Per usual, on a huge NFL and college football weekend, big bets were flying around at sportsbooks across the country.

And when $300,000 lands on the Rams-Broncos Under 44.5, well, that’s rightly going to get some attention. 

But how about a more relatable bet size to all of us average Joes and Janes? And something that actually won? Like a $2 wager that became 10 grand.

More on that winner, the major Under wager that went begging, a prescient Sunday night in-game bettor and more, as we recap the weekend that was in football betting.

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Running backs and wide receivers are always popular in First Touchdown Scorer markets. Sometimes quarterbacks, too, particularly if the Bills’ Josh Allen is involved.

But nondescript tight ends? Not so much.

So it’s hard to say what led a Caesars Sports customer to put all of two bucks on this tight-end trio Sunday:

Sadiq (Jets), Fannin (Browns) and Johnson (Saints) were long-ish shots to score the first TD in their respective games. Key those players together in a three-leg parlay, and you get massive odds of +503900, or in easier-to-digest terms, 5039/1.

All three were the first to hit paydirt, vs. the Lions, Panthers and Raiders, respectively. So the bettor’s $2 turned into a hefty $10,078 windfall.

Six-Figure Fallout

As alluded to above, a DraftKings Sports customer ponied up a whopping $300,000 on Rams-Broncos Under 44.5 in the Sunday night game.

It was 16-0 Rams at halftime, but Denver then put up two TDs before the third quarter ended, and got two-point conversions on each to tie the game at 16.

Still, with five minutes left in the game and L.A. up 19-16, the Under prospect was quite alive.

But 21 points went up in those final five minutes, beginning with a Talanoa Hufanga pick-six for Denver. The Broncos won 30-26, and that Under major wager became a six-figure donation to the house.

Knew The Script

In-game betting continues to grow in popularity, offering options one couldn’t even think of just a few years ago. For example: How will the Broncos’ seventh drive end?

At FanDuel Sports, a bettor tossed a nominal $10 on tight end Nate Adkins to cap that drive with a touchdown, at odds of +12500 (125/1).

Adkins delivered on an 8-yard TD catch late in the third quarter. That turned 10 bucks into $1,250 profit (total payout $1,260).

And at Fanatics Sportsbook, before the Rams-Broncos kickoff, a high-roller put $5,000 on Adkins Anytime Touchdown. The odds were +1800, but the customer utilized a profit-boost promotion to hike the number to +2250.

So when Adkins hauled in the TD pass, the bettor pocketed $112,500 profit (total payout $117,500).

Prediction Market Winners & Losers

In Thursday night’s Falcons-Packers tilt, a Kalshi customer did something almost no one else was doing: putting faith in Atlanta.

The trader served up $101,500 on the Packers to not win, at a price of 29%, which correlates to odds of +245.

That actually gave the customer two outs: Green Bay losing outright, or the Packers and Falcons playing to a tie after overtime.

The trader didn’t have to sweat out that second option. Atlanta stunningly hammered Green Bay 35-14, and the trader profited $248,500 (total payout $350,000).

Also at Kalshi, a trader put $85,000 on Texas to beat Tennessee by five or more points. The Longhorns led 20-10 in the waning minutes, but a Vols touchdown with 1:22 remaining accounted for the final score: Texas 20, Tennessee 17.

So that’s high five figures in the loss column.

And in the risk-a-lot-to-win-a-little department, a Kalshi customer put up a whopping $303,603 that Sam Houston State — a massive underdog — would not beat Texas Tech. The price on that trade was 98%, which equates to -4900, ostensibly a slam-dunk favorite.

No surprise, the Bearkats got drilled 49-14. The trader profited a relatively nominal $6,196 (total payout $309,799).

Here’s Hoping You Had It

Sometimes, it’s about putting 10 bucks on a single straight bet, backing a long shot or semi-long shot, and getting a solid return on investment.

For example, at DraftKings, Vikings wideout/kick returner Myles Price was a hefty +11000 (110/1) to score the first TD of Sunday’s game vs. the Buccaneers.

But midway through the first quarter, Price broke off an 86-yard punt return to put Minnesota up 10-0.

