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Stewart Mandel retweeted
1 week until the official CFP rankings, and the bracket is chaotic! 🏈📉
Watch @slmandel, @BruceFeldmanCFB, and @ralphDrussoATH draft their projected 12-team field. Bruce shakes up the board with a surprise SEC choice before the final G6 spot is locked in.👇
Stewart Mandel retweeted
The crew is locking in their marquee Week 9 picks ATS! 🏈💰
• @BruceFeldmanCFB leans on Noah Fifita & Arizona (+3.5) 🌵
• @slmandel trusts Ryan Day's QB record at USC (-7) 🌰
• @ralphDrussoATH backs Georgia in Atlanta (-10.5) 🐶
📺: youtu.be/4ypXom8snVk?utm_sou…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
RIP June Jones. A great offensive coach who was THIS close to getting hired at Arizona State. I talked with him a few years ago about that wild 2011 coaching search.
His response: "We would've won." Here's that story:
nytimes.com/athletic/3663382…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Should the AP Top 25 expand to a Top 30? 📊🏈
With a 24-team playoff on the horizon, @ralphDrussoATH explains why the AP poll must adapt to track the bubble—and why this 100-year-old system remains crucial to college football's history.
📺: youtu.be/nCBNWDVTSME?utm_sou…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Per release: Oklahoma State's football game at Iowa State, set for Saturday at 6 p.m. CT, has been elevated to a FOX broadcast. It was originally scheduled for FS1.
Stewart Mandel retweeted
NEW CT Pod w/ @TheCarlanGay & @slmandel!
-Pistons look like contenders again
-Nuggets have real problems
-Lakers & Luka belief
-Who are the real contenders in the Big Ten?
-Georgia still best in SEC?
-Can Maryland & Rutgers be good HC jobs?
LISTEN + WATCH BELOW ⬇️
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Absolutely nothing is going to change at the head coach position at Texas Tech. Joey McGuire is a perfect fit for our program, everybody, with an opinion that matters, loves him. He isn’t going anywhere. If anything, we are ready, willing, and able to double down on him and this program. It’s more likely that he gets an extension and raise at the end of this year.
Long story short, this article is a ridiculous waste of time, but if you do feel compelled to write another one, please find a better picture of me!
Cody Campbell has poured millions into Texas Tech.
His reaction to last week's loss raised questions about Joey McGuire's future if expectations aren't met.
McGuire isn't on the hot seat, but two names with West Texas roots make sense if things do change.
More @247Sports ⬇️
Stewart Mandel retweeted
When Dan Lanning's major staff hire misses the mark... 📉
• Inside Oregon's crucial mid-season reset 🦆
• Disappointing teams vs. programs on track 🔍
• Week 9 locks & upset picks vs. the spread 🏈
Join @slmandel & @BruceFeldmanCFB
📺: youtu.be/4ypXom8snVk?utm_sou…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Pat McAfee says he was "uncomfortable" during Utah College GameDay and alluded to the Charlie Kirk killing. This all comes after a school video of students commenting about him upset him.
Also said he might not show up if GameDay goes back there. nytimes.com/athletic/7727393…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
The WNBA’s solution to its completely avoidable Game 6 conflict?
A day game. On a Thursday.
Bad planning, horrible optics, and above all a crappy thing to do to the people who consume your product.
@TheAthletic column, free to read:
nytimes.com/athletic/7727266…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Final thoughts from college football Week 8:
◽ Is the Big 12 better than the Big Ten?
◽ Texas football is the most entertaining show on television
◽ UCLA will only face a top-10 opponent if it reaches the Big Ten Championship Game
Read more from @slmandel:
nytimes.com/athletic/7721662…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
The guys are riding with the dogs in Week 8. 🐕💰
• @brucefeldmanCFB thinks Texas' problems get worse against Ole Miss 🛑
• @Slmandel expects a classic down-to-the-wire SEC finish for LSU-Auburn 🐯
• @RalphDRussoATH is backing Houston to test Utah's run defense on the road 🏔️
Stewart Mandel retweeted
Why are college football’s most hyped five-star QBs hitting a wall? 📉
• Arch Manning & Bryce Underwood QB crises
• The 24-team playoff hits the 1-yard line
• Week 8 picks & lock-in upset alerts
Join @slmandel @BruceFeldmanCFB @ralphDrussoATH
📺: youtu.be/Zz3tg4O8PuE?utm_sou…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
✍️ A year ago at this point, nine teams had fired their coach. This year, it's zero.
After a decade of normalizing midseason firings, we may be moving back to normal coaching carousel timeline.
"Roster quitting is a real thing." nytimes.com/athletic/7693208…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
The Bryce Underwood era at Michigan appears to be over. Underwood owns the results on the field, but the rest isn’t on him. Michigan set him up to fail by turning his recruitment into a spectacle and overpaying a QB to paper over its problems.
nytimes.com/athletic/7699977…
Stewart Mandel retweeted
It won’t change scheduling anytime soon, it’s a slap in the face of half of FBS, we don’t have to get rid of CCGs (#FlexWeekLife), and this is the starkest proof yet that the sport’s leaders don’t care about us.
Otherwise, not bad.
Wrote about 24.
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Stewart Mandel retweeted
I joined @notthefakeSVP last night and he asked a simple question: Who is the expanded college football playoff for?
It will end up being for no one.
We care about this sport a lot and we tried to put it into words.
Stewart Mandel retweeted
🏈🏈NEW POD with @slmandel! 🏈🏈
➡️The Arch Manning + Steve Sarkisian duo has yet to live up to expectations
➡️Could Sark make the College Football Playoff this year...and still get fired??
➡️the biggest difference between the Indiana Hoosiers last season and this season is the defense
and more!