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Yeah, and I think that the history of how it went down and how we got to super-conferences provides more context. I, for one, applaud ND for telling the rest of the world to fuck off. They are playing by the rules the giants of the CFB set. - ND tried to join the Big Ten. Twice, I believe. They were turned down. And in a fit of anti-Papism, which was a potent political force at the time, the precursor to the Big Ten organized a boycott from scheduling them. - In response they took their show on the road and built a national brand and fan-base of “Catholics.” By mid-century the Big Ten would have taken them but why would ND want to now? - Through the 1980s being an independent power was nothing odd and no one blinked an eye. ND won NCs, so did PSU, Pitt, Miami, or got bent over FSU’s rise. - In 1984 UGA and OU sued the NCAA to break their monopoly on national TV media rights, as proxies for the SEC/Big 8. ND did not join that suit. The end result was that schools or conferences could bargain their rights. This is the moment where conferences ceased being regional alliances and became money-making sports cartels. This is why the SWC no longer made any sense, and why college football fans suddenly started caring about media market presence. - Within a decade all the other independents joined. Note— they didn’t have to and could have sold rights like ND did. There were no offers worth more to them than joining a consortium would be. Note also, Texas approached CBS about an ND-like deal in the 1990s and got told “not now.” - Notre Dame, as you mention, could make the numbers work and they did it with NBC. They could do it because of their own brand-building for decades and because power conferences sued the NCAA to give them the structure to do it. Yes, ND is uniquely positioned to make money outside of a conference. That provides some competitive advantages. But they’re playing by the rules others set. I don’t see the SEC/Big Ten powerhouses waving their hands to voluntarily disarm their NIL qualitative advantage. Them’s the breaks, and getting overly agitated at ND for playing really well in the game others designed comes off as really sour grapes, as does continually trying to force others to abandon an advantage thet came by fairly. Let’s talk first about a NCAA-wide voluntary NIL salary cap or NIL redistribution before changing rules to make ND go in on a revenue redistribution scheme they don’t want a part of.
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Any team can also go independent and play by the same rules ND does.
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Under this structure, there’s an argument for ND to join a G5 and then just be the highest ranked non-P5 champ every year while still cracking the door to get an . Which would be hilarious tbh. I bet the SunBelt would agree to some crazy unfavorable revenue-sharing terms.
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In a season where the Big 10 very nearly sold themselves to private equity, it’s hard to argue that ND hasn’t been right about conferences all along. Going independent is an option for any school that wants to try it. I’d like to see more do it.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
I really miss a more diverse sports media. Someone needs to draw a cartoon where every CFB analyst is just a puppet on the hands of a multi-armed Mickey Mouse because we are close to that. The only other alternative is each college’s in-house On3 agitprop producer. -
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
Here’s the Fran to USC column. Seems it was first in The Sporting News. TL;DR: Carroll is the next Paul Hackett, look at ‘Bama— they landed Fran but could have had Butch Davis if they wanted! USC should have pursued Fran or at least Mike Riley. -
No one knows how strong or weak a schedule is going to be two years down the road. If I tell someone in December 2023 that a 2025 schedule with: Tech Indiana Ole Miss A&M Is 4/7 of the 7 top CFP seeds, no one is taking me seriously.
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Their ACC alignment really weakens their schedule. The 2027 slate has potential to be extremely decent if USC lands, or the chance to be crap: Potential good games: - Auburn pending Golesh returns. - Georgia Tech if Lea keeps momentum. - Clemson pending Dabo getting shit together. - VaTech pending Franklin returns (top 22 class is a great start, their roster will be a contender in the ACC). - USC if they renew. I’d say there are even or better odds (for each team individually) to be top 40 in 2025, and potential for 3 or more to slide into the top 20. No one would be surprised any year at Auburn, Clemson, and USC ending in the T25, they have the rosters for that now. Michigan State with Fitz is more of a long term project and is more of a wild card.