If you’d thrown a tenner on that, then you’d have an extra $1,100 in your bankroll today. If you got frisky and put $100 on Price First TD Score, then you’d have $11,000.

How about taking Rams tight end Tyler Higbee to score the first TD on Sunday night? At Caesars Sports, Higbee was +3000 to do so.

With five minutes left in the first quarter, Higbee delivered on a 5-yard scoring catch. Ten bucks on that turned into a tidy $300 profit.

Or perhaps you made an in-game moneyline wager or two on teams that trailed big. At Fanatics, the Broncos were +1500 in-game, early in the third quarter, while trailing 16-0.

As noted above, Denver came back in a wild second half to win 30-26. A $10 bet returned $150 profit.

Also at Fanatics, Wisconsin was +2500 while trailing No. 13 Penn State 17-0 in the second quarter. Shockingly, on the road, the Badgers came all the way back to pull off a 24-20 upset.

Ten dollars on that unlikelihood turned into $250.

I Like Big Bets And I Cannot Lie

That $300,000 Rams-Broncos Under was the largest reported sports bet of the week. Arguably the sweat of the week came on the Northwestern vs. Indiana game.

The Hoosiers were 20.5-point home favorites. A Caesars Sports customer decided to take the supposedly safe route, betting $25,000 on Indiana moneyline -2500. All the Hoosier had to do was win, regardless of margin.

Indiana didn’t exactly light it up in the first half, but still led 12-0. By the fourth quarter, though, it got much more interesting, as Northwestern pulled within 22-20 on a TD with 5:10 remaining.

The Hoosiers held on for a 29-23 victory. And for all that sweat, the bettor profited a total of $1,000 (total payout $26,000).

Other notable wagers on college football Week 4 odds:

• $99,000 Alabama -12.5 vs. South Carolina (DraftKings). The Crimson Tide rolled to a 49-18 victory, and the bettor profited $90,000 (total  payout $189,000).
• $76,900 Tennessee moneyline +175 vs. Texas (Caesars). The Vols fell just short, so this bet was a five-figure donation to the house.
• $57,000 Texas -4.5 (-114) vs. Tennessee (Caesars). The Longhorns won 20-17, but didn’t cover the spread.
• $56,500 Iowa +5.5 (-113) vs. Michigan (Caesars). The Hawkeyes did more than just cover as a road underdog. They won outright 20-19, with a touchdown on the game’s last play. The bettor profited $50,000 (total payout $106,500).

More major wagers on NFL Week 3 odds:

• $91,910 Jaguars -3 (-105) vs. Patriots (DraftKings). Jacksonville rolled 35-6, and the bettor banked $87,533 profit (total payout $179,443).
• $63,630 Jets +6.5 vs. Lions (DraftKings). New York rallied from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to tie it at 24, but ultimately lost 31-24. So that bet is a loser by a mere half-point.
• $50,000 Steelers moneyline +160 vs. Bengals (DraftKings). Pittsburgh hung on for a 30-27 outright win, and the bettor bagged $80,000 profit (total payout $130,000).
• $50,000 Falcons-Packers Under 43. A 35-14 Atlanta win for 49 total points tore up this ticket.
• $20,000 Falcons moneyline +215 vs. Packers (DraftKings). Atlanta’s road upset netted the bettor $43,000 profit (total payout $63,000).

It’s always worth reminding that these high-rolling bettors have the ability to absorb big losses. You and me? Probably not so much. 

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Following USC’s loss to Oregon at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, I’m stuck with the thought that USC is not a bad football team but a Lincoln Riley football team. And Lincoln Riley football hasn’t played for a national title, let alone won one, or won a single college football playoff game.

Riley’s teams have been middling, mid. And, even more disgusting for fans of Riley’s Oklahoma and USC teams, his teams shrink against a clear-and-obvious contender on the opposing sideline instead of proving they could, eventually, win the national title.

Saturday night featured such a chance for Riley against Dan Lanning and Oregon, but Saturday night against Lanning’s Ducks, Riley’s team lost a game that felt exactly like the kind it should win.

