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Colorado is “targeting” New Mexico AD Fernando Lovo to become the next AD in Boulder, per Yahoo's Ross Dellenger, who adds: “No deal is finalized and UC Board of Regents must authorize any move.” (link)

The Albuquerque Journal’s Geoff Grammer writes on Lovo’s potential exit for Colorado after just over one year leading New Mexico: “The Journal confirmed with multiple sources in and around UNM — both within and outside the athletics department — that Lovo to Colorado appears to be a done deal, though the AD has not returned messages from the Journal.” Grammer goes on to point out Lovo may owe UNM up to $800K as a buyout & there’s a notable provision in the new extension for Lobos Football HC Jason Eck: “The new contract for Eck, who has been rumored for numerous head coaching vacancies, takes effect Jan. 1 and there would be a $4 million buyout if he were to leave before Dec. 31, 2026. But, if Lovo is gone for any reason, that buyout drops to $2 million. The clause holds true for 12 months from the day Lovo officially leaves UNM, but stays at $4 million if Eck leaves for a job wherever Lovo is employed.” (link)

“It may not seem like it, but at my core, I'm a traditionalist. I love college athletics for the opportunities it provides, for the on-the-field competition, for the game day experience that it brings. But ultimately, we have to evolve the tactics that we deploy to protect the traditional parts of the athletic enterprise that we all love.” That’s Michigan State AD J Batt to the Lansing State Journal’s Graham Couch in an interview that includes discussion on major changes for the Spartans since Batt’s arrival. On the new Spartan Ventures: “I would just say that, at the end of the day, first and foremost, this is a very different deal than what people might be reading about for other deals. This is not a private equity deal. This is an aligned opportunity in which we continue to maintain all control of the athletic department, coaches, student-athletes, that's all within the athletic department today. It's well-aligned with our mission. It continues to serve our student-athletes in the best way possible. We're simply optimizing our opportunities.” More. (link)

The Athletic's Stewart Mandel & Ralph Russo caught up with agents, leaders of collectives & GMs to get a sense of how some departments are working around the $20.5M revenue share cap. Four examples: “1) Say a school agrees to pay a player $200,000. If his agent is taking a 20 percent commission, then in reality, he’s making $160,000. So, the collective pays the agent his fee directly, and the program saves $40,000 in cap space; 2) Say a school promises a player $200,000, and wants to split it between rev-share and the collective, but it fears that CSC won’t approve a $100,000 collective deal. The parties agree to the amount verbally, then the collective submits smaller deals throughout the year (for autograph signings, charity appearances, etc.) that eventually add up to the total; 3) It’s believed that at least one school’s collective paid their entire incoming freshman class what they would have earned in rev share, so that the payments don’t get counted against the cap; and, 4) And then there’s the simplest, but riskiest, workaround of all: Just don’t report the deals. Which was probably happening already.” (link)

Cowboy State Daily’s David Madison indicates Wyoming Football is working with a $1.4M NIL budget while FCS stalwarts Montana & Montana State have around $2.2M each. Wyoming AD Tom Burman pushes back on the idea that Wyoming may be better aligned as an FCS program: “The better question is, why are Montana, Montana State begging to get into the Mountain West? I can tell you that the top tier of the FCS is willing to pay money to join the Mountain West. [...] We struggled from the time NIL started really in '22 until the end of June this past year. We struggled getting people — Wyoming fans, alumni, donors — to invest in the collective. It's just not something Wyoming people embraced.” (link)