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Slorch, it is sending me that you’re looking at a packed lot near a major airport and you immediately think the hotel is offering a parking and shuttle benevolence service for people who craftily found a way out of using The Parking Spot. I promise that the owners of that lot are getting paid. If it’s pissing you off that you don’t have a good spot, go down and bitch to the manager that more spaces need to be reserved for guests or leave a Google review or whatever. It’s very likely that the margins on a “use at your own risk uncovered parking spot” approach or even exceed housing a hotel guest with a free spot and a continental breakfast tho.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
And most times the new school will cover the cost of the buyout as part of the new contract with the coach. Just depends how badly they want the corch. -
Everything is Shit: Tracking the Great Enshittening
956 Worldwide replied to 956 Worldwide's topic in Daily Texan
No notes, 10/10 on how we are living in the enshittening era. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
Hugh Freeze everyone. “I don’t wanna poor-mouth Jackson, but he is the reason I got fired.” -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
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I should rephrase— tOSU is hurting you but it’s not at all clear that replacing a tOSU loss with “automatic” is a real difference maker. There’s lots of alternatives in there— if OU and Texas swap OOC opponents and results Texas is in, and beating Michigan at home is easier than beating OSU in Columbus, but that’s an imaginary scenario that didn’t happen, just like swapping SEC schedules with other SEC contenders didn’t happen and is an imaginary discussion point. I do think that saying UT-OU-Bama is “far more likely” is way overstating the likelihood, since the committee has shown ample willingness to throw out H2H. Especially since replacing tOSU with a patsy damages your SOS and doesn’t really help your SOR vice those teams. The best you can say is “it’s a possibility.” Which I concur with. And of course the big hypothetical here that no one considers is that Texas could have won that game. Based on how the committee treated tOSU and Tennessee last year, that could easily have resulted in a home playoff game spot for a two-loss Texas against G5/ACC and so there’s a more than a little desire to have cake and eat it here.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
One of my favorite artifacts of that era is a grumpy LA Times column bemoaning that USC hired Carroll instead of Franchione. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
I can’t think of a direct equivalent to what is happening to them. Their 2026 class is going to be entirely what they get in the portal and any leftovers from ESD. Or walk-ons. On numbers for depth alone it’s gonna be a disaster. -
Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
956 Worldwide replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
James Franklin currently has a top 25 class at VaTech and PSU signed one recruit. -
I mean this is kind of semantics though because the committee is pretty opaque about what metrics are most important. In the rankings as released Texas is located in the middle of a bunch of 10-2 and 11-1 teams so the refrain “only the loss column matters” is false: Texas is ranked higher than teams with fewer losses and so by definition there is more going on.
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None of this can be “proven or disproven” but there are a few pieces of evidence and facts. Hypothetical: Texas played and convincingly beat a middling G5 or bad P4 team in week one instead of losing to OSU. Let’s use . . . 7-5 CUSA LaTech as a stand-in. - FACT: Texas is the lone three loss team in the top 15 of these rankings. Functionally, they are being treated like a two loss team. - FACT: Bama, OU, ND, Miami, Vandy are all jostling as two loss teams for a spot. That’s Texas’ current competition as a three loss team. - FACT: A two loss team or three loss Texas needs to be ranked 10 or higher to get in. The last two slots are going to be G5/ACC champ or G5. - FACT: The committee has no issue looking beyond H2H for these rankings, although it’s not guaranteed they will. - Justified conjecture: The committee is not going to give the SEC 6/12 slots in the CFP absent an extremely odd and compelling circumstance. Texas is in a spot with UGA, OM, Bama, OU, A&M, and Vandy and two are getting left out. Less justified conjecture: think the committee looks barely considers OOO wins against inferior comp. A loss will hurt but winning certainly gives you no credit. So let’s presume an identical record and a 42-10 win over LaTech in place of the tOSU loss. In fact, some teams have pretty compelling cases to still be ahead of Texas right now. - Bama finished above Texas in the SEC standings. The record against common opponents is identical (2-1) and Bama’s win over UGA is the strongest. ‘Bama’s loss to FSU came week zero and not midseason. FSU slumped but they had a talented roster, and UT played LaTech that week. It is very easy to give them the nod based on conference standings. - OU has a weaker case but they still have one. They certainly get to point to an early W against Michigan as more valuable than a win against LaTech. They have no loss against an unranked team. They have a road win against Bama as strong as Texas’ versus A&M. Texas has the Vandy win and the H2H. This is a hypothetical, maybe the H2H carries the day, maybe it doesn’t. It’s in no way “proven” either way. - Vandy: Texas would for sure be above Vandy. But Texas is already above Vandy. Scheduling LaTech gets you nothing. -ND: You say a 10-2 Texas with a loss to Florida and win vs G5 is ranked above ND. I say: if it comes down to ND vs. a sixth SEC team, the smart money bets ND. The case is not near as clear-cut as people are making it out to be. It basically hinges on the committee choosing to reward H2H vs OU abd that is not at all a sure proposition.
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LOL, letting AI do this is basically giving the decision making power to message boards with an extra step involved.
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Yeah, that was totally my dumbness. But— tolerance for crazy and difficult in a woman plunges quickly as she approaches 40, especially if it’s not directed at a pre-existing partner with obligations. You can’t be 39 and bringing 27 year old drama to a man with options.
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This guy is heading into his 40s single, a partner at law firm, rich enough to fund destination weddings and expensive mental treatment, and public receipts of supporting a difficult ex. And he seems pretty tall. He is about to clean up if he wants to. She is flying into late 40s with a public history of abrasiveness, airing of mental illness in the NYT and a high-stress spotlight job that led to a breakdown and then blowing up her marriage. It’s about to get much worse for her. Lots of nerdy dudes sell themselves at the dip in their twenties cause they don’t have the patience to get into their 30s. This is a windfall, best-case scenario for him.
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She is not near hot enough for this level. Lulz at paying for inpatient mental health treatment so she can get well and realize she doesn’t like you.
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