Football

With the College Football Playoff championship set, questions linger

With a 28–14 win over No. 5 Texas in Friday’s Cotton Bowl, No. 8 Ohio State punched their ticket to the College Football Playoff (CFP) championship game, where they’ll face No. 7 Notre Dame. But questions about the college football landscape still linger ahead of January 20th’s title game.

January 13, 2025

Penn State and Notre Dame set to face off in the Orange Bowl

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And then there were four. The College Football Playoff (CFP) semis are officially here, with the Orange Bowl, featuring No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Notre Dame, kicking off tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET and the Cotton Bowl set for Friday.

January 08, 2025

The College Football Playoff semifinals are set

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ICYMI: The first expanded College Football Playoff (CFP) is in full swing, with the 12-team field already whittled down to four. No. 5 seed Texas, No. 6 Penn State, No. 7 Notre Dame, and No. 8 Ohio State are still fighting for the trophy after a wild holiday break full of upsets and thrilling gridiron action.

January 03, 2025

Second-round College Football Playoff matchups begin December 31st

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After a weekend full of blowouts in the first round of the newly expanded 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP), the upcoming quarter-finals (featuring the top four teams who automatically received byes) should be more exciting.

December 23, 2024

The revamped College Football Playoff begins with first-round games taking place Friday and Saturday

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At long last, the expanded 12-team CFP makes its debut this weekend, with first-round games kicking off tonight and tomorrow. Four squads earned byes straight to the second round and await the winners of these initial clashes.

December 20, 2024

Heisman Trophy finalists announced

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The four Heisman Trophy finalists were announced on Monday before the winner is named in a special ceremony this Saturday. Let’s get to know the players still in contention for the historic prize, which has been awarded annually to college football’s MVP since 1935.

December 11, 2024

The 12-team college football playoff field has been revealed, with play starting December 20th

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The wait is over. An exhilarating regular season wrapped up on Saturday, as conference champions were crowned and teams punched their tickets to the inaugural 12-team CFP field.

December 09, 2024

College

This weekend’s conference championships will shape the College Football Playoff field

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December 06, 2024

It’s officially conference championship time, and tomorrow’s games come with College Football Playoff (CFP) spots on the line. After teasing us all season, the selection committee will turn around and drop the official 12-team CFP field on Sunday

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #504

Being paid not to work: A college football story

October 30, 2025

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Being paid not to work: A college football story

Buyouts, buyouts, buyouts.

The NCAA football landscape looks a bit different than it did when the season kicked off in August, especially after three head coaches of AP Preseason Top 25 teams were fired for underperformance. But they aren’t walking away empty-handed: All three are owed tens of millions of dollars from their respective schools.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz set the scene for the college football coaching carousel before examining the ripple effects of letting a good-but-not-great coach go. Hut hut, here they go.

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