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    Florida Gators

    We also have the Nation's Toughest Schedule.
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    Florida Gators

    He ended up at Arizona State. I don't think we'll ever know what fully happened but as far as I know, he signed a deal with Miami, but then his people took that deal to a UF booster to see if it could be bettered. In the end, they came to the UF collective with the "deal" already in place and funded and he flipped to Florida about a month before signing day. But then it started to fall apart. Some of the NIL was straight up against NCAA rules and possibly illegal in Florida. There were rumors that Miami had already given him money and now UF was expected to pay Miami on top of the deal as well as some unlisted legal fees that were being added to the top. But the contract also apparently gave UF the right to end the deal at any time without penalty. The deal couldn't be salvaged and the booster that had agreed to the deal walked; the Gator Collective that was the one that agreed to the bad deal was acquired by a different Gator Collective. There were some rumors that Ruiz in Miami knew it was a bad deal and did it anyway to poison the well if someone else got him. Of course, if you follow Ruiz, there's a decent chance that all of his contracts questionably legal and funded. His company is about to be delisted from NASDAQ for fraud.
  3. I imagine that didn't go over well on Texags.
  4. Yeah. I thought it was a given that they'd make UGA @ A&M happen in 2024 since it's the most talked about missed matchup from our annoying 12 year rotation. But for some reason, they have Florida attached to A&M and Arkansas. Since the 2012 expansion, the SEC has had 4 "off year" schedules that were not part of the set rotation. Either A&M or Arkansas (or both) were added. 2012 - UF @ A&M (lost @ Ole Miss and Auburn) 2013 - Arky @ UF (lost Ole Miss; would have played @ Arky under old rotation) 2020 - Arky @ UF; UF @ A&M 2024 - UF @ A&M (lost @ Auburn) And of course, through the 10 seasons of the 12 game rotation, we also played both Arky and A&M twice. We will miss out on Auburn again in 2024. The SEC doesn't seem to care about that rivalry.
  5. At least we've got some good home games with Tennessee, Arkansas, and FSU. Maybe we can win 2 of those and make the drive home a bit easier. Last year Utah and South Carolina wins made up for some of those close losses.
  6. Logistically, do they have time to fully clean house before summer practice?
  7. Looks like you left it on broil.
  8. I've always hated the cold and prefer dealing with heat and humidity. I'm the guy wearing long johns when it's 50 out. That said, the last couple of years have been brutal. The heat index is off the charts this summer. I sweat through my clothes in a matter of minutes and it just doesn't evaporate out. I simply can't go out and work in the yard without a break every 15 minutes with a fan and cold washcloths.
  9. Speaking of the baseball coach. Helluva writeup. https://www.insidenu.com/2023/7/11/23790437/former-northwestern-baseball-players-staffers-detail-misconduct-lack-accountability-under-jim-foster
  10. Between this an the baseball coach hiring decision, this is starting to look like others are going to be cut loose at Northwestern.
  11. But it wasn't an internal investigation. They brought in an external independent investigator.
  12. Well, he's got plenty of spare time now to do his own carwash.
  13. Does Footballscoop have some sort of connection to the NW AD? It seems they have the monopoly on former players claiming its all false while the other news sources are finding evidence. Of course, I can't really confirm this since Elon didn't pay his bills.
  14. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/10/campus/former-nu-players-describe-racist-environment-in-football-program/
  15. "Old School" coach probably kept the same traditions going that were there when he was a player and an assistant. Most of the defenders I've seen on the Internet seem to be of the "hazing is a natural part of football, you just don't understand because you're not a real man" line of thinking.
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