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Joel Klatt roasts SEC: Nick Saban isn't there 'with his big old coattails for you to ride as a conference'

The SEC has, for years, enjoyed a widespread belief that it is the strongest conference in college football. And for years, that belief was correct. Starting in 2009, Nick Saban created one of the most impressive dynasties in the sport's history.

Texas Longhorns have nothing to gain by answering Texas Tech challenge, would be foolish to accept terms

Nick Saban urges Senate to pass legislation to fix college sports, but coaching contracts glossed over

The ongoing debate over whether Congress should intervene in college sports took center stage in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Nick Saban headlined a group of witnesses warning that the current system is unsustainable without federal legislation. There’s little doubt that NIL and the transfer portal have created a host of challenges. Some schools are spending upward of $40 million on football rosters for the upcoming season, while constant player movement has left athletic departments...

Greg Sankey insists SEC is 'strongest league' despite Big Ten winning three straight national championships

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey maintained that the SEC is the "strongest league" despite the Big Ten winning three consecutive national championships. Sankey cited metrics and the overall breadth and depth of the SEC as evidence of its strength. This assertion comes as the SEC has failed to reach the championship game for three straight years.

Donald Trump says college sports 'turning into pro sports' with no rules, urges for bipartisan bill to sign

Well, the clock is ticking on lawmakers to pass the Protect College Sports Act that was further discussed on Wednesday during a Senate Commerce hearing. Now, President Donald Trump is weighing in on the bipartisan legislation created by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) that is currently being discussed on Capitol Hill between congressional leaders and college athletic officials. Among the issues currently impacting college athletics is how schools are going to afford to...

Ed Orgeron-Lane Kiffin pairing already paying dividends for LSU Tigers during pivotal recruiting weekend

I tried to warn you guys, I really did. About a week and a half ago, when LSU added former head coach Ed Orgeron to new coach Lane Kiffin's staff, I mentioned that the Bayou Bengals addressed the one weakness that plagued their former regime and that the addition of Coach O would pay dividends down the road on the recruiting trail. I fully believed that to be true, but even I couldn't have anticipated how quickly Orgeron would hit the ground running in Baton Rouge.

The 2007 Mountaineers remain college football's greatest 'what-if' story nearly two decades later

When you ask any college football fan worth their salt which season was the craziest one they can remember, most of them will answer "2007" without hesitation. And who could blame them? After all, it was a year that featured one of the most shocking upsets in college football history, with Appalachian State stunning Michigan in the Big House, and that was just the appetizer.

Structural basis for chaperone-guided assembly of RNA-induced silencing complex

Abstract The RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), comprising an Argonaute (AGO) protein and a small RNA, is the central effector in RNA silencing. Small RNAs are loaded onto AGO as bulky duplexes in an HSP70- and HSP90-dependent process1,2,3, but the molecular mechanism remains poorly understood. Here we identify the human AGO–HSP90–p23 complex, which captures AGO in an RNA-free state, termed the AGO maturation complex (AMC).

Georgia football's fall from grace in a post-NIL era: debunking a longstanding narrative

The Tech Download: Anthropic’s IPO sets up first big test of AI boom valuations

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. You can subscribe here. This week has been dominated by the hype around the highly anticipated IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.