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    UCLA fires head coach DeShaun Foster after 0-3 start

    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...
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    In the Big Ten’s early QB hierarchy, the familiar faces are outshining the new arrivals

    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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    Minnesota Football: RoWINg to Buffalo – Opponent Preview

    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...
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    Big Ten vs. SEC challenge: Who would win a 16-game showdown?

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6569243/2025/08/24/big-ten-vs-sec-challenge-who-would-win-a-16-game-showdown/ LSU coach Brian Kelly is getting ready to coach a mammoth season opener at Clemson. The SEC versus the ACC. Earlier this summer, however, Kelly lobbied for the SEC to play a more...
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    Who has the easiest, hardest Big Ten schedules? Ranking all 18, from Wisconsin to Michigan

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6570309/2025/08/26/big-ten-football-schedule-strength-rankings/ With 18 teams under the Big Ten umbrella, the conference’s schedules have more disparity now than ever before. Eight of Wisconsin’s nine conference opponents this fall ranked in the top 50 of Chris...
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    Our experts’ College Football Playoff, Heisman and national title predictions for 2025, Gophers mentioned

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6560979/2025/08/19/college-football-playoff-heisman-conference-predictions/ Bold predictions and hot takes Lastly, we asked our panelists to submit their bold predictions for the season. Here’s a selection of the best: Austin Meek: One of these four teams will...
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    Ranking 136 college football teams entering 2025, from Penn State to Kent State, Gophers 44

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6558436/2025/08/18/college-football-rankings-preseason-136/ Welcome back to college football, and for the first time in a long time, the sport didn’t reshape itself in the offseason. No major conference realignment. No major changes to the College Football...
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    SEC’s Going to 9-game schedule, Will feature 3 contests vs. annual rivals: Here’s how it will work

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6568408/2025/08/22/sec-football-annual-rivals-schedule/ They finally landed the plane. Four years since the debate over going to nine games heated up, and more than two years after SEC commissioner Greg Sankey compared the decision to landing a plane and saying...
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    College football coaching tiers: Marcus Freeman rising, Brent Venables teetering in 2025

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6527033/2025/08/14/college-football-coach-tiers-rankings/ Tier 3: High–level consistency Coach 2024 Tier 1 Bret Bielema 4 Jeff Brohm 3 Troy Calhoun 3 Matt Campbell 3 Jamey Chadwell 3 Mario Cristobal 3 New Spencer...
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    Arch Manning and 2025’s other 24 most interesting college football people (Koi Perich)

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6553536/2025/08/15/arch-manning-bill-belichick-james-franklin-college-football-2025/ Koi Perich, DB/WR, Minnesota It’s not like Travis Hunter brought two-way stardom to college football, but he did it at the highest level possible and no doubt inspired others to...
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    Preseason CBS Sports 136, Gophers #38

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-rankings-texas-leads-the-way-penn-state-tops-ohio-state-in-preseason-cbs-sports-136/ Preseason college football rankings have always been a challenging exercise, but never has it been more of a guessing game than the modern era...
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    How often do college football players actually transfer? Here’s what the data tells us

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6527935/2025/08/01/college-football-transfer-portal-numbers/ With the turnstiles of the NCAA transfer portal spinning, it seems a good time to ask: How many teams do football players join during their college careers? The Athletic dug into the data, examining...
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    Who are the most important transfer portal additions for every Power 4 team?

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6508606/2025/07/29/power-4-transfer-portal-additions-2025/ Rosters are constantly evolving in college football. Recruiting is still vitally important, but every team (yes, even Clemson!) needs to plug some holes via the transfer portal each offseason. As camp...
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    How the Big Ten rallied around a CFP plan the rest of college football isn’t sold on

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6518162/2025/07/28/big-ten-college-football-playoff-format/ Petitti continued meeting with his football coaches, athletic directors and others to devise a system that would reward the Big Ten for its success but would apply fairly throughout the sport. He...
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    2025 Big Ten football schedule breakdown: Predicting the first loss for all 16 conference teams

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2025-big-ten-football-schedule-breakdown-predicting-the-first-loss-for-all-16-conference-teams/ Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti has pounded the strength-of-schedule drum throughout the summer, much like his SEC counterpart, Greg Sankey. When it...
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    P.J. Fleck confident Minnesota can vie for CFP spot in 2025

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45808465/pj-fleck-confident-minnesota-vie-cfp-spot-2025 Since going 11-2 and finishing No. 10 nationally in 2019, Minnesota has been a consistent bowl team -- and champion -- but hasn't legitimately challenged for the College Football Playoff...
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    Oregon's Lanning: Tighten CFP to wrap by Jan. 1

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45804775/oregon-dan-lanning-playoff-slate-mirror-other-sports Oregon coach Dan Lanning is advocating for college football to adopt an NFL-style schedule with limited open weeks, no long layoffs for playoff teams and a season that wraps on Jan. 1...
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    College football program valuations: Ranking every Power 4 team by how much they’d sell for

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6500596/2025/07/21/college-football-program-valuations-rankings-2025/ How much would it take to buy your favorite college football program? As much as college football has drifted toward professionalization, one major difference remains: NCAA teams are not for...
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    Inside the contracts of college football's newest coaches: Off-the-wall perks, clauses and quirks

    What's in a deal? Well when it comes to college football coaches, quite a bit. They're often among the highest paid employees in a given state and their contracts are lengthy documents that can easily run over 20 pages long. CBS Sports went under the hood for the 2025 class of new coaches to dig...



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