But in a second half shootout, against an (extraordinary) backup quarterback — and entering a season where Riley himself even said this is the best team and best alignment with USC administration he’s ever had — the Trojans could not keep the Ducks from dashing the belief that this USC is any different from any other Lincoln Riley team. 

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It’s not just the 41-27 loss in Los Angeles. It’s the quintessential way in which Riley’s team lost. 

It was the way he’s lost so many others as head coach: with a defense that can’t keep up with his explosive offense, a defense that plays knowing the offense is not likely to be on the field for long, a defense that will watch its offense score knowing that its job isn’t to pitch shutouts but to keep the opposition just one point weaker on the scoreboard.

That is a nearly impossible way to win national championships and antithetical to complimentary football. Teams that cannot play complimentary football do not win national titles. 

Last season’s Trojans defense finished averaging 23.0 points and 350.8 yards allowed per game, the fewest in both categories since Riley took over. Progress is good, but let’s not pretend those are small numbers.

This season, Riley’s defense has given up at least 26 points in four out of five games this season and its opponents are currently averaging 354.8 yards a game.

And now, that defense has its own drama after Desman Stephens II’s dirty hit on Oregon starting quarterback Dante Moore, who was hit so viciously he was immediately taken to a hospital and diagnosed with a concussion.

As for Riley himself, he will probably never shake that his exit from Oklahoma is one of the pillars holding up the story of his legacy and a foreshadowing of the expectations to come — and his not meeting them, again. 

In his last press conference as head coach at Oklahoma, Riley made his job seem like one where he lived for the players. Players who fought for him. Players who sacrificed for him. Players who wanted to win a national championship with him.

“I’m heartbroken for our players,” Riley said in 2021 following a 37-33 loss to Oklahoma State in the last edition of the Bedlam series. “It’s a horrible feeling, that’s the only way I can describe it. We’ve had a chance to win this league six years in a row, and we’re not gonna have a chance to do that this year. It’s a gut punch. I hate it for our players. They fought their [expletive] off tonight, they really did. We had guys laying it on the line, we had guys playing hurt, we had a couple guys that had the flu and probably shouldn’t even have been out there.” 

Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams at Oklahoma in 2021.  (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

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He even addressed rumors around his potential exit as head coach at Oklahoma. 

“I’m not gonna be the next head coach at LSU. I have no concerns about our administration, our [athletics director], or our president. We’ve been through a lot together. This isn’t our first rodeo together. We always have conversations about the future. With all that’s changing right now in the college landscape, all that’s getting ready to change for us as at some point here.  

“When we transition into a new conference, those are always conversations that we’re going to have, and we’ll be having those yearly, no matter. All of us are trying to make this place better and make this program better. You don’t do that without working together and conversing with each other. We’re going to continue to do that. We work well together, and we’re going to keep working well together.” 

Less than 24 hours later, he accepted the job he’s had for the last five years at USC. And that was devastating for at least one of the players Riley claimed to hurt for after a loss that crushed any chance of the Sooners reaching the College Football Playoff in 2021. 

Lincoln Riley speaks during a news conference to announce him as USC’s new football coach in November 2021. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

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“Oh, I was heartbroken, man,” former Oklahoma defensive end Isaiah Thomas told me. 

“But it’s just more so how he left,” he added, “telling us that he got the call after the game, thought about it overnight, slept on it, made the decision that day. So that kind of rubbed me the wrong way.” 

Such was — is — the feeling for many, especially after Riley took what would become the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner with him from Norman to USC and began the arduous task of returning the Trojans to their early 21st century glory.

Remember, that’s why USC hired Riley, and that is the reason Riley chose USC: to win national championships — plural. Having made the CFP four times as a coach at Oklahoma and three times as a head coach, the thought was he’d have USC back in the CFP in short order. Surely, it wouldn’t be long before the Trojans were not just one of the teams to beat but the team to beat in this modern era of the sport.

He is the best developer of quarterbacks in the sport with three Heisman Trophy and three first No. 1 overall draft selections. He is renowned as a play-caller for an offensive scheme that is more explosive than a struck match in a warehouse full of gasoline-soaked fireworks.

