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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 5h

🦁 The Penn State Job Report Card + Potential Candidates

It's one of the best jobs in the sport. It's aligned on rev share/NIL. Next year's roster might need some work.

Matt Rhule, Curt Cignetti, Matt Campbell and other names to watch...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

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Bruce Feldman @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social · 3h

Who gets the Penn State job? PA native Curt Cignetti has worked miracles at IU and would owe Indiana $13 million if he left before Dec. 1 and $10 million after that. Nebraska's Matt Rhule is a former PSU player with deep ties inside Penn State... www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Who are the Penn State football coaching candidates with James Franklin out?

Cignetti, who has engineered an amazing turnaround at Indiana, and Nebraska's Matt Rhule will be top targets.

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 5h

SOURCE: UAB has fired head coach Trent Dilfer, @theathletic.com has learned.

UAB is 2-4 this year. Dilfer went 9-21 in three seasons.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 9h

BREAKING: Penn State has fired head coach James Franklin, the school announced Sunday.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 12h

Police blotters? Jail records?

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Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 15h

Both of these things can be true:

1. Auburn was on the bad side of some questionable, controversial calls last night.

2. Auburn lost not because of that, but because it didn't handle that well, as Hugh Freeze and players basically admitted.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Auburn-Georgia officiating was a mess. But it wasn’t the only reason the Tigers lost

Auburn had control of the game against Georgia — until it lost control, after a series of calls that didn’t go its way.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 14h

Saturday in Stillwater, Trent Eaton made his way to an empty Section 231 of Boone Pickens Stadium, took off his orange Pokes shirt, and started a movement.

Guys being dudes.

http://dlvr.it/TNdDzM

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 23h

I think it's true that Auburn had a couple big, close calls go against them...and also true that they're not making the plays they need to make to win games against good conference opponents. Freeze said pretty much that

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 23h

Hugh Freeze: "It sure feels like we’re not getting many breaks. It’s difficult to take, for sure..."
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Georgia-Auburn takeaways: Officiating drama and a dominant Bulldogs second half

No. 10 Georgia overcame a slow start to squeeze out a controversial 20-10 win at Auburn on Saturday night.

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to say it's another sign Napier can't and won't get it done, evidence supports that. If you want to say he's not that far away, there's some evidence to support that, too.
Question is, how much (if anything) has changed with the decision makers?

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 1d

Here's what I wrote after Florida lost to Miami: "If Saturday was another referendum on Florida coach Billy Napier’s job, it was an ink-blot test that allows you to make whatever conclusion you wish."
I feel like this is the same. Competitive loss at a really good team....

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 1d

Georgia ran 23 plays in the first half. The lowest under Kirby: 42 against Florida in a 2017 blowout (Jim McElwain's last game).

Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a little surprised Florida took the FG there instead of going for it on fourth and 2, especially after running on third and 8 the play before. Either way, Gators trim the Aggies' lead to 24-17