More from Fresno State AD Garrett Klassy with KSEE24’s Scott Bemis and Angelique Martinez. On being an AD during such a volatile period for the industry: “I feel like in higher ed, and especially in college athletics, there’s been a lot of people for a lot of years that don’t want to take advantage of these changes. I think we can find a competitive edge, and anything that we can find a competitive edge in, we’re gonna attack it. We can’t control the changes that are coming. All we can do is attack them and prepare for what’s next. That’s how we’re looking at it. Is it more difficult, does it add more hours to the day? Absolutely, but at the end of the day, it’s always going to be about the student-athlete experience and we do need a national standard. … We can’t just keep operating the Wild, Wild West. We thought the House settlement was gonna fix that. It’s fixed some of it, but you're seeing head coaches that are getting new contracts, there’s money guaranteed above and beyond the revenue sharing piece, and I don’t know how they’re doing that legally. … So, we just have to make sure that there’s a national standard, everyone’s playing by the same rules. That’s the only way college football and college sports are gonna maintain the greatness that we have right now.” (link)  

During the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl press conference yesterday, Penn State Deputy AD Vinnie James provided an update on the Beaver Stadium renovation, which is approaching $700M: “Right now we remain on schedule, targeting a completion date of fall of 2027. In the 2026 season, what our fans can expect to see is you’ll actually begin to see the structure of the new west side or the visiting sideline come to form. It still won’t be completed, everything that’s behind it, but that structure will really start to be showing itself and we can see the volume and magnitude of what that west side will ultimately be. A lot of the work that is going on is infrastructure work behind it. Obviously we’re going to find a great place for the writing press and make sure we’ve got you guys taken care of.” (link)

Citing “recent changes” in college athletics, New Mexico State AD Joe Fields says that A-Mountain Sports will not continue as the Aggie’s active NIL collective when 2026 begins. Leaders of A-Mountain Sports will continue working with NMSU as part of a new "centralized, department-managed model.” (link)

The overall Division I jobs market has plummeted 52.88% in 2025, including 33.30% drops on the industry’s longtime staple, the NCAA Jobs Marketplace. Meanwhile, on D1.ticker’s CollegeSports.jobs, postings are up 11.27% and for the first time there have been MORE DI jobs posted to CollegeSports.jobs than to any other jobs board in the industry. Nearly 200 Division I schools have said “yes” to CollegeSports.jobs’ unlimited jobs bundle, with those schools saving just shy of $2,200 per year with the flat rate, unlimited posting plan on the jobs board that has earned nearly 3M visits in 2025 alone. Stop spending more money to reach fewer potential applicants. Start saving money and reaching more qualified candidates on CollegeSports.jobs, with distribution of every job via industry-leading D1.ticker and/or Coaches.wire publications. (link)

Duke Football GM of Personnel John Garrett is expected to return to the Florida State staff to lead the front office, specifically “efforts in roster management, including scouting, recruiting and the transfer portal,” according to Warchant.com’s Ira Schoffel. Garrett previously served as a scouting director for the Seminoles. The ‘Noles are also reportedly hiring Miami (FL) Exec. Dir. of Football Management and Personnel Taylor Edwards, per CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz. (link, link)

The Pop-Tarts Bowl is the epitome of bowl season fun & the post-game pop-tart sacrifice saw Slammin’ Strawberry jump off the jumbo toaster & opt out of the process. Fitting to say the least. BYU HC Kalane Sitake proceeded to chow down on a handful of pop-tarts. (link); Cllct Founder Darren Rovell via X: “Pop Tart executives and their experiential agency Momentum should start a business just focusing on maximizing bowl sponsorship. They run an absolute clinic around everyone.” (link)

