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Villanova as 8th Seed is lowest seed to win National Championship. It would be great if NC State won it all but I do think it is a long shot.

I thought the 8-22 conference record by one of the pundits was ridiculous. Not so sure based on the last 2 weekends

The problem is expenses are locked in at a much higher level for D1 Football in terms of coaching contracts, facility expenses, debt for many schools, etc. You would have to dramatically change the expense dynamics to play at a lower level. And has been mentioned by many, you will also get...

if we have any chance, it would most likely be the Big Ten. 7th largest city, 9th largest state, large research university and state with 4th most D1 recruits. Those could matter to the Big Ten but very little to the SEC with dominance of UGA.

and calling it NIL now is a joke. Incoming freshmen getting big bucks is a money bribe and has nothing to do with NIL. Just a signing bonus to go play for the highest bidder.

as has been mentioned multiple times, this money has been earmarked for a specific purpose. It is not a bucket of money you can use wherever you like

Sorry this took so much space. Wanted to see how the preseason rankings in 2023 ended up in comparison to final college football playoff rankings. I realize the Big 12 would likely not have such a low ranked team in 2024. Also not all of the teams moving to new conferences would be performing...

He predicts we will go 1-9 on ACC weekend match-ups including several sweeps by our opponents. Our lousy RPI is not helping here. But I think sweeps are very hard to achieve so I think some of that is overstated. I do think getting to 500 with all of the ACC ranked opponents will be a challenge.

I think it depends on whether the college you are rooting for is in a big city or close enough to be a home team. At least some of the Big 10 teams are in communities that aren't tied to a pro team. Think Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, OSU, Penn St., Wisconsin (though some could...

So we are willing to let Ga. State, Ga. Southern and Kennesaw St. be Division 1 football programs and we drop out? I would also bet much of the Athletic Fund donations are directly because of a football program. Yes if we don't make a cut in the Big 2, will it have a major impact, yes. But I...

With Dartmouth BB team trying to unionize, there might be a contract in the future between athletes and the universities. Obviously, Ivy League is a much different world than other athletic programs. But it does potentially allow a little more control over transfers if this gets momentum...

The sad news to all of this is GT should have supported PJ more in his last 5 years. The difficulty of NIL and diverging TV revenue has made the ability to recover and be a more force in college football is so much more difficult than it would have been 8 to 10 years ago.

I completely agree. I am not wild about 3-3-2-2 but I think that is least has some merit based on the past several years. No way I would ever think the ACC and Big 12 should agree to 4 each for the SEC and Big Ten. At some point, the risk of continually giving in is higher than the risk to tell...

It guarantees the Power 4 will get 10 of the 16 slots and keeps the ACC above all of the non Power 4 conferences. The reality is since the Big Ten and SEC are already meeting, if they don't get an advantage they will just split off and run their own playoff. They could still do that but this...

One of the big problems in the preseason polls always load up on the SEC and Big Ten. It is much easier to start up being ranked high and lose a game than to start out either unranked or low in the rankings and work your way up. Whether it is justified or not, it is the reality we are working...

I still think the ACC can recruit okay (not to the level of the SEC or some of the Big Ten). But what has changed is the transfer portal. We have already seen several of our best players transfer to other schools for my suspicion better NIL money and the idea provides them a better change to get...

But you get a talent differential through recruiting. Players have to trust the program and the ability to get to the next level. I don't take that lightly since that has certainly heard us in football and basketball.

By today's rules, the SEC and Big 10 will not get 10 of the 12 spots. They would not get ACC, Big 12 or Group of 5. Those two conferences can't change the rules on their own. There is no incentive for the other conferences to grant them that. I also don't think it is a given that if the ACC or...

The other interesting thing to me on this is what do the SEC and Big 10 TV contracts say? Do those networks have exclusive rights to televise SEC or Big 10 games. If yes, that is a real conflict in which TV contract rules Big 10 games? If it was the SEC, ESPN would control both and it might...