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Posts posted by BurntEyes
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41 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
Maybe we should test this proposition. The only school that comes to mind that hasn't hired a pretty abject failure over the last 25-30 years is Ohio State. Oregon seems to have had a pretty decent run since coming to prominence.
Everyone else has their fair share of Strongs and Hermans.
Yeah but our "great" coach prior was Butter Teeth and Coach Swip Swap Swill post.
Maybe hire someone who has a winning track record at the P4 level consistently. Not sure why Texas decision makers always need the the redemption arch or hottest new unproven.
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52 minutes ago, Js1 said:
Your contention is that Cignetti's resume wouldn't stack up against Tom Herman's AAC record at Houston, by *checks notes* including his P4 tenure at IU, after the fact?
His non-IU winning percentage was 100-26 (.793), which is below Herman's 84.6%, when Herman was hired at Texas
I don't understand what Cignetti has to do with the Citrus Bowl - is he subbing in for Moore at Michigan?
Fans don't make coaching hires, but we sure do argue about them and act like we were all on board the "current hottest P4 name who wasn't even on our radar at the time"
My entire point is we have fuck all to do with the shitty choices Texas decision makers have regarding head coaches. Further, that Cignetti's resume prior was better, longer and more complete than any of the last 3 Texas hires and suprise, suprise his next step was better too. Would I have seen it as a better hire, yes. Would he have been my top choice, no. Would it have been preferable to any of the last 3, yes.
I didn't bring up the topic in this thread, feel free to go back and find who did and complain to them.
@BurntOrange&White nailed it.
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18 hours ago, UncleSonny said:
Yeah this. Also, I'm sure this board full of coaching experts would have been totally cool with hiring a 62-year-old coach from JMU two years ago.
As opposed to say, a guy who averaged 7-6 for 5 years at Washington and went 9-4 in his single full season at USC before being let go the next year mid season.
You're right, no way Cignetti's resume would stack up to that level of domination.
53-17 at IUP (.757 winning %)
47-9 at JMU (.840 winning %)
Surely he'd fail at the P4 level:
23-2 at IU for a .920 winning % bringing him to a lifetime of .785
No way!!!
But coach Cougar High in the AAC to 22-4 (84.6%), that's a sure fire coaching hire.
OR going 37-15 (71.2 wp) at Louisville in the power house ACC for your complete HC resume is plenty.
Your post is stupid and you should feel bad for posting it.
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17 hours ago, TreatyOak said:
Serious question. Has anyone else started to lose confidence that Sark can develop and get the same effort from our 5-star players and top-portal transfers that Cignetti seems to get from his 0-star players?
You might want to check the Sark thread and late in the Arch thread.
There is now a divide of back to back CFPs put it on the wall, better than Herman or Strong, and we can't do any better vs the math and behaviors compared against any equal level spenders doesn't work out, the plans are shitty, the position coaches suck and we need better results group. So, pretty much like every time Texas makes a bad football HC hire there is the fear of change head in the sand, rah rah support your coach and the our coach is not good divisions. It takes absolute failure for the yay team guys to see the light, every time. No amount of data will sway them.
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7 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:
PE exists for the exit: what’s the exit here?
Honestly, it's rape the brand for any and all value. Drive football and any other sports brand equity as high as possible, lots and lots of "remote" learning, get rid of any and all expensive employees that don't deliver additional revenue directly or aren't marketable, then when it's dry, sell it back to the state or let it fold. Expect to see University of Utah remote learning adds during games, lots of roster turn over, and coaching changes as deemed necessary.
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10 minutes ago, gernblansten said:
I believe people get confused about what the Committee looks at in determining the rankings. I believe what you have posted is when they are trying to slot "comparable teams". In this situation, ND and Miami. Those two are comparable, so they default to what you posted above. That is the tiebreaker check list when teams are "comparable".
When ranking the teams, they look at whatever they feel like looking at and are swayed by they eye test whatever former coaches are on the Committee:
METRICS
There will not be one single metric to assist the committee. Rather, the committee will consider a wide variety of data and information.
