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  1. 4 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

    He does clearly state the issue in the article - had he left earlier, his former coaching staff would have had the opportunity to search for jobs during a window where there were plenty of openings. This article does not lay enough blame on the UCLA athletic department for its role in this clown show, but Chip Kelly behaved like a narcissistic dirtbag just as he did for his whole tenure. 

    I should have been clearer in my previous post (scrambling to get to a trade show), Kelly is an absolute piece of crap, zero argument there. He was fortunate to catch lightning in a bottle at Oregon, and had been on cruise control since. 

    That being said, is it possible that he had an “I can’t do this shit anymore” moment (happened to me). Especially since he obviously didn’t like recruiting, being an administrator, NIL issues, the stuff they PAY you multiple-$millions for. The timing IS crappy, but how many of us would walk away from a guaranteed $6 million without a landing place? Hell, they most likely would have cut him loose this season anyway.

  2. 4 hours ago, Incredulity said:

    Chicago Bulls What GIF by NBA

     

    He beat USC 3 times...

    That had more to do with the horrific state of the program more so than Kelly’s coaching prowess

  3. 4 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

    Chip Kelly realy is a POS.  California's hightest-paid employee and he "quiet quit" on his job.

    https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2024-03-05/analysis-chip-kelly-didnt-want-to-coach-ucla

     

    Wow, that writer comes off as a whiny bitch. I hate to see Kelly leave ucla for obvious reasons, but the guy realized he didn’t want to be a Head Coach anymore. Playing the “poor assistants out of a job” card is pretty disingenuous. Had he been fired, they would still be out of a job.

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  4. Kind of a strange move, HC to OC in the same conference without being fired, but it could be that the new landscape of college football led to this. He may not be cut out or doesn’t want to deal with NOL, transfer portal, etc..  I’m not shocked to see coaches that have been around for a while say later with this nonsense. Or the Bucknuts offered him a metric crap-ton of money for less work.

  5. Holy crap… we all knew that the ncaa’s demise, the forming of a Super Conference/“alliance”, and the reconfiguration of sports broadcasting was coming… at some point down line. The speed of all this happening is mind-boggling. Obviously all of this has been in the works for years, just waiting for the first domino to fall, but damn. This went from zero-to-100 like a rocket.

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  6. 1 hour ago, orangebird said:

    On top of the news yesterday that they poached Ross Bjork from aggy to be their new AD.

    Yes, the same Ross Bjork that massively fucked up aggy's latest coaching search.

    Methinks Columbus is about to go through some shit.

    You hate to see it…

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  7. I just read an article which reports that California is considering banning tackle football for youths 12 and under. The bill is still in the debate stage, and a similar bill failed previously. If (and that’s a huge if) the bill passes, it would take effect in 2026. Does that open the door for banning high school football? Who knows, it is California.

    California’s recruiting prospects have fallen the past few years, and this won’t help that. As it is, high schools are limited to 2 contact practices a week and no contact practices during the off season. If California players are considered “soft”, lack of tackling practice is the reason.

    20 years down the road, there may only be a handful of states which still allow contact football.  How that impacts college football is unknown. Does it become strictly a “development league” for the NFL with a licensing deal for a few marquee schools? I wish I knew so I could lay money in Vegas.

  8. I’m old AF, so being around in 20 years is a goal. Considering how rapidly college football has changed in the past couple of years, predicting the future is impossible for me. Once the “under-the-table” shenanigans morphed into “collectives” and the realignment roulette happened, all bets were off. I would guess that within 10 years (at the outside) college football as we know it will be an NFL minor league. Once the players gain legal employee status, and California is leading the charge on this, the universities will divorce the athletic departments for reasons stated by others.

    Personally, my give-a-damn is pretty much busted. I have watched possibly 3 games this season total across all teams. Regardless of the success/failure of USC, I’ve found other things to do. Keeping track of which player is going to be where next year, players opting out of games due to the draft or transfer, 30 year-old 10th year seniors, I’m over it. Damn shame since college football has given me years of memories during my time at USC, and a ton of entertainment in general.

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  9. 4 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

    NSIAP:
     

    Said it before and I'll say it again: why the fuck couldn't all this drama have came out in the middle of next summer when there aint shit going on?? This would have been perfect shit to happen then. I love that they are trying to bend this back on Ohio State and Ryan Day specifically now.

    the office finger guns GIF

     

    “Sure we cheated, but Ryan Day’s brother had some PI turn us in, so it doesn’t count”

    Seriously, I gave Meatchicken WAAAAAY too much credit… my bad. The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree defense would only apply in a criminal trial (IANAL obviously). Does Meatchicken really want to open that can of worms? Once bank records are looked at, there may be some inter-state payments made along with other actions that might catch the Feds attention. Not to mention the pedophile (alleged) and the other nonsense going on.

