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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Not even worth calling that journalism, it's an opinion piece and a bad one at that. 100% of that article is false.
  2. That's fine, because ND was never going to join the SEC. ND in the B1G is better for the SEC because... The status quo sucks. The PAC is better off dead. The ACC is a joke outside of Clemson who is rapidly fading. We already live in a B1G/SEC world. It's time to formalize it, create better in-conf matchups and get the realignment into 1-2 conferences done so that 1) a single seller controls all the media rights creating higher $$$ like the NFL and 2) we can re-divide the B1G/SEC into smart geographic divisions after relegating the Baylors of the world.
  3. Those ND fucks are going to stall this whole thing for a decade. One of the B1G or SEC needs to fund Clemson/FSU/NC to fight and break the GOR to kill the ACC. Once that happens and removes that ND escape hatch, the B1G can lay the pressure by taking Oregon and UW and a few others and leave no other options. Then, they leak the new B1G/SEC 8-team playoff proposal that freezes out ND. That is the only thing that will for ND at this point. Otherwise NBC will give them just enough to get by. The PAC, Big12 and ACC will figure out how to do enough to survive, establish a new 15 year GOR to freeze everything in place, then use lawsuit threats/anti-trust to preserve undeserved playoff access.
  4. Agreed, to get this back on recruiting, we need try to keep our Bama loss respectable and hold this class together, then stack 2-3 more top 3 classes to compete in the SEC. Otherwise we're Auburn with a cooler helmet.
  5. What the hell do we do against Will Anderson? Triple team while chipping with the RB and rolling Ewers to the other side every play? Hope those new OL have something
  6. The nightmare scenario here is that the Big12 or ACC poaches some programs and locks them up in another 10-year GOR, freezing this bullshit in place. We all know where this is ending up: the B1G and SEC with 20-24 members divided into geographical divisions, and the Group of 5 turning into the Group of 8. An 8 to 12-team playoff (8 may be more likely now with the Power 2) that has no more than 1-2 entries for the G8 and the rest for the P2. Let's just get there. Fuck Notre Dame for their goddamn independence bullshit - freeze their ass out of the playoff and let's see how they feel. Blow up the ACC GOR and get this shit moving. Don't make us wait in limbo for another 10-15 years, soaking like the Mormans.
  7. It's not about the state, the city, the market area or the DMA anymore. We're not living in the linear cable TV world. It's about the eyeballs the brands bring. If it were just about planting a flag in LA to "get the LA market," the B1G would only have taken USC and not UCLA.
  8. That might all be true, but I just can't see UW and Oregon swallowing their pride enough to join the Big12 w/ "lesser" schools in their mind. In their mind they are logo schools. We'll see!
  9. I think it's more likely that Oregon and Washington stay in the PAC and try to recruit Big12 teams to them than that they bail on the PAC for the Big12. Their preferred options have to be: Join the B1G Stay in an expanded PAC by poaching some Big12 teams Figure out some ACC/PAC merger? lol Join the SEC ... Join the Big12
  10. You got your edit in, good. The exemption that ND was going to get was under the old, not approved 12-team playoff proposal. All bets are off now. The suggestion that TV partners won't allow a playoff without ND makes zero sense. One of two things will happen: ND stays independent and leaves their rights with NBC who has zero juice to tell the B1G and SEC anything about how to design the playoff, or, ND joins a conference and this is a non-issue, they make more money, and the TV partners make more as well because they'll get ND into better matchups as well as the playoff.
  11. Viewership numbers suggest differently.
  12. The new G8 will probably consolidate down some if the supers go to 20 or 24, but actually relegation/promotion might be a bone to toss them that they could win their way into the supers? Fun to think about but doubtful it would ever happen because it would be too fun.
  13. Is there historical precedent for kicking teams out of a league? That seems much more difficult than a team making a decision on their own to leave to another league in their best interest. Feels ickier.
  14. 2 super leagues and G8 are more likely now than 4x16. I get why the new G5+3 would want AQs in the new world, they have a much easier path and then only have to win one game to get into the championship. It's just not realistic given the level of competition in the 2 supers vs. the lower leagues. You'd think the G8 would actually be advocating for expanded playoff now, not the other way around.
  15. Story apparently got broke by the Mercury News which is San Jose/SF. Probably someone in the PAC HQ caught wind and leaked in that case.
  16. What a hilarious FU to Houston, UCF, and Cincy.
  17. LOL, that might work in a world where the 4 supers are close to equal but they aren't close in that scenario. B1G and SEC are head and shoulders above the other two. I'll take that deal if SEC and B1G get two AQs each. Otherwise, the arguments for expanded playoff of 12 are still valid.
  18. The only way that works is when the SEC and B1G breakaway and create a 48-team super-DIV1 and make the AFC and NFC. Then they can stage their own sides of the playoff bracket and meet in the College Super Bowl.
  19. Mountain out of a molehill. This is a solvable problem through smart scheduling and windows. Plus it ignores the other side of the risk which is standing pat in the disaster of the PAC, which is arguably much worse.
  20. Very few threads deserve classic status on the title alone. This is one of them.
  21. How do OVs work for portal players, are there any limits or anything like recruits?
  22. What's maddening about this NIL-bullshit it how hairsplitting the inducement side is for recruits: Booster/Collective: "You'll get $50K if you come play OL for Texas next year" <-- Inducement! Illegal! Non-compliant! Coach: "Hi OL recruit, did you hear the report that all enrolled full-time students who play OL at Texas will get $50K/year starting next year?" <-- perfectly fine Everyone, I mean everyone knows that it's the same fucking thing. Even better is the Miami LifeWallet guy. Can we just drop the pretense and call NIL for what it is: Pay-for-play? I'm sure there were a handful of people just waiting on the sidelines to connect Longhorns with *legit charity causes* but couldn't because of the old system and are now overjoyed to give these worthy charities exposure (and any benefit to the players is secondary of course) but 99.9999% of SEC Collectives are doing NIL with the express purpose of making the team more competitive for championships; not side benefits like making players richer, giving charities better coverage, or whatever. Caterwauling about what NIL is or isn't or what it was "supposed to be" in terms of Name, Image, and Likeness is laughable. Once the barn door was opened to legally paying players, any rationale that people are willing-to-pay to support is now legit. So yeah, it's effectively salary, minus the salary-cap. Compliance and boosters need to deal with that - because the best players have certainly realized it.
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