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Finebaum " The Big Ten owns college football"

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SheldonJoe2215 said:
They shouldn't need auto bids. Just do it by the rankings.
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Why? If the Big Ten and SEC have 4 auto bids then the ACC & Big XII have 2 we all the objective. Finish in those spots and secure a spot. That leaves two at-large teams--one of which is reserved for an AQ team. Rankings determine seeding.

I'd be fine with just rankings but we know the Big Ten/SEC are going to have demands and the conference commissioners already gave them more power for the next playoff. Bama/USCe being left out hurt the ACC/Big XII long term.
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Devin Brown to Cal

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heckmans said:
IDK man. It's easy to MMQB this sort of thing.
You have to acknowledge that more and better options would be available the sooner you put yourself on the market and the longer you wait, the less likely that a good fit exists.

Even so, let's look at what happened. Beau signed with a Top 25 SEC team. Devin Brown signed with a near homeless Cal team that got "rescued" by an under-resourced ACC, was 2-6 in that abysmal conference, and has little confidence of where they will be playing football in the near term. I'd say Beau is in a much better position than Brown.
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It's not a MMQB thing--I said it at the time and we all knew this was the option. He could have entered the portal, like Brown, and stayed while his agent secured him a starting job, like Brown.

Devin Brown wasn't the same level prospect. Beau still could be at Mizzou.
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It's a new era.

NittanyIllinois
voltz99 said:
Lame excuse. Every osu td yesterday started with a free agent. The qb and rb were both free agents. Osu also didn't need as many free agents since they were top 3 in talent to begin with. Osu signs 5* free agents out of high school
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We are loaded with free agents, too. In fact, we better hope our free agent WRs are legit because otherwise we're in serious trouble.

NIL is becoming the catch-all excuse for programs that can't win because of shoddy coaching, poor execution/player development, or the simple fact that they're not as good as other teams.

Next thing you know, a kid falls off his bike and blames NIL.

Players make plays. Coaches put those players in position to make players. Money can help, but money doesn't guarantee shit. Ask Texas A&M.
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Match Thread Rutgers dual thread - Jan 24

creamery freak
Nitlion1986 said:
Not enough transfers. Probably not looking good moving forward either. Take a Michigan family tradition that spent 4 years learning to try to win every match with 1 offensive move now scoring multiple takedowns in a single match. Ann Arbor isn't looking like a quality destination anymore. For most quality transfers the choice will be Iowa for half a million or Oklahoma State and learn to actually wrestle.
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Michigan is coming back down to Earth now that Will Lewan graduated!
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Lamar doing Lamar things (in honor of Barkley)

GregInPitt
bvillebaron said:
Final score: Buffalo 27 Baltimore 25. Two time (and possibly three time) MVP, Lamar Jackson, 3-5 in playoffs. I rest my case.
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Looks like "Lamar things" don't result in too many playoff game wins.........

How could such leadership and performances result in being an MVP when playoff wins are generally the most important resumes of QB's?
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Devin Brown to Cal

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tmrsg said:
I liked Beau and think he could have been used better than how Coach Franklin used him. I think Coach was just appeasing him with minimal playing time with basic running packages. I think Beau probably felt he deserved more playing time and when he decided he was moving on decided (or was told) not to hang around for the playoffs.
I agree with Lando he could have handled this the way OSU Smith did (unless Coach copped an attitude and told him to move on).

I was in Fenwick Island a few summers ago at a restaurant/bar and had a Happy Valley tshirt on. A waiter struck up a conversation with me. He was a placekicker that transferred from PSU a year or two before. Several kickers were ahead of him and he realized he was never going to kick at PSU. He talked to his position coach about his thoughts about entering the portal to end up at a school where he could play. Position coach told him it was probably the right thing to do. When Coach Franklin found out about it he called him in and raised holy hell with him. If he acted like this for a kicker who was never going to see the field how do you think he would have handled Beau. I know it is a different situation with nil $ thrown in but I have to wonder if Beau made the decision or if Franklin made it for him.
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Brown not Smith
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Match Thread Rutgers dual thread - Jan 24

Callthestall
McScoreley said:
Have to be very careful against Shawver, who loves going big and putting people on their back.
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My thoughts of Davis using horse racing terms.
Davis is far better as a front runner than a closer.
The typical Penn State wrestler who falls behind is not normally fazed by giving up a takedown and points early. They just continue to wrestle through the deficit by applying constant pressure. Nolf and Joseph were prime example of guys that got better as the match progressed.
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Match Thread Rutgers dual thread - Jan 24

amattaro
Random4598375 said:
Yeah, this. Michigan is total trash this year. Rutgers has the deepest team I’ve seen from them in a long time. They may qualify as many as 9 guys for nationals. It’s not going to help them against Penn State and they’ll be lucky to win even one on Friday, but for Rutgers, this is a good team.
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Maybe 10 once Kasak transfers there.
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Match Thread Rutgers dual thread - Jan 24

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matter7172 said:
To be honest, I think Rutgers' near-win at Ohio State is better than Maryland's narrow win over Michigan.
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Yeah, this. Michigan is total trash this year. Rutgers has the deepest team I’ve seen from them in a long time. They may qualify as many as 9 guys for nationals. It’s not going to help them against Penn State and they’ll be lucky to win even one on Friday, but for Rutgers, this is a good team.
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