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Geeko Sportivo said:
True dat!

I know we were joking about his "PRO Status". But Young is truly "ALL PRO".

I like his chances in the NFL. There has been a lot of great NFL quarterbacks under 6'!

Which NFL TEAM DESERVES HIM?
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Yeah, he could use a few inches in height. But he has the intangibles, for sure. He never gets flustered and he thinks on his feet. He can also sling the ball.
 
WinterBorn said:
Yeah, he could use a few inches in height. But he has the intangibles, for sure. He never gets flustered and he thinks on his feet. He can also sling the ball.
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He has a great line to play behind, but even without them considered, he always seems to find a way to win. That relentlessness is rare, and is something born in you, and is very hard to coach.

But I do believe that Nick Saban is a great teacher of "The Will To Win"! He is definitely the reason for Alabama's continued success.

Texas would have won the game yesterday, had they not earlier missed a field goal, or could have had a chance to tie the game if they had of actually got the Safety call that was in question after the freak tackle resulting in the end zone.

I enjoyed watching Texas score during their 2-minute drill at the end of the game. Of course they left too much time on the clock- AND THAT'S ON TEXAS.

Like I said- LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PRO'S! :laugh:

Texas looks like a much improved team over last year- SO I am happy about that!
 
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Geeko Sportivo said:
He has a great line to play behind, but even without them considered, he always seems to find a way to win. That relentlessness is rare, and is something born in you, and is very hard to coach.

But I do believe that Nick Saban is a great teacher of "The Will To Win"! He is definitely the reason for Alabama's continued success.

Texas would have won the game yesterday, had they not earlier missed a field goal, or could have had a chance to tie the game if they had of actually got the Safety call that was in question after the freak tackle resulting in the end zone.

I enjoyed watching Texas score during their 2-minute drill at the end of the game. Of course they left too much time on the clock- AND THAT'S ON TEXAS.

Like I said- LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PRO'S! :laugh:

Texas looks like a much improved team over last year- SO I am happy about that!
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There are a lot of "If only..." things after a close game. The missed field goal was one. So was the injury to the Texas QB. A few dropped balls by Alabama receivers, had they been caught, could have changed things as well.

The safety call was done correctly. Young was not on the ground until after he got rid of the ball.
 
WinterBorn said:
If a high priced athlete decides he isn't going to class, he will eventually be dismissed from the team and the school. Whomever is paying for use of his likeness will probably not like it. But they are not part of the university, so their opinion matters not.
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Yeah right, and he doesn't have to go that far as blowing off class, the coaches will take care of it, and don't try to tell us that Lou is going to tell his payed star player or the alumni paying him that if he doesn't meet academic requirements he is off the team
 
cawacko said:
There are still eligibility rules. Kids have to be eligible, they can’t just say I’m not going to class unless the school agrees to have someone do their work or fudge their grades but there are penalty’s for that. NIL changes nothing in regards to academics and requirements to be eligible.
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Right, and who is going to enforce these "rules?"

With the alumni NIL group paying six figures to a kid you really think the school is going to enforce "rules?" Many of them, especially the majority of the top contenders weren't doing it before NIL/Transfer, so what makes you think they are going to do it now with so much money involved?
 
archives said:
Yeah right, and he doesn't have to go that far as blowing off class, the coaches will take care of it, and don't try to tell us that Lou is going to tell his payed star player or the alumni paying him that if he doesn't meet academic requirements he is off the team
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It happens at Alabama. Players are benched or removed from the team for breaking Team Rules. Part of that is maintaining academics.
 
archives said:
Right, and who is going to enforce these "rules?"

With the alumni NIL group paying six figures to a kid you really think the school is going to enforce "rules?" Many of them, especially the majority of the top contenders weren't doing it before NIL/Transfer, so what makes you think they are going to do it now with so much money involved?
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Do you have any examples to back this up? Sounds like a lot of projection to me. Cardale Jones (who actually has since graduated) made the infamous tweet a decade ago "we ain't come here to play school". He did it because tOSU was making him go to school.

There has always been pressure to win from alumni. And boosters have given money to kids for a long time. N.I.L. just lets them do it above board now. But if you have examples of schools that don't make their kids go to class I'm open to reading about them.
 
WinterBorn said:
There are a lot of "If only..." things after a close game. The missed field goal was one. So was the injury to the Texas QB. A few dropped balls by Alabama receivers, had they been caught, could have changed things as well.

The safety call was done correctly. Young was not on the ground until after he got rid of the ball.
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Lot's of if's, and's, and but's- and a lot of Monday Morning quarterbacking to come.

The game ended up being a squeaker coming down to the last 15 seconds.

The fans of both teams got a great fun and competitive game out of it.
 
WinterBorn said:
It happens at Alabama. Players are benched or removed from the team for breaking Team Rules. Part of that is maintaining academics.
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Right, and if I asked for documentation supporting such you would deliver something the University of Alabama put out, you really can’t be that naive
 
cawacko said:
Do you have any examples to back this up? Sounds like a lot of projection to me. Cardale Jones (who actually has since graduated) made the infamous tweet a decade ago "we ain't come here to play school". He did it because tOSU was making him go to school.

