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Chris Vannini

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•Senior writer, The Athletic •College football, dogs, pro wrestling tweets •Co-host, @BunchFormationP & @GettingOvercast •Tips: DM or cvannini@theathletic.com

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1Jul 4, '22Happy 10-year anniversary to the greatest fireworks show in history, when San Diego accidentally shot off 7,000 fireworks at once. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸40.4×0296k37k13k
2Jan 6, '24Jim Harbaugh on paying college athletes: “The billions that are being generated, they’re not getting much of.” Suggests everyone profiting off college athletes, himself included, s37.2×6.2M7.7k987228
3Feb 22, '24NEW: College football players can opt into EA Sports College Football 25 beginning today. 🎮 All 134 FBS teams in the game 🎮 Players will get $600 + a copy of the game 🎮 Opt in v35×5.8M9.5k1.4k371
4Sep 12, '23Zach Wilson promised you.27.8×4.6M39k2.5k256
5Nov 15, '23Reminder that Toledo's stadium features an actual rocket that is angled to land at Bowling Green's 50-yard line. Your rivalry could never.27.1×4.5M30k1.5k529
6Sep 22, '23Pat McAfee got Brady Quinn's Sister's jersey from the 2006 Fiesta Bowl for his show at Notre Dame today. AJ Hawk says his mother-in-law had it in storage for 20 years. What a pull!21.3×3.5M19k804249
7Mar 12, '24Cannot emphasize enough that we all thought this looked fine at the time. Fashion is wild like that.20.5×3.4M23k2.1k548
8Aug 17, '25"Lotta game left"20.2×3.3M45k3.2k1k
9Jul 8, '25UCF coach Scott Frost on what he learned from Nebraska: "Don't take the wrong job."20×3.3M10k434336
10Jul 24, '23The rule should be, if a city loses a pro sports team but gets a new one, that new team gets the lore. Houston Texans get the Oilers throwback, not the Titans. Minnesota Wild get t18×3M8.1k40941
11Dec 31, '22How does Dr. Pepper sponsor everything in college football except a bowl?17.2×2.9M21k45351
12Sep 27, '23We're a few days away from realizing Notre Dame has been playing 10 guys on defense all season.16.2×2.7M11k55298
13Dec 30, '23Jaxson Dart's eyeblack is inspired by Anakin Skywalker. A man of culture who appreciates the prequels.15.5×2.6M13k712327
14Oct 23, '25Within a week we've had a major jewel heist, a mafia-involved poker ring and sports gambling corruption. We're living in the 1920s.15.2×2.5M94k10k3.1k
15Sep 9, '25That goal line is a mess14.7×2.4M46k670604
16Dec 2, '23Watching this Oregon-Washington game and realizing the bottom third of the Big Ten will never have a chance again. Conference realignment is going to be brutal for a lot of teams w14.6×2.4M10k400117
17Oct 25, '25I can barely see Miami's players.13.1×2.2M23k259323
18Sep 15, '23Nick Saban's radio show is the purest thing left in college football. Makes $11 million annually, greatest coach of all time, and he comes here every Thursday to take offensive lin12.8×2.1M8.3k553327
19Sep 5, '23I almost forgot what a normal football locker room without $50,000 sleeping chairs looked like.12.4×2.1M20k505109
20Mar 22, '24John Calipari just lost to this guy.12.1×2M16k947428
21Apr 28, '23I feel bad for Will Levis because his entire "slide" is a result of the NFL Draft Machine. Nobody who watched him regularly in college thought he would go near the top of the draft12.1×2M9.7k64859
22Aug 31, '24FAU safety CJ Heard's nickname is "Sea Snake." Yeah, I see it. #HouseOfTheDragon11.5×1.9M27k1.5k609
23Feb 12, '24Patrick Mahomes says on ESPN that the Chiefs would have deferred/kicked if they won the toss in overtime. So they’d know what they needed. “We changed the rules, we can execute the11×1.8M13k660291
24Jul 24, '25Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock at WrestleMania 18 is still the greatest wrestling match of all time, to me. Look at that crowd. It's what pro wrestling is all about.10.8×1.8M15k1.7k1k
25Aug 30, '25Let's see if Alabama can bounce back next wee— oh no10.6×1.7M31k668411
26Sep 6, '24The NFL can do a Friday night game tonight because the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 protects Friday nights and Saturdays for high school and college football from the 2nd Saturd10.0×1.7M17k1.2k999
27Jan 8, '24LOOK AT THE GOOD DOG9.9×1.6M22k831178
28May 28, '24Frank Caliendo doing Bill Walton with Bill Walton was great.9.6×1.6M16k1.5k1.6k
29Aug 30, '25Lee Corso wearing a tux for his final College Gameday, says he wanted to go out "in style."9.4×1.6M27k591149
