VideoEagle

I find it a bit ironic SMU is saying being passed over by Liberty shows they need to get into the ACC to "get the respect they deserve." But the ACC is the first P5 Conference to have its undefeated Champion passed over! Are they going to the P5 that gets no respect?

Not even in New York. It’s a second rate bowl in a baseball stadium in Boston.

This isn't true, it can get MUCH worse! We can't drop lower than last place, but we have a lot of room to give up more points and yardage.

IN the age of the portal and NIL, EVERY YEAR has the potential to be a rebuilding year.

Nailed it!

First, I used to hear about coaches being reassigned rather than being fired a lot more. UT did it with someone, but could not cut the coaches salary. Baylor kept Ken Starr’s salary then same. I’m not sure about the lacrosse coach. I suspect, but do not know, football head coaching contracts might contain a no reassignment clause.

If you don't feed the trolls they will move on.

The NCAA started allowing, but not requiring, multiyear scholarships in 2012. A few years later, the autonomous conferences - Pac 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, Big XII, plus Notre Dame - agreed to have multiyear scholarships for football. One website, Informedathlete.com, started calling this a rule and this has been widely quoted by other websites. But there wasn't an enforcement mechanism ever implemented - if a school chose to ignore the agreement, there was never any penalty. It was never an NCAA rule. And it appears there were always multiple exceptions to it that individual conferences and even schools had. Generally, if there was a change in head coach players that didn't fit the new scheme were encouraged (and usually helped) to move on and free up the scholarships for players that fit the new scheme.

So the fuss is over 6 1/2 points and five yards a game between the guy people want back and the guy we got?

I can't remember where I saw the articles, but more than one talked about how Sharp and the regents are keeping a very low profile on this because Sharp was the one leading the charge to sign Fisher to the $95 million guaranteed contract. Bjork wanted to extend Fisher, but not as long and with more performance bonuses than guarantees. Apparently Sharp told Bjork if he wouldn't go along with the deal, the regents would find someone who would.

No, he argued against it but was overruled by Chancellor John Sharp and a majority of the A&M regents. Bjork wanted Fisher, but not with the crazy contract. Bjork isn’t getting fired now because he’s helping deflect the heat from Sharp and the Regents.

No, they wouldn't. The people making NIL decisions don't do things to spite schools that aren't in their new conference.

There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about next year. Many have been listed above. The professionals that analyze teams for a living like the writers at DCTF think we should be optimistic as well. I put more trust in those folks that can spend lots of time, resources, and money doing their research. Looking back, there were many here last year convinced we’d only win 3 games with a tougher conference and what was thought to be a couple of tough OCC games. We did better in a conference of our peers than they thought.

There’s a great article by Tim Cowlishaw in today’s DMN on A&Ms hire. A few things he points out: * In the 40 years of the SWC before WWIi, Aggie only won two SWC titles. * In the 80 years after WWII, they had one decade of success with 7 titles between 85 and 94, but never came close to a National Championship. * During their time in the BigXII they had one conference championship. * In 16 years in the SEC, they have never been very close to a conference championship. * Coaches cannot automatically bring success from previous schools as they will no longer have the assistants, staff, and institutional structure that supported them before. All of those things must be rebuilt and that will almost certainly take years to accomplish. Here's a link, but it is behind a paywall. https://

Just to be clear, these players are being encouraged to find a place where they might be a better fit. Is that correct?

We are among the very, VERY few that can't get fans to come out the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Thank you, @Okiefan, for a better explanation of what’s going on.

No, as I wrote before "I don't care WHAT defense you are running, you can't stop an offense if you can't tackle!?

It was great to see several underclassmen make significant contributions.

Unless you're La Tech faced with playing Lousiana Monroe.

No more moral victories.

After reading the article, I noticed several comments from the announcers more than I would have before. 1. NT is not only blitzing some, they are showing a blitz often which is a feature of the 3-3-5. 2. NT is using smaller but faster linemen to tie up the blocking. 3. 5 DBs make it very hard for a QB to account for everyone. Of course, I notice multiple plays where we miss two, three, and at least once four tackles. I don't care WHAT defense you are running, you can't stop an offense if you can't tackle!

What with our receivers? The ball is hitting the in their hands and they can't pull it in!

Last night Baron had three touchdown receptions in the FIRST QUARTER of Coppell's area game against Jesuit. He's a good punter as well! After the 3rd touchdown, he did a standing backflip in the end zone. There's a picture of him half way through the flip in the online sports section of the DMN.

Why would you think NIL money would guarantee good results? A$M proves that’s not true!