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  1. I think Saban will actually be a plus addition and will be able to be more loose and funny now that he's not wearing the coach hat.  Can he please replace MClownAfee?

  2. 43 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

    There will two power conferences left, akin to the AFC and NFC.  North vs south.  The SEC and BIG will grow and ingest more and more schools, tell the NCAA to take a flying fuck, and the table will be set.  Then you will have all the other schools doing their own thing similar to how the FCS is now, but with larger and formerly prestigious P5 schools left out and the only path to a title being joining one of the two larger conferences.  

    Agree we are heading to the P2.  Disagree w/ the 2nd part about the only path for former P5 is to join the P2, because at some point soon the P2 economics on expansion won't make sense to grow larger.  I think it's more likely that after FSU, North Carolina, Clemson and Virginia are sorted out that we're done.  Then the shift will be the SEC/B1G will change the playoff to reserve 9-10 spots for themselves, leaving 2-3 for "everyone else" to maintain the facade of access and avoid anti-trust.

    The final step will be the SEC and B1G syncing and then jointly negotiating their media deals, which is where the real money shows up.

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    Esteemed Dartmouth Students, Alumni, Academic Staff, and Administration:

    Since 1769, Dartmouth has embodied excellence in all endeavors: academic, athletics, and societal.  We are proud of our accomplishments, including educating Samuel Ford McGill, the first African-American medical school graduate in 1839, performing the first clinical x-ray in the United States in 1896, and starting today's artificial intelligence revolution in 1956.  Our impacts echo through time as evidenced by our multiple Nobel prize winners in chemistry, physics, and other disciplines.  We believe in educating the whole person at Dartmouth, and providing opportunities for our students to expand their horizons inside the classroom, laboratory, board room or courtroom, and by encouraging competition in intercollegiate athletic programs.

    You may have seen the recent news that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has declared the students on our men's basketball team to be employees of Dartmouth and eligible to form a union.  We disagree with this decision.  In our discussions with the NLRB, we outlined our position that intercollegiate sports at Dartmouth are an extension of the learning environment - not profit-seeking ventures as you may expect at a larger institution.  Like all ivy league institutions, Dartmouth does not offer athletic scholarships.  Scholarships are based solely on need and academic achievement.

    Today, athletics at Dartmouth are revenue neutral.  In 2023, Dartmouth Athletics collected approximately thirty-five million dollars in revenue, with costs also approximately thirty-five million dollars.  These costs pay for coaches' salaries, facilities, travel, uniforms and more.  With the recent NLRB decision, we expect to be required to pay salary, benefits, and incur other overhead to comply with treating our men's basketball team as employees.  If this were a single team or a handful of students, we may be able to overcome this challenge. However, Title IX mandates equal treatment of all student athletes at Dartmouth.  This means that in short order we anticipate being required to bring rowing, softball, swimming & diving, and eventually all student athletes under the employee umbrella.

    I have asked Athletic Director Mike Harrity to estimate the financial impacts these challenges will create for Dartmouth.  His team's analysis is, in a word, staggering: our costs to serve our student athletes will increase by at least 50% under the most conservative projections.  Unfortunately, there is no viable path to increasing athletic revenues by this amount under our current model, and our Board of Trustees has reaffirmed our longstanding policy that we will not subsidize athletics. 

    For the reasons outlined here, I and the Board of Trustees have made the difficult to decision to focus Dartmouth's future on academics over athletics.  2024 will be the final year of Dartmouth's participation in NCAA Division I-FCS.  Starting in 2025, all teams will be converted to student-led, all volunteer club teams, and our athletic department will shift its focus to serving all students at Dartmouth by providing opportunity for healthy competition outside of the NCAA framework.

    We understand that this change will feel abrupt, and that for many of you it may create an uncertain future.  All coaches and employees in our athletic department will be fully paid under their current contract terms.  Students who wish to transfer or explore opportunities elsewhere will receive our full support.

    For over 250 years, the Dartmouth community has weathered change.  As we turn the page to our next chapter and look forward to the next 250 years, we appreciate your support.

