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  1. I liked the Ag comment, “The noise at Kyle will present a problem for them”. Sure. In 1986. Offenses have had signals to deal with noise for decades.
  2. Hell, it might have been enough for the league to issue a bland statement (much like they did) and then quietly not re-sign the officials for the next season. That way, they could have sent a message to the crews that fuckery isn’t tolerated, while telling the rest of the league that they didn’t dance to Texas’ call. But, they couldn’t do that. Deterding still works for the B12. The message to UT was that the Horns may be Gulliver, but the Lilliputians were going to work together to tie them down.
  3. This is nuts! I guess this is a result of a 16 team league yielding four teams with one or two losses? You notice none of the top B12 teams are playing top SEC, B1G or ACC teams in non conference. Still, the algorithms for power rating will kick in and settle this down. The TV ratings are in: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ Playing on Friday night is good for the B12. Texas and Oklahoma schools don’t bring ratings when they play at the same time as Texas and Oklahoma. Woof!
  4. That is an interesting idea. FSU and Clemson feel they need to leave because they need more media revenue to compete (assuming they can get into the B1G or SEC). The ACC is thinking about unequal revenue sharing to entice them to stay, similar to the old SWC and old B12. It seems like kicking the can down the road. If the options are: 1. Status quo 2. Unequal revenue sharing 3. FSU and Clemson split, then the ACC preferences are 1,2,3 and FSU/Clemson preferences are 3,2,1,…if FSU/Clemson can go SEC/B1G. If FSU/Clemson can only go B12, their preferences are probably 2,1/3.
  5. You know, the Sooners and Hurricanes had some great outlaw program tilts in the ‘80s (won by Miami mostly). If they played now, can you imagine the conflict in the concourses between the cartel guys and the Indian Casino guys?
  6. https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/arch-manning-texas-quinn-ewers-0729c8a2?st=gAFyt5&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink
  7. I so badly want to see that program falter, but… OU, for all its foibles and struggles, is 13-3 over its last 16 games. Hasn’t lost a home game by double digits since September 2016 (#3 tOSU) There is a lot of pride in that program, and their fans are spoiled and entitled to a degree that would shame Texas fans. Cracks are starting to show in that foundation, and it’s not going unnoticed. There is a whole lot to play out, and if Tennessee wins (by no means certain), it is only one step on a very long staircase. (A very enjoyable step, should it happen)
  8. I went down a wiki rabbit hole, wondering whatever happened to Mark Farris, Dustin Long, Reggie McNeal, Stephen McGee, Jerrod Johnson… Amazing. I think there are at least three DCTF cover boys in that group of discards. A lot of post college play in the CFL. Most of them (exception: Jerrod Johnson) were taught by their experiences to hate the sport, evidently, as they are out of the game and onto other things.
  9. It’s a Monday. Oops. $100M vs $34M
  10. I understand the sentiment, but no HC is leaving a B1G school ($100K per year in media rev) for a B12 program ($34K per year). That extra money is used to hire support staff for scouting and analysis. Thats why the life of a coach in the B1G and SEC is so much better.
  11. statsman

    Florida Gators

    Sure. And we have played for a NC since they last played for one. Tim Tebow is 37. Edited: googled Chris Leak. He was coaching a HS in 2016. He was charged with an illicit affair with a 16 year old, but charges were dropped when the victim declined to support them.
  12. No, I’m just saying- just because Clark isn’t responding, it doesn’t mean she isn’t offended and isn’t taking notes for the future (I kind of hope she is)
  13. I don’t know that Michael Jordan ever publicly said anything about Isaiah Thomas freezing him out in the all star game. I don’t know that he ever admitted to telling Chuck Daly that he could have Jordan or Thomas on the Dream Team, but not both (and Thomas was a key player on the NBA championship squad of Daly’s).
  14. True story. Abercrombie and Fitch used to be a sporting goods store. In the mid-80’s, I inquired about a Walther Free Pistol they had for sale (I had to show the clerk my international pistol shooting “master” rating card before they let me handle it). It was the store in the strip center north of Walnut Hill and Central expressway
  15. Ha-ha! Arizona, remember that ref that the PAC shitcanned a few years ago? He’s a senior ref in your new league, and his crew is missing blocks in the back that launch punt return TDS!
