CFP Thread

[MikeDeTiger]

Damn we as a society has lost our facking minds!!! Look what Joey Freshwater has raked in since leaving the Rebs in the lurch,according to contract FF$

Advance to CFP First Round: $150,000
Win First Round (Quarterfinal): +$250,000 (Total: $400k)
Win Quarterfinal (Semifinal): +$500,000 (Total: $900k)
Win Semifinal (Championship): +$750,000 (Total: $1.65M)
Win National Championship: +$1,000,000 (Total: $2.65M)

It's even crazier when you realize it's LSU that has to pay him for those first three wins Ole Miss got, and not Ole Miss.  

Any LSU admin who went to LSU or is from Louisiana probably roots against Ole Miss in general out of good taste, but recently they've probably been rooting against Ole Miss just so they stop having to pay that moron for games Ole Miss is winning.  

[FearlessF]

I feel much better about it now that I've been assured that LSU is footing the bill

[betarhoalphadelta]

It's even crazier when you realize it's LSU that has to pay him for those first three wins Ole Miss got, and not Ole Miss. 

Any LSU admin who went to LSU or is from Louisiana probably roots against Ole Miss in general out of good taste, but recently they've probably been rooting against Ole Miss just so they stop having to pay that moron for games Ole Miss is winning. 

Wait... You're serious? 

LSU's contract with Kiffin forces them to pay for wins occurring at another school--including wins that he's not on the sidelines as the HC?! 

[FearlessF]

[jgvol]

Make up call for that hatchet job, phantom PI call, to end the 2002 National Championship game.

[Honestbuckeye]

Make up call for that hatchet job, phantom PI call, to end the 2002 National Championship game.

Yes.  Refs really screwed that up.  If there reviews back then, OSU wins in regulation.  But they called PI on that key play.  Everyone could see the call was blatant, intentional holding on the DB. 

by the way/ good no call on the play during jail Mary last night.

[MrNubbz]

Make up call for that hatchet job, phantom PI call, to end the 2002 National Championship game.

oh really so you didn't watch the whole game, there is a great snap shot of not 1 but 2 holding calls in the last two minutes that would have given the ball to tOSU to run out before the O.T.As well as the play you refer to that shows Gamble's shirt being tugged with the ball clearly in the air behind them taken from the corner endzone camera

[MikeDeTiger]

Wait... You're serious?

LSU's contract with Kiffin forces them to pay for wins occurring at another school--including wins that he's not on the sidelines as the HC?!

Yep.

I'm no contract expert, or even a layman, unless it's oil and gas contracts in the state of Texas.  I have several questions as to how it came about and I've wondered if it has anything to do with how his Ole Miss contract was written, since breaking that contract tends to affect how the next contract reads.  

But multiple credible LSU-related outlets have talked about the payments Nubbz posted, and that it's LSU who is paying for them.  

[betarhoalphadelta]

That's goddamned ridiculous. 

Now, I kinda see the point from Kiffin's perspective... He's asking LSU:

"How much do you really want me? If I stay just another couple of weeks I might be in line for some pretty massive payouts. If you really want me, you'll compensate me for forgoing that."

But to write it into the contract in a way that gives him exactly the same amount of money, contingent on the same outcomes, for which he is no longer involved? That's BS. Negotiate out some signing bonus or whatever that makes him whole for what he's giving up but without actually making it LOOK like you're making him whole for what he's giving up. 

[jgvol]

oh really so you didn't watch the whole game, there is a great snap shot of not 1 but 2 holding calls in the last two minutes that would have given the ball to tOSU to run out before the O.T.As well as the play you refer to that shows Gamble's shirt being tugged with the ball clearly in the air behind them taken from the corner endzone camera

Mission accomplished. 

[jgvol]

That's goddamned ridiculous.

Now, I kinda see the point from Kiffin's perspective... He's asking LSU:

"How much do you really want me? If I stay just another couple of weeks I might be in line for some pretty massive payouts. If you really want me, you'll compensate me for forgoing that."

But to write it into the contract in a way that gives him exactly the same amount of money, contingent on the same outcomes, for which he is no longer involved? That's BS. Negotiate out some signing bonus or whatever that makes him whole for what he's giving up but without actually making it LOOK like you're making him whole for what he's giving up.

I figured LSU didn't have much confidence in Ole Miss past the Tulane game --- without their fearless leader.  I'm betting it cost them more than they anticipated.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I figured LSU didn't have much confidence in Ole Miss past the Tulane game --- without their fearless leader.  I'm betting it cost them more than they anticipated.

IMHO the dollar amounts are so silly with this stuff that worrying about whether it cost more than LSU anticipated is being penny wise and pound foolish...

Paying extra just so you don't have these terrible optics is worth it. You've lost the news cycle, look ridiculous, and he's barely been the coach for a month.

[jgvol]

IMHO the dollar amounts are so silly with this stuff that worrying about whether it cost more than LSU anticipated is being penny wise and pound foolish...

Paying extra just so you don't have these terrible optics is worth it. You've lost the news cycle, look ridiculous, and he's barely been the coach for a month.

The news cycle doesn't mean diddly poop if he is winning big in Baton Rouge next year.

Negative PR will disappear like a fart in a whirlwind --- and this moment will reside in the dustbin, if anyone remembers, or cares, at all.

[LetsGoPeay]

About 45 minutes from the stadium for tonight’s game. It’s 85/15 or even 90/10 IU fans to Oregon fans. This is a home game for IU. It will be the rare neutral site game where a team has to deal with crowd noise. Oregon might have to silent count.