2025 College Football Thread: Jordon leaves Belichick for Sonny Dykes (8 Viewers)

[General Malaise]

Alabama is about to get a crash course in economics if they fire Kaylynn. $70 MILLION to make him go away and then what? Hire Dan Lanning? He's great, but a return to Saban's dominance isn't coming. The landscape is completely different and the advantages Alabama had are now gone. It's a level playing field. Especially in the SEC where Bama is now behind Georgia as a progrum and LSU might be better than Bama too. Texas, Florida and even OU are going to make the sledding tough as well, no matter who Bama hires.

Gone are the days of dominance, Red. Hope you enjoyed them.

 

[Instinctive]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

 

[Instinctive]

This will put the "Jimmys/Joes" vs "X/O" debate to an end rather quickly. College football is significantly more about the Jimmys/Joes. ****, both Saban and Meyer have said this multiple times. Said it when announced and will say it again. Bill will be as successful in CFB as Saban/Meyer were in the NFL. The two situations are just different and Bill doesn't have the skills (or interest I'd argue, but that opinion) to acquire the talent.

Yeah. Some of the NFL guys I met when I was in the NBA and MLB said (different guys, not prompted by each other) some version of: the vast majority of college head coaches basically have a football GED. The NFL is a graduate degree. Head coaches are just amazing recruiters with mediocre football skills when you get one like Saban or Carroll (ETA or Harbaugh!) who is NFL capable AND the college recruiting mindset...those guys absolutely should dominate.

 

[Beef Ravioli Part 2]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

Is there a preseason GM TOP 20 to compare this too?

There is not. GM thinks pre-season polls are ridiculous.

So this poll is based on GM’s opinion of games of week one?

I need to see this each week!

 

[AAABatteries]

Alabama is about to get a crash course in economics if they fire Kaylynn.

Not sure why but

 

[General Malaise]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

 

[General Malaise]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

Is there a preseason GM TOP 20 to compare this too?

There is not. GM thinks pre-season polls are ridiculous.

So this poll is based on GM’s opinion of games of week one?

I need to see this each week!

That is correct. It might also be instructive to note that I didn't watch more than a full half of any games this weekend.


And, there's a *LOT* of bias at work here.

Although to be fair, I hate Mario Cristobal with the intensity of 10 spitting cobras, but they won a close game against a really good team. In prior seasons, I think Stupor Mario finds a way to lose this, but credit where it's due, they did what they needed to do to win.

 

[Instinctive]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

 

[General Malaise]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

Because when OU wins it'll look like a major upset to the casual, non-betting sports' fan and I can drop those cheating scum buckets out of my Top 20.

 

[kupcho1]

The appeal was that they were amateurs.

No, that was never the case.

The appeal was and continues to be that they represent your college and fans live vicariously through them. Their success or failure on the field (or court) was your success or failure. Now obviously this doesn't apply to everyone, but it does for the passionate fan of college athletics.

You're right to a degree, but I don't think it's that easy. Nor does history really bear that out. The real appeal until recently was that they were part of the university in some meaningful way and not just employees. There was at least the facade of university life that the guys were going through. And it was part amateurism. They were big men on campuses, but they were also going through the same thing the other students were. Note I also said around '66 or so. I'm thinking that somewhere in the mid '60s when society changed that college athletics really changed and the perks started to be paramount for the athletes and the whole spirit of the thing was different.

The drift in professional sports from the regular guy who lived on your block to the wealthy athlete that lived apart from you gave rise to the importance of college sports. The kids were now the relatable ones. I think it's this relatability that led to these billion dollar deals and this industry. And that the impulse of relatability is strained when the athlete is no longer relatable. And I think the cycle will begin again in college. Who can relate to a student earning four million dollars who has been to two other universities in the past two years? I can't be the only one to point this out.

And you can't tell me that in the fifties amateurism and being part of the student body wasn't a great deal of the pull or the attraction to college sports. Yes, there were the Ivies and cheer squads and student sections and all of that, but that's child's play compared to the utter hugeness of all of this.

It will eat itself to death.

You're so close!

First, though, you can't talk about "big men on campus" and then paint them as relatable. That seems to me to be a contradiction. And whether or not they were going through the same things as the rest of the student body, well, I think there's a reason Vonnegut portrayed college athletes in Player Piano (1952) the way he did. Exaggeration? No doubt. But I'm assuming there's a whiff of truth about it. This is an assumption of course. I'm old, but I'm not that old.

The real key here is 1951. That's the year the NCAA first received money for college football broadcast rights. I don't think any change in societal norms changed college sports, I think it was ... wait for it ... money.