  16. Watching the Arizona KSU B12 game, they said this was Arizona’s first game at KSU, and how it is a great place to watch football. I’m sure that’s what the Wildcat team and fans were all thinking, “This is amazing! This place is more flat than my house’s foundation! I’m so glad we’re coming here now, instead of Southern California, Northern California, and the Puget Sound. Were the coaches able to get here a couple of days early to scout recruits?”
  17. Last year’s B12 CG was the first time Mike Gundy went into a Texas game without having worked on Texas the prior spring and summer. He rolled out his 2022 Texas game plan. It was glorious.
  18. I’m not sure you understand what this thread is about…
  19. Clearly, the best way to compare conference quality (and program quality) is head to head competition. It’s the best way, but not a perfect way. For one thing, there is the jihad factor. In 2022, for example, the three top games Texas circled were Alabama, Oklahoma and TCU (the last is my guess, due to Sark working for CDC. If you offer a different “third circle”, I won’t argue). Meanwhile, Oklahoma, OSU, TCU, TT, ISU and Baylor all Texas circled. Game results and objective measures don’t care about jihads. For another, the main source of inter-conference competition is bowl games, and the non-playoff bowl games have become pure exhibitions. That fact (I believe it is a fact) is only gradually being recognized. It was a lot of fun watching OSU edge the Aggies last December, but, with the sit outs, the lame ducks and the transfers, does it really say anything about program quality? Finally, I’ll refer you to the 2022 CFP semifinal between TCU and Michigan. TCU QB Max Duggan carried the ball 15 times for 57 yards and two TDs. The running QB is college football’s cheat code. Problem is- the QB needs to be the size of VY or Cam Newton if he is going to do it two games in a row. Duggan isn’t, and his body not being right contributed to TCU’s embarrassing thrashing by UGA. The SEC has a good record in inter conference play. It has a fantastic record in CFP and BCS CG play. I suspect the expanded playoffs will see plenty of B12 and ACC teams win one game (“We’re every bit as good as you are!”) and very, very few win two in a row.
  20. Can anyone explain what point Mac Engel is trying to make in his whiny column? https://www.gazettextra.com/sports/national/mac-engel-tcu-vs-ucf-is-a-great-big-12-football-game-but-does-the/article_5d4c080d-3713-5d24-b90a-ea11d9d5f13d.html
  21. There actually is objective data. The SEC and B1G, over the last 15 years, gradually increased their number of NFL draftees- not just in gross, but per school. The B12 and ACC reduced. A five star athlete has a reasonable expectation (50% are drafted, approximately) of playing in the NFL, and so it is understandable that they would prefer to play in the SEC or B1G. Al, you don’t follow Texas recruiting like we do. You don’t realize the advantage the Ags (and even Ohio State!) had in recruiting the best players. You don’t know Texas football history like we do; it existed long before Sage Rosenfels. This has been the rule for ninety years- if Texas is not dominating Texas recruiting, the Texas coach’s seat is heating up.
  22. 1. It was recruiting. The best players in the state were all biased towards playing in the SEC first and the B1G second. 2. it was the money. You can’t build a program along the Alabama model without hiring a large support staff for scouting and analysis. The media payouts to the SEC and B1G are large enough to cover that expense. The NIL evolution merely made the SEC a viable alternative for Texas. If paying players were against the rules, Texas wouldn’t do it.
  23. Nope. It was Utah’s president. https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/pac-12/2023/10/07/pac-12-conference-collapse-arizona-state-michael-crow-speculation-wrong/71103413007/ (I had remembered it as ASU’s president, but that turned out to be wrong).
  24. https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/ Nice week for the B12. Lot of games viewed, and on major channels, because 11 B12 teams played 10 games against P4 opponents. Four were B12 home games. I complained about B12 teams adopting the Snyder system of only scheduling patsies OOC; now, not even KSU commits to that.
  25. You have to admire this level of commitment to a bit
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