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One interesting thing to ponder is that the abrupt departure of Kelly in the middle of bowl prep but after the coaching carousel had mostly settled is the reason why Freeman was hired in the first place. That’s why Marcus and Tommy Rees were considered top tier candidates. Others mentioned (remember the BK news came on November 29th, 2021): Luke Fickell: Ended up getting a 7 Year/$54.6MM contract from Wisconsin the following year. ND wasn’t going to give that kind of money to a mid major coach. Urban Meyer: Video of his extramarital activities in September just came out in October 2021. ND was not touching that even if they could have offered him enough money to get out of JAX. Matt Campbell: Had signed an extension in February 2021 that then lasted through 2028. Would have been a huge buyout and he had already turned down the Detroit Lions 8 year/$68.5MM offer earlier in the year. Matt Rhule: Was the Carolina Panthers HC then and reportedly didn’t want to be demoted back down to the college ranks. Brent Venables: Signed his contract with Oklahoma on December 10, 2021. He was probably already dotting Is and crossing Ts with them when Kelly announced his departure.

It should be the like the basketball tournaments. Get rid of the conference champion byes and expand to 16. If an SEC team is #1, they can get banged up playing the #16 MAC champ. Arizona State should not get a free pass to the quarters.

I think that a lot of it is recruiting sites trying to get “insider access” to recruits or driving attendance at their camps. It’s certainly strange when the media experts are poo pooing “3 stars” like DJ Williams or Colsen Gatten who have offers from the entire Big 10, SEC, ND, etc.

There were actual studies done for prior scholarship limit increases and increasing the number of scholarships increased parity in CFB.

Every last one of them by a single score after getting stopped at the goal line. He tried burning down the house as he left by trying to bring the staff, current players and recruits with him while badmouthing the program when he knew damn well that he left for more money. Oh, and he killed a kid.

The scene when they run through the cornfields, then the parking lot and finally into DuLoc is a reference to driving through the Indiana Cornfields into the Tailgating Lots and finally onto campus.

Fortunately, the COVID year is going to start disappearing so that should reduce the number of 6th/7th/8th years who already have degrees but aren't good enough for NFL, who are just lingering around for a pay day that is more than a first year employee salary. Now they just need to fix the transfer rules.

Wouldn't have made much sense for him to jump to Michigan... Most of the existing staff was headed to the Chargers with Harbaugh and they are at substantial risk of being given substantial penalties for the sign-stealing scandal.

Quarterback-Dual Threat

Pre-NIL, sure. But Uncle Phil can (and has) bought Lanning players. I don't think that Lanning is a good of an HC as people make him out to be.

Pervasive, repeated and significant violations of NCAA Rules should be enough to do it. Their compliance office should have set up shop in the HC's Office for the remainder of the season to make sure that any additional games were not being played but it's clear that they didn't bother to even educate Harbaugh on the Rules.

Buchner into the Portal... for lacrosse? Alabama QB Tyler Buchner enters portal as lacrosse player - ESPN

This game is going to be sooooooo boring. DJ Uigalieasdjidfsjhhnj already opted out. Oregon State’s bowl game won’t include DJ Uiagalelei, Taliese Fuaga, Anthony Gould, Damien Martinez - oregonlive.com

Rushing the field on a team that offered you a scholly? Harsh.

Ahhh.... didn't see the "since 2000" disclaimer. Anyway, the general point still stands.