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The stadium is real. And spectacular.

Signing the NLI is voluntary at any and all times. Prospective student-athletes are not required to sign the NLI on the first day of the signing period. Many prospective student-athletes do choose to sign their NLI on the first available day to bring an end to the recruiting process. You should note the NLI Provision allows a student 7 days from…[Read more]

Let us also not forget that Jackson is the Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe Memorial Scholarship recipient. There’s some loaded aspects to his past, present, and future and how the team thinks of him. He did his best playing injured almost all year (we all just waited for him to come up limping after a tackle some time early in the game). But if it…[Read more]

I don’t know a ton, but they’re only Northwest of the East Coast Bias nation (well, if you see the population line where 80% of the country lives [edge of the dust bowl – east], they are in the NW corner of that). There is Southwestern in TX, a Northeastern in Boston, and a Southeastern in FL. But Northwestern is the best known of the…[Read more]

Honestly, if he has ‘offers’ on the table and he’s feeling healthy, a good game can either help Utah match or other teams up the anty. So it makes sense to play, perform well (you know we are going to be heavy on the run game), and then see if you enter the portal or stay. Seems like so much for these young adults to have to deal with instead of…[Read more]

Utah St. has @ USC the week before us. Hence, we moved Baylor to Sep 7 (who will need to reschedule their home game against AFA, probably to Sep 14th which is open for the Cadets).

I thought that was Cal

He’s the ‘best’ we have left and I’m fine with him playing since we need to make sure we have someone to play QB. I’m guessing he was asked since others that entered the portal are not playing. Barnes, Bottari, and now we are hearing more that Rose might play some.

But to be fair, Barnes can be given the Florida game, Nate came in to win Baylor,…[Read more]

Feels more like ‘here’s a play at building depth early while the players for our 2-deep are still being recruited to come here instead of another P5 school’

Feels like early in the cycle, you get the ‘lower’ commits more quickly while the better ones take a little more time as they weigh their options. In some ways, there also is a ‘pecking order’ and some dominoes have to fall to cascade down. For example (big picture), Gabriel committing to Oregon will start the cascade of QBs in this great…[Read more]

Yeah, they used to be fun, a reward for a good season, and enjoyed by players. But now with money driving things so much (and injury insurance not enough I guess), players going to the NFL don’t want to risk injury and want to start prep to improve their draft stock, players that have entered the portal for the most part don’t play (some do like…[Read more]

I think players should be able to leave when ever the want but after the 1st one, require them to sit for a year UNLESS 1) graduate transfer, 2) coach leaves, 3) special circumstances (sick family member, etc.). I have no confidence either that NCAA is the answer anymore at all.

Once even the non-top schools realize that they are paying $78M for a coach to not coach anymore, they’ll start to wonder what the point of all this is. It once was to provide opportunities for students to compete at high levels against other schools. Not it’s just plainly a business. Do some of these athletes that keep transferring even really…[Read more]

I see this as 1 of 2 viable routes. The other is to prep Rodemaker, rely on the defense, and try to grind out a low-scoring win against defending Nat’l champions and claim the National Title (like UCF did) but be more legitimate as a 14-0 ACC conference and Orange Bowl champion. If Alabama or Texas wins the CFP, FSU has an even stronger argument…[Read more]

Agree with so many of these posts. And with bowl games, eligibility meant you were eligible, not that you were going. Now, if you have 6 wins (or Jacksonville St, JMU, or highest APR), you are slotted somewhere. Kind of an entitlement now. ESPN made all these bowls to fill up space during Dec to do what? Sell ads. They don’t care about attendance,…[Read more]

1. would need to move early signing for HS back. why 2 seasons? what if coach leaves? what if team wants them to leave?
2. why? esp with these jumbo conferences
3. ok, but same questions as above
4. I do like having 1st time is shame on the team, 2nd time shame on you. But what about if the 2nd time is grad transfer? I think that could be an…[Read more]

huh, he’s scholarship, but Barnes had to earn it after UF game. Seems weird, especially since Smedley is a ‘nobody’ and so far down we thought we only had 3 qbs left for 2024.

Agree – transfers have to sit out a year unless 1) their HC left, 2) grad transfer, 3) special circumstances (e.g. family illness – moving to be closer, etc.). Not 1st time free crap.

Massey has Utes at 45, so similar. BYU is 11, so that would be a great win. How’s the health of the team?

Remember when Alabama booster offered Kincaid $1M?