The perks were always there for the more talented athletes. Now the money is too.

 

[rockaction]

The appeal was that they were amateurs.

No, that was never the case.

The appeal was and continues to be that they represent your college and fans live vicariously through them. Their success or failure on the field (or court) was your success or failure. Now obviously this doesn't apply to everyone, but it does for the passionate fan of college athletics.

You're right to a degree, but I don't think it's that easy. Nor does history really bear that out. The real appeal until recently was that they were part of the university in some meaningful way and not just employees. There was at least the facade of university life that the guys were going through. And it was part amateurism. They were big men on campuses, but they were also going through the same thing the other students were. Note I also said around '66 or so. I'm thinking that somewhere in the mid '60s when society changed that college athletics really changed and the perks started to be paramount for the athletes and the whole spirit of the thing was different.

The drift in professional sports from the regular guy who lived on your block to the wealthy athlete that lived apart from you gave rise to the importance of college sports. The kids were now the relatable ones. I think it's this relatability that led to these billion dollar deals and this industry. And that the impulse of relatability is strained when the athlete is no longer relatable. And I think the cycle will begin again in college. Who can relate to a student earning four million dollars who has been to two other universities in the past two years? I can't be the only one to point this out.

And you can't tell me that in the fifties amateurism and being part of the student body wasn't a great deal of the pull or the attraction to college sports. Yes, there were the Ivies and cheer squads and student sections and all of that, but that's child's play compared to the utter hugeness of all of this.

It will eat itself to death.

You're so close!

First, though, you can't talk about "big men on campus" and then paint them as relatable. That seems to me to be a contradiction. And whether or not they were going through the same things as the rest of the student body, well, I think there's a reason Vonnegut portrayed college athletes in Player Piano (1952) the way he did. Exaggeration? No doubt. But I'm assuming there's a whiff of truth about it. This is an assumption of course. I'm old, but I'm not that old.

The real key here is 1951. That's the year the NCAA first received money for college football broadcast rights. I don't think any change in societal norms changed college sports, I think it was ... wait for it ... money.

The perks were always there for the more talented athletes. Now the money is too.

There have always been popular people on campus that are a little larger than life. If it wasn't family money then it was drama/theatre or a great writer or intellect in class.

I do take your point about money but can't imagine that changed the university right away. It would seem that it would take a little while to filter into the admissions/campus life aspect of things and that the relative amount of money was minuscule compared to today.

Anyway, I'm not sure belaboring the point or figuring out which one of us is right really changes that this is going to eat itself because the notion that people making this much money to play sports are in any way integrated into the university other than as a corrupting force for the mission of education is a sham that people will see through.

There are people saying that with AI colleges and universities are dead anyway. I don't buy that; but we're going to see such radical upheavals of industry and work that the notion of the university as a training ground for business might be completely dead in thirty years and we can get back to the real educative mission which is learning how to think.

 

[dickey moe]

I'd just like to point out that spitting cobras actually aren't all that intense, and spit primarily as a defensive mechanism.

 

[General Malaise]

I'd just like to point out that spitting cobras actually aren't all that intense, and spit primarily as a defensive mechanism.

That's why I called for 10 of them, GB. My bet is at least 3 are having a bad day at any given time.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

Because when OU wins it'll look like a major upset to the casual, non-betting sports' fan and I can drop those cheating scum buckets out of my Top 20.

This is hurtful

(Very much looking forward to this game. Heart and fandom says get wrecked haters. Head and sense says i should be very nervous about a barely 18 yo QB and a young team in their first hostile road game)

 

[bigbottom]

It was a total cupcake match up no doubt, but USC should be ranked this coming week.

Their defense looks like it’s still going to allow too many gash plays but they have some real playmakers especially at RB.

Still in the “others receiving votes” category. I’m just happy the offense looked as good as they did in the first outing. I think the defense has enough talent to be an improvement over last year’s squad. It was the offense I was worried about. We’ll see how it goes when they face actual competition but 10 touchdowns and no punts is a good start.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

Is there a preseason GM TOP 20 to compare this too?

There is not. GM thinks pre-season polls are ridiculous.

Even more so now with all the player movement.

 

[pollardsvision]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

 

[General Malaise]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

Because when OU wins it'll look like a major upset to the casual, non-betting sports' fan and I can drop those cheating scum buckets out of my Top 20.

This is hurtful

(Very much looking forward to this game. Heart and fandom says get wrecked haters. Head and sense says i should be very nervous about a barely 18 yo QB and a young team in their first hostile road game)

I defended Michigan in here and the old thread over and over.

