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By Brett Daniels The Atlantic Coast Conference signed a new revenue sharing agreement with member schools to strengthen the stability of the conference and settle lawsuits with Clemson and Florida State.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / February 4

Ranking the SEC Coaches by Hot Seat Temperature

By Brett Daniels Regardless of what some of the more well-known sports writers and broadcasters are saying, the SEC is still the standard in College Football.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / January 30

ESPN/ACC Extend Broadcast Deal: What Does This Mean?

By Brett Daniels ESPN has exercised its option to extend the ACC broadcast deal through the 2036 season. The agreement that was originally ratified by the conference presidents in 2016 and created the ACC Network has been under fire by several of the ACC schools most notably Clemson and Florida State.

Salvador Perez News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'Active MLB home run leaders' quiz

How many of the most prolific power hitters in baseball today can you name in 5 minutes?

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / January 23

How to Improve the 12-Team Playoff

By Brett Daniels The 2025 National Championship between Ohio State and Notre Dame drew an audience of 22.1 million viewers on Monday night, making it one of the least-watched championship games of the Playoff era despite having two of the biggest names in the sport on the field.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / January 21

12 Team College Football Playoff: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Brett Daniels The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has concluded, and Ohio State is the National Champion. The Buckeyes finish the season 14-2 and along with Notre Dame set a record for most games played in a season at the FBS level.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / December 24

The Playoff Conundrum and How to Improve the Process

By Brett Daniels When the College Football Playoff announced that the field would expand from 4 to 12 teams for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, many questioned whether there would be 12 teams that were worthy of playing for the National Championship.

Ranking Texas, Oregon, and the Playoff Teams' Path to the Finals from Easiest to Hardest

By Brett Daniels The first field for the 12-team playoff is set and on January 20th in Atlanta one team will hoist the trophy as the champions of college football.

College Football Playoff Final Bracket: Did the Committee Get it Right?

By Brett Daniels With the reveal of the final 12-team playoff bracket and rankings the overriding question is “Did the committee get it right?’ The answer to that is…mostly right.

SEC Power Rankings: The Dawgs and Horns Meet in Atlanta

By Brett Daniels The regular season wrapped up with Rivalry Week, and there was no shortage of upsets and close games. The conference championship game participants were also decided, with Texas heading to Atlanta for a rematch with Georgia.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 27

College Football Playoff Rankings Week 4: Do Wins and Losses Really Matter?

By Brett Daniels The fourth edition of the College Football Playoff rankings were unveiled on Tuesday night leaving only one more “regular season” poll before the final edition that will set the field for the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 20

College Football Playoff Rankings: Week 3 Reactions and Re-Rankings

By Brett Daniels The third edition of the College Football Playoff rankings were released on Tuesday night and there was plenty of movement in the rankings with the results of the past weekend.

Athletics News / Yardbarker

Who threw the most recent no-hitter for every MLB team?

Look, the no-hitter is no perfect game. A pitcher can get a bit sloppy and still throw a no-hitter. Loud outs, walks, and the like. Five pitchers have thrown no-hitters and allowed multiple runs.

College Football News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 18

SEC Power Rankings Week 12: Georgia Makes Noise, Texas Survives

By Brett Daniels Only two more weeks remain in the College Football regular season and the championship picture in the SEC continues to come into focus.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 12

Projected College Football Playoff Rankings Week 2: Shake Up at the Top

By Brett Daniels The second edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings will be released tonight and after a wild weekend that featured several upsets, the order will certainly change.

College Football News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 11

SEC Week 11 Power Rankings: Tide Rolls, Rebels Tame Dawgs

By Brett Daniels Week 11 of the College Football Season produced upsets in the Top 5 in what has become a weekly occurrence. The level of parity in college football is unlike any season we have ever seen with the exception of 2007 where a 2-loss LSU team defeated Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 6

College Football Playoff Ranking Week 1: What Did We Learn?

By Brett Daniels With the release of the first edition of the College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings on Tuesday, the committee showed how they valued each team and what will be the important criteria for rankings going forward.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / November 4

Projected CFB Playoff Rankings Week 1: Ducks and Dawgs Lead the Way

By Brett Daniels The first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings will be published on Tuesday night. It is always interesting to see the first edition of the rankings and get clues to what this edition of the College Football Playoff Committee values in how they rank teams.

College Football News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 30

SEC Week 9 Power Rankings: The Aggies, Bulldogs Are Driving the Bus

By Brett Daniels Week 9 was a light schedule with several teams on their second bye week of the season, however three games provided a little more clarity to how the conference is going to shake out and who will ultimately make it to Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game on December 6th.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 30

The College Football Playoff Rankings Week T-1

By Brett Daniels In one week's time the first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings will be unveiled. There are realistically 16-20 teams that have a shot at the 12-team field and even more could be brought back into play with a few upsets over the next five weeks of the regular season.

College Football News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 25

Is Texas in Over Its Head in the SEC?

By Brett Daniels The Texas Longhorns have long been the standard in College Football for doing less with more. The flagship university of a state that is rich in both resources (oil and gas money) and talent should not go decades without a conference championship or playing for a National Championship.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 23

What Would the College Football Playoff Field Look Like Today?

By Brett Daniels The first poll of the 12-team playoff era will be released by the College Football Playoff Committee on November 5th. After eight weeks of games, we have a few teams who have played their way into the playoff discussion and a few more who have played their way out.

MLB News / Mike Farrell Sports / October 6

Does College Football Have an Elite Team in 2024?

By Brett Daniels Week 6 of the College Football season has concluded after several notable upsets which include four of the Top 10 teams. The carnage has only intensified the debate of whether there are any elite teams in college football this season, or just a big group of very good teams.