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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions 
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions "College football isn't broken because of NIL"- I'd argue it is for most fans. Sure nothing changed for Bama and OSU except their players now get paid above the table/in the open. Yippie! But for me- a Virginia Tech fan- fuck NIL- its why we can't recruit, compete and keep a roster now. It's not greed by the ACC, no it's pay for play- period. If there was some way to actually enforce real NIL- meaning Tuten gets a little money from Cook Out to do a spot in blacksburg because he's our best player- fine. VT can compete in that world. But we will never beat Texas in a sugar bowl with Bryan Still and Druck if their QB room literally has 8 million in NIL money sitting in it and we have drones getting 300K max. VT is done in that scenario every time. As long as NIL is not in any way shape or form NIL, that is the root cause why college football sucks for fans of most teams.
I would hope that would be the case too.
I don't know. Looking at pictures of Bud Foster on the sidelines, I think 99% of his stress came during 3 hours each Saturday.
I'll be pissed if it's Quinn. He's already been in the building on a defense that can't get stops. Lets be real here. We are idling not upgrading if that is the move.
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions The 12 team playoff would have worked fine if the P12 and B12 were still in tact, as they were 2 year ago.
OBJECTION: CONJECTURE
You have no idea if the playoff would work any differently now if conference realignment hadn't occurred.
The playoff isn't broken because of conference realignment. The playoff is broken because of the way it was initially set up, which was deeply flawed from the word go.
College football isn't broken because of the playoff. College football isn't broken because of conference realignment. College football isn't broken because of NIL. None of these things, on their own, are the sole reason CFB is no fun anymore. But all of these things are symptoms of a bigger issue. Greed. CFB is no-fun because the rich insist on getting richer at the expense of everyone else and there is no one trying to stop them. The flawed playoff, NIL, and conference realignment are all just mechanisms that the powers-that-be have used to enrich themselves.
I feel like if this was the case they would have announced Quinn already.
Half of me is terrified that the worst possible scenario has happened and we whiffed on those and now that we are where we are we're going with Quinn and BF.
"we're planning to bring in a lot of guys to elevate the roster" Let's hope so. I'd like to be competitive in the ACC again some time soon.
Yeah the recruiting thing didn't work when he was actually the DC.
This could just be advisory for something like LB position coach, could also be part marketing for recruits - "come here and you can be around a hall of fame worthy ex-DC"
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Agreed...if most fans really cared about the "quality of the football", there wouldn't be 6 failed Spring Football leagues.
And even with a Celebrity owner and National TV partners, the UFL would be dead too wothout the NFL subsidizing it.
And I really doubt Steelers or Jaguars fans are watching Ohio State games intently trying to "scout" players. If they cared that much to start with, there are 2.5 months of endless NFL Draft prognostication on ESPN from February to Draft Day.
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions Where is all the talk and tweets about Oregon didn't belong? They took it on the chin worse than Clemson and SMU.
Based on this comment I think we're going to see a lot of players announce after the bowl game or fall off the roster before and after Spring Ball. I thought that we would give more walk-ons scholarships to get to 105 and Pry leaves that as an option, but I read this as we're planning to bring in a lot of guys to elevate the roster once we're able to have 105 scholarship players. Also makes me wonder if Priester and J. Reddish are scholarship athletes or are getting a trial period before the Summer.
Pry said walk-ons RB PJ Prioleau and LS Christian Epling have been placed on scholarship.Thinks #Hokies can add 6-7 more transfers to be at 85 scholarships for the spring.Can expand beyond the 85 this summer. More transfers could be pursued or more walk-ons awarded schollies.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) January 2, 2025
Who is JSJ?
My hope is that Bud can take a step back and look macro. Look at the young LB taking bad angles in practice, look at the corner blitz that needs to be cleaned up, look at the scout team offense against our #1 defense. I really think that could help us. If Bud has to call defenses, motivate the team, get in someones face, do the defensive gameplan, then someone is not doing their job.
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And I would think that getting Bud involved again would need to be something the new DC is asking for rather than being forced upon him.
I don't think it was forced upon him... but maybe suggested or propositioned. I don't think Pry has the bandwidth to be a head coach and mentor a new-ish DC (which it sounds like we're getting in some combination of JSJ/Dex), so I imagine Bud is coming back to fill that role.
I hope so too. But this just seems like trying to get back together with a wonderful girlfriend you had in high school but that you drifted away from. Years later, you are both get married to someone else and they both pass away so you both are a widow/widower, reconnect and and get back together in your 60s. Hopefully it works for all involved. I'm just so conflicted.
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Here is one. I may upgrade to the 7.5 foot one.
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People love upsets in the hoops tourney - EARLY... that's it.
Yup - the best possible elite 8 (for national interest) is Kansas, Duke, UNC, Indiana, UCLA, Michigan, Kentucky, and one 16-seed.
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# | And so it begins - CFP to discuss eliminating the auto-bye for conference champions Texas struck first as always. They killed the SWC by keeping schools out and driving Arkansas to the SEC (second best move ever behind Maryland bolting to the B1G) They killed the Big 12 a slow death by starting the longhorn network- still fucking hilarious to say out loud- they had one championship in a gazillion years and started their own fucking network. Then Texas was going to go independent until Oklahoma got on their knees for them and did a secret package deal the SEC couldn't refuse. Texas simply could not accept 1. Sharing money in the Big 12 and 2. aTm being in a better league than they were, so they weren't going to sit around for that. 3. They told Larry Scott to fuck off years before when he tried to outmaneuver the SEC. Texas is the root of all this shit. I wish they were indy like ND. Then those 2 insufferable pricks could fight for a seat at one table.
Home Depot Clearance about five years ago. Wish it was taller. My ornaments to tree ratio is close to max capacity.
The most head shaking part of it all is that the Longhorn Network was a massive failure for ESPN. It lost money hand over fist every year it existed, and yet Texas came out of it looking like the prized belle of the ball with their sweetheart SEC deal that somehow ends up paying them even more than their failure did.