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  1. Does losing to Army mean that surly is done meatriding Traylor now?  There were many posts last season and summer about "I hope we bring in Traylor when Sark inevitably fails" "doing more with less" "just biding his time for Texas to call him up" etc (all paraphrased).  Well he just lost to a service academy by 8, at home.  That sure as hell ain't our standard.

  2. 5 hours ago, Tex Long said:

    Again, crow-eater right here.

    In retrospect, regarding dislike of myself and many others for PK's results in the first two years, it appears that it's true that achievement requires not just physical talent, but mental talent. Who knew?  We had so many players doing stupid things that it was difficult to believe it was caused by anything other than shit coaching. 

    It looks like the slowwww-brained guys are either gone, or have learned. And that's on the coaches, too.

    Good Job kudos to PK and his staff. 

    Slow brained isn't always about the people.  Sometimes it is.  It's also about not having to think and process and react as much because the formations, calls, alignments, etc have changed every year with a different DC.  Just having that consistency makes the same player look smarter and faster.

    "A bad plan executed well is better than a good plan with shit execution."

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  3. 7 hours ago, statsman said:

    Art Briles is a stain on humanity.  You can tell he's been poking his disgusting face around looking to see if the fervor has quieted down enough for him to return to society, and after that maybe even to coaching a power CFB program.  I'm happy that even the inbred fuckers from OU gave him the stiff arm, that's gotta sting.  DIAF.

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  4. On 8/25/2023 at 3:31 PM, South Austin said:

    Bumping, now that my senior daughter is starting this hellish process.  She still won't consider any schools in Texas or the South (like south of the Mason-Dixon line, so no interest in NC or Va schools), and she's primarily looking at schools in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast, which is fucking fantastic for my finances.  Her current list of schools for application are:


    University of Washington (probably top choice right now)
    University of Oregon
    Reed College (seems like the Rice of the PNW - great school, but way nerdy)
    University of California, San Diego 
    University of California, Santa Cruz
    Lewis & Clark College (is my daughter smoking pot and I don't know it?)
    University of the Puget Sound (wtf, something her mom suggested)
    George Washington (a late addition, a couple friends started looking at the DC area)

    The college coaching service I've hired for her recommends applying to at least 10 schools.  I think she's gravitating toward a state school.  Private schools may be too small and cliquish for her, and she thinks she'll like a larger public university with a more robust and diverse campus life (she loves college athletics, not that good sports programs are the top priority).  She's shot down University of Colorado.  I've suggested looking at Maryland, and she's been meh on that.  Nothing in the Midwest and Northeast seems to interest her.  I'm looking for other ideas. 

    For what it's worth, she's got a 1450 SAT, 4.34 GPA, and is in the top 6% of her class (dad humblebrag).  She's thinking about something in the science/health care field, but not necessarily a STEM major.

    Any thoughts?

     

     

    One of my friend's son attends the University of Puget Sound.  He's a sophomore, plays football there.  So far likes it and the photos of campus have been beautiful.  But, it's a tiny tiny school compared to others on this list, so your daughter would really want to have the small school experience, which is not for everyone.

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  5. 21 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:

    not in the Bay Area they couldn't.  Available land to build a stadium was searched for but wasn't available nearby.  And Cal's relationship with the City of Berkeley is... strained.  Cal isn't a part of the City, it is its own entity that uses COBs facilities (for lack of a better word).  Berkeley (the city) is extremely poorly run and the politics of their relationship with Cal make things ridiculous.  See "Covid reponse."  COBs rules fucked Cal's athletics over big time and is partly responsible for the current downtick in their departmental performance.  Not completely but definitely played a part.

     

    Anyways, back to Memorial Stadium... amazing location and phenomenal atmosphere for a game but to upgrade it from the crumbling hulk it had become and make it safe from earthquakes, it cost almost $500M

    Unsurprising about CoB.  Also was $500MM the cost of the retrofit?  That might buy one-eigth of a new stadium construction in Cali...

    For reference:

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    SoFi Stadium cost $5.5 billion and took almost four years to build, first serving as home for the Rams and Los Angeles Chargers in September 2020. Constructed as a JV between Turner Construction and AECOM Hunt, the stadium has 70,240 seats, and can expand to 100,240 for major events like the Super Bowl. The stadium also has 260 executive suites and is designed to withstand seismic activity. 

    https://www.constructiondive.com/news/the-super-bowls-most-recent-stadiums-and-how-much-it-cost-to-build-them/642348/#:~:text=SoFi Stadium cost %245.5 billion,events like the Super Bowl.

  6. 2 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:

    Too late.

    Texas - aggy ... dead

    Texas - Arkansas ... dead

    Kansas - Missouri ... dead

    Oklahoma - Nebraska ... dead

    Oklahoma - Okie Lite ... Soon to be dead

    Colorado - Nebraska ... dead

    Nebraska - Relevance ... dead

    The golden goose is already on the platter having been plucked, brined, stuffed with celery, onion, rosemary, oranges, butter/sage rubbed on the breast and under the skin, roasted at 350 degrees and now being served up.

    The networks/streaming services will make all of the important calls from this point forward. Whatever is in their best, financial interests will be implemented. Colleges, universities, fans, athletics ... are mere sacrificial lambs being placed on the altar of profiteering.

    WTF are you talking about?  Texas/aggy and TX/arky are both coming back starting in '24.  And oh BTW in the time since those rivalries had stopped being played each year I think that CFB has done kinda OK.

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  7. 6 minutes ago, John80 said:

    I cant see how any Big Ten fan could be excited about adding schools that aren't Notre Dame and aren't in a good recruiting area.

    Fan?  If I'm an Iowa fan I'm thrilled to have roadtrips Seattle and the PNW vs. recognizable brands in UW and UO.

