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    Really. We are +2 since DKR arrived. And we've won 4 out of 12, including 49-0 during the worst period we've had since the 1930s. And them winning 5 of the last 6 is the difference since DKR left. Before that we were even over 42 years.
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    Outcoached

    And they simply tried harder. Look at how their RBs and Receivers carried our guys for an extra 2-4 yards and our RBs and Receivers went down. Look at how much better their receivers blocked our dbs vs. ours whiffing. Look at them getting 6 sacks and us only getting 1.
  3. He holds it too long.
  4. Brooks needs to learn when to bull forward and when to dance. He almost always dances.
  5. He did run into his leg while it was up. That was a fair call.
  6. Ultimately they just wanted it more. We will get them in December. You could see it the way their receivers were blocking our dbs and MItchell, Worthy and Sanders were whiffing when trying to block their dbs. And their rbs and receivers were carrying our tacklers while ours were mostly going down.
  7. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38556301/stories-air-raid-offense-revolutionized-football Really good (long) story on the Air Raid offense and its origination under Hal Mumme and Mike Leach. "Long before the world knew Mike Leach or Dana Holgorsen or any of the other oddballs, eccentrics and revolutionaries of the Air Raid fraternity, Hal Mumme was a high school coach in Copperas Cove, Texas, with a problem.... He stopped by the football offices to congratulate Mumme on his new job he'd just landed at a small college, Iowa Wesleyan. By the time he left, Mumme had once again recruited him to play quarterback for a team that was similar to Sanders' Colorado experiment: IWU was coming off an 0-10 season and had just two players returning. "We tried to have a team meeting after I got introduced at the press conference and they told me there were going to be 40 guys," Mumme said. "I walk in, there's two, and the three that I brought with me. I just gave 'em the same speech I was going to give 'em anyway about working hard in the offseason, and we're going to win games. One kid just got up and walked out. I guess he decided, 'This is bulls---, I'm not doing this.' So we had four." Leach was one of only two applicants for Mumme's offensive coordinator job, and they quickly realized they were kindred spirits. It was a leap of faith: The high school coach took a $20,000 pay cut to try to prove himself in college again. The lawyer who could've made $200,000 a year instead was making $12,000, and the golfer took on student-loan debt to go to school in Iowa -- where none of them had ever been. They went 7-4 the next year, then, by 1991, started tinkering and added the up-tempo element where they never huddled and ran plays at a frenetic pace. Opposing teams had never seen anything like it and had no idea how to stop it. In Dewald's accidental career, he threw for 12,045 yards, 115 TDs and set 25 NAIA records...."
  8. "...Conference schedules will include 12 protected matchups that will continue to be played annually and feature a combination of historic and geographic rivalries, as well as trophy games. These matchups were finalized in conjunction with all 18 member institutions to ensure the traditions of the Big Ten Conference remain strong as the conference evolves. The guaranteed annual protected matchups are Illinois-Northwestern, Illinois-Purdue, Indiana-Purdue, Iowa-Minnesota, Iowa-Nebraska, Iowa-Wisconsin, Maryland-Rutgers, Michigan-Michigan State, Michigan-Ohio State, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Oregon-Washington and UCLA-USC...." Only 12 protected matchups. Iowa gets 3, Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan get 2, all the rest but Penn St. get 1. PSU gets zero. So for PSU, its 11 schools 3 times and 6 2 times over 5 years. For Ohio St. and the schools with 1, its 8 3 times and 8 2 times and 1 5 times. For Michigan and the schools with 2, its 5 3 times and 10 2 times and 2 5 times. For Iowa its 2 3 times and 12 2 times and 3 5 times. I think its a mistake not to have at least two every year rivals for everyone. It would be like Michigan's schedule, still with 5 3 times and the rest twice in 5 years. You could add something like UCLA-UW, USC-Oregon, Ohio St.-Penn St., Penn St.-Maryland, Michigan St.-Indiana, Nebraska-Minnesota and throw in Northwestern-Rutgers. Iowa and Minnesota get 3.
  9. Some of the Clemson insider fan sites are saying they've been told something will happen in October, but I think it was the AD at Clemson said they had no offers so not to expect anything soon.
  10. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/27/pac-12-collapse-washington-president-says-500-million-counteroffer-to-espn-would-have-been-stupid-doubts-it-ever-happened/' UW saying the $50 million story not correct. Later in the story, Wilner says Klavicoff told them they should get $35-$43 million. "...Instead, Cauce said the $50 million figure was discussed last year as a target for the total revenue distributions to the campuses — meaning it would have included payouts from the College Football Playoff, the NCAA Tournament and the media rights deal. “In some models, it was possible for some schools to get $50 million,” Cauce told the Hotline in an interview earlier this month. “But at no time did anyone think we could all get $50 million in media rights. That would have been stupid.” Cauce explained that after the announced departures of USC and UCLA (in June 2022), commissioner George Kliavkoff told the 10 remaining presidents that 30 percent of the conference’s media valuation “just walked out the door.” “There was no scenario in which everybody thought the schools could bring in $50 million,” Cauce added. “The estimates from George were in the $30 millions to low $40 millions. Potentially, some (schools) could make $50 million with the (playoff) and media rights...."”
