Ben Gooding
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21 minutes ago, KingDL1 said:
How in the hell is going from Hawaii to the shit hole arm pit of swamp covered mosquito infected world that is Alabama a plus?
That would be like going to jail, why would anyone want that ever?
The point Rudy was making was that Bama accommodated the family from Hawaii to Alabama and housed them, fed them, and probably employed them. Pretty standard protocol in a scenario like this.
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8-4 Lose to FAU, LaTech, Arkansas, A team we have no business losing to.
Prove me wrong, defense.
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4 hours ago, Arkstfan said:
If you sign with Alabama, the probability is that you are not only going to the NFL, you are going after your junior season. They had a guy drafted who had never started a game. You are probably playing in the national title game.
Maybe Bama cheats. Just as likely, maybe even more likely, people around those kids are getting their hand stuck out now to get their piece of the action when they cash in. I'll put you in this car today, you pay me (some ridiculous figure) in three years when you get that NFL check.
People used to do that with boxers back when boxing was a big deal. Rumor mill in Arkansas was that Malik Monk "owed" over $500,000 of his first year $2.9 million NBA contract to other people for services rendered and they weren't UK fans, just people willing to "loan" him money for cars, clothes, jewelry, etc., until he got drafted.
I mean, you don't really think that, do you?
Many, many programs cheat. Everyone knows that. Somehow except for the NCAA, or so they act.
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I think it will be the largest attended game in school history. Dare I say 500 butts short of a sellout?
I think the program is out of the "show me" phase unless of course there is a setback this season. We are more in the"let's go see it phase."
The excitement of football being back is a draw. The opponent is a draw. And for the folks that get their rocks off from fake fighting is another draw.
Give me 30k and change.
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6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:
I was scanning an article on some anonymous coach claiming Saban wasn't that good of a coach and was only winning because he is cheating. No big surprise, but I noticed a comment from someone saying to google "Alabama Football Player's Cars" to see some interesting things. This is just crazy. How do they get away with this?
This has been happening for quite some time in Tuscaloosa. Kirby took notes. A top rated 5 star RB committed to UGA about a week ago and said, "Now just waiting for that bag", and put an emoji of a clock and money bag. The tweet was deleted within minutes, but the internet catches all.
But this isn't happening just at these programs, it's happening virtually everywhere to some extent. The NCAA is spineless and is far from being a non profit as they claim.
The NCAA passed a basketball rule about 2 weeks ago that allows All American players coming out of high school to sign and be represented by an agent. Of, course, within the rule the NCAA will have a committee that hand selects their proposed All Americans. To boot, they gave themselves the right and authority to add to the list as they please. This was all done to try to get back in front of that FBI investigation stemming from February.
The NCAA is an absolute joke to the highest extent.
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They are 30th had the poll been extended out.
We all need to be paying close attention to that September 1st game vs OU and rooting FAU on.
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1 minute ago, TheColonyEagle said:
Agree as well....
It's going to be really interesting to see what happens to TTech, Baylor and TCU.
Of those, ironically, TCU probably offers a big conference the most (from a national perception standpoint)
I think Baylor is pretty much done and what happened to TCU after the SWC broke up could very well happen to them this time around and it will be their own fault.
I don't know what TTech will do. Beg UT to take them with them I suppose....
Will OU leave OSU?
OU will not leave OSU. Or OSU will not let OU leave them behind.
WVU will get plucked by someone on the East coast, and the expansion of other conferences will then follow suit.
KU will get picked up on the basis of basketball only, probably by the Big10.
The SEC has been in talks of reorganizing their divisions to better suit travel schedules per geographic sense. Mizzou will soon enough be in the SEC West, other things will have to play into that for it to happen.
In this, look for realignment version, look for 'P5' conferences to contemplate cutting dead weight as well.
Somewhere, someone is going to get plucked and invited.
KState, ISU, Tech, and Baylor are toast to me. I think TCU very well falls into this camp as well. Their numbers and TV pull just really isn't there.
The plan for UNT should be to hitch the wagon to the Big12 rejects. That should be the absolute goal moving forward. And a 5 year plan should be put in place for just this, yesterday.
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UNT and LaTech will determine the West.
Marshal and FAU will determine the East.
1. FAU
2. LaTech
3. UNT
4. Marshal
5-14. Who cares.
CUSA Championship -
LaTech vs FAU
Conference Sleeper - FIU
Team I'm choosing not to mention because I don't respect them - UAB
Team most likely not to live up to pre-season projections or predictions - UNT
Conference Champ- FAU
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Just a little FYI on this kid...
Anyone who knows anything about Arkansas HS football knows about Hootens.com. It is Arkansas' version of Dave Campbells magazine. Every year they have a top 50 prospects released for the state.
Mr. Adaway comes in at #44 as a top 50 player in Arkansas.
http://www.hootens.com/02-08-2018/hootenscom-top-50-recruits-for-2019/6346.html
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Realignment is inevitable. When TV contracts, specifically LHN, expire programs and conferences will see a shift. The first domino to fall is almost guaranteed to be LHN negotiations. We have 4, maybe 5 football seasons to completely change the perception of our program to best position ourselves. It can be done. And we are currently on the perfect trajectory.
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Just a little FYI on this kid...
Anyone who knows anything about Arkansas HS football knows about Hootens.com. It is Arkansas' version of Dave Campbells magazine. Every year they have a top 50 prospects released for the state.
