Recruiting Football Talk VIII

0-3 against Quad 1 though

We’re 4-1, and we’re 1-0 against Quad 2

So a 3 loss team that’s 5-3 against Quad 1 & 2 should be above a 1 loss team that is 5-1 against Quad 1& 2?
NET and KenPom say yes and clearly a lot more goes into it than just straight W-L by quadrants. I'm guessing margins. I think we'd be #2 or 3 if we had only lost by a handful and not been completely wrecked.

I don't make the metrics, just trying to make sense of the output.
 
It's just optics. You have a historically bad loss, you're going to drop more than you probably deserve. Not saying I agree, but that's always how it's going to work.

If Duke loses by 30 to someone, they're going to drop a lot too.
Yay and nay. Models don't care about optics, but they do agree that margins have predictive value, which is well known through historical data in (at least) football and basketball.
 
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That’s QUICK though. Anyone who has never been in a 9 second or faster ride doesn’t realize.
Uhh yeah it's insane. And we're talking low 9s, some have reported 8.9 1/4 mile.

STOCK.

Only the Lucid Sapphire may be faster and it comes with over 1,200 HP and 1,400 lb-ft torque, right off the assembly line.
 
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I thought Tesla’s were crazy until I stepped foot into a Calvo Viper.
Definitely crazy, but not a production build either. At that point we're just talking all custom cars. Anything 2,500+ hp is just wild to me though. Must have been a cool experience. Vipers are also damn weird cars just to begin with, so minimalistic.

The guy that (afaik) still holds the 1/4 mile record from many years ago was pushing something like 28,000 hp. Believe it was rocket powered lol
 
Lol no worries, I get it.

Thing is if you break up the NIL collective to separate by sport and by gender it creates more workload on said collective, which will then require more administrative support...so if fans are already concerned over 10% or whatever the number is that's not going directly to the athletes that's the reason I say collectives should just focus on taking in donations to a central bucket if ya will. The university/coaches then would be able to help guide resources to sports/players as needed.

You should donate your money however you want I agree.

Mostly I just think adding more workload to the Volclub to essentially keep up with separating donations will only cause problems. The Lady Vols already have a separated NIL deal going with it's own shop location as well.
That’s a fair thought. I also would say though I don’t think it would require as much administration as you think. It could probably easily be exported to an excel spreadsheet, as could the donor data necessary to make projections about how long they could rely on the recurring donations.
 
Interestingly, Hooker was discussing whether there should be open competition for next year's QB job given NICOs struggles.
Open competition is only helpful when there would be competition. Nobody is gonna win the job over Nico. And given that, taking first team reps from him would be counterproductive for our ultimate potential this coming season.
 
Love the idea of the kids having to pay a buyout if they transfer.

Also think these contracts should be a 2 year minimum with penalties if they try to transfer before the 2 years.

Contracts eliminate the stupid off season negotiations….at least for the first 2 years.
100% agree and have for the last 4+ years, contracts are the only end game here. Every sport on earth already has this figured out.

Everything becomes lobsters.
 
Good for them. They've been screwed for decades.
Absolutely, I agree. I believe the players should get every single penny they can get; and, yes, they have been getting screwed for decades now. They haven't ALWAYS been getting screwed; but, for the last couple of decades or so, yes they have, in a big way. Ever since billion-dollar TV deals were first signed, and the first video game played with their FACE on it...they have deserved a piece of that pie for awhile now, and then some.

I am for the players having lots of power...but, not ALL the power. Fine-tuned contracts and penalties for breaking them. Player signs contract, breaks it...penalty, based on what said contract states. School/collective signs a terrible contract with a player that finds loopholes in said terrible contract to benefit himself/herself, to find better opportunities...penalty, for whatever institution that didn't have it in writing, in legal documents, that a kid could transfer multiple times without, at least, paying back, at least, part of the money. If an institution is dumb enough to sign a contract without border lines, hats off to the kid.
 

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