HeyJaredAgent Confidential
Inside the business of college football.Agent Confidential explores NIL economics, contracts, leverage, and the power structures shaping the modern game.Hosted by Faux Jimmy Sexton (Mike Chaudron), this show breaks down how decisions are actually made behind the scenes.
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What Mattered This Weekend: Texas Breaks Through, Oregon Exposed & Don’t Bury Bama (opens the original)
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What mattered this weekend in college football? Texas finally won the kind of game it’s been waiting to win, coming from behind to beat No. 1 Ohio State 24-23. Sark and the Longhorns MAYBE showed us they belong on the biggest stage. Oregon? A 39-31 loss at Oklahoma State raises a pretty big question: was all that preseason hype just that — hype? And Alabama looked awful in the first half at Kentucky — bad enough that I was making Buyout Island references. Then the Tide outscored Kentucky 32-0 in
What Mattered: Texas Arrives, Oregon Stumbles & Alabama (opens the original)
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Three things mattered this weekend in college football. Texas may have finally gotten over the hump with a dramatic win over Ohio State. Oregon’s loss to Oklahoma State raises a pretty simple question: were the Ducks overrated? And after one of the ugliest first halves of Alabama football in a long time, the Tide responded by dominating Kentucky after halftime. Texas. Oregon. Alabama. Here’s What Mattered This Weekend on Agent Confidential.
Whiners & Losers is back! (opens the original)
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Dabo Swinney earns this week’s Whiner :hello, Buyout Island — and Mike picks the loser in three of the weekend’s biggest games: Alabama-Kentucky. Oklahoma-Michigan. Ohio State-Texas. One Whiner. Three games. Three losers. Welcome to Whiners and Losers 2026
Who’s Running College Football? | Mac & Bone (opens the original)
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I joined Mac & Bone on WFNZ Charlotte for a wide-ranging conversation about the business behind college football — and where the sport goes from here. We got into governance, why a multibillion-dollar sport still doesn’t have anyone truly in charge, the growing power of the conferences, NIL and the transfer portal, and why I believe some form of 48- or 60-team super conference may ultimately be where this ends. We also talked about Agent Confidential and had a lot of fun along the way. One of my
Buyout Island Index: Week 1 — The Games Have Been Played (opens the original)
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Week 1 is in the books, and the first in-season Buyout Island Index has some new arrivals. Dabo. Aranda. Fickell. Norvell. Schiano. Five coaches. Five very different situations. One Island.
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