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https://x.com/ByPatForde/status/1985774892139057233 Jesus, I don’t know how much an Assistant Volleyball Coach makes but I’m gonna guess 327k might be a notable chunk.

https://x.com/nbadraftpoint/status/1985770549474206182 Should neither Diane nor Taylor happen, would imagine we’ll be circling back to this name in a big way.

Woah. That is a stunning deal. 2 1’s and Mitchell for an elite CB signed for 5 years? Easy yes. Gardner, Ward, Moore, Bynum and Cross is gonna work.

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https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/sam-alexis-suffer-terrible-indiana-basketball-hoosiers-devries-williams-miley-florida-gators Really nice article on Sam Alexis. Really nice. There are just a bunch of high character kids on this team. No entitlement at all. We’ll see how good they turn out to be but it’s been a minute since there’s been a roster around here this easy to root for.

Floored that UF has this big, old front line and Peat just pushed them around the whole 1st half. Hell of a half by that kid.

As much as I loathe little brother, that’s a shame. Mockobee’s a man. Walked on and hung through multiple crappy coaches. Nothing but respect for that kid.

Is that Mason Miller, son of Mike Miller and former Woody offeree, that Mason Miller?

I see the value of Conerway/Enright as far as trying to control dibble penetration for sure. But, man, I wish they had 1 more primary ball handler in the rotation. Subbing out Conerway before the U16 TO in both exhibition games to bring him back for Enright before the U12 just felt awkward, though I guess it worked ok.

I imagine you’re right about DeVries defending some 5’s and holding up because they would limit it to some niche situations and he wouldn’t be playing 10 mins at a time on a real post scorer. Ant Wright wrote the other day, and I hope he’s wrong, that he thinks at some point in the year Sisley will be the starting 4 in place of Enright and DeVries would be playing on the wing. Don’t love that at all. Against any legit wing scorer that can put it on the floor that feels like foul trouble. Against a kid like Carr the other day he would have had no shot. That’s why I am super hopeful that when he’s ready Dorn is good enough to give them real minutes. They really need a longer wing option.

RIP to Bob Trumpy. Really good player, Hall of Fame analyst, Cincinnati institution for 50 years and from all indications a really good dude. Recall a story about him literally talking someone out of suicide on his radio show. That the Bengals never appropriately celebrated that guy tells you all you need to know about the Brown family.

Wow. Just listened to Steve Sarkisian describe UT literally quitting playing in the 4th qtr and giving up 21 unanswered and only surviving by Vandy being unable to keep an onside kick in bounds to barely hang on at home as “a tribute to our culture.” Yeah, I’d say that displays their culture very clearly. God, I hate listening to coaches sometimes.

And there was a time in the not too distant past when IUFB Twitter might have posted the exact same thing.

Gonna be interesting to see if they go after another portal QB or if they’re convinced Alberto is a Guy.

Can certainly see why Locksley didn’t want to overpay for Hemby because he’s not any good or anything.

Even his runs that aren’t big look like they’re a step away from it.

I swear to God, how many guys have gotten rolled up in this game? That’s at least 4.

Man, have you ever seen “I got this” body language mid-play like Moore just had? That was awesome.

Oh yeah, a 6’7” athlete with present skill and a ton of projectability is a great get every time.

Congrats to the young man and welcome. Side note: Kid’s upper body looks nothing like that.

The extent to which Texas has just quit playing and is just stumbling to run out the clock is something.

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One of the under-appreciated great things about this IU team is DB’s that freaking tackle. Watching Texas’s DB’s calculating how to get a ball carrier on the ground without actually having to hit them and missing a million tackles as a result makes me love a 175lbs Ponds tackling guys all the more.

You’re 100% right and that’s the common sense viewpoint because this is flat out the reality now. I just can’t get there yet. There are a lot of devils in college sports just now and for me Pavia’s one of them. Suing for JC years being dumped against eligibility? Spare me, of course they should count. And in football it’s worse. The 1st time some 25yo 6th yr growna$$ man LB busts an 18yo true freshman WR in half on a slant pattern and does a Darryl Stingley on him because that kid’s not physically ready for that yet that’s gonna be on the Jay Bilas’ of the world who’ve been advocating for this nonsense like a Pavia is somehow the real victim. Sorry, rant over.

Normally would reliably root hard for a Vandy over a Texas. But I so loathe Pavia and the whole 6 year 25 year old college guy thing that I find myself absolutely wanting Texas to stomp’em.