When @scottdochterman.bsky.social and I did our college football team valuations recently, Indiana was the most interesting team to figure out. So what did the national title run do for the Hoosiers? www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

What can a national title do for Indiana football? Here’s how much its value has changed

Indiana was the biggest mover in The Athletic's second annual college football valuation rankings with a jump to $696 million.

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Source: Mario Cristobal is signing a long-term extension at Miami, @theathletic.com has confirmed. (On3 first reported) More: www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...

Mario Cristobal, Miami reach agreement on contract extension: Source (Gift Article)

The Hurricanes are 35-19 in four seasons under Cristobal, advancing to the College Football Playoff championship game last season.

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So this week, we saw the first chapter of the College Football Players Association, the first unionization effort in college women’s sports and the strongest push yet to pass national legislation around college sports. Seems significant. Also, what is an offseason?

Back on the grind from a few days on vacation. While I was out, we published our second annual college football valuations list. How much would your team, hypothetically, sell for on the open market? www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What if college football teams could be sold? Ranking Power 4 teams by their valuation

How much would it take to buy an NCAA football team on the open market? Here's what we think all 68 Power 4 teams would sell for.

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The latest on the UNC saga, from our @brendanmarks.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

Bill Belichick sidesteps questions about Mike Lombardi’s leave at UNC, CSC interest

"We're taking it day by day," Belichick said of his GM's absence. "And, you know, working through the things that are on the table now."

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What we heard from SEC media days and peak talkin’ season: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Why are SEC coaches still divided on football scheduling? What we heard at media days (Gift Article)

What we learned at SEC media days about scheduling debates, transfer portal vs. recruiting, star quarterbacks and more.

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The most interesting story this week at SEC media days centered around a hypothetical breakaway. More, with @sethemerson.bsky.social taking the lead: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

SEC commissioner doesn't favor breakaway but says options being explored

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Lane Kiffin said today that "a lot of people won" through his move from LSU to Ole Miss. We heard him out, then ranked the winners and losers (plus one in the middle). nytimes.com/athletic/7466356/2026/07/23/lane-kiffin-lsu-ole-miss-winners-losers/

Lane Kiffin says 'a lot of people won' from LSU move. We ranked the winners and losers

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Why Jon Sumrall is the best thing to happen to Florida football in 2 decades Free story link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Why Jon Sumrall is the best thing to happen to Florida football in 2 decades (Gift Article)

At the end of the day, coaching is messaging, and Sumrall understands messaging better than most of his peers.

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SEC media days opening statement, by word count: Kirby Smart: 1858 Will Stein: 1533 Alex Golesh: 1431 Kalen DeBoer: 1201 Jon Sumrall: 1197 Lane Kiffin: 8 gazillion* *approximate

So, uh, Ole Miss coach Pete Golding had a thing or two to say at SEC media days. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Jon Sumrall and Lane Kiffin went through similar situations last year, navigating the coaching carousel and a CFP team. Their end results were different, but here's why Sumrall doesn't blame Kiffin for leaving the way he did. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

Florida coach who stayed at Tulane for CFP 'did not envy' Kiffin's dilemma at Ole Miss

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So the SEC breakaway talk is real. But there are ranges of "breaking away." The choices, from the nuclear option to the mild and in between: www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What are the SEC's breakaway choices? From going nuclear to the mild option

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For the second straight year, we surveyed dozens of college football coaches, GMs and staffers in an effort to rank all 130+ starting QBs in the FBS. Today, we unveil the 2026 edition of @theathletic.com’s College QB Tiers. Free link for all to read: link.skhanjr.com/2026-college...

College football quarterback tiers 2026: Ranking every projected starter from 1 to 138 (Gift Article)

Ranking Trinidad Chambliss, Arch Manning, Dante Moore, CJ Carr, Julian Sayin and more. How does your QB stack up?

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Tampa Bay ordered up a fireworks show for media attending an SEC media days party. Your move, Big Ten.

