Joey Stephan

@BudElliott3 @Dillionyaheard Imagine calling someone ‘dense’ in a tweet containing multiple 3rd grade levels spelling/grammar mistakes…… *3rd grade might be generous

Middle to bottom. MAYBE. Definitely Not TOP to bottom. Big Ten had three teams last year that were decidedly better than anybody from the SEC. I think you’re hurt that cash in McDonalds bags in the back of a dodge charger with dealer plates can’t compete with direct deposit.

@TomFornelli Eddie O is to LSU as Mike Ditka is/was to the Bears. An average Head Coach of a historically great team, anchored by an elite coordinator(s), who served more as a caricature of said team than someone that truly made a difference on the sidelines.

Brent Pry is the DC at VT and Coach O is back on staff at LSU. Big year for fired coaches familiar with the area.

@Taquineur @BenScottStevens Would need to see the conferences first….

@joeystephan @BenScottStevens We need to get rid of conferences. 8 divisions. 9 teams each. Winners make the playoffs. Last place gets relegated. Every game would matter.

My official stance: I will only ever support a 24-team CFP if EVERY FBS conference champion receives a bid. That’s access.

@T_Oglesby22 @DukeMBB @LouisvilleMBB @NovaMBB @TexasTechMBB Let that neck breathe, @T_Oglesby22

Going to do these periodically throughout the summer! I got 6 transfers I'm really excited about seeing next season! John Blackwell - @DukeMBB Flory Bidunga - @LouisvilleMBB Kwame Evans Jr - @NovaMBB Cruz Davis and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn - @TexasTechMBB Miles Byrd - @PCFriarsmbb

@ESisson7 @PeteThamel Great point, but Big Ten definitely thinking long-term and more access could facilitate deeper investment…….still waters down regular season

@PeteThamel I tend to agree with this. It’s a chicken and egg thing though. The sport isn’t to a point 20+ teams can win a title. It is just now up to the point of 8-10.

Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti on a 24-team College Football Playoff: “Inside our league, there’s a deep commitment to 24 and the access.” He says the desire access comes from the investment programs are making.

@KevinOConnor Mercy! I’d give all three of those picks to sneak into the top 5 of this draft….

It would definitely be shocking if the Thunder use all three picks. I'd expect them to move up as Windy suggested, or use just #12 and trade away #17 and #37 for future draft capital. The Clippers (#5), Mavs (#9), and Bucks (#10) are the most realistic trade down teams.

@doneagain73 @ReceDavis Who talks shit about @ReceDavis, seriously?

I am going to miss @ReceDavis when he quits his job when the playoffs expand because college football ‘won’t mean anything, anymore.’ He’s always been one of my favorites going back to College Football Live and Gameday Final.

@IUFaninTX @TomCrean Crean > Sampson

@TomCrean To think Kelvin got let go from IU and NCAA trouble for too many calls....what a wacky world ...

Remember when Recruits getting Gear before they enrolled. Players on your team sitting courtside at an NBA game. Paying the handlers, mentors , coaches or Families on the side. Unofficial visits on a private Plane. Hiring staff connected to a recruit. Was FORBIDDEN?

@BudElliott3 Shoot, 8-5 with a tough Gator Bowl loss in 2019 was a banner year at Indiana until Cignetti showed up….

For a lot of programs, 9-3 or 8-4 is not mediocrity. It is a top-quintile outcome. It is a season fans remember. It is a season that gets a coach an extension, wakes up donors, helps recruiting, and makes people believe the program is moving. In the old bowl ecosystem, those seasons had somewhere to go. The Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Alamo Bowl, Sun Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Outback Bowl, Peach Bowl, Music City Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, and a bunch of others could mean different things to different programs. They were not all equal, and they were not all national-title-adjacent. But they gave teams a postseason reward that fit the scale of what that program had accomplished. That is what the playoff era damaged. The sport did not merely create a better championship mechanism. It centralized almost all postseason meaning into one event. ESPN, as the CFP’s exclusive rights holder, helped build and promote that hierarchy. ESPN and the CFP extended their exclusive relationship through the 2031-32 season, including rights to the playoff games, selection show, weekly rankings shows, and related programming. That is not just broadcasting the sport. That is defining the sport’s value system. So when people say, “Why is Team 19 making the playoff better than Team 19 going to the Citrus Bowl?” the answer is: because there was a time when the Citrus Bowl carried real status. So did a lot of other bowls, depending on the program. But the sport spent a decade telling everyone that anything outside the CFP is meaningless. The meaning moved. And once the meaning moves, the access point has to move with it.

@BudElliott3 They invested because it became legal, and they found a coach worth investing in……

Do you think Indiana would have started investing if the system stayed at 4? No way. Barrier to entry and definition of success too high/narrow. I’d argue Indiana invested because of the increased access incentives

@TomFornelli Jared Tomich

What's the first thing you think of when you see this helmet?

@MattNorlander Des Moines……LOCK

Ten cities I'm expecting the NCAA to look into for the second opening round site: Albuquerque Dallas/Fort Worth Des Moines Denver Kansas City Las Vegas Omaha Phoenix Salt Lake City Wichita I think The Pit/ABQ would be a great spot to start. Hasn't hosted NCAAT games since 2012.

@emilyetaylor23 Dante Moore throws a PICK 6 to D’Angelo Ponds Oregon vs Indiana 2025 Col... youtu.be/a97bWQHE9lc?si…

@devvidoo @midwestern_ope Someone never studied the Civil War, I see

@midwestern_ope I’m gonna be honest, spending my whole life on the border and in between the 2 states I’ve never once heard this. I’ve heard lifelong Kansans rip Nebraska to shreds, but never once heard them shit on Missouri.

@UpstairsPub_IU Don’t tease……is this real?

An early ask for Santa ... this would be an immaculate stocking stuffer!

Oglesby/Dauster/Childress

@JoeTipton @insidethehall @On3 @TransferPortal @CaneSport @CanesInSight @CanesWarning @canesempire @canes_county @CanesWarningFS @allasley @TheHoosierOn3 @jimcoyleISB See ya later, alligator! He’d get hot from 3 occasionally, but not enough to offset his porous defense

NEWS: Indiana transfer guard Nick Dorn has committed to Miami, he told @On3. The 6-7 junior averaged 8.1 points per game this season, shooting 38% from three. on3.com/news/indiana-t…

@L0ganDav1s @TomFornelli I actually like this better….

@TomFornelli Duke, NCST, UNC

Michigan, Indiana, Ohio State

@TomFornelli OK, this is funny