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drchuck

Joe K wrote:Alabama gets it. Both SEC teams will be underdogs in the semis, I would think.

Thank God. Brink on Sam Darnold and Ronald Jones.

And both those semifinals are just tasty.

chuck [still want UCF to have a shot at Clemson tho]

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chuck [low-key hoping Alabama makes the playoff so they can deal with Dabo and we can play a proper Rose Bowl...in freakin' ARIZONA] No, let's correct that. It's not even low-key. The narrative of this stupid playoff is rapidly becoming "Ohio State team with an inexplicable loss backs into the...

drchuck

Y'know, it was ugly as sin, but props to Ohio State for getting that big win over Wisconsin. Pasadena is where the Buckeyes belong, obviously. There is no more appropriate stage for the winner of the Big Ten, even in a down year, than the Rose Bowl. And honestly, I can't possibly think of a better t...

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A_B wrote:ANNNNNNNNDDDD...Fulmer is the new AD.

and they're trying to fire Currie FOR CAUSE?

The book somebody is going to write about this month is gonna be a page-turner, I tell you what.

chuck [when Starkville, Mississippi is the most functional college town in the Southeast...]

drchuck

Rumors that Currie has been fired as AD, but nothing from an ironclad source as of yet so don't talk about this at all until we know thanks. ETA: ESPN confirms. And apparently Phil Fulmer has been sabotaging to finagle the AD job for himself. This makes all the sense in the world. Also: fire everyb...

drchuck

The less said about bad rubbish, the better. Just so, so grateful for the effort that team put in to the entire season, and especially into the playoff run given the drama that surrounded it all. Toronto was the best team in the league. We made them earn their MLS Cup place. And Zack Steffen is the ...

drchuck

Well I don't think Mississippi State thinks they are a program that should only be looking at the Grudens and Gundys of the world. They probably were realistic and went and got a high-level coordinator they thought had some more to offer, like they did with Mullen (even if Mullen did have more expe...

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Coumbus offered up 2 parks and rebuilding Mapfree and taking 50% ownership in the team (Greenbay Packer style). m Dude, there are a TON of people in Columbus who will take Crew SC off of Precourt's hands at a healthy profit to Precourt. And there is a significant fraction of the Columbus supporter ...

drchuck

what I'm with Bronto on this...what does Moorhead bring that is politically/ethically divisive? Absolutely nothing except he isn't perceived as a Tier-1 coach with championship experience. Regardless, I got my answer today during the Brohm moment (because we're on about the ninth or tenth moment of...

drchuck

Exhortation to the universe: when you want truth delivered simply and plainly about college football, with a shrug and a "this is fine", read Jason Kirk.

https://twitter.com/JasonKirkSBN/status ... 2008095744

chuck [faithful listener to the Fullcast but still miss the halcyon video days of the Shutdown Fullback]

drchuck

...and they failed. And they're scrambling. And apparently Tee Martin STILL isn't getting a phone call. Meanwhile, Joe Moorhead got floated as the new head man at Mississippi State and not a soul is batting an eyelash. Thought experiment: What if the one-and-only target at Tennessee had been Moorhea...

drchuck

The contract was never completely signed.

https://twitter.com/TimesFreePress/stat ... 4425714690

chuck [still think there's a lot more to be told about the conversations at UT surrounding this hire]

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tennbengal wrote:Cutcliffe has passed - happy to finish his career at Duke.

did I say "hopelessly optimistic"? I think I said "hopelessly optimistic"

https://twitter.com/ClowESPN/status/935339650134233089

chuck [somebody better shove their chips in on Tee Martin soonest]

drchuck

Brontoburglar wrote:so you're saying this would have happened with anyone not named Jon Gruden

I actually think that David Cutcliffe would be welcomed back with open arms, particularly if he was hired by Interim AD Philip Fulmer.

chuck [and at this point, that sounds like a hopelessly optimistic outcome]

drchuck

Well hoodie seemed to think his recruiting and development were plenty good enough so good enough for me. I'd not heard a whole lot of negativity surrounding the guy but then I don't follow college football a ton. I do think he would have won at Tennessee and I'm a little dumbfounded as to how that...

drchuck

There's a host of agree-to-disagree and speculation above, on everybody's part (including mine), but this is what I want to focus on: don't think for a second I'm defending John Currie or even Greg Schiano. that's what's bizarre about this. you can think that hiring Schiano is ... interesting ... an...

