Coincidence for those in the know?

Oldgoldandwhite

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CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
 
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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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All of the above!

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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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Crazy to think that anyone is telling the Hill where to go....or that they would listen if someone did.
 

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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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Of course it's coincidence. Why would you think otherwise?
 

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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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Get Todd Stansbury drunk and see if you can find out! :beercheers::geek:

In all seriousness, I think the answer to your OR question (since you didn't say XOR) is "yes".
 

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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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No way football suddenly overtakes academics and calls the shots like this. Foil hat conspiracy level for anyone who actually believes that.

I want some expanded majors to help out sports. That is when you know anything real has happened. Otherwise players still need to take hard classes (compared to other football schools) pass them and stay on track to graduate. We can only recruit players who can handle that side of it, thus greatly reducing or pool of possible recruits. The other option is we need a HUGE recruiting staff to bring in the best who can handle it.
Those are the only two options. It does not matter how good you can recruit.

Everything else is just lipstick on a pig.
 

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MountainBuzzMan said:
I want some expanded majors to help out sports. That is when you know anything real has happened. Otherwise players still need to take hard classes (compared to other football schools) pass them and stay on track to graduate. We can only recruit players who can handle that side of it, thus greatly reducing or pool of possible recruits. The other option is we need a HUGE recruiting staff to bring in the best who can handle it.
Those are the only two options. It does not matter how good you can recruit.

Everything else is just lipstick on a pig.
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The Board of Regents will ensure that never happens.
 
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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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I asked and was told on another post that the staff is the same size as before.
 

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Oldgoldandwhite said:
CPJ retiring, Prez retiring, seemingly much bigger staff, and going after the previously unattainable.

Did the powers that be finally put football as a top priority? Did the purse strings get untied? Did we tell the Hill where to go? Are we really trying to run with the big boys?

Too much of a coincidence for me. Or is everything finally breaking our way?
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We can hope.
 

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Coach left on his own. No way he was pushed out.
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I doubt we will ever know one way or the other, and it doesn't really matter.

That being said it is very odd that Johnson received an extension after missing a bowl just to turn around and retire a year later. Between that and the midseason vote of confidence from the AD makes it hard to believe Johnson's retiring wasn't without some sort of influence from TStan. Now whether that was being pushed out, some sort of hand shake agreement, or something else I dunno.
 
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