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They both (PAC-12 and MWC) need another full football member? There is Hawaii, which is in the Big West for most sports.

I'd even take 5 out of 7!

The last play of Varsity Blues? That guy was climbing a ladder!

I mean I dunno, maybe PJ's gotta suit up and do it himself! "Who's that new player?? The bald guy? RJ Flork?? Damn that guy's got some moves!!"

I don't understand how they can do collective bargaining without the players being employees, and without collective bargaining how they can enforce certain things without them being ruled illegal according to anti-trust laws? I guess I should stay at a Holiday Inn Express

That's interesting! Perhaps (making this up) the language of the rule only requires every school advance to the post-season, without further defining what that is?

This should probably go in an OL thread (sorry). Does anyone feel like Carroll spending the spring and fall camp (right?) at RG instead of RT, has cost him now that he's back at RT? Or not really? Was it a mistake, in hindsight? Not saying he's the sole reason for anything, at all. There are...

I think it's just 0.8+0.1+0.25+0.5+0.5+0.5+0.5 = 3.15 ?

That's what I thought, maybe the rules have changed?

Apparently, they don't want San Jose, Nevada, Wyoming, or New Mexico? I can't see how that is worth nine figures of money? They have to be hoping to force dissolving the conference and thus not owing anything? Funny since I think that's what the departing PAC teams were hoping for, but Oregon...

If we do go 5-7 regular season, get into a bottom tier bowl game, win that, then 2024 was very similar to 2023 with 6-7 records and now can claim six bowl wins "in a row" (excluding 2020 season, which I will let you decide if that's valid or invalid)

Yeah, that is a tough thing to say. It just feels like the sport the way it is, only teams that spend way more money than we have access to are realistic contenders. Will be interesting to see what some of the teams that make the CFP bracket now at 12 are going to be like. Obviously we're...

What in particular makes you say this?

Long season, but damn it has been fun so far! Appreciate the discussion a few pages back and not looking to restart it, good points already brought up there. Will just say, I'm big on "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". We'll see!

Also, I wonder if the Regents would have to approve of the buyout. I know they had to approve of the contract, but I feel like that massive of an expenditure decision ... if they wouldn't want to be the ones to approve it or not?

Apologies, I was lazy with my wording there. I meant one of the best that the Gophers have had. But your post is pretty clear about comparative stats!

I did see him get pushed way back by Iowa's DE on one play, that pressured Brosmer, and the throw was poor. But I wasn't watching him much of the time, have no idea what his grade would be. Honest question: is there anyone realistic else who could play there and not be a big drop off due to...

Without a Big Ten West, and getting to play a hapless Nebraska, along with some other programs that were going through some doldrums (ILL until Beilema came along, for example), I think we're going to have to recalibrate what are reasonable expectations for this program.

It's interesting because there is and/or will be probably the most money coming into the athletic department ever, due to the football TV deals. Money that Maturi couldn't even dream of, for example. And PJ is arguably one of the best football coaches in an overall W-L sense. Yet seems like...

We parked at the fair grounds. After game, waited in line for the shuttle maybe 10 mins. Ride over is another 5-10 mins. Google maps took us a bit of a wonky way over to 280, but there was no traffic at all. $15 to park there as long as you want, free shuttles. Can tailgate if you want, we just...