30Aug 4, '2320 years ago, ESPN aired Playmakers, a scripted drama about a football team with drug issues, domestic violence and homophobia. It was a massive hit, but the NFL hated it, so it wa9.0×1.5M1.7k341573
31Oct 3, '23Per the Constitution, the new temporary House speaker is the representative from Naboo.8.9×1.5M11k1k44
32Dec 24, '24Have we considered that the Chicago Bears should make the NFL playoffs because their division is just so strong and wins and losses shouldn't matter as much.8.8×1.4M28k1.8k372
33Jun 6, '25Everything about this NBA Finals presentation looks like a regular season game. Starting lineups on a quick graphic. No trophy or FINALS on the court. No patches on the jerseys. Ju8.7×1.4M19k1.1k429
34Dec 3, '2310-win Iowa played two ranked teams this season and lost 57-0 to them.8.6×1.4M11k40575
35May 23, '24🚨 I have played the game. All the details coming soon.8.5×1.4M9.3k276503
36Sep 4, '25That's Wake Forest7.8×1.3M22k1k126
37Mar 18, '22Texas Southern mascot absolutely wrecked the Kansas mascot in the dance-off. Wait for it…7.6×055k7.6k1k
38Jan 21, '24Dan Campbell has never been a coordinator in his coaching career. Yes he had an interim HC stint, but as we go through another coaching carousel, remember that calling good plays d7.6×1.3M8k686353
39Mar 29, '25Best part of this clip is Bill Raftery doing a Super Mario "Woohoo" at the end.7.6×1.3M13k591685
40Feb 15, '24There's only one option for the @EASPORTSCollege cover athlete.7.2×1.2M13k1.2k100
41Oct 15, '25This is the most selfish podium I've ever seen.7.1×1.2M11k152183
42Jul 31, '24NBC has moved to the All-22 cam so Katie Ledecky's competition can stay in the frame.7.1×1.2M15k919223
43Dec 18, '23Some pro athlete is going to copy this but remember you first saw it in the NAIA national championship game.7.0×1.2M12k623152
44Nov 1, '25🤔7.0×1.2M9.6k442326
45Feb 21, '25Auston Matthews missed multiple point-blank winners in OT, lost the faceoff and drifted into the corner to leave Connor McDavid in the slot for the winner. Can't have that from you6.8×1.1M12k490368
46May 11, '25The 2024 White Sox, who lost a record 121 games, were 11-28 on May 10. The 2025 Rockies are now 6-33 on May 10.6.2×1M17k499391
47Feb 18, '23Local TV reporter on the XFL Arlington Renegades: "I think people are excited to have a team in Arlington that actually plays football in February." 💀💀💀6.2×1M11k53360
48Mar 2, '25The Break-a-Wish Foundation6.0×1M43k3.6k1.2k
49Jan 10, '23You can't say TCU didn't deserve to be here when they literally beat the undefeated No. 2 team to get here. Sometimes you just get your ass kicked by a much better team.6.0×990k11k67427
50Dec 31, '24Alabama was a 22.5-point favorite over Vanderbilt, a 14-point favorite over Oklahoma and a 16.5-point favorite over Michigan. Please never talk about hypothetical point spreads aga5.9×981k25k2.7k356
51Jan 2, '25I can't imagine what Northern Illinois would do to Georgia.5.8×959k22k1.1k148
52Dec 3, '23People do realize Alabama's win over Georgia makes Texas' win over Alabama even better, right?5.7×949k8.8k57742
53Nov 11, '24The Bates 52-yard game-winner crossed the goalpost near the top. That thing would've been good from 70.5.7×937k11k143210
54Dec 26, '24So two NFL games today between playoff teams and both had lopsided results. Weird how that happens.5.6×929k14k71995
55Dec 3, '23If you're wondering why Liberty got in because they "kept winning their games" and Florida State got left out after winning its games, I got nothing for ya.5.5×918k7.8k96964
56Aug 30, '24McAfee offered to pay a West Virginia kid's tuition if Deuce McBride made a long shot. He made it. McAfee then pointed at two students who showed up at 3 a.m. for the show and deci5.4×892k9.8k419169
57Sep 3, '24Joe Tessitore was born to be a pro wrestling announcer horrified by a heel’s dastardly actions.5.4×889k11k5041.3k
58May 17, '24Spending the next two months in the gym to get in the best shape of my life.5.1×848k17k1k197
59Jul 18, '22Is Chris Berman 2x the size of Jeff Passan and 4x the size of Tim Kurkjian?4.8×042k2.4k301
60Nov 24, '24SEC Media spent two full weeks bashing Indiana only to see three top-15 SEC teams lose to 5-5 Florida, 5-5 Oklahoma and 4-6 Auburn. Winning is hard!4.8×796k17k1.4k199
61Oct 19, '24USC blew up the Pac-12 to get a lot of money to fly to Minnesota and Maryland and lose.4.5×738k16k1.3k134
62Dec 3, '23We've got a QB apologizing for suffering a devastating leg injury.4.3×718k9.7k41825