Did Kentucky's Will Stein just have his "Google me" moment? www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

New Kentucky coach Will Stein may have just had his Curt Cignetti moment

“I think because of me, to be honest,” Stein said at SEC media days when asked why he thinks he can win in Lexington.

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Some quick hits on SEC commissioner Greg Sankey's remarks this morning in Tampa. He says talks of an SEC breakaway are indeed "real." With @sethemerson.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

Commissioner Greg Sankey insists SEC breakaway threat is real as rules frustrations linger

Greg Sankey opened SEC football media days by talking about the Protect College Sports Act, NCAA frustrations, Playoff expansion and more.

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BREAKING: Michigan AD Warde Manuel will step down at the end of the calendar year and a search for a new AD will be conducted, the school has announced.

Glad to be covering another big event in town so I can sleep in my own bed!

Lane Kiffin has said since Day 1 that LSU is "just different." What, exactly, does that mean? My dispatch from Baton Rouge, starting with the literal corner of Oxford and LSU. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Lane Kiffin says LSU is ‘just different.’ So what does a visit to Baton Rouge reveal? (Gift Article)

What makes LSU so special that Lane Kiffin would leave a College Football Playoff team before the season ended? Here's what we found.

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Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi says Miami tried to get Pitt QB Mason Heintschel into the portal before it closed. Heintschel stayed at Pitt, and Narduzzi told Duke HC Manny Diaz that Darian Mensah was next. www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

Lane Kiffin has said since Day 1 that LSU is "just different." What, exactly, does that mean? My dispatch from Baton Rouge, starting with the literal corner of Oxford and LSU. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Lane Kiffin says LSU is ‘just different.’ So what does a visit to Baton Rouge reveal? (Gift Article)

What makes LSU so special that Lane Kiffin would leave a College Football Playoff team before the season ended? Here's what we found.

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Following WSJ’s report that Michigan AD Warde Manuel addressed Sherrone Moore’s relationship with assistant in 2024, @TheAthletic has additional reporting about UM having been alerted of concerns about the coach’s relationship around the start of training camp in ‘24: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Warde Manuel addressed Sherrone Moore’s relationship with assistant in 2024, report says

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It look like there will be another move in the Ole Miss-LSU saga: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Ole Miss considers suing 2 LSU transfers over unpaid buyouts in latest twist to offseason of drama

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“We brought in guys that are pissed off ’cause they weren’t recruited out of high school. They came in with a competitiveness and a work ethic...” A rejuvenated Deion Sanders with two new playcallers & a bunch of gritty transfers. Will it work? Free story link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

SOURCE: Florida State hiring former Texas, FAU coach Tom Herman to staff www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

Florida State hiring former Texas, FAU coach Tom Herman to staff: Source

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Former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach Mark Kulbis has been charged with criminal hazing and manslaughter over the 2024 death of a freshman football player, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office announced.

NCAA strength coach charged with hazing, manslaughter in football player’s death (Gift Article)

Bucknell freshman lineman Calvin "C.J." Dickey Jr. died in 2024, two days after passing out during a football workout.

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✍️ Column: Does this expanded World Cup show why the College Football Playoff should expand to 24? Yes. And no. But it also shows a few important differences: www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Should the College Football Playoff expand? Here’s what the 48-team World Cup can tell us (Gift Article)

There are reasons for and against the CFP following the World Cup's lead.

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No, the Notre Dame-ACC relationship is not perfect. Never has been, never will be. But after @petesampson.bsky.social and I talked with a dozen people in/around ND and the ACC, here's why it still makes sense for both sides: www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

Are Notre Dame and the ACC good? Here’s why the football relationship is still working (Gift Article)

Whatever tension surrounds the Notre Dame-ACC dynamic, the partnership still feels more like a solution than a problem. Here's why

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How did former first-round pick Terrion Arnold end up in a Tampa jail, facing the possibility of a lifetime sentence? A look inside the chaotic weekend with lots of new details. Reporting w/ some of our investigative aces: www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

Inside the chaotic, violent weekend that derailed Terrion Arnold’s NFL future (Gift Article)

An offseason party excursion ended in alleged robberies, revenge plots and a football career in jeopardy.

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