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National CFB Writer @SatDownSouth @Tradition . 12-3 daily, XLPrimetime @1010XL . hayescfb @gmail .com

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Matt Hayes
1 year
In 2005, I called Mike Leach to introduce myself before writing a piece on him. We talked for 45 minutes -- not once about football. Then I heard a toilet flush. Me: "Were you on the toilet?" Leach" "Yeah, uh, figured the conversation was good and didn't want to stop."
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Matt Hayes
4 years
Power 5 AD just texted me: “It’s looking more and more like it’s Big Ten and Pac-12 vs. SEC, ACC and Big 12."
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Alabama — with the best player in CFB (Bryce Young) — is going to get in. And win the whole damn thing.
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2 years
#Mizzou coach @CoachDrinkwitz on @1010XL , explaining irony of beating #Gators & Mullen after last year’s near brawl: “My father was a farmer, and there’s an old saying you reap what you sow. If you sow kindness, you reap kindness. If you sow jackass, you reap jackass.”
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Matt Hayes
8 months
Keon Coleman was best player at Michigan State. Jaheim Bell was best player at South Carolina. Fentrell Cypress was best player at Virginia. Braden Fiske was best player at Western Michigan. They all play for FSU.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
Best part of the #CFB meltdown: @Trevorlawrencee doesn’t have to play another snap, and he’s the first pick in the 2021 @NFL draft. And he’s he’s doing everything he can to save the season.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
I swear I’m not making this up: a Gators safety just yelled to the FSU sideline that it didn’t have 11 guys on the field. To which FSU promptly added a receiver. And threw an incompletion.
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Matt Hayes
5 months
Nearly 40 players combined from both teams opting out or transferring. Sounds like a lovely Orange Bowl.
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On3
5 months
NEWS: Georgia's Brock Bowers & Amarius Mims are currently not with the team in Miami for the Orange Bowl vs. Florida State, @DawgsHQ reports.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
Georgia couldn’t win the SEC with Jake Fromm, 5 NFL offensive linemen, Swift and the best defense in the league. But now Jamie Newman makes things all better.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Do I have to be the first person to say it? … Georgia > these two.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
Power 5 AD just texted: “You and your colleagues are chasing the wrong story. The virus alone is enough to stop the season. But presidents are terrified of players organizing. It’s the paradigm shift to change amateur sports.” (1of2)
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Matt Hayes
7 years
Source told me Spurrier reached out twice to McElwain this fall to offer help, was told no thanks. That alone is fireable offense. #Gators
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Bottom line: Jimbo got eight 5-stars Nick wanted. So Nick threw a tantrum. Jimbo won on the field last year, won in recruiting — and now won in court of public opinion. #GigEm #RollTide
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Matt Hayes
8 months
The last 6 #Gators coaches record when reaching 8 losses: Spurrier: 27-8. Meyer: 31-8. Muschamp: 18-8. McElwain: 18-8. Mullen: 29-8. Napier: 6-8
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Matt Hayes
17 days
I want Terrion Arnold on my team.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
I find the whole Notre Dame or Texas A&M argument odd. Why exactly does Ohio State get a pass? How about Notre Dame AND Texas A&M.
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Matt Hayes
7 years
Sure there is. It then became written content. #solidarity
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FOX Sports Desk
7 years
@MattHayesCFB Matt, we just emailed you. Is there any audio from the Rosen article? Thank you!
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5 years
#Canes : — 14 penalties for 125 yards. — Gave up 11 sacks. — 2 of 13 3rd down conversion. — Started freshman QB and 2 freshmen OTs. And should’ve won the game.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Urban Meyer, 2010: I have a heart condition, that’s why the Florida program is broken. Urban Meyer, 2018: I have a problem remembering things, that’s why Ohio State University has been shamed.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
I’m just going to leave this here now …
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Zach Klein
6 years
Todd Gurley suspended 4-games at UGA for accepting more than $3,000 in cash for signing autographs... Urban Meyer suspended 3-games at Ohio State for mishandling domestic assault accusations
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Matt Hayes
6 years
If only #Vols fans were this upset in 2014 when Butch Jones called Drae Bowles a “traitor” because he tried to help a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by UT players.
