College Football Thread

[Hovadipo]

30 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Looks like they’re selling off a very small amount that weren’t allocated for season tickets or bought up by season ticket holders/donors.  

Yeah I believe if they would have put every non-student ticket into the season ticket lot, we’d have had a sold out season in May. I kinda think they got this one right as far as giving more people a shot via mini packs, etc. 

[Dave from Dayton]

Protect College Sports Act - quite an act.   Fix everything, right?   

The Texas Standard has an article today that related in part:  "Congress is trying to bring some stability through the Protect College Sports Act, which would regulate everything from media rights, to conference realignment, to when coaches can switch jobs.  Sponsored by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the bill will soon receive a vote in the U.S. Senate."   John Brice, a college sports insider for USA said: "Congress has had to step in frankly because the leagues, the power conferences, especially across the country — the Big 10, the SEC, the ACC, the Big 12, which has a number of teams in Texas — they all asked for federal intervention because they couldn’t settle on a uniform rules themselves. They also need antitrust protection."

The Senate wants to move forward and their leaders thought that they had 60 votes but wanted more.  More would seem to put pressure on the House to also move swiftly.  It would be a real bipartisanship.  Right?

But wait.  Black colleges and the NAACP are expressing some serious displeasure about the basic negotiations and production of the act.  If you know what the US Supreme Court decided in the "Callais" decision, then you would understand the concern.

"The Congressional Black Caucus strongly opposes the Supreme Court's 6–3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais because it strikes down a majority-Black congressional district, severely weakens Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and greenlights the dismantling of fair minority-representation maps nationwide." per the League of Women Voters.

Today, Politico says:  "The Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday voiced its opposition to the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act that’s currently under consideration in the Senate, urging Democrats to block the bill until it “reflects the interests of Black athletes.”  Inside Congress Live

[LamarCheeks]

Happy Birthday, Coach! 

No. 91
 

[Artie86]

......you gotta admit, someway, somehow,... that statement from Purdue's AD will be on an IU student T-shirt VERY soon! lol

[Lebowski]

4 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

......you gotta admit, someway, somehow,... that statement from Purdue's AD will be on an IU student T-shirt VERY soon! lol

Folks from that school are some of the smartest dumb people I know. 

[southsidehoosier]

 

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

LIAR!!

He was looking down at his prepared remarks as he delivered that line. Made sure he delivered it just the way he wrote it.

Can you imagine starting out your AD fundraising mission with an apology to each big money booster for having embarassed the university on your first day?

[Dave from Dayton]

 

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

LIAR!!

He was looking down at his prepared remarks as he delivered that line. Made sure he delivered it just the way he wrote it.

Can you imagine starting out your AD fundraising mission with an apology to each big money booster for having embarassed the university on your first day?

Yep.  Marketing 101...How to Win Friends and Influence People...

And you only have one chance to make a first impression.

[Demo]

18 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

1 of the under appreciated sucky things about getting a public facing job at Purdue, like there aren’t already enough, is every 1 of them feels compelled to wear that atrocious yellow/gold tie that makes absolutely everyone who wears it look jaundiced.

[southsidehoosier]

1 hour ago, Dave from Dayton said:

 

Yep.  Marketing 101...How to Win Friends and Influence People...

And you only have one chance to make a first impression.

His interview on the McAfee show isn’t any better. Cignetti he is not

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

1 of the under appreciated sucky things about getting a public facing job at Purdue, like there aren’t already enough, is every 1 of them feels compelled to wear that atrocious yellow/gold tie that makes absolutely everyone who wears it look jaundiced.

Hey, he could've paired it with one of the old Monday Night Football blazers and looked like a mustard salesman.

[Dave from Dayton]

That's an ugly looking piss colored tie.  But, it looks good on...wait...nevermind.

[TTT]

The last half century 50 years the old big ten with 10 teams that became really good Wisconsin mainly, MSU, Iowa to a degree, Northwestern to a degree, and in two years IU jumped over all them to the best season in college football history.  And in that two years only loses was were to national champion and runner up before IU went 16-0 and won the National Championship.  It is believable because it is true.