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Mandel's Final Thoughts: The bracket, the bubble and the Big 12 race have new main characters

And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 12, where no one won bigger than Indiana’s Curt Cignetti. He got a new $64 million...

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 11: Will shaky contenders feel an SEC squeeze?

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending...

Overcoming Big Ten, SEC skepticism is first hurdle for super league proposals

Len Perna’s job is to embrace change.Since 2020, four of the Power 5 conferences hired new commissioners and the NCAA appointed a new...

Who rode college football's transfer QB carousel best? Winners and losers at midseason

There are few more reliable sources of offseason hope in college football these days than the arrival of a transfer quarterback. A fresh...

Mandel's Final Thoughts: Don't blink! Bama-Georgia just another NIL-era classic

And now, 20 thoughts from Week 5, where, if you blinked, you missed a 75-yard touchdown.1. I keep waiting for college football to...

Mississippi State QB Blake Shapen out for season after shoulder injury in loss to Florida

Mississippi State quarterback Blake Shapen will miss the rest of the 2024 season due to a shoulder injury that will require surgery, the...

Comedy failed us, again.