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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
College football leaders revisit moving up season to Week Zero
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — College leaders are again exploring an earlier football kickoff date. Executives this week re-examined an issue that has, for years, been under discussion: making Week Zero a permanent playing date for college football teams. FBS leaders held more conversations on the long-discussed concept during the annual three-day gathering of Division I conference commissioners here this week. Advertisement Commissioners expect the conversation to continue in the coming weeks and months. While there is growing support for the move, no formal proposal has been introduced. That's not the case for FCS. The division is expected to formalize a proposal that permits schools to begin playing on Week Zero — a decision that would add a 12th regular season game to the schedule starting in 2026. For FBS, the decision is more complex. Some do not support shifting the season-opening week from Labor Day weekend — a holiday coinciding with a smorgasbord of college football. However, such a move creates an additional bye week for teams that choose to play on what would be the new Week 1 — an incentive that provides more rest during a college football season that continues to get extended. Advertisement 'My view is we should have a consistent start date,' SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told Yahoo Sports on Thursday. 'The adage is, teams make their most substantial improvement between Games 1 and 2. I think we should have a consistent start date. Labor Day weekend has been a good start date for college football. 'The fact we are taking another look at it could be interesting,' Sankey said of permanently playing on Week Zero. 'I'm not opposed to that. I want to make sure it's a broad view of the issues and not something narrow.' For now, schools wanting to play on Week Zero must be granted a waiver by NCAA governance committees. Under NCAA bylaw 17.11.4, FBS teams cannot play their first game until the Thursday before Labor Day. However, an exception to the rule was instituted in 2016 (NCAA bylaw 17.11.4.1), allowing Hawaii and teams that visit Hawaii the option to play on the Saturday before Labor Day weekend. Two years ago, there was the introduction of a foreign travel exemption (NCAA bylaw 17.11.4.3), allowing Navy to face Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. Advertisement Eliminating waivers across all NCAA areas has been a focal point for university leadership over the last several years, as they often result in difficult-to-defend legal challenges. 'We had a good discussion about the calendar and a uniform start date for FBS instead of continuing to deal with waiver requests, case by case,' American commissioner Tim Pernetti told Yahoo Sports. 'A consistent start date is a key element to the future of FBS.' Whether that standard start date will be in its current position or move up a week remains murky. Over the last three years, Week Zero has been central to discussions related to a long-discussed shift of the regular season by a week. Three years ago, College Football Playoff leaders spent several meetings discussing moving up the regular season by a week, which would shift rivalry games off of Thanksgiving, make conference championship weekend on that holiday and free up an extra weekend in December to hold rounds of a rapidly expanding playoff. Advertisement The latest conversations around Week Zero are, for now, not centered on a full shift in the regular season, though some hope, eventually, that will happen. The move from FCS to begin regularly playing on Week Zero may serve as a trigger for FBS. The two divisions often hold games against one another early in the season — quasi-preseason games for power programs looking to fine-tune a new team before bigger matchups on Labor Day weekend and beyond. Week Zero has been a popular playing date for a handful of teams, though the number is declining. Twelve games involving an FBS team were played on Week Zero in 2022. There are four FBS games scheduled for Week Zero this year — the same as last season.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
College football leaders rehashing moving up season to Week Zero
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — College leaders are again exploring an earlier football kickoff date. Executives this week re-examined an issue that has, for years, been under discussion: making Week Zero a permanent playing date for college football teams. FBS leaders held more conversations on the long-discussed concept during the annual three-day gathering of Division I conference commissioners here this week. Advertisement Commissioners expect the conversation to continue in the coming weeks and months. While there is growing support for the move, no formal proposal has been introduced. That's not the case for FCS. The division is expected to formalize a proposal that permits schools to begin playing on Week Zero — a decision that would add a 12th regular season game to the schedule starting in 2026. For FBS, the decision is more complex. Some do not support shifting the season-opening week from Labor Day weekend — a holiday coinciding with a smorgasbord of college football. However, such a move creates an additional bye week for teams that choose to play on what would be the new Week 1 — an incentive that provides more rest during a college football season that continues to get extended. Advertisement 'My view is we should have a consistent start date,' SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told Yahoo Sports on Thursday. 'The adage is, teams make their most substantial improvement between Games 1 and 2. I think we should have a consistent start date. Labor Day weekend has been a good start date for college football. 'The fact we are taking another look at it could be interesting,' Sankey said of permanently playing on Week Zero. 'I'm not opposed to that. I want to make sure it's a broad view of the issues and not something narrow.' For now, schools wanting to play on Week Zero must be granted a waiver by NCAA governance committees. Under NCAA bylaw 17.11.4, FBS teams cannot play their first game until the Thursday before Labor Day. However, an exception to the rule was instituted in 2016 (NCAA bylaw 17.11.4.1), allowing Hawaii and teams that visit Hawaii the option to play on the Saturday before Labor Day weekend. Two years ago, there was the introduction of a foreign travel exemption (NCAA bylaw 17.11.4.3), allowing Navy to face Notre Dame in Dublin, Ireland. Advertisement Eliminating waivers across all NCAA areas has been a focal point for university leadership over the last several years, as they often result in difficult-to-defend legal challenges. 'We had a good discussion about the calendar and a uniform start date for FBS instead of continuing to deal with waiver requests, case by case,' American commissioner Tim Pernetti told Yahoo Sports. 