leg anytime touchdown scorer parlay.
Week 6 of the college football season wasn’t kind to the SEC with three top-10 teams losing. That caused a shakeup in the projections for the Las Vegas Bowl.
The Kansas City Chiefs are favored to beat the New Orleans Saints on “Monday Night Football” and join the Minnesota Vikings as the NFL’s only 5-0 teams.
Playing favorites paid off in a big way in Week 5 for NFL bettors, but the two biggest favorites on the board lost to eliminate tons of Circa Survivor entries.
Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell are nice guys. But the Raiders need to do whatever it takes to improve at quarterback next year.
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