If you missed my Friday conversation with elite journalist and broadcaster @ESPNMcGee, here it is. Always great stuff from Ryan including a breakdown on how he creates his remarkable features and… the #Bottom10. #TheCGP
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How does Fresno State fix men’s basketball? Who fixes it? We’ll discuss Friday. Images here show it was about 2:35 before tip vs Georgia State. #TheCGP

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Terrible news. Dan was beyond elite at his craft. A pro’s pro. In particular, few who covered the Olympics could come close to matching Dan’s work in his signature sport, swimming. May he rest In peace… prayers and love to you and your family, Hannah.

So much discussion around Alabama-Tennessee, Miami’s sizable drop after losing in South Bend… If any team has a legit major issue, it’s Indiana. A bye week precipitating a significant drop like this is going to compel ADs/coaches to review future schedules and where byes fall.

#TheCGP

- Fresno State MBB: Is anyone paying attention? (5:05)
- @ESPNRittenberg (5:15)
- 3 @ 33
- One More Thing (5:55)

“They (Alabama) don’t belong ahead of Tennessee, still…”

Jordan Rodgers calling out the CFP selection committee, siding with Tennessee in the ongoing debate. The apocalypse must be coming.

Ari lays this out concisely. Sometimes things aren’t as complicated as metrics fan clubs and selection committees make them out to be.

On this Veteran's Day.....Revisiting one of the legends of the @SEC

General Robert Reese Neyland.

The namesake of @Vol_Football's stadium.

His story is UNREAL

This. ⤵️

8. Pods, gaps, head-to-head… just win out, secure a game in Neyland and let’s go.

Beyond well-deserved.
#GoHabsGo @CP0031

BREAKING NEWS: THIS IS BIGGER THAN BASKETBALL!

Tennessee men’s basketball players, @Vol_Hoops, are making HISTORY alongside @AthletesOrg with a proposed collective bargaining framework that could change college sports FOREVER!

With all the CHAOS in college athletics, player ndblade, @22lundblade, joins me to break down what this means for the future of the game!

Catch our EXCLUSIVE conversation on YouTube NOW! bit.ly/4BSfwnR

I say often: The most underreported part of collegiate athletics is the incredible character of the young people playing the games.
Example:
I spent 15 minutes Monday with @Vol_Football LB Arion Carter, who is leveraging his immense talent to raise money this season for cancer e 2025 season, Carter declared for the 2026 NFL draft, but a foot injury sent him back to UT for another season. Ahead of the combine, he'd taken a $427 flight to a workout, paid for by an agency. He repaid the $427 and self-reported it to the NCAA. The NCAA still suspended him for the first game of the 2026 season.
"I understand that rules are rules," Carter said. "I understood I can't control those circumstances I got put in. But I can control my emotions, how I deal with it, how I address the situation and carry myself. I chose to understand God had a bigger plan for me -- and when I do come back, knowing what I will do."
Rather than sulk, he chose to use the setback for good, in honor of his girlfriend Mariah Bryant, who had been diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer.
He donates $427 for every tackle, $500 for every TFL, $1000 for every INT and $5000 for every defensive touchdown.
He tells me folks impacted by cancer contact him, inspired by his initiative to help those in need.
"A lot of people live blue collar lives, that go to work every day and don't make the amount of money that some of these college kids make in NIL, and have to pay for these medical bills and go through these difficult things," Carter said. "A lot of people don't understand that frustration. It impacts people in ways we don't even know -- especially financially. So when they come to me and tell me that they were struggling to pay bills and have to raise three kids, and then do (extra) to make ends meet, and still worry about their own health while taking care of other people, it means the world to me to be able to help and let them know that are people in the world who do care, and want to see people like them, who do go through tragic things, that we have their back."
So far in 2026, Carter has raised $27,193.
An amazing example for us all.
We talk NIL/portal/expansion incessantly, but I talk to players in-person and by phone every week, and invariably leave every conversation so impressed.

#TheCGP Friday. 5 pm PT.
ESPN Senior Writer for college football @ESPNRittenberg returns to the program. Lots to discuss on the new CFP poll and everything surrounding the road to the playoff.

Tennessee’s most likely CFP poll ranking Tuesday will be… the

Greg Sankey considers the SEC the gold standard of college football. Many agree. I do. Relative to officiating, it’s like going to a play: You know great acting when you see it. And you know when it’s not. Fans don’t need to be former officials to see how often SEC officiating comes up well short. His comments here skew disingenuous.

Impact far beyond the field...@Vol_Football's Arion Carter turns every tackle into money for cancer research:

The weekly Cole update. Always solid and a must-read.

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The Bears made a season’s worth of mistakes tonight but still found a way to pull out a win. That, more than anything else, speaks volumes about this team. 7-2 and moving on! #DaBears

There we go! Fresno’s own Jaylon Johnson to the house!! #DaBears