- I trekked out to the Pacific Northwest to check out the first Apple Cup since Washington split from Washington State and the Pac-12. Usually at the end of the season, the game took place Sept. 14 as part of a new five-year deal between the schools to keep the rivalry alive.
- Meanwhile, Oklahoma is starting a new tradition after hosting its first game as a member of the SEC, and AD Joe Castiglione took me inside how the Sooners prepared for their tilt with Tennessee -- including accommodating ESPN's "College GameDay" crew.
- In this week's journal op-ed, former Coastal Carolina University football coach Joe Moglia explains who the House settlement could force many smaller schools to choose between professional college athletics and amateurism.
- Washington is taking its multimedia rights to the open market, said AD Pat Chun, and the school is also exploring bringing those efforts in-house. The Huskies' contract with Learfield ends in June.
- FloSports will use Magnifi to automate the creation of its real-time college football highlights, reports SBJ's Joe Lemire. The integration is already active and will be a part of the upcoming FloCollege vertical set to debut on Oct. 15.
- Iowa State athletics is getting a major LED upgrade across seven sports venues in 2024 and 2025, writes SBJ's Bret McCormick, with Daktronics delivering more than 20,000 square feet of digital displays at Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium, as well as venues for soccer, swimming, softball and track and field.
- Sacramento State announced plans to construct a new multiuse stadium for its football program, notes McCormick, part of the school’s larger effort to be considered for the reassembling Pac-12, an effort branded “SAC 12.”
