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Which in turn may drive me back to the NFL. If people are going to be coming and going willy-nilly, then why not just watch the very best football players? In addition, the NFL actively manages for parity. Name any other pro sport (maybe hockey????) in which teams in places like Green Bay...

During that era I knew the names of the starting 5 usually of all the teams in the ACC. Now I could not name you a single player in the conference who is not on Tech's roster. it is similar to the coaches - outside of Pastner I know only the names of the coaches at Duke and Syracuse. And that is...

The selling point to the NCAA is having 5 or 6 NC games with associated playoff games (depending on number of tiers). If Tech were in tier 4 and we were playing Washington or Texas Tech for the NC game I am watching. If Clemson is playing OSU or Bama for the umpteenth time as in the current...

going forward I would like to see college FB realigned according to budgets. Let Tier 1 be the schools with the deep pockets,( UA, Texas, OSU,etc.) that spend $120MM and up. Then tier 2 could be schools in the $90 - 119MM. Tier 3 $75MM - 89MM. (just tossing these numbers out for discussion)...

This mindset has changed recruiting a lot. Used to be "playing time" was a recruiting pitch. Now kids with dreams of the NFL don't mind sitting on the bench and waiting their turn at Bama or Ohio State while getting coached by the best coaches and practicing against NFL potential athletes.. The...

When I hear all the talk about all of our millionaire graduates I am very comfortable with the idea that in another 100 years or so, GT will be marketing the fact that 1 in every 1 of its graduates is a millionaire. That word still has leftover catchet that is somewhat meaningless in today's...

I don't think you can engineer this issue and am probably in the minority on this. Organizations don't become great on the efforts of middle to lower management. The issue at GT remains one of leadership (or lack thereof) at the highest levels and the absolute will to be excellent. If those are...

OTOH, in any randomly assembled group of human beings of over the quantity of 6 or 7, there are always the complainers, whiners and malcontents. Part of human nature. You can see it here as just one example.The key for a leader is to be able to determine how much is healthy and normal and how...

Interesting (IF true). IIRC, this player is the one whose father posted here on a regular (but not frequent) basis with disparaging comments about the staff and situation at GT. Given his posts I would be highly skeptical about this rumor. Or perhaps the father and son had differing points of...

I watched more NFL this weekend than I have in the past 15 years. Seriously. I think, given the way the league manages parity, that might make me drift further in that direction. I like a sport that levels the playing field and understands the benefits of doing so. And the product was...

Our long and proud history of not having or utilizing TE's has been not quite as long as the timeframe in which we have refused to cover them!!! ;)

Look, I have seen both Jack,, Gary Player and Tiger play golf. Saw, Bird, Jordan and Steph Curry. Just because some people are excellent are you suggesting the rest of us quit golfing, playing hoops or posting? ;)

Similar...graduated HS at 6' and 165#. Ate and consummed calories wanting to gain 10 lbs. Dad wasn't happy as he was paying the grocery bill. He told me if I wanted to gain wait and I needed to quit worrying about calorie intake and just wait until I hit 35. I didn't know it then, but he was a...

I have been watching things unfold on the flats for a long time. More often than not, things are usually better or worse than they were the year before. Except for Coach Chan and Coach Geoff....they have brought consistency to the program. This year I am expecting things to be similar to, better...

I don't have a rank because I don't have enough data or familiarity with any of them outside of Pastner, JB and Coach K. But Coach K (like Saban) intrigues me. I am fascinated by the guys who have accumulated that much wealth and success and still coach like they are at the bottom of the pecking...

There is enough size and experience on that list such that A) it appears we have the pieces now to be a lot better than what we have seen and B) it is not necessary that we automatically start the transfers out of desperation. If they beat out the guys in front of them then that's fine. But they...

I think you meant Butker. Waller is good no doubt but Butker is 2nd all time on FG % and therefore is a possible HoF guy if things do not derail due to injury or other factor. I am not sure if Waller projects to Canton right now but if I am wrong, please enlighten me.

I agree and I think that is the point iceeater and many, if not all, others have been making! We are glad they are here and we are all hopeful that they can contribute in a positive way.

I suspected this to be the case tbh. Like basketball players, these guys get to play all year round as well as play against not just others in their HS region (like FB players are forced to do) but also against the best in the nation as Mr. Olkerholm said above due to AAU, club teams and similar...

I am typically a glass half full guy but,tbh. I went back in this thread 3 pages and didn't see anything that I thought was disparaging myself. And also, tbh, I didn't go back any further than than. If you are referencing the post above yours, I took it to mean that iceeater is saying let's not...