Texas State has emerged as a favorite to join the Pac-12, sources tell Pete Thamel and me. The expected move would have a ripple effect through college sports. Story: www.espn.com/college-foot...

Remember when it was cool to say Ryan Day should be fired to score fake internet points?

Would be kinda cool if the FCS title game was the day before the FBS one in the same market.

Trophy celebrations for quarterfinal games must go.

I have, with my own eyes, seen a comeback from down 34 points at the Rose Bowl.

Is there where we come to discuss if Oregon was deserving of the playoff berth it was given by the committee? Or do I have to go to the bad place?

I'm old enough to remember when Penn State and Ohio State fans wanted to run their coaches out of town this season.

Best pic every year

This would have been a conference game if Larry Scott had his way.

Kenny might be the first coach from the EA Sports coaching tree.

“After review, we have determined the ball went through the goal posts came back around and then hit the post. The field goal is good”

The refs should still not be let off the hook

Doink!

Pool reporter: activated

Targeting is when you go to Target for one thing and end up spending $200.

Guy is laid out on the turf, maybe concussed, from a helmet to helmet hit as a defenseless receiver and it’s not targeting.

It’s textbook targeting. Big moment for conspiracy theorists upcoming!

Ewers is playing like someone who is destined to continue his football career as a grad assistant at Texas Tech when he’s out of eligiblity.

Oh, weird. Sark getting out-coached against a Pac-12 school. *never* seen this before.

Thanks to all the brands for their heartfelt emails wishing me a happy new year. A good reminder to start the year right and do an unsubscribe binge.

Hook-and-ladder feels inevitable soon.

Shedeur in the game down 29 against BYU backups? Sure, why not

Washington State is finalizing a deal to name South Dakota State’s Jimmy Rogers as its new head coach, sources tell ESPN.

Two days before the season started, BYU DC Jay Hill wasn’t feeling well - and didn’t realize how serious it was. “Right in the barber chair, I'm having a heart attack." His right coronary artery was 100% blocked. He needed emergency surgery. Story on his season of recovery.

Bowl games are always going to draw viewers because ... football, holidays, etc. But the postseason needs a complete overhaul. Bowls exist because they always have but there is a reason no other significant sport in the world wraps up their season with exhibition games dressed up as real games.

Hard to believe it has been five years. This dude left an incredible legacy of how to treat people. Not a week goes by where I’m not reminded by something in daily life of a memory we shared together.

This is the energy we’re looking for around these parts.

How long is it going to take before everyone realizes FCS has the best playoff system?

I still want my Group of 5 playoff.

After-the-fact debates about the worthiness of the No. 11 seed is going to be an annual thing. It’s a feature of the format. A boring feature. Again: no one who gets left out deserves sympathy.

It’s always interesting to see what sports stations air opposite major events. Tonight on CBS Sports Net: National plumbing championships followed by national electrician championships.

If you're in the Art of Sports LA Bowl, shouldn't you just be expecting a fake punt on every 4th down?

LA Bowl is a fun reminder that Los Angeles built an indoor venue for football and Buffalo is building an open-air stadium.

About a month after the Jaydn Ott song went multiplatinum (or something like that) my 4-year-old came home singing it. His version: "O-T-T-T-O-G-O I've got Jaydn Ott to go." I asked him where he learned that song -- thinking maybe I had been signing it -- and, no, it was his friend at school.

The Alumni Association magazine came in the mail today and included an interview with the Chancellor and boy does it tickle me that Calimony as a word is in the halls of power

This feels like the first major step toward the end of eligibility limitations. Period. Employment is coming and, eventually, I think it’s going to be hard to justify why terms of employment have to be tied to being a student. Once that’s gone, the concept of 4-year eligibility will be targeted.

Mateer to Oklahoma was easy to see coming. It’s a proven way to upgrade an offense quickly: Take a successful QB/coach and move them together. WSU did it with Cam Ward. USC with Caleb Williams (from OU). Utah is doing it with Dampier.

A federal judge ruled that, for now, Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia will be eligible in 2025. He's challenging the long-held rule that athletic participation at junior colleges -- outside the NCAA purview -- counts against NCAA eligibility. Interesting to see how this plays out.

WSU AD Anne McCoy says the Cougars will play in the Holiday Bowl. “We’re 100% in.”

Lion concerned about hyenas.

Dickert did an excellent job for WSU, especially given the hand and I don’t think he would have left for Wake had it not been for the Pac-12 collapse. HCs leaving WSU for other jobs isn’t new, but the threshold for what makes other jobs more appealing in comparison is different now.

“We should win the game if we don’t want him to do that.” Wrote about the great flag-planting debate of 2024.

Hunter is a deserving winner. My ballot was: 1. Hunter 2. Jeanty 3. Ward One of the more unique races in awhile.

Cal announced it has hired Nick Rolovich as a senior offensive assistant. Rolovich has been out of college football since he was fired as WSU’s head coach for refusing to get vaccinated area for COVID. He has an ongoing lawsuit against WSU.

This is why the money Underwood is getting from Michigan seems crazy to me. Malachi Nelson is back in the portal. There are no sure things in recruiting so to commit 8 (or at least near 8) figures to a HS kid is wild.

Meanwhile, I can barely crack 1000 elo on chess.com.

INTERPOL gonna bring him to Ohio to face felony charges.

Step 1: Win multiple Super Bowls Step 2: Back to campus

The Mountain West announced it will add UC Davis in several sports, including basketball. No football … yet.