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  1. We have seen good running backs before, whoopee. ASU has a locker room full of guys we processed. They are in the playoffs because they ended the season on top of the very-evenly-matched Big 12. They have not "been there before." They have already exceeded their season goals. They will fold up like a cheap tent. We are going to mudhole them. Preseason rankings don't tell everything, but they offer some insight into the talent pool at each school-- talent that needs to be deep in order to compete in the post-season. The lesson so far in this year's playoffs is that those teams that started out the season as playoff afterthoughts turned out to be, wait for it, playoff afterthoughts. Not all those teams have had the chance yet to be eliminated. We will oblige ASU on NYD. Mud. Hole. Hook'em!
  2. The same pressures that caused the bag game before and that have fueled NIL-mania will exist, should any salary cap result in compensation that is less than what the "market" would have found through its own equilibrium. Phil Knight is still going to want Oregon to be stacked. What form the extra-cap compensation takes remains to be seen, but money finds a way.
  3. There's still plenty of time to start private auctions on tamperBay. I'm not worried we'll miss out on a suitable portal receiver.
  4. "Yeah, my Dad was shaking down my team for 3 million bucks. They're rich, and I'm awesome and all, but they didn't come across." Unabashed cheater -- check Overestimates own importance -- check Overestimates his school -- check Throws Dad under bus for reputation and potential criminal liability -- check Give him a sheep and a brass instrument without a mouthpiece, and he's certified red-ass.
  5. At a minimum it would be nice to see Miami bleed OU by driving up the price.
  6. Over the last dozen years, the Aggies have won exactly 8 games 50% of the time. Over that span, they have deviated more than one win from that total exactly once: 5 in 2022.
  7. We make fun of people all the time for being Aggies, and that is an even more debilitating, often inherited, neurological disorder.
  8. Even if there were collective bargaining, it might be quite difficult to force athletes playing for schools in right-to-work states like Texas to surrender their NIL opportunities.
  9. In summary: 1. Communications degrees from Texas and Duke open doors, but 2. not as many as degrees from Harvard, and 3. not as many as being a successful starting QB. 4. Also, OU has no receivers, and 5. Subjects of relative clauses take subjective/nominative forms.
  10. The good news is that we might actually have already played our toughest two games of the season. UGA prior to injuries sustained against us just might have been better than the teams we'll see in the playoffs.
  11. And if we win out, in addition to that we will have beaten at least two of the P4 conference champions and possibly all 4.
  12. I haven't read the whole thread (yet?) but wanted to post an observation: Sports-media figures like to track streaks. With a 12-team field, significant playoff-appearance streaks will be possible. As the only returning team from last year's field, we are in position to own the longest playoff streak for as long as we stay good.
  13. A&M was built on DL and running the ball. Moss is out for the year, and their DL (among others) is out the door. This may be an epic cripple fight.
  14. Maybe the big schools need to run intramural football and recruit for their UIL teams from their own farm leagues.
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