But the glaring weakness on every team he has head-coached is the same this year as it has been in years past: Even with a College Football Hall of Famer calling the defense in Gary Patterson, Riley’s team has allowed 25 points or more in three of its first four games, including 35 to Rutgers in a one-score game.

The only good news for Riley and USC fans heading into Week 5 is that this loss to Oregon does not count them out of the College Football Playoff. It also might not count them out of making the Big Ten championship game to better qualify for the postseason tournament. Of course, they’ll have to go through Ohio State, Penn State, a newly plucky Wisconsin, Indiana and UCLA to do it. And they might.

The bad news for USC fans, though, isn’t news at all. It’s a feeling. It’s the same sickening feeling Oklahoma fans had at the end of each CFP game Riley coached for it: This team isn’t good enough to win the national title, and a Riley team might never be.

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Justin Jefferson suffered an ankle sprain against the Buccaneers Sunday, and imaging did not reveal any long-term damage, according to NFL Network. There is reportedly a chance the Vikings star wide receiver plays in Minnesota’s next game at home against the Miami Dolphins in week 4.

Jefferson was ruled out in the first quarter against the Buccaneers after going to the blue medical tent and exiting with both ankles heavily taped. He walked the sideline testing his mobility before eventually heading to the locker room. 

Notably, Jefferson was able to walk off the field under his own power, an early sign the injury was not as severe as initially feared.

The injury occurred in the first quarter when he was brought down by Buccaneers safety Tykee Smith. He finished the day with two catches for 32 yards, including a 22-yard gain on Minnesota’s opening drive.

The update is a relief for a Vikings offense that has leaned on Jefferson as one of its few consistent threats over the past two seasons. He enters this stretch looking to bounce back from a down 2025, when he finished with 84 catches, 1,048 yards and two touchdowns behind inconsistent quarterback play. 

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Jayden Daniels could return to the field sooner than expected for the Washington Commanders.

The third-year quarterback recently told his Commanders teammates that he won’t undergo surgery and that he owes it to them to get back on the field as soon as possible, CBS Sports reported Monday. Daniels is also reportedly pushing to return in the coming weeks.

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn added that Daniels is expected to practice this week and travel to London for their Week 4 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. 

Daniels dislocated his left elbow in the Commanders’ Week 2 loss against the Dallas Cowboys after awkwardly landing on his left arm on a snap before halftime. It’s the same elbow dislocation he suffered last season, which was an injury that initially forced him to miss three games before missing four more games later in the year after re-aggravating the injury. 

Now in his third season in the league, Daniels continues to struggle to stay healthy for a full season. Following a productive rookie year where he led the Commanders to the NFC Championship Game, injuries have sidelined him for 11 games over the last two years.

Before going down in Week 2, Daniels was off to a promising start to his third season. Daniels had thrown for 260 yards and three touchdowns alongside 100 rushing yards before his injury against the Cowboys. In his absence, backup Marcus Mariota stepped up to lead the Commanders to a thrilling 33-31 upset over the Seattle Seahawks. 

With surgery ruled out for Daniels’ dislocated elbow, it appears unlikely that Daniels will spend time on injured reserve. So, if he doesn’t return to action in Week 4, that could mean Daniels will come back for either the Commanders’ game against the New York Giants in Week 5 or their Week 6 matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. 

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Jalen Hurts leads the Eagles into another primetime matchup, while Chicago will turn to Case Keenum after Caleb Williams went down last week. The Bears are hoping for a better performance in front of their home crowd after only scoring points last week, while the Eagles look to start 3-0 for the fourth straight season.

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• When: Monday, September 28, 2026 at 8:15 p.m. ET
• Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
• TV: ABC, ESPN
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Players To Watch

Philadelphia’s offense has tilted toward the pass through two weeks, and Hurts is the one making it work. He has thrown for 467 yards and 5 touchdowns across the Eagles’ two wins, completing 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards and 2 scores in last week’s 24-20 win over Tennessee.

Chicago’s defense has already recorded 5 sacks in two games, and Hurts has been taken down 6 times himself. Staying clean against that pressure will go a long way toward keeping Philadelphia’s 2-0 start intact.

