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No. 2 Michigan to host UNLV without suspended coach Jim Harbaugh and an eye on air attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has had a run-heavy offense under Jim Harbaugh that has led to a lot of success the last two seasons, including finally beat rival Ohio State and consecutive Big Ten championships.In playoff losses to Georgia and TCU, though, the Wolverines’ passing game didn’t deliver.This year, the college football program with the most victories is trying to win a new way with a scheme that relies more on a potentially potent passing game.The second-ranked Wolverines (1-0) provided a glimpse of their plan to attack through the air in a 30-3 win over East Carolina, which loaded up the box and dared J.J. McCarthy to throw.“If teams want to do that, please, we’ll keep throwing,” All-America running back Blake Corum said. “Teams will have to back up sooner or later.”McCarthy completed 15 straight passes — the longest streak by a Harbaugh-coached quarterback at the school — in the first half. He finished with the second-highest completion percentage by any Michigan qua...

Middle Tennessee gets second straight SEC foe with a trip to Missouri on Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Middle Tennessee (0-1) at Missouri (1-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)Line: Missouri by 20 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Tied 1-1.WHAT’S AT STAKE? Missouri is trying to build on an easy win over South Dakota last week while the Blue Raiders are facing a second straight SEC opponent after losing to third-ranked Alabama in their opener. Missouri and Middle Tennessee have played twice in the past 20 years and both were close affairs. The Tigers won 41-40 in overtime in 2003 when the Blue Raiders missed an extra point to end the game. They got some revenge in 2016 when l’Tavius Mathers ran for 215 yards and led Middle Tennessee to a 51-45 victory. KEY MATCHUPMissouri QB Brady Cook appears to have finally won the battle with freshman Sam Horn for the starting job. He was efficient a week ago against the Coyotes, but questions persisted into Week 2, when coach Eli Drinkwitz said that Cook would be the starting going forward. The Blue Raiders allowed 431 yards of...

Coach Prime’s 2nd game at Colorado highlights Week 2 for the undefeated Pac-12

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKNebraska at Colorado, Saturday. After Coach Prime’s spectacular debut for the Buffaloes all eyes will be on whether there be a repeat this week. Coach Deion Sanders’ Colorado team hosts former Big 12 rival Nebraska and one of the other high-profile first-year coaches in Matt Rhule. The Buffs were the surprise team in Week 1, getting a school-record 510 yards passing from Shedeur Sanders with four receivers topping the 100-yard mark in a 48-45 win over last year’s title-game finalist TCU. The star of the game was two-way star Travis Hunter, who had 11 catches for 119 yards on offense and an interception near the goal line on defense while playing 129 snaps. Rhule’s debut didn’t go nearly as well as the Cornhuskers lost 13-10 to Minnesota and fell to 2-14 in one-score games since the start of the 2021 season. MATCHUP OF THE WEEKNo. 13 Oregon at Texas Tech, Saturday. The Ducks...

No. 11 Texas could reignite CFP talk for Big 12 with a win at No. 3 Alabama; Shough faces Ducks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Things to watch for in the Big 12 Conference in Week 2:GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 11 Texas at No. 3 Alabama. This is the only game this week matching Top 25 teams from Power Five leagues. With the Longhorns already favored to win the Big 12 title in their farewell season, a road win for coach Steve Sarkisian over his former boss Nick Saban and the Tide would certainly ignite talk about the College Football Playoff. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers got off to a hot start against the Crimson Tide last season. He already had 134 yards passing and the Horns were first-and-goal in the closing seconds of the first quarter when he took a hard hit that knocked him out of the game, and three more after that, with a sprained clavicle. Ewers threw for 260 yards and three TDs in a season-opening 37-10 win over Rice. The only other time the Longhorns went to Tuscaloosa to play was 121 years ago, and Will Reichard’s field goal with 10 seconds left last year in Austin gave Alabama a 20-19 victory in t...

Deion Sanders and No. 22 Colorado make home debut against old rival Nebraska

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Nebraska (0-1) at No. 22 Colorado (1-0), Saturday, noon ET (Fox)Line: Colorado by 2½, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.Series record: Nebraska leads, 49-20-2WHAT’S AT STAKE?This matchup features two schools with a once-heated rivalry and two coaches who are each trying to turn around once-storied programs. Deion Sanders started on the right note when the Buffaloes opened his tenure at Colorado with a 45-42 win at nationally ranked TCU. Matt Rhule didn’t begin on the same sort of note in falling on the road to Minnesota 13-10 to begin his time in Lincoln. The ticket into Folsom Field remains a hot commodity, with the average purchase price of $417 ranking as the 12th-most expensive all time in terms of NCAA regular-season games, according to TickPick. The rivalry is being embraced in Boulder, where Sanders is outlawing the wearing of red during Nebraska week in the team facility.KEY MATCHUPLinebacker Luke Reimer and the Cornhuskers defense vs. a Colorado offense led by quarterba...

