Zach Barnett
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College football writer for FootballScoop, co-host of the College Football Tailgate on 96.7 The Ticket in Dallas
FCS stunner: Bobby Hauck is stepping down as Montana's head coach.
The Griz went 13-2 in 2025, losing only to eventual champ Montana State.
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The Griz went 13-2 in 2025, losing only to eventual champ Montana State.
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Sources: Montana head coach Bobby Hauck to resign, internal promotion named
Bobby Hauck is expected to resign as Montana's head coach, and the Grizzlies will promote wide receivers coach Bobby Kennedy to replace him, sources confirmed to FootballScoop
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February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
FCS stunner: Bobby Hauck is stepping down as Montana's head coach.
The Griz went 13-2 in 2025, losing only to eventual champ Montana State.
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The Griz went 13-2 in 2025, losing only to eventual champ Montana State.
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If your argument is that the only thing stopping TCU-Arizona State from getting the same ratings as Georgia-Tennessee is more pub on CFB Live, I have some beach front property in Amarillo to sell you.
And how much more coverage of the SEC does ESPN get compared to Big12?
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If your argument is that the only thing stopping TCU-Arizona State from getting the same ratings as Georgia-Tennessee is more pub on CFB Live, I have some beach front property in Amarillo to sell you.
"By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives."
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"box office" goes by receipts, not butts in seats.
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives."
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Definitely seems like they have some buyer's remorse there. Will be surprised if they bid again when the contract is up in a few years.
why did NBC pay so much for B10 games if they didnt care whether or not people watch them?
Promotion of CFB on NBC is horrible
Promotion of CFB on NBC is horrible
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Definitely seems like they have some buyer's remorse there. Will be surprised if they bid again when the contract is up in a few years.
Ole Miss-Kentucky drew nearly 1 million more viewers than the Big 12's regular season game of the year.
Not surprised given they’re propped up by ESPN.
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Ole Miss-Kentucky drew nearly 1 million more viewers than the Big 12's regular season game of the year.
The Big Ten hoisted another trophy, but the SEC won yet again at the box office.
The 100 most-watched college football games of the 2025 season.
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The 100 most-watched college football games of the 2025 season.
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The 100 most-watched games of the 2025 college football season
You most certainly missed it, but back in February Nielsen announced that, for the first time ever, it had figured out a way to measure 100 percent of Out of Home television sets,
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January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The Big Ten hoisted another trophy, but the SEC won yet again at the box office.
The 100 most-watched college football games of the 2025 season.
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The 100 most-watched college football games of the 2025 season.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams for 2026 season.
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College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams for 2026 season.
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College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams for 2026
In a sport with no one in charge, the only good things happen out of accident and dysfunction.Such is the case on Friday, when the College Football Playoff is expected to announce
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January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Glory, glory, hallelujah.
College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams for 2026 season.
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College Football Playoff to remain at 12 teams for 2026 season.
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There's a eligibility case sending college basketball into yet another existential crisis, but is a solution possibly, maybe emerging?
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The latest eligibility crisis in college basketball... and a possible solution
When we last wrote about college basketball, it to touch on the case around James Nnaji. A 2023 NBA draft pick, Nnaji participated in an NBA Summer League game and, earlier this mo
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January 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM
There's a eligibility case sending college basketball into yet another existential crisis, but is a solution possibly, maybe emerging?
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Re-ranking the length of all 136 FBS head coaching tenures, where Kyle Whittingham falls from second to tied-for-last.
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Re-ranking every FBS head coaching tenure from 1-to-136: 2026 edition
We've been at this a while now.The great Patrick Stevens began this process in the offseason between the 2012 and 2013 seasons, and I shamelessly ripped it off from him thereaf
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January 22, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Re-ranking the length of all 136 FBS head coaching tenures, where Kyle Whittingham falls from second to tied-for-last.
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Indiana's title run was the most satisfying by any American sports team since the 1980 US men's hockey team.
But where do Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers rank among the most dominant recent CFB champions?
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But where do Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers rank among the most dominant recent CFB champions?
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Where does Indiana rank among the most dominant teams in college football history?
We know where Indiana's 2025 national championship run ranks in one set of standings: it's the most individually satisfying, bang-for-your-buck championship run for its fan
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January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Indiana's title run was the most satisfying by any American sports team since the 1980 US men's hockey team.
But where do Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers rank among the most dominant recent CFB champions?
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But where do Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers rank among the most dominant recent CFB champions?
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Only considered September games.
Miami @ Notre Dame ?? 🤔
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Only considered September games.
The 2025 college football season is over.
The 2026 college football season is here.
13 non-conference games to keep you warm through the off-season.
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The 2026 college football season is here.
13 non-conference games to keep you warm through the off-season.
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Thirteen non-conference games to look forward to in 2026
The college football non-conference scheduling process is a constant game of tug-of-war that must be viewed through the lens of everything else happening in the sport.Are you like
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January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The 2025 college football season is over.
The 2026 college football season is here.
13 non-conference games to keep you warm through the off-season.
www.footballscoop.com/2026/01/20/t...
The 2026 college football season is here.
13 non-conference games to keep you warm through the off-season.
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New Oregon State head coach JaMarcus Shephard will have significantly less money to pay his assistant coaches than the former Head Beaver.
