Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[mrMet]

Old Carter bourbon is fantastic, I have not found any more since I finished my last bottle 2 years ago. I would like to try the rye also. How is that 12 year JD?

Personally have never had it but it’s always a hot item when on a drop. Multiple people asked about it after we sold out yesterday

 

[peaygolf]

 

[rikberry31]

I will say that in reviewing the NC State game again...I do think they are better than how they played.

Western Carolina scored 2 early TDs in the 1st and then only scored 1 TD after that in the 3rd. Their first TD came after an INT that gave them the ball on NC State's 8 yard line.

50 of their 120 total rushing yards came off one big scramble by the QB. I still think we win the game and if we make the plays we're capable of making it could end up getting ugly.

I will say though what excited me the most... Western Carolina generated 9 TFLs and 1 sack our DL should be able to have a good game against NC State's OL.

My take on the matchup comes down to rustling the women and raping the horses....WGWTFA.

 

[VolsnCards5]

Have Disney and DirectTv/Uverse fixed their **** yet?

 

[peaygolf]

Eddie? No! No, Not THAT!

 

[Weezer]

I dreamt last night that my spirit rose from a toilet bowl. It was an out of potty experience.

Your sense of humor stinks like it has risen from the toilet bowl. Does that make your joke ironic?

 

[Weezer]

There was no medical doc on Gilligan’s Island. The professor was a college professor (PhD). Get your facts straight.
Also, Mary Anne was from Tennessee. How dare you call her an uggo. Just ain’t right.

Also, has anyone seen Thurston Howell, III in the same room with @InVOLuntary ? Maybe, we have always known that they are the same person.

If they had been on one of his boats, none of that would have happened.

Mary Anne was from Kansas.

 

[Weezer]

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The Skipper would have been the one to check the weather. I'm tired of people blaming Gilligan.

 

[Orange.]

The NIL issue with the NCAA is simply that it wants to have a way (it makes no difference if it calls the body "independent") to turn a blind eye to pets and over-punish and persecute their pets' enemies. Specifically on booster involvement.

F them.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Even aTm yell leaders think this is embarrassing.

Looks like someone in the frat house read a book on hypnotism

...and then practiced in the mirror.

 

[Weezer]

Have any of you Morans been to Poland? I have a work trip coming up. I couldn't find an Applebee's anywhere in Poland when I did a google search.

Try looking for Pszczoła jabłkowa.

 

[Weezer]

I would've exhibited my dominance but humping him.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Name this country. (Might surprise.)

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Looks like the south of France or maybe somewhere on the Iberian peninsula..

 

[Orange.]

Basically, the NCAA is drawing the line at still being able to go after Nico, while ignoring the other teams' NIL behavior -- which the NCAA has actively done and is still doing. The judge is correct to call bullsh!t on that.

 

[Jimmy Football]

The NIL issue with the NCAA is simply that it wants to have a way (it makes no difference if it calls the body "independent") to turn a blind eye to pets and over-punish and persecute their pets' enemies. Specifically on booster involvement.

F them.

Yeah, there are basically three malign mindsets that dominate that institution:
- the people you mentioned, who want to pick their winners and losers and use the rules to grind axes and settle scores;
- the naive idealists that still believe in full amateurism for college athletes; and
- the academic snobs that feel like athletics gets far too much attention and funding, at the expense of the universities’ other pursuits.

Freedom of contract with regard to NIL is antithetical to all of those interests.

 

[Orange.]

Looks like the south of France or maybe somewhere on the Iberian peninsula..

Southeast of France is correct.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

I know no one wants to hear it, but they are in a tough spot to create excitement while also reducing injuries. Yes, football is a violent sport, but ignoring the concussions does no good. The original kickoff was causing more injuries. Once the NFL started agreeing to billion dollar settlements to lawsuits, these tweaks were going to made. Goodell just does what his owners want him to do.

Nobody makes these guys go out there and make millions of dollars...if they don't want to to play the game as it is meant to be played, then go become a welder or an HVAC guy...or maybe be a garbage collector or a truck driver or a miner.. and make millions less....but won't have that pesky head problem..well except for miners, their job is way more dangerous than football.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Mary Anne was from Kansas.

You are thinking of Dorothy and Toto

 

[Weezer]

You are thinking of Dorothy and Toto

Mary Anne was kind of based off of Dorothy. She was definitely from Kansas. I watched reruns fanatically as a wee Yeti.

 

[Orange.]

Yeah, there are basically three malign mindsets that dominate that institution:
- the people you mentioned, who want to pick their winners and losers and use the rules to grind axes and settle scores;
- the naive idealists that still believe in full amateurism for college athletes; and
- the academic snobs that feel like athletics gets far too much attention and funding, at the expense of the universities’ other pursuits.

Freedom of contract with regard to NIL is antithetical to all of those interests.

Yep.

As for the second group, I used to engage all over VN whenever they reared their simpleton heads, but I finally got tired of it. Most of them seem like naive or overwrought people with conservative dispositions looking for some new thing to complain about. I don't mean that their politics are necessarily conservative. There was never a football Eden. The scholarships that these types generally cite as payment enough were originally put in place as a form of pay for play for athletes and aimed at stopping the bag game. The bag game is as old as time.

As for the third group, notice they always shy away from blaming the money-losing sports, and most of all T IX. Instead they focus on the programs that pay for themselves. So it's easy to see that it is not authentically a principled issue with them, but old prejudice in new clothing. I will say from experience that not all academics act like that. Many like sports. And the ones who are authentically uninterested in athletics just ignore it. They don't bandwagon with the loud mouths.

 

[Nash_Vol97]

Todd Fuhrman and crew on Bet The Board say they’re going to have to hop on NCSt if the number gets to 10. Interesting tidbit

I’ll take UT plus the points all the way to -13. I think we win by 2+ TDs.

 

[VolGee4]

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Nobody makes these guys go out there and make millions of dollars...if they don't want to to play the game as it is meant to be played, then go become a welder or an HVAC guy...or maybe be a garbage collector or a truck driver or a miner.. and make millions less....but won't have that pesky head problem..well except for miners, their job is way more dangerous than football.

This is like the NCAA turning a blind eye to NIL. The NFL product had an injury problem. Yes, football is inherently dangerous. So is crossing the street, but cities put crosswalks and signs to reduce bad situations. The NFL didn’t stick their head in the sand and decided to tweak their billions dollar company. People still watch…in the millions. Free to believe what you want, but they are protecting their asset.

 

[overseasorange2]

It's widely believed the Duece Knight will end up at Auburn. I don't understand why anybody would turn down a free ride at Noter Dame to go to Auburn? Look at the eventual value of a degree from one versus the other, and please don't tell me to increase his chances at the pros because ND has a better resume!

 

[Ten_Titans]

FSU just keeps losing.

Supposedly it was the players that pushed for the change.

Imagine Tennessee bringing in a bunch of transfer players. They push to get Rocky Top from the POTS replaced with a bunch of ****** pop music, and then those same players start 0-2. I cannot imagine how toxic this place would be

 

[Glitch]

That new kickoff situation looks like a glitch in Madden.