There has always been pressure to win from alumni. And boosters have given money to kids for a long time. N.I.L. just lets them do it above board now. But if you have examples of schools that don't make their kids go to class I'm open to reading about them.
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NIL has only been active one month, you got to give it year or two before all the outright abuses appear, in the meantime, use common sense, you really think some alumni group forking over millions is going to easily accept the fact some kid they paid is off the team cause he failed all his classes? It is not the usual “pressure from alumni,” especially when those alumni have paid so much to attain success

And I don’t understand how you eagerly accept paying players now as copacetic, the winning strategy, cause it is “above board” when previously you claimed it wasn’t a common practice when I argued it was the reason only a handful of schools, not including USC, could ever win a national championship
 
archives said:
NIL has only been active one month, you got to give it year or two before all the outright abuses appear, in the meantime, use common sense, you really think some alumni group forking over millions is going to easily accept the fact some kid they paid is off the team cause he failed all his classes? It is not the usual “pressure from alumni,” especially when those alumni have paid so much to attain success

And I don’t understand how you eagerly accept paying players now as copacetic, the winning strategy, cause it is “above board” when previously you claimed it wasn’t a common practice when I argued it was the reason only a handful of schools, not including USC, could ever win a national championship
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This is all projection. Kids still have to qualify to get into school. And in this day and age where so much info is available it will not stay secret for long if schools are now telling kids they no longer have to go to class. Like I said, if you see reports that kids no longer have to go to class because of the N.I.L. then I'd love to read them.

The N.I.L. is what it is. It's part of the game now. As we all know in college football verbal commitments mean very little but a couple of studs from L.A. have verbally committed to Louisville. On the surface it makes no sense but of course it's N.I.L. driven. When was the last time A&M won a title yet they had the best recruiting class ever. Again, N.I.L. driven. So while of course kids care about winning money will play a huge roll.

As far as 'SC you like that we are #7 in the country? How long have I told you we would be back? Just needed to get rid of Helton and get a real coach. We still have a ways to go to rebuild from the damage Helton did but we're clearly on the path. You see how many national media folks are jumping back on the bandwagon? Don't be afraid, there's room for you too.
 
I think that it's entirely possible for the Patriots and Boston College to combine for twenty-nine losses this year.

I don't expect to watch a single down of football, and this is coming on the heels of a truly horrific Red Sox season.

Come on, Netflix, HBO, and Showtime--get me something decent to watch. Even you're not coming through.
 
archives said:
Right, and if I asked for documentation supporting such you would deliver something the University of Alabama put out, you really can’t be that naive
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There is little or no documentation where the student's grades are concerned. When my kids attended UA, I could not get their grades without their signed permission. But you think it should be public record with an athlete?

But the best cornerback on the team did not play last saturday. Why? Because he didn't practice well or hard enough. We could easily have lost the game because Texas was able to pass the ball effectively. But our best defender against the pass was on the bench.
 
archives said:
NIL has only been active one month, you got to give it year or two before all the outright abuses appear, in the meantime, use common sense, you really think some alumni group forking over millions is going to easily accept the fact some kid they paid is off the team cause he failed all his classes? It is not the usual “pressure from alumni,” especially when those alumni have paid so much to attain success

And I don’t understand how you eagerly accept paying players now as copacetic, the winning strategy, cause it is “above board” when previously you claimed it wasn’t a common practice when I argued it was the reason only a handful of schools, not including USC, could ever win a national championship
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You see the kid Jaylen Watson who returned the pick 6 99 yards for a TD with the Chiefs last night? He originally signed a LOI with ‘SC but didn’t qualify academically so he went the JC route.

Since you’ve been arguing about academics do you think today we would let him in (as opposed to not letting him in five years ago) or that they still have to qualify but once they do that they won’t have to go to class? (You’re wrong on both those accounts but I’m curious what you believe nonetheless.)
 
BLAH!!!

5 of my six fav's lost.

Nevada, BYU, Buffalo (who look terrible this season...sadly), North Texas and SMU.

And the one team that won - Iowa (my absolute fav)...beat Nevada.

BAAAAD week.


Still...this is THE BEST time for sports during the year, for me.

NASCAR, F1, MotoGP, etc. racing are still going (though Indy Cars are done).
British Soccer is going strong.
NCAA and NFL started (CFL has been going for a while).
Baseball is heating up (Go Jays!!!).
Ice Hockey is around the corner.

So is basketball...but I don't much care about that.
A freak sport with 55 minutes of back and forth boredom.
Only the last 5 minutes (which takes 30 minutes to play) is worth watching to me.
 
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NiftyNiblick said:
I think that it's entirely possible for the Patriots and Boston College to combine for twenty-nine losses this year.

I don't expect to watch a single down of football, and this is coming on the heels of a truly horrific Red Sox season.

Come on, Netflix, HBO, and Showtime--get me something decent to watch. Even you're not coming through.
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I don't have any good football to look forward to, either (Notre Dame and Seahawks).
 
Both Ohio State and Bama have shown they are not unstoppable.

Clemson has some issues.

USC is looking good and the QB is getting some Heisman talk.

But, so far, Georgia looks like the team to beat.
 
LurchAddams said:
Well, in the Southwest: Texas
In the NW: Oregon
And sleeper.. I know this is going to come back and bite me, because I'm not even a fan, but WA State has had to overcome so much adversity over the past 2 years.. I think they're due.
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Look at Oregon moving up to #15. They fed BYU their lunch on Saturday! Texas won an easy one. And Washington State destroyed CO State on Saturday! My "sleepers" are awakening :)
 
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