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I always try to be a little zen when something happens that seems like it should derail a season like Freeman going down. You just gotta say "we'll see". They played PU & UW close without him and beat RU on the road (also missing Thelwell in that one). It's not like the players behind Freeman...

There are now agents who represent players - primarily those who are looking to transfer for a better deal, but maybe a few top HS players - and they are talking to coaches all the time. Rules? What rules?

If this true - and not doubting you at all - how does he have a job at McNeese? If they petitioned successfully, why would they deny Minnesota?

They are still #25 in "Wins Above Bubble" thanks to beating TAMU, San Diego St., and Bama in the noncon. Their schedule lightens up considerably from this point forward.

There are a bunch o' teams in the mix to end up in the relegation zone - 9 teams currently between 3 and 5 wins for those 3 spots (no idea on the tiebreakers with that many teams). I am guessing Washington might make it out - their game at Iowa coming up a week from Saturday is a biggie.

They did this kind of thing in the locker room after the Wisconsin game and then played much better the next few games. I guess that dose wore off. Let's see if it's as effective in the next dose or if the body's built up some immunity to it.

Less than a mile from Marq campus to FiServ, and they've basically always played in that area through several arenas over the years. The walk from Middlebrook Hall to Williams Arena is a third of a mile longer.

Funny you say this - it's a pretty good description of how my professional mind works. It's sort of my job IRL to identify vulnerabilities and have a plan for avoiding bad or worst-case scenarios. If you wait for them to happen, it's too late.

I think you know I'm in the camp who thinks CBJ isn't a good coach. I think he deserves to be gone. I'm just anticipating the counter-narrative, which isn't rationally unreasonable (despite it being incessantly espoused by a lunatic poster) - i.e., a lot of this isn't his fault. The team made...

This USC game is winnable, especially if their best player Desmond Claude can’t go, and then they’re favored against NW and PSU. That’s a nonmiraculous 7 wins and smack dab in the gray zone, and they might even win a game in the BTT against another lower third team. You asked who other than...

I think they likely will make the BTT at this point. It may have more to do with other teams’ roster attrition, but that won’t show up in the standings. I think we need to be prepared that an argument will be made that this exceeds expectations given personnel.

What about Cochran? I assume he wants to keep a year of eligibility and claim a medical redshirt at this point, but if M Mitchell is indeed out, his services might be helpful.

The world has changed. Attendance is declining for college sports everywhere across the country. Every game is on TV. It’s hard to compete with the convenience of watching at home for the casual fan. And, if you do decide to show up and put up with the hassle and expense, you experience an...

Poor Northwestern lost another starter for the year (Leach). That’s 31 points per game they have to replace on the fly. I watched a little bit of their game last night at Washington - they lost a close one, but man do they battle with whatever they have. Can’t even credit Collins because he’d...

People on this board mostly celebrated his departure.

Welp...

Currently 3-7 in the MAC and #308 in T-rank…the MAC is pretty awful, too, with 5 sub-300 teams. Maybe the spreadsheets were right?

Yeah, ain't happenin' of course. However, if I was designing this, I'd throw all the P5 teams together and then create 5 tiers with promotion and relegation after every year. Mid majors ain't gonna like it, but this is fantasy anyway. It's more interesting in the pros - instead of tanking to...

I believe Woodson to be the 18th best coach in the league, and that’s being generous - there are some assistants that are likely better. He’s exhibit A why having a talented (and expensive) roster is not the most important thing.

Yeah, the stakes aren’t nearly as high as EPL - good point. I was thinking that the 3 coaches of the “relegated” lose their jobs, but I don’t think that’ll be true for the west coast UW if they’re one of them, nor PSU.