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BigSteve09 said:
Couches burned in Knoxville the night that we beat Memphis. That was a crazy night.
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The logic has always baffled me

Tom: Man what a win!!! That’s crazy! What now?

Jimmy: Heck, dunno Tom. I guess you’ve got this here sofa and I’ve got some matches.

Tom: Man… the math checks out. Let’s burn my sofa in the front yard.

Jimmy: Heck yeah brother!
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
The logic has always baffled me

Tom: Man what a win!!! That’s crazy! What now?

Jimmy: Heck, dunno Tom. I guess you’ve got this here sofa and I’ve got some matches.

Tom: Man… the math checks out. Let’s burn my sofa in the front yard.

Jimmy: Heck yeah brother!
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I confess that I have personally burned several pieces of furniture in my front yard.

It was not in response to a game outcome. I also happen to live on 50 acres and had some old furniture that I really didn't want to haul to the landfill, but I guess I really can't judge.

May the record show that I do not have any major appliances on the porch, nor do I have any old cars on blocks, and I have never used an old commode as a planter. So I'm only like 25% hillbilly.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
The logic has always baffled me

Tom: Man what a win!!! That’s crazy! What now?

Jimmy: Heck, dunno Tom. I guess you’ve got this here sofa and I’ve got some matches.

Tom: Man… the math checks out. Let’s burn my sofa in the front yard.

Jimmy: Heck yeah brother!
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Same logic as riots. "Hey, let's destroy our neighborhood. That'll make a real statement and show them!"
 
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Anyone talking about or know more about this kid? I mentioned in the Nolen thread this kid apparently has us on his list and may be taking an official visit. This is the type of JUCO/Transfer portal depth we MUST get in order to keep moving forward. You get this kid and another DT and it will help tremendously in terms of our D line with everyone we are losing... Hope he picks the good guys.

 
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volinbama256 said:
Anyone talking about or know more about this kid? I mentioned in the Nolen thread this kid apparently has us on his list and may be taking an official visit. This is the type of JUCO/Transfer portal depth we MUST get in order to keep moving forward. You get this kid and another DT and it will help tremendously in terms of our D line with everyone we are losing... Hope he picks the good guys.

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He has a thread.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
The logic has always baffled me

Tom: Man what a win!!! That’s crazy! What now?

Jimmy: Heck, dunno Tom. I guess you’ve got this here sofa and I’ve got some matches.

Tom: Man… the math checks out. Let’s burn my sofa in the front yard.

Jimmy: Heck yeah brother!
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volbeast33 said:
He cost me 250 dollars one year…. I bet on the Vikings to beat the pack by 3 at home with Brett Farve out injured….. The Vikings couldn’t do anything on offense bc Reggie wouldn’t allow them to do anything…. It was the most impressive defensive performance I had ever watched.
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How’d you make that bet? Favre never missed a game with the Packers after his first start…part of his record.
 
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Volnerd said:
An Ole Miss fan told me that Kiffin is considered to be a State employee and there are limits on how much he can make there. The fan also told me that he really likes it there. But he also likes money and I think he can be bought.
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No way you turn down living in Miami vs Oxford.
 
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jkleno said:
No way you turn down living in Miami vs Oxford.
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If your only job was to live, then sure.

He has to coach the football team to success. That involves undoing everything that the admin and leadership at Miami have done to sink the program.

That involves more work and politics than when he walked into USC, with less support and resources than he has at Ole Miss.
 
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Reposting this to rehash some points about Miami Football and the program because we're hitting some of the same topics again.

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Miami cannot do what they did in the 80's-00's that made them elite. They have a lot of academics and pointexters at the top running the university now that are ashamed of their former image as The U. They were embarrassed by the Yahoo Sports story on Shapiro that turned the program inside out. They want to go to academic conferences and events and get the same oohs and ahs that their colleagues from Duke get. Football has not been the focus there.

Maybe that will change? I don't know.

They have a hard enough time getting fans and the community to commit fully. They are competing with other professional sports, the climate, the fact that there is so much more to do in the city. Not to mention the campus is in Coral Gables, which is 35 minutes west of South Beach, and 35 minutes south of Hard Rock Stadium where they play. Even when the fans and community buy in, the big money donors that want the school to spend money on academics are not cutting the checks that a program like Miami needs. Going to Miami isn't really the "college experience" that you get at most other major universities, especially ones where football is a priority.

