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  1. Crazy Balki

    College Football Video Game '25

    Can't lie, this game has been ridiculously disappointing. The main thing being the insanely limited player customization features. Yeah, I get not being able to edit NIL players' name, image and likeness, so can't change their positions, number of how they look, but you should be able to edit...
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    '25 MS QB Deuce Knight Auburn Verbal Ole Miss ???

    I think it depends. As much as it sucks, Ivan Taylor was at least upfront with the staff in his interest in other schools. So when he flips, I hate it, but the dude did it in a way that you can't really knock. Things changed. The staff member that he had the biggest connection with left for...
  3. Crazy Balki

    '25 MS QB Deuce Knight Auburn Verbal Ole Miss ???

    Auburn is coming off 3 consecutive losing seasons. I really don't understand the Hugh Freeze hype. Dude was a complete disaster at Ole Miss. He had 1 good year there and then everything cratered there. Then he had the same 1 good year at Liberty and somehow he's an elite coach? If Deuce is...
  4. Crazy Balki

    2024 Fall Camp Thread

    Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and say that the Brown being a terrible recruiting narrative is BS. The reality is that he's had to recruit against the non-existent WR production the past few years. Sure, Stuckey was able to win some quality battles, but he also didn't produce on the field. I don't...
  5. Crazy Balki

    Chicago White Sox... The thread.

    Yep, and Jerry is adamant that he wasn't the one pushing hard to hire Tony in the first place in 2020.
  6. Crazy Balki

    '25 AZ/FL WR Raiden Vines-Bright (Washington Verbal)

    I'd honestly be okay with a tandem of RVB and Burress. We'll see with Bettis, could be one of those senior bloomers. PS, gotta love that googling his name, the second result is "Raiden Vines Bright mom"
  7. Crazy Balki

    Chicago White Sox... The thread.

    A GM not being allowed to GM? Color me shocked...
  8. Crazy Balki

    Chicago White Sox... The thread.

    Problem is that the McCaskey's have at least tried to change and turn things around. They just realized that them making the decisions was the problem. They've constantly tried something different and it's almost always been a bad result. All in all, things would likely be a lot better had Mugs...
  9. Crazy Balki

    '21 MO DT Gabriel Rubio (Notre Dame Early Enrollee)

    Good news is that it's still a month away from opening day, and foot fractures generally take 4-6 weeks to rehab. Provided the fracture isn't severe, he could return in October. Good thing ND is deep at DT though.
  10. Crazy Balki

    '25 MS QB Deuce Knight Auburn Verbal Ole Miss ???

    While I understand the logic, I've yet to see any real proof that ND is going to use the portal to go after non-grad transfers. Getting some grad transfers is great and all, but they're mostly a stop gap and for the most part, grad transfers are grad transfers for a reason. If they were good...
  11. Crazy Balki

    Deland McCullough - RB Coach (2022-2024)

    I really don't get the concern with RB recruiting. I can't speak much on Anderson, because there isn't much film I can find on him, but Thurman looks like a legit blue-chipper. Dude has that second gear that you want in a back. Seems like ND is content with the guys they have at RB, so...
  12. Crazy Balki

    All Things SkunkBear

    The one saving grace is that Miami, UNC and State Penn got off on technicalities and loopholes of varying degrees and angles. State Penn while ungodly egregious and stuff that earns you front row seats to Satan's ballet in the lake of fire, didn't provide them with an inherent on-field...
  13. Crazy Balki

    Notre Dame Hires Mike Brown as WR Coach

    The staff took vacation right after the major recruiting visits and coaches couldn't make visits. All reports indicated that despite being on vacation, coaches were definitely still making calls to recruits. While there couldn't be any in-person contact, ND's staff was still definitely talking...
  14. Crazy Balki

    '25 NJ WR Elijah Burress (Notre Dame Signee)

    Pretty simple. Junior film was good, but not elite. But he balled out at camps over the spring/summer, namely UA New Jersey, and showed off fluid athleticism, crisp route running against top quality competition. I wouldn't put him in the upper echelon of high 4-5 stars, but he's a firm 4-star...
  15. Crazy Balki

    Notre Dame Hires Mike Brown as WR Coach

    I mean, Brown was coaching at Cincinnati and Wisconsin, not exactly hot beds of skill talent. Alec Pierce and Tyler Scott weren't even in the top 1000 of their respective classes and they turned into very good receivers for UC and were drafted in the league. Two guys who based on rankings had no...
  16. Crazy Balki

    ND's Talking Heads ... The good, bad & ugly

    6 months isn't a lot of time, especially when you consider all that goes into recruiting, and the fact that he'll be going up against staffs who've had longer to develop relationships. But more importantly than that, Meadows simply wasn't coming to ND. He wants to play in the SEC. That was...
  17. Crazy Balki

    '25 NV WR Derek Meadows (Alabama Verbal)

    To be fair, ND hasn't had much success at WR under MF because of Kelly. Keep in mind, this is the WR room Marcus Freeman inherited by class: 2017: N/A 2018: Braden Lenzy 2019: N/A 2020: N/A 2021: Jayden Thomas and Deion Colzie 2022: N/A Kelly had four classes where by their 2nd year...
  18. Crazy Balki

    Notre Dame Hires Mike Brown as WR Coach

    Honestly, no, Kelly didn't really develop them. Between 2017 and 2022, which WR developed? I can't think of a single one. The closest is perhaps Braden Lenzy, but it took him until his final season to really turn into anything more than a jet sweep threat. And numbers are kind of important...
  19. Crazy Balki

    2024 Fall Camp Thread

    Pete Carroll opened the season against ranked opponent once in his 9 year tenure.
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