Now that the season has started, gloves off. I love Oregon and to hell with the rest!

This should be a great game but I think college football is better when OU is relevant and they've been dog urine for a few years now.

 

[General Malaise]

It was a total cupcake match up no doubt, but USC should be ranked this coming week.

Their defense looks like it’s still going to allow too many gash plays but they have some real playmakers especially at RB.

Still in the “others receiving votes” category. I’m just happy the offense looked as good as they did in the first outing. I think the defense has enough talent to be an improvement over last year’s squad. It was the offense I was worried about. We’ll see how it goes when they face actual competition but 10 touchdowns and no punts is a good start.

I watched USC until they covered the spread and then turned it. That offense is scary good again, but like the Ducks, it's hard to really tell against the teams they played. Both looked loaded though and that's what you schedule these for.

USC and Florida State and Oklahoma being good again would be awesome for the sport at large.

 

[Instinctive]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

Because when OU wins it'll look like a major upset to the casual, non-betting sports' fan and I can drop those cheating scum buckets out of my Top 20.

This is hurtful

(Very much looking forward to this game. Heart and fandom says get wrecked haters. Head and sense says i should be very nervous about a barely 18 yo QB and a young team in their first hostile road game)

I defended Michigan in here and the old thread over and over.

Now that the season has started, gloves off. I love Oregon and to hell with the rest!

This should be a great game but I think college football is better when OU is relevant and they've been dog urine for a few years now.

Good lord.

2024 6-7
2023 10-3
2022 6-7
2021 11-2
2020 9-2
2019 12-2
2018 12-2
2017 12-2

Two down years is not "dog urine for a few years now". Although I suppose I should defer to a Blazers fan on what is and isn't dog urine



Don't get me wrong - less than 9 wins this year and (barring a couple major injuries on offense) I want Venables gone like everyone else will. But let's cool the jets a little, Portland.

 

[Instinctive]

It was a total cupcake match up no doubt, but USC should be ranked this coming week.

Their defense looks like it’s still going to allow too many gash plays but they have some real playmakers especially at RB.

Still in the “others receiving votes” category. I’m just happy the offense looked as good as they did in the first outing. I think the defense has enough talent to be an improvement over last year’s squad. It was the offense I was worried about. We’ll see how it goes when they face actual competition but 10 touchdowns and no punts is a good start.

I watched USC until they covered the spread and then turned it. That offense is scary good again, but like the Ducks, it's hard to really tell against the teams they played. Both looked loaded though and that's what you schedule these for.

USC and Florida State and Oklahoma being good again would be awesome for the sport at large.

Ok FSU has been to the playoffs once.

USC has never been.

Oklahoma "being good again" is more like Clemson being good again than these two programs. Where is all this hate coming from?!?!?!?!?!

 

[General Malaise]

GM'S TOP 20

1. Penn State
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Oregon
5. Ohio State
6. Miami
7. Arizona State
8. South Carolina
9. Illinois
10. Texas
11. Clemson
12. Notre Dame
13. Florida State
14. Florida
15. Michigan
16. SMU
17. Iowa State
18. Alabama
19. Ole Miss
20. Oklahoma

15 20 wonder what we learn this weekend! So excited.

I like OU in this one. Favored by 5.5 and I might lay the points. Mateer at +1300 to win the Heisman? This might be the last time to get double digit odds on him. They win this and he has another good game, he's going to be up with the favorites.

So if you think they're gonna win, why is Michigan ahead in your list? And will they stay ahead of they lose but it's close?

Because when OU wins it'll look like a major upset to the casual, non-betting sports' fan and I can drop those cheating scum buckets out of my Top 20.

This is hurtful

(Very much looking forward to this game. Heart and fandom says get wrecked haters. Head and sense says i should be very nervous about a barely 18 yo QB and a young team in their first hostile road game)

I defended Michigan in here and the old thread over and over.

Now that the season has started, gloves off. I love Oregon and to hell with the rest!

This should be a great game but I think college football is better when OU is relevant and they've been dog urine for a few years now.

Good lord.

2024 6-7
2023 10-3
2022 6-7
2021 11-2
2020 9-2
2019 12-2
2018 12-2
2017 12-2

Two down years is not "dog urine for a few years now". Although I suppose I should defer to a Blazers fan on what is and isn't dog urine



Don't get me wrong - less than 9 wins this year and (barring a couple major injuries on offense) I want Venables gone like everyone else will. But let's cool the jets a little, Portland.

I WAS TRYING TO DEFEND OU! Jeeezam, dude. So 2 out of 3 years, OU finished with a sub .500 record. I'm old enough to remember when this was cause for pandemonium to break out in Sooner nation. Few = 3.

