Magnanimous

He was always terrible coaching down the stretch in big games. It’s obviously tough to win against top 10 teams, but Penn State would almost throw theirs games away with 4Q clock management and playcalling decisions. James Franklin was essentially Tom Crean for Penn State football, if every year was the 2013 NCAAT.

There’s zero incentive for a Big Ten or SEC team to do so. I don’t want to see established OOC rivalries go away, like UF/FSU or Georgia/Georgia Tech, but why should it be forced on us or any other P2 program at this point? To placate Notre Dame? So that the networks can sell a few additional Week 2 games? People can argue about the lack of big OOC games, but conference realignment has made a number of “big OOC games” now conference games, such as Ohio State vs USC, Oklahoma vs Georgia, and Texas vs Bama. When it was all said and done, we faced one of the toughest schedules in the history of this sport last year, and that was without a P4 non-conference game. There are so many things unbalanced in college football today that adding an unnecessary P4 game isn’t worth the risk of losing. And with the playoff, no champion going forward can be criticized for “ducking” anyone. Who knows what Indiana vs Notre Dame would look like in 2030, and the odds are that we’ll face the Irish much earlier than 2030 in the playoffs.

Notre Dame went 0-2 against CFP teams last year and then proceeded to beat up on “cupcake city.” Beating Syracuse 70-7 is a real resume statement game…In addition to ND’s 15 point victory over Boston College, they also let up 30 points to Purdue…

“It was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin' through the mountains of a night. Goin' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' by. He just rode on past... and he had his blanket wrapped around him and his head down and when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn the way people used to do and I could see the horn from the light inside of it. 'Bout the color of the moon. And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up…”

Wouldn’t put it past Cignetti being the answer.

We’re second in first place votes. 1) Make this make sense. 2) Who gives a sh…

His social commentary aside, James Watson is top 5 in terms of significance.

Mark Spitz’s wiki says he graduated from IU in 1972. Joe Buck didn’t graduate, and as of now, neither has Fernando…I’m sure he’ll have an IU graduate degree to his name when it’s all said and done.

They think it’s about driving up to Tennessee and sleeping with their women…

I was at the Rose Bowl, and one anecdote that I found very amusing was how lame “Dixeland Delight” sounded at a marque football game, especially when we were able to counter with “Hurts So Good.” The 20% Bama crowd sounded so meek softly singing “spend my dollar…” compared to 50,000 Hoosiers belting Mellancamp. That song really fits for our program, and I’m glad it’ll be our thing going forward.

Losing 38-3 to Indiana will do that… https://www.secrant.com/rant/alabama-sports/the-anticipation-i-once-felt-for-football-season-is-gone/124285106/

I find myself rewatching that game’s highlights more than any other game from last season, maybe except for the final drive at Penn State.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-football-news-greg-sankey-confirms-sec-motion-to-break-away-from-ncaa-after-georgia-threat/ If you can’t beat Indiana, break away and call the SEC champion the national champion…

Can these stop at some point?

NCAA sent a notice of inquiry to UC this week.

We’re -.40.5 favorites in this one. Only 65 days until kickoff.

“I’m sick and f’n tired of letting up three points to Purdue” - Robert Montgomery Cignetti.

Cignetti 122 - Purdue 3 so far

We dodged a banner as well!

We would’ve loved him for the rental NC and then made the next coach’s life miserable.

West Virginia University has (and is increasing) an “athletics advantage fee” that charges its student population $500/year to support their athletic department’s NIL. The fee is mandatory… At least their honest about why they’re doing this: Why has this fee increased since last year? “Continued success of WVU Athletics programs in today’s collegiate sports landscape depends on these additional funds. Strong athletics is now mission-critical in increasing enrollment, enhancing our institutional reputation and brand identity, and amplifying momentum on the national stage.” https://tuition.wvu.edu/mountaineer-athletics-advantage-fee?utm_source=cision-news-release&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=general&utm_id=strat-comm&utm_content=gen3348

OG is having a remarkable run, and if the Knicks finish this they’ll be talking about him in NYC for the next 50 years ala Walt Frazier. With that said, Walt Bellamy is an NBA hall of famer with almost 21k career points. IMO, OG has a ways to go if we’re talking total career, although his is certainly becoming more impactful than Bellamy’s.