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I see Swanson, I think TV dinners.
Played that at rehearsal last night!
One of my dogs is named Swanson. So that's cool.
Can somebody ELI5 what went down between DeVries/Indiana and Frazier/WVU?
All my life I've been searching for something
Something never comes, never leads to nothing
Nothing satisfies, but I'm getting close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope
All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around and it's taken away
Leaves me with the feeling that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghostThen he's done, done, on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next one
Done, done and he's on to the next
STRANGER IN THE ALPS
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1 year 3 months
# | Sophie Swanson Commits to VT - Junior Guard Transfer from Purdue 
"Ssssswwwwwaaaannnnssssooooonnnnnn!" will be a fun thing for the fans to shout after she drains a bucket.
Side note: that super tracky link in the OP made me discover a new (to me) feature in Mozilla Firefox: right-clicking on the link, which I normally do to copy & paste in a private tab, revealed a new "Copy Clean Link" option that removed all the stuff I normally take out from shared links, leaving just https://x.com/therealdcunna/status/1907823818032193583. Neat!
I saw an interview from 1987 with Bob Knight. He was asked why he wouldn't rank Wooden as a top coach, and Knight said that Sam Gilbert simply paid players to go to UCLA. Knight said that on camera in 1987. He then said something very relevant to NIL today. He looked at his watch and said "It's 10 oclock, by 2pm I could make some calls and get 100K booster money to pay 2 top players if I wanted to"... lol- that is all in the open and legal today.
Our trip to Sandy River Reservoir went fairly well. We fished Thursday through Saturday afternoon and had good weather for the most part, however it was a bit windy on the main lake Friday. Water temps started in the mid 50's but got into the low 60's in the afternoon back in the creeks.
We never could get on a consistent pattern, and while we caught good fish the numbers just weren't there. The big one of the weekend was the first fish we put in the boat - 6lb 11oz on Texas rigged plastics tight to wood. That pattern held for a few more decent fish until the wind picked up along with the spinnerbait bite. Females were all super full of eggs but really didn't look or act like they were making beds yet. We didn't catch any smaller buck bass until later in the trip. Overall numbers were way lower than what we anticipated but the average fish was solid. The top 5 in our boat over 3 days would have went right at 25.5lbs. Overall had a great trip and it was good to reach for the net a few times. I would guess that this weekend would be money if the storms hold out. Good luck to everyone out there - spring is here.
But the money that pays the workers is different than the money that pays the coach's buyout. Buyout money doesn't come from operating budget; it comes directly from donors when they're ready to fire a coach.
Your average college football fan/non-sports media member probably doesn't realize that, hence the optics challenge.
New threads for new players pls
Sadly we usually get there anyway, we are just late.
So well put.
Women's hoops just picked up Sophie Swanson from Purdue
Those pay cuts affected student workers who lost their part time gigs and guys only making 30-40k at the low end of the cuts. They HURT a lot of people. 10% across the board was a big time hurt for the little people including secretaries, etc.
agreed. Sadly we usually get there anyway, we are just late. Although the Chris Clarke, Ty Outlaw, Landers Nolley bullshit we had to deal with, Bill Self, Penny Hardaway and Roy Williams ignore. The Brock Hoffman bullshit, etc. We do seem to be conservative by comparison there.
You are only in a tough spot there because of expectations. At VT we were and are (barely) clinging to the expectation to be good in football.
I think there's also an expectation (at least among the VT fanbase) that we win but are not a win at all costs/"cheat"/whatever program. We take the high road. We're the nice guy. Etc.
Sadly I don't think it's a take, I believe it's reality.
You know that and I know that, but I don't think she is buying it. Also depends upon the major. Something small like Biochemistry (at least small when I was there) sure got small as time went by. Oh well, we will see what happens.
Yep- it's still money and still america... watch that netflix special where Barkley and others got their Nike deals and were like "hey this aint close to Jordans, etc" - Never underestimate, greed and thirst for money. Those texas oil dudes paying foe their backup QB want something in return- trust that.
You are only in a tough spot there because of expectations. At VT we were and are (barely) clinging to the expectation to be good in football. So I believe that Whit wanted to fire Fuente because he was catching heat- why? expectations. If we were Maryland or Illinois or Duke football, we aren't having this conversation because the fans don't care if Locksley sucks or Diaz sucks.
Most of these deals- including Arch Mannings and Cooper Flaggs are not what the media makes them out to be.
FACTS. I happen to know (via an NIL Booster who was involved with negotiations) that Duke's QB is pulling in well below $1m, despite CBS 'reporting' that he was making $4m or some shit.
Yes- didn't you hear about the collective that put the fine print of "15% of all NFL earnings" in that one dudes NIL deal and he freaked out? Most of these deals- including Arch Mannings and Cooper Flaggs are not what the media makes them out to be. Generally people don't like throwing away money without some return/gaurentees
I see it both ways.
I agree with everything DC said above.
But I also recognize that the media could have run with this and embarrassed VT.
I still think not firing Fuente 2020 was the wrong decision (at the time), but I recognize that it was a tough decision to make for a plethora of reasons.
Plot twist: French breaks down the film and gets hired as a consultant
Literally non USDA dark meat "chicken", potatoes that would burn an oak tree much less your mouth, and the best brownie thing you ever ate. good times.