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  1. MisterGopher

    SEC, Big Ten to push for seeding changes to 2025 College Football Playoff

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/sec-move-nine-conference-games-110732553.html In one potential scenario, the SEC and Big Ten would each have four play-in games among the top eight teams in their respective conference standings, with the winners advancing to the CFP. The ACC and Big 12 would...
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    SEC, Big Ten to push for seeding changes to 2025 College Football Playoff

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/impacts-proposed-big-ten-sec-121511828.html The way college football used to be continues to look like it will be a thing of the past as the sport changes more and more with each passing day. With rumored discussions of College Football Playoff expansions...
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    10 best coaches in Big Ten men's basketball history

    10. Purdue's Ward Lambert 9. Illinois' Lou Henson 8. Wisconsin's Bo Ryan 7. Michigan State's Jud Heathcote 6. Purdue's Matt Painter 5. Purdue's Gene Keady 4. Ohio State's Fred Taylor 3. Indiana's Branch McCracken 2. Michigan State's Tom Izzo 1. Indiana's Bob Knight...
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    BOOM!!! Justin Hopkins commits to the Gophers!!!!!!!!!

    https://sports.yahoo.com/tennessee-football-target-justin-hopkins-231210485.html
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    College coaches mull NFL-style OTAs as replacement for spring games amid roster tampering, injury concerns

    Spring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July...
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    Mandel’s Mailbag: College Football Tiers

    The first 2 tiers are pretty reasonable, but the rest definitely have some questionable choices. From the article: In college basketball, there are teams that expect to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament. Others are simply happy to make it at all. If you had to put college football teams...
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    Big Ten Athletic departments' 2024 financial statements: Seven lessons from a data deep dive

    The athletic departments of the Big Ten’s 16 public universities generated nearly $2.84 billion in revenue during the 2024 fiscal year but collectively spent nearly $3 billion, according to financial data sent to the NCAA and obtained recently by The Athletic through state open-records laws. Of...
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    College Football rankings: Joel Klatt's way-too-early top 10 for 2025

    10. Michigan 9. LSU 8. Miami 7. Clemson 6. Notre Dame 5. Oregon 4. Georgia 3. Ohio State 2. Texas 1. Penn State https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/college-football-rankings-joel-klatts-way-too-early-top-10-2025
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    Couch: Tom Izzo beating Bob Knight changed Michigan State, set path to Knight's record

    Excellent article. From the article: "before Izzo became a household name on par with anyone in the sport. Back then, Knight, Purdue’s Gene Keady, Illinois’ Lou Henson and Minnesota’s Clem Haskins were the names that personified Big Ten basketball." Those were the days...
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    Ryan Day gets 7 year extension, $12.5MM per year

    https://sports.yahoo.com/ohio-state-coach-ryan-day-gets-contract-extension-through-2031-following-national-title-151356685.html
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    College football officials to explore use of centralized, neutral replay system for postseason games

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-officials-to-explore-use-of-centralized-neutral-replay-system-for-postseason-games/ Use of centralized, neutral replay officials has emerged as a prominent talking point on the heels of a sometimes contentious College Football...
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    Has Big Ten surpassed SEC in college football hierarchy? Examining the gap between powerhouse conferences

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/has-big-ten-surpassed-sec-in-college-football-hierarchy-examining-the-gap-between-powerhouse-conferences/ When Ohio State defeated Notre Dame to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, it ended a 10-year national title drought for the...
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    The Athletic final 134 Rankings for the 2024-25 season. Gophers #39

    Gophers #39 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6079111/2025/01/22/college-football-rankings-134-teams-2024-season-end?source=user-shared-article 26-50 Rank Team Record Previous Preseason 26 Memphis 11-2 25 31 27 Army 12-2 22 66 28 Louisville 9-4 26 32 29 LSU 9-4 28 13 30 Kansas State...
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    Sugar Bowl Postponed

    Investigation has shown evidence of a coordinated attack with multiple potential targets.
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    Highest-paid player in college football history? Transfer QB Darian Mensah's Duke deal is sign of times

    A three-star high school prospect two years ago out of California, Darian Mensah hit the transfer portal with an eye-popping asking price that perhaps best illustrated what name, image and likeness has turned into within college football. The Tulane redshirt freshman quarterback had a strong...
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    Gophers' transfer portal class ranks No. 4 in the entire country

    Athletic: College football transfer portal update: Winners after the first week of player movement https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5996945/2024/12/16/transfer-portal-college-football-winners/?campaign=12042730&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=11702194 Minnesota It was a busy weekend for...
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    Kyle Shanahan revealed that De'Vondre Campbell didnt want to play in the 3rd quarter.

    49ers News: De'Vondre Campbell Reportedly Expected to Be Suspended, Not Released 49ers News: De'Vondre Campbell Reportedly Expected to Be Suspended, Not Released
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    Hey y'all from Blacksburg/Virginia Tech....

    I can confirm Popeye's is much better than Bojangles. I live in Orlando and used to be a huge Seminole fan when Bobby Bowden was coach and frequented the rivalry games vs Florida and Miami. Popeye's was our goto tailgate meal. The chicken, biscuits and sides are all great.
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    The Athletic: Week 13’s top 10 college football games

    8. No. 4 Penn State (9-1) at Minnesota (6-4), 3:30 p.m., CBS Penn State has lost its last two trips to Minnesota, including in 2019 when the Nittany Lions were also fourth in the CFP rankings. While still mathematically alive in the Big Ten race, it’s doubtful Penn State will sneak into the...
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    Post-Week 12 Field of 12 Projection: Georgia & Notre Dame Enter the Field; Boise State the #3 Seed

    The Athletic considers that scenario in their chaos scenarios https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5920684/2024/11/14/college-football-playoff-chaos-scenarios-brackets?source=user-shared-article



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