'A consistent start date is a key element to the future of FBS.' Whether that standard start date will be in its current position or move up a week remains murky. Over the last three years, Week Zero has been central to discussions related to a long-discussed shift of the regular season by a week. Three years ago, College Football Playoff leaders spent several meetings discussing moving up the regular season by a week, which would shift rivalry games off of Thanksgiving, make conference championship weekend on that holiday and free up an extra weekend in December to hold rounds of a rapidly expanding playoff. Advertisement The latest conversations around Week Zero are, for now, not centered on a full shift in the regular season, though some hope, eventually, that will happen. The move from FCS to begin regularly playing on Week Zero may serve as a trigger for FBS. The two divisions often hold games against one another early in the season — quasi-preseason games for power programs looking to fine-tune a new team before bigger matchups on Labor Day weekend and beyond. Week Zero has been a popular playing date for a handful of teams, though the number is declining. Twelve games involving an FBS team were played on Week Zero in 2022. There are four FBS games scheduled for Week Zero this year — the same as last season.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
What's holding up CFP expansion? SEC and Big Ten are at a potential impasse on these key issues
College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark is waiting on the SEC and Big Ten to agree on a new playoff format just like the rest of us. (Photo) ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Deep within the Blue Ridge Mountains, the historical Biltmore Estate Hilltop Inn rises above an ocean of rolling greenery, its high stone walls and floor-to-ceiling windows all tucked between two giant peaks: Mount Mitchell and Mount Pisgah. The two mountains loom like sentries, dominating the blue skyline, unmistakable giants in this scenic land. Advertisement Inside the Biltmore, two goliaths within the landscape of college sports, the SEC and Big Ten, are at odds on the future of the industry's most valuable product: the College Football Playoff. Can these mountains be moved? Well, here this week, CFP leaders took steps toward a change to the playoff selection process — yet another chapter in what's already been a laborious journey toward potential expansion to 16 teams. The 10 FBS conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletic director received a presentation from executive director Rich Clark and data analysts over adjustments to selection committee criteria in an effort to salvage the committee's role itself and appease both Big Ten and SEC leaders — the two entities that, according to a memorandum signed last spring, control future format decisions. Whether such a change brings the two conferences together on a format remains unclear. The two leagues must agree on a playoff model for it to move forward, Clark said on Wednesday from the Biltmore Inn, confirming what's been previously reported based on last spring's memorandum. Advertisement But, for now, they are at an impasse. The Big Ten wants a playoff where access is more like the NFL structure, determined through automatic qualifiers based on conference standings to limit the subjectivity of the selection committee. And the league also supports all four leagues — including the SEC and ACC — to play nine conference games as the Big Ten and Big 12 do. The SEC moved away from such a playoff format after its coaches publicly pushed back against it three weeks ago during the conference's spring meetings, instead now working toward a format that provides a bigger at-large pool, such as a 16-team model with five automatic qualifiers for conference champions and 11 at-large selections (5+11). However, in any 5+11 format, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, his coaches and athletic directors have been very clear: They want to see a change in the selection process to more heavily emphasize strength of schedule and strength of conference. Advertisement For the most part, that's what this set of CFP meetings centered around here this week. Clark, entering his second year as CFP executive director, presented, along with a data analyst from SportsSource Analytics, 'recommendations' on just how to adjust data points that the selection committee uses. With assistance from a Google mathematician and university math professor, the presentation included the creation of a strength-of-record metric to more heavily weight a team's strength of schedule, conference strength and, in particular, non-conference games. In fact, commissioners heard from experts who encouraged the scheduling of more crossover games among the four power leagues — a way, presumably, to provide more data points of rating the league strength. Advertisement Commissioners gave Clark and the CFP staff feedback, about potentially rewriting some language of the protocol used by selection committee members. CFP leaders will now 'mull it over,' Clark said, before the group continues to meet throughout the summer in an effort to reach an expansion decision by Dec. 1 — the drop-dead date for 2026 expansion. Commissioners declined to comment on this week's meeting. Three of the four power conference commissioners, in fact, shuffled into an elevator together here after their meeting. As reporters fired questions toward them, the elevator doors closed. The fourth power league commissioner, Big Ten's Tony Petitti, did not attend meetings in person but was in attendance virtually. Clark spoke in their absence. The same format options that have existed continue to exist, he said. 'There are a lot of options. You've heard all of the options.' While not mentioning them, they are obvious. Advertisement 1) Remain at the same 12-team format: 5 AQs + 7 at-large, which isn't necessarily the preference, Sankey said a few weeks ago. 2) Expand to a 14-team event: 5 AQs + 9 at-large, which isn't as desirable as the next option. 3) Move to a 16-team field: 5+11 or the Big Ten's AQ-heavy proposal that grants twice as many bids to each the SEC and Big Ten (4 each) as the ACC and Big 12 (2). 'The format could be a lot different in 2026 or could be the same,' Clark said. Staying at 12 for 2026 is a grim reality for some, but it's a possibility, perhaps even a probability as negotiations creep closer to the Dec. 1 deadline. If the SEC and Big Ten do not agree on a format, there may not be a change at all. Advertisement When specifically asked about the Big Ten and SEC having to both agree on format, Clark said, 'They are obligated to come to an agreement on what the format is. They will determine that between the parties and will go forward from there. 'Rushing to a bad decision is not in any of our best interest,' he said later. 'They're looking at any and all options and understanding what the pros and cons are to those things rather than rush to something that may not suit us.' Would the Big Ten really block expansion to 16 if the rest of the 10 FBS conferences and Notre Dame agree on the 5+11 format? Perhaps. Illinois head coach Bret Bielema gestured toward that during an interview on Tuesday in Chicago. 'I don't think there's any way we could do a 16-team playoff if [the SEC] is not at nine [conference] games,' he said. Can these two mountains be moved? Asked that question here Wednesday, one CFP leader smiled and quipped, 'We'll get there.'
The Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
FBS Celebrates 10th Award in 2025 for Client-Centric Excellence
SINGAPORE - Media OutReach Newswire - 16 June 2025 - FBS, a leading global broker, has once again proven its commitment to traders by earning its tenth award this year — the 'Best Client-Centric Broker, Asia, 2025' title from Global Brands Magazine. Why does FBS stand out in client-centric services The award reflects FBS's dedication to putting clients first. Key strengths that set the broker apart include: 24/7 multilingual customer support FBS ensures traders receive instant assistance in their preferred language, offering round-the-clock support via live chat, email, and phone. This accessibility is crucial for clients across diverse time zones in Asia and beyond. User-friendly trading platforms FBS provides flexible account types designed for traders of all levels — from beginners to professionals. Features include: • Ultra-fast execution with minimal slippage • Spreads from 0.7 pips • Leverage up to 1:3000 • Minimum deposit of $5 • Commissions from 0 • Over 550 trading instruments, such as Forex, stocks and indices Innovative tools for seamless trading FBS's award-winning mobile app allows traders to manage positions anytime, anywhere, with: • Real-time TradingView charts • One-click trading • Secure deposits and withdrawals • Customizable alerts The FBS personal area simplifies account management, offering instant access to transaction history, bonuses, and promotions. Security and transparency As a globally regulated broker, FBS maintains strict financial standards to protect clients and ensure: • Segregated client funds • Negative balance protection • Regular audits With 16 years of experience, over 27 million traders, and more than 100 international awards, FBS is truly a leader in the industry. Winning the title of 'Best Client-Centric Broker, Asia, 2025' highlights its commitment to innovation, reliability, and putting clients first. To learn more about FBS, visit
Time of India
7 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
'NFL is something I've dreamed about since I was a kid': Garrett Nussmeier back at LSU with NFL pedigree and Heisman aspirations
LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier's return to LSU is a career choice based on what LSU can provide: a Heisman-winning machine, superstar offensive playmakers, and the national limelight. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In a program where Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels just turned breakout seasons into Heisman medals and NFL superstar status, Garrett Nussmeier's move indicates ambition and faith in what can be achieved. And along with that choice, expectations both for Garrett Nussmeier and LSU head coach have risen. Garrett Nussmeier enters LSU's track record QB pipeline Garrett Nussmeier is aware of the opportunity before him. Having watched both Joe Burrow (2019) and Jayden Daniels (2023) grow from great quarterbacks to Heisman trophies in their second year as the quarterback of LSU's offense, Garrett Nussmeier has every reason to bet on himself. Jayden Daniels then did the same with his record-breaking season, the first FBS quarterback to throw for more than 3,800 yards and run for more than 1,100 in one season. Both are now NFL starters, and the template is real—and one Nussmeier has learned. '[The] NFL is something I've dreamed about since I was a kid. To even fathom of making a decision to go play in it, or come back to my dream school…it's two dreams. So it was definitely a surreal feeling, for sure… I'm full a 100% [sure] that I made the right decision,' the quarterback said. LSU LOADED With Talent In 2025! | Is Garrett Nussmeier Top QB In SEC?! While Garrett Nussmeier's return increases LSU's potential, it also increases the pressure on head coach Brian Kelly. Hiring has not been a problem. LSU signed one of the country's best transfer portal classes and kept important hires like Austin Thomas on board for roster and NIL planning. The Tigers also hired Alex Atkins from Florida State to strengthen their offensive staff. Garrett Nussmeier's return is not just a player's return—it's an indication of intent. For LSU, the year is a referendum on its quarterback pipeline, coaching credibility, and national relevance. For Brian Kelly, it could be his best—and perhaps final—opportunity to put his stamp on his career in Baton Rouge. For Nussmeier, it's about walking into a system that has birthed legends and claiming it as his own. Also read: Can he match what Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels did? No one knows. But for the first time in decades, LSU heads into a season with a quarterback who fits the bill but possibly even changes it.