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Matt Hayes
8 months
FSU and LSU are better than any teams we’ve seen this weekend.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Still can’t get over this. Alabama, last night: — Benched starting QB — Played frosh QB — Missed 2 FG — Had player collapse on sidelines. — Had player fight coach on sidelines. — Down 13 twice. — Had a 2nd and 26 in OT. And still won another national title. #RollTide
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Matt Hayes
5 years
A 16-team playoff with tonight’s @CFBPlayoff rankings: 16 WVU at 1 Bama 15 UK at 2 Clemson 14 Texas at 3 ND 13 Wazzu at 4 UGA 12 PennSt at 5 OU 11 Wash at 6 Ohio St 10 LSU at 7 Mich 9 UF at 8 UCF Yeah, those games suck.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
Honestly,Trevor better get used to trailing by 21 at half. #Jaguars
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Matt Hayes
4 years
Clearly Daryl Morey was “misinformed” and “not educated”
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NPR
4 years
Beijing has enacted a controversial new security law in Hong Kong. It criminalizes secession, subversion of state power, terrorism and collusion with foreign entities — carrying a penalty of up to life in prison. Police have arrested more than 300 people protesting the law.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
Well done, good and faithful servant. #RIP
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Matt Hayes
5 years
The NFL, everyone: —- Punch your pregnant girlfriend in the stomach, free to play. —- Go to fertility planning and try to have a baby, four games on the shelf.
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Golden Tate
5 years
My statement.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Pearl: named in 3 different NCAA investigations at 3 schools, and served a 3-year show cause order from NCAA = hero. Harsin: 6-7 record, cleaning house = fire him. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you #Auburn .
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Power 5 coaching hires in 2018: Dan Mullen: 17-5 Mario Cristobal: 15-7 Jimbo Fisher: 15-7 Herm Edwards: 12-9 Joe Moorhead: 12-10 Willie Taggart: 9-12 Jeremy Pruitt: 9-12 Kevin Sumlin: 9-12 Scott Frost: 8-13 Chip Kelly: 7-14 Jonathan Smith: 6-14 Chad Morris: 4-17
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Matt Hayes
2 years
In this crazy coaching carousel, it’s time to remind everyone of the 2015 @AlabamaFTBL coaching staff: OC Lane Kiffin (Ole Miss HC) DC Kirby Smart (UGA OC) DB Mel Tucker (Mich St HC) OL Mario Cristobal (Oregon HC) WR Billy Napier (UF HC) LB Tosh Lupoi (Jaguars DL)
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Matt Hayes
3 years
#SEC source: “The expectation” is for Texas and OU to play in SEC in 2022. Last expansion: — Texas A&M invited Sept 2011. — Missouri invited November 2011 — Both played in SEC in 2012.
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3 years
#Firstand10 at @SatDownSouth : Inside the pursuit of Texas and Oklahoma - and what it means for the new #SEC . #HookEm #BoomerSooner
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Matt Hayes
2 years
The best way to look at future expansion: Vanderbilt and Northwestern will make $80 million annually in the SEC and B1G. USC was making low $30s in the PAC-12.
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Matt Hayes
6 months
McElwain still hasn't learned. The coverup gets you fired. Just say I knew Stalions from my time at Michigan. He asked to come see us for a game. I gave him a sideline pass, and have no idea what he did on the sidelines. I was coaching a game. End of story.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Currently.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Give me one team other than Ohio State that could lose for a second time in the season — by 31 points to an unranked team — and still be “in the hunt” for the @CFBPlayoff ? I’ll wait.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
What about the 30,164 at Yankee Stadium last night? Or the 25,065 at Fenway Park? Or the 34,405 at Petco Park?
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Clay Travis
3 years
CNN is mad at college football fans for going to games too. You knew this was coming. Left wing losers in this country never want normalcy to return. Fight them by going to games and living your best life:
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Let’s not forget: Kyler Murray didn’t remotely resemble a thrower when he arrived at OU. The difference is @LincolnRiley
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Matt Hayes
6 months
Imagine someone giving you a free education, free room and board, free healthcare, free academic support, and an NIL deal to play a game. Now imagine not speaking to your boss for 4 weeks — after he repeatedly asked to see you. Now imagine finally going to see your boss —…
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Front Office Sports
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EXCLUSIVE: FOS has obtained audio of the heated exchange between Lane Kiffin and DT DeSanto Rollins after Rollins' 'mental health break.' Ole Miss and Kiffin have motioned to dismiss a $40M lawsuit from Rollins. Full audio from @byajperez »
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Matt Hayes
6 years
No one at Ohio State has apologized to the victim. The reason everyone is where they are right now.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
(2of2) “You potentially lose one season with the virus. You lose the entire framework of your mission statement with players organizing. They need time to figure out how to attack it.”
