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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 2h

The conversation around Nebraska isn’t “another letdown.” It’s: “Can the Huskers now go ahead and win the rest of the games they’re supposed to, for a change?”

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 7h

CFP statement on the deadline of its exclusive negotiating period with ESPN (which was yesterday). There is now an additional 5-day window.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Big 12 is adding CBS Sports Network to its women’s basketball TV lineup, giving the conference three national broadcast partners for the first time in league history. Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

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Big 12 adds CBS Sports Network to women’s basketball TV lineup

The Big 12 will have eight women’s basketball games broadcast on CBS Sports Network this season, part of the conference’s strategy to sync men’s and women’s hoops moving forward.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Florida State-Mississippi State men’s basketball exhibition and FSU-Auburn baseball game have been canceled due to Tropical Storm Isaias. Both matchups were slated for Pensacola.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also: Tomorrow is Big Ten MBB media days. Welcome back to Chicago, Tony Stubblefield

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dana Altman makes it three straight Octobers in which a Final Four coach (Tony Bennett, Bruce Pearl) retires on the eve of the season.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

North Carolina has retained Turnkey ZRG to lead the search for its next football GM. Turnkey VP of GM Solutions Sean Magee, former Michigan GM, will serve as a consultant for the program.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Big Ten statement on officiating in the Maryland-Nebraska game:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Notre Dame CB Leonard Moore (concussion) and LB Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa (left thumb) are both questionable for Saturday's game vs. Stanford.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Notre Dame's Oct. 17 game at BYU will kick at 7:30 ET and air on ABC

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That Demond Williams play on fourth-and-2 will be replayed for years to come if things unfold a certain way this weekend.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Pitt says QB Mason Heintschel is out for the season after tearing an ACL at Virginia Tech. Pat Narduzzi:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Big Papi rowing the boat next to Michigan fan Derek Jeter:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

P.J Fleck to Jenny Taft: “Besides my marriage, my kids being born, THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! ROW THE BOAT, SKI-U-MAH, GO GOPHERS!”

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This isn’t your father’s Northwestern

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Northwestern couldn’t script a better opening to its new digs. Wildcats absolutely dominating Penn State, up 24-7 at halftime and with a remarkable 237-26 advantage in rushing yards.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What a scene as Northwestern takes the field

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pat Ryan and the Ryan Family get honored as Ryan Field officially debuts

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Programming note: I am pleased to announce that I am joining Sports Business Journal as its new college sports insider! SBJ has been the go-to source for so many of us in this business for years, and I am pumped to join the outlet’s deep and talented roster.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Notre Dame will play at Virginia in 2027 to round out both schools’ schedules.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DePaul and Chris Holtmann have agreed to a contract extension through 2031.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Big Ten statement on the Protect College Sports Act passing the Senate:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Notre Dame says WR Quincy Porter is out for the season.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Big Ten announces the unanimous adoption of a league rule essentially barring the return of NBA/WNBA/G-League players to college competition:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Statement from Oregon coach Dan Lanning, who says QB Dante Moore suffered a concussion but no additional injuries:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Illinois and DC Bobby Hauck have parted ways just four games into Hauck’s tenure. Statements from Bret Bielema and Hauck:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

USC has suspended Desman Stephens II for Saturday’s game vs. Washington. Statements from Lincoln Riley and Stephens:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ESPN’s College GameDay is going to Iowa City this Saturday for Ohio State-Iowa.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Oh My God. The definition of blood, sweat and tears.”

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That's a monster win for the Gophers, who now get Michigan at home for Big Noon next week.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I realize it's past 2 a.m. ET and I am barely awake, but did Washington really just punt while down 10 with 5 minutes left?

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Notre Dame-North Carolina will kick at noon ET and air on ESPN

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Next Saturday's Miami-Clemson game will kick at 7:30 ET on ABC.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Y’all be safe, be smooth, and have a great night.” Kamario Taylor to Taylor Davis:

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

364 days later ... and all of the same vibes

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can USC just get this over with and get us to Jalen Brunson on SNL already?

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Somehow Penn State will find a way to blame this on James Franklin, too

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The clock giveth and the clock taketh away in Ann Arbor

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Somehow the discarded Michelob Light fits in right here

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Somehow the discarded Michelob Light fits in right here

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bryce Underwood's 118 passing yards through three drives already gives him the most of anyone against Iowa this season.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s not that Maryland is losing at home 44-3 to a UCLA team that’s in Year 1 of a new regime. It’s that we’re all just kinda 🤷‍♂️ about it.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Time management continues to be a riddle that is seemingly impossible for college teams to solve.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

66-7 might be in play again. Well, the 66 part at least.

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No harm, no foul, but why you would ever make your all-world QB this vulnerable for a cute play at the goal line in a rout of Purdue is beyond me

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Aneyas Williams looks good, even after this:

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