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I saw a documentary on Arizona State's point shaving scandal. The point guard was the key player. He didn't miss shots or play bad defense. All he did was slow down the progression of the office to the point that a big guy would get the ball 20 feet from the basket and be forced to throw up a shot because the shot clock was running out. He wasn't losing games. He was just keeping bad teams close.

It's too easy to do and keep secret.

Two Guardians were betting on the games they were playing in. In regards to your previous post, gambling isn't going to ruin college sports, it is in the process of ruining society. In particular, young men are ruining their futures gambling. Since we are talking gambling, I'll throw this out there. I would bet $5,000 that in the past 3 years, at least one starting player on the football team or MBB team has bet on a game they were playing in using a gambling app. It's too easy to get away with if you do it in small numbers.

I guess he saw the writing on the wall after Tomlin resigned.

No, just the result of new seats being put in an old stadium. 😁

Seats like you have in a pro sports stadium only with a little less leg room.

I have two 45 yard line seats 2/3 of the way up on the Wake Forest side. Six home games typically. The tickets, parking pass and whatever donation you need to make is only around $200 per game.

It's a little early but I thought I'd put this here. Forewarned is foretold. You have to have your head examined to sit on the west side. The sun will be brutal for the first half at least.

All true, but it's better than nothing and what would happen if the Federal government legislates it.

The problem with non-competes is each school would have their own. A collective bargaining agreement would make everything universal. I think at this point the universities would welcome a collective bargaining agreement because it will allow them to focus on other things.

Thanks for the article. I think that in order to have enforceable contracts with so many people, a collective bargaining agreement is necessary.

Has NIL and the transfer portal broken the monopoly in college football? Watching the playoffs and seeing OSU, Georgia and Alabama get removed from it by teams that 10 years ago were not in their same league makes me happy on some level. I was wrong about the rich getting richer in the NIL era in that there seems to be a limit as to how much you can buy. I was not wrong about the freedom of movement the TP offers leveling the playing field, I just didn't see what a huge influence it is. Players want to play because showcasing talent gets the biggest bag of all which is NFL money. Transferring is the best way to get on the field for high level talent. In the past, a team like Mississippi had close to the level of talent on their starting 22. Where they got destroyed was when they had to dip into their bench against an Alabama and there was a big drop off in talent. Before NIL, Alabama dipped into their bench on a miserably hot early September day in Tuscaloosa and pulled up another future NFL player. Today, that guy is playing on the starting team for their opponent.

Not nearly the loss now Seattle Seahawk Kenneth Walker III was a few years ago. They recovered that.

Miami's arena has all the energy of a mausoleum. It's a tough place to win when they are good. This is the kind of outcome that makes potential MAC Tournament rematches interesting.and fun for fans.

Divide that by two one more time. If we need four , why can't we just pair up the champion of each P4 conference? BTW, was anyone able to watch all three hours of GameDay yesterday? I turned it on with an hour and a half to go and the dumbbells on the show were trying to guess the weight of dumbbells. I turned it off knowing the last 90 minutes were only going to get worse.

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

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.

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

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

The coach at OU was in the wrong. It's not ok to have sex with a student. But then again, what if the student is 42 years old going part time?

Indeed. I don't put much stock in bowl games but I will say the MAC isn't as bad as some think. There isn't much difference between a mid level ACC school and a top level MAC program. If not for the financial need of suicidal schedules, most records would be much better.

Good. They pay down a third of their debt, students get renovated dorm rooms, University gets a reduction in maintenance costs and improved dorms contribute to a better student experience.

He'll be fine.

Exactly. The entertainment value of these games is horrible. Because coaches and players leave, and the players falling out of shape because of the gap between the end of the season and the first games, the football is just bad.Please raise your hand if you saw a well played college game. If anyone watched these games and felt quality football was being played, I have ocean front property in Arizona I'd like to sell you. It was terrible. NFL games between even average teams provides much better entertainment. The only people who say good things about it are the bobbleheads on ESPN. The NFL should look at the ineptitude of the powers that be in college athletics and run this nonsensical invitational tournament out of business by hogging up TV time on Saturdays in December. The NFL could easily run it out of business or at least drive the games to less desirable weekdays. Give it a catchy name like MACtion and watch it collapse.