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@SportingNews senior writer. @TheFWAA past president 2025. @ohiou grad Email: [email protected]

Columbus, OH
Joined October 2012
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'The perfect villains': How Miami ruled the 1980s and reveled in Notre Dame rivalry, with insights from former Canes and legendary broadcaster Brent Musburger. Fun story to write ahead of Saturday's matchup. sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-foo…
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Ohio State at Wake Forest. Weird.
Here's how the CFP's proposed 24-team expanded playoff bracket would look if using the selection committee's rankings today.
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Up next on The @TomGazzola Show... @BillBender92 breaks down the activity from #NFL trade deadline day and how the remainder of the season shapes up. Listen live on the AM dial, online, or watch ⬇️ nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/2EmPrRLYO…
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Sources tell me a G6 playoff would be worth approximately $200 million annually. That’s about $3 million payout per school annually. Given that the average g6 budget is about $21 million. A 14% annual bump would be attractive. I wrote around 2019 that a G6 playoff would be worth $166 million. So a 21% increase in that projection is significant. Nothing imminent but interesting numbers especially with @Brett_McMurphy reporting 2/3 of g6 coaches favor a playoff.
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Here we go on a Tuesday! 2:20 CFB world with @BillBender92 3:20 Big Ten landscape with @BenScottStevens 4:20 Nebraska coordinator talk with @Husker247BC
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Great show with @Bcarp3 @steeleC22 today - with a nice touch on “Bill Bender Elite” 😀🥍
The Bobby Carpenter Show Is LIVE! CFP DREAM DEAD? Buckeyes' Season On The Brink As Ohio State Awaits Rankings Bill Bender Dives Into College Football Turmoil: youtu.be/AMYhw_TygHs
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Coming up today from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm on The Rush Radio Network with @trentcondon presented by @CircaSports 11:20 @peter_king #NFL 🏈 11:40 @BillBender92 #CollegeFootball 12:15 @johnbohnenkamp #Hawkeyes 🐤 12:35 @DaneMizutani #Skol Stream: youtube.com/live/AAcBNPIH3zs…
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Shake-up Saturday is behind us. No. 1 went down (again), Lane went down (again), Ohio State went down (again). Join @billbender92 as we review, plus discuss the sad decision to expand the CFP to 24 teams LIVE at 1030 ET! youtube.com/watch?v=D70TecgE…
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The point being made by Tennessee basketball players and the athletic department is that negotiating a Collective Bargaining Agreement is attainable. Tennessee AD Danny White has been at the forefront of CBA talk around college athletics
Members of the Tennessee basketball team agreed to participate in a mock CBA term sheet with the athletic department that was negotiated with AD Danny White. -Bargained salary cap -Monetary incentives -Guaranteed compensation if injured -Paid for athletic services athletes.org/news/tennessee-…
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PSA from @Matt_NBC4 this morning - go @OhioBobcats! ESPN2 at 8 PM
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This is the stupidest joke in history and I laughed quite hard at it.
Caleb Pressley did the PERFECT setup for a joke, and Bob Does Sports walked right into it without realizing 😭😭 “Girls go to college to get more knowledge, but where did you go” “I flunked out of college and moved to Florida” “Where” “Jupiter” 🤣🤣
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"Who's a top-5 quarterback in the NFL? It's time to take Lamar Jackson out and put Jordan Love in... He gives you the best of Favre & Aaron Rodgers." @colincowherd on Love & the Packers' dominant win over the Patriots
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Michigan hired Kyle Whittingham to fix its mess. Instead, its created an even bigger one with the Wolverines. At some point, a school has to admit that a situation is not working. But, at least there aren’t any trophies left to play for. foxnews.com/outkick-sports/m…
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The CFP and ESPN have agreed on a five-year, nearly $1.7 billion deal that will expand the field to 24 teams in 2027 with ESPN as its continued broadcast partner, sources told ESPN, a seismic move that also eliminates the lucrative Power 4 conference championship games.
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