Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[rekinhavoc]

I just got this feeling that Milton is gonna be special and rescue our program

I have high hopes Heupel will bring out the best in him and the others in that room.

 

[Volitaire]

Milton played in an offense at Michigan not tailored to his game with poor line play and receivers ppl forget that, doesn’t mean he can beat out Bailey, but it’ll be fun to watch who leads the team the best this year

 

[Billy Antrim]

They were surrounded... it was either surrender and probably be slaughtered or fight to the death. There was no running.

But other than that, a decent metaphor.

You obviously never saw the movie with John Wayne then. They had plenty of time to leave safely but chose to stay. Heroes.

 

[Devo182]

Pretty cool story about Giannis, his upbringing in Greece as an undocumented immigrant, getting discovered (along with 2 brothers that both play in the NBA as well), etc.

Of note - the Bucks franchise was worth $300mm when he arrived...now worth $1.6b Someone made a good investment.

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Immigrant Story and the Internationalization of the NBA - Niskanen Center

 

[The Dog]

Bass is a dreamer. Let him dream. His vision are at least a soft cushion from the harsh realities we face as a program. Let's dream a little in the meantime...it's more fun.

Agree, but I'm picking Bailey to lead the Vols back to the promised land. Although, it doesn't really matter who does it, as long as somebody does it

 

[Jackcrevol]

Awesome! Kids are a blessing, brb need to go vacuum this mess.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Bass is a dreamer. Let him dream. His vision are at least a soft cushion from the harsh realities we face as a program. Let's dream a little in the meantime...it's more fun.

i'm closing my eyes, i can see it...

 

[bullet20]

I like where your heads at.

TWSS

 

[Jackcrevol]

TWSS

i laughed

 

[Devo182]

Wow the 15-seed Jackson TN Underdawgs - full of g5/fcs guys from Martin, TN and rest of West TN/KY just beat a 2 seed with B1G players in TbT. Living up to their name.

 

[Catbone]

With Texas and Oklahoma we pretty much have to go to a larger playoffs now. It's going to be 3 of the 4 teams from SEC almost every year in the playoffs. Not that it really matters, it's all screwed anyway

 

[Devo182]

With Texas and Oklahoma we pretty much have to go to a larger playoffs now. It's going to be 3 of the 4 teams from SEC almost every year in the playoffs. Not that it matters, it's all screwed anyway

ASAP.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

With Texas and Oklahoma we pretty much have to go to a larger playoffs now. It's going to be 3 of the 4 teams from SEC almost every year in the playoffs. Not that it matters, it's all screwed anyway

Watch at least half the field be SEC teams when it expands to 12.

 

[Glitch]

It looks like the SEC is using the NIL rules to muscle the NCAA out and become the defacto rulers of college athletics. With the exception of a handful of schools from the BIG we would have the majority of the major schools. Then we just tell those other schools they are welcomed to join us and the NCAA has nothing except the small never gonna win anything schools and the FCS schools. The. They have no power over us.

 

[Jackcrevol]

It looks like the SEC is using the NIL rules to muscle the NCAA out and become the defacto rulers of college athletics. With the exception of a handful of schools from the BIG we would have the majority of the major schools. Then we just tell those other schools they are welcomed to join us and the NCAA has nothing except the small never gonna win anything schools and the FCS schools. The. They have no power over us.

Its the Star Wars prequels

 

[Catbone]

4 super conferences with 16 teams each in 4 pods with the same schedule structure. Scrap the conference championship games. The 2 best teams from each conference play in an 8 team playoff.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Conference of the South

Southeastern:
Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Clemson, North Carolina, North Carolina State

Southwestern:
Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, LSU, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi State, Ole Miss

Murderers Row

 

[Rishvol]

4 super conferences with 16 teams each in 4 pods with the same schedule structure. Scrap the conference championship games. The 2 best teams from each conference play in an 8 team playoff.

Best 4 (winner of each pod) and 16 man bracket

 

[Catbone]

Best 4 (winner of each pod) and 16 man bracket

What about an all in conference schedule until the playoffs in that format?

 

[Rishvol]

NBC sucks at Olympics coverage. No one wants to watch men's beach volleyball

 

[Devo182]

Nothing to do with much of anything, but I was interested in how increasing in-conference games affects perception for pollsters (W/L vs SoS, Margin of Victory, etc).

Maybe last year's final AP results were a true aberration, but it made for a good one-off case study in how pollsters view the best teams when everyone adds more conference opponents (meaning worse records for SEC teams) and take away OOC games (easy wins for big programs and usually losses for G5 programs).

From the limited data I cared to look at, the SEC looks worse off, supporting the one thing I have always believed - pollsters overvalue W/L and ignore SoS too much (and margins). The number of G5 teams ranked highly jumped a good bit as well, for similar reasons.



Only a meaningful thing if we continue to add more conference games. Could this mean more "lower programs" being in the top 25 and more middle-tier SEC teams being left out?

 

[Devo182]

Best 4 (winner of each pod) and 16 man bracket

This has always been the dream set up imo. Just like the pros - you have rules that dictate the playoffs - no human bias involved.

But again reason why we need conference balance.

 

[JacketVol]

Two things to count on: the SEC will make the biggest money grab possible, and most university presidents follow the money. It's all about strategically aligning divisions and scheduling games to maximize TV ratings. The opportunity to stack high-profile games across multiple networks and platforms will create huge ratings and result in massive payouts for schools.

The more big-brand teams the SEC can offer, the more televised content the conference will have and the higher the ratings/earnings potential. Every Saturday will be Super Saturday, and they can expand the weekend with live Thursday/Friday games and encore content the full week. Adding marquee brands increases the SEC's power, allowing the conference to negotiate more lucrative deals and exert more control over content scheduling.

Fans care about winning; school decisionmakers care about maximizing football wealth to fill many revenue buckets and support other programs and services, fund facility upgrades and expedite modernization and expansion plans. If ticket sales continue to decline, schools will come out ahead with the TV money.

I think they better change the donor structure for the right to buy tickets. With more marquee games on TV, and if UT is just middle of the pack, then why pay so much more money for a seat and miss all the great games on TV with the time and travel to Neyland. Sure, go to a game or two and stay home. Even if you paid 400 per ticket for two big UT games, it is still cheaper than annual donations. I think they can definitely make the coin with TV packages to make up for it but they will lose money on the donation side with the living room being a cheaper and better option for fans.

 

[tnhunter 10]

Went to PF today and ate at the Local Goat. One of the best burgers I've ever had. I've never had a bad meal from the goat.

 

[Catbone]

This has always been the dream set up imo. Just like the pros - you have rules that dictate the playoffs - no human bias involved.

But again reason why we need conference balance.

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