The Cover Window · Stories

American football stories

Oct 24, 2026

Oct 17, 2026

Fanatic articles and insider reports

• "Birds Up!": Marisol Ybarra Brings the Fiesta to New Orleans
• "Forged, not given": Ozella Birchfield Takes the Open Week
• "That Drive Was a Gusher": Wiley Pettibone Drills Into Army WeekWiley Pettibone · Tulsa Insider
• "Roll Wave!": Twan Ducros-Labat Parades Into Week 8
• "Yo, that's Temple Made": Teddy Fiorella Takes the Open Week
• "Pirate-approved": Reina Valdés-Kowalski Takes the Open Week
• "N Equals Too Small": Odalys Chen-Moreau Takes the Owls to BocaOdalys Chen-Moreau · Rice Insider
• "That Offense Is in 7/8 Time": Grady Mayhew-Ochoa Takes the Mean Green to AnnapolisGrady Mayhew-Ochoa · North Texas Insider
• "Steady as She Goes": Cmdr. (Ret.) Annabel Merriweather Welcomes the Mean Green to AnnapolisCmdr. (Ret.) Annabel Merriweather · Navy Insider
• "That Drive Had a Backbeat": Otis Delaney-Crum Tunes Up the Tigers for Thursday NightOtis Delaney-Crum · Memphis Insider
• "Surf's Up on Tempo, Babe": Kaia Brightwater Welcomes Rice to BocaKaia Brightwater · Florida Atlantic Insider
• "Hoist the Colors": Bart Quidley Sails the Pirates West to MemphisBartholomew 'Bart' Quidley · East Carolina Insider
• "Price that drive": Priya Halloran Takes the Open Week
• "Copy That, and Beat Navy": Capt. Thaddeus Rourke Deploys the Black Knights to TulsaCapt. (Ret.) Thaddeus Rourke · Army Insider
• Birds Up, Medals On: 6-1 UTSA Flies to New Orleans After a 2:24 Comeback, to Face a Green Wave That's Dead Last in FBS at Holding the BallMarisol Ybarra, The UTSA Fanatic
• Gusher in Houston, Now Drill Army: Tulsa Hosts a Team That Threw Two Passes Last Week and a Town That Isn't Technically a TownWiley Pettibone, The Tulsa Fanatic
• Six Takeaways and a Freshman Debut: Tulane Rolls Into a Saturday Night at Yulman Against a Roadrunner Defense Ranked 128th Against the Run, From a City That Keeps Its River in the BasementAntoine 'Twan' Ducros-Labat, The Tulane Fanatic
• Yo, We Gotta Talk: Temple Lost a Fourth-Quarter Shootout to Charlotte, Takes the Week Off, Then Heads to Greenville, a Town That Moved Itself Three Miles Before It Settled DownTeddy Fiorella, The Temple Fanatic
• Ninety-Six Yards to the Treasure: USF's Defense Plundered Kent State on Homecoming, the Bulls Drop Anchor for an Open Week, and UAB Sails Into Tampa on HalloweenReina Valdés-Kowalski, The South Florida Fanatic
• N Equals Six, and Six Says Even: Rice's Clinical-Trial Ground Game Visits a Boca Defense Ranked 134th Against the RunOdalys Chen-Moreau, The Rice Fanatic
• An Open Week, Then a Drum Solo on the Chesapeake: North Texas Brings the Nation's Second-Best Passing Attack to Annapolis, a Capital the Country Moved Out of in Nine MonthsGrady Mayhew-Ochoa, The North Texas Fanatic
• Steady as She Goes, Then Hard to Port: Navy Lost a Four-Point Shootout in the Alamodome and Now Hosts a Mean Green Air Show That Ranks Second in the Nation in PassingCmdr. (Ret.) Annabel Merriweather, The Navy Fanatic
• Six Turnovers Was the Wrong Song: Memphis Gets Its Groove Back Thursday Against a Pirate Crew That Docks on the Tar RiverOtis Delaney-Crum, The Memphis Fanatic
• Owls vs. Owls, and Only One Flock Can Throw: FAU Paddles Back Out After an Army Wipeout to Host a Rice Offense Averaging 79.7 Passing YardsKaia Brightwater, The Florida Atlantic Fanatic
• Hoist the Colors, Pack the Tricorn: ECU Sails Into Memphis Seeking a Fourth Straight Win Over a Tiger That Commutes in an Air-Conditioned TrailerBartholomew 'Bart' Quidley, The East Carolina Fanatic
• Checkered Flag at Last: Charlotte Took Its First Win in Philadelphia, Takes an Open Week to Refuel, Then Welcomes a Tulane Offense That's Last in FBS at Holding the BallPriya Halloran, The Charlotte Fanatic
• Seven Drives, Seven Touchdowns, Two Passes: Army Ships Its Ground Game to Tulsa, Where the 'Golden Hurricane' Lives Hundreds of Miles From Any OceanCapt. (Ret.) Thaddeus Rourke, The Army Fanatic