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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    cursedking wrote: »
    It’s freedom, but it’s the kind of freedom where wile e coyote is currently running full speed off a cliff. I’m feeling thrilled but we gotta get a great oc before we look down and hire like, some has been nfl assistant or something

    welp!

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    I can’t find the college bball thread so I’m putting it here

    Caitlin Clark should be Iowa football’s OC

    The most electrifying player in college basketball 3 years running

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    People running college football have noticed that games take too long (because of incessant commercials) so they have a plan to reduce the amount of football, thus making the commercial:actual football ratio even less tolerable.

    Probably going to remove the clock stoppages after first downs rules, which sure fine whatever, but also considering it for incomplete passes.

    EDIT: Happier change would be banning timeouts after timeouts.

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    People running college football have noticed that games take too long (because of incessant commercials) so they have a plan to reduce the amount of football, thus making the commercial:actual football ratio even less tolerable.

    Probably going to remove the clock stoppages after first downs rules, which sure fine whatever, but also considering it for incomplete passes.

    EDIT: Happier change would be banning timeouts after timeouts.

    But only outside of like the last X minutes of a half?

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    JimBobtheMonkeyJimBobtheMonkey Registered User regular
    edited April 2023
    Sean Snyder, son of Bill Snyder, a kicker at KSU and a coach or otherwise involved with the KSU football team for 25 years has been hired as the special teams coach for Kansas. I kind of want to be offended by that. Every other year he's going to be at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on the opposing sideline wearing a jayhawk. That is upsetting!

    Like I honestly thought it was an early April fool's joke

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    Looks like he left in 2019, one year after Snyder's last season

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    JimBobtheMonkeyJimBobtheMonkey Registered User regular
    Yeah, me he had been gone for a bit. Two years at USC and then Illinois. I was happy for him at the time. Our special teams were generally among the best under him and he deserved more opportunities.

    But it's Kansas.

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    Yeah, me he had been gone for a bit. Two years at USC and then Illinois. I was happy for him at the time. Our special teams were generally among the best under him and he deserved more opportunities.

    But it's Kansas.

    No no I get it

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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular


    If this is in regards to point shaving, that would be so fucking funny

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    MagellMagell Detroit Machine Guns Fort MyersRegistered User regular
    Maybe legalizing gambling on college sports, but not paying the athletes isn't a good idea.

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    I don’t think you should penalize the football players for betting the under when they know as well as everyone else how bad Brian Ferentz is.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Iowa State had similar reports and Alabama's baseball coach was just fired for probably betting on their games.

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    I feel like if a player or coach is going to get in their team they should only bet that they win or they bet the over or something silly like that

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Apparently Kevin Warren fucked up the Big Ten TV deal something fierce.

    Negotiated the title game to NBC in 2026 without the authority to do so, so the conference has to pay Fox 40 million. Warren also failed to tell NBC that the conferences' marquis schools refuse to play night games in November (because it's the fucking midwest and it's fucking cold enough during the day) so now they're kind of pissed that they're going to have to show the teams that are still willing and not Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State. Though I guess OSU made an allowance to let this year's Michigan State game be at night as a compromise. Michigan is unwilling to make such a compromise thus far.

    Sounds like he didn't realize that technically BTN (Fox majority owners) has rights to everything and subcontracts it out to the other networks for all the moneys. So Fox has the Big Ten title game by default.

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    MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Apparently Kevin Warren fucked up the Big Ten TV deal something fierce.

    Negotiated the title game to NBC in 2026 without the authority to do so, so the conference has to pay Fox 40 million. Warren also failed to tell NBC that the conferences' marquis schools refuse to play night games in November (because it's the fucking midwest and it's fucking cold enough during the day) so now they're kind of pissed that they're going to have to show the teams that are still willing and not Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State. Though I guess OSU made an allowance to let this year's Michigan State game be at night as a compromise. Michigan is unwilling to make such a compromise thus far.

    Sounds like he didn't realize that technically BTN (Fox majority owners) has rights to everything and subcontracts it out to the other networks for all the moneys. So Fox has the Big Ten title game by default.

