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Wednesday, October 28, 2026
If you’re going to take millions from a booster who is helping fund your football team, you should expect pushback when you fail to live up to expectations.
For those who haven’t noticed, we are no longer living in our fathers’ or grandfathers’ era of college athletics, when bags of money were dropped off on the back doorstep.
The $100 handshakes are still prevalent, but they’re essentially the equivalent of walking into a bar and dropping a dollar into the tip jar.
So when Texas Tech booster, and chairman of the board of regents, Cody Campbell takes to social media to comment on the Red Raiders’ loss to Cincinnati this past weekend, I can assure you he is trying to assure those who critique the program that this type of result isn’t what he's paying for.
"There is no excuse or reason to lose a game like this. We have to be better. @TexasTechFB," Campbell wrote in a post on X.
That statement was from a man who has poured millions into the Texas Tech football team in order to compete for a national championship this season. So, when this "owner" decides to vent his frustration for the world to see, I can promise you he means it.
Remember the term "return on investment" in relation to donors putting their money to use with the only real return is seeing their favorite team hoist a trophy at seasons end?
This is essentially where Cody Campbell is at when he takes to social media to let it be known that a performance like that is not acceptable for a man who is writing the checks every month.
That brings us to the current state of college athletics, where the once outside voices who contributed without getting a final say in roster moves outside of helping pay a player's salary are now influential voices that in some cases speak for the programs they help fund.
You think Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire isn’t having conversations this week with Cody Campbell on piecing together the roster for 2027, or renegotiating deals with current players for a return next season?
I can assure you those talks have, and will continue, to take place over the next three months.
And, I promise you they are happening all across the country between high-dollar boosters and football coaches looking for the money needed to secure the next transfer portal addition.
While there is this pressure to hold onto what once was in college athletics, the 'pureness' of a sport that was a majority of the time still breaking the rules in some form or fashion through parking lot deals or the funneling of money to an athletes family, the world is obviously changing in short order.
So, it should not come as shock when a more-involved booster who was also at the forefront of the Brendan Sorsby saga this past summer when the former college quarterback was caught gambling on his own football team while at Indiana decides to let it be known they are not happy with the current product.
Is it right?
No, especially when that same person decides to get on social media and question whether the football program should cut off access to its coaches in relation to a local Lubbock radio station.
But, this isn’t a scene out of the movie "Blue Chips," where the head coach takes to the postgame press conference to lambast a booster for being too involved in the program by way of providing benefits to the athletes.
We got to this point when the NCAA opened the front door and invited this in by way of NIL, which should have taken place a decade ago. Yes, players deserved to be paid for the amount of money they generated for athletic departments across the country.
No, I'm not implying the swimming star should be paid in the same manner as the starting linebacker. But it takes someone like Cody Campbell to help fund these contracts, even down to the softball team that is competing for a national championship.
And, I promise you this is taking place on the campus of your favorite team, though it's most likely not as brazen as Cody Campbell.
While the Texas billionaire has been spending a majority of his time trying to garner votes for the Protect College Sports Act for his own reasons that most likely have more to do with Texas Tech having a place in this new world, he's still just a very rich alum who has earned the right to do whatever he pleases with his own money.
If Campbell wants to spend millions to ensure his favorite team has the resources needed to compete at the highest level, I can assure you the Texas Tech athletic department isn’t going to put him on a leash when he expresses his thoughts.
Why would it?
He is essentially the unofficial "owner" of multiple Red Raiders athletic programs.
If you think Campbell’s influence is interesting now, I can promise you more boosters like him are coming down the pipeline.
The difference is that they may not hold press conferences like Jerry Jones in the aftermath of a loss.
They’ll simply take to social media—and expect their teams to listen.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
A manhunt is underway for a Tennessee inmate serving a life sentence for murder after he escaped from prison.
The Tennessee Department of Correction said that Jacob Allen Morley, 28, escaped the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Sunday. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 2025 of murdering Cody Birchfield three years earlier.
Prison staff discovered Morley was unaccounted for around 11:30 p.m. Sunday and immediately conducted an emergency count and search of the facility, according to a Tennessee Department of Correction statement given to Fox News Digital.
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Security video showed Morley breaching a fence while still wearing prison clothing.
Morley is described as 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighing 240 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said he should be "considered dangerous," adding Morley is now on the state's most wanted list.
