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Everything posted by gatormarc
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I love love love Texas style brisket. If there were one of those "you could only eat one thing the rest of your life" situations it would either be brisket or well seasoned fried chicken. I've got one of Aaron Franklin's books and I make his rub recipes for all of my smoking, though I admit I have only tackled brisket once myself. I usually take the easy way out with pork butt.
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I love that Finebaum seems to hold a grudge against FSU. Though it's probably because he knows it will get the best reaction and nothing else. https://www.theclemsoninsider.com/2025/07/29/finebaum-says-clemson-better-option-for-sec/ Finebaum says Clemson Better Option for SEC By: Gavin Oliver July 29, 2025 Conference realignment rumors have ramped back up, specifically with the reports that North Carolina is leading a group of schools looking to leave the ACC, and the Tar Heels are eyeing a move to the SEC. If that happened, a drafting partner would figure to follow UNC to the SEC. So, which school might that be? ESPN/SEC personality Paul Finebaum was asked that question on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, with schools such as Clemson and Florida State rumored as potential options for SEC expansion. Finebaum explained why he thinks Clemson is a better choice for the SEC than FSU. “I feel far more strongly saying that it is not Florida State than anyone else,” Finebaum said. “Just go back two years ago. We all watched that circus going on down there. Not only that, we saw the program implode last year, which doesn’t help you in any way. Which brings me to the school that I think gets the most conversation about, and that is Clemson. “I might have said sometime back that I didn’t think Clemson was really in a good position. I think they’re probably in a better position now, only because in this world that we live in, it is about buzz, it is about sizzle, and it is about matchups. And you put Clemson against anyone on the upper level of the SEC, and it’s a far better game than it would be if you put Florida State against them. … I think Clemson has gained a little bit of traction, and just in the parlor game. That’s all we’re talking about here.” As Finebaum alluded to, he said back in May 2024 – when asked about Clemson’s level of appeal, should conference realignment occur again – that he didn’t think Clemson was as attractive of an option for other conferences as the Tigers were several years ago. “I think they’re already less attractive,” Finebaum said last year. “Clemson, if you go back to 2016, 2017, 2018 — they were at the epicenter. We all joked about how boring it is that Alabama and Clemson play each other every year. Nobody’s saying that anymore. They weren’t that big of a name until then. Clemson has always been a good football school, but it’s never been a main attraction like an Alabama or Georgia or Texas or Michigan or Ohio State. Now they’ve fallen off of that.” Finebaum also said last year that FSU had “pulled ahead” of Clemson as the more attractive school in the potential next wave of conference realignment. Obviously, Finebaum has changed his tune now. As for how South Carolina would feel about their rival joining the SEC, Finebaum weighed in on that as well. “The question for every one of these schools within a state that has SEC schools is, what is the position? … Would South Carolina try to stand in Clemson’s way, and if they did, would they be able to stop them?” Finebaum said. “So those are the questions, and I think after that, there are any number of possibilities. But none which would have as much gravitas as Clemson would.”
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LSU fans are really big on smoking Gator before our game. I guess it can make for a fun spread if people are willing to try it. For some reason the SEC frowns upon us smoking various breeds of cats and dogs when we play half of the conference that apparently utilized a kindergarten popularity contest to pick their mascot.
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Gator is a lot like chicken. It can be like chewing gum if it's from a shitty source even if it's prepared properly. When I get it, I usually just go for fried gator bites because most places go with a spicier batter. I have never tried cooking any myself. I'll stick to smoking beef, pork, and chicken. -- As far as this season, I've got nothin. Just along for the ride. Can't let myself spend time worrying about injuries or anything like that. It's gonna happen anyway.
