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With CFB changing so radically over the last decade, the sport no longer resembles what it once was. Intense local/regional rivalries have been snuffed out and that sucks. Post some of the rivalries from days of yore that no longer play or are a shell of what they once were.

For me:
Pitt-WVU: "The Backyard Brawl" was always pretty regional, but in it's heyday, it was intense. I remember it being a must watch in the 80's.

OU-Nebraska: There was a time this would be in the discussion for biggest rivalry in CFB. It was a huge game annually. It started to drop off in the 90s when OU fell into mediocrity. By the time OU rejoined the living, Corn began its descent into irrelevance. I remember the games from the 80's and they were nuts

Nebraska-Colorado: It's hard to believe now, but Colorado was indeed a national power for the better part of a decade from the late-80's to the mid-90's. Their annual tilt with Corn typically had conference and national title implications. Great rivalry for a short time.

Miami-FSU: this was annually a matchup of top-5 teams and a must watch from the late-80s til the mid-90's. Huge, huge game each year. Miami died in January 2003 and FSU has been up and (mostly) down for 20 years. This has become just another game, but for a while it was an amazing rivalry.

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School: Red Oak(TX) Red Oak
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Former Baylor guard Dale Bonner, a Shaker Heights, Ohio, native who averaged 4.7 points per game in 29 appearances with the Bears in 2022-23, announced that he will join the Buckeye roster for his final year of eligibility in 2023-24.

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The 6-foot-2 guard began his college career at Division II Fairmont State in 2018, where he redshirted as a true freshman and spent the subsequent two seasons before transferring to Baylor in 2021-22. Bonner appeared in 60 games for Baylor over the past two years, starting six of them while averaging 3.9 points and 2.1 assists in 18.3 minutes per game.

Bonner had six games with double-digit scoring numbers this past year. A 44.1% shooter from the floor, Bonner knocked down 37.2% of his 3-point attempts in 2022-23 and hit 74.5% of his free throws. Bonner also averaged 1.2 rebounds per game for the Bears this past season.

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Illinois State AD Kyle Brennan resigns amid report of excess spending on trip to watch Big Ten Championship​

Illinois State University Athletics Director Kyle Brennan resigned after being pressed by a public radio station on spending during a December 2021 donor trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten football championship game. WGLT.org 89.1 FM reports "ISU preemptively announced Brennan's resignation" as the outlet was planning to report that Brennan and another top ISU Athletics official spent more than $23,000 total on the one-day trip to Indianapolis. Interim President Aondover Tarhule will oversee the school's athletics until a full-time replacement for Brennan is announced.

WGLT.org reports the trip, which was centered around the 2021 Big Ten Championship Football Game between Michigan and Iowa and also included a stop at a strip club, was at least partially paid for with money held by the university's fundraising foundation. Guidelines surrounding those funds prohibit "lavish” or “extravagant” spending, including for donor events.

Records obtained by WGLT showed Brennan purchased nine 100-level club Big Ten Championship game tickets on StubHub within a day of kickoff, in three separate transactions at a total cost of $18,754. A voucher Brennan submitted to the ISU Foundation listed “donor stewardship” as the purpose of the trip, per the station. A portion of the group was reported to have concluded the evening at a gentlemen's club in downtown Indianapolis after the game. Those on the trip flew to Indianapolis in a private Falcon 900 jet owned by former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi, who was indicted in March 2022 on federal tax-fraud charges.

Just sayin': What a jerk!!!...

Just win this damn version of The Game.

Buckeyes host the Gophers hoping to avoid looking ahead.

Yeah, it’s been 25 years. What’s Nick Saban doing now?

The start of November sees the Buckeyes heading to Piscataway to take on Greg Schiano’s Scarlet Knights.

Buckeyes head to Camp Randall, where despite a 9-game overall winning streak in the series, they only own a 2-game streak; the one before that being the 2010 game where the Buckeyes were ranked #1 and couldn’t complete a comeback after the opening kickoff put the Badgers up 7-0.

Nits come to C-Bus, with the Buckeyes having won 10 of the last 11 contests, including 5 straight in the ‘Shoe.

