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Yeah the fanbase size element is interesting because the ACC has lost that game, and it’s costly when programs go through down periods, but it’s also not clear to me that the ACC had other moves to make. Were there realistic giant-thick-or-thin-national-fanbase programs available instead of...

If your look at the titles for the ACC, SEC, Big, PAC, and Big XII, the vitriol for SEC propaganda may be a bit misplaced. The Big 10 also has a much better rep than the ACC without the SEC’s results. Washington was seen as better than FSU even pre-injury IIRC and what had the PAC done in the...

Yeah you don't want to run your house off gasoline if you've got other options :)

It's startling how long something like the hybrid Maverick has been in short supply because they thought they wouldn't be in as high demand, while they cut production of the Lightning. I would love a practical hybrid or plug in hybrid to make most of my trips 0-gas but I also want something...

The Big 12 is only more “stable” than the ACC in a very dubious way. Eg it’s a strength now that a hypothetical Big 10 expansion would prefer UNC to Texas Tech or whoever? The ACC starts looking really attractive to the top programs in the Big 12 if they can’t negotiate a higher TV deal - and...

I'm definitely unconvinced that there's no downside for FSU. 50% chance of no downside? Sure. 80%? Probably. 99%? Ehh..... The odds of "they're just throwing a tantrum" are low if you just look at any given school, but the odds of there being 1 bat**** crazy administration out of a hundred in...

Yeah, usually you get the opposite - coachspeak about fighting hard, even though score effects mean the team with the big late lead usually lets up a bit. Watching this year's team vs last year's I'm far more optimistic, there's more potential for highs, and - at least since Cincinatti - a lot...

You could probably make a good living playing both sides of this as a software vendor. "Be able to tell your opponents tendencies and ask what influence other factors might have!" "Be able to tell your own tendencies and keep the other team guessing by going off script!"

That seems somewhat different in that it's still open to a dispute or challenge, while this is saying something more like "it's impossible for us to breach our side of the deal"?

I'd be interested in any of our resident lawyer's take on this. Seems fairly BS-y, I don't think *if* the contract was invalid (say, because of whatever deception FSU alleges around term or ESPN exit or some other thing a court holds invalid) that you could sign away the right to *challenge* it...

Some nice adjustments there to overcome the rebounding and Ndongo fouling out. Zone seemed to flummox them a bit at the end. And oh man is George clutch

That's why you demand a 7 year contract with no offset. No, make it 10 for Bama!

Yeah I’m very optimistic based on how the offensive staff performed vs their on-paper resumes. “Picking the best resume” isn’t a bad strategy if you don’t have good evaluation skills, but it’s not gonna work out as well as being able to spot the gems before they have the best resume.

Chanting “anyone but dabo” just shows a lack of ELITE imagination

I can’t imagine a top-tier college team going after Belichick who’d need to learn the recruiting game and all. Especially after Belichick-minus-Brady looks more like Belichick-before-Brady

Online and standardized applications have made kids apply to a lot more schools than 20, 25 years ago in general, I think super-elite-reputation places have seen some extra bumps from this too because if you don't think you're that likely to get in you don't want to do THAT much extra work, but...

"But some conferences are obviously stronger" is a bit of an ouroboros since the several-decades of beauty-pageant/opinion-based model instead of a tournament of conference champions have a lot to do with why some conferences are obviously stronger. The sport has been a disaster...

Yeah, "GT should join the Big 10 at 60M/year" and "a sport that depends on subjective opinions to determine its champion is a joke" are not contradictory opinions at all. It would just be better if it wasn't so dumb. But the money pressure is currently pushing strongly in the "dumb" direction...

I think huge conferences are bad for the sport for exactly that “needs more subjectivity” reason. They’re only good for the pocketbooks of a minority of programs, so either completely separate a couple of divisions or the “have-lesses” should start pushing back on the “P2” having their cake and...

I remember that differently, and less of any sort of principled move by the AP and more of a “take our ball and go home” “reserve the right to disagree with the BCS” after the split title in 2003 and an undefeated Auburn being left out in 2004. They awarded their title to USC instead of the BCS...