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ACC Draws Line Against SEC and Big Ten Push for Conference-Specific Rules

Commissioner Jim Phillips says letting each league write its own rules would only deepen the governance problems already plaguing college sports.

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Inside College Football’s 24-Team CFP Debate Over Expansion, Access and Money

While weighing concerns about regular-season game value and changing the sport’s calendar, commissioners are coalescing around the Big Ten’s push for 24 with the SEC representing the lone—and most important—holdout.

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ESPN Looks Like the Last Line of Defense Against a Bloated 24-Team College Football Playoff

Could the network stop expansion in its tracks?

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Where Are They Now? Catching Up With March Madness Viral Heroes of the Past

Northwestern’s crying kid. Villanova’s sobbing piccolo girl. Doug Edert and his viral mustache. Where are they now?

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Ranking the 12 People Feeling the Most Pressure in the College Football Playoff

Coaches, commissioners, quarterbacks and two entire schools have a lot riding on this playoff run that could end in glory—or failure.

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The College Football Playoff’s Future Rests on the Big Ten. Will Tony Petitti Compromise?

The other three power conferences have coalesced around a move to 16 teams, while the Big Ten favors 24 teams and a shake-up of the conference title games.

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‘Totally Out of Bounds’: Big 12’s Brett Yormark Blasts Notre Dame AD’s ‘Egregious’ Comments on CFP Snub

The Big 12 commissioner rebuked Pete Bevacqua for going after the ACC and Jim Phillips after the selection committee flipped the Fighting Irish with Miami in its final rankings.

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Forde-Yard Dash: Tricky Math Complicates ACC’s Conference Scheduling Future

One possibility is applying games against Notre Dame to league standings. Plus, an updated look at all conferences’ strength of schedule through Week 2.

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College Sports’ Revenue-Sharing Era Faces Early Concerns Over Collectives

Football coaches, players and administrators shared skepticism and some hope in a post–House settlement world as they await College Sports Commission’s rulings.

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Instead of Hammering CFP Selection Committee, SMU Should Celebrate Its Decisions

The Mustangs were the final team into the 2024 playoff because the committee took into account all of the subjective things college football teams and fans say they care about.

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SEC’s Sankey Wants to Reshape College Sports Without the Bad-Guy Blowback

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is working with the Big Ten to widen the gap between the haves and have-nots in college sports. He seems surprised that’s not being received well.

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Notre Dame–USC Football Series in Jeopardy, But Irish Looking to Extend Rivalry

The 2025 game is the last in the current contract between the blueblood programs, and the Trojans offered only a one-year extension.

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Inside the Battle for Fairness in the College Football Playoff Format

The College Football Playoff continues to be one of the most interesting attractions in sport, and the controversy continues to follow it.

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March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention

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ACC Commissioner Reportedly 'Nervous' About Bill Belichick's NFL Flight Risk

Belichick hasn't filled out his staff at UNC yet and that's reportedly making everybody worried.

The Independent UK

Pride, bragging rights and more than $115M at stake when final college playoff rankings come out

There’s more than just school pride and bragging rights to all that bellyaching over who might be in and who might be out of college football’s first 12-team playoff

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Alabama vs. Miami? Actually, Clemson Is Chaos Agent in CFP Bracket

The debate for the final spot in the 12-team field boils down to the Crimson Tide and Hurricanes ... unless the Tigers win the ACC title game and steal a bid.

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Alabama and the SEC Are, Once Again, Getting Their Way

The Crimson Tide jumping Miami in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings lays bare the sport’s dubious power structure.

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COVID-19 led to extra college eligibility. Those 5th-year players are set for their last runs

The COVID-19 pandemic led to college athletes being granted an additional year of eligibility

Sports Illustrated

Forde-Yard Dash: Each Conference’s Ad for the College Football Playoff

The first CFP rankings reveal will happen on election night, so The Dash created how the conferences might attempt to swing hearts and minds in their favor—or against the opposition.

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Ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Games, It’s Time for NCAA to Promote Olympic Sports

Rivalries and untapped marketing potential already exist at the college level, but tapping into year-round interest in these sports still lacks.

The National (Scotland)

‘The people’s coal’: New book explores if justice was served for Scotland’s miners

IN 2022, the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) Act came into force in Scotland.

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ACC Commissioner Vows Lengthy Court Fight If Necessary Against Clemson, Florida State

Jim Phillips took a hardline stance at the conference's media days in Charlotte.

The Independent UK

ACC commissioner promises to fight 'for as long as it takes' amid legal battles with Clemson, FSU

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips says the league will fight “as long as it takes” in legal cases against Florida State and Clemson as those member schools challenge the league’s ability to charge hundreds of millions of dollars to leave the conference

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Paul Finebaum Defends the CFP Committee Selecting Alabama Over Florida State

The ESPN commentator believes the “right decision” was made with the final rankings on Sunday afternoon.

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