Matt Barrie
@MattBarrie
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@ESPNCFB Studio Host. Thurs night CFB. @SportsCenter Host. @TGL Host. @ESPN. Scottsdale native. @ASU & @Cronkite_ASU graduate 🔱 Insta: @mattbarrieespn
Joined July 2009
A wife lost her husband. A mother lost her daughter. Sisters lost their sister. Parents lost their son. The world lost an icon. This matters. Loss matters. Pain matters. Things we can’t have back matter. Most of the bullshit we think matters, doesn’t. 🙏🏻 #RIPMamba.
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I mean. If anyone could kill a virus. .
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This is why: “they didn’t play anyone” needs to be a legitimate discussion. All records aren’t created equal.
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If you bash the sport you “cover,”seek new employment.
If you’re staying up on the East Coast to watch Washington-Arizona, seek help.
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Dear, Aaron Judge. For the love of CFB Saturday. Hit. The. Damn. HR. Tonight. Cheers. 👊🏼🏈.
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People screamed “let ‘em transfer!!” . People screamed “pay them!!”. Screamers never have a responsible plan to make it work. They just scream nonsense to be the loudest. This is now college football. Well done.
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I was asking @diannaESPN about potential communication issues during tomorrow nights #NFLDraft, then this happened. 😂😂😂
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Slept on it. My Jon Rahm thoughts: .1. In no circumstance should he have been told in public and view of the cameras. 2. He could’ve played by himself today and carried his bag. Or, Adam Hayes could’ve given consent. 3. While we’d love everyone vaccinated (I am) it’s his choice.
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“I want people to think of me as a talented overachiever. I was blessed with talent. But I worked as if I had none. If I could be remembered that way, it would be pretty good.” -Kobe Bryant following his final NBA game.
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Doesn’t he always wear a mask?.
Steve Kerr has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not coach tonight.
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Shocker. Penn St went 0-2 in their annual two game schedule. Enough with the Penn St is a top 10 team talk. Stop.
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The Florida coach that got fired went to three consecutive new years six games in his first three years. And was let go in his 4th season.
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I don’t care what their record ends up. Sam Pittman is the SEC’s coach of the year. What he’s done for @RazorbackFB in a short time is incredible.
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Another bleak reality if CFB is cancelled, is that most college towns rely on football season to keep their doors open. Visiting fans stay in hotels and eat/drink at bars and restaurants. Away games students/fans pack the same spots. More than a football season will be lost.
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Darkest day?? Jerry Sandusky ring a bell? Larry Nassar?.
Note the date: 9/16/20, the day the vaunted Big Ten became the SEC. It choked. It got scared. It sold its soul for football. My @usatodaysports column on the darkest day in Big Ten history:
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Targeting is ruining college football. That was a joke. What’s he supposed to do? Let him score??.
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Strength of schedule:. Alabama - 5th.Washington - 11th.Texas - 13th.Michigan - 33rd.Georgia - 37th .Florida St - 55th.
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Nope. Not possible. Football can’t safely be played. Impossible.
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.@AdamSchefter just now on GetUp: NFL teams have raised concerns that other teams could HACK their ZOOM conference call during the draft. That's the most 2020 sentence of all time.
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Why are Caleb and Drake considered locks as the top two QB’s in the #NFL Draft? I’m loving it if Penix Jr falls to my team.
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I'm REALLY trying to avoid David Ortiz bashing. But the guy tested positive in '03 and now gets to be a "first ballot Hall of Famer." Got it. HOF Criteria: good nickname, good with the media, EXTRA good with 162 game beat writer media.
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Regional ties. State battles. Traditional rivalries. Road trips to your favorite stadium in the conference. Legendary fight songs the visiting band dares to play. It’s all slowly being stripped away. The new reality of CFB and college sports will take some time to get used to. 👎🏼.
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That was a flop.
Caitlin Clark collided with a court stormer after Ohio State upset Iowa. Hopefully she is alright.
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I’ll watch tape and see if Shaka and Painter cooperated with their masks.
After watching North Texas last night and Abilene Christian tonight . Purdue and Texas have some explaining to do.
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All @elleduncanESPN and I wanted to know from @LeBatardShow and @Stugotz790, was the level of satisfaction they may or may not be getting from Giancarlo Stanton’s struggles in New York. We got this instead.
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Ohio St is the best, most complete team in CFB. Scary good.
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Horrible? How about, great news that 69 of the 75 players who tested positive have recovered.
This is straight up horrible.
