- SBJ's new "Honor Roll" recognizes academic excellence in sports business, and the first class of honorees are Bill Sutton, Lisa Pike Masteralexis and Charles Higgins.
- A Nebraska State Patrol chopper captured the spectacular fireworks and light show during Friday night's 31-24 OT loss to Illinois at Memorial Stadium.
- The Garnet Trust, the NIL collective representing the South Carolina, is launching “1801 Media,” a new media company created in partnership with The College Sports Company and NOCAP Sports.
- Oklahoma State and Tulsa-based Bank of Oklahoma are expanding their long-term deal to feature BOK logos on both 25-yard lines at Boone Pickens Stadium.
- SBJ's Bret McCormick asks if South Carolina is redefining mixed-use development in college sports with its plan for 855 acres in Columbia, most of which isn't adjacent to Williams-Brice Stadium.
- Fox continues to find Friday night success with college football games early this season, with the overtime Illinois-Nebraska game and its 4.21 million viewers the latest example (leading all telecasts on Friday night, sports or otherwise), notes SBJ's Austin Karp, who also runs down the numbers from Week 4's games.
