General 2026 Football News (Not Big 12)

[bearcatbret]

From the B1G 10 media days - preseason picks.
3 takeaways from 2026 Big Ten football preseason poll

[bearcatbret]

We know that all we will hear this season is how great the B1G and SEC teams are. Here is the B1G with links. All that I can say is that I hope BYU or another team rises above it and takes the favorites down.
Big Ten football: Preseason 2026 power rankings

[longtimefan]

We know that all we will hear this season is how great the B1G and SEC teams are. Here is the B1G with links. All that I can say is that I hope BYU or another team rises above it and takes the favorites down.
Big Ten football: Preseason 2026 power rankings

It’s all about $$$$$. College has adopted the MLB model, but worse since every player is a free agent every year. If I want pros I watch the NFL.

[bearcatlifer]

I saw a short piece on the news about the startup of Ohio State football. It occurred to me that this was no different from the same newscasts I had seen about the startup of Bengals and Browns seasons. We have at least 3 professional teams in Ohio! Does anybody have any figures out there comparing the annual budgets,payrolls,player payrolls,gross and net income for the tthree? Of greater interest: How much do each of these three contribute in state and local taxes? What kind of tax breaks do each get? What is the economic impact to each of the 3 cities? I can tell you right now that the taxpayers
of Hamilton County are paying for the Bengals stadium. Buckeye stadium was presumably supplied by taxpayers of the state of Ohio.

[Lobot]

Good article on offensive efficiency and tempo from Bill Connolly at ESPN .

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49577220/college-football-2026-trends-see-ohio-state-miami