- Here is a round-by-round breakdown of CFP viewership to date, courtesy of my audience-minded colleague Austin Karp: First round (10.6 million); quarterfinals (16.9 million) and semifinals (19.2 million viewers). The championship game, notes Karp, is all but certain to be ESPN's most-watched programming of 2025.
- The 12-team CFP worked well in 2025, including upsets and controversy. When is change coming? I dug into the angles. What went well this year? What could change? What would the cost be? Who’s calling the shots? What’s next in the timeline?
- In college stadium construction work, $2.4 billion is expected to be completed this year, nearly double the 2024 spend and a half-billion dollars higher than the previous record, set in 2023, reports SBJ's David Broughton. But the record won’t last long, as spending in that niche is projected to top $3 billion in 2026.
- Clemson is hiring Hawks SVP/Global Partnerships Michael Drake as CEO of Clemson Ventures. Drake spent the last seven years with the Hawks and in varying capacities in and around the Atlanta sports scene, including as the Falcons’ SVP & Chief Revenue Officer for Business Operations.
