David Ubben
@davidubben
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National college football writer, @TheAthletic. Host of Until Saturday, @TheAthleticCFB's podcast. 2022 President, @theFWAA. Aspiring eater. DMs open.
Joined May 2009
Greats from the proudest era of Colorado football feel slighted by Shedeur Sanders' jersey retirement. โWeโre celebrating mediocrity. Where are the wins? Where are the top-10 finishes?" . What does it mean for Deion Sanders moving forward?
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Imagine doing something so outrageous you make a sideline full of some of the best athletes on the planet react like this ๐
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At all times, Jameis seems like heโs shooting a scene heโs rehearsed 100x for a movie that is not being made.
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I'm trying to think about what would happen if me being a 21-year-old idiot cost my dad $100,000 and his company $250,000.
The NFL has confirmed that the #Falcons have been fined $250,000 and DC Jeff Ulbrich $100,000 for failing to prevent the disclosure of confidential information distributed to the club in advance of the NFL Draft.
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OU at the coin toss. He didn't die, guys. He grabbed his crotch.
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To me, the difference between the NFL and CFB is every single week some team is playing a game they'll remember the rest of their lives.
No Luck Needed. ๐ค๐๐ซ. @NIUCoachHammock post game speech ๐ฃ๏ธ. #SOAR | #TheHardWay ๐ฆด๐ดโโ ๏ธ
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ESPN paid $7.8 billion to have literally no one watch the first quarter of the Rose Bowl. Delay the game, guys.
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Chase Daniel has made $24.3 million over his career and thrown 78 passes in eight seasons. Judging solely by quality of life, this is one of the greatest NFL careers in history.
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My wife sent me this text at 4:06 pm
I showed this to my wife and she said โyou get to show me 3 more pop tart bowl things and then thatโs itโ.
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From the starting quarterback at Army, no less. I saluted.
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ESPN to college football fans when Aaron Judge is up to bat.
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Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnikโs parentsโ flight out of Austin was canceled. They picked up a rental car at 10 p.m., drove overnight and are currently in the middle of a 20-hour drive across the country to Miami for the Orange Bowl, their sonโs first college start.
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Showing up to play Texas Tech in a TTU anti-Baker Mayfield shirt is the most Baker Mayfield thing Baker Mayfield has ever Baker Mayfielded
๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
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With three victories last night from Ole Miss, Alabama and South Carolina, the SEC improved to 11,674-0 in hypothetical matchups.
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If Ohio State and Notre Dame end up playing for the title, we gotta let Michigan vs. NIU be the undercard beforehand.
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Deion Sanders: "People around the country will say this is what they needed to humble themselves. We werenโt arrogant. Weโre confident people. Our confidence offends their insecurity.".
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Picking off Deion's son and then hitting the Prime Time dance is tough and I don't think it's a violation of the honor code.
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Iowa State fans going home and BYU fans sticking around is basically worst-case scenario for Kansas City bar owners.
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Tuning in at 3:30 on a fall Saturday to see LSU-Alabama has been replaced by Purdue-Minnesota.
F you CBS - how DARE YOU.
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I'm sorry, I thought this was America?.
Rain delay update: this man is being talked to by security after attempting to slide down the tarp like a water slide
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And yet, he is forever.
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Peyton Manning on refusing to wear red and black to match Tiger Woods at #TheMatch: "I'm not gonna let Kirby Smart get a picture of me in red and black for their social media accounts.".
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The last time we had a slate of games this robust, GameDay gave us the second funniest moment in show history.
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To me, the difference between the NFL and CFB is every single week some team is playing a game they'll remember the rest of their lives.
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The Uncrustabowl is RIGHT THERE.
If youโre a semi-weird foodstuff and youโre not sponsoring a bowl game at this point you need to fire your marketing guy. Lockheed Martin sponsors a bowl and itโs only trying to sell to like 3 midlevel managers with security clearance at the pentagon.
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Shoutout to oversaturating a player until an entire conference's fans hate him, then capitalizing on that by tweeting out an 18-year-old's bad decision to 34 million people. ๐๐ฝ
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Tale as old as time: Ritual sacrifice sells.
The Pop-Tarts Bowl between Kansas State and NC State drew the largest audience of ANY bowl game so far โ averaging 4.3 million viewers on ESPN. (h/t @paulsen_smw)
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With two days to mull it over, I think I'm ready to say that reverse hurdle is the most ridiculous athletic feat I've ever seen on a football field.
