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Farewell to college football divisions, the nostalgic blight we all loved to hate
With next year’s conference realignment just around the corner, the PAC-12 isn’t the only college football institution that we’re losing. The SEC and Big 10 will do away with their East and West division format of deciding the participants in their conference championship games. ...

Sen. Murphy reintroduces college athlete unionization bill
A day after the NCAA unveiled a proposal to allow some schools to directly compensate their athletes, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy reintroduced a bill that would allow college athletes to unionize....

Since 2013, 45 percent of Heisman finalists have been QBs of color. That’s progress
You know progress is taking place when things that used to be groundbreaking become the norm. Thankfully, it’s been a long time since Andre Ware was the only one....

Super-sized WR Johnny Wilson leaving FSU for NFL
Florida State wide receiver Johnny Wilson declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, ESPN announced Wednesday....

Georgia QB Brock Vandagriff bows out for Kentucky
Quarterback Brock Vandagriff committed to Kentucky as a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility remaining....

Derek Mason named head coach at Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee named Derek Mason as its 15th head football coach in the program's history on Wednesday....

The NCAA's latest NIL 'solution' is nothing but a shell game
College sports’ has once again ripped off its student-athlete robe and revealed its naked capitalistic body. By leaving out Florida State because its starting quarterback suffered a season-ending injury in late November, the College Football Playoff Committee showed that its goal is to put the best ...

Louisiana Monroe names Bryant Vincent head coach
Former New Mexico offensive coordinator Bryant Vincent was named head coach at Louisiana Monroe on Tuesday....

Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty coming back for '24
Boise State head coach Spencer Danielson knows the centerpiece of the Broncos' offense isn't going anywhere....

Report: New Mexico targeting Bronco Mendenhall
New Mexico is targeting former BYU and Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall to fill its coaching vacancy, ESPN reported Tuesday....

Iowa DC Phil Parker wins Broyles Award
Iowa defensive coordinator Phil Parker is the 2023 winner of the Frank Broyles Award, presented to the top assistant coach in college football....

Tate Rodemaker was robbed of an opportunity to join the pantheon of iconic backup quarterbacks
If anyone should be feeling the price of inflation today, it should be backup quarterbacks, whose stock just skyrocketed. Last week, Matt Rhule made headlines in his press conference by announcing that the (NIL) cost for “a good quarterback in the portal costs $1 million to $1.5 million to $2 millio...

Ron DeSantis is not going to curry any sympathy to Florida State’s cause
Far be it for me to try to think like a Floridian, but there’s no other way to understand the state’s latest misadventure with Captain Ron. Following the selection committee’s snub of Florida State for a spot in the College Football playoff, the great people of Tallahassee chose Gov. Ron DeSantis as...

Oregon just got hit with a Title IX lawsuit and the allegations are rough
On Friday, 32 members of the University of Oregon’s women’s beach volleyball and rowing teams filed a class action lawsuit in federal court that accuses the University of depriving female athletes of “equal treatment and benefits, equal athletic aid, and equal opportunities to participate in varsity...

Transfer Roundup: WR Julian Fleming joins Ohio State exodus
Former five-star wide receiver recruit Julian Fleming announced that he is leaving Ohio State....

Reports: Texas S Derek Williams to miss first half of CFP semifinal
The Texas Longhorns will be without defensive back Derek Williams for the first half of the College Football Playoff semifinal after his appeal for a targeting ejection was denied, according to multiple reports Tuesday....

Penn State DE Chop Robinson to enter NFL draft, skip Peach Bowl
Penn State standout defensive end Chop Robinson is entering the NFL draft and won't play in the Peach Bowl later this month....

NCAA proposal would allow direct compensation from schools to athletes
NCAA president Charlie Baker unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would allow some schools to directly compensate their athletes for the first time....

Call bowl games what they are: Glorified spring practices
There are two reasons making a bowl game is important. The first is the extra month of practice time. For the sake of the student-athletes, NCAA rules limit programs to a finite number of practices and getting three to four more weeks of prep is akin to an extra spring practice. Now that the transfe...

NCAA wants to try something new with NIL
The NCAA has proposed a new rule to its NIL format that would allow for Division I schools to directly enter deals with its athletes. ...