Matt Fortuna

Loyola-Chicago has agreed to a multi-year deal via Learfield with Go.AI as its jersey patch sponsor for all sports.

Notre Dame has hired alum and South Bend native Skylar Diggins as an outside consultant serving as special advisor to Niele Ivey

Baylor AD Doug McNamee pens a letter to the community about the coaching transition:

Bob Wischusen, Louis Riddick and friend of the pod Stormy Buonantony will have the call for Notre Dame-Navy this Saturday in Foxborough (noon ET, ABC)

Oregon has fired OC Drew Mehringer. No word yet on who will be the interim play-caller. The Ducks' offense ranks 13th in the Big Ten in conference play in scoring and 10th in total offense. They were No. 3 in both last season.

Condolences to the family of Bret Bielema, whose father Arnie passed away today.

Just an absurd stat, especially since Fran Brown has won 16 total games at Syracuse

Nothing captures the story of USC in the Big Ten better than losing 24-7 to a team whose QB threw for 58 yards

James Franklin bringing his own guts to Death Valley.

Can we stop the Shane Beamer hot seat talk now? The guy has done a damn good job at South Carolina, which is a tough place to win consistently. If I were him, I'd go to Maryland or NC State, where I'd be appreciated.

Think P.J. Fleck is having fun this season?

“Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?”

Oregon scored 84 points against Portland State and has scored 83 points across its first four Big Ten games since.

Easier said than done, as it’s not like you can just leave whenever you want, but the lesson for Dave Doeren at NC State (14 seasons) is the same as James Franklin at Penn State (12 seasons) and any number of long-tenured coaches: You never want to be the last one at a party.

NC State has fired Dave Doeren, the winningest coach in program history, after a Friday night loss to Stanford dropped the Wolfpack to 3-4 this season. Todd Goebbel will serve as the interim head coach.

Hawaii traveled farther to NIU for a conference game than it would have to Tokyo. The Rainbow Warriors put up 35 in the first half in DeKalb anyway.

A tale of two weeks for Indiana football:

Michigan Catholics vs. Convicts just wouldn't have the same ring to it

My latest at SBJ, for this week's magazine: A game day with new Purdue AD Tommy McClelland, from courting donors to energizing fans (one of whom offered him a kidney for more NIL funds) Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

Why is the CFP expanding to 24 teams? Joined Austin Karp and Josh Carpenter on The SBJ Sports Media Podcast to talk that and more. ⬇️⬇️ 🍎 bit.ly/3TWk5MR 🎧 bit.ly/4A9jeIb 📺 youtu.be/E4sWbkNPv8U

From our SBJ Colleges Newsletter last night: Inside the scheduling mad-dash in light of the 24-team CFP. How Big Ten and Big 12 teams that lack P4 nonconference opponents for 2027 are going about fixing their slates. Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/sb-blogs/new...

Maryland and Mike Locksley have mutually agreed to part ways, marking the first head-coaching change of 2026. At this point last year, 9 different schools had already fired their head coach mid-season. Locksley statement:

ESPN’s “College GameDay” drew 3 million viewers at BYU ahead of the Notre Dame game, making it the third-most watched regular-season “GameDay” ever.

Ohio State-Indiana drew an average of 10.376 million viewers on FOX, making it the most-watched game of the weekend.

Heisman and REVELxp are teaming up to offer fan packages for Heisman weekend. Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

The Pac-12 has hired Harry Hardy as the conference’s first chief commercial and growth officer. Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

The Big 12 title game will once again be sponsored by Edward Jones, in a deal that will see the company become the official wealth management partner of the conference. Story ⬇️ www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...

Maryland has fired DC Ted Monachino.

Dylan Raiola, thy middle name is redemption. The Oregon QB hits Jamari Johnson for a TD pass with 28 seconds left to take the lead over his old school, Nebraska.

Utah survives Colorado's upset bid, 27-24, as the Buffs' Hail Mary attempt falls harmlessly to the ground

Big 12 statement:

There are five unbeaten Power 4 teams, three in the Big 12: BYU Miami Texas Tech UCLA Utah

Notre Dame falls to BYU, 28-24. The longest active win streak in the FBS belongs to Utah at 11. The Utes currently lead Colorado 7-0.

Big Game Greathouse

Wow

Miami survives FSU 43-35 in double OT. Duce Robinson nearly hauled in a second Hail Mary, this time on fourth-and-31, but Miami's INT is upheld upon review.

Miami and FSU are tied 28-28 with 2:39 left. As if this day wasn’t drunk enough already …

BYU has called the game of its life and just undid all of it with one god-awful decision.

Notre Dame hasn't given up more than 20 offensive points in a game this season. It's given up 21 in the first half. Notre Dame hasn't allowed more than 77 rushing yards in a game this season. It's allowed 86 in the first half. As uncharacteristic of a 30-minute stretch as ND can possibly play.

This uniform matchup and this score is a thing of fall beauty. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

We're four hours away from Grace Hall being lit up at Notre Dame. What could go wrong?

That SEC grind sure is something, huh?

Northwestern blocks a FG with 1 minute left, then hits its own FG to complete a comeback win at Michigan State. Northwestern beats former coach Pat Fitzgerald. Aidan Chiles beats former school MSU.

A very animated Purdue crowd tonight after a few close calls have gone against the home team.

Elijah Brown gets the start for Washington tonight at Purdue and throws an interception on the first play from scrimmage.

This week on The Independent: 🎙️ Friend of the pod Roddy Jones joined the show! ☘️ Notre Dame-BYU picks! 🍩 Pete contemplated eating a whole CougarTail SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ 📺 bit.ly/IndependentYT 🍎 bit.ly/IndependentApp 🎧 bit.ly/IndependentSpot

Catch up on the week that was on The Podcast of Northern Aggression: 🎙️ Nicole Auerbach Around the North! ☘️ Who's the best Northern team so far? 🔮 Plus: Can I keep my picks lead on the season? SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ 📺 bit.ly/NorthernAggressionYT 🍎 bit.ly/NorthernAggressionApp 🎧 bit.ly/NorthernAggressionSpot

The NCAA has taken the “extraordinary step” of suing Ohio Governor Mike DeWine over his executive order on eligibility www.ncaa.org/news/ncaa-pr...