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Kenny. F’ing. Dillingham. He inherited an absolute DUMPSTER FIRE and has @ASUFootball 7-2 in year two. It’s among the best coaching jobs and turnarounds in the country. 🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱.
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The hurt and hatred has to stop. @Realrclark25, @Jclark21_, and the rest of the @ASUFootball players who lived this pain, I am sorry it happened to you. It’s time to call out those who still don’t get it.
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Let’s just openly discuss the inevitable:. Big 12:.• Colorado .• Utah.• Arizona St.• Arizona . Big 10:.• Oregon .• Washington .• Stanford .• Cal. Uhhh:.• Oregon St .• Washington St.
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I need one person to explain to me WHY @ASUFootball wouldn’t be ranked ahead of Boise St tomorrow. It’s not a hard decision. Quit focusing on Boise St’s “narrow loss” to Oregon.
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So let me get this straight. NFL owners, GM’s, and coaches want to win at all costs. But this is the player they all take a stand and decide let’s really make a statement?.
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Today’s #CFBPlayoff discussions over “what if’s” has been CFB at its best. It’s not hard. Nor should it be. Ohio St didn’t play. They get 4th. TCU lost a champ game in OT. They’re 3rd. Michigan is in. Plays TCU. So 2nd or 3rd doesn’t matter. UGA. 1st. Alabama. Stop.
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I don’t think it’s great they got it. I think it’s great they recovered. I don’t think it’s great when someone gets cancer. I think it’s great when they beat it. I don’t think it’s great when someone is an addict. I think it’s great when they’re sober. It’s ok to cheer recovery.
@MattBarrie You have brainworms if you think it’s a good thing that their entire team got it.
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Can we agree that FSU got hosed, AND the government getting involved is a waste of resources and time? I live in Florida part time, go do actual work.
Good! For more than a week, the @CFBPlayoff Selection Committee has been hiding & evading my demands for transparency after excluding #FSU. I welcome @AGAshleyMoody’s efforts to force accountability.
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Post @seniorbowl trip thoughts:.1. Jaxon Dart should be in the discussion as the top overall QB. 2. The QB depth in this draft will have value. See: Tyler Shough and Seth Henigan. 3. The RB group is a GOLD mine this year. 4. Ole Miss was the most talented team in the SEC.
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It was time for @elleduncanESPN and I to have a real conversation on @SportsCenter on how our different upbringings can actually bring us all together. Talk. Listen. Understand.
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That was fight. That was teamwork. That was college football at its best. And while @ASUFootball came up short, they showed the country that a team logo and a conference doesn’t account for that. Great win by Texas. Even better foundation for ASU. Until next fall, #ForksUp 🔱🏈.
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Only 4 schools left standing in a conference that dates back to the early 1900’s & one I grew up watching & loving completely being cannibalized by the money hunger games is pretty damn sad. Save the “you work for espn” comments. I grew up in the Pac long before my employment.
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Because of the blocked PAT, no one will discuss how FSU allowed LSU to go 99-yds in a minute with 10-15yd completions. It was actually easy.
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Farewell to the conference that raised me and my cfb passion. This pic, and this Rose Bowl, was the site of my highest of highs, and still my worst sports heartbreak. Pour one out for the Pac. 🌹🏜️🔱🌊🏔️
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The future of Gamecocks football under @CoachSBeamer is very, very bright. What a season!.
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Good afternoon,. “A Christmas Story” is overrated, not funny, and not good. 🎅🏼😘🎄.
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Hold that Tiger! Tip of the cap to @LSUfootball and @Coach_EdOrgeron. That’s what dominance looks like.
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I watched and covered CFB all day yesterday. I came home. Went to bed. Woke up. And the sun was still shining. Let's tee it up again Saturday. Well done to those who kicked off week one.
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That first, FIRST party you attend at Arizona St. 🔱🔱🔱.
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I didn’t discuss last night on the broadcast, but life is funny. @PackFootball OC @Coachtimbeck was my HS football coach at @saguarofootball. Such a profound impact on me as a teenager. Taught me accountability for others. 25+ yrs later, I finally got to tell him thank you.
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The unmasked SEC commissioner taking a picture with five pirates at the Gasparilla Bowl as Omicron spreads.
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What a great day to be a Sun Devil. Think about where we were just two years ago. Even last year. Forget the rankings. The bracket. And all of the BS. Enjoy the moment. 🔱🏈👊🏼.
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CLT airport is the worst run and most inept airfield in the game. Change my mind.
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Just wrapped up week 12 of “College Football Final.” In no world did I think this sentence was possible: @ASUFootball controls its destiny to the College Football Playoff. 🤯🏈👊🏼🔱.
