Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[Patman]

Neither Alabama, nor Georgia are beating the Jets (or Panthers) either...ever.

I know we are in silly season here but I think basketball would be closer than football mostly owing to the line play. Reality is NFL lines are going to be bigger and stronger and more durable.

I figure with basketball you could get the right amount of team play and the NBA team wouldn't be nearly as into it and live up to their skill an ability. I mean the college team beat the "dream team" no?

Football I just see being 8 shades of ugly because of the trenches. Basketball has a shot because of the team aspect and the trust involved in operating on the floor. Both likely lose but thats how I'm seeing it.

 

[Stinger92860]

"If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight." Dan Hurley before a hypothetical game with an NBA team quoting Herb Brooks.

I love this scene! An awesome locker room speech.

Miracle Speech

 

[freescooter]

As a Trinity grad, I'd rather root for Syracuse.

Hail Colby Hail!

 

[John]

I love this scene! An awesome locker room speech.

Miracle Speech

this one too

 

[Husky25]

I know we are in silly season here but I think basketball would be closer than football mostly owing to the line play. Reality is NFL lines are going to be bigger and stronger and more durable.

I figure with basketball you could get the right amount of team play and the NBA team wouldn't be nearly as into it and live up to their skill an ability. I mean the college team beat the "dream team" no?

Football I just see being 8 shades of ugly because of the trenches. Basketball has a shot because of the team aspect and the trust involved in operating on the floor. Both likely lose but thats how I'm seeing it.

Oh please!! First of all, they didn't play Duke (Impossible, given as Laettner was on The Dream Team) or UNLV as a single team. It was a collection of lottery picks.

Second, it is a thinly veiled fact that Chuck Daly threw the first game vs the College All-Stars in order to bond the team. Jordan barely played in the first scrimmage. What happened the next day? The Dream Team lit them up like they were Cuba in the Tournament of the Americas.



More from Scalabrine:
"They don't recognize what you and me do recognize," Scalabrine told Robinson. "When you're in the NBA, there's all kinds of tells, right? Like if a guy puts his hand like that, you know what he's gonna do. If a guy does a hesitation, you know what he's gonna do. All that stuff is like in real time in the NBA, you got to be so on top of the reads. It's not speed. You can't look at me and say my brain is slow. My brain is fast. My body might be slow, but I have to read whether a guy's gonna shoot, drive, go to the middle, pass. If you're not reading those things, you're not playing in the NBA."

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[shizzle787]

Pay for play is coming really soon…..

 

[FfldCntyFan]

One downside to this that they may not have considered is the IRS may not view any donations to the philanthropic society as deductible, regardless of initial intent.

 

[Patman]

Pay for play is coming really soon…..

So the teams are forcing the players to pay?

 

[CL82]

As a Trinity grad, I'd rather root for Syracuse.

I think most people would rather root for a team that's actually located in the United States.

 

[businesslawyer]

I think most people would rather root for a team that's actually located in the United States.

I would root for the University of Tehran Terrorists before I root for Wesleyan.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I would root for the University of Tehran Terrorists before I root for Wesleyan.

I thought that school's nickname was Aryans.

 

[businesslawyer]

I thought that school's nickname was Aryans.

LOL. I didn’t bother to Wikipedia the nickname.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

LOL. I didn’t bother to Wikipedia the nickname.

Neither did I.

 

[billybud]

The FSU AD's answer to a question from boosters while in Chicago.

Booster question..."Will we be able to drive to games soon ?"

Answer..."You can drive to Patagonia. It's all in the want to. "

 

[CL82]

I would root for the University of Tehran Terrorists before I root for Wesleyan.

 

[Luna]

I am surprised there hasn’t been any news on the big east tv deal yet… I thought it was a done deal.. just waiting for a third media outlet provider…that was a month ago…

 

[Exit 4]

I am surprised there hasn’t been any news on the big east tv deal yet… I thought it was a done deal.. just waiting for a third media outlet provider…that was a month ago…

Curious indeed. Probably pricing the offer two ways; with and without UConn!

 

[GoConn]

I am surprised there hasn’t been any news on the big east tv deal yet… I thought it was a done deal.. just waiting for a third media outlet provider…that was a month ago…

UConn should ask for the biggest share of the media deal.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Chin Diesel]

I am surprised there hasn’t been any news on the big east tv deal yet… I thought it was a done deal.. just waiting for a third media outlet provider…that was a month ago…

Curious indeed. Probably pricing the offer two ways; with and without UConn!

Eerily similar to the Pac-12 negotiations which were always on the cusp of getting done.

 

[huskymedic]

Shortcut

More trial ballons…

-> Could Group of Five playoff idea expand?

Sources stress that the G5-only tournament idea – pitting winners of eight divisions in a tournament that awards a College Football Playoff automatic berth – entails only Group of Five schools right now.

As conference realignment continues to take hold – and super conferences look to congeal – the industry’s so-called second tier could ultimately also include some Big 12 and ACC schools left on the outside of the two super leagues once the music stops.

“The second tier is so fragmented,” a prominent industry source told On3 on Thursday. “Everyone is vying for the adult table. That second tier/G5 is truly ‘Game of Thrones.’

If efforts to join the two super conferences fail, a second-tier end game would be the fallback option for Big 12 schools like Texas Tech, Iowa State and Oklahoma State and ACC schools lacking big brand recognition.

They could be second-tier members to complement the Group of Five schools already at that table. That scenario would make Dooley’s concept more appealing to a variety of stakeholders. <-

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[Patman]

The timelines for this would be so ridiculous. You'd have these playoff games starting in what? Early November? So "g5" schools would end their seasons by election day?