Recent content by GopherTheJugular

Like @swede2 said, you're moving the goal posts. Just because we finished with > .500 record and won a bowl game doesn't necessarily mean it was because of how we recruited the QB position out of high school. Besides Drake, we've had one good season from a QB we got out of high school (2019)...

Glad we have a replacement, but I liked having a guy with previous experience as a DC.

Are there any marketing people here that could comment on how you know if you're getting a good return on investment? I can see for major bowls and such, hearing "Tostitos Fiesta Bowl" over and over again leading up to a big game, you probably will sell more tortilla chips. Are most of the...

Hopefully! If your team isn't in the playoffs, let the kids focus on final exams or spending Christmas with their family, as opposed to giving up another two weeks of their life just to have "live" tv programming.

Kaliakmanis was bad for us and needed to transfer to a new school and play under their coaching staff just to be adequate. I wouldn't call that a hit by any means. He was a miss for sure. As for others, that tall kid from Texas (Jacob Clark?) who threw one pass against Iowa didn't seem to do...

Sorry, I should have clarified better. I was only referring to 1 game, not their entire season, or anything before that. To me, the ones that stand out are that game, Miracle on Ice, Foreman knocking out Moorer, etc. The things that really stand out and will be talked about later in life. I...

Well I think it might be because the hole can only be dug so deep. Whether you were awful for 120+ years (Indiana?) or about 40 years (SMU) or that 10+ years range (Nebraska) - all those holes can be gotten out of in the same way and in the same amount of time, NIL infusion.

True. We both can be right on this one. I agree, I'm just referencing one game for North Carolina St. I think that if 2 games were on TV on the same night, one being Indiana beating Miami and the other being NC State beating Houston, I'd feel like the next morning, most of the talk at the...

Yeah, it didn't even make it to page 2 before people started disagreeing with each other. Kinda shameful. ;)

Which is why it was a great upset. Had they finished first in the ACC that year, their victory over Houston wouldn't stand out nearly as much.

Well, then instead of "all time" he should have said, "in my lifetime", no? Are you really implying that he's never heard of that game cuz he's too young?

You're not misinterpreting. It's just that, going out and getting/paying for the players you want doesn't necessarily mean that people will rank it high. It *could* correlate to a top 10 class or whatever, but it doesn't have to. Transfers from James Madison aren't going to get your class...

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with? I never said they pulled in a top 20 class for transfers or high schoolers, so not sure why you thought that was relevant?

Ok then, so by your logic, what Dan Marino accomplished in 1984 wasn't that special because QB's today are easily hitting those numbers? The rule change is the precise reason for the success of Indiana, and rules changes are the precise reason why it's no big deal to put up almost 50 TDs and...

Kinda disagree here. Didn't the Florida Marlins pretty much buy their world series team? Granted, they gave up after one and went back to awful, but it's the same kinda turnaround. Valvano and the Wolfpack beating Houston was head and shoulders above what Indiana did. Now if Indiana did what...