    I mean, the other stuff is dumb, but this isn't exactly something that is super top secret. That's as much on NBC for not doing the fucking due diligence on it as it is on him.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Mvrck wrote: »
    Apparently Kevin Warren fucked up the Big Ten TV deal something fierce.

    Negotiated the title game to NBC in 2026 without the authority to do so, so the conference has to pay Fox 40 million. Warren also failed to tell NBC that the conferences' marquis schools refuse to play night games in November (because it's the fucking midwest and it's fucking cold enough during the day) so now they're kind of pissed that they're going to have to show the teams that are still willing and not Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State. Though I guess OSU made an allowance to let this year's Michigan State game be at night as a compromise. Michigan is unwilling to make such a compromise thus far.

    Sounds like he didn't realize that technically BTN (Fox majority owners) has rights to everything and subcontracts it out to the other networks for all the moneys. So Fox has the Big Ten title game by default.

    I mean, the other stuff is dumb, but this isn't exactly something that is super top secret. That's as much on NBC for not doing the fucking due diligence on it as it is on him.

    Telling them they would have those things without clearing it with the schools is bad comissioning.

    But he was always a useless hack, as are most of these corporate executive types.

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    Mvrck wrote: »
    Apparently Kevin Warren fucked up the Big Ten TV deal something fierce.

    Negotiated the title game to NBC in 2026 without the authority to do so, so the conference has to pay Fox 40 million. Warren also failed to tell NBC that the conferences' marquis schools refuse to play night games in November (because it's the fucking midwest and it's fucking cold enough during the day) so now they're kind of pissed that they're going to have to show the teams that are still willing and not Michigan/Ohio State/Penn State. Though I guess OSU made an allowance to let this year's Michigan State game be at night as a compromise. Michigan is unwilling to make such a compromise thus far.

    Sounds like he didn't realize that technically BTN (Fox majority owners) has rights to everything and subcontracts it out to the other networks for all the moneys. So Fox has the Big Ten title game by default.

    I mean, the other stuff is dumb, but this isn't exactly something that is super top secret. That's as much on NBC for not doing the fucking due diligence on it as it is on him.

    Telling them they would have those things without clearing it with the schools is bad comissioning.

    But he was always a useless hack, as are most of these corporate executive types.

    How dare you talk about the greatest commissioner I’ve ever known like this!

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    BTW Michigan won the EDSBS Charity Bowl again. 900k raised among all schools for Atlanta area refugees. A&M finished second because of a single 50k donor, which is the most A&M thing.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    BTW Michigan won the EDSBS Charity Bowl again. 900k raised among all schools for Atlanta area refugees. A&M finished second because of a single 50k donor, which is the most A&M thing.

    Dang, Spencer doesn't have to golf.

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    CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    edited May 2023
    BTW Michigan won the EDSBS Charity Bowl again. 900k raised among all schools for Atlanta area refugees. A&M finished second because of a single 50k donor, which is the most A&M thing.

    Dang, Spencer doesn't have to golf.



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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited May 2023
    Warren's dumb lack of negotiating seems to have cost MSU a home game. MSU/PSU now at Ford Field at night the Friday after Thanksgiving.

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    I'm seeing it being on Black Friday. On one hand that's money out of my pocket because I would normally be doing the screening for Penn State on the way out but on the other hand now I don't have to stay up late and be back at the airport early next morning

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    cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    It was really funny when Alex on szd was talking about the Spencer hall golf thing, and he pronounced the pants jay en see o’s and Stephen was like wtf

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    DaMoonRulz wrote: »
    I'm seeing it being on Black Friday. On one hand that's money out of my pocket because I would normally be doing the screening for Penn State on the way out but on the other hand now I don't have to stay up late and be back at the airport early next morning

    Yeah I wrote it wrong, Friday after Thanksgiving, not before.

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    NiryaNirya Registered User regular
    cursedking wrote: »
    It was really funny when Alex on szd was talking about the Spencer hall golf thing, and he pronounced the pants jay en see o’s and Stephen was like wtf

    I got angry in my car when I heard that and almost DM’d Alex about it but held off.

