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5 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Well they clearly did it wrong.  When we threw trash on the field, something good happened for US, not our opponent.

Yeah crazy that more media didn't pick up this story on Clemson.  But Texas is now the Big Villain in CFB... 🤘

 

 

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Latest video from Dan Lanning and Oregon is the ultimate flex

If there was a postgame video Hall of Fame, the creative folks in Eugene deserve to be in it for this one.

Doug Samuels        4 hours ago

The best coaches find creative ways to send messages to their team, and my goodness did Dan Lanning find a way to do just that before this past weekend's matchup with Michigan.

Lanning utilized a clip from the epic film Gladiator to send a motivational message to his guys before they took on the defending national champs in The Big House.

Oregon showed up in Ann Arbor and took care of business come Saturday, and with control of the game late, the clip shows Lanning on the headset where he calls a timeout to remind them about his message earlier in the week about the moment the stands start to empty out.  During that timeout, Lanning makes sure his guys take a look around to see the stands emptying out while reciting the movie's most infamous line - "Are you not entertained?"

This one is epic. Put this one in the college football video Hall of Fame folks. 

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BoB pisses off another QB, who then quits

Boston College quarterback gets benched, quits team

The current system in place allows, encourages and even rewards players for leaving their teams at certain points in the calendar. This isn't one of those cases.

Zach Barnett           Nov 15, 2024

We're in a long-overdue player empowerment era in college football. Seemingly overnight, players have gone from being forced to sit out a year and in some cases needing their former coach's permission to transfer certain places to full-blown free agency twice a year, under a system that encourages players to put themselves on the open market as often as possible in order to extract as much value as they can from the system in place. 

This system may come to an end somewhat soon-ish, but in the meantime it's become commonplace, even expected, for players to put their own interests above their team's. In the vast majority of cases, it's hard to criticize the player -- major college football is a big business, programs look out for their own interests above an individual player's, and, again, the system allows/encourages/rewards such behavior.

This, in my opinion, is not one of these cases.

Boston College head coach Bill O'Brien announced a quarterback change, elevating backup Grayson James over starter Thomas Castellanos. In response, Castellanos made his own announcement -- he's leaving the team, effective immediately.

Castellanos never comes out and says he's leaving the team, but the implication is clear: an Eagle on Thursday, a free agent on Thursday.

This isn't a situation where the system incentivizes Castellanos to leave now. He played in eight of Boston College's nine games to date, and was BC's starter until James replaced him midway through last week's Syracuse game, which the Eagles came back to win with James on the field. This year counts against Castellanos's eligibility; assuming eligibility clocks still exist next season, he'll be a senior somewhere else in 2025.

This isn't a bowl game opt-out, either. Boston College still has three games -- a quarter of its season -- remaining. At 5-4, BC needs to defeat one of No. 14 SMU, North Carolina or Pitt to earn the right to extend its season into December. 

And speaking of December, the transfer portal doesn't technically open until Dec. 9. Officially, legally, there's nothing stopping or even dis-incentivizing Castellanos from remaining with the team through its Nov. 30 regular-season finale and then fielding offers once the portal opens nine days later. 

Nothing in this player-friendly system penalizes Castellanos from finishing the season as an Eagle, nor does it punish him for remaining with the team. He's decided to leave the team anyway, which is his right as an American. 

But the coverage of Castellanos's exit doesn't tell the full story. He "announced transfer." He "exited." He "made a decision." He "stepped away from the program." None of those are wrong, but they don't tell the full truth, either. He quit the team. 

"We wish Tommy the best," O'Brien told WEEI.  We think very highly of him, and we wish him the best. But we’re going to rally around Grayson. We have a lot of confidence in Grayson."

Castellanos will likely step into a starting job wherever he lands. He started a season and two-thirds at BC, firing 18 touchdowns against five picks this season while adding nearly 200 yards and a touchdown on the ground. The supply and demand of major college football favors Castellanos, with more QB1 jobs available than there are quarterbacks who've proven they can produce at a high level.

And that's fine. Along with his former program that was his current program as of 24 hours ago, we here with Castellanos nothing but the best moving forward. We also just want to be honest about what's happened here. 

 

 

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Dabo Swinney calls this coming rule change 'the worst thing in my whole coaching career'

Dabo called the coming 105-man roster limit "terrible," while Brent Venables called it "carnage."

Zach Barnett          3 hours ago

The oncoming House v. NCAA settlement will result in more money for most college football players, but less opportunity for others.

As part of the settlement, the NCAA will place a hard cap of 105 players on the roster, all of whom will be eligible for a scholarship. But just about every FBS team has more than 105 players already on the roster, and would continue to do so if not for the House settlement.

With Signing Day set for Dec. 4 and the transfer portal set to open Dec. 9, plans are being made for who will be on each roster beginning in 2025... and just how many current players will no longer have a spot.

"It's terrible," Dabo Swinney said Tuesday, "one of the worst things in my career."

Swinney's former defensive coordinator spoke on coming to the same realization on Tuesday as well, calling the upcoming cuts "carnage."

Expect similar quotes out of, oh, 130 other FBS head coaches over the coming days and weeks.

 

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Take away automatic byes for conference champions... going forward seed the playoffs.  

Also will be discussions on switching to 14 or even 16 team playoffs.  Not sure conference championship games are gonna survive.  

 

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Another coach giving money to his school's Athletic Dept/NIL ???

Mike Norvell restructures contract, digs deep into own pocket to ensure best resources are provided

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Norvell is restructuring his contract and committing $4.5 million of his own money to help boost FSU athletics to new heights.

After a historic drop off that saw the Seminoles go from 13-1 to just 2-10 in the matter of a season, Mike Norvell has hit the reset button in Tallahassee in more ways than one.

He decided to replace both coordinators, bringing in Gus Malzahn to run the offense moving forward and poaching Tony White from Nebraska as the new defensive coordinator in addition to a number of changes in the assistant coaching ranks.

Now Norvell is also reportedly digging deep into his own pocket to ensure a quick turnaround as well.

The school has announced Norvell has restructured his contract and also committed a one-time $4.5 million contribution that is set to launch the athletic department's Vision of Excellence campaign.

The initiative is a partnership with Seminole Boosters aimed at providing elite resources to student-athletes across all of Florida State's sports.

While full details have not yet been provided, the Tallahassee Democrat adds that Norvell can earn back his contribution in the form of performance incentives.

Norvell signed a contract extension back in January that made him the sixth highest paid coach in college football, set to keep him in Tallahassee through the 2031 season.

We will share details of his restructured deal when more information is shared.

Just a few days ago, Brian Kelly also dug into his own pocket to improve funding for his team, offering to donate up to $1 million to LSU's NIL fund.

 

 

 

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