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National college football reporter for CBS Sports Signal: signal.me/#eu/_4_lbjh8AXOx5vQGkXIeN… Newsletter: brandonmarcello.beehiiv.com

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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 3h
Week 6 #CFB Overreactions - Shorthanded Georgia still sport's king - CFP x UCLA - Mike Elko bites the wrong hand - Lane Kiffin is mid — and 0-2 vs. rookie coaches ✍️ www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Week 6 Overreactions: Shorthanded Georgia still sport's king, Mike Elko bites the hand that feeds him
Kirby Smart silences Bryant-Denny Stadium, Elko burns bridges with Texas A&M fans and Lane Kiffin falters again on the road in a wild Week 6
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 17h
SEC Kickers with #collegekickers moments within seconds of each other in Lexington and Tuscaloosa
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 23h
Nebraska has lost eight straight at home in games decided by 3 points or less.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 23h
Texas A&M has lost 5 of its last 7 games against power-conference teams since starting 11-0 last season.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Does this mean Pat Narduzzi will rank North Carolina next week?
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hold your 4s up. Nebraska is up 4 on the defending national champions entering the 4th quarter in front of the 414th straight sellout at Memorial Stadium.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Here’s where things stand and what I’m hearing as ESPN weighs the CFP’s financial offer: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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College Football Playoff to hand ESPN its asking price for 24-team playoff as exclusive window closes
The CFP and ESPN have traded proposals, but sources told CBS Sports they've found little common ground on the numbers
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The CFP calls the ongoing talks with ESPN as “constructive” after the end of the exclusive 30-day negotiation window.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Kansas at Utah will now kickoff Saturday at 6 p.m. MT instead of 8:15 p.m. due to the forecast for inclement weather.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Today's newsletter The real grind: When the stories actually click, enjoy the rare winning streak brandonmarcello.beehiiv.com/p/the-real-g...
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The real grind: When the stories actually click
Coach Senior, dual-QBs and the joy of talkin' ball
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sources tell CBS Sports that the CFP's exclusive window to negotiate a 24-team playoff deal with ESPN will likely close tonight without an agreement. The CFP will deliver a final offer today. ESPN gets five business days to respond. What I’m hearing: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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College Football Playoff to hand ESPN its asking price for 24-team playoff as exclusive window closes
The CFP and ESPN have traded proposals, but sources told CBS Sports they've found little common ground on the numbers
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bob Chesney’s dad is everywhere at UCLA. He even shakes hands with opposing coaches. "Many coaches, when I shake their hands at the end, say, 'You don't know how much we envy you being with your son.'" Story on a football family forged in a coal town: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Love that Rick Stansbury refuses to update his glamour shot from Mississippi State
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UCLA's secret weapon shows up to the facility at 6 a.m. He hands out Skittles he calls "power pills" and asks refs if they've been drinking their carrot juice. "I'm dippy. There's something wrong with me." Meet Bob Chesney’s dad, Coach Senior: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Bob Chesney brought more than wins to UCLA -- his secret weapon father came, too
Chesney's rise from a Pennsylvania coal town to UCLA's turnaround has always included his biggest supporter: Dad, who will stand beside his son Saturday when the Bruins travel to Oregon
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Utah plays two quarterbacks at once. One throws right-handed. The other is left-handed. Both can run. And defenses don't have an answer. "I think we're just kind of scratching the surface," says OC Kevin McGiven. Inside #CFB's most creative offense: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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It takes two: Utah's dual-QB attack is college football's most creative offense and a DC's worst nightmare
No. 12 Utah built its innovative two-QB system to keep both Devon Dampier and Byrd Ficklin on campus, and defenses still have no answers
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Man, I had a lot of fun reporting and writing a story for Wednesday. Can't wait for you to read it at CBSSports.com.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now you're gonna feel guilty if you get sleepy while reading.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Athletic departments LOVE to spend money
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
North Carolina has retained ZRG Turnkey to lead its search for a new general manager for football and provide consulting services during the transition. Michael Lombardi resigned as GM on Sept. 3.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
5 things I know, 5 things I think after 5 weeks - Inside Missouri's CFP push without Ahmad Hardy - CFP expansion plans - Bryce Underwood's struggles at Michigan - The dangers of the "Cignetti Blueprint" 🖊️More intel, thoughts: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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5 things I know, 5 things I think after 5 weeks of college football: Missouri's CFP push; the next Indiana is?
