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The Athletic: perfect coaching fits? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6758442/2025/10/29/james-franklin-lane-kiffin-coaching-fits/ Eight Power 4 jobs are open right now. Seven are up for grabs because of in-season firings, and one will be because Stanford is doing the Frank Reich thing for a...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6741983/2025/10/23/college-football-coach-firings-success/ In the SEC, where several teams expect 10-win seasons every year, the math just doesn't work out. Justin Ford / Getty Images Almost overnight, 8-4 became the new 10-2 in college football, and it is...

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/sec-fines-texas-a-m-50000-issues-public-reprimand-of-mike-elko-for-having-player-fake-injury/ The SEC fined Texas A&M $50,000 fine and coach Mike Elko received a public reprimand Tuesday after the National Coordinator for Football Officiating...

Athletic has Gophers up to #28, huge jump from #53 last week. Indiana 1 Ohio State 2 Oregon 10 USC 20 Michigan 21 Illinois 23 Nebraska 29 Washington 34 Iowa 36 Northwestern 50 UCLA 54 Maryland 62 Penn State 63 Rutgers 72 Michigan State 73 Purdue 84 Wisconsin 92...

From The Athletic: Cignetti’s raise to an $11.6 million average would be behind only Georgia’s Kirby Smart ($13.3 million) and Ohio State’s Ryan Day ($12.6 million), both of whom have won a national championship...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6711911/2025/10/13/college-football-team-rankings-indiana-ohio-state-oregon/ Gophers 53 Nebraska 22 Iowa 39 MSU 69 Oregon 9 Northwestern 59 Wisconsin 84 Indiana 1 OSU 2 USC 15 Michigan 21 Illinois 26 Cal 52 Maryland 55 Penn State 60, Wow how they've fallen...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6700272/2025/10/09/sorting-through-the-big-tens-second-tier-who-still-has-a-shot-at-contention/ Minnesota (3-2, 1-1) Path to contention: The Gophers have an advantageous schedule. Only one of their final seven opponents is ranked, and five of them played in the...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6666264/2025/10/06/college-hockey-chl-rule-change-gavin-mckenna/ Adam Nightingale, Michigan State’s head coach, grew up in Cheboygan, in Northern Michigan. An hour to the north was Lake Superior State University. A few minutes past that, across the Canadian...

Bruce Pearl retires: Auburn coach abruptly steps down after 11-year tenure, greatest run in program history https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bruce-pearl-retires-auburn-coach-abruptly-steps-down-after-11-year-tenure-greatest-run-in-program-history/

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/ucla-fires-head-coach-deshaun-foster-after-0-3-start-170636578.html UCLA has fired head football coach DeShaun Foster following an 0-3 start to the season. UCLA announced the decision Sunday morning via a statement from athletic...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6609141/2025/09/08/big-ten-starting-quarterbacks-stats/ Transfers and impact freshmen soaked up most of the offseason conversation about the Big Ten quarterbacks, but after two weeks of action, the league’s holdovers have far outperformed the newcomers. By...

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Not everyone bullish on McCarthy success. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/winners-and-losers-from-cutdown-day-in-nfl-plus-saints-name-qb-and-travis-kelce-and-taylor-swift-engaged/ 5. Predicting last-place teams in each NFL division for 2025 In the lead-up to the start of the regular season...

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/minnesota-football-rowing-buffalo-opponent-163848792.html The Minnesota Golden Gophers kick off the 2025 college football season by hosting the Buffalo Bulls at 7 p.m. CST on Thursday, Aug. 28 at Huntington Bank Stadium. Can Buffalo score on offense? From an...