SEC rage baiter and Florida village idiot Danny Kanell is at it again.
If you are an FSU graduate who holds up Miami as a positive for anything, there is no way your blood has any garnet and gold in it now. Chief Osceola and Renegade should run over him or kick him in the head next time he’s on the sideline pregame in Tallahassee. His football IQ may improve by a couple of points as a result.
Curt Cignetti, college football blowhard.
Notre Dame’s scheduled home-and-home football series with Indiana has been canceled at Indiana’s request, according to reporting from The Athletic’s Pete Sampson and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde. The two schools announced the agreement on April 19, 2021, with Indiana set to visit Notre Dame Stadium on Aug. 31, 2030, and the Irish scheduled to play in Bloomington on Sept. 27, 2031.
The reporting surfaced on Aug. 3, the same day Notre Dame officially announced a renewed four-game rivalry series with USC running from 2030 through 2033. The opener of that series falls on Aug. 31, 2030, the date Indiana had held for nine years.
Under the terms of the 2021 contract, per Sports Illustrated, the canceling party owes $250,000 when the game is called off more than two years out, $500,000 with one to two years’ notice, and $1 million inside a year of kickoff. At more than four years from the 2030 date, the lowest tier applies.
This should come as no surprise to anyone, especially given that Cignetti proudly boasted about making his schedule easier with lighter OOC opponents.
Now, of course, Cignetti likes to point out that the B1G is already tough enough, so why stress yourself with a quality OOC opponent. Sure, let’s go to the stats, Curt:
Sure, there’s four B1G teams in there and four SEC teams. Seems even right…well, let’s look at the inverse of this:
From Chris Low, here’s the worst records against Top 25 teams in the past five years:
Colorado 0-16
Maryland 0-15
Rutgers 0-15
Cal 0-14
NW 0-14
Va. Tech 0-12
Virginia 0-11
Houston 0-10
Vanderbilt 1-18
W. Va. 1-17
Nebraska 1-16
Wisconsin 1-15
Iowa 1-13
SMU 1-9
Auburn 2-20
Purdue 2-19
Michigan St. 2-18
Arkansas 2-17
Yeah…that’s 8 B1G teams…8 of which post a worse record in the past five years than *checks notes* Arkansas.
The five in bold italics are on Indiana’s mighty B1G schedule this year…their other four? USC, Ohio State, Michigan, and Washington, all of which were in the Top 20 of the best records, although one could argue Michigan and Washington are shells of their programs from two years ago…so basically you have what amounts to a two game schedule, you brag about the power of your conference, and then cancel an out of conference series with Notre Dame.
Yes, he won and has the right to talk. Yes, he has bragging rights. Never thought I’d say it, but when the day comes where I have more respect for Just for Men, it’s a dark day indeed.
And for all those saying they can’t wait for the redemption day for CC, I don’t see it coming anytime soon with a schedule like this.
Do you suppose Texas Tech fans have a shred of concern about the future of the sport?
I’d say “nah”.
Apparently, the Court of Appeals that would handle the next leg of this is chaired by Red Raiders:
Meanwhile, Texass fans are not pleased with their little brothers to the west…
*Checks notes* – Lambos and fat stacks of cash. Got it. While I am on Texas’s side here, I’d say the pot is calling the kettle unethical, just one is more “legally” ethical now that we’re in the era of NIL.
And, of course, it wouldn’t be a day ending in y if we didn’t have someone from our traditional SEC orange fan base whining about why they couldn’t get away with it, too.
“Why don’t we have a corrupt judge?” Boo hoo. Talk to a Georgia fan about the local legal system working against you, then wonder how we managed two National Championships while getting pulled over every other day of the week, and let’s resume the conversation after.
Quick post as a follow-up to this weekend’s post on Diego Pavia’s never ending journey to irrelevance following an uneventful and undrafted weekend.
That’s top-shelf snark right there. Can you say “Johnny Football”? Say it with us!
Yo soy, Dora!
And I’m Diego! I don’t need an agent! No necesito un agente!
Can you find the NFL contract for Diego? Do you see it?
Neither do I! Yo tampoco!
And so on…
Man, Texas has to be proud.
In all seriousness, congrats to the Softball Dawgs for not only the win, but doing it in front of so many viewers.
Go Dawgs!
How do you turn a shit house into an outhouse? Easy. Just add some layers and fancy decorations and call it what you will. But it’s still just Jordan-Hare.
Another reminder that today’s your cheapest day to sit and enjoy football in the greatest stadium in the most glorious college town on earth. Get out and touch grass, Refugees.
Go Dawgs.
Posting without commentary. And this is great. Oops.
Okay, a touch of commentary: FTMFs.
