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Message board banter is gradually becoming coachspeak

As everyone in college sports—administrators, coaches, athletes and fans—focuses more on money, it’s becoming ammunition for the press conference troll.

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Eben Novy-Williams
Sep 05, 2025
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Welcome back to Club Sportico, where we break down the intersection of sports and money—with an extra bit of humor and opinion. Today, we’re talking sh*t.

Spend enough time on college football message boards, and you’ll begin to notice a familiar pattern of insults.

Losing is still the ultimate weakness, but there are other things about your program tha…

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