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Also, FWIW these numbers mean we should be roughly 10.5 point underdogs at home against UCF.

Transfers in are not included in returning production. He's addressed it before, basically saying that: 1) There is no way to know where they fit on the depth chart before the fall 2) They're usually transfers for a reason, so it isn't a big deal. If you're counting on (for example) an OL from...

The OOC schedule is tougher. We will be better but it probably won’t show up in W-L until 2021. If I had to guess, we get +2 from GW and a random conference win.

I would strenuously disagree that it has been a clear, unquestionable positive. A relative handful of kids actually getting useful degrees (as opposed to the do-nothing "factory" degrees a lot of these revenue sports kids get) and an even smaller number getting pro sports money is not a reason...

I guess a fun question for us is this - isn't this the right attitude to have about it when you don't need it? We don't need a good football team to attract students or money to our academic programs like other places (cough clemson cough), so why put serious effort into it? It's just sports.

"Sticking to sports" has not ever been a thing. Especially in college sports. The inputs and outputs of big-time revenue sports are deeply intertwined with the racial and economic politics of the last 150 years, whether you want to think about it or not.

VT has some serious long-term recruiting questions they need to answer. They made a killing for 20 years by only (really) having to compete with Marlyand and Penn State for kids in DC/Baltimore and having no competition in Newport News. That's not happening anymore.

Press conferences are for the team, not fans. Dabo's are still garbage, and Saban never says anything remotely interesting.

If you want to make the (current 4-team version of) CFP, we're talking about needing a 3-year average somewhere in the Top 15 If you want to win a natty once you get there, make that Top 8 I'm not sure that that's possible at GT, but it is fun to see someone try it.

Attendance is down everywhere. There are empty seats at PSU-OSU today when they do the blimp shots. People don't go to games because they have other things to do and the TV experience is good enough and much cheaper. The question is how you stay above rock bottom (answer: win games) and make...

"student athlete" is a term the NCAA made up so that member schools wouldn't have to pay worker's comp or insurance claims for injured players. The rest is marketing. And to be clear, I am 100% totally OK with the complete de-coupling of athletics from universities (and middle/high schools, for...

Yeah. If CA/TX+SEC states pass laws that are incompatible with NCAA membership, you'll basically be left with the B1G and a bunch of basketball schools. The NCAA would be meaningless at that point.

Amateur sports is a made up concept, even moreso when dealing with revenue sports at P5 schools. Players are forced to accept below-market compensation for their labor because it is the only (realistic) path to a professional career where they can best apply their talents. You can't make a...

I don't hang out on the basketball side because we've been just plain awful for a decade now. What reason should a casual fan have to think we're any better?

If it lets us fire him for free, then hell yes. If the buyout still applies, then just chug along until we can afford to fire him.

lol we weren't going on one anyway

Why in the world would you expect that? There was nothing in Patenaude's record to think he would be able to come in and equal the flexbone production with the same players.

There have been multiple chances for STH and AT-Fund donors to buy uga tickets. These will all get bought by brokers and uga fans, hence the new pricing strategy.

CDP is safe for a few years at least, until recruiting can turn over the roster. If we still look like this in 2021, then he's toast.

Legacies can pound sand. They're not any better than anyone just because Daddy went to Tech 30 years ago.