1. The contentious ESPN-Barstool Sports relationship has taken yet another turn.
Sports Business Journal reported on Monday that the enormously popular website was in talks to sponsor a the bowl game that takes place in Mobile, Ala.
"We had looked at several naming conventions," Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini told SI.com this morning. "Everything from 'The Barstool Sports Bowl' to 'The Mobile, Alabama Bowl Presented by Barstool Sports.'"
However, the deal ended up getting nixed, according to SBJ, because the bowl felt pressure from the NCAA and ESPN, which will air the game.