Chris Vannini is a senior writer for The Athletic, specializing in college football coverage. With a passion for dogs and pro wrestling, Chris brings a unique perspective to his reporting. He is known for his in-depth analysis, mailbag segments, and interviews with coaches and players.
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Chris Vannini's focus is primarily on college football, with a strong interest in events and announcements within the sport. Given his coverage of coaching changes, national championships, and ranking teams, he may be interested in exclusive insights from coaches or players regarding strategic decisions or team dynamics.
Vannini also appears to have a specific interest in discussing potential mergers such as the XFL and USFL merger. This suggests that he may be open to pitches related to industry trends and developments within college football leagues.
As Chris Vannini does not specify any geographic focus but works out of Chicago for The Athletic, it's likely that he covers American college football broadly rather than focusing on one particular region.
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By: Chris Vannini
Rhodes' win at WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia meant much more than simply earning a new world championship in the WWE.
By: Chris Vannini
With the success of WrestleMania XL in Philadelphia, we asked the question: Was it the greatest WrestleMania ever?
By: Chris Vannini
Hello, friends. The Group of 5 mailbag is back as basketball has wrapped up and the end of spring football approaches.
The addition of a two-minute warning for the second and fourth quarters like the NFL will be the most noticeable change for fans. It will be a fixed point for a media timeout but not a new media timeout. The hope is it will prevent broadcasters from using back-to-back TV timeouts (touchdown, commercial, kickoff, commercial). It will also allow officials to switch to the rule changes that happen in the final two minutes, such as the running clock after first downs and out-of-bounds plays.
By: Mark Puleo, Chris Vannini
Universities and athletic departments will not be allowed to suspend athletes accused of sexual misconduct while investigations against the complaints are being conducted, according to the U.S.
By: Chris Vannini
The Pac-12 Conference, which will drop down to two members this summer, will no longer be an “autonomous conference,” the NCAA Division I Board of Directors determined on Monday, effective Aug. 2.
By: Chris Vannini
DALLAS — Group of 5 administrators have had preliminary discussions in recent months about a G5-only postseason playoff or even wide-scale G5 realignment with the involvement of private equity.
By: Chris Vannini
The matchup has historically been held on the second Saturday of December, after the CFP releases its final rankings. Academy officials did not want to move the annual rivalry to earlier in the schedule to accommodate the final rankings in the 12-team Playoff era.
By: Chris Vannini
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference demanding the conference produce the ESPN-ACC television contract as part of a public records request.
By: Chris Vannini
The next stage of conference realignment may be determined in a courtroom. Which courtroom that is, nobody knows yet.
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