We managed to hit 97% capacity for West Virginia after a 7 game in conference losing streak and 3 blowout losses. Tickets for games against schools the fan base actually cares about are going to be even tougher to get. This isn't Miami.
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We managed to hit 97% capacity for West Virginia after a 7 game in conference losing streak and 3 blowout losses. Tickets for games against schools the fan base actually cares about are going to be even tougher to get. This isn't Miami.
Randolph Freelander
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Miami needs a stadium on campus with a seating capacity of about 2000. Basically, like my old high school. Grow from there.
devildog820
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Not according to that NY Times article. I couldn't give less of a shit about a player dealing weed. But players attacking women...
I also have a daughter and I had an FSU friend actually tell me, recently, that the girl should've been happy to be having sex with a FSU player.
Sirpopopop
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I've been to Stupid, New Jersey, site of the Stupid, New Jersey Rutgers Satellite campus.
It's a pretty smart town.
It's a pretty smart town.
SMFH
What percentage of those "fans" are just women using binoculars to ogle Kliff the whole game?
Sounds like it's time to punish the football culture in Tallahonville.
FelixOrion
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Their money is as good as anybody else's. ; )
Randolph Freelander
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Not enough?
Oh god, that reminds me.
I sit near the visitor's sideline at OSU home games. Wes Welker was at the OSU-Tech game a few weeks back, and there was a woman in front of us (not a season ticket holder, hadn't seen her before) who must have taken *hundreds* of pics and videos of him over the course of the game.
He wasn't even doing anything interesting, just standing and talking to coaches/staff.
Her husband/bf/so did not seem amused, but he didn't say anything either.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2014/10/13/college-football-playoff-analysis-oregon-ducks-offensive-line-jake-fisher/17219399/
Article on whether or not the committee would take injuries into account (hey, Oregon just got a lineman back, that loss doesn't mean anything!), for the playoff. Train Wreck incoming.
Article on whether or not the committee would take injuries into account (hey, Oregon just got a lineman back, that loss doesn't mean anything!), for the playoff. Train Wreck incoming.
Nike going all out to protect that investment.
perfectchaos007
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I appreciate it, but I probably won't be coming up for that one. But yeah I keep my student ID in my wallet because many movie theaters offer a student discount with valid ID, including our local theater where you can get in for $5.50 with a student ID. I'm holding onto that ID as long as I can
Spoken like a true AD.
I think I've posted about it before, but IMO he's going to have a pretty long leash just to build some kind of stability. I think that's why they gave him an extension after last season; gives him the peace of mind of knowing that he's not coaching for his job next season and gives recruits peace of mind knowing that the guys that are recruiting him will most likely be there for the foreseeable future.
Things are certainly going a bit worse than hoped for right now but everybody involved in the actual hiring process knew that hiring a head coach as young as he is was going to involve some growing pains. This was going to be a pretty long term hire from the get-go IMO.
Battlezone
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Sorry to hear about your dog, TTK. My wife and i are looking to adopt a puppy right now, and having to put one down is absolutely the thing I'm the least looking forward to.
(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 4
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 4
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 4
Iowa @ Maryland by 4
Virginia @ Duke by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 4
UCLA @ California by 4
Clemson @ Boston College by 4
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 4
Missouri @ Florida by 4
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 4
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
Question: who's the starting QB for Florida right now?
(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 4
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 4
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 4
Iowa @ Maryland by 4
Virginia @ Duke by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 4
UCLA @ California by 4
Clemson @ Boston College by 4
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 4
Missouri @ Florida by 4
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 4
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
Question: who's the starting QB for Florida right now?
Rafa=FedKilla
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Can't wait to see what Chris Peterson has cooked up for Oregon.
Even if you don't need it, you'll get it anyways.
What exactly are we paying our coaches to do?
Probably a mediocre running game and an offense that revolves around giving our biggest home-run threat as few touches as possible.
Good Lord, that's awful. Especially at this point in the season (and coaching tenure). Did Roper scrap the entire playbook?
That all sounds nice, but it's a lot easier to say that now than in a couple of years if the team is still hovering between 4-7 wins per season.
It'll be interesting to see if they can get a decent recruiting class with a probable 4 or 5-win season this year.
GAF Pick'em Week 8 Games
*all games Saturday unless otherwise listed
(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 4
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 4
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 4
Iowa @ Maryland by 4
Virginia @ Duke by 6
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 9
UCLA @ California by 9
Clemson @ Boston College by 6
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 6
Missouri @ Florida by 4
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 4
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
Bama over aTm is the lock of the year!
*all games Saturday unless otherwise listed
(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 4
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 4
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 4
Iowa @ Maryland by 4
Virginia @ Duke by 6
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 9
UCLA @ California by 9
Clemson @ Boston College by 6
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 6
Missouri @ Florida by 4
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 4
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
Bama over aTm is the lock of the year!
