Agent Confidential

Somebody new needs to start making travel arrangements.

The Buyout Island passenger list has changed after another Saturday of college football. We’ve got a newcomer, some familiar faces, and a couple of coaches getting awfully close to having their tickets punched.

Five coaches. One island.

Welcome aboard Air Sexton.

The scoreboard tells you who won. It doesn’t always tell you what mattered.

Three things from Saturday that caught my attention — including Alabama and Keelon Russell, an Arkansas program that has wandered into some very familiar territory, and one more story worth talking about.

It’s What Mattered This Weekend from Agent Confidential.

I joined Bob Baskerville on The Ultimate SEC Sports Show for a wide-ranging conversation about the business behind college football.

We get into CFP expansion and the possibility of a 24-team playoff, the money behind the SEC Championship Game, the future of college sports governance, coaching contracts and buyouts — and why Shane Beamer currently sits at No. 1 on the Buyout Island Index.

We also talk about where the SEC and Big Ten fit into the changing structure of college sports and what could come next.

This is the side of college football I love talking about: what happens behind the scenes, why it happens, and where the money fits in.

Thanks to Bob for having me on The Ultimate SEC Sports Show and letting us keep the conversation rolling.

📘 Agent Confidential: The Insider’s Guide to College Football
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Somebody handed me a Whiner of the Week quote I simply couldn’t ignore.

Then it’s time to pick three losers: Auburn–Tennessee, Miami–Clemson and Alabama–Mississippi State.

And before we’re done, Air Sexton may need to be fueled up again.

It’s this week’s Whiners & Losers.

The Protect College Sports Act passed the Senate 77–22. But it isn’t law yet.

What actually passed? Which amendments failed? What does it mean for NIL, transfers, eligibility, athlete compensation and NCAA enforcement?

And now that the bill heads to the House, I’m watching something else closely: the SEC and Big Ten.

If Congress can’t deliver a national framework for college sports, what happens next?

A special edition of Agent Confidential.

The Buyout Island Index is back.

One coach played his way DOWN the list. Others remain firmly on the radar. Shane Beamer’s SEC record and contract make things interesting in Columbia.

And after a 54–3 home loss?

Mike Locksley may have transportation waiting.

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The passenger list is getting crowded.

One coach played his way DOWN the Buyout Island Index.

Another has won just 1 of his last 10 SEC games.

And for our new No. 1?

We’ve got a car waiting to take him to the waterfront.

🏝️ BUYOUT ISLAND INDEX — Week 5

As the coaching carousel starts spinning, hot coordinators will immediately become hot head-coaching candidates.

But being great at one doesn’t automatically mean you’ll be great at the other.

In today’s college football, the head coach is increasingly a CEO. Here’s what I’d want to know before handing a coordinator the big chair.

Three things that mattered to me this weekend.

Florida is 4-0 after a big win over Ole Miss, scoring more than 40 points a game. The Gators are for real.

Iowa gets a last-second win over Michigan in the Big House.

And after what we saw from Texas, USC and South Carolina, I think college football has a discipline problem.

Here’s What Happened.

The press conference is the end of the story not the beginning.

Before a college football coach gets fired, there are phone calls, temperature checks, conversations with donors and some very real math.

What does it cost to fire him? What does it cost to keep him? And what does it cost if the school waits?

Here’s what happens behind the scenes before a coach ends up on Buyout Island.

From Chapter 3 of Agent Confidential: The Insider’s Guide to College Football.

Somebody earned Whiner of the Week.

Then Mike has three games on the board and three losers to pick.

A homecoming. A Saturday night brawl. And a battle between two shades of orange.

Who’s whining? Who’s losing?

Let’s find out.