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As another Clemson football season ends in sadness, Dabo Swinney says he’ll ‘evaluate’ everything
Clemson’s season of promise ended months ago, but tears streamed just as fiercely down down Cade Klubnik’s face after a Pinstripe Bowl loss to Penn State. It was a 22-10 score between incomplete teams due to injuries and opt outs. But in a season where the Tigers (7-6) would have liked so much to have gone differently, the last game was no exception. (
Charleston Post and Courier)
Ed Orgeron on SEC paying players before NIL: 'We used to walk through the back door with the cash'
Few recruiters in college football worked harder than Ed Orgeron. Orgeron did a great job bringing in some great talent. However, most of his work came in the pre-NIL era, meaning he could not, technically, use money in the process. So when talking about how he would adapt with NIL now legal, Orgeron hilariously said there would just be a slight difference. (
On3.com)
Wetzel: Beware, college sports, private equity has arrived
Even as revenue goes up and up from richer media deals, expanded playoffs and modernized operations, costs continue to soar. Spending has to be addressed. Private equity firms, renowned for acquiring investments with an eye toward cutting costs, consolidating and reselling for a profit, are likely to do it with a different mindset than college administrators. (
ESPN.com)
Remembering Rodney Rogers, gone at 54 but impossible to forget
Rodney Rogers, a Sun from 1999 to 2002 and a one-of-one presence in franchise history, has passed away. He wore number 54 like nobody else, and heartbreakingly, that’s the age he was when he left us. Rogers grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and starred at Wake Forest before the Denver Nuggets took him ninth overall in the 1993 NBA Draft. (
Bright Side Of The Sun)
The ACC aimed to restore its men's basketball reputation. So far, it's working
Four ACC basketball teams made the NCAA tournament in 2025. Five teams made it in each of the three years before that. The ACC has not received more than five tournament bids since 2021, which is a slide and knocks some shine off the league, causing a widespread indictment. Enter: new coaches, bigger budgets and a new scheduling model. (
MSN.com)
Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson: The Quarterback–Coach Partnership Transforming the Bears
If you want to understand why the Chicago Bears feel different today, why their offense has matured week by week, why the franchise finally looks like it has a long-term identity, you start with the relationship between Caleb Williams and
Ben Johnson. It wasn’t instant chemistry. It wasn’t a fairy-tale pairing from Day 1. It was work — real work. (
Bleacher Nation)
Kyle Whittingham signs 5-year deal to coach Michigan football
Kyle Whittingham was hired as Michigan's next head football coach, signing a five-year deal, the school said on Friday night. Whittingham went 177-88 in 21 seasons at Utah, including a perfect 13-0 season in 2008. His résumé, which includes a 66.8% win percentage, is such that he is expected to eventually be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. (
ESPN.com)
Notre Dame and USC pause their longstanding football rivalry
Notre Dame vs. Southern California, one of college football’s biggest and longest rivalries, is on pause. The Fighting Irish announced Monday they had filled their last 2026 open date with a trip to BYU as part of a home-and-home series. Notre Dame and Southern Cal first played in 1926 and the Irish lead the series between the two powers 53-38-5. (
Associated Press)
2025 college football coaching carousel: Ranking every FBS hire
We've seen 30 FBS head coaches hired thus far in the 2025-26 coaching carousel. Some schools sought a proven winner and committed the type of big-money (and guaranteed) contracts for which the sport has become increasingly known. Others opted for up-and-coming assistants, potentially choosing to invest some of those savings into player talent. (
ESPN.com)
Norlander's College Hoops Report: Sport's depth is best in decade-plus; Dybantsa's dynamite December
The further we get into this season, the more I'm convinced the quality at the top of college basketball is deeper and more impressive than any season in the past decade. It's easy to get that impression when you see Michigan routinely dismantling teams by 30 or 40 points; or Iowa State handing a robust Purdue team the program's worst home loss ever. (
CBS Sports)