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Oregon State staff salaries down big from previous staff
As college football coaching compensation grew, and grew and grew and grew, over the previous two decades, it was often asked what need to happen for the trend to stop, or even slo
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January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
New Oregon State head coach JaMarcus Shephard will have significantly less money to pay his assistant coaches than the former Head Beaver.
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Resurfaced Bobby Bowden letter reveals college football's changes over the last half-century.
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Resurfaced Bobby Bowden letter reveals college football's changes over the years
The first thing you're going to notice, obviously, is the delivery method.Today, Bobby Bowden's message to his players would've been blasted out instantly and tastefull
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January 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Resurfaced Bobby Bowden letter reveals college football's changes over the last half-century.
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This is one of my favorite pieces to write every year: the FootballScoop Year End Top 25.
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FootballScoop's Year End Top 25
On Monday night, Miami and Indiana will play for the national championship. The following morning, the Associated Press will release their year-end Top 25, which will then become t
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January 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
This is one of my favorite pieces to write every year: the FootballScoop Year End Top 25.
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He was scary at Longview. Nice pickup for SMU.
Alabama WR transfer Jalen Hale commits to SMU
Alabama WR transfer Jalen Hale commits to SMU
SMU landed Alabama transfer Jalen Hale Monday.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
He was scary at Longview. Nice pickup for SMU.
The Green Bay Packers have a decision to make on Matt LaFleur, and market forces indicate they'll need to make it quickly.
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Green Bay Packers have decision to make on Matt LaFleur
With Saturday night's stunning collapse to the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers under Matt LaFleur have become the NFC's answer to what the Pittsburgh Steelers and Balt
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January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The Green Bay Packers have a decision to make on Matt LaFleur, and market forces indicate they'll need to make it quickly.
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Longtime, double emphasis on long, NFL assistant coach Tom Moore has announced his retirement.
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Tom Moore retires after 62(!!) years in coaching
Many, many people have given their lives to the game of football. Few have given more of their time than longtime NFL assistant Tom Moore, emphasis on long. On Thursday, Moore
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January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Longtime, double emphasis on long, NFL assistant coach Tom Moore has announced his retirement.
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Yeah, I'm not trying to argue McDaniel was blameless. Obviously not.
But the organization as a whole is hopeless and the odds they'll do worse are like 90%.
But the organization as a whole is hopeless and the odds they'll do worse are like 90%.
I don't hate McDaniel the way other Fins fans do, but this is reductive as hell. Consistent third quarter collapses, failure to win in cold weather, failure to beat .500+ teams, failure to develop o-line, its all Tua's fault?
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Yeah, I'm not trying to argue McDaniel was blameless. Obviously not.
But the organization as a whole is hopeless and the odds they'll do worse are like 90%.
But the organization as a whole is hopeless and the odds they'll do worse are like 90%.
Team with longest league-quarterfinal drought in American professional sports, drafted Tua Tagovailoa ahead of Justin Herbert fires head coach with .524 winning percentage.
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Miami Dolphins fire Mike McDaniel
The Miami Dolphins have fired head coach Mike McDaniel, owner Stephen Ross announced Thursday. The move comes (obviously) after the flurry of firings on Monday and two days after t
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January 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Team with longest league-quarterfinal drought in American professional sports, drafted Tua Tagovailoa ahead of Justin Herbert fires head coach with .524 winning percentage.
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In the biggest news of the day in America, Campbell has made a really good defensive coordinator hire.
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Sources: Campbell to hire conference champion coordinator to run defense
Brandon Butcher is expected to be named the next defensive coordinator at Campbell, sources told FootballScoop on Wednesday. Butcher spent the 2025 campaign as the linebackers
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January 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
In the biggest news of the day in America, Campbell has made a really good defensive coordinator hire.
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Sixteen of Indiana's starters are in their 4th, 5th or 6th years of college football, and 13 signed somewhere other than Indiana.
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How the Final Four were built: Indiana vs. Oregon
After examining Ole Miss vs. Miami on Monday, today we peak under the hood at the starting lineups for the other College Football Playoff semifinal: Indiana vs. Oregon. As exp
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January 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Sixteen of Indiana's starters are in their 4th, 5th or 6th years of college football, and 13 signed somewhere other than Indiana.
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Montana State and Illinois State took turns winning and losing the FCS national championship in the final minute and overtime last night.
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The FCS National Championship was the game of the year in college football
For Montana State, it's the fulfillment of destiny. For Illinois State, it's the heartbreak of a lifetime. For the rest of us, it was the game of the year in college footba
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January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Montana State and Illinois State took turns winning and losing the FCS national championship in the final minute and overtime last night.
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The FCS National Championship was the game of the year in college football.
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The FCS National Championship was the game of the year in college football
For Montana State, it's the fulfillment of destiny. For Illinois State, it's the heartbreak of a lifetime. For the rest of us, it was the game of the year in college footba
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January 6, 2026 at 4:29 AM
The FCS National Championship was the game of the year in college football.
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In Thursday's Ole Miss-Miami semifinal, the Rebels and Canes will be nearly 7x more likely to start a transfer (26) than a former top-100 recruit (4).
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How the Final Four were built: Ole Miss vs. Miami
In the early stages of the NIL/Portal era, it seemed as if the elites had simply added a moat and an electric fence around their already-walled off neighborhood. Case in point: the
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January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
In Thursday's Ole Miss-Miami semifinal, the Rebels and Canes will be nearly 7x more likely to start a transfer (26) than a former top-100 recruit (4).
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