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Pat Forde

About Pat Forde

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the Others Receiving Votes podcast for SI and is a regular contributor to the Tony Kornheiser Show podcast. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.

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Undefeated records, preseason expectations and early hype will be tested in a weekend packed with revealing matchups.
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Is Georgia vs. Alabama the Biggest Game of the Season So Far? | Others Receiving Votes
Pat Forde and Gene Wojciechowski preview all of the top games and storylines for Week 6 of the college football schedule. Video Chapters: 0:00 - WELCOME TO THE SHOW! 2:22 - TOP CFB NIL BUDGETS 12:23 - STATE OF USC'S PROGRAM 17:46 - TOP 25 VOTING ISSUES 26:56 - #2 GEORGIA AT #6 ALABAMA 29:27 - BEST NICK SABAN STORIES 34:09 - CAN HUSKERS UPSET HOOSIERS? 36:46 - #21 UCLA AT #13 OREGON 38:40 - RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS 50:42 - WEEK 6 PICKS 59:08 - POINT AFTER
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Former Texas WR Jordan Shipley Previews the 2026 Red River Rivalry
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How Many SEC Teams Will Make CFP? Coaching Hot Seat Winners & Losers
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The chaos is handing contenders losses across the league, but those defeats could ultimately strengthen the conference’s case for multiple College Football Playoff bids.
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The Gators are 4–0 for the first time since 2019 and ranked No. 8 as “G6 Jon” revives a sleeping giant.
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As the sport enters October, several teams face goal tests this weekend that will lay the groundwork for the remainder of the season.
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Notre Dame and Miami are headed for a top-ranked showdown, Oregon and Oklahoma will face quarterback controversies and Coach Prime may consider hanging up his whistle.
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Texas is rolling, Jeremiah Smith looks unstoppable and LSU remains committed to making things weird. Here’s what we learned in the first month of the season.
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The Republican Senator believes Congress could send the college-sports bill to Trump before November, with a potential signing on ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
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The old Big Ten West struck back with a vengeance with signature victories from Iowa and Wisconsin, while USC and Maryland have coaching hot seat questions.
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Florida’s hot start to the season vaults the Gators to a first-round bye amid a host of SEC teams in the field.
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The USC QB grew up in public housing with 15 to 20 family members in one home. Now he carries the values of community that shaped him.
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“Hotty Toddy” might make the most sense of the incredible number of nonsensical sayings The Dash dug up. Let’s sing them together.
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