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I would read 1500 words from the person who voted J.J. McCarthy first on their Heisman ballot. Somebody has to break that one down for me.
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Imagine how poorly a video of this robot doing โThe Running Manโ will have aged when weโre being hunted by these in 2045.
Way to go, Spot!. The robot from @BostonDynamics joined @MarchingMizzou and @MizGoldenGirls in a halftime performance this afternoon at Faurot Field.
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There are too few bowls.
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My condolences to Tennesseeโs defensive staff. Nobody should have to spend a month watching Iowaโs aptly named offensive film.
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Gotta be on the Mount Rushmore of most expensive prank calls in human history.
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Tennessee in its termination letter to Jeremy Pruitt: โYour failures are likely to lead to significant penalties to the University and has jeopardized the eligibility of our student athletes.โ.
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Texas A&M vs. postseason selection committees is one of the hottest new rivalries in college sports.
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Credit to Michigan for perservering through the adversity of facing consequences for brazenly breaking a well-known rule for multiple seasons.
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Seeing a lot of reports surfacing tonight of undrafted players deciding where to go based on a combination of compensation and on-field fit and it's absolutely disgusting. What has football become?.
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First round money can buy a whole lot of wheat and bricks.
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Said this for many years, but America needs to institute media literacy classes in high schools. The growing inability to sort between fact, opinion and fiction by so many people who should know better is troubling on so many levels.
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GameDay at Cal looks awesome, man. Almost like there are more than 20 programs around the country worth a closeup.
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An NFL team taking Colston Loveland over Tyler Warren is the kind of thing that makes me wonder if I know anything about football.
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Just quarantine Oklahoma and Texas in a bubble together in Dallas and have them play a seven-game series for the Big 12 title.
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I love the Turnover Chain but breaking it out down 27-0, only for the fumble to be overturned is a tough look to come back from.
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Pruitt: "When you walk into a home and our basketball team is on the TV kicking somebody's ass, it makes it a little easier to sell the university of Tennessee.".
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Jarrett Guarantano asked if heโll be back next year. โIโm a Tennessee Vol,โ he said.
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The SEC is the best league. It has a ton of championships. But if you watched closely this year and compared with the rest of the CFB, it was clear the league didn't stand above its peers in 2024. This is why people were so annoyed with the schedule strength argument.
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Oregon State embracing chainsaws doesn't make sense. You are the beavers, and you celebrate machinery that performs the function of your mascot far more effectively and efficiently?.
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Texas A&M has now lost six consecutive games. The Aggies are No. 4 in 247 Talent Composite. The rest of the top five has three combined losses in 2022. I don't even know how to process that.
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Literally everyone talks about this.
@davidubben James Franklin is the most overrated coach in ANY sport. His record vs. Top-10 is AWFUL. No one talks about this. No one. Y'all should, though, because his record vs. Top-10 teams is terrible.
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If I'm keeping it ๐ฏ I am going to miss this Iowa team next year. The nation's No. 1 defense in YPP and last-ranked offense in YPP on the same team. It was a special three months. We may never see something like this again.
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Hadn't covered a game at Nebraska since 2010. Last night confirmed its status as 1A on my list of places to watch a game. Such an amazing place with a deep, obvious love for college football and a respect of what makes it special.
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Jeremy Pruitt: โEverybodyโs excited about us going 8-5. We need to raise our expectations. people have been kicking us around for awhile. Itโs time for us to do some kicking.โ.
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So glad the NCAA rulebook can protect the sport from dangers like this. No place in college hoops for a person who'd play in a church league rec game
Source: Houston senior guard Rob Gray has been suspended one game by the NCAA for participating in a church rec league game this offseason. He will not play in @UHCougarMBK season opener tonight against McNeese State.
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Josh Heupel was the first person off the team buses. Got a massive cheer from the fans.
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People angry about the โfirst Black coach to reach a national title gameโ storyline should ask themselves a question. College football has been played for 155 years. It hasnโt happened until now. Why? . That answer is why itโs deeply meaningful to a lot of people.
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Brandon Kennedy said he was officially granted a sixth year of eligibility. He found out a couple weeks ago. Heโs officially back in 2020.
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Tennessee is dishing out a decade's worth of revenge on sad fan shots in one season.
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Bill Walton: "You ever been to Iowa?". Jason Benetti: "Same answer as yesterday. No.". awkward silence. Walton: "You ever been to Eichelberger Farms in Iowa? They've got 50,000 female hogs there.".