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Matt Hayes
5 months
#Gators recruiting class was No.3 in the 247Sports composite ranking 2 weeks ago. It's now No.15.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
What Les Miles allegedly did at LSU is horrific. But anyone else see the irony that KU fires Miles — and keeps a basketball coach whose program was charged with five Level I NCAA violations, including lack of institutional control.
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Matt Hayes
6 months
Napier is 11-11 in first 22 #Gators games. 6-8 vs. SEC. 7-11 vs. Power 5. 1-5 vs. Georgia, FSU, Tennessee, LSU. All bad, but worst part of the day: Mertz screaming at the sideline: "What are you doing?" with fire drill FG team. Operationally, this program is a mess.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
A day after California says no to fall football, the states of Florida and Georgia both announce business as usual this fall.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Trevor Lawrence is 19 of 25. With four drops. FOUR drops. #Jaguars
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Matt Hayes
8 months
There is nothing quite like Dan Mullen #Gators snark (especially when breaking down the #Vols game). “Florida might not be where they were a couple of years ago…”
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Matt Hayes
6 years
I told ya’ll Zach Smith would eventually snap. And when he did, he’d burn the house down with him. No one who worked with that cat is safe now. Not even Urb.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
And you people thought I was kidding. #Gators #Noles .
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Sit back and let this marinate: Without McMurphy’s reporting, Zach Smith would still be the wide receiver coach at Ohio State. And it was “hard” for Urban Meyer to finally fire him — after McMurphy’s first story.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Dan Mullen currently on ESPN showing how to attack the Georgia secondary. With tape of Tennessee vs. Georgia.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
You’re going to watch this game and tell me ND would beat UGA, or Ohio State, or UCF?
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Matt Hayes
3 years
Good grief.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
The Jimbo Fisher hire by the #Aggies is best coaching hire since Ohio State landed Urb. Jimbo will crush it in College Station.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
As opposed to Duke, Vanderbilt, Texas, North Carolina and Florida.
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Ann Killion
4 years
My money is on the conferences that have Stanford, Cal, Michigan, UCLA and Northwestern, when it comes to science.
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Matt Hayes
9 years
Warrick Dunn just gave away another home to a single mother. That's 139 and counting. #changingtheworld
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4 months
Virginia Tech. And I say this with all the love in my heart.
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Connor O'Gara
4 months
Who's the most Bills fanbase of CFB? Like, gets drunk, flies through tables, gets hopeful this is the year, cries when it isn't, hibernates, rinses and repeats. Nebraska = too nice Miami = too fair weather Tennessee = too much talk about actual title season Need a comp.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
For those saying #SEC , #ACC and #Big12 are playing football for “money” consider this: Why do you think universities all over the country are allowing students to return to campus? One word: money.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Matt Corral wanted to play. He loves his teammates and loves his school. That’s it. Instead of saying “that’s why players opt out” — maybe we just say get well soon. (and I'm all for players opting out)
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Matt Hayes
7 years
Gonna leave this here … Jim Harbaugh: 1-4 vs. Michigan State and Ohio State.
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Matt Hayes
4 years
P5 AD on MAC announcement: “It’s easy to say ‘no season’ when you have no season anyway.” I told you it’s getting chippy. P5 administrators feel like they’re "under attack" for trying to find a way to play — a season they say “99 percent” of players want to play.
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Matt Hayes
2 years
In the past three years, Billy Napier turned down Auburn, Mississippi State, South Carolina and Baylor. He won’t turn down #Gators .
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2009: Zach Smith hits pregnant wife, deFries convinces her to drop charges. 2013: Gets DUI, judge drops to lesser charge. 2015: allegedly hits wife, arrested. 3 years later, after story breaks, police uncheck “arrest” box. On staff at OSU until guy breaks story on Facebook.
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Clay Travis
6 years
Zach Smith also had a DUI arrest in 2013?! What in the world was Ohio State doing?
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Matt Hayes
4 years
If Mullen’s stunt shook his team from a funk last weekend, and got them ready for the Cocktail Party, that’s $25K well spent.
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Southeastern Conference
4 years
NEWS | @SEC Commissioner @GregSankey issues statement, announces half-game suspensions of five players, plus fine and reprimand of Florida head coach following Saturday’s Missouri at Florida football game.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
#Gators coach Dan Mullen on his hole in one this summer: “I called and told Coach Spurrier, and he said, I’ve had six of those.” 😂😂
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Matt Hayes
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TCU lost by 58. And beat the #B1G champion a week earlier.
