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In interesting side-effect of this whole NIL and transfer portal nightmare is the impossibility to predict how good a team is going to be (at least for me anyway). There are a bunch of patchwork teams out there that we just have no idea how well they’re going to gel and play as a team. I’d hate to be Phil Steele trying to keep track of all of this stuff.

Any program not in the Big Ten or SEC is headed in the wrong direction. We may just be one of the many examples of that.

Isn’t Pepperdine sort of small school with a big program (sort of like Gonzaga in hoops)?

I’m all for a little throw-down. Stick up for yourself, argue, debate, BRING IT ON, but try to not let it get personal, that’s all.

What do I know though? If I feel attacked it isn’t going to go well.

I’ve said it before: I like the alternating opinions on here. There’s a place for group think…it’s called Cougarboard.

That worked! When is the last time I told you that you kick a**???

No worries. Thanks for looking into it. VERY small problem, so don’t kill yourself.

I actually deleted the app and reinstalled it.

Sorry to see the loss of a valuable poster. The techniques you describe here, Tony, work awesome. A few years I ago I finally put a dude on ignore and it made my UteHub world a much more peaceful place. Personally, I like everyone’s input, even the ones I don’t agree with. It helps round my perspective.

It’s still doing it, but I’ve learned that if I scroll by hitting the sides of the screen that I can navigate it better without this issue being so obtrusive. I’ll keep using the app, but it would awesome if they fixed it one day. Thanks for your willingness to attack an app issue with reckless abandon.

Tony! Have you had a chance to review JMotz’ issue that he explained above? I use Android and am having the same issue, and to be honest, I’m about ready to scrap the app and go back to the online version of UteHub. That issue makes scrolling posts really hard…

Dang, Robo. That post almost made be feel better about things. Bravo!

Prediction accuracy in college football is a fool’s errand right now. With the huge turnover in rosters, how can you even begin to know how good teams will be? I guess these polls are something to talk about in the off season, but they’re about as worthless as the paper they’re written on.

We’re from the government, and we’re here to help.

It’s interesting. I think with the current state of college football, it will be the coaches that can make 50 new players gel that will be successful. I’m not convinced that program culture even exists anymore.

Trust me, I’m used to it.

Right now I think they’re chasing $$$. Nothing else matters.

The minute they became professional athletes it was game on. They want to be adults, they can get treated like adults. That said, a little booing is where I stop. I’m not going to get on their X account and light them up or anything. There is such thing as crossing the line as a fan.

I was perusing the bowl schedule on Monday, and was surprised to see that the first playoff games were this weekend. I consider myself a diehard college football fan, so that should tell you everything you need to know.

Every kid gets a trophy generation, unrestricted transfer portal, huge gaps in conference membership value, large booster/donor disparities, a worthless NCAA with no backbone, and no tampering transparency or accountability among the different schools.

What could go wrong?

I don’t begrudge these college athletes from trying to “get theirs” while…[Read more]

I told myself that when we started losing players to P2 NIL $$, I’m out. I think I’m going to have to evaluate how serious I am about that.