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Al_4_ISU

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  1. Fuckin’ love Rocco. Dude’s got the winning gene where he just finds ways to make big plays in the crunch. Downside is he’s a little bit of a gunslinger and when he throws picks (which isn’t often) they almost always end up being pick 6s. He’s a very effective runner, although it’s not a cornerstone of his game. As a human being, he seems like a great guy. His teammates love him, and after a town in Iowa had a school shooting in the spring of ‘24, he put on a free camp for the kids there. He’s gonna be 3rd or 4th round guy, and likely have a long career as a backup and elite locker room guy. Then again, there’s a lot of Purdy in his game and maybe he’ll go beyond that.
  2. It’s delusional, but who really cares? There are teams in that league who can beat teams in every other league in this graphic.
  3. Less of a travesty than 83% of the membership bailing.
  4. It definitely started with money, but I'm starting to wonder if ego is driving the bus. There are definitely folks who just like the idea of relegation simply out of malevolence. They want these institutions to suffer.
  5. With the G5 getting into the playoffs it makes their conference games more intriguing and there are plenty of entertaining games at the level. Having Penn State vs Akron in week 3 is worth getting a Boise vs San Diego State Friday night playoff spot on the line banger, IMO. And you can shore up non-conference schedules without formal relegation or separation.
  6. Yeah, I could see that happening but it still feels totally unnecessary and would create a less entertaining product across the board. Especially if you have a hoops tournament without mid and low majors.
  7. All those schools outside the top 50% are contributing views to the top 50%. If those top 18 were actually sharing money outside their conferences, I'd get it. They're not. So what do they gain by refusing to let the others play? And also, Tony Altimore? Lulz.
  8. I really think if you make the top division any smaller than that, you start to weaken ratings. That's why (well, and of course personal wishcasting) I don't think a Big 10/SEC break off would result in anyone making more money. If you start marginalizing wide segments of the sport and relegating them to a lower division, those fanbases aren't going to be that interested in watching the higher division. Right now Big 12 and ACC fans are watching plenty of Big 10 and SEC games, largely because those schools play in the same division and what happens in those leagues can affect your team. If that goes away, so do those viewers. And the same thing happens to a lesser extent with Big 10 and SEC fans watching Big 12 and ACC games. If all of a sudden those schools are all in different divisions where they aren't theoretically playing for the same thing, the amount of viewership outside of one's interest level will go down. Yeah, the Big 10 and SEC have enough fans to be economically viable without those other fans tuning in, but it's still going to mean lower ratings than what they have today, and there will be no tangible gain as it's not like the Big 10 and SEC are currently sharing anything financially with other leagues. They're getting a ratings boost from the rest of the country without having to give them really anything in return other than being involved. On top of all that, these games are going to be on TV. Even a bottom tier ACC/Big 12 matchup is going to draw more eyeballs than any other programming those networks could put into those slots, and it's cheap to produce. Why would these networks intentionally devalue their own product to that level?
  9. Funny you should bring that up... We used to sit immediately behind these guys. Years ago there were about 4 guys (who all look like him) that sat together in hand drawn versions of that shirt (as well as their clean cut dad or uncle or whatever). They told me to "clean up my act" after I vigorously cussed out an officiating crew. We sat in those seats for 5 seasons. Those guys were in front of us every year, and they were always fucking weird.
  10. Talks have intensified? Shit, this has seemed like a done deal for at least a month.
  11. Are you the police? No ma'am. We're musicians.
  12. Pretty damn solid, but not quite the masterpiece "Horses & The Hounds" was. I really think that may have been his best album, top to bottom.
  13. They did a Citronaut throwback in basketball against ISU their first year in the Big 12.
  14. Florida Tech Citronauts is so much better than University of Central Florida Golden Knights, and it's not even close. Such a waste.
  15. I have friends coming into town later this afternoon that I want to have some beers with, and if I didn't work out at 4AM I wasn't going to work out today. I also have a 2 year old that is in constant motion when she's awake, so the wife and I have worked out a schedule where I get up early and work out in the morning (while kid is still sleeping) and she can work out after work since I take the kid.
  16. I’ve never seen it before - that’s excellent
  17. I don't know exactly what came out of my mouth, but during the 2013 ISU/UT game where we stopped you on the goal line, forced a fumble (which would have ended the game) but the refs ruled down by contact, I let out a stream of vitriol at the absolute top of my lungs that prompted this guy to turn around and tell me to "clean up my act". It had to be baaaaad.
  18. I'm an old Millenial raised by very tail end Boomers. My folks graduated in '77. My old man's record collection was full of the classics and hugely influential on my taste as an adult. Lots of Steely Dan, Zeppelin, Stones, Deep Purple, Petty, GNR. My old man kept up with contemporary music well into his 30's, so even though I was in grade school when grunge exploded, the Big 4 were a huge part of what I was musically exposed to.
  19. That’s kind of what I was wondering about. People who are default UT or Aggy fans that aren’t that dedicated and open to other things. I’d have to imagine Houston is big enough that people like that exist.
  20. I think the Coogs would be smart to just lean into the Oiler blue full time. I think it would help them with some casuals around town (assuming such a person exists).
  21. I hate Bugle Bird, don’t like beveled I State, but I really like flat I State. Script Cyclones was used a lot in the 80’s. I had baby clothes with it on there. Texas has no reason to do a fucking thing uniform wise, IMO.
  22. Or Atlantic than Palo Alto, CA. Or Rocky Mountain than DeKalb, Illinois.
  23. Why is ECU in the spot they're in? They have probably the biggest fanbase of a remaining G5 school. Their stadium wouldn't be the smallest in any P4 league. They've shown you can win there. But they've never ever even been close to being a candidate to move up in the world. Just always seemed a little weird to me.
  24. I like watching ISU wrestling when they have Friday night duals, but I'm not huge into it. Part of it is that college wrestling is just everyone fighting to be #2 because Pedo State is so far out ahead of everyone else at this stage. Even Iowa and OK State can't catch them.
  25. Doesn't this get someone excommunicated from Oklahoma altogether?
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