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[@slmandel](/creator/twitter/slmandel)
"New Audible: Alabama AD Greg Byrne joined us for a conversation on coaching buyouts agents tuning out the Kalen DeBoer noise after the FSU loss and more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978868432432206079) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T16:59Z 217.9K followers, 27K engagements


"Gifted field position at the UNC XX Cal goes four plays for a TD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979378570100351368) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T02:46Z 217.9K followers, 17.6K engagements


"Halftime: Cal XX UNC XX. Tar Heels playing better defensively than we've seen previously. Cal is averaging just XXX yards per play"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979402966856843478) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T04:23Z 217.9K followers, 20K engagements


"This will be Fitz's first appearance there since his dismissal. People weren't sure whether he'd show up for the reunion. Have a feeling he will get quite an ovation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979617370101719242) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T18:35Z 217.9K followers, 69.6K engagements


"I get why Matt Rhule is considered a logical candidate at Penn State but really You spend $48M to fire a coach to replace him with Matt Rhule Would be very underwhelming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977776329790759151) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-13T16:39Z 217.9K followers, 376K engagements


"Lombardi was the person most frequently mentioned by sources in our story last week about what's gone wrong at UNC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978875179863544156) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T17:26Z 217.9K followers, 239.4K engagements


"Indiana IS a football school"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978915630427361714) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T20:07Z 217.9K followers, 41K engagements


"Nearly the entire history of college football is as soon as someone new crashes the party a bigger program scoops up the coach who made it happen. Order is restored. Great to see Indiana/Cignetti breaking the cycle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978919769488396361) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T20:23Z 217.9K followers, 38.6K engagements


"Just the other day i wrote about the audacity of schools paying $50M buyouts while also running political ads trying to scare everyone that women's/Olympics sports will get cut if Congress doesn't rein in NIL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978940812940709972) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T21:47Z 217.9K followers, 25.6K engagements


"UNC came in with the nation's No. XXX rushing offense but they're running it well against Cal so far (11 attempts XX yards) and have cut it to 14-10. 6:14 2Q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979395849215185202) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T03:55Z 217.9K followers, 18.4K engagements


"Vandy's offense is a thing of beauty. So fun to watch and Pavia is the perfect key to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979610900157055056) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T18:09Z 217.9K followers, 19.9K engagements


"I don't know what magic dust Kirby Smart sprinkles in the second half but it's crazy they keep doing this. And Gunner Stockton was fantastic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979683588892512412) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T22:58Z 217.9K followers, 25.6K engagements


"Lincoln Riley with some . interesting play-calls tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979741214179275005) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T02:47Z 217.9K followers, 28.6K engagements


"The craziness is not over yet. 2-4 Stanford goes up 20-10 on Florida State"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979774124747788748) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T04:58Z 217.9K followers, 19K engagements


"Penn State AD Pat Kraft calling Tony Petitti today asking if they can get an advance on that $100M private equity check"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977436112164630990) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-12T18:08Z 217.9K followers, 110.3K engagements


"And his family is right in front of him . if you watch closely he stops and lets them go ahead of him to protect them if he gets something thrown at him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978169888641331519) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-14T18:43Z 217.9K followers, 65.7K engagements


"It's not even Saturday yet and the No. X team in the country goes down Our annual reminder that Jeff Brohm is a heck of a coach"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979372612699722150) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T02:23Z 217.9K followers, 40.7K engagements


"I was surprised originally he was willing to do this but now I get it: This is his audition tape for TV job next year. Which he would be very good at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979572176471933361) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T15:36Z 217.9K followers, 210.6K engagements


"FSU-Alabama is going to wind up being the most puzzling result of the whole season. FSU is . not good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979790027472413051) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T06:01Z 217.9K followers, 73.9K engagements


"Is college football the only sport that seems more exciting when no one is any good Forget excellence we want chaos. And there was a ton if it this weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979949397632024737) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T16:34Z 217.9K followers, 30.9K engagements


"Another week another general ordering by the loss column. Georgia is now 3-2 against teams the committee ranks 17th or higher and yet is behind three teams with no Top XX wins including one it beat by XX. Miami two spots above Georgia hasn't even played a Top XX opponent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1859033325840855268) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2024-11-20T00:37Z 217.9K followers, 248.3K engagements


"Most-watched CFB games Week X. OU-Texas (ABC): 8.7M Bama-Mizzou (ABC): 7.0M UGA-Auburn (ABC): 6.7M IU-Oregon (CBS): 5.6M Ohio St-Illinois (FOX): 5.3M Michigan-USC (NBC): 4.3M Live look at ABC/ESPN execs when these ratings come out every week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978229174746685728) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-14T22:39Z 217.9K followers, 656.2K engagements