Sportico's Michael McCann breaks down the legal arguments in the escalating dispute between Missouri football student-athlete Damon Wilson II and the Georgia Athletic Association (UGAA), which is suing Wilson for $390K over an alleged breach of a $500K NIL deal with the now-defunct Classic City Collective (CCC). Wilson's countersuit, filed in Missouri, hinges on the argument that he only signed a "non-binding" term sheet which explicitly stated it "precedes" a full License and Option Agreement that was never presented and thus no enforceable contract exists. He further contends that UGAA "weaponized" an unconscionable liquidated damages clause by falsely telling other schools he owed a $1.2M buyout to transfer, thereby tortiously interfering with his market value. UGAA, which inherited the contract rights from CCC, is expected to argue that Wilson's acceptance of a $30K payment constituted a "bargained-for exchange" that validated the agreement, including its mandatory arbitration clause. McCann adds: “Similarly, UGAA will insist the arbitration and liquidated damages provisions are reasonable in the context of NIL at a power conference school and binding. To that end, expect UGAA to note that Wilson was an adult when he signed the NIL contract/term sheet—he was 19 years old and thus not a minor—and that CCC’s recommendation he hire an attorney didn’t create an obligation on the part of CCC to stop negotiating with him if he hadn’t secured an attorney.” (link)

ESPN’s Pete Thamel reports contract terms for new Michigan Football HC Kyle Whittingham include a five-year deal at an average of $8.2M per year. Seventy-five percent of the pact is guaranteed. (link)

North Florida has raised a record $8.07M from 2,893 donors in FY25, lifting its combined total to over $20M in fundraising revenue since AD Nick Morrow took the helm in 2021. On judging the Ospreys run of success in that area, Morrow remarked: “When you have more donors and more community engagement than ever before, that means people are believing in you, and they're believing in what's going on here, and the vision, and they're buying into it. That's another measuring stick. … Our five-year strategic plan goal is 3,000 [donors] up and we hit that this year. You can feel momentum. That's why I think we're set up to have such a big year, not just athletically, but as a university. We had record enrollment, a record freshman class, a record graduate class, record retention rate. We’ve finished the highest we've ever had in the US News and World Rankings. It's been fun, all the work that you put in, and then see some of that success come through." (link)

On the heels of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approving its $67.5M new athletics facility project, Omaha announces it will opt into the House settlement. Mavs AD Adrian Dowell: “The '26-'27 academic year was the ideal entrance point for UNO to opt into the terms of the settlement. We feel really good where we are. We enter this new era for college athletics, including UNO, with confidence, understanding not only can we do this, but we're going to do it efficiently, and we're going to do everything we can to position our student-athletes and coaches and sports programs to be competitively successful based on the resources we'll provide.” (link)

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is no longer looking to play more college football, but his attorney, Ryan Downton, continues to push on the NCAA for additional eligibility for other clients & is now pointing to Baylor men’s basketball’s recent addition of former NBA Draft pick James Nnaji as another breaking point. In a new U.S. District Court filing by Downton: “When what to my wandering eyes should appear, but ... the hypocrisy of the NCAA granting four years of eligibility to a 21-year-old European professional basketball player with four years of professional experience who was drafted by an NBA team two years ago. ... Meanwhile, the NCAA argues to this court that high school seniors are harmed if a 22- or 23-year-old former junior college player plays one more year of college football.” (link)

More from Bowl Season Executive Director Nick Carparelli on the question of if the number of games should adjust each year based on interest and availability: “The bowl system is a market-driven system. Through the 100 years of bowl games, no one has ever dictated how many bowl games there are. They’ve been strictly a function of host communities that want to host them and teams that want to participate. If at any point in time, the institutions decide as much as we love the bowl system, we may want to participate at a different level, then the bowl system will adjust accordingly. But no one’s in a position to say what the number is, or to make any of those decisions. The market will dictate it. … The problem is we go into each season guessing how many bowl-eligible teams there are and how many teams want a postseason opportunity. You get to the end of the year, and the odds are that the numbers aren’t going to match up exactly. I think that’ll be one of the discussion topics that we have with the conferences in the offseason. How do we accommodate all the teams that want to participate in the postseason without having to stress over the teams that don’t?” (link)