Nobody in Chicago’s offense has done more with two games than Swift. He has carried 34 times for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns, powering a Bears rushing attack that leads the NFL at 212.5 yards per game.

Philadelphia’s run defense has been generous so far, allowing 254 yards on 61 carries, and that gives Swift a clear runway to keep piling up chunk gains on Monday night.

Early volume in Philadelphia’s passing game has gone through one receiver more than any other. Smith leads the Eagles with 13 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown, well ahead of every other target in the offense.

Chicago’s secondary has allowed 504 passing yards over its first two games, an average of 252 per contest, and that leaky mark makes Smith a central figure in how much Hurts can push the ball down the field. If the Bears can’t tighten that up, Smith should keep piling up targets.

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We’re in store for the next chapter of the storied rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees and Red Sox posted the second- and third-best regular season records in the American League in 2026, and will now face off in the AL Wild Card round beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 29. 

The pitching matchups for the three-game series were revealed on Monday, and feature a likely Cy Young winner as well as a past recipient, multiple impressive young pitchers and 15 combined All-Star nods among the six starters.

The series, which will go to three games if necessary, will be played in its entirety at Yankee Stadium as New York was the top AL wild-card team. The winner will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series.

Wild Card Series G1

Schlittler vs. Tolle

Game 1 features Yankees’ starter Cam Schlittler, the favorite for the 2026 AL Cy Young Award thanks to an AL-leading 1.95 ERA and 215 ERA+ over 33 starts and 193 ⅔ innings. Schlittler struck out 239 batters – 11.1 per nine – in his sophomore campaign, nearly five times as many punch outs as free passes. Schlittler was behind only Brewers’ ace Jacob Misiorowski in ERA, second in wins above replacement (7.0), tied for third in strikeouts, fourth in innings and second in adjusted ERA+.

There wasn’t a better starting pitcher in the AL in 2026 than Cam Schlittler. (Photo by Michael Urakami/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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Opposing the Massachusetts native on the mound is another second-year starter, Payton Tolle. The 6-foot-6 left-hander made 26 starts and threw 148 ⅔ innings, striking out 10.4 batters per nine with a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.3. By wins above replacement, Tolle was the second-most valuable pitcher on Boston’s staff; part of that is due to injuries – not a single Red Sox starter made 30 starts – but Tolle’s own accomplishments played a role as well.

Wild Card Series G2

Fried vs. Gray

Max Fried will take the mound for New York in Game 2, and manage to be worth 3.7 WAR in just 112 ⅔ innings and 20 starts: Fried was placed on the IL twice in 2026 with a bone bruise in his throwing elbow. He’s looked as dominant as usual since his return on Aug. 29, posting a 2.73 ERA across five starts while holding opponents to a single run in four of those.

Sonny Gray has been solid in his first year in Boston. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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Sonny Gray, in his first year with the Red Sox, was the team’s best starter. He led the majors with 18 wins and the AL in winning percentage, but these stats were not inflated by Boston’s success: Gray led the team in WAR (4.7) and posted a 2.72 ERA over 29 starts and 169 innings. While his strikeout-to-walk ratio dipped from 2025’s NL-leading mark of 5.3, Gray made up for the additional free passes and lost strikeouts by limiting opponents to 7.9 hits per nine. The result? An ERA+ of 150 and Gray’s best season since 2023.

Wild Card Series G3

Cole vs. Suarez

Gerrit Cole didn’t return to the Yankees until May 22, following the Tommy John surgery that cost him the entire 2025 season. Cole was not his past Cy Young-caliber self – he won the AL award in 2023 with New York – but still produced a 3.61 ERA over 127 innings. The only issue with Cole is that he has been homer-prone once again – it’s an issue that occasionally pops up for the righty, who is now 36 and post-Tommy John.

Ranger Suarez, in his first season with the Red Sox after signing a five-year, $130 million deal with Boston this past offseason, made 28 starts and produced a 3.22 ERA. His 126 ERA+ was right along his career line that earned him that contract in the first place – the big question is whether that will be enough against Cole, if he’s at his finest … or if it will be necessary at all, since Boston has to win one of the first two games on the road to force a Game 3 in the first place.

