Ninja Scooter
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Cal seems like a rough job with USC, Washington and even Stanford all being good go great at the same time. Throw in UCLA and the recruiting pickings must be slim.
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They should get what they can from California then focus on Texas/entire Southwest.
jstevenson
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I hear Tosh may be his DC
I hope so, because that means it won't be Jimmy Lake. And I don't think Lake would leave for anything but a promotion.
Every time someone mentions Tosh on this board it takes me a second to remember that they're not just making a Lane Kiffin joke.
MugiwaraCole
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Holy shit, Mario Cristobal to Oregon. Never thought he was a great coach, but damn, could he recruit. That's gonna sting.
Ian Boyd has an interesting article up about the return of the fullback. It's really the usage of H-backs as a lead blocker primarily.
MugiwaraCole
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I'm still upset Dieter was apparently a better H back than Sims and Foster were receivers.
I think they're still trying to pay off their stadium remodel.
chaosblade
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Yeah, good recruiter, meh OL coach. Hopefully Saban can pick up a decent recruiter who can coach better. Been disappointed in the OL as long as Cristobal has been there.
MugiwaraCole
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Hard to gripe too much about their being a drop off after having the best offensive line in the history of college football, but we seem to have tanked (relatively) since 2012. Hope that's cleaned up over the offseason.
Had to do a massive project on the stadium. The Hayward Fault runs directly underneath it--literally; you used to be able to tell exactly where the fault was as the old stadium walls became misaligned because of it--and it's needed refitting for decades.
That's the single biggest issue for Cal money-wise. Spending big on a coach who ended up failing is bad, but secondary.
Vanillalite
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Schools run debt cause they money they make off of donors and their assets is usually greater than the money needed when financed.
If you can bring in 8% vs a 5% loan you're coming out ahead.
If you can bring in 8% vs a 5% loan you're coming out ahead.
Purple Cheeto
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Cal also has the issue of being a UC which makes spending money a tricky proposition.
Taggart. Leavitt. Salave'a. Cristobal Doing fucking work this offseason. Bodes well.
Purple Cheeto
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TIL Long Snappers get recruiting rankings: http://247sports.com/Season/2017-Fo...kings?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&Position=LS
Hey, our LS just graduated, and was basically a 5 star at the LS position out of high school (a 3 star)
Don't think he had a single bad snap in his 4 year career, and the only punt block was a finger tip against Clemson in his last game, which is on the punter, if anything. Basically a perfect career for his position.
MugiwaraCole
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We just got another 3* at that position too. Hope he pans out.
The Process continues.
bucknuticus
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‪I see the cowboys are using Urbans gameplan from 2015 Michigan st ‬
FloydtheFathead
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Exactly what I thought of
Randolph Freelander
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Speaking of college football, at least the Cowboys lost. Let's hope the Patriots follow suit next week.
Purple Cheeto
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Alabama is hiring Arizona's athletic director.
Just a bit of a surprise, since I hadn't heard ANY chatter that Battle was stepping down.
Purple Cheeto
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UCLA is letting their offensive line coach go: http://www.insidesocal.com/ucla/2017/01/15/ucla-adrian-klemm-part-ways/
Usually it's decided by whoever won the bowl pick 'em. So who's our lucky winner?
Vanillalite
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Are we now in that phase were CFB fans have to focus creepily on 17-18 yo kids hoping they come to their program as Jesus and Savior?
jstevenson
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kickers have to be terrified of the Alabama fanbase if they blow a game
Time to post some shirtless pics y'all!
Yeah does FSU have their calendar out yet?
I keep up with recruiting via following the normal beat writers. But subscribing to $9.95 sites is where it stops. It's a really boring time of the year, but NSD is one of the milestones of the offseason. Don't think spring practices are too much further after that.
That and he had cancer.
I have not yet, though I have an idea I'm sure everyone will hate.
I will start taking submissions for consideration, both to put off making my own decision and to keep us out of community for a more prolonged period of time.
Do you think that the reason Alabama's vaunted best defense in cbf history by regular season statistics was actually a result of sec quarterback play actually just being complete crap. Its something I've heard around the media. I think Alabama's defence is pretty amazing but I do think they were hurt in the championship game by constantly facing mediocre qbs during the regular season.
perfectchaos007
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CFB 2017 Off-season thread: Lane Train departed the station one game too soon
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: 2016 adds a belated death; Clempsoning. (F**k 2016!)
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: If you can't win a real championship, just make one up. Go Vols!
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: Stalking highschoolers on twitter since 2006
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: 2016 adds a belated death; Clempsoning. (F**k 2016!)
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: If you can't win a real championship, just make one up. Go Vols!
CFB 2017 Off-season thread: Stalking highschoolers on twitter since 2006
75 years old, and wanted his role as AD to be an interim at the beginning, but signed on for the 4 years with no plans to continue after.
Well, Washington and Western Kentucky ended up top 5 in Passing rating, and both did very poorly. As it seems, there was only 1 or 2 elite QB's in this year of College Football, and one of them was on Clemson.
Hey cdy, was Sarrell going to Stanford a big blow to UW, or was he always a lean somewhere else?
The thought on $9.95 was that he was always a Stanford lean - he said it was his dream school growing up (thanks Tyrone Willingham) - but UW had a shot. Would have been a huge get, but it's not a crippling loss. They're still recruiting guys and I have faith in Petersen to develop guys. Our OL is still relatively young, so they should be better going forward regardless, and they had a pretty good year this season all things considered.
Going to need to dominate the North for a few more years before we can start winning those types of battles against Stanford, I imagine.
Hopefully y'all let us take care of DJ Johnson for you though
bucknuticus
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9.95ers told me Najee is still pulling one over on alabama and he has a direct underground train to Michigan.
Was a joke, but I get it.
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