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  1. some lower tier action
  2. Yeah - not exactly the ringing endorsement they might think it is. However, it least it was not "As an NFL QB coach, he worked with Art Schlichter, JaMarcus Russell, Todd Marinovich, and Rick Mirer."
  3. Self-quote w/ a followup to Purude's staff, fwiw. Not a murderer's row of coaching, but far better than what previous coach assembled. 4 guys from UNLV, 2 guys from Arkansas (one who played for Odom). HC: Barry Odom OC/TE: Josh Henson (USC OC/OL 22-24, Aggy OL 19-21, OkSt, 25 years coaching) OL: Vance Vice (UNLV 23-24, VT 16-21) QB: Darin Hinshaw (UCF co-OC/QB 23-24, UAB 22, 25 years coaching) WR/AHC: Cornell Ford (22-24 UNLV, 20-22 Toledo, Missouri with Odom) RB: Lamar Conard (23-24 Purdue RB coach, Miami (OH), Illinois St, played at Purdue 96-99) DC: Mike Scherer (UNLV 23-24, Ark 21-22, played for Odom at Missouri) DL: Kelvin Odom (Arky: Asst DL coach 22-24, Delta state) DE: Jake Trump (Arky: Defense quality control - played for Odom at Missouri) DB: Charles Clark (Memphis 20-24, Ole Miss 2019, 17-18 Oregon; played at Ole Miss 03-07) ST: James Shibest (UNLV 23-24, VT 16-21) I am optimistic, but a little concerned about the OC/QB coach situation. None of these guys called plays at their prior stop. Henson watched Riley at USC. Hinshaw watched Malzahn do it at UCF. I guess it cannot get much worse than 1-11.
  4. Wow. Sac State - the educational side - has an endowment of around $120mm and an annual budget of $431mm. It looks like the 23 CSU schools pool funds for an overall endowment of around $2.5B, which could be where the $120 estimate comes from. The article from Sept indicates they had a goal of securing $50mm in NIL funds. No comments on how much would be distributed annually. I suspect it is $35mm in commitments, with several conditions and caveats. Interesting quote: Five days ago, the school announced plans for a new multi-use football stadium. The Sac12 executive committee announced Monday afternoon it has sourced $35 million in NIL funds from local businesses, community leaders and a local tribe in the last 24 hours.
  5. The female singer dancing as he jams is David's daughter Romany Gilmour. Here's another video I found with a track of his recent release - Romany sings lead.
  6. Channeling QB Kenny Pickett's small hands on that play.
  7. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-turnovers-in-an-nfl-game-and-win Says there have been games won with 9 turnovers. Most are before 1970. Titans beat the Browns in 2000 w/ 7 turnovers. https://www.espn.com/nfl/matchup/_/gameId/201119010
  8. I guess they do not consider the actual score . 100% of the time, the team with 38 points beats the team with 24 points.
  9. IMO, my bitching was for legitimate gripes . Or opportunities for improvement. The over-crowded west-side upper-deck concourse has been a problem for years. There's a safety aspect and "need to figure out how to separate customers from their money" aspect that CDC should spend time figuring out. When I have sat on the north side or east side, it's nowhere near as bad, but the seats are inferior, so I will "suffer" for the in-game experience of the west side. Oblivious people being oblivious. It is a whine, but I cannot change anyone. I can only change my reaction, which is to bitch on an internet message board. Mariachi - Ok - that's just me bitching about personal preference - I concede, however it was more that 2 mins of the entire experience. Bathroom floors covered in standing water. That's a problem, IMO. The in-stands/in-seats experience was great. I was merely pointing out some basics that could be improved to make it a more seamless experience. You are right that the entire game experience is top-notch. I've attended games at other stadiums and DKR is top-notch.
  10. I'll take 2 more decades of Wooderson and the Undertaker, provided there is a per-game 30-second limit on mariachi - All in the first half.
  11. Their coaching staff does have a few recognizable names. Hines Ward - WR - glad to see his CTE has not yet kicked in. Bryan Carrington - our favorite former Texas recruiting specialist - is ASU's CB coach. Wonder if he has reached Jay Valai level of competency yet. Their OC was HC at UNLV (7-23) before Odom (who was 19-8). Their DC was at Washington State and Nevada before joining ASU. It makes sense why they were picked low in the Big12. 35/44 of the 2-deep from their 3-9 team was returning.
