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Laine Higgins

@lainehiggins17

College sports reporter @WSJ. Pastry aficionado. Retired D1 swimmer. @DailyPennSports Alum. Got a story? [email protected] 🏈🏃‍♀️🏒🏀🏊‍♀️

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NEW: an audacious plan to save college football by spinning off FBS to create a two-tiered national league based on geography with player compensation, NIL caps and more. Introducing the College Student Football League wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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Tidbits have been trickling out about this for months. It's still in the very early stages and would have to clear a ton of hurdles (a major one being existing TV deals). Laine Higgins wrote about some of the finer details and complications today: wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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If you're like me and can't stop watching Ryan Williams's insane 75-yard TD reception, you might be wondering how he's so good at 17? Jared Diamond tried to answer that question... and learned that this is only Williams's third season playing WR 🤯 wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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Chip Kelly is one of football's great innovators. He's at it again, but this time his subject isn't the offense, but himself. On how he ended up at Ohio State wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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Army and Navy are both undefeated in late October for the first time since 1926. They might have a minor NCAA rule change to thank for it wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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Nick Saban inspired fear on the sidelines as a coach. Now, he’s cracking jokes as an analyst on College GameDay. I spent last weekend following him around to find out how different his Saturdays look. wsj.com/sports/footbal…

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Outing myself as the person who drank a beer per borough of the New York City marathon with a shotgun to finish. I realize this sounds insane, but you’ll have to believe me when I say it was the most fun I’ve ever had in NYC spotify.link/v0l5yEPPhOb

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Fans of major college football programs share a common foe: early starts that make it hard to get drunk before kickoff. wsj.com/sports/footbal… via Laine Higgins

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Per a spokesman, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will be in attendance at today's Lonestar Showdown between Texas and Texas A&M. I asked what colors he'd be wearing in light of the "curse," in which fans believe whatever team he's supporting will lose. This is what his camp said:

Per a spokesman, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will be in attendance at today's Lonestar Showdown between Texas and Texas A&M. I asked what colors he'd be wearing in light of the "curse," in which fans believe whatever team he's supporting will lose. This is what his camp said:
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At the UT-A&M game. I’ll happily root for both, but, tonight, I’m Switzerland! Am very glad—after more than a decade—this Thanksgiving tradition is back. Should be an epic #SEC game!! 🇺🇸🏈🇺🇸🏈🇺🇸

At the UT-A&M game. I’ll happily root for both, but, tonight, I’m Switzerland!

Am very glad—after more than a decade—this Thanksgiving tradition is back. Should be an epic #SEC game!! 

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NEW: Why did the world’s fourth-richest man help the Michigan Wolverines land the nation’s No. 1 quarterback? The answer is a 33-year-old woman who few people had ever heard of. wsj.com/sports/footbal…