General Official 2024 NCAA Football Thread
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Fucking A. I’ll give ya one example. We had a WR (Ahmari Huggins-Bruce) announce he was leaving UofL to go to South Carolina the week before our bowl game last season. So he’s been at USCjr for like 6 months now. Last week, the last week to officially enroll, he announces he’s coming back to UofL. Great for us, but a total kick in the nuts to the Gamecocks. It’s just stupid. I think kids should be able to transfer one time and that’s it. Period.
This.
One time, no sitting out a year. That's it.
You want to transfer again? No in conference, and you sit a year.
The portal is fucked.
We're going to look back at this NIL era of how it's currently formed and laugh our asses off at how asinine it was for billion dollar corporations to ask Joe football fan to pay a players salary. These people have lost their fucking minds.
Also, Title 9 in it's current form needs to be reevaluated with NIL going in house. No way in hell should these other sports be getting paid the same as football players.
At the end of the day these schools make enough $ from these TV contracts to figure this shit out. Collectively bargain this bs and let's move forward. One good thing I noticed is the NCAA is suggesting only one portal window after the season.
Yeah DJ is really something.
I understand what you’re saying but that’s so new to CFB it’s impossible for some to like that aspect. It’s mostly about money now and it’s going to ruin it for most imo. Games aren’t cheap to go to. I believe just the 4 seats my parents pay for are 20k a year and that doesn’t include my seats (maybe 8k). The emails asking for money don’t stop either. From the 12th Man or Texas Aggies United. At one point people are just going to straight up say this isn’t worth it. The ROI is garbage.
You saying any of this is fun after last year is admirable though.
This site does take some getting used to. What is it that we couldn’t say over there? I’m going to post it like Mark1 every time.
I seriously have no clue why we moved but enough of yall were down I didn’t hesitate. Faggot?
Edit to clarify I like it here. I don’t want that to sound like I miss that place I just want to know what the final straw was.
I seriously have no clue why we moved but enough of yall were down I didn’t hesitate. Faggot?
Edit to clarify I like it here. I don’t want that to sound like I miss that place I just want to know what the final straw was.
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We (UofL fans) used to make fun of Kentucky fans because of Calipari’s 1 & Done philosophy, and how they had to relearn their roster every year & never got the satisfaction of watching players evolve over 4 years. Now all of college sports in 1 & Done.
Definitely feels that way and I promise you those on the inside of the program feel it much more than we do. For some kids it’s a weekly showdown. It’s bs
All of it is now one and done. I’m conflicted on this issue. I like it and then don’t like it. It pushed out one of the best college coaches of all time.
I think Saban just didn’t want to compete in a landscape where everyone could openly & legally buy players, instead how it used to be where Bama, Ohio St, Georgia, and some others had a monopoly on it happening behind closed doors.
That’s a good point. Never entered my screwed up brain.
Don't fool yourself, everybody was doing it, they were just the best at not getting caught.
NIL just brought everything out in the open.
The final straw was their nazi AI bot that made us edit our posts for any language. I finally got banned for hate speech last week.
You're correct that everyone was doing it but no one had it as organized as Saban. He had a system and went all out to beat any potential competition. Once it became legal competitors felt more comfortable going all out to beat him.
Gotcha. Hate speech.. Sounds good.
Yup Saban just finally realized he couldn’t beat the system anymore so he bounced. Fair play to the weasel for doing it better than most but he had the SEC and the NCAA in a precarious position. If you know you know. This new landscape is worse though. I’d rather deal with the old school way. Clemson and Georgia (to an extent) proved it could be done it just takes the right coach and the right group of players. Hell, look at Washington. They did a ton of it with less. Fuck the culture today.
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Saban was still on a great run but it was less dominating near the end
Missed the playoffs twice in last 5 years (19 and 22)
One national title in the last 6 years and it was the Covid season
Lost two of the last 3 bowl games
The last time they won their conference and the national title in the same season was 2015 (that's probably a trivia question most won't get correct)
Not many schools would say no to trading results the last 5-6 seasons but that's a drop-off from the 6 seasons prior
Missed the playoffs twice in last 5 years (19 and 22)
One national title in the last 6 years and it was the Covid season
Lost two of the last 3 bowl games
The last time they won their conference and the national title in the same season was 2015 (that's probably a trivia question most won't get correct)
Not many schools would say no to trading results the last 5-6 seasons but that's a drop-off from the 6 seasons prior
This is where the problem sits
The guy ran a juggernaut of a program but got constantly criticized
There are ups and there are downs, but they were always in the game or close
#firstworldproblems#
He started chasing 5 stars and stopped developing high end kids. He basically got old but he’s definitely the CFB goat coach.
Saban also gradually lost his network. Any great assistant he developed inevitability got team of his own or promotions elsewhere. Keeping a program on top to that extent, when part of the process is essentially developing high-end coaches to go out and be your competition, is insanely difficult.
Bama is about to learn just how unique Saban was.
Bama is about to learn just how unique Saban was.
Agreed. Combination of changing college football landscape, plus constant brain drain with his coaching staff made it untannable and Saban had nothing left to prove, so said fuck it, I'm out.
He liked his stacked decks though, so it is fair to say he got out when he no longer had those talent advantages at every position. But who cares. He played the game for what it was, and had unprecedented success.
He liked his stacked decks though, so it is fair to say he got out when he no longer had those talent advantages at every position. But who cares. He played the game for what it was, and had unprecedented success.
Only Alabama and texass would feel that way imo. Mack Brown knows what I’m talking about!
Also…
“Then coach Don James calls him into his office.
"I'd like for you to be a graduate assistant," James says.
"I don't want to be a coach, and I don't want to go to graduate school. So why would I do either one of those?" Saban says.
James is smart, though. He reminds Saban how his soon-to-be-wife, Terry, has another year of school and how he couldn't possibly leave her behind. So why not stick around a little longer and give coaching a try?
"He must have seen something," Saban said, laughing all these years later.
What followed was a master class in how to be a head coach in college football. To this day, Saban isn't big on pregame speeches. Instead, he borrows from James and uses the Friday before games to impart wisdom to his team.”
The logical conclusion here is the true coaching GOAT is…
“Then coach Don James calls him into his office.
"I'd like for you to be a graduate assistant," James says.
"I don't want to be a coach, and I don't want to go to graduate school. So why would I do either one of those?" Saban says.
James is smart, though. He reminds Saban how his soon-to-be-wife, Terry, has another year of school and how he couldn't possibly leave her behind. So why not stick around a little longer and give coaching a try?
"He must have seen something," Saban said, laughing all these years later.
What followed was a master class in how to be a head coach in college football. To this day, Saban isn't big on pregame speeches. Instead, he borrows from James and uses the Friday before games to impart wisdom to his team.”
The logical conclusion here is the true coaching GOAT is…
Yeah he definitely took advantage of the times. Props for that.