Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Hermosa. Our base camp for visits to Custer State Park (awesome park), Badlands National Park, Wind Cave NP, and Mt Rushmore.

I love the Black Hills region.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Moran is meant to be a compliment, but people are using it instead of moron, which is really what they mean. Moran should be reserved to people on this board.

I sort of disagree...it is meant to say "I love you guys, but you're being a idjit this time"

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Texas not being the big boy/bully in their conference anymore is going to be an extremely tough pill for them to swallow based on how they've behaved in the Big 12.

Yep..that is the reason I didn't believe this at first, but I guess their leadership saw where things were heading and figured it was better to share than to die a lonesome death down the road.

 

[Newman]

 

[orange parmejohn]

Hermosa. Our base camp for visits to Custer State Park (awesome park), Badlands National Park, Wind Cave NP, and Mt Rushmore.

There is a little unknown place on the edge of the Badlands, called Fairburn. I used to go agate hunting there for Fairburn agates, the state gem of SD. Truly a Mecca for rock hounds and fossil hunters.

 

[Jackcrevol]

There is a little unknown place on the edge of the Badlands, called Fairburn. I used to go agate hunting there for Fairburn agates, the state gem of SD. Truly a Mecca for rock hounds and fossil hunters.View attachment 382924

How big was Agate, and, were you able to climb over it easily?

 

[SoilVol]

How big was Agate, and, were you able to climb over it easily?

Gniess pun

 

[chargervol]

How big was Agate, and, were you able to climb over it easily?

 

[Jackcrevol]

Gniess pun

Bet he climbed agate. It's all Ore nothing with him.

(had to look that one up.)

 

[triadvolfan]

Not sure what they're talking about, but I've now heard a couple different national commentators talk about how Texas is such a rogue program and has destroyed more than 1 past conference because of how they operate.

Anyone know the history there? Sounds interesting.

Texas has their own TV network. That severely delayed the creation of the Big 12 network and I think the Big 12 network still doesn't have any rights to the Longhorns home games. I don't know all the details but that's one example at least of them going rogue.

Given how large the SEC network funding is to SEC schools you could argue that the Longhorn network has devastated the Big 12 since they were the last Power 5 conference to get their own TV network.

I'm curious on other history though. Maybe they're referencing Texas jumping ship to the Big 8 (now Big 12) destroying the SWC? Not sure.

 

[UT = Checkmate]

Only if we had a D that year.

That’s what she said.

 

[UT = Checkmate]

Okay it’s my turn to ask the question as I’ll be going to Memphis tomorrow. Best BBQ joint in Memphis?

1. Memphis BBQ Company
2. One and Only
3. Central BBQ

 

[Vols4us]

Yep..that is the reason I didn't believe this at first, but I guess their leadership saw where things were heading and figured it was better to share than to die a lonesome death down the road.

Well, you and they now it is going to change again sometime down the road. May not be in our lifetimes or it may be sooner, who knows? But we do know it will change. So get in while the money is good and see what happens. If it changes to benefit them at some point they can always leave and do something else. Which is why all the other schools including aTm are approving it.

 

[Billy Antrim]

There is a little unknown place on the edge of the Badlands, called Fairburn. I used to go agate hunting there for Fairburn agates, the state gem of SD. Truly a Mecca for rock hounds and fossil hunters.View attachment 382924

Very nice!

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Gniess pun

Don't take rock puns for granite..

 

[RiotVol]

So basically the end game here is that the SEC absorbs all 4 other conferences and then we have a new NCAA with Greg Sankey in charge. Weird.

I suspect this is the sports version of my “CNBC Hypothesis.” Every time something happens like “oil reaches a yearly high!,” it immediately has a string of people talking about how high it can possibly go, like “it could go to $100 a barrel!” You could make an entire investment strategy of doing the opposite of the CNBC headlines.

I think that’s what’s happening now. Credible sources and other ancillary info pointing to Texas and OU joining the SEC. Now we are seeing talking heads and anonymous sources running with “what if” headlines for clicks and likes.

My hunch is that if that if a school isn’t in loose footprint of the south, and isn’t in the top 15 list of most valuable football programs, then it isn’t happening.

I can see a valuable reason for the SEC to break the NCAA -> the headaches that come along with uneven NCAA investigations and rule changes. It’s an organization that is getting a lot of money that is wildly inconsistent at calling balls and strikes. From COVID rules to targeting to stunting the growth of programs like Ole Miss and Missouri that were improving before getting popped with NCAA violations.

What if the NCAA tries to effectively cancel a season again like last year? What if they are even more uneven in determining where the line between a student making money off their likeness versus a recruiting violation? What if they threaten one of the major cash cow programs by retroactively deciding something is a violation because their NIL guidance is nonexistent?

I think the SEC sees the writing on the wall. They are the biggest kid on the block that is tired of paying part of their lunch money to the bully who can’t beat them up anymore. And just to make sure, they went and added a couple more big dudes to their gang. They don’t need to add anymore to accomplish the mission of telling the bully to kick rocks.

 

[scienceteaching_vol]

Don't take rock puns for granite..

I laughed out lode when I read this one.

 

[CharlestonVol15]

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Don't take rock puns for granite..

If you take too many things for granite, you'll become a shale of a person.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Uncle shot himself now my gf of 2 years who I'm living with grabbed me a beer and informed me she is leaving me. Great start of the week so far

Stay strong cat.

 

[Jimmy Football]

They really screwed up assembling the US Softball team. They had Osterman and Abbott as a pitching staff, yet grouped them with a lineup that couldn’t produce runs. They only averaged 1.5 runs per game.

Think about all the offensive talent that runs through the SEC alone each year, yet they couldn’t find 9 players that could score 3-4 runs a game? I find that hard to believe.

I understand wanting to have solid fielding, but when you have an all-time great pitching staff leading your team, you lean on them to provide your defense, and use dominant hitting to take the pressure off of them.

 

[Jackcrevol]

I laughed

 

[orange parmejohn]

Don't take rock puns for granite..

This post is fantastic.

 

[ConwayFitty]

I laughed out lode when I read this one.

Not your fault, geology puns are funnier than they seam

 

[Smokeytom]

So this guy is simulating NBA seasons with all the best players in NBA history spread throughout the league. But of course, they also simulate a draft every offseason. Fast forward to 59:00. A familiar name pops up on OKC’s team.

Should tweet that at JJJ lol