When Frank Leahy Was America's Coach

College football coverage today reflects the journalistic shifts of the last three decades. It’s fast and informal, with news of injuries, coaching changes, and recruiting commitments often breaking on social media rather than on the nightly news or in a morning edition. It has almost no barriers to entry. Newspaper beat reporters compete in local markets with team-focused podcasts produced by ordinary fans who may hope, in time, to monetize their content. And it often prizes sharp opinion over carefully sourced reporting and grammatical prose.