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Then you have to fix conferences and scheduling. Which goes against the greed.
But you want to salvage a once special sport by making it not special at all, then what's the point
Not that I want to help Miami out, if we were in their position we would as much if not all of that bag. While I do think that some of that money needs to go back to the conference, I also think Miami deserves to keep most of it because the did the work. The ACC did let do much else to help Miami other than re-air the ND game a dozen times.
Agree. But the greed - NIL, TV deals, networks, etc have all ruined it. That genie isn't going back in. The one unique thing that college ball holds onto is the rankings, which if you ask me is also one of the key things holding the whole sport back. Given when the sport is today I would rather jettison the rankings, make records really matter, and never look back rather than try and save what used to make the sport unique.
But can he play QB?
Kinda my thought as well... if we can't replace Woodson with someone of equal or greater quality, we've got bigger issues. I feel like he'd be a depth player on any top 30 or so team.
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Pomeroy has them as 44th to our 62nd so its not a bad loss
They will all continue to accrue L's from VT over the next few seasons.
There are enough games that we can root for VT to start the Neverending spiraling down fall of UVA every year
I missed this too, did he wear out his welcome at A&M?
And thats why I use the Brit's list because it has Vertigo which is actually a good movie.
Opinions opine the same.
At least they're all in the same time zone
Depends on the replacement but probably not a big loss.
College football was different, it was great because of that, it's now becoming more conformed which makes it lose its uniqueness. Yes lots of other sports have lesser teams win championships but those sports often have very regulated schedules and parity between the teams due to salary cap.
What if March madness was replaced with am NBA style tournament, it would suck. We love March madness because its different. Because its fun. I like the college sports because they were different.
Is it though?
AND he had more talent on the field around him, and better coaches designing/calling his offense (albeit against better competition) than Drones.
I think a lot higher of Drones than most people here, but doubt Ty Howle will be as good an OC as Kirby Moore. And if I'm wrong, then VT is in great shape.
Pretty big loss, and a disappointing one.
Chambers' twitter doesn't say it outright, but it certainly looks like he wants to stay
I get your first point, but I disagree. Good/Great seasons are absolutely rewarded... with an invitation to the playoffs. There are TONS of examples across all sports where an underwhelming regular season for a team ultimately ends up with a championship (one of my recent favorite examples being the 2019 Washington Nationals - HORRIFIC start to the season, got hot, got lucky, and beat a juggernaut team to win it all). That Cinderella story doesn't happen without a wildcard. Washington did JUST enough to get into the playoffs with their regular season and they got rewarded with the last WC spot, while the top teams got rewarded with some extra time off.
As for the conference scheduling, that I do agree with. This is a response to the system we are living in, and it will take another change (eg playoff format, playoff entrance criteria, something) for it to impact conference alignment and scheduling.
Bonus point... given how inconsequential the non-CFP bowl are, can we/should we have something like an 8-16 team NIT-style tournament for the non-CFP invites? Would sure make the bowl season more interesting, give some teams an extra home game, and still give some of the non-CFP marquee bowls a chance to showcase (looking at you Pop-Tarts and Duke's).
Kids do transfer for reasons other than money... But to your point, if he's good with the staff returning, I don't see any reason why he'd leave.
Brent Pry's "Mike Linebacker of the future". I hope that *checks notes* Pry, can find a good replacement for him
I dont see this as a huge loss tbh. He was often out of position or getting pancaked. I think a change of scenery will do him good.