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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
The deadline for underclassmen, sophomores and juniors to declare themselves eligible for the NFL draft is in January. However, once a player declares for the draft, which is a formal application process through the NFL, they forego their remaining eligibility to play college football. This means that once they declare for the draft they cannot…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic We Need Some Good News in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh, I get that…all I’m saying is that with Whitt, the end is most definitely near. No way in hell do I see him doing a Nick Saban and still be coaching at the age of 72.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Makes me wonder Portal & NIL in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
That quote from McElhenny came during a period where professional football was still way behind college football in popularity, so it made sense at the time.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic We Need Some Good News in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Or maybe he says “fuck it, I’m done with this crap” and rides off into the sunset on his Harley with his millions. You have to figure that, for a guy like Kyle who’s a millionaire many times over and is still in the youth of his retirement years, the question of whether the juice is worth the squeeze crosses his mind fairly regularly.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic We Need Some Good News in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
You’re right Eagle. Due to being a mission kid, Vaki hasn’t even finished his sophomore year at the U. He’s eligible for the NFL draft due to his age but not the combine due to his lower classman status.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Fully concur…if Vaki has a 40 time in the 4.4 range and bench presses 225 lbs say 20-25 times, that’s going to draw a crowd.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I’m not certain about that at all…the guys that shine in the combine are the under the radar players from unknown schools that have undocumented freakish physical traits. Bishop is neither freakishly big, nor freakishly strong, nor freakishly fast. He might be smart as hell but this is not a CPA competition and intelligence will only carry you so far.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic tranfer portal rule changes in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
And that lack of motivation is why most of them will be broke by the time they’re 30. Even the vast majority of guys that have normal NFL careers are essentially broke 4-5 years after the money stops flowing in. Just because you can make a lot of money in a short period of time doesn’t mean that you’ll be rich forever.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
He’s going to depart the largest media market in the country and get a better deal somewhere else? Where? I can’t think of any school in the nation that has deeper pockets and could offer him more unless you’re talking about Stanford and the Ivys and they surely don’t play that geme. Fact is, from my view, that Williams played his hand as well…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Eagle, I disagree with you but only in a certain sense. Does Caleb Williams specifically need USC? Probably not, but he does need a platform to develop his brand and gain notoriety. No corporation is paying him millions of dollars just because he’s Caleb Williams or a nice person. They’re paying because he’s the great QB at a glamour school.…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic tranfer portal rule changes in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Do some of these athletes that keep transferring even really get educated?
It’s hard to see how they could. Most people studying for a legitimate degree have a moderate to hard time trying to learn and get good grades while in a stable environment.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic tranfer portal rule changes in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I think, at the end. that’s the way it’s going to go. No school, whether they be a Blueblood or not, is immune from this and they’ll all eventually come to an agreement that will help maintain the status quo.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic FSU Treating the Orange Bowl as a Scrimmage? in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Well, you know for certain that anyone that’s eligible for the NFL draft from Georgia is also going to be sitting out. There’s no reason this can’t be a close game.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
I’ve said in the past that what’s going to happen is that scholarships/NIL are going to be like contracts. You want to come to USC? Fine, sign here on this contract that commits you to four years. Oh, you don’t want to do that? Fine…good luck finding better terms somewhere else.
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
You can do it Jim…I used to be a huge baseball fan growing up all the way to about three years ago. They made a few changes that pissed me off and I swore them off. At first it was hard but, with time, baseball became irrelevant in my life and I haven’t watched a game in years. I occasionally catch highlights of games on YouTube but that’s as…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
There’s more to it than that…getting drafted in the later rounds means that a team can get rid of you easier because they haven’t invested much in you. You don’t get many chances to survive training camp mistakes or injuries as a sixth or seventh round draft pick. I checked the stats and, shocker, players taken in the sixth and seventh-rounds…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Yeap…we think he’s the cat’s meow because he’s our guy and we see him on a weekly basis bit you’re right…not the right time for him to considering the competition and the fact that he regressed in his statistical performance. I have no doubt that he can play in the NFL and will make some team very happy but that will be because that team got…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Cole Bishop declares for NFL draft in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
With Kincaid and Rising, one of my favorite Utah players ever…I just hope that he made the right decision…I trust PFF on this and they have him at this moment as the 202nd ranked player in the 2024 draft. That would put him getting drafted in the middle of the sixth round. By way of context, PFF has Sataoa Laumea as the 121st ranked player…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute started the topic Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Joel Klatt’s ideas to fix the transfer portal
Joel Klatt broke down possible fixes to the issues in college football such as the calendar and the transfer portal. He suggested to fix the calendar to separate the transfer portal window and recruiting out of high school for better decisions to be made. Then, Joel discussed why he believes there s…[Read more]
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The Miami Ute replied to the topic Makes me wonder Portal & NIL in the forum Football 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Plus NIL was in its infancy two years ago when that happened. I don’t think anyone then would have ventured that college football would essentially become play for pay. There really weren’t people pushing the envelope, actively contacting players, or huge numbers of players entering the portal.
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