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Monday Night Football closes out Week 3 with the Philadelphia Eagles visiting the Chicago Bears. New users on bet365 can use Bonus Code FOX365 to unlock $200 in bonus bets for this NFC showdown.

Jalen Hurts leads an undefeated Eagles team into Chicago after leading a game-winning drive last week, while Saquon Barkley still looks to get going. The Bears will be without Caleb Williams due to an injury and turn to Case Keenum to lead the offense. Chicago’s rushing attack could be a big part of tonight’s gameplan, led by D’Andre Swift and Kyle Monangai.

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How to Watch Eagles vs. Bears

• When: Monday, September 28, 2026 at 8:15 p.m. ET
• Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
• TV: ABC, ESPN
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle

Players To Watch

Philadelphia’s offense has tilted toward the pass through two weeks, and Hurts is the one making it work. He has thrown for 467 yards and 5 touchdowns across the Eagles’ two wins, completing 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards and 2 scores in last week’s 24-20 win over Tennessee.

Chicago’s defense has already recorded 5 sacks in two games, and Hurts has been taken down 6 times himself. Staying clean against that pressure will go a long way toward keeping Philadelphia’s 2-0 start intact.

Nobody in Chicago’s offense has done more with two games than Swift. He has carried 34 times for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns, powering a Bears rushing attack that leads the NFL at 212.5 yards per game.

Philadelphia’s run defense has been generous so far, allowing 254 yards on 61 carries, and that gives Swift a clear runway to keep piling up chunk gains on Monday night.

Early volume in Philadelphia’s passing game has gone through one receiver more than any other. Smith leads the Eagles with 13 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown, well ahead of every other target in the offense.

Chicago’s secondary has allowed 504 passing yards over its first two games, an average of 252 per contest, and that leaky mark makes Smith a central figure in how much Hurts can push the ball down the field. If the Bears can’t tighten that up, Smith should keep piling up targets.

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Injured running back Turbo Richard could return to the field for No. 6 Indiana this weekend when the Hoosiers visit Rutgers. If he does, the defending national champions will have their top two running backs available for their first road trip this season.

Coach Curt Cignetti made the announcement Monday during his weekly news conference.

“We got really good news on Turbo, and he’ll be day to day, and I’m optimistic he can play Saturday as well as Rolijah Hardy,” Cignetti said.

Richard was injured on a 2-yard run during the second quarter of Friday night’s closer-than-expected 29-23 victory over Northwestern.

He was driven out of bounds and was tackled by a Wildcats player whose body came down on Richard’s lower right leg near the Hoosiers’ bench. No penalty was called, but Richard did not return to the game.

“We’ll see,” was all Cignetti said about Richard during his postgame news conference.

Richard transferred to Indiana from Boston College earlier this year and was the Hoosiers’ top rusher until getting hurt. He has 50 carries, 383 yards and four touchdowns as well as two catches for 43 yards.

Lee Beebe Jr., Richard’s replacement, rushed 24 times for 203 yards and one score and set up Indiana’s game-sealing TD with a 70-yard run. Beebe now leads the team with 71 carries and 398 yards and has three rushing TDs after missing all but three games in last season’s Big Ten and national championship runs because of a right knee injury.

The prognosis on Richard was even more critical because the other running back in Cignetti’s three-runner rotation, Khobie Martin, remains out with a broken arm. Cignetti did not provide an update Monday on Martin’s status, but he is expected back in the next few weeks.

That meant Beebe was — and still may be — poised to carry a heavier workload.

“It’s not that much pressure,” Beebe said after the game. “I just know I need to step up and be there for the team. I was able to do that (Saturday). It wasn’t just me, it was the offensive line, receivers blocking downfield and it was great to mesh with (quarterback) Josh (Hoover), so it was an all-team effort.”

The Hoosiers (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) also got good news on Hardy, a play-making linebacker who is tied for the team lead with 18 tackles, eight coming against Northwestern before he left the game in the second half with an undisclosed injury. Instead of going to the bench, Hardy walked straight to the locker room and did not return to the game.

