Recent content by 50PoundHead

Don't forget Harvey Mackay, visionary Mike Lynn, a handful of bamboozled M-Club members, and the Minneapolis Downtown Council.

They may not be NFL talent when all is said and done, but there is something to be said for having a ton of 4th and 5th year seniors who all know their roles and play within those roles.

When Fleck took over, the models that a significant portion of the fan base wanted him to emulate were Iowa and Wisconsin. He did that. I am a bit surprised that he didn't build on the 2019 model but it takes people and it has been difficult to replicate Bateman and Johnson and our QB play has...

Blame Sid! I would say not only incredibly dumb, but probably the dumbest move ever.

Maybe, maybe not. I think one difference is that Cignetti came to Indiana with a blank slate and zero expectations. Fleck inherited a somewhat messier situation. Cignetti appears to be more single-minded about football than Fleck and while coaches like Cignetti aren't exactly a new breed, I...

Professor Plum in the Library with the Wrench.

Good points that people keep driving past. I can remember when Kain Colter (maybe not the first guy, but along with O'Bannon) started to get the ball rolling on a lot of this and a good portion of the college football fan base were aghast. These guys get scholarships after all and they should...

You'd have to be a member of MENSA to figure out the Mensah situation.

Agree totally. I don't know where things will ultimately end up for HS QBs in the portal era, but I wonder if some will simply start out at the MAC or similar level, get earlier playing time, and then seek to move up if they perform well.

Good catch. I guess Grok is my AI. I meant public, but maybe that comment is below the belt.

I have an out-of-left-field question. We've touched on this a bit in the Perich tax angle thread (and I don't want to re-visit that), but are the players receiving remuneration beyond their scholarship considered public employees? If so, everyone should be able to see what they are being paid...

That's likely true. I don't know what the staff told him in the post-season meeting and perhaps his decision to enter the portal is based on that conversation. I'm not going to question players' decision-making processes, but I thought it was a premature jump on Kollock's part unless it was...

Surprised he didn't include the phone number for the Pubic Defender's office.

Kollock should be second in that series. We don't have any idea how Kollock fared leading the scout team, but I have to believe his ceiling is higher than the Shikenjanski's, Merdinger's, and Wittke's.

I've had similar thoughts. If you're a guy who has played three years (plus nine games) and the draftniks say you're a Day 3 guy, guys will come back because the NIL/revenue sharing bucks they are getting will likely be greater than rolling the dice on a late-round/UDFA contract. Curious which...