Speaking of which, Bud Elliot put out his blue chip ratio.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/blue-chip-ratio-2024-these-16-college-football-teams-can-actually-win-the-national-championship/
Enough talk, show me the list
SCHOOLBCR
Ohio State 90%
Alabama 88%
Georgia 80%
Texas A&M 79%
Oregon 76%
Oklahoma 73%
Texas 72%
LSU 70%
Notre Dame 67%
Clemson 64%
Florida 63%
Miami 61%
Penn State 61%
USC 59%
Michigan 56%
Auburn 53%
He starts discussing it at about the 32:40 mark.
Yep, especially with the dismantling of public schools part. One thing that struck me when I first lived in Louisiana to work in my early 20s was how so many of my coworkers went to private schools from elementary through their high school years. Growing up in Texas, I always associated private school with rich kids, because, for the most, the private schools I was aware growing up in DFW were of the 20 to 30k a year variety. But after working their for a number of years it was clear that most of those private schools were just there for segregation purposes and the fact that Louisiana didn't fund their public schools for shit. A lot of the Louisiana private schools were nominal in their tuition cost and functioned as little more than day care centers.
He was in Frisco from like kindergarten or 1st grade through 10 or 11th. Then he went to one of those basketball prep schools (Findlay same school as Cory Joseph and Myck Kabongo), but his family has always remained in Frisco. So DFW has been home since he was 5 or 6 years old.
You have to think about things situationly. Take for instance the times when Luka or Kyrie are blitzed in the backcourt. I'm much more confident in Lively's decision making and execution receiving a pass 20 feet away from the basket than Gafford's. And they're going to blitz the hell out of both Kyrie and Luka in the upcoming games now that they realize that their drop coverage is going to get destroyed by them.
Lively is better defensively than Gafford and much better when catching the ball on the move and making quick decisions on whether to shoot or who to pass to, however Gafford is more consistent when finishing shots around the basket that aren't dunks or easy layups. I'm glad we have them both.
Given the fact that similar comments were made about Mitchell at this exact same time last year, and that despite all of the criticisms of him, he has demonstrated nothing but a positive attitude and seems to be a good teammate (ie driving down to support Jabari Rice at Gleague games), I wouldnt be surprised to see him back if the Toppin recruitment falls through.
I forgot who made the point but I thought it was a great one (I believe it was Wosney Lambrey of the Ringer basketball podcast). But to paraphrase part of the reason women's basketball couldn't draw fans in the past is because they couldn't match what was popular in the men's game, which of course was ridiculous feats of athleticism. However things have changed in the men's game and while athleticism is still a feature one could argue Step's half court bombs and deep shooting in general is just as much of an attraction, if not moreso than high flying dunks. And low and behold we have a women's star who can match that sort of excitement shot for shot with her male counterparts hence the women's game followed suit and increased in popularity.
Note how early into the game Luka was already limping.
Hollinger is right. If Luka was looking like that already after 4 games off then his injury is much more serious than the team is letting on. Contrast this with how Nelson and company treated Dirk after he tweaked his knee going into the 2003(or 2004) playoff series against the Spurs. Had this happened under the Nelsons Luka isn't playing.
Taking Josh Green over just about anyone drafted behind him in that draft is almost as stupid as doubling down on that mistake and signing him to a 3yr $41million deal.
Can't bring myself to watch the video, but reading some of the reporting this guy wasn't even in his son's life for his first 4 years. So he essentially just became a part of the poor boy's to torture him. At that age that kid was probably doing everything he could to be loved by his father. I'm absolutely heartbroken for what that kid endured at such a young age.
Hunter has a sister whom most people couldn't identify without googling her. How close of a relationship to the president is necessary to make them a public figure? I didnt know President Biden had a brother until repubs lopped him into their investigations. Hunter could've been just as anonymous as his sister had the conservative echo sphere not set its sites on him.
I'm curious about whether he'd be considered a public person. He only really gained notoriety because of Trump's and conservative media's fixation on him.
Blue profiles similarly to the usage of Jahmyr Gibbs during his final college season. I fully expect as the year goes on Blue's number of carries will ultimately fall just a tick below that of Baxter's with something around 145 to 150 carries to Baxter's 160 to 170. And Blue will have more receptions.