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  1. The selection itself, or the way Gundy has been treated in the past week? Please elaborate, if you do not mind.
  2. Gundy could have done worse. DC for Petrino 3 years at Louisville. DC for Mullen 1 year at MSU DC for Mullen all 4 years at Florida. Was offered DC of Bengals in 2019, chose to stay w/ Mullen at UF. Was fired 9 games into the 2021 season. Mullen was fired 2 games later. 2022 Analyst for Saban. 2023/2024 - D Line coach for Saints.
  3. Sagarin predictor has been a decent proxy for setting initial lines. Using that and a 3-pt home-field benefit, Sagarin predicts (to the nearest 1/2 point) Texas: -11.5 UND: -11 tOSU: -7.5 PSU: -6 Texas and tOSU lines are reasonable, if you trust the predictor. PSU getting 2 more points because of shitty weather. UND derate makes little sense, other than (1) Mark Cuban dropping huge $$ on Indiana (doubt) or (2) uncertainty about how good either of these teams really are.
  4. Tomlin has beaten every NFL team except Pittsburgh. Some will argue he's had a hand in beating Pittsburgh in the past. He's 27-9-1 total against Cleveland, 6-5 in the past 5 years. Pittsburgh played Cleveland 3x in 2020 and lost 2x. Cleveland was 11-5 (Mayfield was the QB) and beat Pittsburgh 48-37 in Cleveland. That was the game where Roethlisberger had 4 turnovers in the first half and the Steelers trailed 35-10 at half.
  5. Official on Purdue's site. The "boiler" part of my handle is optimistic. https://purduesports.com/news/2024/12/8/football-barry-odom-named-head-coach-of-the-purdue-boilermakers
  6. I've seen that for about a week. I think Choice was also on the list. I think Marion can earn more as an OC for Purdue than as HC for SHSU (by looking at Harrell's and Keeler's deals respectively), but he might want to be HC ASAP.
  7. Congrats! All 3 of my daughters (no pics) performed in drill teams throughout their HS experience. They loved it.
  8. No kidding. Byes have huge value in football: rest and reduced chance of injuries. That said, I wonder if UGA would have preferred no CCG and landed w/ the 5 seed. BYE would have essentially been yesterday, but Beck and Thorson would not have been injured.
  9. They scored a boatload of points against crappy defenses, as they should have... Notre Dame points vs. DFEI Here's Texas, by comparison.
  10. Yup - forecast for 12/20 in South Bend: 32/24 - 20% chance of precipitation - 12 mph wind. IU is acquainted with similarly crappy weather. Would have been really horrible if SMU got the 10 and had to go to South Bend.
  11. Please find it in your heart to forgive me then.
  12. (HBO)Max - yes. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5513081/2024/05/22/college-football-playoff-tnt-sports/ TNT Sports is adding College Football Playoff games starting this season as part of a five-year sub-licensing agreement with ESPN, according to executives briefed on the discussions. The deal will see Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports and HBO Max show two first-round games over the first two seasons of the contract. In the ensuing three years, it will broadcast and stream two first-round games and two quarterfinals. The sides could add more games.
  13. Desmond almost caught up 2 days ago, when he cackled like Hillary (no CR) when Saban said that Sark and Smart were bullshitting.
  14. There was that, too, I just recall comments about "the juice not being worth the squeeze" or something like that.
  15. Ha. As noted - not the case, but if we have Palmer or Herbstreit on commentary, they will say that 100x, minimum. IIRC, Texas eval concluded he was a system QB, etc. and we had Manning coming in 2023. While getting overwhelmed by UGA, Klubnick only was sacked 2x and threw 1 INT.
  16. Bama is in if SMU beats Clemson.
  17. Booing Ryan Day. I'll allow it.
  18. Workday rockstar ad makes me wonder if the ad folks really know what a rock star is. Billy Idol, Gwen Stefani, and Travis Barker. Ok. I guess they had to keep it on budget.
  19. Geez. The selection show, so far, is a beating. Just announce it.
  20. Totally agree. It will be interesting to see if he can get the majority of his staff to follow him there - esp Sherer and Marion. From the outset, I thought Odom would be a reach for Purdue, but he may be viewed as a "re-tread" by many. Fwiw, previous Purdue coach, Ryan Walters, was an assistant to Odom at Missouri.
