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This Stuff Hurts: Five Straight Losses, a Quarterback Question Again, and Deion Sanders Searching for Discipline Before Kansas State

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By Cam Sutton , RF Sports Radio Colorado voice Buffs fans, this is an analysis column, because the next game is not until Halloween. But there is plenty to talk about after a 57-24 loss in Stillwater, and most of it starts with what Deion Sanders said when it was over. The facts "This stuff hurts, man," Sanders said to open his postgame news conference, per USA TODAY. "We're so disciplined in this and that, and every darn thing we do, but it seems like as soon as we go in the field, we're not disciplined." The numbers back him up. Colorado (2-5) has lost five straight and has not won a Big 12 road game since 2024, per USA TODAY. The Buffaloes are 2-15 against Power Four teams since December 2024. They committed 11 penalties for 84 yards against Oklahoma State, and came into the game ranked third nationally in penalty yards per game at 84.3. Colorado led 24-23 at halftime after Isaac Wilson completed 14 of 16 passes for 222 yards in the first half...

Sachse at Wylie East for the 9-6A Crown, Anna at Celina, and Allen's 465-107: The Week 10 Storylines That Matter in North Texas

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By Coach Terrence Booker , RF Sports Radio DFW High School Football voice Football families, we are down to the last two weeks of the regular season, and this is when district races get decided and playoff seeding gets settled. Week 10 has a district title game on Thursday night and a couple of Friday matchups I have circled in red. The facts The Dallas Morning News laid out the Week 10 storylines. Start with the District 9-6A title, which will be decided Thursday at 7 p.m. when Sachse (8-0, 5-0) plays at Wylie East (7-1, 5-0). Wylie East went 8-0 in 9-6A last year, including a 38-7 win over Sachse. Sachse quarterback Christian McCaffrey has 23 touchdown passes for an offense that averages 42.9 points, and receiver DJ Doyle has 37 catches for 888 yards and 10 touchdowns. Wylie East leans on its running game, led by Victor Ekpo's 559 yards. Allen is 8-0, has outscored opponents 465-107 and is winning by an average of 44.8 points, per the News. MaxPreps ranks the Eagles No...

Up to No. 19 and Headed to the Dome: Why SMU's Trip to Syracuse Is the Only Road Test Standing Between the Mustangs and November

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By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Mustang fans, the voters noticed. A 42-0 second half against Cal will do that. SMU jumped four spots in Sunday's AP poll, and now comes the part of the schedule that decides whether this ranking means anything in December. The facts SMU is No. 19 in the latest AP Top 25 , up from No. 23, per SMU Athletics. The Mustangs have been ranked every week of the 2026 season, their longest streak in the poll since 1985 . They are No. 16 in the coaches poll. The bump followed Saturday's 59-20 win over Cal at Ford Stadium, when SMU outscored the Golden Bears 42-0 in the second half and held them to 50 yards after the break, per SMU Athletics. Kevin Jennings threw three touchdown passes to become the program's career leader. Kendrick Raphael ran for 104 yards, his second straight 100-yard game, and finished with 126 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns against his former team. SMU is 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the ACC. Next is Satu...

Luka Drops 52 and Joins Kareem, the Champion Knicks Fall to 0-3 Like the 2011-12 Mavs, and Four Teams Stay Perfect

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By Jordan Pierce , RF Sports Radio NBA voice Hoop heads, Sunday had seven games, one historic scoring night from a guy Dallas fans know a little bit about, and a reigning champion that suddenly cannot win. Let me get you caught up. The facts Luka Doncic scored 52 points as the Lakers won 132-123 at Utah, per USA TODAY. He shot 17 of 30, made 8 of 18 threes and 10 of 11 free throws, with eight rebounds and 10 assists in 38 minutes. The Lakers trailed by as many as 18 in the first half. Doncic now has 10 career 50-point games, tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for 11th in NBA history. USA TODAY says he is the first Laker since 1963 to have 50 points and 10 assists in a game, joining Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, and the fastest Laker to 3,000 points, in 95 games. "When he's in the flow state, he gets into the showman mode," JJ Redick said. Austin Reaves added 29. In New York, Franz Wagner scored 21 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter as Orlando beat the Knicks 111-1...

Robertson Twice, Three in the Third, Five Straight Wins: The Stars Spoil Pete DeBoer's Return and Make the Islanders Look Slow

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By Nolan Frost , RF Sports Radio Stars voice Stars fans, I predicted a 3-2 defensive grind. I got a track meet instead, and I could not be happier to be wrong. Dallas scored six on one of the best goalies in the league, and the winning streak is now at five. The facts The Stars beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Sunday at American Airlines Center, per NHL.com. Jason Robertson scored twice and has eight points during a four-game multipoint streak. Tyler Seguin and Wyatt Johnston each had a goal and an assist, Roope Hintz had two assists, and Jake Oettinger made 17 saves. Dallas is 7-3-1. The game was tied 3-3 after two. Then Johnston scored on a wrist shot from the slot at 4:10 of the third. Robertson added a breakaway goal at 9:45 off a stretch pass from Seguin, and Mikko Rantanen made it 6-3 at 13:02. Justin Hryckowian scored a power-play goal in the second. Dallas outshot New York 38-20, per the official game summary, and Ilya Sorokin made 32 saves. NHL.com notes Rantanen...

Baylor Fires Dave Aranda: Joe Klanderman Takes Over as Interim Coach With a Friday Night Trip to UCF and Five Games to Audition

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By Mac Rivera , RF Sports Radio Baylor voice Bears fans, the blocked kick at Kansas was not the end of the bad news. Baylor has fired Dave Aranda, and the program is starting over in the middle of the season. The facts Baylor relieved Aranda of his duties as head coach on Sunday , athletic director Doug McNamee announced, per Baylor Athletics. Defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman will serve as interim head coach for the rest of the season. The move came a day after a 25-24 loss at Kansas, when Blake Herold blocked a 45-yard field goal with 22 seconds left. That loss ended Baylor's 14-game winning streak in the series and dropped the Bears to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the Big 12. "He is a gifted coach and a brilliant football mind whose leadership brought some of our best Baylor football memories," McNamee said. "While this is a difficult moment, we believe a change in leadership is necessary at this time for our program." Aranda took over in 2020 and led...

Liufau and Locke Stay Home, Overshown and Durant Suit Up: Cowboys-Eagles Tonight Is a Loser-Leaves-Town Game in Philly

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By Jake "Star" Whitfield , RF Sports Radio Cowboys voice Cowboys Nation, it is game day. Two 2-4 teams, one Monday night stage in Philadelphia, and a season that could tilt either way by about 10:30 tonight. The Dallas Morning News called it a loser-leaves-town match, and I am not going to argue with that. The facts One last roster wrinkle came Sunday. Linebacker Marist Liufau and safety P.J. Locke, both listed as questionable on the final injury report, did not travel to Philadelphia and will miss the game , the team announced, per The Dallas Morning News. Both stay on injured reserve with their 21-day practice windows open. Liufau has not played this season after breaking his forearm in the preseason, and Locke has been out since tearing his plantar fascia in Week 2. The good news is still good: linebacker DeMarvion Overshown and cornerback Cobie Durant are back, per the News. KaVontae Turpin (ribs), Dee Winters (calf) and Drew Shelton (hamstring) were already rule...