Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You'll hear "Rocky Top" a lot today between GameDay and Tennessee-Texas. Did you know a trombone player has been counting every "Rocky Top" performance since the 1990s?!?! The official count on a Google Sheet since 2013: 4,533. On the earwormy tradition: www.nytimes.com/athletic/762... 231
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The scene outside the tunnel of Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss 020
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Florida State fans have reached the “crowdsource coach buyout” stage 050
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Our LSU-Clemson live blog is up and going. I’ll spend most of my time there, but if anyone knows where I can find the person selling these, let me know www.nytimes.com/athletic/col... 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A couple interesting items on the Florida Board of Governors* meeting agenda for next week. I find the second items on each especially intriguing. *BoG = Florida's state university system as a whole, not just the Gators 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Glad to be covering another big event in town so I can sleep in my own bed! 030
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Seriously, the literal corner of Oxford and LSU. www.nytimes.com/athletic/744... 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026As an aside, the lede to this story came from something I stumbled upon while reading thousands and thousands of public records months ago for something semi-unrelated www.nytimes.com/athletic/741... 020
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Update on the story below: In a new court filing in his NCAA lawsuit, Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss seeks damages from his loss of NIL $ from EA Sports / other potential deals, plus damages to his brand/marketability (among other things) 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I’m in Sarasota tonight for Dick Vitale’s Gala. They’re hoping to raise $13 million (or more!) for pediatric cancer research 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Iowa has arrived at Benchmark International Arena for tonight’s game against the Gators 020
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Yes, Olivier Rioux is very tall. But that’s not the only reason why fans were chanting his name in the second half and why his teammates went crazy when he dunked last night. More on the 7-foot-9 Canadian’s spot on college hoops’ biggest stage: www.nytimes.com/athletic/713... 020
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026You can follow our analysis and commentary for today’s games here. Akron has joined me in the house. www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv... 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026It’s a chamber of commerce day here in Tampa. The first round gets going here in less than two hours 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Good morning from downtown Tampa. News conferences here today, NCAA Tournament action tomorrow 250
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I don't know how many times a show cause order has been given *TO* the NCAA (or, more specifically, its attorneys), but here we are. 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The Michael Jordan flu game makes an appearance in the latest filing in the Trinidad Chambliss case. 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Some more from the bedlam in Bloomington yesterday, in video form. 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A couple changes at the Indy airport since I was here 39 hours ago 030
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Downtown Bloomington is still standing after last night. 040
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is what it feels like to be an Indiana fan right now 040
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We’re live-blogging Miami-IU here, if you’d like to join us. I’ll have my updates from the Assembly Hall watch party over there. www.nytimes.com/athletic/col... 131
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026This is the handiwork of Rayna Boessler and her six roommates in Bloomington. If there’s one thing sorority girls know how to do, she told me, it’s make signs and banners out of sheets. 040
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Vinny Sarkine is among the many still trying to get into one of Bloomington’s main bars. He’s says the whole thing is surreal. He’s not wrong 050
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026And here’s *part* of the line to get into Nick’s in Bloomington. Easily a couple hundred folks in this one, too 050
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026These photos show *part* of the line to get into The Upstairs Pub in Bloomington. I talked to a couple guys who have been waiting since 9 last night. Current windchill: minus-8. How do you stay warm in this, I asked them. Answer: “You don’t.” IU-Miami kicks off in 9+ hours 59918
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Back home again in Indiana. The Indy airport is certainly ready for a big game tomorrow 150
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Happy to be in Charlotte for the AFCA Convention. If you’re here, come say hey! 110
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Anytime you can write about Furman, Elon, IUP, Cal (PA) and Frostburg State, you simply have to do so. I mean, look at this masterpiece. www.nytimes.com/athletic/695... 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Byrum Brown's Instagram page. As expected, one of the top QBs in the portal is following HC Alex Golesh from USF to Auburn. 060
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Carson Beck’s mom heard from 20ish UGA people Wednesday. On her son’s big day for Miami, redemption and that potential matchup in the semifinal. www.nytimes.com/athletic/693... 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Our first story on Miami’s Cotton Bowl triumph over Ohio State: www.nytimes.com/athletic/693... 030
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Cotton Bowl crowd shot, just before the coin toss 3285
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Hello from Arlington, site of the CFP quarterfinal between Miami and Ohio State. Here’s hoping it’s a good one 020
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Mario and the Canes have arrived in DFW for the Cotton Bowl 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I spent the first weekend of the season with ACC commish Jim Phillips. Now that the CFP bracket has been unveiled, I'm reminded of his reaction after Miami beat Notre Dame. We sprinted from the field to the parking lot and, well, from my story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/659... 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This one, too. Note: I did not receive these today, and I didn't think they were particularly newsworthy or interesting (otherwise we already would have written about them). But what might not be interesting to me might be interesting to someone else! That's OK 010
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Yes, the Wikipedia entries of Billy Napier and Jon Sumrall look a lot alike. But we can dig deeper than these two paragraphs. t.co/XWuqI76D4B 000
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Guys bein’ dudes at USF-Rice. I’m told there’s a line to get to this section 0220
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Here's the part (from board of trustees chairperson Peter Collins) that jumps out to me in the news release from Florida State saying Mike Norvell will remain at FSU for 2026: 110
Matt Baker @mattbakercfb.bsky.social · 01/11/2025The daytime picture is of the 2019 homecoming game near the end of the Willie Taggart era. The night picture is the homecoming crowd for tonight's FSU-Wake Forest game. I post because this is one way to gauge the fan base and its feelings toward Norvell 000