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Cal is also a short week (Friday kickoff)
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https://www.on3.com/news/conference-realignment-rumors-speculation-handshake-agreement-north-carolina-virginia-leave-acc-big-ten-sec/ Conference realignment rumors: Speculation over 'handshake agreement' for North Carolina, Virginia if they leave ACC As talking season comes to a close, the conference realignment winds started to blow once again. Rumors are swirling about North Carolina’s future in the ACC – and one insider said there’s speculation about a “handshake agreement” with the SEC. The Post and Courier’s Scott Hamilton said Friday on The Paul Finebaum Show he heard UNC could have a gentlemen’s pact in place with the SEC. That same person told Hamilton Virginia could also be looking toward the Big Ten. Inside Carolina initially reported North Carolina could be looking at an ACC exit. Hamilton indicated the Tar Heels could be the top choice for the SEC with Florida State and Clemson vying for the No. 2 spot. “I actually had a source today tell me that North Carolina has a handshake agreement with the SEC,” Hamilton said. “That same source tells me Virginia has one with the Big Ten. “Now it needs some more vetting, some more reporting, but that pretty much says it all, that that school would be the one to actually maybe have some kind of verbal agreement, understanding, whatever, to go to elsewhere. … I think it’s UNC No. 1, and then I think it’s Florida State-Clemson [or] Clemson-Florida State No. 2 after that.” Inside Carolina sources reportedly named the SEC as the conference “the Tar Heels are aiming” to land, should it ultimately exit the ACC and create another realignment shift. That news comes as the ACC begins a new revenue-share model this year and saw its exit fees change. If a school were to leave the ACC in 2025-26, it would owe $165 million. That number drops to $147 million in 2026-27, $129 million in 2027-28 and $111 million in 2028-29. After it hits $93 million in 2029-30, schools would owe a $75 million exit fee from 2030-2036. Inside Carolina reported that “would figure to become an important final line of demarcation, if the Tar Heels haven’t made their departure (from the ACC) sooner.” When it comes to UNC as a brand, Hamilton said it’s notable the university is so well-regarded by the SEC, based on what he’s hearing. He cited multiple factors, including the partnership with Jordan Brand and the reputation in non-revenue and Olympic sports. “I think that talks about the brand of North Carolina and what that school brings – not just in football,” Hamilton said. “They haven’t won a conference title since 1980. But you look at the basketball, you look at the academics, you look at the Olympic sports. And of course, it doesn’t hurt to have that Jumpman logo tethered to your school colors.”
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I wish I knew why UF never added beach volleyball. They were one of the schools that did a test for the viability of the sport for the NCAA but then never went through with forming the team after approval. It may have been a timing thing or a scholarship thing because by the time the NCAA decided to add it as a sport, UF was already adding Women's Lacrosse. It's probably the scholarship thing. Foley was always trying to get us on the right side of Title IX. Guess that's all pretty much been dismantled now.
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You are reading it right. Something went sideways when I was moving data. It might be the Rye Manhattan's fault. I wish I could edit/delete the previous post. Here's v2
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Let me preface this by saying, I don't feel that the SEC needs to expand. But I thought it would be worth looking at how the names being thrown around would fit athletically where it comes to participation.
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Don't you love modern journalism? An entire article which is just quoting yesterday's article.
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https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/article/acc-kickoff-commissioners-tone-masks-uncs-clearer-exit-path-251928541/ ACC Kickoff: Commissioner’s Tone Masks UNC’s Clearer Exit Path As currently constructed, the league’s days appear numbered. And sources confirm the Tar Heels are highly interested in making a move. Adam Smith CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips spoke from the stage for more than 56 minutes on Tuesday at ACC Kickoff, his state-of-the-conference address effectively kicking off the annual preseason football event again, while touching on a range of big-picture issues from NIL and the transfer portal to the debate surrounding the College Football Playoff format. He also made sure to underline the appearance of a unified front across the enlarged league. Clemson and Florida State no longer are suing the ACC, with those parties about 4½ months removed from settling dueling lawsuits, an agreement that Phillips — perhaps predictably painting the terms as a compromise rather than a concession — emphasized will continue to fortify the conference in the future. "I knew what the Clemson and Florida State people were saying because they communicated it to the entire group about their desire to be in the ACC," Phillips said Tuesday. "And I believe them, I really do. I have a responsibility to make sure that our ACC schools want to be in this league, not just have to be in this league, and I think that's important. … Since we've had that take place in March, I've not felt stronger about this league than I have in the last five months, and I mean that. I'm not just saying that. It's not hyperbole and the rest of that stuff. I really believe it. "When you think about settling those lawsuits and being committed to one another, you talk about viewership and success on how to distribute dollars, you talk about coming back off of the most revenue we've ever distributed, 29 national championships (claimed by ACC teams across the last four years), the sport of football getting better and we want to take another step this year. The league is situated nicely right now." The increasingly clearer reality, though, is only short-run