All Things 2025 Playoffs and Bowl Thread

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DarrenTheGreek said:
I agree. Although I pulling for Indiana a part of me would think its hilarious if Ole Miss wins it but LSU never does.
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I was rooting for Ole Miss for that specific reason.

The team Kiffin bailed on was fully capable of winning the whole bowl of Tostitos.
 
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upnorthkid said:
went from the TTU-Oregon NIL bowl to the Indy-Oregon NIL bowl.

re Cuban. He's worth estimated 6billion

If he were to just place half his money in a high yield savings account, he'd have 90million to throw into NIL every single year. This whole thing about how they're wired to make money and so on entirely misses the point. If they dumped it in and sucked, sure could see it. But guys like Cuban, Campbell, Pegula, etc. see a mission or goal and know they have a limited lifespan and can't take it with them. Others will decide to penny hoard and want the "notoriety" of name recognition and control (see Sanford, Denny). Cuban's been on record saying this is all triggered by Cignetti and his relationship with him. Seems pretty on par for how he's done business, at least what's out there publicly.

All that to say, if you have a billionaire backer, the amount of money they have is just so stupid high it grossly tips the scales depending on the sport they want to back
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Campbell was a starting OL for Tech when Leach was the coach and also heavily invested in the school before NIL as Chairman of their Board of Regents. See link to the thread I started which has a comprehensive article on him -

Thread 'How Texas Tech became a player in the NIL revolution behind lineman turned oil tycoon Cody Campbell'
https://gopherhole.com/boards/threa...neman-turned-oil-tycoon-cody-campbell.120087/
 

GopherGrit said:
Very good post and points. I was wrong on Campbell, thinking of someone else.

Especially if IU wins the natty this year .... mission accomplished. The novelty instantly wears off.

Why should Cuban continue setting millions of his personal wealth on fire? They did it already. It won't feel nearly the same as the first time.
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He can write it off as a donation?
 




gopher7 said:
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But it just means more.....I have no love for Miami but it is awesome that the SEC is out of the title game again. And the fact that their teams did poorly in bowl season is even better.

And their lone power 4 bowl win was against a Michigan team going through a coaching change.
 

GopherGrit said:
Very good post and points. I was wrong on Campbell, thinking of someone else.

Especially if IU wins the natty this year .... mission accomplished. The novelty instantly wears off.

Why should Cuban continue setting millions of his personal wealth on fire?
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Because he can💪. His family will have an irrevocable trust so they’re set for the next umpteen generations - your financial angsts aren’t his.
GopherGrit said:
They did it already. It won't feel nearly the same as the first time.
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Most extremely wealthy people have a Huge EGO and are narcissists (there are no morality virgins at that level); the Curt Carlson’s of the world are rare.

Cuban doesn’t need to be on Shark Tank either for $, but he is, keeps his name in the spotlight. NIL is their GH, a way to engage their peers in a good old fashioned pissing contest - I would hope he trolls Campbell by sending him a gigantic bowl of Tostitos, if they make it to the Championship game.
 
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USAF said:
Turned out a heck of an entertaining game. Well played.
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Interesting thing is this: watching Miami, it was plain to see that their offense was no better than the Gophers' offense in about 1/3 of the seasons under PJ. ...And many years the Gophers' defense is on par with what Heatherman rolled out there. (Heatherman is a hell of a DC -- wish he were still at MN.)

It's not hard to see that the playoffs are in the cards. Maybe not in a year where your QB, WR1 and LT are all freshmen. But it's in the cards.
 



Gopher_In_NYC said:
Because he can💪. His family will have an irrevocable trust so they’re set for the next umpteen generations - your financial angsts aren’t his.

Most extremely wealthy people have a Huge EGO and are narcissists (there are no morality virgins at that level); the Curt Carlson’s of the world are rare.

Cuban doesn’t need to be on Shark Tank either for $, but he is, keeps his name in the spotlight. NIL is their GH, a way to engage their peers in a good old fashioned pissing contest - I would hope he trolls Campbell by sending him a gigantic bowl of Tostitos, if they make it to the Championship game.
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Correct. It's a drop in the bucket for him. Grit isn't looking at this through the eyes of a big ego billionaire. I gave the analogy earlier - dropping millions in NIL to support the team is like you or I buying a Gopher hoodie to wear to a game.
 

This came up on Reddit, and I thought it was funny.
Miami will be playing in the title game in their home stadium. But they will be the lower seed.
Will they have to vacate their own home locker room in favor of the higher seed?
 


disco said:
This came up on Reddit, and I thought it was funny.
Miami will be playing in the title game in their home stadium. But they will be the lower seed.
Will they have to vacate their own home locker room in favor of the higher seed?
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If I was the coach of the Big Ten team that makes it there I would push hard to get the home locker room.

Miami is already going to have a massive advantage playing at home in front of a crowd that will almost certainly heavily favor them. Small way to make them at least a little bit less comfortable :)
 

disco said:
This came up on Reddit, and I thought it was funny.
Miami will be playing in the title game in their home stadium. But they will be the lower seed.
Will they have to vacate their own home locker room in favor of the higher seed?
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It was assigned before any of the playoff games were played.

Whoever came out of that pod was going to be the home team.

Miami is the home team.
 

Unregistered User said:
It was assigned before any of the playoff games were played.

Whoever came out of that pod was going to be the home team.

Miami is the home team.
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If I remember right, there was some discussion about a similar issue when Minnesota hosted the Super Bowl and the Vikings were one win away from playing in it.
 

Unregistered User said:
It was assigned before any of the playoff games were played.

Whoever came out of that pod was going to be the home team.

Miami is the home team.
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Couldn't write the script much better for Miami to finally get back to championship the year the game will be played in their home stadium.

edit - and just so nobody is confused I am not using the word script to imply things were fixed in any way shape or form.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Couldn't write the script much better for Miami to finally get back to championship the year the game will be played in their home stadium.

edit - and just so nobody is confused I am not using the word script to imply things were fixed in any way shape or form.
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Miami will likely be a heavy underdog regardless of who wins between Oregon and Indiana.
 

gopherguy06 said:
I thought so too, but not sure how they call it there. I thought they might
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It would have been a really tough call to make in that situation. They tend to let a lot go on hail mary plays. Big difference between college and pros though is that even if they do call it then Ole Miss just gets another crack from the 20 as opposed to near the goal line like they would in the NFL
 

FinnGopher said:
Miami will likely be a heavy underdog regardless of who wins between Oregon and Indiana.
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I highly doubt that after what they did to Ohio State. They will be the underdog but I bet it is a pretty narrow point spread.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Couldn't write the script much better for Miami to finally get back to championship the year the game will be played in their home stadium.
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It worked on New Year's Day 1984 against Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

FinnGopher said:
Miami will likely be a heavy underdog regardless of who wins between Oregon and Indiana.
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See above. Big underdogs against what is now a Big 10 team.
 

gopher7 said:
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SEC is locked in as having the worst record in the bowl season - tied with Mountain West in percentage but I'm giving them the tie breaker as they have more total losses. The ACC will win in percentage, as the two remaining B1Gs play each other tonight (so one has to lose). And yep, I'm not counting the P12 as they only had one game. I'm not sure, but I think losing 10 games in one bowl season is the record.

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