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Football staffs can now designate 16 staff members for off-campus spring recruiting, an expansion of the current number, after a blanket waiver from the FBS oversight committee. Head coach still can't go on the road in spring, however.

I owe Cal football an apology. ACC dark horse this year.

The solution to March Madness isn’t expansion it is REDUCTION. We need to get rid of automatic qualifiers, ESPECIALLY with NIL. There is NO CHANCE that Long Island and Prairie View make deeper runs than Auburn or Oklahoma would.

The solution to March Madness isn’t expansion it is REDUCTION. We need to get rid of automatic qualifiers, ESPECIALLY with NIL. There is NO CHANCE that Long Island and Prairie View make deeper runs than Auburn or Oklahoma would.

The solution to March Madness isn’t expansion it is REDUCTION. We need to get rid of automatic qualifiers, ESPECIALLY with NIL. There is NO CHANCE that Long Island and Prairie View make deeper runs than Auburn or Oklahoma would.

A second memo from Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski says CBS News Radio is shutting down. Here's the memo: Today, we informed our CBS News Radio team and approximately 700 affiliated stations that we will end the service on May 22, 2026. Unfortunately, this decision means that all positions within the CBS News Radio team are being eliminated.  We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time. While this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one.  A shift in radio station programming strategies, coupled with challenging economic realities, has made it impossible to continue the service.  We are sharing this announcement now to fulfill our commitments to our radio partners and affiliates, which require advance notice of the service’s conclusion. For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to the nation—from Edward R. Murrow’s World War II reports in London to today’s daily White House updates.  Our signature broadcast, “World News Roundup,” remains the longest-running newscast in the country.  CBS News Radio served as the foundation for everything we have built since 1927. The coming weeks will be difficult for the team members who have worked tirelessly at CBS News Radio.  We are committed to supporting these valued colleagues with care and respect as we wind down operations.  They have been critical to our success and remain treasured friends and professionals.  We thank them deeply for their contributions. Thank you all for your dedication and for the compassion you show one another as we move forward. Bari and Tom

BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL TRADITION BRACKET: Play-in. (1) Penn State Whiteout VS. (16) Tightwad Hill, Cal Vote is open for 24 hours - GO!

BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL TRADITION BRACKET: Play-in. (1) Penn State Whiteout VS. (16) Tightwad Hill, Cal Vote is open for 24 hours - GO!

Saint Louis leads Georgia by 37 points.

High Point coach Flynn Clayman after beating Wisconsin: "It looks obvious high-majors need to play mid-majors during the season. They said we didn't play nobody. … Nobody would play us, just like they wouldn't play Miami (Ohio). But they have to play us in this tournament."

When I was in my 20s I wished to deepen my understanding of the Israel-Palestine situation. So I purchased at least a dozen books - mostly semi-obscure, academic, many by dissenting Israeli historians. A day came when I closed a book halfway through, resolved to read no further, even to try to forget all I had learned, and then I donated all the books. It was clear, painfully and miserably clear, that I would be wasting my life trying to understand it more when it was nothing more than this.