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Guess he didn't want to play defense
Dang. It's crazy, as someone who didn't know who she was before April 2007 (and being a 2007 grad, she is a big standout in my memory of my final year there) I always think of her as she was in 2007, never imagined her aging.
Do we know if our portal entries are planning to play in the bowl game? We gonna have a line full of freshman and practice squad dudes for Minnesota?
That would explain the lengthy recovery. Us old fellas take longer to get healthy
Awesome work, thanks for putting this together!
So teams like ECU and ODU become feeder teams for schools like VT, where we can get them ready for the SEC
PJ Fleck devised the Fleck Bank, where he would allow players to accumulate goodwill to circumvent punishment for failed drug tests and other violations of team rules.
PJ Fleck requires his players to applaud him when he enters a room, and will go out and re-enter if he didn't approve of the ovation.
Eh...different side of the ball, but still, this guy has shared a sideline with Cornelsen
BREAKING: UL Monroe QB GENERAL BOOTY has entered the portal.
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They've found a way to make college football even more un-enjoyable
$1.5M is what I saw
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Tony Grimes back in the portal as a "Gradauate Student"
I will be using my last year of eligibility as a Gradauate Student. I will be entering the transfer portal. Thank you Coach Odom and the UNLV football staff ❤️. We made history and changed the program. #Nextchapter. Thank God for the opportunity that he have presented me. pic.twitter.com/oHMHUpsMvG— Tony Grimes (@757EliteDB) December 8, 2024
REPORT: North Carolina has interviewed Bill Belichick for its head coach opening, @InsideCarolina reports👀https://t.co/75giFjSpMm pic.twitter.com/Y4h1Dl0PQZ— On3 (@On3sports) December 5, 2024
I feel like this would be like when Saban tried the NFL, just reversed
(yes, I know I'm late)
Don't remember the exact timing of the Kill vs Corn bout - the pic was right after the whole Baylor stuff, I guess meant to show unity among the coaches
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# | Pry "hopeful" that coaching staff will remain intact this winter Well, now they already signed
kidding, I know that means virtually nothing these days
Yep, wasn't trying to argue - your timeframe just made me curious what the rankings were. I was surprised, I honestly would have thought the more consistently higher years would have come in the early and mide 00s rather than in the twilight of Beamer's career
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# | Pry "hopeful" that coaching staff will remain intact this winter To be fair, he isn't gonna come out and say "Well fuck no, Andy, I'm firing people right after the bowl game"
Decided to take a look - per Rivals from 2002 -2015 (247 doesn't go back as far, and rivals only goes back to 2002)
In that time span, we were in the top 25 in recruiting 8 out of 14 years, surprisingly with 5 of those 8 years coming after 2010.
2002 - 45
2003- 27
2004 - 41
2005 - 14
2006 - 32
2007 - 29
2008 - 18
2009 - 23
2010 - 23
2011 -33
2012 - 22
2013 - 23
2014 - 25
2015 - 24
EDIT: decided to keep it going with Rivals and see where they've had us
Fuente Era
2016: 49
2017: 28
2018: 22
2019: 25
2020: 85!
2021: 43
Pry Era Begins
2022: 39
2023: 41
2024: 46
Sidenote (TRIGGER WARNING): We all remember what happened in 2020 (photo is from Jan 16 2020)
2013 was the last time (per 247)
Definitely got an argument for all-name team. Is that pronounced like "Knowledge"?
I'm not big into singing, depends on the song I guess though
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There ought to be development of a new minor league, totally divested from college sports. All the 18-24 year olds with the top talent go to that league and jump from team to team pocketing as much as possible until they're eligible for the draft for the NFL
Return college football to how it was before the portal/NIL days. This will be for the players not as talented as the minor leaguers, but still wanting to continue to play football. Pay the players and set a standard leaguewide individual salary cap. The on-field product won't be as good, and yeah, you'll still have boosters paying under the table - but the players that are good enough for that kinda money can go to the minor league.
Players good enough make their bank, players not as good get to continue playing, and maybe still develop into NFL talent. Fans won't see the skill on display that we have now, but we'll cheer for a consistent team of people who are proud of where they play and want to be there.
Before the portal and NIL days, I couldn't care less about the NFL. I was all in on college football, consumed my Saturdays. And during the week, I was reading about other teams and what all I missed. Nowadays, I watch VT (usually) and that is it. Don't keep up with rankings, coaches, league standings - none of it. Over the past couple of years I have gotten more and more into the NFL. At least when you have an NFL team, those players are locked into a contract (to a degree) and you know who you are going to be watching from year to year.
It's hard to get emotionally invested in a team that is going to have a full new roster every season. Crazy to say this as from about 2000 onward I have been a diehard VT fan, but the way things are going coupled with how bad we are - I'm getting to the point where I really don't care and may just give up on college sports.