“We expect him to be fine,” Cignetti said when asked about Hardy’s playing status.

Indiana has the Football Bowl Subdivision’s longest active winning streak, a school-record 20 consecutive games, and the FBS’ longest active home winning streak at 19. The Hoosiers also have won 12 consecutive conference games.

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Jalen Hurts leads an undefeated Eagles team into Chicago after Philadelphia opened the season 2-0, while the Bears will be without Caleb Williams due to a hamstring injury. Leaving veteran Case Keenum to lead the Bears’ offense.

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How to Watch Eagles vs. Bears

• When: Monday, September 28, 2026 at 8:15 p.m. ET
• Where: Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
• TV: ABC, ESPN
• Stream: ESPN Unlimited – Get the FOX One / ESPN Bundle

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Philadelphia’s offense has tilted toward the pass through two weeks, and Hurts is the one making it work. He has thrown for 467 yards and 5 touchdowns across the Eagles’ two wins, completing 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards and 2 scores in last week’s 24-20 win over Tennessee.

Chicago’s defense has already recorded 5 sacks in two games, and Hurts has been taken down 6 times himself. Staying clean against that pressure will go a long way toward keeping Philadelphia’s 2-0 start intact.

Nobody in Chicago’s offense has done more with two games than Swift. He has carried 34 times for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns, powering a Bears rushing attack that leads the NFL at 212.5 yards per game.

Philadelphia’s run defense has been generous so far, allowing 254 yards on 61 carries, and that gives Swift a clear runway to keep piling up chunk gains on Monday night.

Early volume in Philadelphia’s passing game has gone through one receiver more than any other. Smith leads the Eagles with 13 catches for 170 yards and a touchdown, well ahead of every other target in the offense.

Chicago’s secondary has allowed 504 passing yards over its first two games, an average of 252 per contest, and that leaky mark makes Smith a central figure in how much Hurts can push the ball down the field. If the Bears can’t tighten that up, Smith should keep piling up targets.

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Houston Astros owner Jim Crane said Monday the team’s playoff berth will be “something to consider” when deciding on the future of manager Joe Espada, whose contract expires after the season.

Crane said there have been no discussions about the possibility of a new deal for Espada recently and they’ll sit down and talk about things when the season is over.

As for whether Houston winning the AL West to reach the postseason after missing out last year would have any bearing on the decision, Crane had this to say: “All positives are positives,” he told The Associated Press. “All negatives are negatives. So I think that would be something to consider when we make the decision.”

Espada’s future with the team remains in question after the Astros parted ways with general manager Dana Brown last month. Crane doesn’t believe the move had an impact on how the club finished the season.

“I don’t think it had a lot to do with what happened, you know, whether we won or we lost,” he said. “It was a courtesy actually to give him some time because we weren’t going to renew his contract. I made a decision that we weren’t going to renew his contract, so I wanted to give him time to regroup and we knew we had enough coverage from the other three guys.”

After Brown’s departure on Aug. 24, assistant general managers Charles Cook, Gavin Dickey and Connor Huff, along with senior adviser Jeff Bagwell, took over his responsibilities.

There have been questions about how things have worked after the unorthodox move to part ways with a general manager while a team was in playoff contention.

“I guess they’re working pretty good — we got into the playoffs,” Crane said with a laugh. “I think everything’s fine. We’ve got a number of assistant general managers filling in, and so our communication is good. Everything’s running smooth, ready for a win.”

The Astros became the first team in MLB history to make the postseason without a winning record by finishing 81-81 to outlast the Texas Rangers and move on to the Wild Card Series.

They’ll host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three matchup beginning Tuesday.

The Astros are in the playoffs for the ninth time in 10 years, a remarkable stretch in which they reached the ALCS seven straight times from 2017-23 and advanced to the World Series four times, winning championships in 2017 and 2022.

“We’ve always said we’re here to win and we’re here to make the playoffs and make a deep run in the playoffs, and we’ve done that consistently,” Crane said. “So getting in the playoffs is a big deal. If you don’t, you don’t have a chance.”

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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