Football

9/2/2026 |  Clemson coach calls NFL players returning to play college football ‘embarrassing’ for the sport (Associated Press (AP)) CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson’s Dabo Swinney joined the list of football coaches bashing the possibility of former pros being allowed to return to play in college this season, calling it a “joke” and “embarrassing” as he prepares to play the team at the center of the controversy.

9/2/2026 |  Is the SEC serious about expelling LSU? What a brief history of conference ejections tells us (CBS Sports) It has been 60 years since the SEC and a member school divorced. Could that change? Expulsion for LSU is reportedly on the table as the Tigers and first-year coach Lane Kiffin seek to add multiple players who have been part of NFL preseason rosters.

9/2/2026 |  Steve Sarkisian condemns NFL-to-college returns despite Texas using its own eligibility loophole (CBS Sports) Texas coach Steve Sarkisian joined the chorus of college football figures blasting players who try to return to school after playing in NFL preseason games. 
"These players on all of our rosters have been working for nine months for this moment on Saturday, which will then lead into the next five to six months," Sarkisian said this week. "The fact that somebody is going to take somebody off of an NFL roster and tell somebody who has been doing it for nine months to kick rocks, that doesn't sit well with me. That morally is wrong."

9/2/2026 |  Insurance company placed Kalshi trades worth up to $3 million on LSU's season, matching Lane Kiffin's bonus (CBS Sports) It took 72 seconds to insure LSU's national title hopes on the sports prediction market.
A third-party insurance company placed five trades on the prediction market Kalshi that could pay out $3 million if LSU wins the national championship this season, a Kalshi spokesperson confirmed to CBS Sports Tuesday. The number raised eyebrows this week when InGame, a publication covering sports betting and prediction markets, uncovered the trades, which match the exact cash figure LSU would owe coach Lane Kiffin in College Football Playoff bonuses if he wins the national title, according to a contract he signed in November.   

9/2/2026 |  Colts GM Chris Ballard blasts NFL players returning to college: 'Stupidest s--- I've ever heard' (CBS Sports) When the NCAA passed its new five-for-five eligibility model, it opened a can of worms that now actively impacts NFL rosters. Numerous professional football players are involved in eligibility lawsuits seeking a fifth year of college ball. Nobody from the Indianapolis Colts has filed for a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, though, and if anyone did, it's safe to say the plan would not land well with general manager Chris Ballard.