What are your thoughts on this?
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Note: Denny Chimes is the large tower on campus where football players, particularly captains, imprint their hands and names around the area in cement.
Respect On His Name?
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Eligible for a Discount
There’s much ado about the age of the Indiana football team with their 23 and 23 year old athletes, benefactors of a loose portal and COVID year exemptions. So how do we keep this new found strategy going once the COVID exceptions are gone?
Here’s one way.
So…we can play a freshman or JUCO transfer in nine of the games (isn’t that the number of conference games or something?) and then declare the year a redshirt year and get more time with him even after a nearly full season of play.
At this point, why not? Heck, give them two redshirt years while you’re at it.
Somewhere, Luke Ford’s gotta be pissed.
Naming Rights
Here’s a stat for you.
Question – what do they name in honor of Kirby when it’s all said and done?
Also, where’s Richt’s honorary named location?
I Want Out
Two years ago, Clemson and Florida State were exploring ways to get out of the ACC. The conference image and brand was perceived to drop the Seminoles out of the CFP, and this year both Miami and Notre Dame took issue with the conference, which graciously is handing Miami all the CFP money they earn instead of redistributing it to the conference teams.
Who, the, would actually want to join the ACC? You may want to sit down for his one.
My, how the mighty have fallen. Sad to say, but neither would probably do much better in the conference that has posted a 9-4 post season record and has a team in the championship game.
But you do you, Gators.
Tuesday Refugee Roundtable: He’s Beck
So I posted earlier that Frazier was returning. Frazier later posted on his TikTok that it was never about the money.
If it wasn’t, then why wait to announce? Rumors swirl that he was looking for over a million, then others said he’s just achieved DGD status. I know that’s a designation we like to debate about around here, so I’ll ask this Roundtable question for today:
If it does turn out it was about the money, and Frazier develops a case of fumblitis again or has a subpar season, does he get shown the door like Beck did? Does haggling for more money make an athlete less of a DGD for taking care of his financials (and his family). Can’t say I fault the kid but the college football purists don’t always see it that way.
What’s your two cents about it?
I’m Still Here
Rough week last week in Georgia basketball, losing to a rival and all, especially Florida. The Hoops Dawgs bounced back with a gritty win in Columbia behind Somto Cyril (we really, really need Somto), but we’re still hanging around the Top 25.
In case you’re still not watching, Kanon Catchings is also fun to watch.
Up next: Ole Miss in Athens this Wednesday. Maybe the hoopsters can get some revenge for the football team, huh?
Miami Vice
Jesus…for a team that can’t sell out their stadium for regular season home games, the Miami fanbase has lost their ever loving minds.
Let’s not even talk about the tickets.
$3612 a seat is a “great deal”.
This alone should be enough to abolish the CFP altogether…but you know it won’t.
Anyway, Conor Stalions has some advice…
Indiana fans are now purchasing 2026 Miami home season tickets to get into the lottery for affordable CFP Championship tickets. I’m sure that Hard Rock will be no more full in 2026, either.
Going, Going…Gone?
Many of us were waiting on pins and needles to hear about some potential comings and goings on the Dawgs roster. Let’s start with the good news:
Bowens is also returning, along with this good news:
But wait…there were rumblings that a certain key returner didn’t show up for class yesterday, then this dropped:
So who will step into the left tackle role? Is there anyone in the portal that Kirby might seek out?
The Big 10 are big dummies
If the Big 10 gets their way on this, the regular season is officially dead.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47584209/college-football-playoff-expansion-hearing
SEC wants 16, and the B1G wants 24. I’m assuming the desire for 24 is purely a play for Fox by the Yankee conference to force the division of TV rights.
If Sankey doesn’t hold the line on this, he’s pretty much useless. I’ve become resigned to the fact they are going to expand. 16 seems right to give the top 4 a play-in game. The question is how far will they go with games on campus.
Redd Foxx has a word for Tony Petitti.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
Bleeding Talent
Shot:
Chaser:
The first isn’t that shocking until you see the second. As we are nearing the close of the portal, some SEC teams are negative in returning talent by double digits. A few are either breaking even or in the positive.
The two fanbases who are taking this the worst? That’s be Tennessee and Alabama, especially after Alabama lost the bidding war for Cam Coleman’s services to Texas (shocker).
In other news…Texas is back!