"They truly can't help themselves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978936432577085836) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T21:29Z 217.9K followers, 275.4K engagements


"With a touchdown and 2-point conversion UNC has cut Cal's lead to 21-18 with 12:14 left"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979421166646575579) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T05:35Z 217.9K followers, 24.1K engagements


"UAB finally fires Trent Dilfer -- easily one of the worst hirings I've ever seen -- and immediately goes out and knocks off 6-0 Memphis. Credit to interim coach Alex Mortensen (Chris Mortensen's son.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979691901440897238) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T23:31Z 217.9K followers, 65.6K engagements


"Wow. Billy Napier truly does have X lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979695892698743175) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T23:47Z 217.9K followers, 24K engagements


"The defending Big XX champs aren't done yet. ASU hangs on to hand Texas Tech its first loss. ASU's first Top XX win since 2019 vs. Oregon then led by a true freshman QB named . Jayden Daniels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979697400777449860) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T23:53Z 217.9K followers, 27K engagements


"Despite going backward in OT Texas gets the FG and survives 16-13 at Kentucky. With XXX yards of offense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979742011805811014) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T02:50Z 217.9K followers, 28K engagements


"@Adam_Bradford14 NIU-Notre Dame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979792906056843428) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T06:13Z 217.9K followers, 3891 engagements


"This week on ABC/ESPN: Ole Miss-Oklahoma Bama-S Carolina A&M-LSU Mizzou-Vandy (a top-20 game) This week on Fox/CBS/NBC: UCLA-Indiana Minnesota-Iowa Michigan-Michigan St"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979967671467937803) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T17:47Z 217.9K followers, 69.9K engagements


"Yes this is correct. Worst P4 teams in SP+ Stanford: 99th UNC: 101st Ok St: 116th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1975236170989842575) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-06T16:26Z 217.9K followers, 48.6K engagements


"The Savannah Bananas announced their 2026 tour and it includes a bunch of CFB stadiums: Kyle Field (A&M) Neyland (Tenn) Doak Campbell (FSU) Autzen (Ore.) Kinnick (Iowa) Kenan (UNC) Memorial (Nebraska) The Blue at Boise They sold out Death Valley at Clemson this summer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1976442906446880795) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-10T00:21Z 217.9K followers, 54.6K engagements


"Many at UNC concede the Belichick hire was a mistake. But it may be unaffordable for the school to cut ties after one season. Between staff revenue share and other pledges North Carolinas all-in bet on Belichick comes to roughly $XXXX million"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1976684705589444799) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-10T16:22Z 217.9K followers, 31.8K engagements


"Ohio State's defense looks very 2021 Georgia-level elite. Demoralized Arch shut down Demond Williams Jr. and as of halftime in Game X yet to allow a red-zone TD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977069732466757781) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T17:52Z 217.9K followers, 24.5K engagements


"It's unclear today whether Big Ten officials know what pass interference is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977113124605247661) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T20:44Z 217.9K followers, 26.2K engagements


""I don't think the Big Ten is really that deep" Saban said. "It's not like the SEC where you've got eight or nine teams that can beat you. Think there are three or four teams in the Big Ten that can beat you." So Ohio State Indiana Northwestern and UCLA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977149060722336233) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T23:07Z 217.9K followers, 60.5K engagements


"Wow. . XX days ago his team was ranked in the Top 5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977434569159901198) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-12T18:01Z 217.9K followers, 85.5K engagements


"Notable Oct. XX TV selections: Ole Miss-Oklahoma: Noon ABC Alabama-S Carolina: 3:30 ABC BYU-Iowa St: 3:30 FOX Texas A&M-LSU: 7:30 ABC Colorado-Utah: 10:15 ESPN The entire Big Ten is 6-day selections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977808039156879480) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-13T18:45Z 217.9K followers, 41K engagements


"Only a few weeks ago I said it's not possible to win a national championship at Indiana. Do I need to rethink this now that they're the No. X team in the country This week's Mailbag gets into that and a whole lot of Penn State/Franklin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978508524645679179) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-15T17:09Z 217.9K followers, 22.6K engagements


"No printing news in the newspaper What are we doing here @IndianaUniv (Censorship. We're doing censorship.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978589213559058807) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-15T22:30Z 217.9K followers, 43.6K engagements


"@CHuskerJ Thanks Great reference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978873329147875680) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T17:19Z 217.9K followers, XX engagements


