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Nick Saban is expected to be named co-chair of the Presidential Commission on college sports, along with a “prominent businessman with deep ties to college athletics," a source told The Athletic. Story w/more from Ralph D. Russo, Chris Vannini, Justin Williams and me 👇

#USC and the top-rated player in its recruiting class, five-star LB Xavier Griffin, have parted ways. USC is pretty firm in its stance that it wants commits to be all-in (no visits elsewhere) and Griffin has visits lined up.

NEWS: The College Football Playoff will move to straight seeding for this upcoming 2025 season, The Athletic has learned. Unanimous approval. No more auto-byes for top four conference champs, but those four still expected to get extra $. The CFP format for 2026 is still TBD.

As someone who's spent a lot of time looking at college football rosters over the past few months, whoever decided it was a good idea for the roster to reload every time you scroll down needs to be investigated.

Texas/Ohio State in the morning and Nico Iamaleava’s UCLA debut at night is a good setup on Aug. 30

Significant commitment for #USC’s top-ranked 2026 recruiting class

This UCLA/Tennessee ending is wild stuff

Wow. Just spent forever reviewing a play that wasn’t reviewable

Source confirms to The Athletic that all five departing Mountain West schools yesterday filed their intent to leave the conference, and only those five. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State, who are headed to the Pac-12 in 2026.

Tanner Scott is reaching Brandon League popularity levels

Mike Breen was saying there was time for a catch and shoot when I thought you could only alley oop when there’s less than .4 left on the clock

Which teams are we most excited to play with in #CFB26? David Ubben, Antonio Morales and I give our picks (some I've already tried out). Oregon, SMU, Rice, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Navy, WKU and more: nytimes.com/athletic/64005…

JUST IN: Schools will be allowed to pay college athletes directly. A federal judge granted final approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, a watershed agreement in college sports.

Sunday Read: Which teams are we most excited to play with in #CFB26? David Ubben, Antonio Morales and I give our picks (some I've already tried out). Oregon, SMU, Rice, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Navy, WKU and more: nytimes.com/athletic/64005…

New Bunch Formation with Chris Vannini. What major changes coming to college sports mean ... and don't mean. Plus, Antonio Morales joins to talk about the #CFB26 teams we want to use. And we Remember Some Guys. Leave us a review! Listen: linktr.ee/bunchformation

On a national scale, the college football GM role is still evolving and largely undefined, but its potential for influence is great and only growing. Antonio Morales takes a look at the four types we’re starting to see across the sport ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/64144…

The general manager role is largely undefined and still evolving across the country. A look at the 4 types of GMs we’re starting to meet across the country - from the celebrity hires to traditional college risers and more nytimes.com/athletic/64144…

#USC with another top-100 commit in its class - this one at a position it’s struggled to recruit for a bit

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