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Lane Kiffin is a loser. This is the best playoff ever. The favorite to win the national championship is Indiana, a school that has the most losses in college football history. How about this December/January madness!

All this talk the prior few months about how only 2-3 teams have a chance, meanwhile only 1 of the 4 teams in semi-finals has won a title this century (Miami 2021). Ole Miss last won a title in 1960. Oregon and Indiana have never won a national championship.

Agree it's a rough start for UMass, but I wouldn't completely write them off just yet, although an 0-3 start to the MAC season (BG next) is very possible. Problem with UMass -- like any team switching leagues (remember Akron from the Mid-Con to the MAC???) -- is adapting to the style of play, particularly against the elite teams. Simply put, like most MAC teams not named Akron, Miami, or Toledo, UMass does not have enough shooters on their roster. They will either have to lock teams up defensively, or mug teams inside to have a chance most nights. It will take them awhile to adapt. This year? Next year? Who knows. Martin is definitely old school. But I don't think he's completely over the hill. Let's see what this team looks like come February. Note: Buffalo and Kent are teams that seem to be transitioning towards Akron's style of play with more shooters on the floor. Like UMass, we'll see what those teams look like in February.

Freeman has been with the Minn. but has not been on the roster for a game. I found this analysis of his game while a 2 way player from SB nation: Enrique Freeman Regular season: 13 GP | 31.4 MP | 14.5 PTS | 7.8 REB | 2.0 AST | 0.6 STL | 0.8 BLK | 2.0 TOV | 2.4 PF 52.4 FG% | 31.0 3P% | 75.0 FT% It’s been a slow start for Freeman this season. His minutes and overall numbers are down from his first season in the G League with Indiana, but he’s still been productive. In his most recent game with Iowa prior to being called up with Minnesota, he had his best performance for the season. Freeman scored a season-best 26 points on 10 of 13 shooting from the field against Westchester, a great encapsulation of his no frills type of effort. One of the more promising developments for Freeman has been his stroke from deep. Part of the intrigue of the 25-year-old was his potential to shoot from distance, but after shooting 20% on 2.5 attempts in November, it didn’t look promising. However, in his seven December games, he’s improved that to 37% on 3.9 attempts per game. If he can continue on this trend, then Freeman might have a shot at developing into an NBA player one day.

They need to get off to a fast start. Mark my words, the Wake Forest game is winnable.

The plan with this staff has always been to sign 12–15 freshmen each class. This year it’s been slightly smaller so far, though we may still sign a few more. Like Captain alluded to, most immediate impact players are going to come from either the portal or JUCO. Although to this point, our JUCO signees have mostly been depth pieces, outside of a few guys.

My guess would be - Joe needs to win next year, and you don’t win with Freshmen.

I need someone to explain to me like a 5th grader why we only signed 8 HS players while everyone else was 15-20+

I’d suspect it my not have been his decision to depart.

Marcus Moore Jr hit the portal again. I guess his two assisted tackles wasn't worth the money he got at Purdue... Probably didn't see himself climbing the depth chart anytime soon... My guess is he will end up back in the MAC...

ESPN tells us the CFP is the greatest thing ever. I have a question. If it's so great, how come there are so many empty seats at the Orange Bowl?

Good programs make consistently good hires.

Meet the new Toledo coach: https://utrockets.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-jacobs/1540

I'd settle for a 7 win season and a trip to a bowl.

Bump before the portal officially opens tomorrow. For portal departures, I’ve only included players who I believe are on scholarship and walk-ons who played significant snaps.

Our goal has been set for next year. Bring the CFP trophy back to Ohio!!

JT looks like Reggie Miller!? About 60 pounds below his playing weight?

3 years in we need more than moral victories over conference opponents.

You are definitely a glass half full kinda guy. This program is teetering on the train wreck classification. There appears little hope, especially seeing the conference games are now here.

Maybe their D-Line coach showed 'em? 😉

What if we didn't have any designations at all?

Miami reppin’ the Zips tonight?!

I watched a 6 minute highlight video of CB/LB Giannis Gazis (from Greece) To say that I was impressed...would be an understatement..... This young man will definitely be in the mix to replace Ashton Kamdem at LB. Idahir Deanda from Indy 11........is listed as a defensive midfielder on one site that I looked at.

Now that there is the CFP, the FBS and FCS designations don't make so much sense anymore. We need something else like say Div 1-A and 1-AA.

Just from my casual perusing of twitter, seems like OU is losing A LOT of players to the portal. Decent amount for Toledo and a couple key guys for Miami as well.