  12. Couple more thoughts on yesterday's game: - They still have not figured out how to take people's money fast enough to move them out of the concourse. It is so crowded that it could be dangerous. - Many people act as if they've never attended an event where there are 1000s of other people in attendance. They look down at their phone and stop walking. When there is a clear straight path, they walk like they are sailing upwind. - Mariachis were fine for about 80 seconds. Then it took the entire 3 minute timeout. Then, they went on a second time. Destroyed all of the energy in the stadium. - West side upper deck - south men's bathroom had around 0.5 cm of standing water near the toilets. I sat in 104 yesterday. Fans were great. View was great.
  13. With Randle El, they were not good. 1998: 5-7 1999: 4-7 2000: 3-8 2001: 5-6
  14. I think that was at 10:43 - not 6 mins left... But I agree - however... It was 4th-11 from the UND 48. Perhaps they did not think they could get 11+ yards. The punt was mediocre and the Irish drove 78 yards in 5:44 to make it 27-3.
  15. With subjectivity involved in the playoff selection process, we will always have complaints and "told you so" from those who were left out, especially when a team gets crushed. Darn near every year, a similar thing happens in the NFL. In 2023, Houston beat Cleveland 45-14. KC beat Miami 26-7. Tampa blew out Philly. With that outcome, Cleveland, Miami, and Philly did not belong in the playoffs. Who cares - we have football games As noted, IU likely gets into the top-12 using most other metrics, too. Simulated BCS had them at 8. Sagarin had them at 11. Massey composite has them at 7. For UND - simulated BCS would have them at 3. Sagarin has them at 1. Massey composite has them at #2. It was not a great draw for IU. Simulated BCS would have had Boise travel to IU. That would have been interesting.
  16. Cignetti said that last December when he was hired. He was asked how he will be able to sell his vision of the culture to recruits, existing players, and transfers. He said, "It's pretty simple. I win. (pause) Google me." IMO it is a fair response. His record was 119-35 before getting to IU. His JMU teams were 52-9 in 5 years. Yes, he wins. It is true. Cignetti turned over the majority of the starting lineup. He took the top players on his JMU team (OL, WR, RB, TE, DL, LB, CB), added a few players from Ohio (WR, QB), signed a WR from Texas Tech, an RB from Wake, a DB from Old Dominion, etc. The talent level was clearly below Notre Dame. That said, the team plays sound football. They just got out-athlete'd, IMO. There may be some comments about getting out-schemed, but I saw schemes that tried to mitigate IU's weaknesses. Notre Dame exploited those mitigations. I was hopeful for IU. It will be interesting to see how IU performs in the coming years.
  17. If his action figure can go on a diet, so can he.
  18. Yes. ASU football site and Carrington's LinkedIn indicate it. https://thesundevils.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/bryan-carrington/5165
  19. I've watched a couple ND games this year: aTm, part of NIU, Purdue, some of GT, Navy, and USC. Similarly, I have watched some IU games this year: Michigan, tOSU, and some of Purdue. I cannot really tell if either of these teams is any good. ND's SOS is 64. IU's is 74. Fwiw, IU got whipped by tOSU, but tOSU also had TD drives with short fields due to IU's inferior special teams play. That said, IU has a statistically good rush defense for a reason: they played teams with crappy run offenses. Given each team has at least 12 games under its belt, rush offense rankings have some meaning. The best running team IU played was tOSU, ranked 52. 6 of their opponents were not in the top-100. 3 more were in the 90s. Early in the year, you could say "because of their defense" - now, it is because they played crappy running teams. What I find interesting is that UND is only -6.5. Some predictors - based on computer models - would have them as -8 on a neutral site, placing them at -11 since it is a home game. Perhaps the cold weather is causing the derate, or lack of confidence in their ability to blow someone out, or heavy money on IU. I see this as an entertaining game, and will be cheering for IU. I hope they win by 10+
  20. He was 2023 national #83 for On3, so they could have said, "Top 83". He was 2023 national #102 for 247. "Top 102" Top 85 sounds better than top 100 I guess . Good PR
  21. NSIAP https://suepatrick.com/brief-insanity-longhorn-lounge-pants-7000p/
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