College Football Thread

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Kind of a bummer — the Rose Bowl is way cooler than SoFi.

I guess they’re really hoping they can sell more premium seats and tickets at SoFi.  They’ll have to to make up that buyout.

 

It's also about 20 minutes closer to campus, so they're probably hoping they actually get some students to show up too, lol

[Lebowski]

15 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Kind of a bummer — the Rose Bowl is a much more interesting venue than SoFi.

I guess they’re really hoping they can sell more premium seats and tickets at SoFi.  They’ll have to to make up that buyout.

I've been to both venues and they both have pros and cons. For nostalgic reasons, watching IUFB play in the Rose Bowl last year was pretty freakin awesome. But watching the Colts play in SoFi this year was an overall better experience for me personally. I think this is probably a better move for UCLA due to location. Time will tell though. 

[jermhoosierfan]

35 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I've been to both venues and they both have pros and cons. For nostalgic reasons, watching IUFB play in the Rose Bowl last year was pretty freakin awesome. But watching the Colts play in SoFi this year was an overall better experience for me personally. I think this is probably a better move for UCLA due to location. Time will tell though. 

They have been complaining about how far the Rose Bowl is from campus for years, and for them to pay out that amount of money to get out of the lease is pretty crazy from a department that is hurting for money.  They must really think they can get more money playing at So-Fi to make this move.  Getting their team on track would be beneficial to them.

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, Lebowski said:

I've been to both venues and they both have pros and cons. For nostalgic reasons, watching IUFB play in the Rose Bowl last year was pretty freakin awesome. But watching the Colts play in SoFi this year was an overall better experience for me personally. I think this is probably a better move for UCLA due to location. Time will tell though. 

I was also at the Rose Bowl game last year. It was great as was downtown Pasadena, filled with celebrating IU fans, that night. Great time!

That being said, being a hour away from campus, when there is traffic, is not ideal (to say the least).

[Rico]

Just heard Dan Patrick say that Jeff Brohm is the leading candidate for the Penn St. job.

[Stuhoo]

9 minutes ago, Rico said:

Just heard Dan Patrick say that Jeff Brohm is the leading candidate for the Penn St. job.

That’d be a fantastic hire for Penn State, and a nut punch to the Purdump fanbase, some of whom have been convinced that Brohm only left them because UL is his alma mater.

lol

[Lebowski]

2 hours ago, jermhoosierfan said:

They have been complaining about how far the Rose Bowl is from campus for years, and for them to pay out that amount of money to get out of the lease is pretty crazy from a department that is hurting for money.  They must really think they can get more money playing at So-Fi to make this move.  Getting their team on track would be beneficial to them.

Yeah time will tell for sure. They might get more traffic to SoFi due to location and experience. Regarding the venue experience, taking a family to check out a UCLA game over a Rams or Chargers game might be a little cheaper. Also the coastal (socioeconomically deeper pockets) alumni base will be more inclined to catch a game as well. Who knows, though. 

[Lebowski]

49 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I was also at the Rose Bowl game last year. It was great as was downtown Pasadena, filled with celebrating IU fans, that night. Great time!

That being said, being a hour away from campus, when there is traffic, is not ideal (to say the least).

Old Town is pretty cool. It's got a "Back to the Future Hill Valley, CA" vibe to it. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

And the plot thickens in Baton Rouge.

Dan Wetzel - In a legal filing obtained by ESPN, Brian Kelly’s lawyers state that LSU is saying it never “formally terminated” Kelly and are now seeking to fire him “for cause” which could impact his near $54 million buyout. Kelly is seeking a declaratory judgement that LSU did fire him and he is entitled to “full liquidated damages.” LSU declined comment.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46924174/brian-kelly-lawsuit-says-lsu-claims-not-formally-terminated-coach-now-seeking-fire-cause-avoid-buyout

[Pagoda]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

And the plot thickens in Baton Rouge.

Dan Wetzel - In a legal filing obtained by ESPN, Brian Kelly’s lawyers state that LSU is saying it never “formally terminated” Kelly and are now seeking to fire him “for cause” which could impact his near $54 million buyout. Kelly is seeking a declaratory judgement that LSU did fire him and he is entitled to “full liquidated damages.” LSU declined comment.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46924174/brian-kelly-lawsuit-says-lsu-claims-not-formally-terminated-coach-now-seeking-fire-cause-avoid-buyout

https://youtube.com/shorts/qvCslVLRYoI?si=iZpaDOk1aig4wmvJ

Ha, this is good drama.  Ya know LSU and Brian Kelly really deserve each other lol.

Also, another not good look for coaches considering that job.  They won't have much clarity on who they're working for given the interim AD, etc. and now there is risk of not getting paid a the buyout.

[Demo]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

And the plot thickens in Baton Rouge.

Dan Wetzel - In a legal filing obtained by ESPN, Brian Kelly’s lawyers state that LSU is saying it never “formally terminated” Kelly and are now seeking to fire him “for cause” which could impact his near $54 million buyout. Kelly is seeking a declaratory judgement that LSU did fire him and he is entitled to “full liquidated damages.” LSU declined comment.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46924174/brian-kelly-lawsuit-says-lsu-claims-not-formally-terminated-coach-now-seeking-fire-cause-avoid-buyout

Man, is this gonna get entertaining. The only shame is that they both can’t lose.

[jermhoosierfan]

3 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

And the plot thickens in Baton Rouge.

Dan Wetzel - In a legal filing obtained by ESPN, Brian Kelly’s lawyers state that LSU is saying it never “formally terminated” Kelly and are now seeking to fire him “for cause” which could impact his near $54 million buyout. Kelly is seeking a declaratory judgement that LSU did fire him and he is entitled to “full liquidated damages.” LSU declined comment.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46924174/brian-kelly-lawsuit-says-lsu-claims-not-formally-terminated-coach-now-seeking-fire-cause-avoid-buyout

All the gasoline the Governor threw on the fire with his comments on the buyout probably brought out the "for cause" part of this to try to get out of the contract.  That place is such a clown show, and someone would have to think long and hard about taking that job while seeing all of this.

[Pagoda]

We all know this, but LSU is fighting a losing battle and making things worse.  Interesting comment below from an attorney specializing in college coach buyouts — LSU could be creating another problem here with the offset.

[jermhoosierfan]

4 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

We all know this, but LSU is fighting a losing battle and making things worse.  Interesting comment from an attorney specializing in college coach buyouts:

There needs to be a SMH emoji.  They have really screwed the pooch on this one.

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

We all know this, but LSU is fighting a losing battle and making things worse.  Interesting comment below from an attorney specializing in college coach buyouts — LSU could be creating another problem here with the offset.

My take on LSU screwing themselves:

[8bucks]

Seems like JMU may lose another coach this offseason. I wonder if they will freak out as bad this time around or will realize maybe they are unfortunately a stepping stone 

[Lebowski]

4 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Seems like JMU may lose another coach this offseason. I wonder if they will freak out as bad this time around or will realize maybe they are unfortunately a stepping stone 

Until they join the ACC or something. 

[IUCrazy2]

https://x.com/Lane_Kiffin/status/1988249103424164230

In other news, Lane Kiffin is still a sissy little *****.

[southsidehoosier]

14 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

https://x.com/Lane_Kiffin/status/1988249103424164230

In other news, Lane Kiffin is still a sissy little *****.

Living rent free in the SEC minds 

[Pagoda]

15 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

https://x.com/Lane_Kiffin/status/1988249103424164230

In other news, Lane Kiffin is still a sissy little *****.

Love it.