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Forde-Yard Dash: Volatility, Meet the State of Texas

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (instructional tackling videos sold separately in Charlottesville):

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THE LONE STAR STATE OF FLUX

If it feels a bit like the sport is coming off the rails this year in terms of common sense and collegiality, it’s not hard to identify where it jumped the track: the state of Texas. Starting with the capital city, and the flagship university there.

What began shortly after New Year’s Day in Austin keeps rippling, to the point that every FBS school in Texas—all 12 of them—could be impacted in a major way.