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Canzano: Monday Mailbag dives into ESPN GameDay, College Football Playoff, and more

Your questions. My answers.

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John Canzano
Nov 09, 2026
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Oregon and Washington (and Washington State) fans celebrate a GameDay appearance in Seattle in 2023. (Photo: Serena Morones)

I received wonderful questions this week.

It’s a candidate for best Monday Mailbag ever.

Today’s first question came from “Kirk” on Facebook. He studied chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, but is very interested in ESPN’s decision to send its College GameDay show to Boise for the Oregon State-Boise State game on Saturday.

“The Pac-12 having College Game Day in Boise is huge for the conference — love to hear your thoughts on this.” — Kirk Schulz

Yes, the former Washington State president dropped in with a question for the mailbag. Schulz was the boss man when WSU and OSU became a “table for two.” His conference was sneered at, joked about, and left behind.

I dedicated Monday’s “BFT: Unfiltered” YouTube episode to answering Schulz’s question. I also went deeper in print in today’s mailbag.

Thanks to all who submitted questions.

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On to the Monday Mailbag…

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