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I’ve been “anti @CFBPlayoff expansion guy” forever. After two weeks of calling @NCAA_FCS playoffs, I’m ALL IN on expanding to min of 8 & ideally 16. It’s a must. I’m tired of the same outcome w/the same teams. FCS has field of 16 & the top 2 seeds will play for the title. Do it.
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The loss of a football season in the #BigTen isn't just about players at @OhioStateFB like Justin Fields. Meet @JonathonCooper7. He's a 5th year senior. Team captain. And doesn't know what his immediate football future holds.
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Tiger is a complicated, otherworldly talented athlete, who just put his life and career back together. Only to have his 5th back surgery, then suffer todays accident. He's also a human being who will wake up from surgery in physical and emotional pain. It's sad and awful.
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Both Boeheim and Sampson’s masks are down. Going to be hard to find a villain in this one.
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A DECADE?! 10-yrs ago today, I still wore brown suits, and started my journey at @espn. Not sure how we got here so fast. See you in 2033. 👊🏼
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4 out of 12 teams in the Mountain West have a winning record. 🤣🤣
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Re: #BackyardBrawl. That was a four quarter example of why CFB rivalries need to be preserved at all costs. Realignment. Whatever. Keep the classics forever.
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In a moment of excitement I had to REALLY DRIVE HOME an unbiased call at the end!!!! What a win for Arizona STATE!!! 🤣🤣🤣🔱🔱🔱.
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Harvard-Yale update: The protestors have told police they want to be arrested. So police have tied them together, two at a time, and are taking them off the field. Kickoff in about 10-mins.
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I have the utmost respect for @UtahCoachWhitt. The adversity he's guided @Utah_Football through while competing for a @Pac12 championship is remarkable. First class man, and coach. Worth the time to watch.
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A tribute on @SportsCenter to our friend Pedro Gomez who we lost too soon yesterday. He was 58. Pedro left an indelible mark on so many people. #RIPPedro
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That doesn’t sound safe Dan.
Gonna be a hell of a night at Waffle House for @CoachGusMalzahn.
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Miami and Florida State are broken. And it’s sad for CFB.
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Spotted. In his natural habitat, an aggressive walking man in a suit. @MartySmithESPN #PGAChamp
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.@camskattebo5 is one of the most outstanding players in CFB. Who gives a damn what a ballot says. Ask the 13 teams who couldn’t tackle him.
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IF this new Miami, is the Miami moving forward with Cristobal and Radakovich, it’s a no brainer. It’s a better job than Oregon.
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If Joe Burrow opted out in 2019, he’d a been a 5th/6th round draft pick. .
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The person who is responsible for the photos update on iOS 18 should suffer a lifetime ban from Christmas. Sit in the middle seat in the last row on every flight the rest of their life. And only be allowed to eat canned pickled herring and warm sardines.
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About a 1/2 mile from my house theres a running trail through a cemetery. Today, I saw a man roughly my age, sitting in a chair drinking a beer at a grave. He put another one on the grave. It was clear he was hurting. Tell your people you love them. That next beer isnt guaranteed.
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As I understand it, Carson was an entitled little prick at ASU and kicked off the team. His time will come.
I usually don’t post anything serious on my twitter but something happened Saturday night and just can’t stomach the thought of this kid getting away with it. In the video below is a @MercyhurstU student and is currently on the @HurstMensHockey team. Carson Briere.
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For the #CFBPlayoff "SEC hate" crowd: #Alabama spent 11 weeks ranked #1. #Georgia spent two weeks ranked number one. #Clemson was the only other team in the top spot. That was handled last night. These are the two best teams. Get over it.
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@boise_st8_fan @ASUFootball Power 4 wins:. ASU - 9.Boise St - 0. Common opponent:. ASU 48.Wyo. 7. Boise St 17.Wyoming 13. Ranked wins:. ASU - 4.Boise St -1 . Anything else??.
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Meanwhile, down in the #SEC, @LSUfootball head coach @Coach_EdOrgeron told me today on @SportsCenter: “Its too early to make a decision.”
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The situation within the ASU football program is dire. The facility is closed. An entire side of the ball has it. 6-staff members are positive. And they’re just at the beginning of the outbreak. When asked to describe it I was told: “This is bad. Really, really bad.”.
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Good morning. COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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"He's maybe the smartest person I've ever met." @Lane_Kiffin remembering his friend Mike Leach today on @SportsCenter.
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Laughable that Lanning has to defend his pregame speech.
Here's what Dan Lanning had to say about the outrage about his pregame speech and Skip Bayless
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