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Should college football have a commissioner? Several prominent coaches (Saban, Shaw) think so. I explore pros/cons. https://t.co/e8b7MmSuzs

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) April 28, 2016

DI Board overturns satellite camp ban and asks Council to review football recruiting process: https://t.co/TRD3ghsMpQ

— Inside the NCAA (@InsidetheNCAA) April 28, 2016

The SEC and ACC overplayed their hands in NCAA debate. Now, there will be more, not fewer satellite camps. https://t.co/tRZQIXkMi6

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) April 28, 2016

Column: Everything is about recruiting in the SEC. Why nobody bought what the SEC was selling on satellite camps https://t.co/luU0DrcY9k

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 28, 2016

Oklahoma State pioneered satellite camps. Now @CoachGundy wants “the Walmart of football camps.” https://t.co/IdVvCLOnRE @USATODAYsports

— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) April 28, 2016

W/ Karl Joseph going tonight, West Virginia has most 1st rounders over last 5 years among Big 12 teams w/ 4 (Irvin, Austin, White, Joseph)

— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) April 29, 2016

A gas mask, a bong hit, a payout admission. Laremy Tunsil and a wild draft night straight out of "Ballers." https://t.co/Ng6PqCMCMF

— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) April 29, 2016

More bad news for one of the biggest draft busts in recent memory https://t.co/eZgp200BjA

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 28, 2016

BREAKING: Alabama assistant coach Bo Davis is leaving his position over inquiry into possible recruiting violations.https://t.co/0LP3nE1lFb

— Aaron Suttles (@AaronSuttles) April 28, 2016

Kansas State is giving away tickets to their season opener in the best way possible https://t.co/oz7T9VxG8t pic.twitter.com/uNuAIH1x3Q

— Campus Rush (@CampusRush) April 28, 2016

The future of #Pac12 commish Larry Scott, conf power shifts, the CEO dynamic, undervalued ADs & incident w Guerrero: https://t.co/li6Adnnwfu

— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) April 28, 2016

Good luck with that.

A prospective school board member in one of the largest districts in America is trying to ban high school football https://t.co/I37ntxi2rO

— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) April 28, 2016

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A confident Zack Sanchez is prepared to begin his NFL journey. #Soonershttps://t.co/bZJUx2xaZY pic.twitter.com/QY5hkxvarA

— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) April 28, 2016

OTHER

#Sooners Looking to Defend Title at Big 12 Championship.
PREVIEW: https://t.co/yh4xyMiF4r pic.twitter.com/XBE7TJEZg2

— Oklahoma Tennis (@OU_MTennis) April 28, 2016

#Sooners Hit the Road for Kansas.
Preview: https://t.co/dDkQgphUY3 pic.twitter.com/eFE1m1Tem4

— Oklahoma Baseball (@OU_Baseball) April 28, 2016

The #Sooners begin the Big 12 Tournament tomorrow in Trinity, Texas! PREVIEW: https://t.co/ONCGyl7knc #OUrtime pic.twitter.com/oOeR7NgxV3

— Oklahoma Golf (@OU_MGolf) April 28, 2016

OU's two gymnastics programs have learned to share space — and success: https://t.co/lU6PQoU8b6 #Sooners pic.twitter.com/Pf5j9Ek9Up

— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) April 28, 2016

#Sooners Shut Out Mountaineers in Stillwater: https://t.co/OP5lIEoLMl.

— Oklahoma Tennis (@OU_WTennis) April 28, 2016

This Giraffe moving like a damn T-Rex ?? pic.twitter.com/ypxLEU1SRj

— Dave Chappelle (@ChappeIIeShow) April 29, 2016

RECOs (any other Boiler Room fans out there?)

I wanted to try something out here, and I’ll try to keep my explanation short to avoid boring you. As you may (or may not) have gathered by now, I spend an abnormal amount of time online. As such, I routinely come across things that I find interesting. I’m fortunate enough to spend the better part of my work day listening to things that interest me — podcasts, radio, webisodes, etc. — to help pass the time, and I figured this might be a good place to share some of those with all of you.

Now, of course, some of the things I find interesting probably won’t interest some of you in the slightest. And that’s cool. Just keep on scrolling like I’d suspect you do on any number of the things typically included above.

These also won’t be included here every day (or ever again if the majority of you wind up telling me you hate this) maybe just on Fridays, assuming there was anything worthwhile. Maybe they could just as easily go under the ‘OTHER’ heading and doesn’t need a separate subset of its own. Or if it’s simply a feature you don’t feel adds value, please don’t hesitate to let me know. You won’t hurt my feelings I can assure you 🙂

* I know there are some very strong opinions on the ol’ interwebs when it comes to Simmons, but personally I’ve always been a fan (and that’s while really not liking the NBA or any Boston sports teams). Simmons aside, though, I found this to be a fascinating conversation between two people much smarter myself and with WAY more money than (sadly) I’ll probably ever have.

* Those of you old enough will probably remember Schirripa from Sopranos, which is discussed plenty during the conversation. But he also had some really great stories from his time working in Vegas before becoming an actor.

* Not sure I could explain to you the reasons why, but the inner-workings of the sports media business have always kind of fascinated me. And his conversation on that very topic with two of the most connected guys who cover it was really interesting (plus I love how much Deitsch hates Skip Bayless, something we have in common).