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National college football reporter for 247Sports and CBS Sports | Seeking friends for mid-life crisis | My work: https://linktr.ee/brandonmarcello
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Auburn coach Hugh Freeze was recently diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer, according to an Auburn news release. It is “very treatable and curable,” per his doctors, and he will continue his coaching duties.

Still got room for a few more #CFB questions for the CBS Sports Mailbag.

The 2025 AAC football schedule

Give the Basic AF podcast a try! Heck, subscribe if you like it! Just a husband and wife talking college football! #CFB * YouTube: youtu.be/EcMMrAply50 * Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6bd6... * iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Congrats, everyone 🤝

Remember when Oregon was flagged for 12 men on the field late against Ohio State, which helped run time off the clock? Well, the NCAA Rules Committee has proposed a "Dan Lanning Rule" (so to speak)

NCAA Rules Committee proposal on feigned injuries: - If medical personnel enter the field to evaluate injured player after the ball is spotted, that team is charged a timeout or 5-yard penalty if no timeouts remain.

ACC Media Days set for July 22-24 in Charlotte

Need your #CFB questions for another edition of The Mailbag. What you got?

NEW Basic AF! Explaining the Big Ten and SEC's remake of the #CollegeFootballPlayoff (For Dummies) * YouTube: youtu.be/EcMMrAply50?... * Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6bd6... * iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

The most impressive hires in #CFB this offseason haven't been on the field; they've been off the field. The hirings of Jim Nagy at Oklahoma and Pat Stewart at Nebraska fortified that today.

Sources: Nebraska has hired Patrick Stewart as general manager for football. He was director of pro personnel for the New England Patriots in 2024. He spent 13 seasons with Pats and worked for #Huskers coach Matt Rhule with the Panthers. (ESPN first)

Sources: Murray State has hired Jack Walker as quarterbacks coach. Walker served as Southern Miss' quarterbacks coach and was elevated to offensive play-caller late last season.

Oklahoma has hired Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy as the general manager for football. OU is “implementing a progressive new structure uniquely tailored to meet the most current challenges in college football,” per the school. #cfb

Several major #CFB programs have announced over the last week they will not have spring games. Get ready. Coaches discussed abandoning the model for 15 days of spring practices in January. From our CBS Sports story two weeks ago: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

The College Football Playoff meeting is underway right now in Dallas. The Big Ten and SEC have big plans. What they want in the interim and long-term, and what the CFP is discussing behind closed doors, in the story below: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Big Ten, SEC set to unveil grand plans for College Football Playoff change ... but is anyone else on board? www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Get ready for #CFB's Great Fallout - The 3 hottest seats - Biggest loser in conference realignment - Ranking QBs of national title contenders Introducing Marcello's Mailbag for CBS Sports: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Iowa State wearing their Average Joes unis today

Shoot me your #CFB questions. Still have room in the mailbag.

Big Ten Media Days is moving to Las Vegas this year. The three-day event will be held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on July 22-24.

Hit me with your #cfb questions

The Mountain West schedule for 2025 #CFB

Starting up a new College Football Mailbag for CBS Sports. Skeet or email me your #CFB questions (new CFP, realignment, NIL, teams, etc.) and I'll answer them in the new feature! If you'd rather email: brandon.marcello (at) paramount (dot) com

Sources: SEC coaches didn’t discuss preferences for an 8- or 9-game conference schedule during their meeting today with athletic directors in New Orleans. Meetings (without coaches) continue Tuesday ahead of Big Ten/SEC joint meetings Wednesday.

Some in college athletics are not ready. #CFB #CBK #NIL GIVE US A TRY and SHARE with your friends! Basic As Football: A College Football Podcast for Newbies and Experts YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcyY... iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7bMJ...

Al Golden soaks in Broyles Award win as the departing #NotreDame defensive coordinator opens up to CBS Sports during his transition to the NFL: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Joining Finebaum on SEC Network at 3 ET to discuss this story on the future of spring practices

Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is the winner of the 2024 #BroylesAward, which recognizes college football’s assistant coach of the year. Golden helped lead the Irish to the national title game and is now the DC for the Cincinnati Bengals.

More money, more problems for college athletics New episode of Basic As Football: College Football for Newbies and Fanatics youtu.be/wcyYCRGJM5E?...

Travis Hunter is listed as a defensive back -- not receiver -- at the #NFL Combine www.nfl.com/news/full-li...

Coaches are souring on spring games for various reasons -- roster tampering, portal, injuries, lack of depth. Many want OTAs, and discussions were held last month. "I don't even want spring practice," Auburn's Hugh Freeze told CBS Sports. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

🏈 New Basic AF 🏈 👋 Buh bye, #CFB spring games? 💸 Why do schools keep paying coaches millions not to work? 🤔 Are schools really prepared for revenue-sharing with players? YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcyY... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7bMJ...

Some #CFB coaches want to replace spring football with "organized team activities" like the NFL does in June. Would eliminating spring games, where thousands of fans descend on campuses to watch their teams for free, alienate fans? Story: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

Joining The Ultimate College Football Show at 4 p.m. ET to discuss the idea of eliminating spring football in favor of NFL-style OTAs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFD9...

Is spring football dead? CBS Sports has learned that college coaches are considering NFL-style OTAs as a replacement for spring games amid roster tampering and injury concerns. Story: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

The first SEC men's basketball matchup between No. 1 and No. 2 teams in history is this weekend between ... Alabama and Auburn. Dread it, run from it, the Iron Bowl still arrives.

Football is never really over. Spring practices begin tomorrow at Air Force.

Feeling so much better about my decision weeks ago to buy boot cut jeans that are 2 inches longer than my usual size (true story)

The crossover we need

Bring back the claymation magic of the Bud Bowl

Some pregame reading before the #SuperBowl on how Patrick Mahomes and Texas Tech are as close as ever ->

What does it mean when you swallow the arm? #KingCakeSzn

A few years ago at a fundraising event in Hawai'i, Patrick Mahomes saddled up next to Texas Tech's athletics director and pitched an idea. Now, everywhere he and the #ChiefsKingdom go, so does Texas Tech — all the way to the #SuperBowl Story: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...

We’re not Swifties Basic AF pod youtu.be/kA9h5ZCi7yU #SuperBowl #TaylorSwift

The most fun I've had as a reporter? Covering Auburn basketball's run to the Final Four in 2019. Full Basic AF chat with @auburnobserver.com on Auburn's run to No. 1 and memories on the Auburn beat: YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9h... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7BFk...