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Chansky’s Notebook: Transfer Troops

The 2025-26 conference opponents were released this week with the ACC looking less like we ever remember it. I loved the old eight-team ACC when everybody played home-and-home against the others. Yes, the ACC cut its conference schedule to 18 games to provide more chances to schedule important non-conference opponents early in the season. (Chapelboro.com)

How college teams adjusted to cross-country travel post realignment

Oregon State had just completed a three-game baseball series at Nebraska and was waiting out a four-hour delay in the Denver airport. The team still had a two-and-a-half-hour flight to go, and it would take at least another two hours after that to get on the bus in Portland and drive home to Corvallis, just as the rest of the town would be starting their day. (ESPN.com)

SEC’s spring meetings: The future of college sports is in the balance at Florida resort

Nothing less than the future of college sports is being hashed this week out in conference rooms spread throughout a sprawling seaside resort in Florida. These are the SEC’s annual spring meetings — a gathering of school presidents, athletic directors and coaches. It might be argued that the 2025 affair carries more weight than it ever has. (Associated Press)

Lane Kiffin's playoff idea makes too much sense for college football's gatekeepers

As the commissioners of the Big Ten and SEC push ever more complicated models for the next version of the College Football Playoff, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin offered something straightforward that seems a lot more satisfying. “The best system,” Kiffin said, “should be the 16 best.” That word “best” could be a sticking point. (On3.com)

Greg Sankey kicks off SEC spring meetings with selective memory and spin that fails the reality test

Greg Sankey is doing his job. It's just that sometimes, doing that job leads to him saying things that simply aren't true. On Monday night, Sankey was in Florida speaking to the media ahead of the SEC Spring Meetings. It's there that Sankey will listen to the heads of the 16 schools he's commissioner of and set a course for what's best for the SEC. (CBS Sports)

Phil Robertson, 'Duck Dynasty' star and former Louisiana Tech QB, dies at 79

Phil Robertson, the bearded patriarch of "Duck Dynasty" and a former starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech, died, his family announced Sunday. He was 79. Phil Robertson was the quarterback at Louisiana Tech for two seasons in 1966 and 1967, starting ahead of Pro Football Hall of Famer and No. 1 overall pick Terry Bradshaw. (CBS Sports)

With college sports in limbo and key issues coming to a head, the spotlight is on the SEC

SEC leaders begin meetings here this week in the midst of a proverbial battle over the future of college athletics: its major postseason championships; the NCAA’s governance role; and the inception, for thr first time, of direct revenue sharing with athletes. SEC old-timers believe it to be the most consequential gathering in the history of the conference. (Yahoo! Sports)

Cedric Coward forgoes Duke, to remain in NBA draft

Cedric Coward is keeping his name in the 2025 NBA draft and will forgo the opportunity to play at Duke. "This is the best opportunity for me to achieve part of my dream, which is making the NBA," Coward said. Coward, a 21-year-old senior, spent the past season at Washington State, but he was forced to redshirt after suffering a partially torn shoulder labrum. (ESPN.com)

ACC Network founding host, Charlotte sports radio legend Mark Packer announces retirement

Mark Packer, a longtime Charlotte sports radio and TV staple, announced he’s retiring from ESPN. He's been a vital part of the ACC Network since its inception in 2019. Packer, the son of Wake Forest legend and former CBS broadcaster Billy Packer, became a radio star in the Queen City with his “Primetime with the Packman” afternoon show on WFNZ-AM. (FOX 46 Charlotte)

Best moments from final episode of long-running ESPN show ‘Around the Horn’

Friday marked the highly discussed final episode of the beloved ESPN studio show Around the Horn. And while countless fans of the show were understandably upset, host Tony Reali tried his best to make the final show a celebration of all of the great times had on the program. The general theme of Friday’s show was understandably about the looming end. (Awful Announcing)

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