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Notre Dame injury report for Saturday at Stanford:

Chip Kelly fired as Raiders OC. The man reportedly made $6M per year. That is one hefty buyout.

Big Ten championship game tiebreaker scenarios:

Notre Dame announces that LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (left knee) and CB Chance Tucker (left tibia) are both out for the season following injuries suffered Saturday vs. Syracuse.

Fortuna Files from last night: Notre Dame has picked a good time to be playing its best ball — yes, better than last year when the Irish made the national title game. And Jeremiyah Love, of course, is a big part of that. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️⬇️ www.insidezonemf.com/p/fortuna-fi...

Florida State is bringing back Mike Norvell for 2026, his 7th season leading the Seminoles. Statements from president Richard McCullough, Norvell, BoT chair Peter Collins and AD Michael Alford:

🚨 NEW POD 🚨 Notre Dame beat Syracuse. There was blood everywhere. Pete and I chat about it all on The Independent. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ 🍎 Apple: apple.co/3qCY5Yu 🎧 Spotify: spoti.fi/45BMhEU 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/3Rruw7e

A UCLA fake FG results in a TD ... for Washington

All this man does is win

Illinois has now been the victim of "OVERRATED" chants (at Indiana) and of a fieldstorm (at Wisconsin.) The Illini have arrived!

Go figure, Wisconsin

Anthony Donkah and Audavion Collins with a message for Penn State: Hire Terry Smith

From earlier today: Northwestern lets loose, gets its elusive Wrigley win and now is going bowling for the second time under David Braun ⬇️⬇️ www.insidezonemf.com/p/bowl-bound...

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Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman laughs when asked if Jeremiyah Love's Heisman pose is a better celebration than his postgame celebration vs. USC: "He's earned the right to do that."

Not sure what Michigan State did to piss off the football gods, but the Spartans fall again on the last play of the game. Drew Stevens hits a FG at the horn to give Iowa the 20-17 win. Eight straight losses for MSU.

Notre Dame has won its last 5 Senior Day games, outscoring its opponents 249-28.

A Notre Dame grouphug for Steve Angeli

Haskell!

Northwestern HC David Braun on emotional postgame with family: “At the end of the day anyone that is in college athletics, and specifically around the sport of college football will tell you, without an absolute warrior at home, you can't do it. And that's who Kristin Braun is.”

It's a game of runs: 10-0 Northwestern 28-3 Minnesota 22-0 Northwestern Prestone Stone's 2-yard toss to Caleb Komolafe makes it 35-28 Wildcats with 10:20 to go.

Huge answer by Northwestern, going 86 yards in nine plays. Griffin Wilde with the 4-yard TD catch. Kicker/holder Henry Helms with the nifty 2-point conversion toss to cut the Gophers' lead to 28-21.

And on the first play following the fake punt, Drake Lindsey hits Javon Tracy for a 28-yard TD. The Gophers go up 28-13 on the Cats.

The spirit of the Big Ten West is alive and well in late November. Minnesota leads Northwestern 14-13 on a baseball field despite being out-gained 218-82.

How’s this for a Friday? On the same day that LSU put together a lucrative deal for its potential new coach (Lane Kiffin), the Tigers took the formal step of firing their last coach with the intent of saving on buyout money (Brian Kelly). www.insidezonemf.com/p/sources-ls...

Our latest on LSU’s pursuit of Lane Kiffin, as the Tigers are prepared to make Kiffin the highest-paid coach in the country ⬇️ www.insidezonemf.com/p/sources-ls...

James Franklin’s deal at Virginia Tech: 5 years, $41.75M He’ll receive $9.5M for his 10 assistant coaches, plus $6M for support staff and $3M for recruiting. Incentives include $800K for finishing No. 1 in ACC viewership, which is measured in the ACC’s success initiative pool:

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalists: 🐝 Haynes King, Georgia Tech 🔴 Fernando Mendoza, Indiana ⚓️ Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt 👍 Marcel Reed, Texas A&M 🐶 Gunner Stockton, Georgia

Fortuna Files: James Franklin is off the board, Lane Kiffin remains very much on it, and more news and notes from around the country SUBSCRIBE ⬇️⬇️ www.insidezonemf.com/p/fortuna-fi...

NEWS: Baylor coach Dave Aranda will return for the 2026 season, his seventh season leading the Bears.

The question behind the question about the Notre Dame-Miami debate: Could either win the natty? Eric MacLain answers that and more on The Independent. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ 🍎 Apple: apple.co/3qCY5Yu 🎧 Spotify: spoti.fi/45BMhEU 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/3Rruw7e

Baylor president Linda Livingstone announces AD Mack Rhoades' resignation in a letter to the community.

Picks time! Nate Jacobson, Ben Wittenstein and I give our best bets in our weekly FREE column ⬇️⬇️ www.insidezonemf.com/p/cfb-foreca...

Three-time Super Bowl champion RB James White has been hired as the head coach at Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill. White is currently the assistant RBs coach at Illinois and will continue in that role through the rest of this season.

Notre Dame WR Jaden Greathouse is no longer on the injury report, FWIW. This is what Marcus Freeman said on Monday ⬇️

Jay Norvell will be Iowa’s honorary captain Saturday vs. Michigan State.

Bronko Nagurski Trophy finalists (nation’a top defensive player): Ohio State S Caleb Downs Texas A&M DE Cashius Howell Notre Dame CB Leonard Moore Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez

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Alabama's last 11 days: Beat No. 5 St. John's at MSG Lose to No. 2 Purdue at home Beat No. 8 Illinois in Chicago Next up: Gonzaga in Vegas on Monday

Andrej Stojakovc has 24 points tonight: 10-13 from the field 2-3 from 3 2-5 from the line Make it make sense

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“Do you think the San Francisco Giants and the New York Giants ever get together?”

Joe Moorhead getting 5 wins out of this Akron team should qualify him for sainthood.

“And you want to be my latex salesman.”

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark after his conference has three teams in the Top-12 of the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, and five in the Top-25:

Hunter Yurachek on Notre Dame-Miami: "We really compare the losses of those two teams. ... We really haven't compared those two teams. They haven't been in similar comparative pools to date. But Miami is creeping up into that range where they will be compared to ND if something happens above them."