    Thank you and Go Big Green,

    Sian Leah Beilock
    President
    Dartmouth College

     

     

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  4. What is fucking Dartmouth playing with here?  Do their alumni give two shits about their basketball program?  Maybe they do...but they're an ivy right?  Their president should welcome the team to unionize if they want and then shut the thing down if they choose that path.  Decisions have consequences...turn mbb into a club level all-volunteer thing and make the issue moot.  What are they trying to get from unionization anyway, ivies don't even offer athletic scholarships?  Are the players looking to be on salary?  L-O-fucking-L if so.

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  5. 22 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

    I think it’s reasonable to like Sark and still hold cautious optimism regarding his future. Simply, I think Deboer and several others are better coaches. 

    Can he learn to manage the clock better? Can he learn to take what the defense is giving him? To kick a field goal when the moment calls for it?

    I like Sark. But I would have expected a better string of final plays against Washington for all the offensive genius he has. That moment seemed to big for him.

    Sark can still grow, every coach can.  DeBoer screwed up his clock management in the Sugar Bowl and got very lucky to squeak out with a win considering how they outplayed us.  He would have been dragged hard if they ended up losing that game.

    But Sark is probably a legit top 5 coach right now when you consider the full gamut of coaching responsibilities: 1) talent acquisition and roster management, 2) assistant coaching hires, 3) off the field CEO stuff w/ the AD and boosters, 4) in-game coaching, 5) player development, etc etc.

    I'd put Kirby ahead on #1, even on 2, 3, 4 and 5.

    I'd put Harbaugh ahead on #4 and 5, behind on #1 and #3, not sure on #2

    I'd put DeBoer ahead on #2, 4 and 5, behind on #1 and not sure on #3

    That's who I'd put above Sark but after Kirby it's close.

    Below Sark...

    Lanning is maybe ahead on #3, slightly behind on #1 although he's done well in the portal, slightly behind on #2, slightly behind on #4 and unsure on #5 although Nix was developed he was also 8th year, so...

    Day is slightly ahead on #1 (ranks ahead of Texas in 2023 team talent composite)

    Riley is slightly behind on #1 and 3, and way behind on #2 and #5

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  6. On 1/3/2024 at 1:32 PM, TheMailBox357 said:

    Penix definitely reminded me of Joe Burrow in the 2019 LSU-Texas game.

    Agree w/ Vogel's tweet here.  Texas' Defense certainly wasn't great, but it wasn't lack of scheme or effort.  Murphy had Penix dead to rights after shaking two blockers on a play and Penix casually sidestepped him and dropped a 20 yard dime.  Penix is just damn good, and has 3 NFL wide receivers.  Babers made an interesting point on the OTF podcast: he thought that UW was going to attack the safeties, which are a coverage weakness, but mostly they didn't - they attacked the corners.  Ryan Watts, even Barron.  They all got cooked at one point in 1-on-1 coverage, and most of Penix's big completions were outside the hashes where a safety isn't going to be a big factor.

    UW neutralized our biggest strength in Sweat and Murphy by 1) good protection, 2) running away from them, and 3) Penix being elusive in the pocket and getting the ball out quick.

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  7. On 1/2/2024 at 10:38 AM, utexas8 said:

    Moral of the story. Buying cfp-rsvp as soon as it opens for next season.

    How does this work exactly?  When you buy the option if it hits, you get a ticket but is it "whatever they have available in the nosebleeds" or can you buy an option for a certain type of seat?

  8. Just now, Al_4_ISU said:

    FSU and Clemson make a lot more sense in the SEC, IMO.  At least in an actual logical sense, not a "college football 2024" sense.

    From a regionality standpoint and rivalry standpoint yes.  From a TV and recruiting perspective, no.  SEC already owns Florida and the southeast.  Why add a new brand there that dilutes your recruiting for existing members, and adds eyeballs you already have anyway?  Might be a few net-new FSU and Clemson eyeballs but I bet they already watch SEC a ton.  No way that's worth the $60-80M/yr ESPN would have to pay out.  Especially when ESPN has them at a bargain rate now.  It's gonna be a lawyer war for awhile.

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  9. 15 minutes ago, CastHorn said:

    Press Man is the answer. Teams with lesser talent have had success throwing off the timing of Penix. Let Watts & Brooks get hands on these boys. 

