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  • 3 weeks ago | espn.com.au | Bill Connelly

    Schools are now free to begin paying their athletes directly, marking the dawn of a new era in college sports brought about by a multibillion-dollar legal settlement that was formally approved Friday. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the deal between the NCAA, its most powerful conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The House v.

  • 3 weeks ago | thegamenashville.com | Bill Connelly

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  • 3 weeks ago | espn.com | Bill Connelly

    Every three decades or so, the mid-major football situation out West evidently has to destroy itself and regenerate. In 1962, the Western Athletic Conference formed from schools that thought they were too strong for their Border and Skyline Conference brethren. Original members: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

  • 3 weeks ago | espn.com | Bill Connelly

    OREM, Utah -- Utah Valley is joining the Big West conference for the 2026-27 athletic year, giving the league a presence in that state for the first time since Utah State ended a 27-year run in 2005. The conference said Wednesday it remained open to the possibility of adding a 12th member but anticipated being an 11-school league when Utah Valley and California Baptist officially join July 1, 2026.

  • 3 weeks ago | thejefffoxshow.com | Bill Connelly

    Stay on Jeff’s Sideline Subscribe to the official Jeff Fox YouTube channel to join Jeff Fox on the sidelines of all Florida’s most popular sporting events.

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Bill Connelly
Bill Connelly @ESPN_BillC
6 Jun 25

RT @ESPN_BillC: * Boise State has the most talent AND the most continuity. Uh oh. * UNLV could be absolutely anything this year * SJSU: dar…

Bill Connelly
Bill Connelly @ESPN_BillC
6 Jun 25

* Boise State has the most talent AND the most continuity. Uh oh. * UNLV could be absolutely anything this year * SJSU: darkhorse? * Air Force bounceback season, ahoy! * LOTS of Year Zeroes (and pretty good hires) to go around 2025 MOUNTAIN WEST PREVIEW: https://t.co/oBLxuAg6t0

Bill Connelly
Bill Connelly @ESPN_BillC
6 Jun 25

RT @38Godfrey: NEW “Numbers & Words” on Phantom Island: there’s this guy named @ESPN_BillC who does football stuff so we made a podcast htt…