Tom & Berry Show: Will gambling destroy college football, or at least Texas Tech's season

Tulsa World Podcast

Tom & Berry Show: Will gambling destroy college football, or at least Texas Tech's season

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Published on May 5, 2026, 5:54:07 PM
Total time: 00:29:20

Episode Description

Is gambling about to become college football’s biggest threat? Berry Tramel and Tom Shatel dive into the Texas Tech betting controversy, what it could mean for the sport’s future and why Kalen DeBoer landed a massive extension at University of Alabama despite mounting pressure in Tuscaloosa.


About the hosts

Berry Tramel is a columnist at the Tulsa World in Oklahoma. Tom Shatel is a columnist for the Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska.

Tramel has been covering college football since 1979. Shatel has been covering Nebraska for the Omaha World-Herald since 1991 and has been covering college football since 1980.  

Friends from their days covering the Big 8, these two get together once a week to talk all things college football.


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