stability has been assured for the conference, whose borders stretch from coast to coast now. At the lectern adorned with ACC football logos and graphics on Tuesday here at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown, the ground wasn't figuratively shaking beneath the commissioner's feet. But with the legal settlement significantly decreasing the league's exit fees by tens of millions and its once-ironclad grant of rights media deal dissolved, there's security from the tremors of realignment only for the time being. As currently constructed, the ACC's days could be numbered, with the Clemson and Florida State settlement agreement providing a substantial victory to member schools for exploring possible pathways toward leaving the conference and relocating to greener financial pastures. And any such group interested in seeking a potential departure from the ACC includes North Carolina, multiple sources told Inside Carolina. The Tar Heels even could be considered at the front of that pack, alongside Clemson, sources said about the next round of realignment that's brewing. The ACC's current 18-team membership — 17 teams in football, minus Notre Dame — will remain intact through at least June 2027, as per the settlement's new parameters on leaving the league. Now, official notices must be filed by June 1 for withdrawal to become effective on June 30 of the following year. So if an ACC school files for withdrawal on June 1, 2026, then it would be required to pay an exit fee of $147 million to leave the conference on June 30, 2027. From there, the ACC's exit fees drop by $18 million each year, until leveling off at $75 million in 2030-31. The league's exit costs remain considerable, but they're not prohibitive. Around UNC, these already are changing times at the top. Lee Roberts is approaching the one-year anniversary of his appointment as school chancellor, after seven months in an interim capacity. Steve Newmark is coming on board Aug. 15 as executive associate athletic director, before officially succeeding Bubba Cunningham next summer. Cunningham has served as UNC athletics director since 2011. Newmark, the outgoing president of Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing in NASCAR, will prioritize revenue-driving and fundraising efforts with the Tar Heels during the transition to take over for Cunningham. In football, UNC is betting on new coach Bill Belichick. The Tar Heels landed the NFL legend with a five-year contract worth $50 million that puts him among the highest-paid coaches on the college level, and have created a front-office staff for managing their roster. "We're taking a risk," Cunningham told IC and a handful of reporters upon Belichick's hiring. "We're investing more in football with the hope and ambition that the return is going to significantly outweigh the investment." Meanwhile, as the Big Ten and SEC have expanded to grow more powerful — the Big Ten gobbling up Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA and Washington, and the SEC poaching Texas and Oklahoma — former Carolina football coach Mack Brown used to quip privately about the fractured viewpoints surrounding a possible conference realignment maneuver in play for the Tar Heels. The academics among UNC's faculty preferred joining the Big Ten, Brown remarked to sources on occasion, while the UNC fan base wanted a jump to the SEC. But make no mistake, now, multiple sources told IC, the SEC is where the Tar Heels are aiming under the leadership of Roberts and Newmark, should UNC move to leave the ACC for another league, perhaps in the near future. Sources said the 2030-31 school year, when the ACC's decreasing exit fees dip from $93 million to the flat $75 million threshold, would figure to become an important final line of demarcation, if the Tar Heels haven't made their departure sooner. Seven decades ago, UNC was one of the original member schools in the 1953 founding of the ACC. Quietly, Roberts, the UNC chancellor who spent 30 years working in finance, got involved behind the scenes and performed a key role in helping finalize the ACC's settlement agreement with Clemson and Florida State, sources told IC. Roberts has chaired the budget committee on the UNC System Board of Governors, among a number of accomplished jobs, and also served as the budget director for North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, when his office oversaw more than $40 billion in spending.
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Ok, so me posting seemed to break the funk.
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So, uh, is it just me or are pages 748 and 749 the same?
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Congrats, Texas. Looks like our top 10 streak will continue so we've got that going for us.
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Baseball should bump us ahead of Michigan. Then, we should pick up lots of points on both Michigan and Virginia in track. Doubt we can jump Tennessee. They will get lots of points in women's track, plus they've got another ~25 more points than us coming from baseball.
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I dunno, man. There's a lot of shit TV and movies out there.
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He's lost his advantage at Vandy. Time to find deeper pockets.
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Can't wait to see how Tim Corbin freaks out this time, piece of shit.
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I will never be upset seeing Georgia lose.
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Not going to happen for the Gators this year. Just too many injuries. We had a better squad than last year, certainly with the talent to make it to Omaha if we had stayed healthy, but no one like Jac.
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ECU having no issues at the plate, where we have been anemic. All of the injuries have caught up with us.
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Bat pitching, bad fielding, bad hitting. It was an ugly game and I think ECU still left over 10 runners on base. If there was a positive our starter only pitched like 1 inning so he may be able to come back if we advance out of the losers bracket.
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