Nicole Auerbach

It was extremely cool to interview Leon Marchand about two minutes after he broke the world record in the 200 individual medley.

News from Kansas basketball: Bill Self “felt unwell and experienced some concerning symptoms” on Thursday, per the school. He went to the hospital had two stents inserted. The procedure went very well, and he is expected to make a full recovery.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Saves College Sports SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect student-athletes and collegiate athletic scholarships and

The White House announces an executive order signed by President Trump regarding college sports and athlete compensation: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Arch Manning impresses, Will Texas get over the hump? + Other takeaways from SEC Media Days Podcast Episode · Rushing the Field with Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry · 07/20/2025 · 45m

NEW POD!

@bportnoy15.bsky.social joins me to recap SEC media days. On Arch Madness, Kalen DeBoer Year 2, Georgia and more: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

News from the NCAA: Memphis is hit with two-year probation + fine for academic fraud. An academic counselor paid softball players to do coursework and/or provide test/quiz answers for men's basketball players.

A 10-year show cause for the counselor: web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search...

‘This is what he’s supposed to do’: Arch Manning finally steps into the spotlight Arch Manning waited two years for this opportunity. He did something that’s essentially unheard of as a five-star, can’t-miss quarterback prospect in the 2020s — he sat on the bench for two seasons, b...

“I just think he’s ready,” Steve Sarkisian said. “It feels like this is what he’s supposed to do.”

Arch Manning — finally — steps into the spotlight. Story for ⁦‪NBC Sports‬⁩: www.nbcsports.com/college-foot...

'We have the best hand to play': How Greg Sankey, SEC and Big Ten will steer future of college football The two titan conferences of college football will ultimately decide how the College Football Playoff will evolve — or won't.

Greg Sankey says it’s possible that the College Football Playoff stays at 12.

On the SEC’s at-large heavy stance, verbal jabs & what the Big Ten-SEC impasse actually means: www.nbcsports.com/college-foot...

'We have the best hand to play': How Greg Sankey, SEC and Big Ten will steer future of college football The two titan conferences of college football will ultimately decide how the College Football Playoff will evolve — or won't.

Executive director Rich Clark told NBC Sports that a decision on the CFP format (due by Dec. 1) doesn't have to be the format for the entire duration of the new ESPN contract (2026-2031).

"I don’t want to tie us down to that." www.nbcsports.com/college-foot...

Lane Kiffin on Hugh Freeze's golf game: "Sounds like he's doing amazing at that."

Lane Kiffin on the rev-share cap in college sports: "It doesn't seem like that's working very well."

Brian Kelly said he got asked recently about how to skirt NIL rules/find a way around them, etc. But he thinks coaches have to be the "stewards" of the new collegiate model. "We've got to take the stand that transparency, consistency, ethics and morality are at the core of this."

Brian Kelly on the CFP expansion debate: "If we're talking about win-loss records, they're not all the same, based upon what conference your'e in and who you play."

Brian Kelly: "I know that we have not played the kind of defense necessary to win a national championship."

Sankey: "I think there's this notion that there has to be some magic moment, and something has to happen with expansion and it has to be forced. You're given authority. You want to be responsible using that authority."

Sankey acknowledges SEC and Big Ten differ on preferred CFP expansion formats: "We have a 12-team Playoff with five conference champions that can stay if we can't agree."

Greg Sankey referenced Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark’s comments last week about "doubling down" on 5+11 CFP model. Some gambling metaphors.


Sankey: "You always want to have a good set of cards, a good hand to play. I think we have the best hand to play."

Greg Sankey reiterates his support for CFP models without automatic qualifiers. But the MOU that everyone signed requires five spots for the five highest-ranked conference champions.

Sankey says the College Sports Commission believes it is operating in a way consistent with the settlement terms.


(This is about the NIL clearinghouse denying athletes' deals with collectives.)

Greg Sankey, on the SEC's 8-game conference schedule and those who believe it should be 9 like other P4 leagues, says that he doesn't believe there's anyone in another conference that wants to swap schedules with an SEC team.

Sankey on CFP expansion: "We think growth beyond 12 can be positive and should be pursued."

Sankey: "What happened through the 12-team College Football Playoff is we brought teams into the conversation at a time when they would have been talking about their bowl games."

Greg Sankey on the SEC stance: "In general we are supportive of expanding both the men's and women's basketball tournaments."

Greg Sankey: "As we think about our work with Congress, we want a future with national standards where we're able to play national championships."

Greg Sankey: "There's no easy button for dealing with the complexities that we face."

Greg Sankey: "Last year, our first as a 16-member — what I think is a super conference. For all those of you who like to speculate about super conferences, welcome to one."

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says that he appreciates the adjustment made by the National Football Foundation to change the qualifying criteria for a head coach to be eligible for the Hall of Fame, paving the way for Mike Leach and others.

ALCARAZ 🔥

It’s pretty wild to have the Alcaraz-Sinner era immediately after Federer-Nadal-Djokovic.

Spoiled!

Big Ten Preseason Predictions with Ahmed Fareed Podcast Episode · Rushing the Field with Nicole Auerbach and Joshua Perry · 10/07/2025 · 48m

NEW POD!

Ahmed Fareed, our new Big Ten College Countdown host, joins @mrjoshuaperry.bsky.social and me to discuss his career path, offseason storylines + preseason picks: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...

Interesting change for WBB Selection Sunday: The 68-team bracket will be announced Sunday, March 15 ... BUT the committee will publicly announce the Top 16 seeds the previous day — Saturday.


NCAA says this will allow additional time for those Top 16 seeded hosts to prepare.