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The NCAA FB Oversight Committee voted today to support a single transfer portal in January, sources tell @YahooSports, ushering in a significant change. The Administrative Committee still needs to formally adopt the change later. The 10-day window is expected to open Jan. 2.

Mike Parker, a good friend for 17 years who founded and inspired @Crimson_Cover on @WVUA23, passed away this week. He was 42, and spent about half of those years in a wheelchair after a terrible diving accident on July 4, 2004. I met him four years later through @travisreier. Mike was a force of nature in making Crimson Cover a reality. In 2008, he convinced me to launch it with him on local radio. By 2009, he added John Copeland as our third co-host. By 2010, he'd convinced WVUA to air a pilot episode of Crimson Cover on TV. By 2011, he'd secured our first title sponsor. He was determined and tough and didn't take no's for answers. He often struggled to make it to the show, but always refused, for as long as he could, to take a show off. In the absence of being able to do so much that able-bodied people take for granted, Mike made Crimson Cover all the more important in his life. Now, after 15 years and roughly 750 episodes, Crimson Cover is still going strong and, because Mike would want it this way, it will continue to be as strong as we can make it without him. But it won't ever be the same without the biggest Alabama fan I've ever known. Last night, Copeland and I recorded a show that paid tribute to Mike, in loving memory. We honored Mike from beginning to end, but because he would've demanded it, we squeezed in a little Alabama sports talk, too. It airs tonight at 6:30 pm CT. We love you, Mike.

Excited to announce that I’m starting a new venture with @NextRoundLive and @DisruptTheMedia covering Alabama. Cover Crimson is a video and message board based website where you can get all of my coverage moving forward. Grateful for the opportunity! Come join us: covercrimson.com