New $10K reward for information on teen murdered at Aurora mall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — There is a new push to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy.Phoenix Day was gunned down in the parking lot of the Town Center at Aurora mall back in March, and no one has come forward with information to help bring closure to his family. 2 suspects in rock-throwing spree face more charges in Jefferson County Police released photos of several people they believed to have been witnesses and could know exactly what happened. The photos depict a total of 16 witnesses.Police want to speak to the unidentified witnesses in these photos who were at the Town Center of Aurora mall when 13-year-old Phoenix Day was shot and killed. (Metro Denver Crime Stoppers)Police want to speak to the unidentified witnesses in these photos who were at the Town Center of Aurora mall when 13-year-old Phoenix Day was shot and killed. (Metro Denver Crime Stoppers)Police want to speak to the unidentified witnesses in these photos who were at the Town Center of Aurora mall when 13-year-ol...

M-DCPS Board votes against recognizing LGBTQ History Month

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Following a prolonged debate, the Miami-Dade County Public School Board has voted against officially recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History Month within the district. The contentious decision, passed by a 5-3 vote, comes in the wake of the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law that was signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last year.The debate over Initiative H-11, which sought to acknowledge October as LGBTQ History Month within Miami-Dade County Public Schools, drew a large crowd of concerned citizens to the board’s weekly meeting. Emotions ran high as over 100 people signed up for the public comment section as they expressed both support and opposition to the proposal.Opponents of the initiative argued that recognizing LGBTQ History Month would send a concerning message to students and parents. “Some of the garbage that I’ve heard about teaching sexuality and sex and sexual orientation is insane,R...

Michigan authorities search for ‘armed and dangerous’ man who set police vehicles on fire and shot them with rifle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

(CNN) — Michigan authorities are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who they say set fire to multiple state police vehicles and struck them with rifle rounds early Wednesday at the Sault Ste. Marie post.No troopers were in the vehicles when the incident occurred at about 3:30 a.m., police said.“The suspect is still at large and is described as a white male wearing camouflage,” police said in a statement. “He was last seen driving a silver Honda CRV.”Sault Ste. Marie is located at the northeastern end of the Upper Peninsula in Northern Michigan, near the US-Canada border.Authorities posted several photos of the suspect and vehicle and said he was last seen heading south on I-75 Business Loop. At noon Wednesday, police posted further images that show the suspect holding a red gas can next to a line of blue SUVs as well as an image of the vehicles on fire.The police post will remain closed Wednesday, and police asked the public and media to stay clear of the sites.“We ask eve...

Boston Public Schools students heading back to class on hot first day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu greeted bus drivers as they headed out to collect students for the first day of school on Thursday amid a citywide heat emergency.“There’s always an unexpected challenge and today it is the heat but we are feeling very prepared,” Wu said before boarding an electric school bus to highlight the goal of switching over the city’s entire fleet of buses.Wu has declared a heat emergency through Friday as the feels-like temperature is expected to reach the high-90s in the city.Buses will be keeping their windows open and schools will be taking extra precautions over the next few days.Stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

High Heat & Humidity

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:14:47 GMT

The trend to the upside today will finally peak as the combination of air temps in the lower to middle 90s and dew points in the 60s to near 70, will send the heat index into the 95-100 range. That has prompted a heat advisory for inland locations today. At the coast, a sea breeze will kick in, allowing temps to fall just shy of 90. While we’ll be close a record high in Worcester, in Boston it wont be close to the 102, set back in 1881.The forecasted high today in Boston is 88, although if we do sneak up to 90, it would be the 130th time Boston has done it on or past September 1st. Below are some of the hottest September days on record for Boston.It’s another hot one tomorrow, although the temps won’t be quite as high with temps running near 90. The humidity stays high too. The showers and storm risk increases this weekend, with them more widespread Sunday vs. Saturday. It’ll likely remain unsettled into early next week. Meantime in the tropics, Lee is a hurr...