This is unfortunately the truth, basically do whatever the fuck you want. No need to stay consistent or even logical. Apply rules when you feel like it or it helps your personal agenda or don't as you see fit. Logic and reason need not apply and if at all possible you should neglect some deserving teams in order to include multiple G5s because nobody gives a shit about the games they will play in the CFP. This isn't about money or logic, it's about agendas and stupidity. The more the better.
With TONS of Regards,
The morons who designed this cluster fuck.
@notre dame joe Your biggest beef should be with G5 or with your athletics department for not joining one of those also ran conferences.
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1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:
So, a team with a sorry strength of schedule, and two losses, allowed aggy to just skate all season because of the ND mystic smoke, and when the smoke settles, we find out that both really had played a bunch of nobodies....with aggy floating to the top on the back of the Irish?
Basically, yes.
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8 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:
Aggy basically played the exact same schedule as ND and finished with one less loss and got in. That is it, wins and losses is all that matters. You don't have a conference championship game so it makes sense not to punish those forced to play in them. You had a worse 2 loss record than Bama, Miami, OU, and Vandy. If Aggy has a second loss, they too are left out.
I think it's rational to think that had aggie lost to only ND and Texas they would be out and Texas and ND both would be in. The ND win held aggie in the top 10 all season. They lose they run to Texas they are in the top 10, just. The Texas loss puts them at 12-15 and Texas at 11 or 12.
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4 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:
This is my POV as well. What I saw was the ACC promoting its team. Thats literally their fiduciary duty, one of their only duties.
The fact that ND was on the other side was collateral damage, the ACC has no control over who the committee makes room for. NDs lack of position made them an easy target. Thats on the committee, not the ACC.
I think ND is attacking the only friend it has in any of this.I wanna know why ND hasn't picked a fight with Ole Miss.
If there is one team that could have gotten moved out and nobody buy Ole Miss fans would have been upset about, it's them. FSU lost a QB and they were out. Ole Miss lost their HC and all the offensive staff, but they remain. That's the oddest one of the committee insanity, imo.
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10 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:
Yeah, but that's bullshit and the proof is in their punishing of BYU for losing in a CCG. Now Notre Dame is running scared as they know how likely a loss woudl be to BYU in a bowl game. Notre Dame played a weaker schedule than Aggie did this year. They didn't belong in the playoff. B etter than Tulane or JMU? Sure. But BYU had a better record with a tougher schedule than Notre Dame. Their only losses were to a top four team that looks as complete as any team in the field. In a holy war, the mormons beat the catholics in 2026.
I concur that Magic Hat was more qualified for a playoff spot than PedoMotherMary. Ive not closely examined BYU vs Bama but you're absolutely correct the committee fucked them while protecting Bama.
Maybe at some point the one guy who'd been yelling about TV dollars in the back of the room and why G5 sucked resonated with the idiots and they thought, gotta keep Sankey happy and Bama is good for the pocket books.
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18 minutes ago, Vertigo said:
All hell is going to break loose when these conferences look at their bloated membership and start cutting the bottom feeders to maximize profits.
I honestly think part of Vanderbilt's investments in football was their ability to forecast this issue specifically. They've always been a good baseball school. They know the SEC tie in helps. Being THE football bottom feeder had future potential financial and sports implications.
Interestingly, in Nashville I think I see more Preds gear than Titans gear and there are more women interested in those game, minor league baseball and Vandy than Titans, at least according to my dating profile research and attention draw goes.
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Just now, Js1 said:
B1G can kick Nebraska out, replace with ND, and send Nebraska to the new PAc-12 or something.
No sir, no... Corn need to go to the Big XII because karma is a bitch.
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4 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:
I mean has any of the lessers ever even won 10 games in a season?
Forget the notion of those weak lessers even sniffing the difficulty of the 10 games ND won. Such a travesty, ND should just be awarded the National Championship Trophy over the others. Let's cancel the CFP, no need for it.
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8 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:
At this point I don't know why anyone would , I would force ND to back some level of G6 / conference champion as a massive concession .
Thats probably how we ended up with JMU and Tulane situation , they just never thought it would affect them
The tell of the tape in this CFP is going to reveal the hard reality that the rest of us already knew. The G5 has no business, financially or competitively, being in the CFP. None.