Mr. Adaway comes in at #44 as a top 50 player in Arkansas.
http://www.hootens.com/02-08-2018/hootenscom-top-50-recruits-for-2019/6346.html
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22 minutes ago, UNT 90 Grad said:
Mason looked significantly better than the other QBs, though I did see Kam Duhon make a pretty spectacular catch, laying out for a deep ball from Cade Pearson. Mason throws a much quicker and accurate ball. He can really sling it.
I saw Mason take at least one snap from under center. I don't remember seeing that before.
Quinn continues to do a better job of selling the zone read option than Mason in my opinion. Quinn really sells that he has the ball when he doesn't. I've noticed this on draw plays as well.
I think Hedlund made all of his field goals. At least I never saw him miss.
$75 is too steep for the only green golf-style shirt they had for sale, IMO.
They didn't stock enough of the Cherokee t-shirts in popular sizes for today. I also heard some complaining that they ran out of hot dogs and cups.
Seth took questions from the audience in the Hub Club after the scrimmage. They had someone roaming with a wireless mike. The Q&A session was highlighted, IMO, when Mean Joe Green took the mic, stood up and asked if the defense was going to look better this year, from the perspective of a former defensive lineman. In a drawn out answer including naming several of the D-Linemen, Seth answered yes.
I thought attendance was good. Overall the event was much better than last year.
Did Quinn and Mason switch numbers today? If so, I agree.
Mason is the cut and dry starter, and there is 0 debate in that. But today, Fine had a tougher than usual go at it. Quinn looked cleaner and more comfortable. Fine started hanging his head immediately after the ball left his hand on some of his throws in almost disbelief. Granted, Fine did have some money throws as well. It wasn't an all for nothing day for him.
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In your pic you can barely see it. In person it's a little more definitive than that. I mean it doesn't pop like the endzones, but you can still tell something is there.
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Quinn looked pretty crisp today. Not sure how the matchups were as far as 1s vs 1s or 2s vs 1s, but he was the cleanest QB today.
As Emmitt said, Fine seemed a bit off. Groundballing WR screens, missing fairly open WR. Just off.
OL looked good for the most part in pass pro. Run blocking, not so much. And to me, that's concerning given we don't have Wilson returning. A lot of the successful runs were outside designs/zone blocking runs.
DL looked great. They dictated the interior running game to the outside. LB's are not east and west players hence the success of the outside runs vs them.
WR group is easily the best in CUSA. They would make several 'P5' programs feel inferior as well. Very, very solid group. They have it all. Long and rangy in White and Rico. Quick twitch slot guys in Darden, Brewer, Lawrence, etc. Do it all guy in Guyton. And 3 or 4 others like Cujo, Pirtle, Jackson, etc. of whom are all very serviceable.
New kicker seemed fine. Hit a 44 yarder with 6 to 8 yards to spare in a game situation. He was also consistent in warm ups.
New wrinkle with the 1s on O. They were in 12 personnel under center for 6 or 7 plays and not near the goalline. Got in a more conventional jumbo package under center also at the goalline.
DB's played with confidence.
The defense looks better, which is at least promising.
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14 minutes ago, MGNation92 said:
Kelvin Smith all day.
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1 minute ago, drex said:
Find out if the team understands how important it is to beat the ponies. I hope this is just not another game to them. It will set the tone for the season. Thanks.
I second this. This is not just "the next game".
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1 minute ago, MeanGreen13 said:
I am most excited about Jalie... i think the modest bump is in anticipation of a serious raise if the next two seasons are steady improvements... I'd love to see her next contract up around $250k. that would likely mean we are a much better basketball team at that point, and make us competitive for hiring Jalie's replacement should she get called up to the big leagues.
Palm to forehead.
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Fine was sacked a lot, yes.
Not all of those were the OL.
Fine still managed to be upright enough to throw for 4,000 yards.
Our OL produced a 1k back.
Our secondary back toted it for a very quite 684 yards.
Our 3rd down defense without question needs to be the biggest improvement on this team. So, with that, I voted secondary. But better DL play and LB drop backs into the intermediate windows all play a part in improving 3rd down D. And it must improve.
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15 minutes ago, BillySee58 said:
I don’t care if it’s beating a dead horse, it can’t be overstated how much RV was holding this athletic program back in every regard.
And if you stated such his last 12 to 18 months you were blacklisted while people tiringly tried to run you away.
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Great stuff and great production quality.
Mike Law is my top 2 or 3 favorite players without doubt.
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43 minutes ago, Coach Andy Mac said:
UAB will be by far the toughest team in the West. Their coach is really solid and they return most of the same team.
We'll see.
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2 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:
As bad as I want to win it, I completely disagree. SMU has the more talented roster. The oddsmakers have it as a toss-up, and I'm sure a lot of experts will be picking SMU. They annihilated us last year, they return their starting QB, and they have been improving each year. The primary advantage going for us is that they are going to a new coach and a new system, but I'm not sure their new system (Air Raid) is going to be all that difficult to implement. Sonny Dykes had success at this level before. Losing to Incarnate Word is inexcusable. Losing to SMU, though undesirable, is understandable.
Everything is in our favor, including being favored.
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4 minutes ago, Harry said:
I agree SMU is huge but I hate to think we can blow a whole season in the very first game.
Blow home attendance for the season...it'll be same ole same ole to the casuals.
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Coach Accuses Saban of Cheating
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Free and better housing and more than likely better paying job given to them are 2 pretty good reasons.