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Chris Vannini

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• Senior reporter, The Athletic • College football, dogs and pro wrestling... skeets? • Co-host, Bunch Formation and Getting Over podcasts • DM, [email protected], Signal: ChrisVannini.01 • linktr.ee/chrisvannini

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · Mar 10

If you're looking for people to follow here, some lists:

The Athletic writers: bsky.app/starter-pack...

CFB folks: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 4h

Real waste of what should’ve been a special season by the Tigers. Lost the way everyone knew they would for months, failing to support a generational pitcher with the least disciplined hitting imaginable. Congrats to the M’s, go win it all.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 5h

College Football Playoff expansion has been a boon to the Group of 5. The biggest crowd in North Texas history was another example.

Moving to 12 was great for the sport. You gotta sell hope. (Even if USF is really good)

Story from Denton: www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

North Texas’ sellout crowd vs. USF shows Group of 5 football is thriving in CFP expansion era

It’s good for college football that the top of the Group of 5 has a path into the College Football Playoff field.

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 8h

USF has 42 points and 28 of those have come off five North Texas turnovers.

Football can be simple.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 8h

KERRY BONDS

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 8h

Running back pass TD for USF and we're quickly off the rails again in Denton.

Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 9h

We've gone to BACKUP CHAINS here in Denton

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 9h

North Texas muffs a punt and that gives us six turnovers and five touchdowns in this first half. Weee!

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 9h

Awesome crowd at North Texas. First sellout at this place. Only space with real emptiness is the visitor section. Still some people tricking in due to construction traffic.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 9h

The first quarter ends with Byrum Brown's THIRD turnover of the game.

Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 9h

This North Texas-USF game is super fun, man.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 10h

And then he throws an INT in the red zone. His first one of the year.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 10h

Mestemaker is Slingin' It™️

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 10h

North Texas takes an early 7-0 lead over No. 24 USF, turning a sack/fumble into a Mestemaker TD run after converting 4th-and-1.

Fun game brewing. Denton is rocking.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10h

this is a hell of a throw on the run by Mestemaker

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 10h

Really cool scene at North Texas tonight. Tonight’s game vs USF is a sellout, first time ever in this stadium.

Huge one with College Football Playoff implications.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 18h

🎙 The Week 7 picks episode of Bunch Formation is a big one!

Both @davidubben.bsky.social and I will be on sites.

🎧📺 Listen/Watch: linktr.ee/bunchformation

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 18h

🎙 The Week 7 picks episode of Bunch Formation is a big one!

Both @davidubben.bsky.social and I will be on sites.

🎧📺 Listen/Watch: linktr.ee/bunchformation

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

✌️🌊
Stay tuned

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

We’ve suddenly got a banger of a game between Tulane and ECU heading to the 4Q on ESPN.

ECU up 16-12 and Tulane near the goal line.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

Jake Retzlaff is on pace for 500 passing yards but it’s just 6-0 Tulane as the Green Wave have stalled on three red zone trips already. ECU hanging on.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

Oklahoma QB John Mateer is now listed as PROBABLE on the SEC availability report.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

A centuries-old rivalry tonight, Pirates vs. stormy seas

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

🎙New Bunch Formation!

Week 7 picks
- Is this Indiana team different?
- Will Alabama have an 11 am snooze?
- Red River could be literally anything
- A real test for BYU
- Do you trust Lincoln Riley?
- The biggest G5 game of the year

🎧📺 And more: linktr.ee/bunchformation

Bunch Formation Podcast | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree

View BunchFormation’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 1d

Great news to report from Florida State: Linebacker Ethan Pritchard has been released from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital after being shot a few weeks ago. Headed to Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville for the next step in his recovery.

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1d

Oklahoma’s 2027 recruiting class currently ranks No. 1 and has the early makings of something special.

New GM Jim Nagy and a new scouting department with decades of NFL/CFB experience are getting rave reviews.

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

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