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Here are 10 college football teams that we think could have worse seasons in 2022 than they did in 2021. Arizona State (8-5 in 2021)ASU is a program in tumult entering the 2022 season. - Nick BrombergCincinnati (13-1)How do the Bearcats follow up a College Football Playoff berth in 2022? - Sam CooperOklahoma State (12-2)Oklahoma State went 12-2 last year, beating Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl and coming inches away from a Big 12 championship and possible College Football Playoff berth. - Sam CooperUTSA (12-2)UTSA was one of the best stories of the 2021 season.

Another trucker noticed the vehicle at the Love’s Travel Stop lot and knew something was wrong, police said.

Texans Smith Football New Houston Texans NFL football team head coach Lovie Smith speaks at an introductory press conference, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at NRG Stadium in Houston. “Coach Smith is one of the most respected figures in the league,” general manager Nick Caserio said. Much of Tuesday’s news conference was devoted to issues of diversity, with Smith joining Tomlin and McDaniel, who is biracial, as the league’s only Black head coaches. Caserio also addressed the lack of diversity among NFL head coaches and what he can do to change things. “I think having coach Lovie Smith here is the right way to get started, and I think with that hire you’ll get some of the fans back.

Finalists named: Fifteen modern-era players were named as finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images)Three players in their first eligibility are modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. BREAKING: The 15 Modern-Era Player Finalists for the HOF Class of 2022. More on each of their careers and the selection process ➡️ https://t.co/7UREzWYZkk#PFHOF22 pic.twitter.com/1vBWQcN71E — Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) December 30, 2021Up to five of the finalists will be selected, with the winners announced on “NFL Honors,” which airs live on Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. EST, NFL.com reported. He also returned the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI 92 yards for a score to cap his rookie season.

He opened the 2007 Super Bowl for Chicago with a 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the only time in Super Bowl history that has occurred. He finished with 138 1/2 sacks and made the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s. Johnson, the other first-year eligible in the final 15, twice made the All-Pro team during a strong time for wide receivers. Holt was selected to NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s and won a Super Bowl with the 1999 Rams. A key to the Cover-2 defensive scheme, Barber was a three-time All-Pro and a member of NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s.

DeMarcus Ware, Andre Johnson and Devin Hester are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022 all in their first year of eligibility.

CANTON, Ohio — (AP) — Ten first-year eligible players, including defensive standouts DeMarcus Ware and Robert Mathis, and receivers Andre Johnson, Steve Smith and Anquan Boldin are among 122 nominees for the 2022 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Other first-year eligibles are kick returner Devin Hester; offensive linemen Jake Long and Nick Mangold; defensive lineman Vince Wilfork and defensive back Antonio Cromartie. The roster of nominees consists of 65 offensive players, 46 defensive players and 11 special teamers. Finalists from 2021 re-nominated for next year are wide receivers Reggie Wayne and Torry Holt; tackle Tony Boselli; defensive end Jared Allen; defensive tackle Richard Seymour; linebackers Sam Mills and Zach Thomas; and defensive backs Ronde Barber and LeRoy Butler. The coach finalist is Dick Vermeil, who won the Super Bowl in 2000 with the Rams.

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson speaks during a news conference following an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Star quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)HOUSTON – Star quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press. The same source who told The AP about the trade request said Watson made the ask before Culley’s hire. The only other minority candidate who was hired as a head coach this offseason was the New York Jets' Robert Saleh, the league's first Muslim American head coach.