Buckeyes head to West Lafayette, having dropped 4 of the 6 games played there since the “Holy Buckeye” game in 2002.

The Terrapins come to town after the Buckeyes have a bye week.

Buckeyes get the week after ND off, then play 8 straight B1G opponents.

The Buckeyes head to South Bend, looking to extend their 5-game win streak against the Domers.

N.D.’s only wins in the series came during FDR’s first term in office, in 1935 and 1936.

The Hilltoppers come to Columbus. EDIT - this will be the first meeting for these teams.

The Penguins are the home opener this fall, with Jim Tressel now the ex-President, as of Feb. 1st.

Buckeyes open the 2023 season on the road in Bloomington.

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School: Charlotte(NC) Providence Day School
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'Unleash the Fury': Pro Volleyball Federation introduces Columbus Fury at Nationwide Arena​

Professional volleyball is coming to Columbus in 2024. And Wednesday afternoon, the city's newest professional sports team was given a name: the Columbus Fury.

The Pro Volleyball Federation, a North American professional volleyball league scheduled to begin in February, introduced the Fury for the first time, unveiling its identity brand and logo during a press conference at the team's home venue Nationwide Arena.

The Fury will play 12 of its 24-match regular-season schedule at Nationwide Arena. Season ticket reservations for the team’s inaugural season are available at ColumbusFury.com.

"It’s exciting. It’s a little scary," Columbus Fury co-owner Jeff Gilger told The Dispatch. "One of the reasons why I did this was I wanted to, at this time in my career, learn and be exposed to something I hadn’t done before. I’ve been drinking from the fire hose of sports and entertainment and professional volleyball and learning about the sport and meeting with athletes and talking with prospective coaches… it’s been really fun. It’s been really exciting."
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Jeff and Beth Gilger were announced as the owners of the Fury in February. Jeff Gilger is a partner and chief development officer of Express Wash Concepts, the parent company of Moo Moo Express Car Wash, while also being an investor and on the board of directors at North High Brewing.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is supplying some of the funds for the Pro Volleyball Federation. His parents, Jimmy and Robin Burrow, are founding partners along with former Super Bowl champion quarterback Trent Dilfer.

With the league starting in February and lasting until May prior to the start of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Jeff Gilger said his job now turns to convincing Columbus and Ohio residents that the Columbus Fury is something to buy into.

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Big Ten hires Tony Petitti as commissioner: Former TV executive replaces Kevin Warren​

The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday that it officially hired Tony Petitti as its next commissioner, as the former TV executive replaces Kevin Warren. Petitti recently served as deputy commissioner and COO of MLB after having worked in executive roles for CBS Sports and ABC Sports. Warren left the league earlier this year to become president and CEO of the Chicago Bears.

“At this important and transformational time in collegiate athletics, it is truly my great honor to be chosen by the Council of Presidents and Chancellors as the commissioner of the Big Ten Conference,” Petitti said in a statement. “I am energized to work alongside the best athletics directors, coaches, conference staff and board in the country as — together — we continue to elevate the academic and athletic experiences and resources for our 14, soon-to-be 16, world-class universities with nearly 10,000 incredible student-athletes. Thank you to the extraordinary people and places that have led me to this next challenge in my career. I am ready to get to work for the Big Ten Conference community.”

Petitti will join the Big Ten from his most recent post as president of sports and entertainment at video game holding company Activision Blizzard. He landed the position in 2020 after a lengthy stint with MLB, which began when he took the reins of MLB Network as president and chief executive officer. Pettiti oversaw the launch of the network and ran its day-to-day operations until January 2015, when he succeeded MLB commissioner Rob Manfred as the organization’s chief operating officer.

Pettiti’s career in the industry began in 1988 when he joined ABC Sports as general attorney. The 1986 Harvard Law School graduate rose through the ranks at the network before CBS Sports hired him away nine years later and named him senior vice president of business affairs and programming. In 2005, he was elevated to the position of executive vice president and served in that capacity until leaving for MLB.

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Class: 2025
School: San Juan Capistrano (CA) JSerra Catholic
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