Is there an idiom that football commentators, coaches, players, and fans use more? It’s ridiculous how many times I’ve heard that phrase in my life. It’s surely got to be in the four digits by now. I think the reason we hear it so much is that it’s true.

Athlon’s Kyle Wood makes the case for more than two dozen athletes who could end up on the cover of EA Sports’ “College Football 26” video game.

Up, up, up, the College Football Playoff size will go. Where it stops, only the SEC and Big Ten know. But, we've got some ideas in our mailbag.