HC Bill Belichick, (1 Viewer)

[Tau837]

academics are central to the institution at Berkeley and in Chapel Hill

LMFAO. You may not be aware of the 20+ year fake classes scheme UNC ran so their athletes, especially football, MBB, and baseball players, could maintain eligibility without going to class. Plenty of college sports programs have avoided, bent, or broken various rules over the past 50 years, but to hold UNC up as being comparable to Cal from an academic perspective seems like a joke to me.

Speaking as someone who worked at Cal for many years, graduated from Cal, and also sat through every game in the 1-10 Tom Holmoe season, I can tell you that the only public institutions Berkeley considers peers are UCLA, UNC and Michigan, probably in that order.

I've also sat through Cal being on NCAA probation, and my wife was a student advisor who worked with (Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion) Tarik Glenn, now the executive director of the Athletic Study Center. Harry Edwards and Derek Van Rheenan's work on sports and human rights are foundational to the field. Cal is better about focusing on academics for athletes than many institutions, but we're not good. Justin Wilcox last year gave an interview about how we all should just enjoy the sport, enjoy the games, and don't look behind the curtain, because you might not like what's going on.

Anyway, my point is, public institutions without a deep history of funding football at a high level are unlikely to be able to compete in this environment.

Fair enough. I am a NC State fan, and our public institution is in the same boat.

 

[massraider]

They added 65 transfers, I think? Not super shocked they got beat up, but really early to call this little venture a disaster.

And really, he's in his 70s, whatever he does now is incidental to his legacy. He's like the Rolling Stones. All time great no matter how many times they drag their tired bones onstage and embarrass themselves.

 

[J Giles Band]

academics are central to the institution at Berkeley and in Chapel Hill

LMFAO. You may not be aware of the 20+ year fake classes scheme UNC ran so their athletes, especially football, MBB, and baseball players, could maintain eligibility without going to class. Plenty of college sports programs have avoided, bent, or broken various rules over the past 50 years, but to hold UNC up as being comparable to Cal from an academic perspective seems like a joke to me.

Speaking as someone who worked at Cal for many years, graduated from Cal, and also sat through every game in the 1-10 Tom Holmoe season, I can tell you that the only public institutions Berkeley considers peers are UCLA, UNC and Michigan, probably in that order.

I've also sat through Cal being on NCAA probation, and my wife was a student advisor who worked with (Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion) Tarik Glenn, now the executive director of the Athletic Study Center. Harry Edwards and Derek Van Rheenan's work on sports and human rights are foundational to the field. Cal is better about focusing on academics for athletes than many institutions, but we're not good. Justin Wilcox last year gave an interview about how we all should just enjoy the sport, enjoy the games, and don't look behind the curtain, because you might not like what's going on.

Anyway, my point is, public institutions without a deep history of funding football at a high level are unlikely to be able to compete in this environment.

I would add UVA to that list.

You'll have to excuse the NC State guys... just touchy because NC State definitely is not.

 

[BubbaFridge]

Belichick won a playoff game with the Cleveland Browns Carl.

The Cleveland Browns.

GOAT

 

[eighsse2]

Yeah pretty clear this guy doesn't have what it takes to coach football.

 

[Gatorade]

Belichick won a playoff game with the Cleveland Browns Carl.

The Cleveland Browns.

GOAT

He didn't have his Gold Digger hanging around then to distract him.

 

[nittanylion]

I'm *not* going to go any further down this path, at least not in *this* Forum, but appearances are not always what they seem...

...the public perception that she's a parasite may be miscast.

It's as likely as anything else that they are engaged in a very typical, classic D/s relationship, behind closed doors, with him being one in charge.

Some very typical signs, if you know what to look for...

 

[Chaka]

I'm *not* going to go any further down this path, at least not in *this* Forum, but appearances are not always what they seem...

...the public perception that she's a parasite may be miscast.

It's as likely as anything else that they are engaged in a very typical, classic D/s relationship, behind closed doors, with him being one in charge.

Some very typical signs, if you know what to look for...

Great now I need to bleach my eyeballs because you forced the image of Belichick as a minor character in Dodgeball into my head.

 

[Faust]

UNC's Loss to TCU Was Utterly Embarrassing. Only Bill Belichick Is To Blame

 

[Faust]

Patriots' Robert Kraft plans to have Bill Belichick statue

 

[rockaction]

This just got totally bizarre. I'm not sure how true this is because it sounds so damn bizarre and weird. A grain of salt about this story would seem to be in order.

https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1963651827943002359

Boston Herald now reporting the same thing

https://x.com/DougKyed/status/1963710624208499188