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Matt Hayes
6 years
If #Vols land @Coach_Leach , it will be the greatest comeback since Lazarus.
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Matt Hayes
3 years
Mac Jones: most undervalued season in a long, long time. #RollTide
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Matt Hayes
5 years
LSU, Mississippi State, Auburn and Texas A&M are a Country Mile better than anything OU has faced this season.
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Dan Wolken
5 years
Tua has played a lot of bad defenses this year too and not many good ones
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Look, LSU is a fine team. But LSU lost to Florida. Let’s not make it like Alabama just passed its toughest test of the season.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
LSU v. Alabama 9.7 rating is highest-rated regular-season #CFB game (excluding Conference Championships) on any network in eight years, according to CBS.
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Matt Hayes
7 years
Running Angry: The gut-wrenching and inspiring story of @LSUfootball tailback @DhaSickest . #GeauxTigers
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Hometowns with most @NFL players: Miami: 27 Houston: 21 Ft Laud: 14 N.Orleans: 14 Tampa: 13 Cincy: 12 Cleveland: 12 B’ham: 11 Jax: 11 ATL: 10 L’ville: 10 Philly: 10
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Matt Hayes
4 years
It’s quite amusing some in the players rights crowd have no problem with two seasons in 10 months.
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Dan Wolken
4 years
It’s quite amusing how the “shut up it isn’t possible to play in spring chorus” is largely the same group of people who say “you’re rooting against sports!”
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1 year
One had the greatest single season in the modern era of CFB. The other lost to Vandy.
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Chase Goodbread
1 year
This is something.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Let’s all remember this argument involves one school with a $147 million athletic budget ( #LSU ), and one with a $57 million athletic budget ( #UCF ). But yeah, “if all things were equal …”
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4 years
44,000 tests in one week. One player positive. One.
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NFL345
4 years
. @NFL and @NFLPA COVID-19 Monitoring Testing Results:
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Matt Hayes
2 years
Think about this: The QB whisperer didn’t play the more talented QB, yet didn’t trust the QB he played. Brilliant coaching. #Gators
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Matt Hayes
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I will never, ever stop loving this. Until some genius makes an #SEC version.
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4 years
For months we heard #CFB opinions from everyone except those impacted the most. Today we hear the players. Loud and clear.
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TV guy: "First time Rosen has faced adversity this season." His team was down 34 late in 3rd Q in Week 1. #UCLAvsMEM
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Somewhere Jim Tressel has to be thinking, I got fired for lying about dopey kids trading memorabilia for tatts -- and they defended this utter sewer of a situation at all cost?
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Matt Hayes
3 years
What in the world is Norwell doing?
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Think Notre Dame, which played UGA (13 wins) Mich St (10 wins) USC (11 wins) Miami (10 wins) Stanford (9 wins) LSU (9 wins) would be interested in UCF’s schedule to claim it deserved a spot in CFP?
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Matt Hayes
6 years
Ohio State fans: There’s no proof Urban knew! Urban: I lied, I knew — but It’s Gene Smith’s fault. Ohio State fans: See, it’s Gene Smith’s fault!
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Matt Hayes
4 years
For the love of all that’s holy, just admit you’re wrong and move forward on Sept.26. It’s like dealing with a bunch of toddlers.
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Dennis Dodd
4 years
@CBSSports can confirm @BigTen is considering a schedule that would start the season Thanksgiving week. Could be pushed back to original January start date. Story broken by @jaypo1961 .
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Matt Hayes
4 years
2019 FSU season opener: lost as double-digit favorite to a team playing a true freshman QB — after blowing a double-digit lead. 2020 FSU season opener: lost as double-digit favorite to a team playing a true freshman QB — after blowing a double-digit lead.
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Matt Hayes
5 years
“We will have a beautiful life.” The unique bond between @TexasFootball QB @sehlinger3 and his mother Jena, and how they collected a broken life to make it whole again. #HookEm
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Matt Hayes
5 years
Go ahead laugh at Mack Brown. Everybody laughed at Herm Edwards, too. All he did was win 7 games with a ridiculously limited team, went 2-2 vs. ranked teams, beat his rival, and ASU’s five losses were by a combined 30 points (never more than 7).
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Matt Hayes
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If ya'll don't think Doug Pederson has to answer for some of the last 6 games, you're out of your minds.
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