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Pernetti, Phillips, Sankey speak about state of college sports
Three commissioners of major college conferences -- the American’s Tim Pernetti, the ACC’s Jim Phillips and the SEC’s Greg Sankey -- appeared separately on SiriusXM’s “Off Campus” show ahead of Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game and talked about a variety of issues fa...
Wisconsin sees increase in operating revenue, expenses in FY2024-25
The Univ. of Wisconsin athletic department had $197.9M in total operating revenue and $193.6M in total operating expenses for FY2024-25, “up from” $190.6M and 186.7M, respectively, in FY2023-24, according to John Steppe of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. Those figures are also “nearly identical” to ...
Bowl game attendance down 9% from last year
More than 1.7 million fans attended the 47 FBS postseason games since Dec. 13, down 9% from the 2024-25 bowl season. The four first-round CFP games added 311,047 to the attendance ledger this season, with Texas A&M hosting Miami for the round’s biggest crowd (104,122). For comparison, attendance...
Big Ten three-peat signals shift atop college football
The Big Ten’s three-peat in the CFP National Championship Game with Indiana’s win over Miami on Monday stands as a “stunning about-face in college football’s pecking order,” according to Ross Dellenger of YAHOO SPORTS. Indiana’s first national championship gives the Big Ten a “remarkable and unexpec...
Indiana swore to invest in football. It was rewarded with national championship.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- What is the look of a champion? Is it cathartic screams? Ear-to-ear-grins? A cold beer after a long day? An embrace with the ones we love most?
Roy Williams urges UNC to renovate Dean Dome instead of building off-campus arena
A group of Univ. of North Carolina basketball supporters on Monday “launched a public petition urging university leaders to renovate the Dean Dome rather than relocate the arena off campus” -- and they employed Basketball HOFer and former UNC coach Roy Williams “to help spread the word.” Williams “v...
Indiana’s title marks completion of Cignetti’s total turnaround of program
Indiana began this season as the losingest major program in the history of college football and ended it with the school’s first national championship, “capping a remarkable two-year turnaround” by coach Curt Cignetti. Indiana is the third consecutive Big Ten team to win a national title, following ...
Indiana downs Miami, captures first College Football Playoff crown
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The college football world runs through Bloomington, Ind., as No. 1 Indiana took down No. 10 Miami 27-21 on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium, completing coach Curt Cignetti’s colossal turnaround of the cellar-dwelling Hoosiers.
Trump, Rubio to attend CFP National Championship
Two of Florida’s “most famous part-time residents” will turn out for Monday’s CFP National Championship, with both President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “expected to attend.” Actor Dwayne Johnson, a former Miami football player, is also “expected to be in attendance” Monday night and “p...
CFP National Championship tickets among most expensive ever
Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game between Indiana and Miami will be “among the most expensive tickets in college football history.” Ticketdata noted that the “lowest ‘get-in’ price” at Hard Rock Stadium was $3,652 about 24 hours before kickoff, which is “in position ...
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We have to have a real conversation about Week 0. ... What is the future of these championship games? Do they continue to exist or are we going to start the playoff earlier and just go straight to New Year’s Day rather than playing at the end of January?-- American Conference Commissioner Tim Pernetti, on how the length of the college football schedule needs to be addressed.
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