College football storylines are starting to take shape. Here are some certainties and a handful of educated guesses about the 2026 season
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The College Football Insiders: Watch 📺, like 👍 and subscribe 🆓 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... YouTube: youtu.be/RGDSEmgmof8
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Y'all want a hot name before the coaching carousel starts spinning?
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hopefully, the NCAA knows he can't transfer from Nebraska. He's already hit the portal once.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New CBS Sports #CFB Power Rankings have dropped, and some people are saying I have too much power www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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College Football Power Rankings: Ohio State up to No. 2 after Jeremiah Smith's historic day, Florida falls
Missouri surges, Florida tumbles and only 15 undefeated teams remain after a chaotic weekend that cleared the way for Ohio State to climb to No. 2
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This and Peacemaker have been peak superhero TV.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Otherworldly abilities that strike fear into opponents
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So … Nebraska coach Matt Rhule got a commitment from the greatest 5-star athlete of all time in the season finale of #Lanterns.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First-year coaches have largely been successful so far across #CFB.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
20% of the remaining unbeaten teams in the FBS are coached by current/former James Madison coaches: Bob Chesney, UCLA: 4-0 Curt Cignetti, Indiana: 5-0 Billy Napier, JMU: 5-0
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AP Top 25 reaction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5v3...
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AP Top 25 Poll Released 🚨: Alabama is the best team in SEC? Mizzou into Top 15, Florida falls
YouTube video by CBS Sports
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Week 5 #CFB Overreactions - SEC volatility shouldn't earn a pass from the CFP - How can Clemson want out of the ACC if its coach is stuck in 2018? - We might be underestimating 'Bama www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Week 5 overreactions: SEC volatility shouldn't earn a pass from the College Football Playoff committee
Circular blowouts and wild weekly swings prove the league is volatile rather than uniformly elite, while Alabama looks like the real deal and Penn State hits reverse
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi on losing quarterback Mason Heintschel for the season
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kentucky beats South Carolina on a 2-point conversion in overtime. A lot of storylines to follow after that one.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eli Drinkwitz’s press conference after beating Florida is gonna be must-see TV 👀
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kamario Taylor’s Heisman odds are plummeting after two turnovers, including a pick six. He entered today with the third-best odds. Now 7th after only a few minutes.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The letter was sent on the same day Tomahawk Nation reported that the presidents at Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina asked for the expansion cap to increase from 20 to 22.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
NEWS: 21 House Republicans from Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina sent a letter to House leadership requesting the conference expansion provision in the Protect College Sports Act "be removed, or at a minimum, substantially amended to provide greater flexibility ..."
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beautiful
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
College football picks: Predictions against the spread, odds, betting lines for top 25 games in Week 5 www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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College football picks: Predictions against the spread, odds, betting lines for top 25 games in Week 5
Expert picks, predictions for the marquee top 25 college football games in Week 5
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm still me. I'm still here, right? The fight against the inevitable transition to the old guard: brandonmarcello.beehiiv.com/p/the-fight-...
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The fight against the inevitable transition to the old guard
Am I an old
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The College Football Playoff is 'more serious' than ever about 24 teams, but a 2027 start is not guaranteed Story: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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College Football Playoff 'more serious' than ever about 24 teams, but 2027 start not guaranteed
The CFP executive director sees a 'good probability' that an expanded field could be ready next season, but the final details will decide it
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Miami arrives in Death Valley as the elite program Clemson used to be in the ACC www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Miami arrives in Death Valley as the elite program Clemson used to be in the ACC
The Tigers have struggled recently while the Hurricanes have momentum not seen since their glory days
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meet "Don Julio" Inside the story behind the arrest of a former Auburn football staffer who allegedly shared the Tigers' recruiting plans with up to 11 rivals and was arrested this week on felony charges. 📰 www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Former Auburn football staffer arrested on felony charges tied to recruiting documents
David Rudolph Jenrath was arrested this week on felony charges after allegedly sharing Auburn recruiting information with up to 11 rival schools
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The chairs of the NCAA's Student-Athlete Advisory Committees have sent a letter urging the House of Representatives to pass the Protect College Sports Act.
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔔 College Football Insiders 🔔 ▶️ YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=EZcEL8 GsDNY 🔊 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... 🟢 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3iyECsCxo
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥 Shane Beamer on the Hot Seat 🔥 What's happening in South Carolina's locker room is not surprising. 📺 College Football Insiders
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Haven’t received one
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Conferences respond to the Senate passing the Protect College Sports Act
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Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House Full story with reaction, what changed in the bill and what's next: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
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Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House
The bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college sports passed its first test with Monday night's Senate vote, but more hurdles must be cleared in the House before it can be signed into law
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