"The highest-paid CFB coaches (as of now) are: 1) Kirby Smart ($13.3M) 2) Ryan Day ($12.6M) 3) Curt Cignetti ($11.6M) What a time to be alive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978916703770939419) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T20:11Z 217.9K followers, 22.2K engagements


"@johhay You never know right Who at Texas A&M would have ever thought in 2021 they'd be firing Jimbo two years later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978950341334114689) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T22:25Z 217.9K followers, 10.4K engagements


"@Sole0526 They finished No. X in the country in 2020. That's when he got the $90M contract"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978966101435236675) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T23:27Z 217.9K followers, 1799 engagements


"Northwestern president Michael Schill resigned today amidst political pressures. In the sports world he is known as the guy who suspended Pat Fitzgerald for X weeks then said "he may have erred" and fired him instead leading to a massive wrongful termination settlement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1963671211130662951) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-09-04T18:31Z 217.9K followers, 61.3K engagements


"The officials in Ohio State-Illinois managed to call a touchdown on the field where the receiver had neither foot in bounds nor held on to the ground. Other than that "  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977067736284250341) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T17:44Z 217.9K followers, 34.2K engagements


"Penn State will suffer its third straight loss 22-21 at home to Northwestern. Can you believe OT vs. Oregon was just X weeks ago James Franklin's program just went completely up in smoke in the span of XX days. Unreal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977143571204784322) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T22:45Z 217.9K followers, 49.9K engagements


"A column on schools paying $XX million buyouts to coaches while at the same time begging Congress and PE firms to save them from poverty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977487028246979060) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-12T21:30Z 217.9K followers, 210K engagements


"The latest in Tortilla Gate. Big XX has fined Texas Tech $25K for "repeated instances of objects being thrown onto the playing surface." Kansas has been fined $25K for Lance Leipold's "disparaging comments" and "inaccurate statement regarding a pocketknife." College football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978507689119342787) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-15T17:06Z 217.9K followers, 50.3K engagements


"Time to rewrite the Penn State coaching candidate lists. Cignetti is off the board and Rhule really should be off the board"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979386584551350345) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T03:18Z 217.9K followers, 81.9K engagements


"Man that is a rough rough ending for FSU b/c I literally can't tell if his shin was down or not. Big big win for Stanford. FSU . yikes. 0-4 in the ACC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979794470825832498) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T06:19Z 217.9K followers, 19.9K engagements


"NEW: We talked to nearly X dozen sources who've worked for or directly interacted with the Belichick regime at UNC. They paint a picture of chaos arrogance and lack of understanding of college football. With many fingers pointed at GM Mike Lombardi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1976682940139721043) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-10T16:15Z 217.9K followers, 511.2K engagements


"The rise of Indiana football under Cignetti is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. Just getting to a bowl game has long been the ceiling for that program. Then Cignetti comes in goes to CFP in Year X legit top-5 team in Year X. That just doesn't happen in CFB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1977151422971232402) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-11T23:16Z 217.9K followers, 132.9K engagements


"In August UNC football GM Michael Lombardi went to Saudi Arabia for "an exploratory fundraising trip" UNC confirmed to @TheAthletic. The Saudi government paid for it. Full story from @BrendanRMarks and @chriskamrani"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1978949984566280386) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-16T22:23Z 217.9K followers, 32.1K engagements


"UNC-Cal is underway. UNC's first play: Fumble. Cal ball"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979377783060201658) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T02:43Z 217.9K followers, 28.2K engagements


"UNC comes to life . 37-yard Gio Lopez completion leads to a Benjamin Hall 18-yard TD run. UNC X Cal X 4:48 1Q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979385957825810756) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T03:16Z 217.9K followers, 19.7K engagements


"I assume Diego Pavia is going to take Carson Beck's place on the Heisman lists this week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979627981640491512) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-18T19:17Z 217.9K followers, 23.2K engagements


"Iowa hands Penn State its fourth straight loss 25-24 in a game where neither QB hit XXX passing yards. (But Iowa ran for 270+ yards)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979734349961728267) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T02:20Z 217.9K followers, 47.4K engagements


"Oh wow Texas stuffs UK at the goal line in top of the first OT. FG wins it for the 'Horns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1979740602293268874) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T02:45Z 217.9K followers, 18K engagements


"@TuckerBlanc Really just showing the contrast between Big Ten and SEC schedules"  
[X Link](https://x.com/slmandel/status/1980002850739716488) [@slmandel](/creator/x/slmandel) 2025-10-19T20:07Z 217.9K followers, 1746 engagements