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Topic: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.

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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.
« Reply #2590 on: July 24, 2025, 10:56:43 AM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on July 24, 2025, 10:54:29 AM
every SEC team plays FCS teams this year.
Because of our otherwise brutal OOC schedule.


j/k

But this post is the rub, isn't it?  B1G people want to pretend there's a difference between an unlosable game vs Kent St and Mercer.
Why??
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« Reply #2591 on: July 24, 2025, 10:59:10 AM »
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« Reply #2592 on: July 24, 2025, 11:01:20 AM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on July 24, 2025, 10:54:29 AM
every SEC team plays FCS teams this year.


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« Reply #2593 on: July 24, 2025, 11:29:14 AM »
A decent P2 or P4 team's likelihood of winning vs a sub-80th ranked team or worse is asymptotic, yes?
Florida has a 99.3% chance of beating a UAB and a 99.5% chance of beating a Mercer.  
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Why pretend they're different?  They're statistically not.  
Drawing that line between them is silly.  It's embarrassing.
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« Reply #2594 on: July 24, 2025, 02:58:19 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 21, 2025, 03:49:00 PM

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1947355164534304994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1947355164534304994%7Ctwgr%5E388332de69ae9a430aba3310582d97f6e0411322%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surlyhorns.com%2Fboard%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRossDellenger%2Fstatus%2F1947355164534304994


https://twitter.com/BarstoolBig12/status/1947375336104087929

For anyone interested, a rather dull video going over the history of bigger conferences rejecting Memphis is linked here.

In short, among four schools individually selected to the Big 12 – BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF – at the time of their selection Memphis lagged behind all four in Athletics Budget, Media Market Size, Overall Win Percentage (football), and student enrollment. And the Memphis football program is historically lackluster.

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Re: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.
« Reply #2595 on: July 24, 2025, 03:03:43 PM »
I should throw in acadmmicks or something here.
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« Reply #2596 on: July 24, 2025, 03:41:52 PM »
Well, the Big 12 isn't exactly Ivy League. Only 3 schools are AAU members, and they all came from the PAC.
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« Reply #2597 on: July 24, 2025, 04:14:34 PM »
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« Reply #2598 on: July 24, 2025, 04:18:27 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on July 24, 2025, 11:01:20 AM


didja quit scheduling Wofford you t-sips
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« Reply #2599 on: July 24, 2025, 04:19:08 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on July 24, 2025, 04:18:27 PM
didja quit scheduling Wofford you t-sips
Indeed, no golderned w-sips on the schedule this year.
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« Reply #2600 on: July 24, 2025, 04:26:54 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 24, 2025, 03:41:52 PM
Well, the Big 12 isn't exactly Ivy League. Only 3 schools are AAU members, and they all came from the PAC.
all the top 20 teams in Division 1 are in General Studies classes,maybe the backup long snapper is in Mechanical Engineering. No one else on those rosters are splitting any atoms
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Re: The Death of College Football - Realignment, NIL, Portal, Etc.
« Reply #2601 on: July 24, 2025, 04:42:18 PM »
For many schools that is the case.

The starting QB in Madison is doing an MBA. The starting RB is in the School of Business. The top receiver is studying on a path to Medicine. Top OL is majoring in Finance, Investment and Banking.

There are plenty of Communications Arts or other easy majors, for sure, but not all of UW's top players are being hidden as you imply.

There is no General Studies major at Wisconsin.
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« Reply #2602 on: July 24, 2025, 05:20:45 PM »
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« Reply #2603 on: July 24, 2025, 05:38:48 PM »
Idk when any article concerning him is real or the Onion.  
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