College sports editor at @usatodaysports. On two wheels in free time.
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Bill Belichick starts his second season as North Carolina football coach with questions ahead of the opener against TCU in Ireland on Saturday. usatoday.com/story/sports/nc…
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Why Syracuse's Fran Brown will be hottest SEC coaching target in next hiring cycle.
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Here's @CodyC64 op-ed at @USATODAY on the state of college sports.
"The NCAA’s version of the SCORE Act ensures that the powerful colleges stay powerful and relegates the lesser-advantaged schools to permanent irrelevance."
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College football assistant coach payrolls for 2024 among public schools, so far:
Ohio State: $11.425 million
Georgia: $10.1 million
Clemson: $9.675 million
Alabama: $9.425 million
Top in '23 was Ohio State's $9.32M
(h/t @joeyrkaufman, @marcweiszer, @ScottKeepfer, @_NickKelly)
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⏰⏳We’re excited to talk with @ericksmith about all things College Football with no shortage of controversy surrounding the selection for the CFP. Also, we’ll talk about the potential of the Jays landing Shohei Ohtani! All that and more on at 7pm on sauga960am.ca
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Per his contract, Harsin is owed a buyout of $15.575 million. The contract states that Harsin has no duty to mitigate and Auburn is not entitled to any offset from Harsin's future income.
Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin fired as new AD steps in usatoday.com/story/sports/nc… via @usatoday
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Football Four: No chaos in the bracket, but who’s No. 1: @OhioStateFB or @LSUfootball? (Might be important—have you seen No. 3?)
1 _______
2 _______
3 @ClemsonFB
4 @OU_Football
*******
5 No Chaos
6 No Controversy
7 No Debate
8 No Sweat
via @usatodaysports
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I'm happy to see the great work of my late colleague @OrenDorell cited in the Mueller report. Oren was killed last year by a hit-and-run drunk driver. R.I.P., buddy. Your work lives on.
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can't get enough of this clip of Coach Dick Bennett still doing what he does best, even from his seat up in the stands! immensely thankful for the impact that he has had on my coaching career. "we cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat." 🙌
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Crazy stat...Records of ACC teams the past 3 years in conference games decided by 3 points or less:
VT 8-1
FSU 5-1
Cuse 3-1
WF 2-1
UNC 5-2
NCSU 5-2
Miami 7-3
Duke 5-4
UVA 4-4
ND 4-5
GT 4-5
Pitt 2-6
UofL 1-4
BC 1-5
Clem 1-13
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Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Pause and remember those lives lost on what would become a "Day of Infamy". #PearlHarbor77
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Riley on process/chain of command: "I would never get too much into the internal details. Mike cares about the program, cares deeply about the people here. He wants nothing more than the best for this program and the people & players here. This decision was my decision." #Sooners
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Thanks for spending the weekend with us. Definitely a great man, come visit anytime! @GeorgeSchroeder @usatodaysports @ESPNCFB Good luck the rest of the year @OU_Football @LincolnRiley Great job yesterday google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoda…
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Surprise, surprise! Look who's back on top of the @AmwayUS Coaches Poll. Check out the complete preseason top 25: usat.ly/2veQShm
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I’m at NC State to do a piece on QB Ryan Finley. He said he wanted to conduct the interview along with his center, Garrett Bradbury, because “I just want to make sure it doesn’t get to a point where it’s all about me ... it’s about the whole team getting recognition.”
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Baker Mayfield’s “wild ride” finally ended with a loss, then a meandering lap around the Rose Bowl.
Whatever your view—swaggering hero or cocky villain?—there’s no denying his fire, or how amazing his story, or what he accomplished.
via @usatodaysports
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Chris D'Amico was tough and intimidating, but he also liked to have fun. Thanks for always putting up with my silly projects. We miss you ❤️ xitter.cf/alexptachick/status/71…
.@iggles60 was delighted to inform me he was the only one to pick #Villanova in our newsroom Snapchat predictions.
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Committee on Infractions could not conclude North Carolina violated NCAA rules: on.ncaa.com/2yhKd6n