Look at their last couple of hires - Richt, who they were happy to luck into, but was obviously not an elite coach, and Diaz, who is basically their Dooley, and they considered themselves lucky to have those stars align. Even now they're waiting to fire Diaz until the end of the year so his buyout is cheaper, when this era pretty much dictates that you pony up to make a great hire or you depend on dumb luck or settle for mediocrity.

This week, a bunch of former players are hosting a roundtable to talk about the state of the program. The roundtable is closed-door but they are releasing some/all of the footage from the roundtable in the next couple of weeks. Former players have been TRYING desperately to find support from the powers that be there for years, but that momentum just does not exist anymore. The former players are probably going to say the same thing that they've been saying for 15 years - we built something special that you (AD) completely dismantled. You abandoned football and kicked out donors years ago, and you can't just turn back to 2006 and decide to take football seriously again.

I don't think they'll ever go back to pre-Schnellenberger lows that they had in the 70's and prior. I also think that the special circumstances that aligned to allow for their rise in the 80's and maintained success/dominance through the early 00's, do not exist anymore. You can't recreate the "State of Miami" in South Florida. You can't get away with whatever they had to do to get and keep elite talent by any means necessary. You can't kick every other program out of S Fla now that the secret has been out for decades. Handlers, local coaches, players, agents all know their options and worth now. Miami has burned some bridges locally as well, to the benefit of Alabama, Ohio State, Florida, etc etc.

Miami has more in common with USC than a lot of other schools. If he didn't like the way that place was run he's probably not going to be into Miami.

Kiffin at Florida makes way more sense, or him just staying put to continue building OIe Miss and biding his time until Saban retires like everyone else. Kiffin will get way more support, resources, and backing at Ole Miss than he would at Miami.

Full context - aside from when we've played them, I've always enjoyed following Miami. I loved their attitude, I loved that they bullied Florida. They were renegades in every sense of the word. I must have read Cane Mutiny by Bruce Feldman 10 times. The story about them going to LSU at night, coming out of the tunnel and LSU had put Mike The Tiger's cage right at the entrance to scare the city boys from Miami. The Miami players literally screamed/roared at the tiger and shook his cage, then beat the hell out of LSU in their own house. Then ESPN's The U came out and I thought Miami would come back. I would love nothing more than for Kiffin to go to Miami and revive a fledgling, directionless program that has a ton of potential. I just see so many challenges that did not exist the first time that Miami rose. For our sake, we need Miami to keep players away from Bama and Florida.
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Kiffin can and should wait around to get a better job. He doesn't have to settle for Miami, and it is not a destination job until everything/everyone else at Miami makes it a good job again. I really do think he's waiting around for Florida, and he might just get that call.
 
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butchna said:
How’d you make that bet? Favre never missed a game with the Packers after his first start…part of his record.
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It’s been close to thirty years so my memory is not what it use to be…. Look up the 1994 game…… favre was really banged up and wasn’t suppose to play…. He threw for 40 yards before being replaced by Brunel….. it also must have been 3.5 points bc the Vikings won in OT 13-10…. Still the most dominating performance I have witnessed.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Reposting this to rehash some points about Miami Football and the program because we're hitting some of the same topics again.



Kiffin can and should wait around to get a better job. He doesn't have to settle for Miami, and it is not a destination job until everything/everyone else at Miami makes it a good job again. I really do think he's waiting around for Florida, and he might just get that call.
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Miami might suit Kiffin because he won't just have university coeds to boof. If he goes to Gainesville he is going to have to make sure he isn't with a(nother) booster's daughter everytime he gets laid. You have to think that's one reason he is looking to get out of Oxford.
 
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volbeast33 said:
It’s been close to thirty years so my memory is not what it use to be…. Look up the 1994 game…… favre was really banged up and wasn’t suppose to play…. He threw for 40 yards before being replaced by Brunel….. it also must have been 3.5 points bc the Vikings won in OT 13-10…. Still the most dominating performance I have witnessed.
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This video is a blast from the past. OJ Simpson, NFL on TNT...



Favre gets injured at about 16:00. The announcer keeps calling him "Brent" lol
 
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