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keith

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  1. I guess we will never know the particular circumstances, but it does seem odd that our coaching staff would evaluate a player, think highly enough of them to offer a scholarship, have the player commit their acceptance (publicly/verbally) and then later that same coaching staff says, "ummm, never mind." What does this practice do to the relationships with HS coaches we're told are so important to our recruiting efforts?
  2. That is an impressive haul....so far. 5 of 6 portal additions are from P5 schools. Who knows if it pays off on in wins, but the size of these players alone tells you all you need to know why we always seem to look small on the field.
  3. Well, having a mega-billion donor isn't going to make a difference for Oklahoma State as they are going to be on the outside looking in like the rest of us, so who knows if having one would make a difference for us. In the history of college football (going back to the leather helmet days), a total of 44 schools can claim at least one national championship (14 can claim exactly one). Since 1869, 30 universities have won more than 1 national championship. Many years had multiple champions so I just counted one for each school in that year. My issue with this is that those currently in power have decided that based on recent history, the future of college football in terms of the haves and have nots should be set in stone with no real opportunity for material change. Why snap the chalk line now? If it was snapped at a different point in the history of college football, it would still be dominated today by Yale (18), Princeton (15) and Harvard (8). The point is, things change, but only if they are allowed to change.
  4. And those 18 want to make sure it stays that way! Make no mistake about it, they will do whatever they can to ensure that the barriers to entry remain high and they secure their positions for the foreseeable future.
  5. Exactly. We can also tell them about the ill-timed fumbles and holding on to the ball too long and taking way too many sacks. But hey screw the 5-7 record, we had a QB that completed more than 60% of his passes! Yea us.
  6. Will the excuse next year be that he's only had "his players" for less than a year? They need time in "his system" to jell, then we will really start to see improvement.
  7. What's the threshold? We currently have 6 decommits. Of those 6, they have recommitted to: Kansas State Houston UTSA Texas State ULM ? Kansas State and Houston? OK, it's a step up in conference, but the others? Jeez.
  8. Uh oh, you said the quiet part out-loud.
  9. Since they haven't landed anywhere, are these players in the portal Schrodinger's transfers? They are both transfers and not transfers at the same time.
  10. Not that the writing has not been on the wall for a while, but if the "wealthy" schools have been waiting for a signal of G5 capitulation, this may be it. A worthy and valiant fight.
  11. I hear what you are saying, but I think the freedom here is really the freedom to choose to play football (or at least try to play if they have the ability and desire to) at a D-1 university or not with full knowledge of the conditions that may be placed on that choice. That freedom is not being constrained or taken away. I don't know if placing conditions on transfer is any different than requiring the athlete to enroll in school and meet certain academic requirements as a condition of participation, for example.
  12. If only there were people in the world whose jobs were based on seeking answers to these questions of interest.
  13. At least this excuse no longer exists.
  14. I'm in favor of doing away with the red-shirt process. When a student-athlete enters school, the clock starts ticking and they have a total of 4 years of eligibility, that's it. How many are not doing it for the immediate NIL money (although that's obviously a bonus), but for a better chance to get drafted from a Px school than they do from UNT? I'd like to see some of the locker room interactions when a 6-figure (or 7?) QB berates linemen getting $20K for not protecting him better.
  15. We went from 7-5 to 5-7. Our defense was the laughing stock of FBS football. We did not beat a team with a winning record. While we played the top 4 teams in the conference, the AAC, overall, was a very weak conference this year. What was our signature win...over a 4-8 Tulsa or a 4-8 UAB? 🤮 Getting really tired of being the home of on-the-job training for college football coaching staffs. We wasted a season, but hey, there's next year to look forward to. I didn't take the time to grade the different aspects of the team, but gave coach Morris a D in another thread based on the the results he delivered.
  16. Final grades with the exception of Navy that has one more regular season game to play. At the end of the day, it's all about results on the field, wins and losses. As I said at the start, every team has a story and unique situation. Some found new coaches because they had to, others because they chose to.
  17. On the front page at ESPN.com. Anyone we know? Currently slotted in at #14.
  18. Back from traveling over the last couple of weeks. Through the first 4 home games, we are at an 8.6% increase in average attendance (+275). We are entering our seasonal lull, but a home game against UT Arlington on 12/23 may help us through it until we start our home conference slate on 1/6. Hoping for a strong run in conference play and a solid increase in attendance to go along with it.
  19. What happens when we want to encourage these players to “explore other opportunities?”
  20. You know what else they say in the business world? People don't leave jobs, they leave bosses. We only have the lens of social media posts (and some occasional "inside" information) to go on, so we really don't know what's going on behind closed doors.
  21. That's probably happening at every school to some extent. That means we'll be picking through a portal made up largely of players who were recommended to leave by their respective schools/coaches. Keep that in mind.
  22. Updated. Along with the W-L % change I've added the # of wins change from 2022. With one regular season game to go (Navy has two), of the 25 schools with 1st year staffs: Ten are guaranteed to have more wins in 2023 than in 2022. Nine are guaranteed to have fewer wins in 2023 than in 2022. These 19 have set their fate. Of the remaining six can, four can improve their y-o-y win total and two can hold serve equalling their 2022 win total. Only four will go from winning records in 2022 to losing records in 2023 (Mississippi State, North Texas, Purdue and Cincinnati). Welcome to the B12 Bearcats!
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