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also: approximately with 20 minutes to go in this thing there is some SMART commentary on how stupid things got in Tennessee yesterday and how just about none of that is the fault of the Tennessee support and oh by the way Schiano's coziness with journalists got BAD in the way of intelligent reporti...

drchuck

yes, it was an internet outrage cycle spurred on by an influential personality who lives in Tennessee. I'm not going to dive into that more because of my dislike for the toxicity and the cult of personality, but just like you'd tell me to trust you on a legal issue, I'm going to tell you to trust m...

drchuck

In real football news, UNH won a terrible first round game 14-0 over Central Connecticut, who decided to use their backup running back at QB while down one score in their first ever playoff game for much of the 4th quarter. Why? Well, it's the timeworn tale of a starting QB that's suspended because...

drchuck

A two-loss Ohio State making the playoff over Alabama and then getting curbstomped by Clemson (which they would) would be utter hilarity. I want no part of this narrative, and I'm not alone m chuck [look I want revenge over Clemson but I'm not getting that revenge this year no matter what happens a...

drchuck

USF alum here: dafuk was Charlie Strong thinking not squibbing that kickoff? Unless you have a kicker who can reach the upper deck of the opposite end zone, the play there is to make the midfielders sit on the ball as it bounces around. Neutral here: Thank you, Charlie. That took what was already a...

drchuck

Avram wrote:is an Egg Bowl soup with a broken drumstick?

https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/nick ... 1820712815

it was, but Ole Miss gave us a few LOL-worthy moments in the midst

https://twitter.com/Morgan_Moriarty/sta ... 5804345346

also: Nick Fitzgerald is pretty much the baddest

https://twitter.com/MichaelCauble/statu ... 8610439168

chuck [wave dot emoji]

drchuck

I'm having an Egg Bowl for the holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving, old friends.

chuck [get well soon, Nick Fitzgerald]

drchuck

dude, I'm watching FCS playoff games on Saturday rather than Ohio State-Michigan. Might keep a little Ohio State radio in my ear but seriously I don't see O'Korn being able to do a dang thing and I see the Michigan defense doing a lot of things and I see the game becoming a dreary rockfight. 17-6 OS...

drchuck

Chuck, I think the solution to the problem I described is to have a big tent MLS, either with several divisions and promotion/relegation or an NCAA model with a bunch of conferences playing into a national tournament... I'd be down, Rex. Completely. Anthony Precourt is showing you how much he's int...

drchuck

So I guess you are anti-relegation system for US Soccer? Because, hard disagree. Up to last month I would have told you the system that gave us MLS was going to be the system that would best preserve top-level soccer, not just in the big markets but in places like Columbus that were less fashionabl...

drchuck

One of the super-smart guys in our academic community is a guy who teaches at a CC in Michigan and who writes more than a lick about digital redlining - how even in the current age, BEFORE the FCC does a dang thing, access to the internet is uneven from one place to the next. Here's an example of th...

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I think the league is making a terrible mistake with this, but I think there is more to this than the usual rich guys trying to extract public money for sport. I suspect that quite a few people in the league view the teams that were early SSS adapters as a bit of an anchor for the league since many...

drchuck

If it's a 48-team WC, we'll be in it even if we suck. I find all the crying over the fate of the USMNT hilarious right now because of how many conspiracies are afoot to make it easier on us, and on Italy, and on the Netherlands, and on the Ivory Coast, and on every other fashionable team that had a ...

drchuck

I'm still pretending this thread doesn't exists, but Chuck might be better able to handle reality. Straight-up honesty: I'm trying to think of a thing I do differently than Sunil Gulati over the past seven years. I got nothin'. I MIGHT have cut bait on Jurgen after the collapse in the Gold Cup rath...

drchuck

I'd put down $12 if I was nearby

drchuck

My favorite Terry Glenn memory, and it's not even close. Bonus aggravated Regis Philbin within.

chuck (I'll figure out how to embed YouTube in this iteration of phpBB later)

drchuck

Well, the stadium is self imploding. I was at the Crew game where the scoreboard caught on fire a couple of years ago. But yeah, Anthony Precourt is a piece of shit. I'd love to go to a Crew game and be seated near him and just yell "You're an asshole *clap**clap**clapclapclap*" at him al...

drchuck

good God, man, that's a LONG time gone

there's a link for some writing on other things in the .sig

been camped out in the central Appalachians for a while doing the professor thing and I have some thoughts

but I may banter about the soccer someday soon as well

drchuck

who's this Florida State? I care about Kennesaw State and Southern Utah and the teams in the Dakotas running a pick'em game for the FCS playoff bracket (starts Saturday!) over here , for fans of the obscure and I know you're a fan of the obscure, otherwise you wouldn't have stuck with a sports messa...

drchuck

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Columbus_crew_stadium_mls_allstars_2005.jpg/1200px-Columbus_crew_stadium_mls_allstars_2005.jpg Posting simply because I can see this being the first soccer-specific stadium in the United States to be imploded, and I'm mad as hell at the mere...

drchuck

this seems to be the most appropriate place to announce that (thanks to Bengal) I've found the present iteration of the Swamp.

please don't delete me.

chuck

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