TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Three power conferences have joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in urging a Tallahassee court to keep the league’s TV deals with ESPN private. The Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference filed a joint request in Leon County Circuit Court this week supporting the ACC’s claim that the documents must remain confidential to protect trade …
Next year, all this College Football Playoff arguing will be moot with the CFP expanding to 12 teams. There wasn’t a second-best team in the Big 12 this year, but Oklahoma State beat Oklahoma, the team Texas stumbled against and, as expected, Texas hammered the Cowboys Saturday. That wasn’t going to help Texas’ cause, but do we just forget that …
James Madison needs a new head coach after Curt Cignetti on Thursday accepted the job at Indiana. Cignetti went 52-9 in five seasons as JMU’s head coach, including a 19-4 record as an FBS program over the last two years and an 11-1 record this season. Holy Cross head coach Bob Chesney continues to win in the Northeast, with five …
Texas A&M made a big bet on Jimbo Fisher, and the former Florida State coach proved to be an enormous dud for the Aggies, costing them almost $80 million to get rid of him after six massively underwhelming seasons. The school paid a fortune for a coach who produced one top-15 season, and in four of his seasons, his teams …
