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    Big Ten grades for 2025 season: Penn State gets 'F-' for collapse, Indiana earns 'A+' as conference champion

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-grades-2025-college-football-season-penn-state-indiana/ Minnesota It was a quintessential P.J. Fleck season more or less. The Golden Gophers reached bowl eligibility yet again, giving them a chance to extend Fleck's perfect 6-0 postseason...
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    The SEC is dominating the Big Ten in ratings — despite on-field parity

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6859564/2025/12/04/sec-big-ten-tv-ratings/ On the field, the Big Ten has caught up to the SEC. In fact, it’s winning: The past two national champions, the top two teams in the current College Football Playoff rankings, three of the top five. The football people...
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    Why NFL teams want more QBs to skip the draft and stay in school

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6859079/2025/12/05/nfl-draft-quarterbacks-stay-in-college/ With money, fame and opportunity as accessible as ever in college football, NFL teams hope quarterbacks are enjoying that lifestyle enough to stay in school, rather than rushing into the draft. That’s...
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    2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

    LSU hires Lane Kiffin away from Ole Miss Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is leaving the Rebels for LSU, in a stunning and unprecedented case of a college football coach taking another job while his current team is in contention to win a national title...
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    2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

    Sources: Arkansas hiring Memphis' Ryan Silverfield as new coach Arkansas is set to hire Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield as its new football coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Silverfield, 46, is 50-25 at Memphis, including a win over Arkansas in September and four consecutive wins...
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    CFP strength of schedule broken promises could lead to unthinkable SEC doomsday scenario

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2025/11/20/sec-believes-cfp-isnt-using-agreed-upon-strength-of-schedule-metric-alabama-notre-dame-miami/87354995007/ The SEC and Big Ten have made stunning moves over the past five years to dramatically mold college football into their preferred...
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    2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46991951/sources-virginia-tech-finalizing-deal-hire-james-franklin
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    Michigan State football gets three-year probation, 14 wins forfeited from recent seasons

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-state-football-penalties-spartans-probation-wins-forfeited/ The NCAA placed Michigan State's football program on three years of probation following violations committed by former staff members during Mel Tucker's tenure, officials...
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    The deal is near finalized for #UCLA football to play its home games in SoFi Stadium.

    Rose Bowl, city file restraining order to keep UCLA from ending lease https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46919874/rose-bowl-city-file-restraining-order-keep-ucla-ending-lease
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    Coach K is intrigued by a proposed Big East and ACC merger to create a superconference

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/coach-k-is-intrigued-by-a-proposed-big-east-and-acc-merger-to-create-a-super-conference/ The biggest moves in this era of college athletics and realignment have paid the biggest dividends. Literally, in some cases. Some of the biggest moves...
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    2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

    Brian Kelly, LSU contract standoff: Fired coach reportedly rejects settlement offers, seeks full $54M buyout Kelly's contract -- a 10-year, $95 million deal -- calls for him to be paid 90% of his remaining salary for the life of his contract, which would put LSU on the hook for close to $54...
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    Week 11 Other Games Thread

    Big Ten response https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46905446/big-ten-says-usc-penalized-fake-punt-ploy
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    NCAA: Six hoops players banned for betting plots

    https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46882860/ncaa-men-basketball-new-orleans-mississippi-valley-state-arizona-state-gambling Six former men's college basketball players at three schools -- New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State and Arizona State -- participated in gambling...
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    2025-26 College Football Coach Fired/Hired Thread

    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...
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    The Athletic: College football fans may need to get used to losing more often. Is anyone ready?

    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...
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    SEC fines Texas A&M $50,000, issues public reprimand of Mike Elko for having player fake injury

    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...
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    We’re in the conversation!

    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...
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    Cignetti Extended At IU - 8 Yrs, $93M

    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...
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    Ranking 136 college football teams at midseason: The case for Indiana, not Ohio State, at No. 1, Gophers 53

    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...
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    Sorting through the Big Ten’s second tier: Who still has a shot at contention?

    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...



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