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Virginia Tech got absolutely hammered that year in theOrange Bowl. 40-12. But nobody wrote that VaTech didn’t belong.

Write it down. Within 5 years there will be a push for the G 5 champ to play the P2 champ.

Last year’s NC State crowd showed the potential of this program. After 2022 people had hopes that the corner had been turned. UConn’s football problem was 3 parts. 1. Poor coaching choices. 2. Lack of commitment. 3. The program being undermined by a faction of folks who saw it as hurting...

BC complained that they didn’t get hot water in locker rooms to shower when they left the Big East. This will ultimately be settled. FSU (and Clemson) will pay something to buy back their rights. It won’t be $500 million but it won’t be 0 either. As you say, actual litigation will drag out...

This strikes me as a lot of nonsense. Nebraska isn’t reorganizing it’s higher education system for the Big 10 not is the Big going to ask them to do it. And Texas A&M to the Big seems a non-starter for both sides. Texas maybe. It’s a death sentence for A&M and the Big gets what? Another...

At least in practice Buckman seems like he can make plays. I don’t remember him dropping a lot of balls last year. We are brining in the guy from Purdue who absolutely can make plays. There is the local freshman who has looked solid and the other transfer, Bell, from Wisconsin (?) has looked...

Everything about this seems weird. I don’t think I have ever seen a contract that doesn’t specify which state court will have jurisdiction in disputes. Even when one institution is from another state, and files in that state, eventually both courts agree as to which has jurisdiction...

Yeah. I’m sort of skeptical myself. These are large public institutions for the most part. They have very large legal staffs both in the institutions and outside. Having worked with many public institutions, I find it difficult to believe they signed any agreement without a very thorough...

Sounds like he has been looking for an OC job for a while. I like this guy a lot. Excellent line coach. I hope it translates to the next level.

Good sense of humor, at least.

To me a big part of our struggle has been between the pipes. The 1 season we had a top level goal tender we almost pulled of winning Hockey East. That was the only time we really had a guy who was a top level goalie. Everyone else has been either ok like Sergeev or not quite like Haider. Even...

Nobody is leaving because of the rink. It has every state of the art training aid known to man, I’m told. And we are in the era of NIL and unlimited transfers. We will see how it works out for May. I. Wish him well, but he needs to improve his speed and quickness. We will see if it works out.

Not if you keep the other guy from scoring. You need to score 1 more than they do. If they score 50 you need to score 51. If you hold them to 6 you only need 7. I just want to win.

There is something to that. I heard the old Va Tech coach, Beamer, speak on rebuilding one time and he didn’t pull any punches on what he called scheduling for success. He pushed to add an FCS opponent every year, and get games with teams they could beat rather than load up on big names. The...

I will also say I probably have a slightly different view than many here. We win 45-44 or 2-0, I don’t really care. Just as long as we score 1 point more than the other guy. I found our 10-7 win over BC in 2022 to be as exciting a game as I’ve watched. Every play was critical, especially in...

That’s my reading. Every coach in America say we want to run even if he doesn’t want to run.

We brought in the guy from Syracuse. I don’t remember any other oline guys, but I haven’t checked either. Plus we have some redshirts who should be more prepared to play. I’m not overly worried honestly because I think we have a very good oline coach in Sammis. Probably the best since Mike Foley.

We aren’t moving to Atlantic Hockey. We want to regularly go to the Garden for the Hockey East championships and get to the NCAA tournament on a very regular basis. That isn’t easy in Hockey East. But then, UMass was a dog for years. They aren’t now. Maine struggled for several years. They...

LOL! Don’t be silly. You NEWBIE fanboys are a riot. Because the coach at Rhode Island would never leave for a job with a 4 time NCAA champion. Houston also got to the Final Four in 2021 and the Elite 8 in 2022 out of the AAC. And FWIW, he wasn’t getting the Pitt job, so don’t go there. But...

But again, Sankey isn’t talking about football here. He wants to kick 150-175 schools out of D1. Not for football. Most are already not playing D1A football. He is trying to grab extra cash and extra prestige of getting bids for his conference. Of course, “I can’t wait for .500 Ol Miss to...

Doesn’t matter who the starter is. By halftime of the first game Palatine will be posting that the backup is better! :p

They could, but there is a big difference between winning a recognized national championship and one with only other P2-4 teams. Imagine an NCAA hockey tournament without BU or Denver or North Dakota. Or lacrosse with no Hopkins.

Be nice to hav TWO guys to throw to!

If you are talking football, some type of division is probably likely. In fact you could argue it is already here in practice if not officially. Basketball is very different, though and I suspect everybody loses in a stripped down NCAA tourney and certainly a P2 Championship. I am guessing an...

This is where I am, too. I think he was still recovering early in the season but doing better late and it showed. Plus he did a nice job bringing them back late in a couple of games. U-State the kicker missed an extra point after he drove them for the apparent tie. USF (?) he had a td that...

Great, great addition to our wideout corps. I wonder what else we are tracking?

But that’s a lot harder than just taking bids from smaller leagues. And less embarrassing than your big dog losing to Oakland! If Oakland is kept out, you don’t need to worry about losing to them. Oh, and what does USNWR ranking have to do with athletic performance?

Congratulations on being the first person to post that this is the year that Miami returns to the top. There will be many more. Then Miami will start with a bang then lose a bunch and everyone will will write how NEXT year Miami will be the year Miami turns it around.

I am not disagreeing but Sanky is talking basketball. There aren’t 362 D1 football schools. He wants fewer schools so Ol Miss and LSU can get to the tournament instead of Oakland and St Peters. He’ll justify it any way he can. Just as long as he gets more bids.

Yeah and great players generally choose their schools based on AAU membership:p Nebraska’s problems go way beyond no longer being AAU.

The only pressure it is putting on NCAA Championships is that the SEC and Big aren’t getting bids for every team. It is the early round upsets, Oakland over Kentucky, St Peters, Duquesne, Yale that makes the tournament fun and popular.

2 thoughts. 1. I imagine that went over well in academic circles. 2. Nebraska is toast under this model. And I’ll add a 3rd. This guy is a putz.

We will see. I have my doubts. They haven’t exactly been burning it up over the last decade. Last year they had a Heisman trophy QB and an supposed offensive wizard as a head coach and finished 7-5. Haven’t sniffed a National Championship in 20 years. And it is going to get tougher, not...

You are exactly right on Miami. They are perfectly happy being a mid-tier program. Though I have heard they are sniffing around the Big 10. But not selling power. Selling academics and access to the SEC market. They get unless your name is Notre Dame, a private school isn’t competing at a...

I agree with a fair amount of this. I am actually shocked there hasn’t been a major gambling scandal yet! Though I disagree that football is easier than basketball. A safety can “slip” but qb still needs to be accurate the receiver still needs to make the catch. In basketball, even great...