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That's awesome. I met both Hunter and Mack when they were at Akron. Didn't know them well, but each time they were good guys. Seemed very professional and serious about their jobs.

That's pretty awesome. Most marching bands don't know Nearer, My God, To Thee.

If he gets going, it could cause quite the heat wave down there in Louisiana.

Thanks for the clarification. I mostly agree. I would add they are dangerously incompetent.

I spent more than twice that amount two weeks ago in a Buc-ee's on I-95 in Florida and I can't remember half of the crap I bought. What's your point?

The only way the Zips win this one is if they slip a foreign object into their pillow and clock the Owls over the head with it.

By accountable, do you mean punish? If so, who will be punished and how shall we punish them since they no longer work at the University? Sorry, I'm seeing the work accountable being used for punish too much these days. It has become a type of Newspeak.

My prediction for your Sunday morning is...

Im pretty certain there isn't a Hall of Fame. When there is, I am certain to be a first ballot entry. We could have an induction where the inductees get drunk at a dinner and are awarded one of those old plastic windbreakers the University to give first year letter winners.

OVI is a new one for me. I guess that's Ohio's version of DUI. Anyhow, good riddance. Little-by-little, this guy is going to progress to a jail cell by his 30th birthday. Nobody this lacking in self awareness can turn things around.

I like to look towards the future. When the P5 schools go their own way, we won't be ranked this low. Probably just between 60 $ 75.

Delta Tau Chi was charged with worse in Animal House. Seriously, they were. It's a near non story, but it is a public school and the taxpayers have a right to know how their money is being spent. The punishment is extremely small. Moving on.....

I think this might be a little premature.

The schedule has six home games. Three of the games are Temple, Bryant (never heard of them) and a Wednesday night game. Overall, the first third of the season is a soul sucking disaster and that doesn't include two weeknight games in the back half. Someone put together a marketing plan that would get enough people excited to sell 5,000 legitimate season ticket packages for less than $1 million dollars. The point is, there is no point in blowing marketing money selling junk to a football savvy population. Fix the schedule in a way the program can get some forward direction. Hint: Winning cures a lot of problems. Gradually lean into more marketing as the product improves. A lot has to change.

It always is.

https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/general-ncaa-board-of-governors-to-convene-constitutional-convention Read Robert Gates' comment very carefully. He's basically telling the NCAA they have little influence or even need moving forward. All of the current realignment is irrelevant. The P5 schools are going on their own way. They will be polite about it because the NCAA filled their pockets for many years, but it's over. Move fast G5 schools. You're getting your own division. Make something of it. It's a great opportunity.

Easily. All are state schools. Taxpayers can easily absorb picking up the difference.

Actually, there is, but as you describe they are leading in the wrong direction for self interest. I firmly believe any path forward for G5 schools has to exclude the athletic directors of G5 schools from any conversation. They cannot be trusted to act in the best interest of the schools they work for.

If Dabos Winney has it figured out, anyone can figure it out. https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dabo-hates-realignment-talk-doesnt-see-end-in-sight I would add, within 5-7 years, there will be a super conference. Whatever happens between now and then doesn't really matter much unless there are a few P5 schools that simply don't want to join a super conference or the super conference doesn't want them for whatever reason (think some schools like Iowa State or WVU or Texas Tech or TCU). Notice the remaining Big 12 teams could be in a world of hurt. They could find themselves in the same situation UCONN was years ago when the Big East split up and nobody wanted them. Enough of them. What are the G5 schools going to do?

Don't tell Colorado, but they played in the PAC 12 Championship Game in 2016.

It is already happening 72. The disparity between AL/OSU/Clemson vs the rest of P5 is drastic at this point. Some believe it is the money, but they are wrong. It is the vast disparity in recruiting advantage that comes from winning. This disparity can only be resolved by required changes in scheduling difficulty based upon previous season success and by making the "playoffs" a real playoff by eliminating the invitational tournament aspect of it and requiring total season result as benchmark for entry. If these schools want to act like professional leagues, treat them like teams get treated at the professional level. If the players want to make money, treat them like professionals where there are no weeks off. I don't say any of this to be malicious. It's the reality of P5 football in 2021. Some would say this is a Faustian Bargain that started years ago, but the Faustian Bargain assumes someone/something sacrifices the moral high ground for money/power. I don't think P5 schools ever occupied a moral high ground. They are businesses staffed by some of the biggest sleazebags in the country who would willingly destroy any organization they work for to advance themselves. The evidence is at the G5 level.

Conference realignment? No. College football realignment? Yes. End of NCAA? As we know it? Yes. Forever?...We can only hope. We have passed the point of shuffling chairs around for P5 schools. It's so obvious where they are going and that is on their own whether or not this OK/TX thing happens. The NCAA may not exist after they separate because their only purpose was to keep players from making money and now that NIL is in effect, there is no reason for them to exist. Good riddance. The lack of imagination from the NCAA is appalling. The G5 schools shouldn't spend five minutes thinking about shuffling the chairs. At some point reshuffling is just painting over the mold on the walls without addressing the water problem. It's just cosmetic. G5 energy should be directed towards creating their own division that serves the universities, players, students, alumni, fans and local communities the with their athletic programs. Now is the time for them to put their heads together and figure out the future. More of the past with some tinkering around isn't going to work. I welcome all of these changes. It will force everyone involved to do what they should have done years ago and college football will be better off because of it. We can be so much better than what we are now.

I have very few regrets in life. One of them is I never grew my hair long when I was young. It was almost all completely gone by the time I was 30. If these guys want long hair when in college, I say go for it.

It should be analog, like the Doomsday Clock.

Not when I'm feeling highly disinterested with time to waste.