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The biggest indictment of Ryan Day: He's coaching the best roster in the country and at no point this entire season has it looked the part.
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If you didn't get to see the email sent to Mina, you can read a longer version with fewer grammatical errors below.
My second column of the new year is just as spicy as the first. Mina Kimes wants to be Maria Taylor 2.0.
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The real answer here is Eastern Michigan, where it should be easier/harder to break the cement wall depending on current team morale.
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Name a college football player who shouldโve won the Heisman but didnโt.
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Big Conference Room Speakerphone Energy.
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Tennessee fans showed up in a major way tonight. And their team let them down for the fourth consecutive game.
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The amount of iffy calls that have gone against Tennessee tonight is rising.
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Donโt tell the Aggies, but itโs Kyle Field.
Whatโs the most awesome arena or stadium youโve ever watched a live sporting event?.
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For the record, I think Tennessee should be above Bama based on resume but the committee's reasoning may be as simple as "Alabama would not lose to South Carolina by four touchdowns in any universe.".
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Tony Bennett working Jim Nantz during a national title trophy presentation to get a free round at Augusta is such a calculated flex. You have no choice but to respect it.
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If you have to ask what No. 1 is, I just feel sorry for you.
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At the end of his presser today, Pruitt shook the hand of a new student radio reporter who is from Brazil. The student apologized for his English. "Nah, it's OK. Have you heard my English?" Pruitt said.
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The only college football game to ever add stoppage time was the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game.
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There are too few bowls.
I will always remember watching Miami lose to Rutgers in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl with @MichaelRyanRuiz and @bykevinclark b/c where else can you see a DJ solemnly stand atop a lawn mower during the national anthem
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If Houston wants to join the Big 12, leaving an 1100-yard receiver uncovered 35 yards downfield is honestly not a bad first step.
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As a member of the Heavy Sweating Community, I offer my support to a fellow brother.
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Tennessee baseball is the exact team #Vols fans have been waiting literal decades to root for. Dominant most nights, clutch almost all the others and oozing swagger and fun every time they take the field.
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I donโt know how the answer can be anything but the TV networks.
The biggest CFB villain in history is _____.
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OL Brandon Kennedy says he wonโt run through the T with the seniors on Saturday. He says he plans on returning for 2020.
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Baylor won its six tournament games by 15.3 points and no one got within nine points of them. Left no doubt.
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Tennessee QB Kaidon Salter plans on enrolling early, so because of the COVID-19 delays in #txhsfb, he'll play for a state title next Saturday and be in his first college class four days later. What a year.
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Tennessee is a 22-point favorite against Vanderbilt on Saturday. This is the first time Tennessee has ever been favored in an SEC game under Jeremy Pruitt.
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If TCU keeps playing like this, it's going to drop another three spots in the final poll.
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58 Kyle Field suiteholders asked for their suites to be open for yell practice tonight.
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Me to my team after literally every game of CFB25.
Mike Elko: "We don't understand how to play zone coverage, which is mind blowing to me.".
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Lubbock is a criminally underrated town that gets a bad rap because it's near basically nothing else.
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Clemson DE K.J. Henry on UT QB Joe Miltonโs orange throw: โJoe need to be in the outfield, bro. QB is cool and all but we saw what Aaron Judge just got paid. You hit a baseball 2 out of 10 times and you throw somebody out from left field? I might be Joeโs manager. We gotta talk.โ.
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But really: College Gameday guest picker Dolly Parton should happen.
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Updated time zone power rankings: . 1) Central.2) Mountain.3) Pacific.4) Eastern.
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An Ole Miss fan lobbed a water bottle at Baylor's bench and about a dozen Baylor fans are AGGRESSIVELY snitching. Security is about to remove the fan.
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Canceling a court storm at the buzzer has to feel pretty good.
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Tennessee WR Marquez Callaway is expected to sign with the New Orleans Saints.
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Taking some time away for the best possible reason. Quite a day. Should be quite a summer.
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Illinois was the best team all season that nobody believed was good. About to win 10 games!.
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The โpeople doubted usโ narrative is actually very fair re: Georgia. Consensus before the season was Alabama was going to rule the SEC again. And that Georgia was rebuilding. Alabama got 158 votes to win the SEC in preseason. Georgia got 18. Iโm just saying.
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Cosmo is awesome but omens donโt get much worse than this. Could have packed it in right there
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TCUโs cease and desist already in the mail.
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