Zach Barnett
College Football Writer at Football Scoop
College football writer for @FootballScoop, co-host of the College Football Tailgate on @dfwticket. Award-winning essayist. Fueled by Dr Pepper Zero.
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3 weeks ago |
footballscoop.com | Zach Barnett
EA Sports College Football Video GameThe long-awaited approval of the House settlement late Friday night is supposed to make it more difficult for individuals to affect the NIL market. Moving forward, players will be paid through highly-regulated revenue share payments directly from their schools, and third-party-approved NIL payments for "legitimate" business purposes.
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3 weeks ago |
footballscoop.com | Zach Barnett
Football coaching is a volatile business. That this website, now in our 26th year, exists is proof of that fact. And in covering the volatility and instability of football coaching, occasionally it's worthwhile to chronicle the instability of the coaching business as a whole. We've seen two such examples this week alone. On Tuesday, the New York Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau, days removed from his team's exit in the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals.
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footballscoop.com | Zach Barnett
Before North Dakota State took complete control of the sport beginning in 2011, the CAA was the SEC of the FCS. Formed in 2005 and playing its first game in 2027, CAA teams played for the national title annually from 2007-10, capturing the crown in 2008 via Richmond and in 2009 through Villanova. During NDSU's run of eight titles in nine seasons from 2011-19, it was CAA member James Madison who broke the streak. At the same time, the Patriot League was, well, not in the CAA's league.
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footballscoop.com | Zach Barnett
Every paradigm-shifting change to college athletics in the past decade-plus has started in California. The landmark O'Bannon v NCAA lawsuit, filed in 2009 by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon, was heard in the summer of 2014 by the US District Court in Northern California. The first state law allowing college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness was signed in 2019 by California governor Gavin Newsom.
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3 weeks ago |
footballscoop.com | Zach Barnett
Big Ten SEC College Football PlayoffWe finally got an answer as to how and why the Big Ten came up with its cockamamie "4+4+2+2+1" proposal for the upcoming College Football Playoff format, to begin with the 2026 season.
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No one has congratulated themselves more for purchasing a professional sports team than Jerry Jones.
The definitive story of Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys premieres August 19. https://t.co/8OhIvfV2UN
RT @AndrewFowler_: 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. Toledo is the 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 FBS program with 6 straight seasons of core staff continuity. That’s…
Only 40 percent of FBS schools return their head coach, offensive/defensive coordinators and S&C coach from last season, per @FootballScoop study. Only 13% have had all four coaches in place for 2+ seasons. https://t.co/nSzeSnhC8t
