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Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) celebrates after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs during Super Bowl LIX at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Eagles’ A.J. Brown proposes, with assist from John Legend

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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown earned one ring earlier this year and gave away another over the weekend.

Brown, 27, announced Sunday that he proposed to his girlfriend, Kelsey Riley, at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. In attendance on Saturday were several teammates, friends, family and Grammy Award winner John Legend to serenade Riley on piano with “All of Me.”

Riley, however, posted on social media that she did not “hear a thing he was singing,” and Brown had to note that Legend was there.

Legend made sure all parties will remember that he, indeed, was in attendance.

“Congratulations to you both,” Legend wrote in the comments of Brown and Riley’s joint post. “Thank you for including me.”

Love apparently is in the air in “The City of Brotherly Love,” as two-time All-Pro Lane Johnson recently announced his own engagement to Kelsey Holmer. Star quarterback Jalen Hurts also recently was married to Bry Burrows.

Brown, Hurts and Johnson helped the Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX in February.

–Field Level Media

Jan 11, 2021; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban and offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood (70) celebrates with the CFP National Championship trophy after beating the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

CFP leadership to review proposal for 12-team playoff

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A College Football Playoff committee agreed Friday to send a proposal for a 12-team playoff to the full group for discussion.

A group tasked with exploring options to expand the current four-team playoff presented its report to the CFP management committee in a meeting in Chicago. Now, the university presidents and chancellors who oversee the College Football Playoff will review the proposal Tuesday at a conference in Dallas.

Approval won’t be quick. At the meeting next week, the management committee will ask the full board to seek feedback from a variety of groups, including their peers, student-athletes, athletic directors and coaches. A feasibility assessment of the 12-team format also is expected to commence.

“Vetting with everyone on campus will be an important element,” said Bill Hancock, the CFP executive director. “The working group’s proposal was the first step in a long process. It’s important to reach out and listen to a wide variety of people involved in college football.”

The working group’s proposal puts the six highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next six highest-ranked teams as determined by the CFP selection committee, in the playoff. There would be no automatic qualifiers, nor a limit on how many teams could represent a conference.

The four highest seeds would get a first-round bye, with the other games pitting No. 5 vs. No. 12, No. 6 vs. No. 11, No. 7 vs. No. 10 and No. 8 vs. No. 9.

The first-round games would be played at the home field of the highest seed, with remaining games on a neutral field.

“This is a very exciting time for college football,” Hancock added. “The working group’s proposal includes many details that must be carefully reviewed and discussed. We look forward to that review.”

The CFP has been in effect since after the 2014 season, and only 11 teams have appeared in the seven years: Alabama (six appearances), Clemson (six), Ohio State (four), Oklahoma (four), Notre Dame (two) and once each for LSU, Georgia, Washington, Michigan State, Oregon and Florida State.

The existing format will remain for at least the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

–Field Level Media

Aug 30, 2019; Reno, NV, USA; Purdue Boilermakers head coach Jeff Brohm on the sidelines against the Nevada Wolf Pack during the fourth quarter at Mackay Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Calvert-USA TODAY Sports

Purdue’s Brohm outlines spring football proposal

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Purdue coach Jeff Brohm outlined an eight-game spring football season for the Big Ten that begins on Feb. 27.

His plan calls for the regular season to end on April 17 and postseason play to wrap up by May 15.

When the Big Ten announced the postponement of fall sports on Tuesday due to the coronavirus, Brohm told ESPN he channeled his disappointment into crafting a new calendar.

“When it got canceled, it was heartbreaking,” he said. “You feel for guys that have worked their whole lives to get a chance to play football, and now they don’t have that. It made me angry, and it made me want to just do something about it. That’s why I put this together.”

His plans also include an abbreviated schedule for the fall of 2021 that would include 10 games starting on Oct. 2, following a four-week training camp. Both the spring 2021 and fall 2021 plans include playoff options with four or six teams.

Brohm, 49, who has coached the Boilermakers since 2017, said he made the safety of student-athletes a priority.

His proposal would reduce padded, full-contact practices over the two-year span from 114 to 52 for teams not participating in bowl games, and from 144 to 64 for teams that play in bowl games. During the season, teams would be allowed only one padded practice per week. The calendar includes a three-month layoff after the spring season.

“To me, taking care of the body and the collegiate athlete is the most important thing,” Brohm told ESPN. “I just wanted to prove that there are ways to get that done and still be able to allow football to be played this [school] year at some point.”

Brohm said he will share his plan with “anybody who wants to look at it.”

–Field Level Media