Boy, I tell ya, I love to see this. First, video was leaked that showed the Everything School’s baseball coaching staff were dealing with their feels.
Honestly, you can’t blame them. Their baseball empire is crumbling and it just got worse with the weekend series with Vanderbilt, which walked Tennessee off not once, not twice, but three times in the series.
And, the icing on the cake, Tennessee is yet again denied a trip to the Final Four, getting destroyed by Michigan on Sunday night.
Lolz.
Couldn’t happen to a better group of assholes.
FTMFs.
Allow this to be your sacrilegious Sunday hating post.
You hate to see it, right?
Meanwhile, up the road a ways, the other Everything School in the SEC just lost another SEC series to their in-state rivals.
I’ll be cheering loudly for Michigan today in hopes that Tennessee is locked out of yet another Final Four, too. And no worries, Hillbillies…you’ll probably have your championship winning coach back next year the way the season is starting off for San Francisco.
FTMFs.
Yes, I know we still have games to play on this Labor Day, but I don’t care about TCU & UNC (if something about the Tar Heels comes up, I’ll probably edit this post). Most games went true to form, but we still have plenty of #MeltdownAlert and #FireEverybody posts to chuckle about.
Nowhere better to get started with this week’s trip than Tallahassee to check on the mental state of Bammer Nation. I knew the panhandle would be a stop this week. I just thought the reason would be different. There was plenty of ammunition for this stop, but I found this be to be the most hilarious.
When Alabama looks to Georgia Tech for its next head coach, you know it’s hit close to rock bottom in the Yellowhammer State (I wish the Nole fans would have sung Rammer Jammer right back at them on Saturday evening). The last time Alabama hired a Fech man, it started with running off the guy who followed a legend and ended with a contract fight after winning an SEC title. I know some of our readers think a lot of Brent Key … I’m not one of them.
Bama got outmuscled on both lines of scrimmage by a team coached by a guy who had to be desperate. It’s too early for this to be an indictment of Bama or a coronation of FSU, but Saturday’s loss broke the internet.
Let’s move on to the game of the century this year in Columbus to check in on the “Texas is back” crowd.
Texass fans are so used to getting every break that they blame this loss on SEC officiating. Hey, Shorthorns, do you remember the temper tantrum your fans threw last year in Austin resulting in an overturned call on something that can’t be overturned once the ball is marked for play? I thought so.
How about blame the coaching and the offense (Sark’s specialty) for only scoring 7 points? If you said on Friday Ohio State would only score 14, I’m sure the Texas coaching staff would say they would leave the Shoe with a win.
If this game is the canary in the coal mine, Texas isn’t going to go through the SEC unscathed and may lose more than 1 conference game. The Red River Shootout looks questionable, and trips to Athens and Hogtown will be no picnic.
Let’s head to South Florida to check in on the leprechauns who didn’t find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Does this genius realize Miami is in the schedule due to the ACC arrangement the Irish has as a partial member?
I give Carson Beck an A for how he played in the rain on Sunday night. For the most part, he looked totally in control, and his arm and mental game seem to have recovered nicely. Where was that Carson Beck for much of last year in Athens? That Carson Beck is a day 1 or 2 selection with his arm and the way he took care of the ball.
On the topic of the post, Notre Dame runs into an equally talented (and healthy) team and loses again. Don’t look now, Irish, but a Texas A&M team comes into South Bend next and can beat you. I think it may be safe to say Notre Dame’s season may already be on the brink. Will a 2 loss team that doesn’t have the ability to play in a conference championship game get the benefit of the doubt in November?
Let’s move on out west to the Rose Bowl to check in on the team that should have been the Dawgs’ opponent this weekend.
Utah takes ucLa behind the woodshed on B1G After Dark to announce that the end of the Whittingham era isn’t there yet. The reason for this post is twofold. First, the Bruins ducked us because they knew what was coming, and they still got it from a different source. Second, Nico left Tennessee because of the “offense.” After yesterday, maybe his camp needs to look inward for the problem – 183 yards of total offense and a 50.4 QBR.
Maybe Bobby Hill wasn’t the problem after all.
Let’s end today’s trip in the South Carolina upstate to check in on Tyler from Spartanburg and the fans of the Greater Anderson Cow College.
Hey, Clemson, Deshaun Watson or Trevor Lawrence isn’t walking into the football facility. Cade Klubnik once again showed he isn’t the game-changing quarterback necessary for Dabo to win at highest level. I’m not sure what being in the ACC had to do with their loss (see FSU-Bama). What I did see is exactly what I saw last Labor Day – an offensive line overwhelmed by SEC defensive front 7 talent.
What did you see this weekend on the boards that gave you a good laugh? Let us know in the comments.