  21. Wow. ACC refs have had their thumbs on the scales for the entire season. Situations of the 6 calls against SMU are interesting. Personal foul after a Clemson punt return. Set up drive on SMU 28. Drive: Clem TD Clemson ball, 3-11 on their 35, incomplete pass, roughing the passer. Drive: Clem TD Personal found after an SMU punt. Moved drive from Clem 41 to SMU 44. Drive: Clem FG SMU Ball: 1-10 at Clem 35. Ineligible downfield pass. Drive: SMU Punt SMU ball; 2-4 at Clem 20 False start; Then holding on 3-9 at Clem 24. Drive: SMU FG. 5&6 on same drive. Each penalty materially improved Clemson's situation. I did not watch the entire game nor really analyze the legitimacy of the penalties. Clemson averages around 5 penalties per game for around 46 yards. However, zero is quite amazing.
  22. Unless I am misremembering something, Sark uses the portal to replace outgoing players, not to supplant existing starters. I'm astonished that OU pushed him out, but Gabriel clearly to land where he was largely guaranteed a starting role. Sark could not promise him a starting role, and he did not want to disrupt the culture/system/whatever. IMO, he's managing some positions (most clearly OL, QB, LB) different than others (WR). QB recruit rankings in parens. 2021: When Sark showed up, QB room was lackluster: Card (4, dual) and Thompson (16 dual). It was a *must* to recruit over them or entertain a transfer. His transition class had Cale Lourd as QB. Who? Yup. 2022: Ewers (1), Maalik Murphy (9) 2023: Manning (1) 2024: Trey Owens (16) 2025: KJ Lacey (18) 2026: Dia Bell (4) After Herbert, Oregon's approach has been to leverage transfers. Oregon was able to get Nix and Gabriel to transfer and become successful. That was out of necessity, as their QB room has been so-so, except for the transfers. Rosters... 2022: Bo Nix, Jay Butterfield (6'6", 202 4* RS FR - Transfer to SJ State), AJ Abbott (FR Walkon from Houston Stratford, transferred), Ty Thompson (6'4", 215, RS FR, 4*, Transferred) 2023: Bo Nix, Brock Thomas (6'0" 165 3*, FR), Ty Thompson (Soph), Austin Novasad (6'3", 205, 4* Dripping Springs, originally a Baylor commit) 2024: Dillon Gabriel, Luke Moga (6'2" 200 3*, FR), Dante Moore (UCLA transfer, #4 overall recruit - Manning was #1), Brock Thomas (Now RS FR), Austin Novosad (now RS FR), Ryder Hayes (FR from Grandview, TX - looks like a walkon) 2025 Commits: Akili Smith, Jr. (6'5", 200, 4*, #15 QB), Jaron Kawae Sagapolutele (6'2", 215, 4* from Hawaii, #8 QB) In 2021, AJ Brown Jr was the starting QB, a transfer from Boston College. Going into 2025, they'll have 7 QBs. Dante Moore has a fairly clear path to start. That will be the 5th consecutive season Oregon has started a recent transfer QB. That has to hurt their ability to recruit and develop. But perhaps they don't care, because (1) NIL and (2) they are getting results with that approach. Other notes about Oregon: Butterfield was #5 in the class that had DJU #1, Stroud #2, Beck #9 for pro-style QBs. He's did nothing at Oregon and has not played much at SJSU. Ty Thompson was #7 in the class that had (1) Ewers, (2) Caleb Williams, (4) Vandagriff (now at KY by way of UGA), (5) JJ McCarthy (6) McCord, (9) Drake Maye, (10) Dart and (13) Milroe. He's QB2 at Tulane now. Austin Novosad was #13 in the class with Manning, Dante Moore.
  23. Reports of Barry Odom to Purdue. https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/unlv-football-coach-barry-odom-reportedly-closing-in-on-deal-with-purdue https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2024/12/08/purdue-football-coach-unlvs-barry-odom-boilermakers/76836840007/
  24. We did get on our own ways. However, there were different interpretations of holding and hands-to-the-face as a function of the color of your jersey,
  25. SEC
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