    The Iowa Athletic Dept?  I guess it depends on how this changes their cut.

  8. 1 minute ago, Frank Drebin said:

    Rather them be Big 10 than Big 12.  So good.

    USC probably not too happy with Oregon add.

    If Big 10 was smart, it would process Maryland and Rutgers.

    In the modern realignment era have schools been processed out?  Seems like the new way to do that is for the biggest fish to break away and leave the small fish in the carcass of the old conference.

  9. 18 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Yeah, I don't really get why we're supposed to hate Utah so much. Because some message board fans thought they were too good for the Big XII? I view these things at an administrative level. There was some legitimate chatter than their administration thought they belonged with Stanford academically and looked down on the XII, and maybe its true that the admins thought that (which is really stupid to begin with), but if they see the writing on the wall and join, I have no problem with Utah. Even BYU fans know if they took a truth serum that the XII would have taken Utah in a heartbeat over BYU if they were available a year ago.

    And, to whatever idiot above compared Utah to aggy, I just can't even start to break that one down. I'll just mention that aggy is literally the only college I can think of that, at an administrative level, takes the sports rivalry seriously and lets it infect everything else. Listen to the ADs and Presidents of OU and OSU speak about one another, always really respectful, and the schools collaborate on a lot of things for the betterment of the state. Only aggy has its president, provost, and AD higher ups talking legitimate trash on its in-state sports rival. I also encountered many aggy while in law school, their brains are just wired different, their aggy identity infects every aspect of their personality. It's utterly pathetic. 

    It's mostly the BYU contingent here that is staying Utah is the worst thing ever.  That's...expected?  Everyone thinks their rivals are the worst thing ever and toss puppies into bonfires while laughing (except for OU, where they actually do that).

    Turn this around from the Utah perspective and I have empathy...the PAC brought them up to the big leagues.  They've built themselves up as a legit power there and won it twice in a row now, taking down the likes of USC.  If I were them I'd want things to remain the same too.  They'll be fine in the Big12 and that's probably where they culturally belong anyway.

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  10. 6 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:


    Yup. He’s a 22 year old adult who knew better.

    And this is happening in every college football program in the country. The Iowa DCI felt uniquely compelled to go after their two P5 programs. They’re the cop who decided to pull people over for going 56 when the rest of the department waits until 10 over.

    All true, but if you pull a Pete Rose...you're out

  11. 3 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

    The conference champ autobid is likely going away when they renegotiate the CFP after 2025 season. The SEC/B1G agreed to that because it required unanimous approval to expand the playoff from 4 to 12. That approval will no long be required for 2026 and you’ll likely see it moved to a straight up at large selection (maybe with a single carve out for a G5 team in the top 16 or something like they had in the old BCS).

    Second, the ACC (minus the COVID season where they had ND) hasn’t had 2 teams ranked in the top 12 since 2017 (Clemson and #10 10-2 Miami). I’ll send you $1000 right now against you 90% if you’re willingly to stand by those odds.

    Yep you're right on that!  No thanks on that bet.

    The point about access stands.  If FSU plays to their standard, they should be fine to access the playoff in a weak ACC vs. the SEC/B1G.  I disagree that the automatic entry for the top ranked conference champions will be stripped away - too many senators will get calls from angry alumni and start holding hearings plus it opens the antitrust door.

  12. 35 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

    More noise is starting concerning FSU. I am just using this tweet and the one earlier in the thread as examples, not as definitive proof.

    Their BOR meeting is this Wednesday, August 2nd.

    The rumor is that they may vote to withdrawl from the ACC before the August 15th deadline for playing somewhere else in 2024. The destination is speculated to be the B1G.

    FSU's logic is that there really is no risk when they are already behind 30 to 40 MM per year in media revenue. It is said that they would pay some sort of buyout, and they do not care how much. 300 MM, 500 MM, 600 MM... it doesn't matter to them what the buyout is when considering they are slated to be behind so much in media revenue until 2036. Plus, the B1G, SEC , and Big 12 will all get chances to renegotiate their contracts before 2036.

    Who knows if it shakes out like this, but we will find out these next couple of weeks.

    It probably does and should matter.  If the revenue gap is $30MM, over 12 years that's $360MM; if it's $40MM over 12 years that is $480MM.  Both are < $500MM...and even when that number gets negotiated down, are they willing to piss away their new financial windfall in the SEC/B1G to largely pay for the buyout?  Where is the win there - just exposure?  It looks dire today but FSU should also be patient.  

    A year or two in the 12 team playoff will help them see how that's going to shake out.  It may be worth it to only really have to compete with Clemson and Miami for the ACC autobid vs. running the gauntlet of the SEC/B1G.  Plus I bet most years the ACC places 2 in which should mean 90% of the time FSU is in the playoff if they're playing to their standard.  Half the battle is just going to be getting to the Big Dance for both exposure and the big bucks.  I bet the playoff will be worth as much as the ACC's season TV rights are over again.  If an ACC team makes the quarterfinals or championship they're going to pull down a lot of cash.

  13. 1 hour ago, &#x27;stache said:

    Yes, easily. Probably more so today with RDJ and Ben Stillers’ profiles. Again, do you even watch tv these days?

    I do; and we're not talking about streaming or TV.  We're talking about a Dreamworks produced, theatrically released movie.  Maybe there are movies like TT hitting the theaters every weekend now and I just missed it?

  14. 30 minutes ago, &#x27;stache said:

    Very well informed and supported response. Poor Robert Downey Jr., cancelled for blackface. Hasn't had a meaningful role since, as far as I can tell.

    What are you talking about?  I didn't say anything about RDJ.  Do you think TT would be green lit in today's world?

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