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Cool idea, kids love free Nike stuff, far more than any other brand.

I don't think you're being pessimistic, but I do think that

My point is that Fuente told the media that it would take time to install his offense. One of the first things he said when he was announced was that fans need to be patient.

it is always better to under-sell and over-deliver. We might have a 2011 Clemson offensive turnaround (unlikely, but not impossible, similar(ish) situation) but I doubt Chad Morris was promising the end result of that offense before the season started. Realistically, we have a better offense than last year, but it could take a few years to have the offense completely up to Fuente's preferred speed (mentally and systematically, not pace of play)

I find it hard to get too excited about games that are scheduled for when I'll be close to 70 years old.

We are the underdog. But I am with you. UT is no world-beater like OSU was. We can beat the Vols.

I believe we wore those Pro Combats in 2009. UVA was awful that year and it was Groh's last year. That beat down had something to do with that.
2011 is was their only bowl season with London.

The Arizona schools do everything in their power to play night games in the first month of the season.

Practicing hard and practicing smart are two different things... if the results say it works, why not?

EDIT - more time and larger sample size are required before confirming results, but it's definitely an idea worth entertaining.

We also beat LOLUVA in LaneNorth in these Unis...

EDIT to add: and it was a game that mattered. I'm pretty sure winner would go on to represent coastal in the ACC CG. That was the only year London made it to a bowl game IIRC

I understand where you're coming from. I'm old enough that I can remember a few high school coaches who still believed that limiting water at practice helped show who the real tough guys were. However, the game continues to evolve, and the concussion/CTE discussion has accelerated the rate of change. Either the game we love is going to turn into some sort of hybrid arena/flag football sport (is 7-on-7 the future?) or somehow we find a way to limit contact to an "acceptable" level.

FWIW the following excerpt from the article makes clear that there is still plenty of tackling at Dartmouth's "no tackling" practices (emphasis mine):

Watching a practice in which tackling has been strictly forbidden, it doesn't take long to witness a tackle. Then another. And another. Indeed, you'll see players launch themselves one after the next, with tactical purpose, throwing their bodies at targets like heat-seeking missiles.

If you thought that no tackling meant no contact, that is not the case. The contact just comes against dummies, not teammates.

"From my perspective, we are tackling way more than we ever did before," Teevens says. "You couldn't play this game without perfecting the skill of tackling."

Teevens estimates that Dartmouth players tackle somewhere between 500 and 800 times a season at practice—a number that is closely monitored. This figure is elevated by design. After all, football is a tackle sport.

So...how is this not a normal practice?

The difference is in the details.

"What we tell parents is pretty simple," Dartmouth's director of recruiting Joey McIntyre says. "'If you come here, your son will never tackle another Dartmouth football player.' That may not resonate with all parents yet, but we're getting there."

While positive in nature, this philosophy also comes with negative stigmas. Those who have never seen the practice or have little information beyond the ban often fill in the blanks on what it might look like.

This is something Dartmouth's coaches still fight daily.

"When you look at it from the outside, I think people just think we're all standing around, looking around," defensive line coach Duane Brooks says. "When we come out and play people, they don't understand how physical we are. We jump people and beat the hell out of them. They're not ready."

I loved this Uni!

I worry about Liberty too - I'm from Lynchburg and this is their Super Bowl. They've been dying to play VT. With that being said they aren't that strong of an FCS program. They were awful last year with a QB who signed an NFL deal. Don't see them leading at any point other than the first 10 minutes of regulation.

Over/under 1.5 the amount of times VT will have made WON the playoffs by then?