SuperTalk Eagle Hour 10/13/2026

Dima, one of the things that sometimes we get confused about, Coach Bilderbach was talking about how college athletics never has it been as crazy as it is right now.

And I think it was the president that termed or that came up with the term fake news.

And with all these things going on now with James Madison, which we have confirmed that is happening, that James Madison is leaving the Sun Belt.

to head to the AAC, but now there's things circulating on some of these social media platforms that Arkansas State may be headed to the AAC, that Tulane is contemplating dropping all sports, that Louisiana Monroe is supposedly leaving the conference to drop down to the Southland Conference where they would play in there with Northwestern State and some of those other schools.

But then the question becomes, and this has been the rub in the last, I don't know, five to six years on these social media sites.

What is fact? What is fiction? How do you sort out what is true and what is not true, particularly in this continually evolving college sports landscape?

Yeah, I mean, there are certain accounts, especially on social media, that you can follow that you're pretty much going to guarantee that's fact and fiction.

That's, you know, your Pete Thamels, your Pete Knackos, On3, you know, Ross Dellinger, those types of accounts.

But also, if something big like James Madison is leaving the Sun Belt to go to the AAC is happening, it's normally not left, like, to question, if that makes sense.

Normally, it's pretty widely reported.

So, if you see something that's, like, you know...

Like you said, Arkansas State going to the American.

If one Twitter account whose name is Ding Dong 3 has tweeted it, it's generally not going to be accurate.

Generally, I would wait for some of the higher-ups in college football to tweet that thing.

But as a young journalist...

And, of course, Bob and I were raised in a journalism school 50, 60 years ago where things obviously have evolved.

How do you handle, as a young journalist, sorting out what is true? And your point is well taken about, quote, unquote, legitimate journalism.

But sometimes there might be an illegitimate site that might be ahead of the curve a little bit.

You want to be first as a journalist, but it's much more important to be right, to be correct.

So how do you juggle both of those at the same time?

I mean, it's definitely tough, especially in this landscape, because, you know, you'll see something or somebody will send you something.

You're like, well, if that's true, that's like a huge story.

Right.

And then you're like, but is it true? You know, I go back to the, you know, a good example of this is Travis Creel headed to Jacksonville State.

I heard that about three days before that happened.

Dima, one of the things that sometimes we get confused about, Coach Bilderbach was talking about how college athletics never has it been as crazy as it is right now.

And I think it was the president that termed or that came up with the term fake news.

And with all these things going on now with James Madison, which we have confirmed that is happening, that James Madison is leaving the Sun Belt.

to head to the AAC, but now there's things circulating on some of these social media platforms that Arkansas State may be headed to the AAC, that Tulane is contemplating dropping all sports, that Louisiana Monroe is supposedly leaving the conference to drop down to the Southland Conference where they would play in there with Northwestern State and some of those other schools.

But then the question becomes, and this has been the rub in the last, I don't know, five to six years on these social media sites.

What is fact? What is fiction? How do you sort out what is true and what is not true, particularly in this continually evolving college sports landscape?

Yeah, I mean, there are certain accounts, especially on social media, that you can follow that you're pretty much going to guarantee that's fact and fiction.

That's, you know, your Pete Thamels, your Pete Knackos, On3, you know, Ross Dellinger, those types of accounts.

But also, if something big like James Madison is leaving the Sun Belt to go to the AAC is happening, it's normally not left, like, to question, if that makes sense.

Normally, it's pretty widely reported.

So, if you see something that's, like, you know...

Like you said, Arkansas State going to the American.

If one Twitter account whose name is Ding Dong 3 has tweeted it, it's generally not going to be accurate.

Generally, I would wait for some of the higher-ups in college football to tweet that thing.

But as a young journalist...

And, of course, Bob and I were raised in a journalism school 50, 60 years ago where things obviously have evolved.

How do you handle, as a young journalist, sorting out what is true? And your point is well taken about, quote, unquote, legitimate journalism.

But sometimes there might be an illegitimate site that might be ahead of the curve a little bit.

You want to be first as a journalist, but it's much more important to be right, to be correct.

So how do you juggle both of those at the same time?

I mean, it's definitely tough, especially in this landscape, because, you know, you'll see something or somebody will send you something.

You're like, well, if that's true, that's like a huge story.

Right.

And then you're like, but is it true? You know, I go back to the, you know, a good example of this is Travis Creel headed to Jacksonville State.

I heard that about three days before that happened.