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  1. 3 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

    If Texas makes it to semifinals and their game is in Jerryworld it will be great as I already have tickets as my wife (no pics) is performing in the pregame with the Rangerettes as it is the 75th anniversary of the Rangerettes performing in the Cotton Bowl. 
     

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    Congrats!  All 3 of my daughters (no pics) performed in drill teams throughout their HS experience.  They loved it.

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    It's true about Sankey and Swarbrick, but Klatt and pretty much everyone else are significantly underestimating the benefit of the bye right now. It's weird that's they're all complaining about weaker conference champions getting byes because they're so valuable then acting like Oregon with a bye is screwed.

    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.

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  3. 1 minute ago, Horn Dogg said:

    It's going to be colder than a witches tit at Notre Dame after dark.

    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.

  4. 2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    Does Max refer to the streaming app Max/HBO or something else?

    (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.

  5. Just now, SomeoneYouKnow2 said:

    Then you haven't been listening to him. Joey is easily the worst CFB talking head on ESPN. He sucks always. Somehow he zoomed past Desmond Howard in this regard and that's saying something

    Desmond almost caught up 2 days ago, when he cackled like Hillary (no CR) when Saban said that Sark and Smart were bullshitting.

  6. 10 minutes ago, Minute Bull said:

    The return of Cade Klubnick

    Ha.

    5 minutes ago, UTEX_ME said:

    Oh boy Austin kid who was overlooked by Texas incoming 

    As noted - not the case, but if we have Palmer or Herbstreit on commentary, they will say that 100x, minimum.

    3 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

    I don’t think that was the case. 

    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.

  7. 3 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Excellent hire. Solid program builder that should be able to take them to bowl eligibility. 

    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.

  8. 1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    We just needed to play a clean game like Clemson did last night....wasn't called for a single penalty, not one. 🤨

    Wow.  ACC refs have had their thumbs on the scales for the entire season.

    Situations of the 6 calls against SMU are interesting.

    1. Personal foul after a Clemson punt return.  Set up drive on SMU 28.  Drive: Clem TD
    2. Clemson ball, 3-11 on their 35, incomplete pass, roughing the passer.  Drive: Clem TD
    3. Personal found after an SMU punt.  Moved drive from Clem 41 to SMU 44.  Drive: Clem FG
    4. SMU Ball: 1-10 at Clem 35.  Ineligible downfield pass.  Drive: SMU Punt
    5. SMU ball; 2-4 at Clem 20 False start; 
    6. 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.

     

  9. 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.

  10. 2 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

    and we hurt ourselves over and over . Fuck blaming the refs. we could have won this game even with their bullshit 

    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,

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