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10 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:
All of this is revealing some deep fractures in NDs position , if even the ACC is too powerful for ND to counter they have serious problems. The ACC is one FSU from falling apart at the seams, meanwhile the SEC and BIG are sitting behind the curtains actually pulling all the strings.
I think its clear ND either needs to invest in massive organization apparatus in its AD to combat this sort of stuff, or understand the role of conference affiliation.
They've relied on "We're ND" so long, that a single shot against them is causing Chernobyl level meltdownYeah ND hitching part of it's wagon seemed fairly solid at time but it's becoming clear now that plan was built on a weak foundation.
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1 hour ago, Newy25 said:
Yes. Yes it will. Also the headline is misleading. It’s a loan, effectively. A very expensive one.I mean.. yes it is a loan in the way that borrowing money for a loan shark for your gambling debt is a loan. But is that really a loan? Are pay day loans really loans? Or are they indentured servants until the debt owner gets tired of fucking you and throws your lifeless corpse in the Hudson?
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2 hours ago, Royale with cheese said:
I never really thought we'd get in the CFP--not deep-down. But a small part of me still hoped that with the eyeballs we'd bring to a game, our TV overlords would somehow find a plausible way to squeeze us in. What I didn't see was the big picture: The bowl selection structure was out there all along and they knew that a Texas-Michigan game will draw a shit-ton of eyeballs, in the CFP or out. This way, TV pretty much gets to have their cake and eat it too.
I would say partially true in a short sighted way, partially absolutely a massive miss. Yes, Texas vs Michigan will draw massive numbers. I would confidently wager it will top all the first round CFP games save perhaps Miami and A&M.
Now slot in Texas for JMU and ND or BYU (cause fuck ND) for Tulane.
That gives you a first round of:
Texas vs Oregon
Bama vs OU
BYU (ND) vs Ole Miss
Miami vs aggie
A second round of:
Texas or Oregon vs Tech
Bama/Ou vs Indiana
ND/BYU or Ole Miss v Georgia
Miami/aggie vs OSU (which will be a blow out either way)
The first round goes from 2 complete hammers and a replay to 3 absolute killers and a 4th interesting one. It would also set up for potentially far more interesting 2nd round games for fans. Texas or Oregon vs Tech? BYU or ND vs Georgia?
They missed the boat on big money. Feel free to throw Vandy in for ND/BYU if you like.
The committee didn't abide by the #1 god. Money and his good friend greed.
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1 hour ago, Nivek said:
Would cutdown on 50% of injuries.It was sarcasm. It's a huge contributor to why our staff didn't see the issues with our OL and the offensive game plan prior to stepping on the field against OSU.
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24 minutes ago, Redneck Mutha said:
I'd also like to think those conferences could/would freeze ND out, but they could still get any of the B12/Wazzou/Ore St for a few games and cobble together something with the service academies to fill out a schedule that the CFP committee would consider them for Top 12.
Would be entertaining seeing the conferences shut them out, the CFP take away their exception, and ND start suing everyone for collusion.
A very easy, fundamental fix to this fucked up POS system is you must be in P4 conference to qualify.
That simultaneously forces ND into a conference and put the G5 absolute bullshit on the bench.
There is no financial, fairness or any logical reason to include G5 in the CFP. In fact, it's counter fairness
Look at the schedule of the two G5s playing.
Also, watch the TV numbers on those games.
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11 hours ago, TheBryMan81 said:
You know what, I agree with you!! In fact, any returning starter should just sit out the bowl practices too! Way too much risk. Don't these coaches know that Baxter got hurt during a practice??! A practice??! Nope, too much risk, don't let the starters practice either. They should just play EA CFB on PS5 against Michigan to try and simulate live reps. It's the only smart business decision.
We should just stop practicing all together or at least stop contact in practices and just throw against air. The NFL does it, what could go wrong?
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2 hours ago, Tex Pete said:
Miami can wait to be crushed in the second round. Texas a&m needs to be humiliated again.
Both of these schools were able to beat Florida and both beat ND.
