Recent content by Chuck

Five years ago, Reibe is our starting center junior or senior year. But that's not how it works anymore. If he moves down, he'll have a great year and move back up again junior year. I wonder if Izzo will continue to be able to keep his developmental players for four years.

Paradise: Liked it, but agree that it was a let down. I don't remember if we're supposed to stay away from spoilers, so I will. But it seems like it's becoming a mix of Lost and Walking Dead. Rooster: We like Rooster. I don't like the daughter, but the other characters are great. Worth...

These cuts barely impact any students. All schools are going to do this, and probably should. Syracuse has done a good job inflating it's reputation by focusing on a few departments. We toured Syracuse with one of our kids that was not interested in one of their trophy programs. On the...

Michigan played great D and made all their free throws. We shot poorly and definitely seemed to get the wrong end of the whistle. Just too much to overcome. Left us saying “if that one shot just went in!” It hurts, but we were the second best team in the tournament. Great job by the players...

Agreed. Gross what the game has become. This isn't a guy moving up from a mid-major. He got a ton of money from Villanova and I'm sure he was offered more to stay. Villanova had a solid season with a coach that took over late so there's no reason to think they won't stay solid. It's full...

That's what I'd think, but something doesn't add up. I don't want to out this kid (or myself), but I have good reason to believe that this is a real agent that is actually spending a number of hours trying to get this kid to sign with him. It just doesn't seem like a few hundred dollars (or...

I know a kid in the portal. He's a starter, but more of a "glue guy" on a low major that had a good season. He's in the portal for the right reasons (not just cash), but he had a few agents pursuing him. My guess is he transfers to another low major or maybe a mid major. How much can these...

Totally just curious. Why do the other ASUN teams want UWF? I'm not questioning UWF's ability to compete. But what do the ASUN and its members get? I can't imagine there's much money coming in to the league or that they get more by adding UWF (other than maybe some buy-in money from the...

I see no reason that BC can't be Wake Forest. They are such similar schools but BC has almost double the undergrad enrollment. Wake makes some noise and nobody talks about it being a graveyard job. BC was a decent job in the past. They have the resources to make a decent job again. I'm...

It's been said a number of times that the people making the decisions are terrible business people. They run institutions that would generally lose money if they didn't have: i) state/federal funding; ii) generous benefactors (what other companies get donations from the public); and iii)...

I meant mediocre programs. The openings are with programs that are perennially mediocre. Programs that don't have the same money or interest to compete regularly at the top of their conference. Rather than jumping to a mediocre P5 where it will be hard to compete, maybe Hodgeson is going the...

But not a lot of the big programs. Look at the P4+Big East. Cinci, Providence, ASU, 'Cuse, GTech, BC, Butler, KState are the only "majors" and those are all mediocre teams in those majors. I think that's it.

There aren't a lot of openings this year. I'm wondering if Hodgson is following the Dusty May route. South Florida isn't a bad gig (probably better than FAU was). Bet on yourself to keep things going until a real major team has an opening. I guess if Providence goes all-in and throws a ton...

From what I've read, Alabama is one of the few states that still thinks weed is a bad drug. Not just that they haven't legalized, but they treat it seriously. If this wasn't a Bama athlete, a pound of weed and cash would be a serious issue because it's most likely intent to distribute. It was...

I'll catch some strays for this. I'd be happy to see Syracuse continue to fail, but I think you guys are underestimating the job. The ACC is a legit P5 conference that I'd slot ahead of the Big East simply because the conference pays out a lot more money. Syracuse is still considered a...