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ACC votes to invite Stanford, Cal, SMU (www.espn.com)

The ACC presidents and chancellors met on Friday morning and voted to add three new schools -- Stanford, Cal and SMU, sources told ESPN. It will bring the league to 18 members, 17 of which will play football full time in the league.

Big 12 votes in Utah, ASU, bringing league to 16 (www.espn.com)

The Big 12 bumped its membership to 16 teams beginning in 2024-25 after unanimously voting in Utah and Arizona State and welcoming Arizona.

App State picked second in Sun Belt East (www.ashepostandtimes.com)

ESPN Review of Schedules; Overall, Non-Con, Season Opener, Hardest Stretch, etc (www.espn.com)

The Big 12's official statement/press release on the re-joining of Colorado is just oozing with swagger. Two words is all it took. (big12sports.com)

IRVING, TX (July 27, 2023) – The following statement was released today by the Big 12 Conference, through its Commissioner Brett Yormark, regarding the University of Colorado: "They're back."

Colorado returning to Big 12 in 2024, announcement later today - McMurphy (twitter.com)

Finebaum: Colorado returning to the Big 12 would be 'seismic' (www.youtube.com)

Paul Finebaum reacts to Pete Thamel's report that Colorado is in discussions about leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big 12.✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus...

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So, as of July 2023 we've got about 183 subscribers here on kbin.social, and probably another 50 scattered across the fediverse....

USC QB Caleb Williams 'determined' to earn College Football Playoff berth: 'Being so close frustrates me' (www.cbssports.com)

Caleb is not the problem. The 4th quarter "tackling" from USC in that Championship game was some of the saddest I have ever seen. I was embarrassed for them, and I wanted Utah to win.

35 Days Until The College Football Season - 50 Early Season Games We Can’t Wait To Watch (www.happyhoursports.net)

How about I post a link about actual football games this time?

Pac-12 media deal coming in ‘near future,’ commissioner George Kliavkoff says (www.seattletimes.com)

Debated even putting this one up, as the news is that there is no news, but when there is news, it will be good news. I suppose there's some value in noting that he's definitely doubling down on EVERYTHING. The Hollywood strikes may indeed have helped; let's see the numbers though. Colorado expects them to be third place to...

Big 12 Rivalry Draft - Round 2 (www.youtube.com)

Rice and Northwestern catching strays... invisible golden plates. Nicely done.

Links of concerning provenance 20 Jul 2023: In which we revisit various and sundry narrative threads from the competitive interregnum.

Lawyers Say They Have Added Third Plaintiff Against Northwestern in Hazing Case: Oh I don't think we're done here....

Pac-12 will not announce media rights deal this week as talks progress with new bidders reportedly involved... (www.cbssports.com)

"Multiple reports claim new bidders have emerged for the Pac-12."...

Mountain West accepts SDSU back — but with conditions - The San Diego Union-Tribune (archive.is)

SDSU: "Whelp, gave it a shot." Also, makes a very nasty page about Kliavkoff in their secret "Mean Girls" style burn-book.

Sankey: 'Only Congress' can resolve NIL issues (www.espn.com)

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey called for a national standard for name, image and likeness, saying "only Congress can fully address the challenges facing college athletics."...

SEC history lesson: The roots for each team’s nickname and mascot (www.saturdaydownsouth.com)

Not a ton of deep historical context here, but some fun factoids. Or, in the case of LSU, Ole Miss, and Mizzou, "fun" factoids.

A delicate distribution of links, 16 JUL 2023: Media days, Jeremy Pruitt strikes from the the grave, and more neckwear that is, shall we say, interesting.

Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program: A wellness check has been called in for Missouri....

Ex-Georgia staffer sues school, Eagles' Jalen Carter over fatal accident (www.espn.com)

"Victoria Bowles, who survived the fatal car wreck that killed a University of Georgia football player and recruiting staffer on Jan. 15, has filed a lawsuit against the UGA Athletic Association and Eagles rookie Jalen Carter."...

Brett Yormark says Big 12 looks to 'positively disrupt' as brand evolves, expansion possibilities remain open (www.cbssports.com)

The B12 will expand as soon as it finally gaslights the 4 corners into blowing up the PAC......

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