Indiana Football HC Curt Cignetti expresses support for the concept of a singular authority figure to oversee major college football, echoing recent comments from former Alabama Football HC Nick Saban on the need for a national commissioner. Cignetti argues that centralized leadership could streamline the sport's disjointed calendar, specifically addressing the overlap between the CFP and recruiting windows: "I definitely think the calendar could be improved. And that would be unanimous amongst the coaches. Whether you have to move the start of the regular season up a week and start playing in the playoffs when the season ends so there's a little bit better time to devote to high school recruiting and portal recruiting, we're all looking, I think, for that solution.” (link)

ESPN’s Dave Wilson dives into the history of the Pop-Tarts Bowl Trophy. In 2023 it was not an actual toaster, but all of that changed in 2024. To get to functional toaster status, Pop-Tarts reached out to GE Appliances, which recommended its FirstBuild lab on Louisville’s campus to tackle the job. Wilson explains: “[Trophy engineer Josh] Price used a CAD (computer-aided design) station to mock up a design based on the existing trophy. He stripped a toaster down to its bare minimum and figured out how much room he'd need. Then he used the exact specifications for an NCAA football and 3D printed it, but everyone told him it didn't look right. Too pointy. Untethered from reality, he realized he could veer from exact replicas and began asking the really important design questions. Like: Since he can't put the lever on the front like a toaster at home, should it have a giant slot-machine-type arm for maximum cheesiness? Should there be an ‘insane mode’ to launch the Pop-Tarts really high?” Price: “The YouTuber in me was like, I'll launch 'em into the cheap seats.” Price settled on bending the springs to make sure there was just enough “popping action” for the big reveal, but not enough to launch breakfast across the kitchen at home. The creation earned Price and the FirstBuild lab at Louisville the Viral Trophy Invention of the Year. In Price’s own words: “Incandescent bulbs are awesome, but that thing is awesomer.” Lots more. (link)

In the hyper-nomadic world of college athletics, the coach takes the job, but the spouse often takes on the chaos. In more than 70% of relocations, the spouse is the project manager who bears the brunt of the administrative burden: coordinating movers, selling the old house, finding schools, and managing the emotional toll—all while the coach is immersed in their new role. D1.relocation understands this critical imbalance. The organization doesn't just move boxes; it empowers the spouse. The dedicated Director of Relocation Operations (DORO) acts as the spouse's advocate, providing specialized support for everything from decluttering and home staging to school vetting and amenity setup. D1.relocation ensures the entire family transitions from one chapter to the next with minimal stress and maximum support. (link)

Writing for SBJ, former NFL executive/current Iowa consultant Scott Pioli examines the pitfalls student-athletes are now facing relating to taxes and gambling. Pioli: “In this new era of paid college athletes, the majority are receiving their compensation untaxed — they are paid via 1099. … Thousands of student athletes are now compiling enormous levels of [debt] — some in the tens of thousands of dollars — for tax-related reasons. Additionally, there are some first-, second- and third-year college athletes who already are behind in taxes because they are getting compensated as soon as they enter college. … In the worst-case scenario — which is happening frequently — the athlete spends all or almost all of the money without ever paying taxes. A portion for themselves, some for family, some for friends and some to others in their circle. But the next year brings more spending and debt. And just like life in professional sports, college athletes are learning that being paid next year is not guaranteed.” More. (link) 

ESPN College GameDay analyst and titular host of The Pat McAfee Show hinted multiple times during last Saturday’s GameDay that his weekly kicking contest might be concluding permanently, and Front Office Sports’ Michael McCarthy reports McAfee, who funds the prizes personally, awarded $2.7M to students and charities this season. McCarthy explores potential rationales for the tease, ranging from ESPN seeking a corporate sponsor to offset the cost to McAfee simply "pulling a work" to manufacture drama: “Never forget, McAfee is a sometime pro wrestler and commentator for the WWE. He says plenty of stuff he doesn’t mean. Maybe in Vince McMahon-like fashion, he was just adding to the drama at Kyle Field by telling the audience this could be the final kick. With 104,122 fans screaming their heads off, McAfee entertained a WrestleMania-like crowd. Why not give them a show?” (link)

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