Let me know if you change your mind. I'll probably put them up on CL shortly but am trying to see if anyone I know is interested. I think the face is $75 or $80 but I could take a little less for the pair if price is an issue. Rather a UT fan get them for sure.
BertramCooper
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Kingsbury will get fired when he starts stress eating and loses his six-pack.
We've already seen a preview.
Based on this gif, it appears that rock bottom is when you become the head coach at Kansas.*Kingsbury will get fired when he starts stress eating and loses his six-pack.
We've already seen a preview.
*I would not have made this joke if we had lost to Kansas this past weekend.
Frustrated_Grunt
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(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 10
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 17
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 7
Iowa @ Maryland by 15
Virginia @ Duke by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 5
UCLA @ California by 17
Clemson @ Boston College by 36
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 10
Missouri @ Florida by 42
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 11
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 17
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 7
Iowa @ Maryland by 15
Virginia @ Duke by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 5
UCLA @ California by 17
Clemson @ Boston College by 36
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 10
Missouri @ Florida by 42
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 11
Stanford @ Arizona State by 4
Yes, stupid Football Rutgers, smart School Rutgers.
I havnt been to Jersey so wont comment on the presence of possible stupidness of the area.
Randolph Freelander
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Jim Delany is now brushing up on his "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" speech.
perfectchaos007
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Him or Faux Pellini would would do great things
BertramCooper
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Lane Kiffin hasn't had the chance to fail at being a league commissioner, so let's go with him.
Azwethinkweiz
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Did all you guys picking Clemson forget what it was like to watch Cole Stoudt trip over his feet trying to play QB against UGA and FSU?
Wouldn't be shocked if one of the associate commissioners steps up, but yeah, why wouldn't any other commissioner want the job?
This explains so much.
I'm not too worried at this point. One season isn't a trend, and even ol' Pine Box managed 2 out of 3 winning seasons and he apparently hated everything about being there (speaking of Tuberville, apparently his name has already been floated around for the SMU job :jnc). Again, I came into the Kingsbury hire expecting some rocky times, so we're not yet truly outside of expectations at this point.
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Tuberville is actually a good counterpoint. I was much more concerned when he struggled in season 2 because he wasn't "supposed to" do that. He was the guy that went undefeated in the SEC and inherited a good team so he shouldn't have been struggling like he was. Kingsbury was hired with no such experience and a team with a lot more holes and depth issues so his leash will be much longer imo.
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Recruiting thus far hasn't really suffered at all. Had some really highly recruited guys in town for WVU and have some more planned for KU. UT of course should have a good crop as well but I haven't paid as much attention to visits that far out.
Recruiting generally has a season of lag anyway, though. Outside of teams that are on really huge peaks or valleys (Mississippi State being one of the former, for example) it's often the next season's recruiting class that is affected more by the current season's results, so a bad 2014 football season for Tech will probably show more in the 2016 recruiting class than the 2015 recruiting class. A lot also depends on who you get early, and for 2015 Tech got early commitments for both the offense (QB Stidham) and defense (DT Fehoko), both of which have been invaluable in both keeping the class together and recruiting other highly rated players.
An interesting case will be Tyron Johnson. Both of our schools are in the final 5 for him (iirc, I don't obsess over recruiting). Getting him along with Stidham would give Tech the core of a nice class. Kid looks really, really good from the tape I watched.
I just don't think the road to 8+ wins is as easy as it used to be for Tech. They'll will have a hard time consistently beating OU, Texas, Baylor, OSU, KSU (as long as Snyder breathes), and maybe even WVU/TCU in coming years unless they manage to get some transformative players... and that's hard to do without consistent success on the field. It's a chicken and egg problem. We needed Dez Bryant, Kendall Hunter, Zac Robinson, and then the lucky duo of Weeden (done playing baseball and dropped in right as Holgorsen came to be OC) and Blackmon (not even offered a scholarship by OU).
In other news, there are conflicting reports that Trevone Boykin might be out for 4-6 weeks after wrist surgery. If so, huge break for us.
Xplatformer
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Love the Wahoos as the underdogs.
Tyron Johnson spent a long time saying Tech was #1 (switched to Clemson iirc last I heard), and still seems REALLY high on Tech, but I'll believe we get a player out of Louisiana that has an LSU offer when I see it. Louisiana players are notoriously hard to get out of their state; not remarkably uncommon to see a guy pick a school like ULaLa over a smattering of P5 offers.
(THU) Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh by 10
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 6
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 11
Iowa @ Maryland by 6
Virginia @ Duke by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 9
UCLA @ California by 8
Clemson @ Boston College by 11
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 8
Missouri @ Florida by 9
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 10
Stanford @ Arizona State by 12
(THU) Utah @ Oregon State by 6
Kansas State @ Oklahoma by 11
Iowa @ Maryland by 6
Virginia @ Duke by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 9
UCLA @ California by 8
Clemson @ Boston College by 11
Oklahoma State @ TCU by 8
Missouri @ Florida by 9
Notre Dame @ Florida State by 10
Stanford @ Arizona State by 12
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