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In addition to the first-degree murder conviction, he was also found guilty of burglary, vandalism, tampering with evidence and evading arrest.
Federal and state law enforcement is assisting to help find Morley, according to officials.
Birchfield disappeared in early February 2022 after he was last seen in Elizabethton, Tennessee. According to WJHL, investigators from the Carter County Sheriff's Office saw indications that a "violent crime" had occurred inside his house.
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On March 2, 2022, Morley was arrested after a police chase that went to the North Carolina state line. After the arrest, Birchfield's body was found underneath Morley's home.
Morley's former girlfriend, Landree Sheperd, testified at Morley's trial and claimed that the defendant said at one point that "he f---ing killed him."
People with information about Morley's whereabouts are encouraged to contact 844-832-3463.
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Monday, October 26, 2026
FOX Sports will continue commemorating the nation's 250th birthday with a two-day salute to the military ahead of Veterans Day.
Beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 7, "Big Noon Kickoff" will broadcast from the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), where hundreds of uniformed cadets will be joining college football fans to pay tribute to the U.S. armed forces.
The celebration will continue the next day at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 8, with "FOX NFL Sunday" broadcasting live from West Point and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland, against the backdrop of the academy’s iconic Bancroft Hall.
"Big Noon Kickoff" will feature Rob Stone, Urban Meyer, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, Mark Ingram II, Chris "The Bear" Fallica and Tom Rinaldi, alongside special guests live from Trophy Point on West Point’s campus ahead of the highly anticipated matchup between Army and Air Force.
"FOX NFL Sunday" will broadcast simultaneously from both military academies, featuring Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Rob Gronkowski, Jay Glazer, Charissa Thompson, Charles Woodson and Julian Edelman.
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Throughout the weekend's coverage, FOX Sports will recognize the country's heroic men and women in uniform and spotlight the two storied military academies.
"FOX Sports is proud to expand our longstanding tradition of saluting America’s military heroes by bringing together two of our most iconic pregame shows for an unprecedented two-day tribute from West Point and Annapolis," FOX Sports CEO and executive producer Eric Shanks said.
"There is no more meaningful backdrop than these two storied institutions, and we look forward to celebrating America’s veterans and the enduring bond between military service and sports across Veterans Day weekend," he added.
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
France has reached the "dead end of socialism" as violent protests spread across the country, a French artificial intelligence entrepreneur said Friday.
Speaking on "The Faulkner Focus," Brivael Le Pogam blamed decades of left-wing policies for what he described as growing unrest and declining public services in France.
"Right now we are just seeing the dead end of socialism," Le Pogam, CEO and co-founder of Argil AI, said.
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"It's super sad, and it's purely chaotic right now. And I think, so, basically there is a lot of different causes, but mainly for me, it's the consequences of socialism," he added.
The demonstrations began with students expressing frustration over conditions at their schools and the quality of education. Protests have since spread across France, with some turning violent and leading to looting and thousands of arrests.
On Saturday, thousands marched in Orléans, southwest of Paris, to protest what they described as fascism, while other demonstrators gathered in the capital. French authorities said they planned to deploy 70,000 police officers ahead of additional demonstrations to prevent a repeat of the destruction and looting seen the previous weekend.
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Le Pogam said that despite France's universal healthcare system, patients in some parts of the country face lengthy waits to see a doctor or receive certain medical services.
"We are paying through taxes, through the salaries for that. But years by years, there is some zone in France where you need to wait, for example, one year to get a doctor," he said.
Le Pogam argued that government control has also contributed to declining standards in education and other public institutions.
"Basically like the education, everything touched by the states, it's just crumbled and becoming bad and bad year by year," he added.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the government would move to prohibit what he called "illegitimate" protests. He also accused "ultra-left groups" of fueling the unrest, saying their goal was to "bring down the Republic."
President Donald Trump also expressed concern about the unrest and questioned whether the NFL should proceed with Sunday's scheduled regular-season game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, just outside Paris.
"I would have said the NFL could have probably postponed that match if you want to know. Because France is really in trouble," Trump told reporters Friday. "That's what happens when you go left. That's what happens when you allow unlimited numbers of people into your country from very unfriendly countries."
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Le Pogam also criticized the government's response to the demonstrations, arguing that authorities have a responsibility to protect the public.
"The crazy thing is the government say to the people to protect themselves and for me, it's crazy," he said. "It's literally the — it's the fate of the states to protect people, and we are seeing that everywhere."
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