    Press man with inside leverage disrupting the free release slant, with cover 2 safeties over.  4 man rush with edges focused on setting the edge (they like to run outside), DLs run stopping between the tackles and giving interior push, and LBs in zone. Switch to nickel on 3rd and medium+ or when they go 4+ WR.  Accept Penix throwing for 300+ if it's mostly between the 20's and make him consistently execute underneath and give the Dline more opportunities for interior pressure.  It's a risk and Penix definitely can execute against it but I see it like stretching out the risk...the more times he passes like DKR says 3 things can happen and 2 of them are bad.  More passes, more opportunities for bad stuff for UW and good stuff for Texas.

    The key to doing all of that is run stopping with an honest box and not having to walk down a safety, but I think we can.

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  10. On 12/12/2023 at 7:38 AM, Post Oak said:

    Is it OkState orange?

    I put it next to a workout shirt I'd call more burnt orange.  The hoodie isn't offensively bad; but it's like that old UT shirt that you have held onto for 10 years and gotten washed out like it was left in the sun too long.  That said, it's incredibly comfortable, so...

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  11. 22 minutes ago, statsman said:

    What is the deal with Stoops? I thought his XFL stint was a way of getting his name out there again, for a HC job (NFL? College blue blood?), but I never see it mentioned. 

    I think he was fucking around in semi-retirement.  He's got a bunch of side businesses, they have a tequila brand now, etc

  12. On 12/8/2023 at 6:49 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    No big deal if you’re hurting offending other people as long as you didnt mean to? You’re better than that. However your intent can come into play. If your intent was ignorant or coming from a non-harmful place, then your apology might save your job.

    Suggestion: if anyone believes intent should be interpretation factor, call someone at work the n-word but tell them it’s from a place of love and respect. See how that goes.

    Are we talking hard or soft-R?

  13. Here's the problem w/ McAfee: it's actually not that he's a clown.  There are plenty of clowns on TV; hell Corso at his best was a clown.  The problem is he tries to make it all about HIM, as if he's bigger than the game.  Spoiler alert Pat: you're not.  Everything from the wife beater shirts, to his sycophant posse sucking up to him on his show, to his own simulcast from the end zone at the Bama game is all "look at ME" shit.  And if people aren't looking at him enough, he yells louder, does something more outrageous.  I get it, I'm old, OK boomer, etc.  FTR I'm Gen X.  I guess there are plenty of people who like that shit now or he wouldn't be a thing.

    I'm a College Gameday casual these days, I'll flip it on in the morning as I'm getting ready on a Saturday or prepping the BBQ.  The thing that really turned me off this year was when he shit on Wazzu for no reason, then after he got dragged for it on Twitter, he started whining about how HE was being disrespected and maybe he should not do Gameday anymore as a result.  Again, all about Pat.  It's like he expected this big uprising of support for people to stroke him and say "Oh no Pat, don't leave, we LOVE you, those mean old Wazzu fans are the bad ones don't listen to them!"  Instead he got...

    Episode 2 Whatever GIF

    TL;DR fuck Pat McAfee.  I'm sure in a few years the next iteration of him will show up wearing fewer clothes and trying to be more outrageous.

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  14. If I'm UW, it's slants, slants, and more slants.  If Texas wants to keep "everything in front" of them and give that awesome 7+ yard cushion, sure I'll take 5-10 yard slants all day fucking long.  Penix can make that throw in his sleep.  Eventually we creep up and Odunze hits a double move deep and our slow safeties can't get to it.

    After that I'm running 4-5 wide, and have a couple of checkdowns.  If Penix needs them it's there and if not, take the top off.  Once the safeties to back off to respect the bomb, run, but not just counters - reverses, jet sweeps, quick hitters that go away from the interior DL.  Mix in some screens to punish overpusuit in the D-line and slow down that rush.  Will also move the pocket with rollouts, cut the field in half for Penix and get away from DL pressure.

    The gameplay itself isn't rocket science: the longer a play lasts, the worse for Texas and the better for UW.  If Penix can let the route develop either via rollout, play-action, screen, trick-play, etc our secondary has demonstrated they won't hold up, and UW receivers are big, strong, and have NFL catch radius.  50/50 balls are more like 60/40 balls for them.  Any play for UW either needs to be a super quick hitter like a slant, or something that builds the protection in for longer developing.  Then once we concede the honest box with pressure, Penix can do his thing.

    That's what I'd do anyway...

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