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    CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    cursedking wrote: »
    It was really funny when Alex on szd was talking about the Spencer hall golf thing, and he pronounced the pants jay en see o’s and Stephen was like wtf

    I didn't think you could get worse than Spencer calling them jun-cos but here we are

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    jincos

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    Sigh, just as I assumed when Warren agreed to this deal with NBC, Michigan's opener is a fucking Peacock exclusive.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited June 2023
    Big Ten went with protecting some rivalries but not a set number for each team. They're interesting:

    Michigan/Ohio State (duh)
    Michigan/Michigan State
    Minnesota/Wisconsin
    Minnesota/Iowa
    Wisconsin/Iowa
    Nebraska/Iowa
    Maryland/Rutgers
    Indiana/Purdue
    Illinois/Purdue (because engineering?)
    Illinois/Northwestern
    USC/UCLA

    Notably PSU has no protected rivalries at all. Also they and MSU are the only ones who don't usually play Thanksgiving weekend in one of these games (M/OSU, Minnesota/Wisconsin, Iowa/Nebraska, Maryland/Rutgers, Indiana/Purdue, Illinois/Northwestern, UCLA/USC) so they get that week off? Or continue to play each other or some cupcake. Also divisions removed, two best records play at the end. I would imagine that's usually USC and the Michigan/OSU winner.

    Also the grand tradition of new schools playing Michigan continues. We get both USC and UCLA in their first year in conference.

    2023 is our last year of cupcake scheduling. 2024:

    Fresno
    Texas
    Arkansas State

    Big Ten Home:
    Maryland, MSU, Minnesota, UCLA, Wisconsin

    Big Ten Road:
    Illinois, OSU, Rutgers, USC

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    OghulkOghulk Tinychat Janitor TinychatRegistered User regular
    This kid's story is all over the place. Supposedly he's home schooled.

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    knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    Yeah I don’t trust GPA numbers above 4.0

    And I really don’t trust homeschool GPA numbers

    Something is very fishy about this whole story

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    DaMoonRulzDaMoonRulz Mare ImbriumRegistered User regular
    Oghulk wrote: »
    This kid's story is all over the place. Supposedly he's home schooled.

    That explains how he also won "Sweetest Baby Boy" and "Mother's Favorite" in the yearbook

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    knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    My first thought, which may be uncharitable, was “if he’s really that smart why is he going to Ole Miss instead of a better academic school?”

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    Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    edited June 2023
    So Deion is leaning* towards having his foot amputated ASAP so his whole thing about one day possibly needing his foot amputated doesn’t happen during the season

    That’s the kind of commitment you can expect at Colorado

    Now get your D2 ass in the transfer portal

    *groan

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    MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    knitdan wrote: »
    Yeah I don’t trust GPA numbers above 4.0

    And I really don’t trust homeschool GPA numbers

    Something is very fishy about this whole story

    Eh depends. Without a need to fill out random credit hours tanking AP and honors credits, I could absolutely see a home school GPA being super high legitimately. Hell, most of my AP classes in high school wound up giving me less time intensive busy work than the few regular classes because the teachers actually gave us focused, relevant stuff to study instead of just trying to overload us in the hopes we just got so much some of it stuck. I would have killed to have been able to skip a few more regular classes (seriously, my high school Health class was routinely my most time intensive one when I took it the same year I had AP Physics and Calc).

    But would I expect such a person to be debating between two SEC schools? Probably not.

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    PellaeonPellaeon Registered User regular
    I know I'm old and shit, but back in my day it was 4 points for an A, 5 for an AP or Honors A. How the fuck are we getting to 5.34? What's the 6 pointer? Double secret AP honors?

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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Pellaeon wrote: »
    I know I'm old and shit, but back in my day it was 4 points for an A, 5 for an AP or Honors A. How the fuck are we getting to 5.34? What's the 6 pointer? Double secret AP honors?

    10.0 for football.

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