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What’s your favorite single day of college football? I ranked the top 25: https://t.co/Nxc5JXRH1c
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A jam-packed What We're Hearing this morning. With Rhule off the board, what now for Penn State? What's up with Clark Lea & Vandy? Next stop for the Lane Train? Oregon State's next coach? VaTech first off the board? All that and more with @ralphDrussoATH:
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While Lane Kiffin appears to be the No. 1 target in the SEC, the Penn State opening appears to be more of a mystery now.
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The Athletic spoke with 10 people who have been part of LSU football in recent years and/or have worked for Brian Kelly. They described a coach who delegated too much authority, didn’t prioritize recruiting and failed to bond with his players. Details ⤵️ https://t.co/pmOTLJBNKD
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From @TheAthletic: There are no other jobs like coaching football. "Where you believe yourself so powerful that you are allowed, and even encouraged, to act like a child if there is even the slightest hint that you might not get your way."
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College football has always been governed by emotion, not logic. This is what happens when you add chaos to it.
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Less than 24 hours after LSU was embarrassed by Texas A&M, sources told The Athletic embattled head coach Brian Kelly might have coached his last game in Baton Rouge. Our story on what happened today at LSU, and why it’s gotten so messy there:
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Brian Kelly will finish his LSU tenure with a 34-14 record in less than four seasons after a tense standoff about his future on Sunday.
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College football fans may need to get used to losing more often. Is anyone ready?
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It's getting harder to win big in college football at the same time that patience for perceived underperformance is as thin as ever.
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From @TheAthletic: What makes a college football stadium great? We polled our staff to come up with our Top 25 — with a clear No. 1. https://t.co/OBJM4GaEoL
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Hugo Bezdek erasure!
The first person, I believe, to go from college baseball head coach to MLB manager. Amazing leap. Difficult day for the Vols.
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As you yell at us, please vote in the reader poll, the results of which will be published Friday https://t.co/GqPFR9dNVz
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We ranked our favorite college football stadiums. We want to hear what you, the fans, think too.
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Top 25 college football stadiums as voted on by @TheAthleticCFB staff, which we determined has attended games at 123 of 136 FBS stadiums https://t.co/AwftoBEs2z
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What makes a college football stadium great? We polled our staff to come up with The Athletic's Top 25 — with a clear No. 1.
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I went to find out why Kalani Sitake is obsessed with seeking out and finding joy wherever he can. I came away with this realization: There's no other leader in college football like BYU's gregarious head coach.
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A reporter expected to talk to BYU coach Kalani Sitake about leadership and team meetings. Instead, he heard a story that stayed with him.
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What do you do when your 100-year-old neighbor hosts a huge gathering? Sell parking, if you have room. I talked to residents in Berkeley, Ann Arbor and Madison about what it’s like living down the street from an old college football stadium. https://t.co/lOeeorKkOY
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Old stadiums are some of college football’s most visible and iconic landmarks. They also have complex relationships with their neighbors.
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At Penn State, James Franklin was standing on the edge of a cliff with a consistent winner that could not withstand a crisis.
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Penn State seemed built to contend and riding recent good vibes. In reality, it was one of college football's most fragile teams.
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20 years ago today, the greatest day of college football ever (I was personally miserable that day. But objectively: Great) https://t.co/didoCG7Cz3
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From iconic fall Saturdays in 2005 and 2013 to the best New Year's Day bowl slates, these are college football's most compelling days.
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NEW: We talked to nearly 2 dozen sources who've worked for or directly interacted with the Belichick regime at UNC. They paint a picture of chaos, arrogance and lack of understanding of college football. With many fingers pointed at GM Mike Lombardi. https://t.co/zIWtWwCfR3
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Inside the decisions that have led to North Carolina's on-field dysfunction.
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The last Indiana-Oregon game in 2004, a 30-24 IU win in Eugene, goes into the bizarre box score Hall of Fame https://t.co/YJNUo3jdRa
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42 points was the second most ever allowed by a Penn State team ranked in the top 10 to an unranked opponent, after a 49-14 loss to Nick Saban and 6-4 Michigan State in 1997 (when PSU was preseason No. 1)
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A crazy thing about the last 0-4 or worse team to beat a top-10 opponent is that was UTEP's only win in 1985. It went 1-10. And BYU ended up finishing 11-3. https://t.co/chUHUaPb2H
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AP poll last time Alabama-Vanderbilt was a ranked matchup (Thanksgiving 1937)
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A program once draped in glamour, UCLA has curdled into mockery. The brand wanders aimlessly, strips of success fleeting reminders of what's possible. “I don’t think they realize what they are, and that’s what kills them.” Inside UCLA's enduring turmoil with @BruceFeldmanCFB:
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