D-I College football thread, non-Utah edition

Where does one read about what USC fans are or are not bitching about, and why would one seek out that information, in the first place?

Speaking of prickā€¦
I didnā€™t seek it out, I have a sports newsfeed that just sends me articles. Why would someone enjoy in being confrontational?

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Itā€™s one of my sports. Why would someone enjoy doing anything?

Because it brings them a sense of gratification or pleasure.

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We all have our kinks.

YAY! Its realignment season.

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Fixed that for you. :slight_smile:

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Yeah he can sell that plan, but I wouldnā€™t buy it.

Utah has curb appeal as a winning program. Adding Utah would give Washington, Oregon, U$C, and UCLA another regional program to schedule - avoiding more Hawaii like trips to play games. Though the Salt Lake media market is small, it is growing; and academically it matches well in the B1G.

That noted, in the end itā€™s all about eyeballs watching games in this brave, transparent new professional period in college athletics; and in short we donā€™t have them in the here and now. Itā€™s the same reason we havenā€™t seen the MLB and NFL come here. Though TCU is a metroplex team, thatā€™s still a Texas market and they arenā€™t Texas. They also signed the Loyalty Oath, something we didnā€™t do.

Without more of a discussion and an overall plan for how player payment is handled and capped, this whole thing will come off the rails.

Itā€™s nice to think about the next chapter, but there are a ton of moving parts in play that need consideration before the next realignment happens or we will all be watching the most expensive bankruptcy in the history of sports.

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Thanks Lovey, Iā€™m stealing this.

FTFO!

Hey, Southern Cal made an encore appearance.

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Greatest rivalry in college footballā€¦

Fwiwā€¦

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When they suck again the schadenfreude will be delicious.

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Again? :laughing:

**edit: I initially read your post as implying they had somehow stopped suckingā€¦ instantly got your meaning after posting.

Seriously, though, after winning four games last season, I wouldnā€™t be at all surprised to see them stay at four or regress, even in a much weaker league.

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They sucked last seasonā€¦they will suck again this season. :wink:

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Yeah see edit.

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This clown needs to get out of coaching. I hope CU goes 0-12.

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Their weakness is the red nose.

Heā€™s not missed yet so this discussion is interesting:

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Heā€™s right. It is a P2 World that everyone else is ā€œliving inā€ for now, but not for much longer. I would say the only concession that should be made would be a bifurcation of the other sports away from football, and a series of divisions created in football similar to what soccer has in the rest of the world with a promotion/relegation system created to keep things more competitive (or to avoid seeing teams like Vandy and Rutgers rolling as doormats and getting paid to do it).

But the status quo is beyond ridiculous right now; and if it keeps going the way it is, we will see their golden goose get shot.

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