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Gambling. It is coming from wringing more and more out of gambling addicts. Its why so many of the ads are just gambling now.
We shouldn't have needed a comeback against Auburn. I still have nightmares of me yelling at Frank to kick the FG at the end of the 1st drive and watching Jesse Allen completely whiff on the catch in the end zone on 4th down.
C'mon man, he's not coaching West Virginia.
There's still 66 million cable subscribers in America (about 40% of households) so while the cable bundle is NOT the golden egg it once was, it's still a significant money maker for ESPN/FOX.
On top of that, the playoff is a huge money maker that pulls a lot of revenue from advertisers.
Yep, and finding them within casting distance is hard to do, but I used to love it when they'd crash the pier and I could get them on those lipstick gotcha plugs. Out here in the Bay, they're usually mixed with bluefish, as you and I encountered that day on the oyster reef at the mouth of the Piankatank. Also, they usually don't show up on top so casting to them is hard to impossible. We do occasionally get one when dock fishing which is fun on the light tackle we employ, but it's one or two a year, if that.
Not 1954 lol
This is where I'm at. It's easy to game plan when you have guys who (a) understand and (b) can execute on your 250 page playbook.
What is he going to do when his team can only understand the first 25 pages and can only reliably executive the first 5 pages?
It's definitely going to be interesting... On one hand, I agree with everything you said.
On the other hand, what happens when Belichick asks someone to 'just do their job,' but they are physically incapable of that? What happens when his college kids are only good enough/smart enough to properly understand/execute 10-15 plays, not the the 500 plays that tom brady remembers?
It would/will be hilarious when Belichick plays Cristobal
I just want to know where this spring of money flowing through college football is coming from. Are advertisers paying these big tv networks (who then pay the conferences and the schools) really lighting this much money on fire?
I think you hit on my skepticism: I don't think he will be able to recruit and/or develop talent, which is far more of the game in college than the NFL, where players arrive as grown men.
Put another way, I think he's tactically brilliant and can absolutely game plan against anyone in history, but I don't think he will succeed in getting the talent in the first place.
Fair point. Yes he had Brady, but every great NFL/multiple super bowl coach- besides Gibbs- had HOF level QBs. Andy Reid was fired- now he is going to the hall of fame because he has Pat Mahomes. If Bellichick has equal talent in a game, I trust him more than everyone except Dabo in this league. That will win him a few games.
I'm pretty skeptical because the Patriots were flat out bad his last few years. And that's his doing - their drafts were flat out bad. Sure they got Brady in the 6th round but nobody ever thought he'd be what he became.
Also, more than ever being a HC in college football is about building a program and running it like a CEO. Belichick is like the ultimate micromanager COO.
Im in the camp of Bellichick is going to work out at UNC. In the ACC there are so many mid/same teams- his late game coaching and adjustments- the best ever to do it- will be the difference in many games. If Bellichick coached VT last year- Vandy, Cuse and Miami are sure wins. He would not have bungled those critical situations. no chance. He is going to win at UNC- and im 100% here for it when he beats the teams I hate- UVA, Cuse, Miami, GT.
Watch Coke Head Pat McAfee start something like this or something else stupid and schools try to one-up each other. Its so sad. People out there struggling to find housing and jobs and college football lights money on fire every minute.
Lotta re-tread NFL coaching has-beens are closely watching how UNC goes. I'm sure those guys don't *need* money but everyone could use another lake house.
Auction? Try goodwill.
It's Canisius
RIP Randy King! I always looked forward to reading his Tech articles. Informative and fun reads.
That was kind of my point.
Hell yeah!
(Please tell me our next game isn't against ECU.)
I remember the '99 season quite well, and I remember well the worry we fans had at our tailgate that cold day we hosted Syracuse. We fretted and were jittery about the game while we froze our butts off sippin' Wild Turkey and Jack and wondering if we were about to get our clocks cleaned. The result was, of course, a 62-0 absolute clobberation of the 'Cuse and a glimmer of the season to unfold. I'm borrowing King's opening lines in his story for the Roanoke Times of the game. Hope they don't mind. Randy was one of a vanishing breed, and I personally think that ain't a good thing, but yeah, I still read a couple of newspapers every day. I miss stuff like this:
"Any more questions, America?
Ask now. Virginia Tech's football program wants to hear 'em.
Certainly, Tech seems to have all the right answers these days."
Man, what a year, what a team. What a difference 25 years have made. All the right answers? Oh well.....
Let's Go...