63Dec 25, '24Why would the NFL Playoff selection committee do this when Bama was available4.3×711k11k49660
64Feb 20, '25ESPN has talked about hockey basically all day and I cannot remember the last time that happened. It's been cool.4.2×702k30k761157
65Dec 24, '24The best take on the CFP comes from... the Monday Night Football NFL crew.4.0×663k12k885270
66Apr 13, '25"For Career Grand Slam" was diabolical4.0×661k24k419258
67Sep 27, '25View post on X4.0×658k19k1.2k494
68Dec 7, '24"Any Heisman voter who has already cast their ballot should never get to vote again." - Brock Huard Strong agree3.9×649k11k51550
69Sep 27, '25I like how Virginia has students on the lawn in the end zone, nothing between them and the field. Makes for an intimidating look.3.7×615k12k239309
70Jan 8, '24This commercial is going to be so long next year.3.6×600k13k19048
71Jul 11, '24Pac-2 media day commencing tonight in Vegas.3.6×598k8.4k266156
72Mar 22, '24Oakland is a commuter school in suburban Detroit that became a Division I program in 1999. Kentucky is the winningest program in Division I history. Unbelievable.3.5×585k11k426113
73Oct 5, '24Alabama's played in tough environments before, but they have no clue how to handle playing in Vanderbilt's active construction site.3.5×583k13k655173
74Feb 3, '20Ball Hips 🤝 Don't lie3.4×026k4.5k81
75Apr 2, '24UConn is the first school to put its men's and women's teams in the Final Four in the same year since NC State yesterday.3.3×552k20k66889
76Jan 26, '20Spike Lee on Kobe (on Sportscenter): "He'd always tell me, the first time he'd see me, 'Spike, the Knicks suck.'"3.2×025k3.3k124
77Jan 19, '25The College Football Hall of Fame recently added a new, very important wing.3.2×527k12k699278
78Feb 9, '22Petition to bring back fun Super Bowl logos. You can spot the exact moment the NFL turned to the boring corporate logo 👎3.1×025k2.8k264
79Oct 1, '24Jake Rogers' mustache joins the Detroit legends.3.0×495k13k514187
80Oct 27, '25Now this is college football. Feel like we haven't gotten one of these in a while.2.9×483k8.7k217229
81Mar 20, '24You know how bad it has to be for the broadcast to mention the ACTUAL TIME since you last scored? This was almost an hour of real time.2.9×481k10k430178
82Jul 16, '22USC and UCLA have no idea what they signed up for.2.9×026k1.6k156
83Nov 30, '24Still can't believe we totally changed the CFB overtime rules because of one Texas A&M-LSU outlier game.2.9×473k12k47491
84Jul 8, '24Former Michigan State gymnast Lea Mitchell (Kelani Jordan) and former Oregon tumbler Calyx Hampton (Sol Ruca) look like potential future stars in WWE. This is why WWE is going afte2.7×455k7.8k743431
85Jan 2, '21Lmaoooooo. Watch to the end.2.4×017k2.5k177
86Jan 11, '22Georgia taking down big bad Bama gives hope to all the other teams that have 19 five-star players on their rosters.2.2×020k1.3k39
87Aug 9, '16Guy behind Trump immediately realized what he said was a problem.2.0×06.8k5.4k0
88Feb 2, '25Woj is sleeping right now and living right.1.9×320k14k60294
89Oct 7, '22Bad college football can be fun, even a joy, but bad NFL football is always just sad.1.8×015k1.3k77
90Feb 3, '20Poor Kyle Shanahan1.8×010k2.9k110
91Apr 26, '21Me making lunch plans1.7×015k1k47
92Oct 10, '22Remember: If Elijah Moore doesn't fake pee in the 2019 Egg Bowl, Ole Miss maybe wins that game, Joe Moorhead gets fired earlier, Joe Judge maybe gets the Miss St. job and the Giant1.7×015k791218
93Oct 1, '22If you only watched Aaron Judge via college football cut-ins, you would think he is terrible.1.7×015k96643
94Dec 5, '22History of the Fenway Bowl 2020: Canceled due to COVID 2021: Canceled due to COVID 2022: The coach of one team left for the other team1.6×015k76497
95Oct 9, '22James Madison is ranked No. 25 in the AP Poll, just five games into their FBS experience. Incredible.1.6×014k92554
96Jan 1, '21There’s that famous Rose Bowl sunset. Gorgeous.1.6×014k95839
97Oct 28, '25This game started on the 10-year anniversary of the tweet.1.2×207k9.8k605358
98Sep 24, '22College football1.2×011k77740
99Aug 5, '22ESPN's college football anthem for 2022: The Emperor by Yungblud. I dig it.1.2×08.2k1.2k402
100Dec 3, '22Max Duggan entered the room with red eyes and sniffles. Fighting back tears. “If we got in (the CFP), we’d give a heck of a fight. I don’t know. I wanted that one really bad.” “The1.2×010k32173
101Oct 3, '21Next week 0-5 UConn travels to 0-5 UMass for the biggest game of the year.1.1×07.5k99790

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