Congrats on that 10 win season between the 6-7. I think OU will be very good and beat Michigan, but don't get all sensi with me in a thread full of shtick.

Lol @ the Portland stuff. I don't care, man. Bash away.

 

[General Malaise]

It was a total cupcake match up no doubt, but USC should be ranked this coming week.

Their defense looks like it’s still going to allow too many gash plays but they have some real playmakers especially at RB.

Still in the “others receiving votes” category. I’m just happy the offense looked as good as they did in the first outing. I think the defense has enough talent to be an improvement over last year’s squad. It was the offense I was worried about. We’ll see how it goes when they face actual competition but 10 touchdowns and no punts is a good start.

I watched USC until they covered the spread and then turned it. That offense is scary good again, but like the Ducks, it's hard to really tell against the teams they played. Both looked loaded though and that's what you schedule these for.

USC and Florida State and Oklahoma being good again would be awesome for the sport at large.

Ok FSU has been to the playoffs once.

USC has never been.

Oklahoma "being good again" is more like Clemson being good again than these two programs. Where is all this hate coming from?!?!?!?!?!

Two 6-7 seasons in 3 years.

You know what team doesn't have two 6-7 seasons in 3 years? The Oregon Ducks and take that to the bank broboomer.

 

[Desert_Power]

"We're moving on to Charlotte"

-Belichick in the post game

Him playing his second game at that tiny-*** stadium is pretty funny.

 

[General Malaise]

"We're moving on to Charlotte"

-Belichick in the post game

Him playing his second game at that tiny-*** stadium is pretty funny.

His child bride talking to him during the game sure was something. This is so weird. All of it.

 

[Capella]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

 

[General Malaise]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

Who is Randy?

 

[kupcho1]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

Who is Randy?

The guy the replaced Topher Grace on that 70s show. Played by Seth Myers brother.

 

[massraider]

Miami, Florida and FSU are all in the top-15 for the first time since the 2006 preseason poll.

Alabama out of the top 20 for first time since 2008 preseason poll.

 

[General Malaise]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

Who is Randy?

The guy the replaced Topher Grace on that 70s show. Played by Seth Myers brother.

That doesn't help me at all but I never watched that show so....lost on me.

 

[General Malaise]

Miami, Florida and FSU are all in the top-15 for the first time since the 2006 preseason poll.

Alabama out of the top 20 for first time since 2008 preseason poll.

GM Rankings TM had this several hours ago, Tips.

Got the Bama part wrong but nailed the others.

Quitting my day job tomorrow.

 

[Capella]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

Who is Randy?

lol. Moss. He was in some suite with her.

 

[massraider]

GM Rankings TM had this several hours ago, Tips.

You were lacking the context to convey how historic your rankings really were.

 

[kupcho1]

I hate to be that guy, critiquing a savant, but @Capella you just barely missed on the subtitle.

She's about to leave Bill, but apparently you missed the "#### me eyes" she was giving Randy last night.

Lol but Sonny Dykes is funnier than her leaving for Randy. That’s actually believable.

Who is Randy?

The guy the replaced Topher Grace on that 70s show. Played by Seth Myers brother.

That doesn't help me at all but I never watched that show so....lost on me.

We need a Foghorn Leghorn emoji in here ASAP

 

[massraider]

https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/ncaaf?tab=national-championship

Current odds. Wide open this year

 

[belljr]

Jordon Hudson to enter the transfer portal

 

[rockaction]

Is it poor form if I come and dance on the SECs grave?

It is?

Okay.

Pardon my feet then. I've just got restless leg.

Nothing makes me happier than watching the North abolish another form of chattel slavery in the South and to then witness the salty tears of non-cope that flow when they realize that it was just an unjust farce enforced by bad actors who were complicit in robbery and theft. They can just suck it again. I love the cries of the Finebaums in the morning. It warms the cockles of my heart.

 

[kupcho1]

Is it poor form if I come and dance on the SECs grave?

You might be a tad early. We've seen one week. Sure, Alabama lost, but it wasn't like they fell to a directional school.

 

[culdeus]

Is it poor form if I come and dance on the SECs grave?

You might be a tad early. We've seen one week. Sure, Alabama lost, but it wasn't like they fell to a directional school.

And it was to a Florida school, which is sort of south tbf.

 

[General Malaise]

LSU and Georgia are two of the best teams in the country. Do with that what you like.

 

[rockaction]

LSU and Georgia are two of the best teams in the country. Do with that what you like.

