Blake Toppmeyer
Columnist at Knoxville News Sentinel
Columnist at The Volunteer State
Senior National College Football Columnist for the USA TODAY Network.
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3 days ago |
knoxnews.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams
The company line within the SEC is that no other conference matches the gauntlet of its conference schedule. Perhaps that's right, but it's also true that no other conference plays as many cupcake games as the SEC. That's a sticking point for the Big Ten as the conferences try to reach agreement on a College Football Playoff format for 2026 and beyond. The Big Ten wants the SEC to join it in playing nine conference games. The SEC, so far, keeps standing its ground at eight.
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3 days ago |
dnj.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams
The Big Ten is holding the SEC's feet to the fire about its conference schedule, but the SEC ought to realize there's nothing to fear. Strike a compromise to get the playoff format the SEC desires. The company line within the SEC is that no other conference matches the gauntlet of its conference schedule. Perhaps that's right, but it's also true that no other conference plays as many cupcake games as the SEC.
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3 days ago |
timesrecordnews.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams
The company line within the SEC is that no other conference matches the gauntlet of its conference schedule. Perhaps that's right, but it's also true that no other conference plays as many cupcake games as the SEC. That's a sticking point for the Big Ten as the conferences try to reach agreement on a College Football Playoff format for 2026 and beyond. The Big Ten wants the SEC to join it in playing nine conference games. The SEC, so far, keeps standing its ground at eight.
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1 week ago |
dnj.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams
Tennessee football's stock is falling drastically, according to Lindy's magazine. We don't see it being so dire for Josh Heupel's Vols. Tennessee’s mid-April quarterback swap damaged the Vols’ chance of making the College Football Playoff, but did the Nico Iamaleava for Joey Aguilar switcheroo make the Vols one of the SEC’s weakest teams? That’s what one preseason publication thinks. Lindy’s magazine picked Tennessee 11th in the SEC in its conference picks.
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1 week ago |
commercialappeal.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams
Tennessee’s mid-April quarterback swap damaged the Vols’ chance of making the College Football Playoff, but did the Nico Iamaleava for Joey Aguilar switcheroo make the Vols one of the SEC’s weakest teams? That’s what one preseason publication thinks. Lindy’s magazine picked Tennessee 11th in the SEC in its conference picks. Might want to take a peek at that schedule, though, before predicting such a freefall for the Vols. Is Tennessee football underrated by Lindy's?
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'What’s the fabric of your school?' https://t.co/c19duGqUyg Conference to conference, school to school, rev-share % allocations will vary. Oklahoma rev-sharing includes softball, baseball, gymnastics. Buckeyes not sharing with those sports, but sharing w/ volleyball. Capology!
OU athletics director Joe Castiglione says at the Board of Regents meeting that these six sports will be a part of revenue sharing: -Football -Men’s basketball -Women’s basketball -Baseball -Softball -Women’s gymnastics
RT @DanWolken: Any bill that is written by the NCAA’s lobbyists is likely to run into a wall with the Democrats. And any bill that establis…
New rev-share info coming out of Ohio State. I touched on this more broadly today in my column: Volleyball could position itself for rev-share dollars, especially within the Big Ten where it's important. Read: https://t.co/c19duGrsnO
Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said football, men's basketball, women's basketball and women's volleyball will receive direct payments through the new revenue-sharing model as part of the House settlement: https://t.co/sDVvTveMld
