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College Football Playoff expansion issues including scheduling models, revenue distribution being debated

September 8, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, Media, NCAA, Odds and Ends, PressedCBSSports, CFP, College Football Playoff expansion, Dennis Dodd, ESPN, Expansion, NCAA, NCAA Football, revenue distribution, Scheduling model

Stakeholders will decide when will the expanded playoff will begin, what the schedule looks like … and who will be getting paid. Tap below to read the report from Dennis…

Expanded CFP Could Fetch $2.2B In Annual Media Rights Fees

September 7, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, Reports, SEC FootballAmanda Christovich, annual Media Rights fees, College Football Playoff, college sports property, Expanded CFP, Michael McCarthy, NCAA, NCAA Football

The much-maligned College Football Playoff is poised to possibly score the highest annual media rights fees of any college sports property. Tap below to read the article by Michael McCarthy…

An Inside Look at the Most Powerful Person in College Sports

September 6, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Pressed, SEC, SEC FootballGreg Sankey, NCAA, NCAA Football, Pat Forde, SEC Commissioner5SEC, SEC Football, Sports Illustrated

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has brought a measured calm, and a ton more money, to his conference, but his success has sparked questions about football’s future in particular. Tap below…

Leach And Dawgs Ready For A Late Night In The Desert

September 5, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Pressed, SEC FootballArizona Wildcats, HailState Athletics, Joel Coleman, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NCAA, NCAA Football, Pac 12, SEC, SEC Football

It'll be 10 p.m. back home in the Magnolia State when Mississippi State kicks off in Arizona on Saturday night against the Wildcats. It's an unusual circumstance to have a…

Harbaugh hopes players get a revenue share from 12-team CFP

September 5, 2022Articles, CFP, College Football, FYI, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed12 team CFP, Jim Harbaugh, Larry Lage, NCAA, NCAA Football, Player revenue, WDBO Orlando

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh hopes players get a cut of the money generated by an expanded College Football Playoff. Tap below to read the article by Larry Lage of WDBO Orlando.…

FCS games against Power Five opposition running fade pattern, coaches believe

September 5, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, News, Odds and Ends, Pressed, SEC FootballBig Ten, FCS Coaches, FCS Games, John O'Connor, NCAA, Power Five, Richmond Times Dispatch, SEC, SEC Football, University of Richmond

FCS coaches at the University of Richmond and VMI believe FCS games against Power Five opposition will be discontinued before long as SEC and Big Ten expansion signal a presumptive…

Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud gifts teammates $500 Express gift cards so they can ‘look fly’

September 1, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, NIL, Odds and Ends, PressedCJ Stroud, Colin Gay, Columbus Dispatch, Gift cards, NCAA, NIL, Ohio State Buckeyes, USAToday Sports

Ahead of Ohio State football's season-opening game against Notre Dame, quarterback C.J. Stroud wants to make sure his teammates are looking good walking into Ohio Stadium. Tap below to read the article by Colin Gay of…

7 college football teams that will bank a big payday – and could pull off an epic upset

August 31, 2022Articles, College Football, NCAA, Odds and Ends, PressedEddie Timanus, Group of Five, money games, NCAA, Power Five, SEC Football, USAToday Sports

In most years there is at least one Group of Five school that pulls off a win on the road against a power conference squad. Tap below to see which games…

NCAA board approves transfer portal windows, ‘modernizes’ infractions process

August 31, 2022Articles, College Football, FYI, NCAA, Odds and Ends, Pressed, Rule Changes, Transfer PortalBarrett Sallee, CBSSports, infractions process, NCAA, NCAA Board of Directors, Rule changes, Shehan Jeyarajah, transfer portal window

The NCAA Board of Directors on Wednesday adopted several measures designed to assist with the mass influx of athletes entering the transfer portal while also modernizing its infractions process. Tap…

New rules make star college football players millionaires

August 31, 2022Articles, College Football, FYI, Media, NCAA, NIL, Odds and Ends, PressedAlabama Crimson Tide, AP Sports, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Dave Skretta, NCAA, NCAA Football, NIL, NIL Collectives, Ohio State Buckeyes

More than a year ago, the NCAA lifted long-standing restrictions on players profiting from their celebrity status, and in some cases it turned elite players such as CJ Stroud and Alabama quarterback…