I think I'll continue to dance to the tune that celebrates the fact that backwards schools that raked in hundreds of millions without paying a cent out to the people responsible for their windfall aren't getting invited this year to the sporting ball. If Georgia has figured out how to pass legislation and has the brainpower to set up these NIL collectives, more power to the Athens of the South.

How LSU figured out how to do it (did they have a televangelist start up a telethon on the local cable access channel?) I'll never know and until then I'll assume they're coasting on recent tradition.

 

[Instinctive]

LSU and Georgia are two of the best teams in the country. Do with that what you like.

I think I'll continue to dance to the tune that celebrates the fact that backwards schools that raked in hundreds of millions without paying a cent out to the people responsible for their windfall aren't getting invited this year to the sporting ball. If Georgia has figured out how to pass legislation and has the brainpower to set up these NIL collectives, more power to the Athens of the South.

How LSU figured out how to do it (did they have a televangelist start up a telethon on the local cable access channel?) I'll never know and until then I'll assume they're coasting on recent tradition.

I can't tell if this is schtick or not. Is there a reason it only applies to schools in the southeast or did the Big Ten and Pac 12 and Big 12 etc always pay guys and/or never make money?

ETA: if anything, isn't the criticism that SEC schools always paid guys a bunch under the table and now the playing field is level?

 

[culdeus]

LSU and Georgia are two of the best teams in the country. Do with that what you like.

I think I'll continue to dance to the tune that celebrates the fact that backwards schools that raked in hundreds of millions without paying a cent out to the people responsible for their windfall aren't getting invited this year to the sporting ball. If Georgia has figured out how to pass legislation and has the brainpower to set up these NIL collectives, more power to the Athens of the South.

How LSU figured out how to do it (did they have a televangelist start up a telethon on the local cable access channel?) I'll never know and until then I'll assume they're coasting on recent tradition.

I can't tell if this is schtick or not. Is there a reason it only applies to schools in the southeast or did the Big Ten and Pac 12 and Big 12 etc always pay guys and/or never make money?

ETA: if anything, isn't the criticism that SEC schools always paid guys a bunch under the table and now the playing field is level?

The line you hear on the inner tubes is that the most and best players are from the south east. Now the payouts have gotten so big that the kids are considering leaving. I don't know that the data supports this.

 

[rockaction]

LSU and Georgia are two of the best teams in the country. Do with that what you like.

I think I'll continue to dance to the tune that celebrates the fact that backwards schools that raked in hundreds of millions without paying a cent out to the people responsible for their windfall aren't getting invited this year to the sporting ball. If Georgia has figured out how to pass legislation and has the brainpower to set up these NIL collectives, more power to the Athens of the South.

How LSU figured out how to do it (did they have a televangelist start up a telethon on the local cable access channel?) I'll never know and until then I'll assume they're coasting on recent tradition.

I can't tell if this is schtick or not. Is there a reason it only applies to schools in the southeast or did the Big Ten and Pac 12 and Big 12 etc always pay guys and/or never make money?

ETA: if anything, isn't the criticism that SEC schools always paid guys a bunch under the table and now the playing field is level?

Sometimes you just gotta ignore the guy who isn't making sense and is just trying to instigate things. Those guys are best left to be found out by their loud mouths.

 

[General Malaise]

LSU's backyard is incredibly fertile with talent. Some of the fastest, biggest, meanest, strongest humans are born and bred in Louisiana. And something they love more than Cajun food, Zydeco, booze and beads is football. I know it is one week and I'm prone to over-reaction, but my god, this LSU team looks dangerous, especially on defense. Harold Perkins is a bad bad bad bad man.

 

[AAABatteries]

Is it poor form if I come and dance on the SECs grave?

It is?

Okay.

Pardon my feet then. I've just got restless leg.

Nothing makes me happier than watching the North abolish another form of chattel slavery in the South and to then witness the salty tears of non-cope that flow when they realize that it was just an unjust farce enforced by bad actors who were complicit in robbery and theft. They can just suck it again. I love the cries of the Finebaums in the morning. It warms the cockles of my heart.

10 teams in the top 25? Weird take even if you think rankings are worthless this early.

 

[psychobillies]

LSU's backyard is incredibly fertile with talent. Some of the fastest, biggest, meanest, strongest humans are born and bred in Louisiana. And something they love more than Cajun food, Zydeco, booze and beads is football. I know it is one week and I'm prone to over-reaction, but my god, this LSU team looks dangerous, especially on defense. Harold Perkins is a bad bad bad bad man.

This LSU team has their swagger back. They spent the Underwood money on the portal so they're pretty loaded and deep. There's a long way to go, of course, but I'd forgotten how good 1-0 feels.