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    Bowl Bids

    SEC The SEC has contracted for ten bowls. In the SEC, seven teams have qualified - two with eight wins (Alabama, Florida), three with seven wins (LSU, Mississippi, and Mississippi State), and two with six (A&M and Georgia). Two teams - South Carolina and Vandy - need to win out their last...
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    ACC discussion thread

    Consolidate if we have one... Passes ratings (vs FBS teams) Dungey (Syr) 169.34 (4) Watson (Clemson) 153.84 (5) Peterson (Pitt) 152.93 (5) Golson (FSU) 150.98 (5) Kizer (ND) 154.58
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    Walkons Awarded Scholarships

    I think coaches love to have a scholarship or two to reward these young men's hard work and dedication and to provide them with some unexpected financial relief in the tens of thousands of dollars, which this year includes cost of attendance stipends. Watching theirs and their teammates'...
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    SEC Media Days - Questions we would like to ask

    (Be kind) Each year the SEC has five of the top eight or nine recruiting classes in the nation. How disappointing is that when only two SEC teams finish in the top ten? The ranked SEC teams finished 2-5 in their bowls last year and were 2-4 against ranked teams. (LSU lost to some...
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    Jameis Winston/FSU lawsuits

    Update on legal proceedings. Erica Kinsman is the plaintiff/alleged rape victim against both Winston and FSU. Winston filed a counter lawsuit. Erica Kinsman moves to dismiss Jameis Winston's lawsuit "If Kinsman's lawsuit against the FSU Board of Trustees is any indication, these...
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    Embedding a graph

    How?
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    If I were Brian Kelly, I would...

    attend more minor sports events with my family. (Feel free to put yourself in his shoes for anything.)
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    College Football's "Cultural Divide"

    Jack Swarbrick foresees a division coming in college football due to multiple factors, but best summed up as a division over philosophies. “'Forget the economics, the cultural divide in college athletics is getting too big,' Swarbrick said. 'Any business association requires commonality of...
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    Follow the Money - The Big Business of College Football

    With the College Football playoffs and conference media rights deals, 2014-15 revenue distribution is expected to skyrocket for the Power-5 teams. Some conferences are additionally collecting more revenue from local or regional media. The Longhorn Network brings revenue to the University of...
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    Recruits' Names

    Any favorite names for recruits. Mine is: Jazz Ferguson Josh Sweat is cool
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    Penn State Sanctions

    Penn State, NCAA reach proposed settlement to restore Paterno wins Jan 16th “Today's agreement with Penn State reaffirms our authority to act,” Kirk Schulz, Kansas State's president and chair of the NCAA Board of Governors said in an official release. “The NCAA has a legitimate role when a...
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    Scholarships - One Year vs Four Year scholarships

    In 2012, the NCAA gave schools the option of giving out four year scholarships. Many schools, including Notre Dame and the Big Ten schools, already guaranteed four year scholarships. Nick Saban then announced Alabama was giving out four year scholarships: "We're going to offer four-year...
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    Recruiting Stories - 2015

    There are a lot of stories out there - good, bad, and ugly - for the Class of 2015. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State HC, pulling a scholarship offer from a Dallas area QB recruit, who was planning on early entree sixteen days prior to graduation, has been mentioned here before. The QB, Chason...
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    SEC/LSU Graduation Rates

    Did you know that Georgia football's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) for 2013 (82%) is now tied with Vanderbilt's for the highest graduation rate in the SEC? It suddenly jumped 13 points from 69%. That's two points less than Navy's. Three years ago, Georgia's GSR was 41%. Over the last four...
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    Current ND Players in the NFL

    Here's who I have after the first round of cuts (to 75): Current NFL Roster Players (36) - 13 1st Strings, 13 2nd Strings Michael Floyd - 1st String - RWR (Arizona) John Carlson - 1st String TE (Arizona) Troy Niklas - 3rd String - TE (Arizona) Robert Hughes - 4th String FB...
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    O'Bannon vs the NCAA ruling

    NCAA loses massive O'Bannon trial, but not by much. Full ruling here What the O’Bannon Ruling Means for Colleges and Players
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    Underrated Three Stars - 2015 class

    Which three stars not already in this Irish class are most underrated? (Three stars or below) I'll go with: T.D. Moten, DT (Ala commit, with offers ND,USC and the last two NCs) Tevon Coney, ILB (our coaches can't be wrong, from Fla) Josh Moore, TE (Ohio State commit, Olathe, KS) - due to...
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    Three Star Recruit - Five Star Misses

    Who is the recruit ranked as a three star that you most would have loved to have, in retrospect? He has to be a recruit that ND was in play with - or would have been, if offered. If I can't pick everyone on Stanford's offensive or defensive lines, my pick is Luke Kuechly Luke Kuechly To...
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    Missed by that much (whew!)

    For your retrospective recruiting thoughts today, how about naming your favorite near-misses for the Irish who may well have become near-disasters? The conditions are that ND was among their final choices, that they were highly-rated (4 or 5 stars) and that you or a large part of the Board...
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    SEC Media Days - Questions from the Rest of the Country

    For South Carolina's Steve Spurrier: - "What do you expect your record to be against Furman, South Alabama and traditional opponent, East Carolina?" - "After a three point win against Navy three years ago, why not scheduled them again instead of Coast Carolina in the future?" - "You...
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