And... that's it. Combined they've beaten ND and that's why theyre in the CFP...
I guess if you're offering shit tartar or a shit sammich the bread is the most palatable part so...shit sammich it is I guess. I will find joy because one has to lose. I hope it's a blow out, I guess.
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12 minutes ago, Pokoloco said:
The worst part of all of this. ou is going to be Indiana's only loss this year.
Now THAT is funny. OU is gonna Bama vs Georgia struggle offensively vs IU. They will need an INT to get across the 50. It's very kind to call their offense questionable.
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18 hours ago, 83Horn said:
I don't think the problem is that we think we're too good for someone like Cignetti; the problem is that too many people think Sark needs to be shown the door because for the first time in 3 years, we may not make the playoffs...and can we please put the "seven win Steve" shit to bed. It's just lazy, stupid and objectively wrong. If you can't see dramatic improvement in the overall state of our program over the last 5 years, then I don't know what to tell you, and if you insist on raging because we're not having Nick Saban levels of domination, then you should probably prepare for a lifetime of disappointment. I will be very interested to see what people say next year if Indiana takes a step backward...probably nothing.
Let's talk about your use of the word objectively, fans demanding Saban level performance and future Indiana doom.
Let's talk objectively.
Texas is evaluated at #1 in most NIL evaluations but certainly top 5. Sark is the #5 paid coach in the game.
As of Oct 8th 2025, The rest of the top 5 coaching Salaries:
1) Kirby Smart (Georgia)
2) Ryan Day (OSU)
3) Lincoln Riley (USC)
4) Dabo Swinney (Clemson)
For the record
6) Dan Lannning (Oregon)
7) Kalen DeBoer (Bama)
10) Lane Kiffin (formerly Ole Miss)
Top 5 NIL evaluations per 247 sports :
#2 OSU
#3 LSU (coach fires mid season)
#4 Georgia
#5 Texas A&M
#7 Alabama
#8 Florida (coach fires mid season)
#10 OU
#75 Total Offense
#101 Rushing Offense
#44 Passing Offense
#37 Total Defense
#101 Passing Defense
#10 Rushing Defense
Texas lost 3 games, one of them to Florida isn't in the CFP. Objectively, Texas is the worst money to performance of any team that didn't fire its head coach save arguably Clemson and USC for head coaching Salaries only.
Cignetti, in his second year has accomplished the same feats Sark has in 5 and one he hasn't. Undefeated heading into the playoffs. Cignetti has also in his second year beat the best team in his conference to get to 1-1, ya know the same one Sark lost to, 2 times in a row, OSU. Whereas Sark has gone 0-3 vs Georgia.
You want to wave the Sark flag of victory for CFP appearances that took Sark 3 years to reach whereas Cignetti did it his first year AT INDIANA. Elko did it in his second year at A&M. Sark missed it in his 5 year with the top rated QB prospect, OF ALL TIME. You want to celebrate how much Sark has improved the program.... over Tom fucking Herman and Charlie Strong. That's a pretty low fucking bar. That's your objective measure of success.
You want to see what happens if Cignetti takes a step backward after back to back CFP appearances????
You think "they" will "say nothing". Is this your first year watching college football?
It's fine to carry the Sark flag, but stop going full aggie with the CFP appearances on the wall. Don't use words like objectively if you aren't using any objectivity.
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6 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said:
So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch.
If you don't like what he's saying put together an opposing, and equally in depth counter of film study with break down of plays. Go into equal detail and support your points that counter his. You're using vague general statements with no data points on drops vs catches. Negative vs positive. Figure out how many yards and how much momentum the drops cost us, do a CBA on the positives and the yards and momentum his catches brought us. You know a full CBA on positive vs negative and convince us why the good out weighs the bad. If the CBA doesn't show that the good out weighs the bad, help us understand why that is not a failure on behalf of the coaching staff to have such a player be the teams #1 WR. Help us understand how these issues were 100% unavoidable. Help us understand why all accountability of choices by coaches or errors in evaluation and talent gaps falls onto the player(s).
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Citrus Bowl, Dec 31st - Texas vs Michigan.
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And a victory over OSU and Oregon.