    What a shit-show, nuke it from orbit

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  10. On 10/30/2023 at 6:43 AM, Mittens said:

     

    Someone just waltzed into the Rose Bowl locker rooms and made off with jewelry? Yeah I’m calling bullshit all day long on that one. Inside job or insurance scam  for sure. And prime wants the NCAA or the Rose Bowl to pay for it?? Yeah, they’ll get right on that chief. How about they players leave their bling at home or CU can travel with a safe. Hell, I wouldn’t leave $5 in a locker at my own high school, let alone at an away venue. Forget teaching them about insurance, try teaching some damn common sense there.

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  11. 13 hours ago, Laxtonto said:

    So this game was played on Sept 1st in East Lansing and UM played their opener exactly 24 hours later in Ann Arbor...

     

    What the actual fuck??? This gets more bizarre the farther down the rabbit hole you go. Seriously, this HAS to be an intentional effort to torpedo Harbaugh, couldn’t happen to a better guy, but still.

    At the announcement of the whole Covid fiasco, I figured “meh… he’ll just bail for the NFL and that’s the end of it”. Worst-case scenario Directional Michigan gets the Death Penalty. I really don’t want to care, but every day some bat-shit crazy info comes out. Farther up thread I said that he must have pissed off somebody important, but holy crap this looks like an all-out fatwa. NCAA investigations take forever and any info is rumor or conjecture. The fact that so much has come out in a couple of weeks tells me that this has been a long time coming.  

  12. Somebody has a serious hard-on for Harbaugh (obviously the NCAA, but someone outside).  The dude must have pissed off everyone in the coaching world and killed some powerful leader’s puppy. The normal line of thinking is, sensitive information doesn’t just get out unless someone wants it out. For sure the “fan” is a complete moron the way he went about things, but the speed AND the depth of the information leakage makes me think this goes beyond just cheating.

    Harbaugh is seriously boned as far as collegiate coaching goes, Michigan will sacrifice him in an effort to save the “Harvard of the West” rep. Will an NFL team scoop him up? Hell, Belichick is still coaching, so…

  13. 5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

     

    Like what, specifically? Have you even listened to what he says or has said?

    His statements regarding his faith do not line up with his actions. Believers are in this world, not of the world. When one accepts Jesus as their Savior, you are to leave your old life/persona behind. The bragging, self-aggrandizement, and worship of material things is not what the Bible teaches.
    Jeremiah 9:23
    This is what the Lord says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches.
    1 John 2:16
    For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
    The list goes on and on. Right now in his walk, he is in the Joel Osteen, prosperity Gospel camp.
    Flame away, do some research before you do.
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  14. 11 minutes ago, bullet said:

    The By-laws are not clear at all.  They are very vague and poorly written.  Its pretty clear that one section confuses actually leaving with giving notice of leaving.

    Its not clear at all who does and doesn't have voting rights now.  I sure wouldn't put money on any possible outcome if it went to court.

    And that is the problem if it gets to that point.  This could drag out for years and the lawyers wind up with the assets. 

  15. 1 hour ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

    Not sure what makes you think that, because things are trending toward OSU/WSU being in charge of everything.

    Unless the Pac-12 lawyers pull some overlooked by-law or legal rabbit out of their hat, the arguments used to get the temporary restraining order are probably going to win the day.   

    The by-laws are short and clear, and the Pac-12 just followed those by-laws and kicked CU off the board a month ago.  

    At this point, with what we know, I'd expect OSU and WSU to be ruled to be the only valid members of the board.  If/when that happens, they get to make the rules and they get to decide what happens to all the Pac-12 assets.   

     

     

     

    Just put it curiosity, do you think they (OSU & Wazzu) would be solely on the hook for the Comcast payoff? 

  16. 1 hour ago, hornbri said:

    Why are the PAC lawyers arguing AGAINST the WSU/OSU request? I would have thought they agreed with it. 

    From a quick glance through the filing (don’t really care enough and am not a lawyer), it seems pretty cut-and-dried… bounce from the conference and you are off the Board. The filing makes it sound like Klownikoff tried some back door crap.  Of course, a lawsuit can claim anything, so we’ll see when facts come out. 

  17. 52 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    lulz

    "You can't do that or else we'll really hurt you!" right after you already just took away any chance for program relevance. I get why USC and UCLA (and then the others) did what they did. That's fine. Business decision purely in self-interest. You don't get to now be babies when those left behind exercise the same right.

    I don't think they will, but they absolutely should.

    As has been posted above, the PAC bylaws are indeed a cluster fuck. My previous post had nothing to do with “being a baby”, it was working on the premise that voting on any matters would only affect 2024 and beyond. Now that it has come out that Board representation ceased immediately, all bets are off.  I agree that it’s doubtful they go nuclear, but if it happens it’s not going to be pretty if lawyers & potentially ambitious politicians get involved.

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