NEW: Nick Saban says NIL wasn't his reason for retirement, instead it was his age: "That’s not why I got out of coaching. We had three years of this, you know, my last three years. I coached in the NFL, so I was used to managing the salary cap and that type of thing." Saban added: "The one thing I didn’t want to do is ride the program down. And once you get a certain age, people start using that against you in recruiting and your ability to attract the kind of players that you want to attract." (via @GetUpESPN) on3.com/news/nick-saban-reje…

NEW: Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA, @ZachAbolverdi reports. Aberdeen is now eligible for a fifth season. on3.com/teams/florida-gators…

NEW: A former Auburn staffer has been arrested on charges of theft of trade secrets and computer tampering. An anonymous “Don Julio” email was sent to roughly 11 schools with 12 attachments. Ten contained Auburn recruiting evaluations and notes on 2027-29 prospects, with several schools forwarding the material back to Auburn, @_JHokanson reports. Details: on3.com/teams/auburn-tigers/…

After 58 games at USC: Lincoln Riley 39-19 Clay Helton 39-19 After 32 games at Alabama: Kalen DeBoer 24-8 Nick Saban 24-8

Spot on @JoshPateCFB - there's a reason the AP isn't included in the College Football Playoff. It is TRASH. and i mean that with all due respect.

Breaking: The New York Giants are releasing WR Odell Beckham Jr., sources tell @MikeGarafolo and @RapSheet.

NEW: Florida's Jon Sumrall refers to Tuesday as "Bloody Tuesday" and his "game day": "We got a great indoor here. On Tuesdays, we don’t use the damn indoor. I don’t want anybody going in the indoor on Tuesday. We’re going to be outside. I hope it’s hot. Tuesdays have to be physical and violent, and you gotta strain, or you don’t know how to play way on Saturday." (via @3xOptionShow) on3.com/news/jon-sumrall-exp…

NEW: Sources have provided more details to @AuburnOn3 on the events leading to the arrest of former Auburn football staffer David Jenrath, including how sensitive recruiting evaluations were distributed to other schools. Wild story. INTEL: on3.com/teams/auburn-tigers/…

NEW: College Football Playoff 24-team expansion talks will continue this week with meetings in Chicago, @PeteNakos reports. Momentum is building for a 24-team field, with the ACC, Big 12 and Notre Dame supporting it and the SEC open to it. on3.com/news/college-footbal…

The “urgent care” we had back then

Live with Restream, September 28 nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1nJOLQOOq…

The Senate is currently voting on last-minute Protect College Sports Act amendments. Sen. Rand Paul proposed giving the NCAA full antitrust immunity that would allow it to go back to pure amateurism with unpaid athletes. As of this tweet the unofficial tally is "Yea 1, Nay 87."

This is hysterical. One of many reasons this bill will never pass and it's becoming a clown show. Another reason Government does not need to be in college sports.

Championship tweet. Parents appreciate this.

ESPN’s updated college football playoff percentages👀

My goodness..

NEW: The SEC and South Carolina have announced a joint one-game suspension of star EDGE Dylan Stewart for throwing a punch at an Alabama player. "Such action against an opponent carries a serious risk of injury and has no place in our conference competition," Greg Sankey said. on3.com/news/sec-south-carol…

NEW: Miami OC Shannon Dawson takes a shot at the SEC and says there shouldn’t be rankings until October: "Everything's SEC, SEC. They have all their teams in the top 25. Good for you. At the end of the year, half of them will be in the top 30. We can’t sit here and say, ‘hey, we play X number of top-25 teams’. We’ll count those chips up at the end of the year." on3.com/news/miami-oc-shanno…

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SP+ TOP 772, WEEK 5 * Texas -126 Texas College * SDSU (Dakota) -3.5 SDSU (Diego) * NDSU -2 Clemson * Ferris State -4.5 Kent State * The race for No. 772 is HEATING UP -- 5 teams within 5.1 points docs.google.com/spreadsheets…

NEW: Mississippi State star QB Kamario Taylor on Nick Saban's and others' transfer portal comments: "If you know me, you know I bleed maroon and white." (via @MWD_On3) on3.com/teams/mississippi-st…