  11. Most recent ACC title Clemson 2022 Pitt 2021 FSU 2014 Virginia Tech 2010 Georgia Tech 2009 Wake Forest 2006 Maryland 2001 Virginia 1995 Duke 1989 North Carolina 1980 NCSU 1979 Among newer members, Miami and BC have been in ACC title game but don't have a title. UL and Syracuse have not won. North Carolina has had Mack Brown twice. Whatever you think of him, he does have scoreboard. He is 7th all time among major college coaches in wins, behind Paterno, Bowden, Bryant, Pop Warner, Saban and Amos Alonzo Stagg.
  12. Well according to the Sic-em analysis (2013-2021), they were #10, right behind FSU.
  13. They'd be going away to the SEC next year if they had been smart enough to join the Big 12.
  14. I read that as: Clemson REALLY wants out. Clemson is trying to get out. But the SEC and Big 10 don't want to get involved until they decide to bite the bullet to get out of the ACC. Nobody is going to extend them an offer for 2036, so its all just winks and nods at this point. No outright assurances. Lots of legwork to do to work out the deal to get out. I just think there is enough smoke they will get out. UT and OU's relatively small exit cost has to be encouraging. The 3 year exit fee is absurd and is not a factor. But they have to deal with the GOR AND get ESPN happy with them moving.
  15. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38515019/oregon-state-washington-state-pac-12-hearing-set-nov-14 No Pac 12 court date until November 14th. WSU/OSU running out of time.
  16. Clemson people are saying the insiders know what they are talking about and are talking to high level Clemson administrators. And that Clemson figures they can get out. Of course, the Pac 12 presidents thought they would get a great TV contract better than the Big 12's.
  17. Well we went from 79k to 100k. That was plenty of expansion. And the corner end zone seats were awful. You couldn't tell if a play gained or lost yards with that angle.
  18. So Arizona was going to sign the awful Apple deal. I didn't think they would. I guess he lost the Arizona board fight to the ASU president.
  19. Well its hard to tell how much of the 20 year decline is due to adding 25 schools to FBS and how much is on existing schools, if any.
  20. That's unreal Some of that has to be deliberate. It can't all be switching to chairbacks and adding boxes.
  21. The prior contract had such specifications. Do you have any evidence it has changed? And of course Fox only has the one Big 10 window and can't do any Big 10 content on the other two windows.
  22. I'm guessing the P4, ND and the MAC and CUSA are part of the majority who favor dropping to 5/7. MAC and CUSA will not benefit very often and so will be disadvantaged vs. AAC and MWC. MAC has always kind of gone along with the Big 10. MWC, AAC and 2Pac are opposed. Not sure where the Sun Belt would fall. But Aresco is taking a logical position of asking the P4 to do a deal. I think Hancock is nuts if he thinks you can change the rules in the middle of the 2024 season. But he won't be around.
  23. For those like the guy in the video who missed it, this was decided November last year for 2024 and 2025: https://theathletic.com/3904973/2022/11/16/cfp-expansion-revenue-rose-bowl/ "...The Board was able to resolve issues tied to revenue distribution for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, if the CFP is to expand from four to 12 teams before the end of its current contract. The source said that the revenue distribution model agreed upon by the Board will make payouts more even per Power 5 school. What else to know As it stands now, each Power 5 league earns roughly the same payout each year, regardless of how many teams it sends to the CFP or how far they advance. That has created some friction, especially for schools in leagues that are expanding. For example, Alabama, a team that has participated in the CFP almost every year of its existence, would be making less per year than Washington State, which has never come close to participating — all because a 16-team SEC will be dividing its revenue by more members than a 10- or 12-team Pac-12 will. The compromise agreed upon Wednesday reduces disparity and allows the focus to be on per-school payouts instead of per-league payouts that then get sliced different ways based on varying membership size. Payouts to the Group of 5 leagues remain unchanged...."
  24. North Carolina is a commodity in football like the 4 corners. Not bad, but not P2 material except as filler. Clemson is one of the regulars at the top of the polls and is top 10 in TV ratings over the last 10 years. They fill an 80,000 seat stadium. People don't seem to understand how strong a program Clemson has been since long before Dabo. They are really the equivalent of an Auburn or Tennessee.
  25. Wrong. They have a contract and will be on ABC and Fox. This sort of thing is spelled out in these contracts. This is just a fantasy in your head. Now there will be more ESPN+ games and fewer FS1.
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