Max Olson
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Covering national college football & transfer portal for @espn
Joined April 2009
Nico Iamaleava's stunning transfer from Tennessee to UCLA started with a missed practice. But the tensions between Tennessee and Nico's camp began as soon as the 2024 season ended. Story w/ @ClowESPN & @ESPNRittenberg inside an unprecedented QB swap:
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What really went down in Nico Iamaleava's split with Tennessee and move to UCLA? We go inside the drama months in the making.
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RT @aadelsonESPN: More big news coming from ACC Kickoff: Former FSU/A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is joining the ACC Network as an analyst and wil….
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Former coach Jimbo Fisher, who led Florida State to the 2013 national title, is joining the ACC Network as a college football analyst, the network announced Tuesday.
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RT @PeteThamel: Sources: Former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has verbally committed to transfer to Tulane. The school has spent more than….
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RT @PeteThamel: Sources: Quarterback Jake Retzlaff is withdrawing from school at BYU. He still plans on transferring and is expected to tak….
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RT @ByEliLederman: BREAKING: Five-star DT Lamar Brown, ESPN’s No. 1 overall recruit in 2026, has committed to LSU over Texas A&M. Huge win….
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RT @PeteThamel: We are on the cusp of an unusually deep year for college quarterbacks, as NFL scouts forecast a season of abundant prospect….
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Scouts say as many as seven QBs have caught the NFL's eye.
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RT @PeteThamel: Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark to ESPN on the importance of getting two teams in the CFP: "I think it credentializes our….
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Arizona HC Brent Brennan said he never doubted Noah Fifita was returning for 2025, even when false reports popped up that he was entering the portal. "I think people were so pissed about how the season went and they were just trying to create any kind of drama they could to make
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Talked with West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez about his roster flip with 50 incoming transfers. Exciting to add as much experience as WVU has brought in?. Rodriguez quipped: "I'd rather have 20 returning starters, are you shitting me? I've got two!".
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Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy on QB Zane Flores: "He's had a really good offseason, he did well in the spring. We think he's gonna be a really good player. But he has played any games, so that mystery side is still there."
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RT @PeteThamel: What's next for the CFP. Brett Yormark checks from @Big12Conference Media Days. He tells ESPN he's "relatively confident" t….
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To open Big 12 media days, commissioner Brett Yormark said Tuesday that he is "doubling down" on the potential 5+11 CFP format.
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Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark: “I fully expect the Big 12 to earn multiple CFP bids this year.” Doubled down on his belief in a 5+11 model for future CFP expansion.
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RT @PeteThamel: Sources: Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione will retire from his full-time role during the upcoming school year, bringing an end t….
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RT @ByEliLederman: NEWS: Five-star OT Felix Ojo, No. 20 in the ESPN 300, has committed to Texas Tech. His agent Derrick Shelby tells @ESPN….
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RT @PeteThamel: The industry is bracing for a ripple of realignment, sources tell me/@BonaguraESPN. *Texas State is the heavy favorite to….
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Texas State looms as the favorite to join the Pac-12. Why could that happen? What would come next? And what about Memphis?
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RT @ESPNMcGee: If you know me, then you know my love for the Men’s College World Series, especially its history. I love this piece for the….
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RT @DanMurphyESPN: Schools are now free to pay players directly, a new era for college sports brought about by a multi-billion dollar legal….
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Schools are now free to begin paying their athletes directly, marking the dawn of a new era in college sports brought about by a multibillion-dollar legal settlement that was formally approved Friday.
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RT @dwil: Hal Mumme, on the NFF changing its Hall of Fame rules opening the door for Mike Leach to get into the Hall of Fame: "It's the on….
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The National Football Foundation has lowered the eligibility criteria for coaches to be considered for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame beginning in 2027.
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RT @EASPORTSCollege: The Playbook is in your hands…Cement your program in the history books. Coming July 10. Pre-Order Now. 🔗: https://t.….
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