You are correct Mr. Kozmas. I'll add concerning the water problems that they voted app. 10 years ago to build new water reservoirs, They haven't even constructed a single one! That, and little upgrades to the water lines, having procedures in-place in case of natural emergencies (i.e. the wild fires), poor communication and the result - widespread panic & chaos. I still have family out there. Actually, several that have moved back to KY/TN, have stated that they never to go back. Cost of repairs, taxes, fuel, utilities and certainly insurance costs, etc. They just could not keep up. fwiw

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My point is if Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Florida or Auburn are good/great being in the SEC isn’t the reason they are good. They are good/great because that year they had a really good/great team. That doesn’t mean the rest of the league was dominant. It doesn’t mean anything really. I would put that Louisville team, especially with Bush healthy, in the title game. Doesn’t mean the Big East was good or bad just Louisville had dudes.

That is why each P4 conference should get equal AQ in whatever the new playoff becomes. Settle it on the field.

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I do see it like that, but I also understood their arguments a little more when Cincy made the playoff.

Cincy in 2021 was a great team and could compete with anyone. Forever they can beat their chest that they made the Final Four of the playoff and we didn't. They beat Notre Dame on the road that year and earned that spot. But I do get to thinking, could that 2016 Louisville team have easily won the 2021 AAC? Or what if Cincy had been in the Big Ten East that year and had Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State on their schedule like Indiana had to deal with every season? Now they still would've been great, like an 8-4 season or 9-3 against a schedule like that means they are a really good team.

It's not that being in the SEC just makes you a great team. But I do see the point of that they have more of those teams capable of beating a really good team on any given week. Like WVU and Rutgers for us in 2006, the bottom type teams like Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Mississippi State are never title contenders. They would've never won our ACC division with Clemson/FSU, but you could say that on given years where they were 8-9 win teams in the SEC and could've won the ACC Coastal, old Big East, or AAC.

IT's not that all their teams are elite and could all win any conference on any given year, they usually only have 2-3 that are elite and could contend for a title like most top leagues, but their undercard of teams are a bit more talent. Doesn't mean a program like Vanderbilt wouldn't be the same as like Wake Forest or BC in the ACC, it just means that there isn't a week off.

I think where they get carried away, and mainly we only think of Kentucky fans(but they aren't real SEC football lol) but it's when a team like Florida is 6-6 or 7-5 and they go "FLOOORRRRRIDA WOULD BE UNDEFEATED IN THE ACC ITS NOT FAIR!!!" and no that's not true. Maybe they'd be slightly better not having as many tough games, but they would still drop a few games and not contend for the title.

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heard him with paul rogers earlier today on the way to the post office. they have a multi point metrics system to eval players. then have five point eval of can they improve, do they make others better, etc. then follows skip prossers ABC, attitude, bball and character. if you dont eat breathe and love bball 247 this is no place for you. then they look at intangibles, then they call recruits former coaches as far back as they can get. their eval process has every coach involved. no fluke these players are here. every one has to go thru enormous background checks basically. like cia hiring you. all hi bball iq, all make teams better, all high character, all selfless.

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I agree having ND associated with the ACC is a big bonus. As much criticism as the ACC is taking this year Notre Dame could be used as an argument in our favor. They are not officially an ACC football school but they play an ACC football schedule. If ND was not associated with ACC instead they were associated with the B1G we would notice our loss.

Would be interesting to hear why. Could be some just want to go away for college. Maybe she got good NIL. Maybe the opportunity to play is more immediately available. My understanding is Shrand is more than ready to step into Scott’s vacancy and she has two years left (I believe).

The victims of the fires are blaming it on the government officials for multiple reasons. They haven’t done brush cleaning for some time now because they did not want to disrupt the habitat of field mice. Brush cleaning is very effective in preventing forest fires. Residents are also complaining that the water system is antiquated and has not been upgraded. They are accusing there government officials of spending money on social issues instead of infrastructure needs. This is not a political statement it is what has really made this situation worse than what it should be.

My point is if Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Florida or Auburn are good/great being in the SEC isn’t the reason they are good. They are good/great because that year they had a really good/great team. That doesn’t mean the rest of the league was dominant. It doesn’t mean anything really. I would put that Louisville team, especially with Bush healthy, in the title game. Doesn’t mean the Big East was good or bad just Louisville had dudes.

That is why each P4 conference should get equal AQ in whatever the new playoff becomes. Settle it on the field.

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Quite impressive!

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2330859 said:

Hoping for the best for the Moss family and the hundreds of thousands affected. Mayor Bass and Gov Newsome have a lot to answer to those without homes.

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As someone who lived in So Cal for 4 years, I can confirm that the Mayor and Governor are responsible for the Santa Ana winds and extreme low humidity. 😏

Glad Miller and his family were not injured.

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If he wins his 3rd MVP he’ll be 1 of 7 to do so, and Johnny Unitas has 3 as well
It’s kinda surreal if you think about that 2/7 players in NFL history that has won 3 MVPs played at UofL!

Great news for a great player! Now, he needs to win some postseason games. Beginning, with the Steelers tomorrow evening. I'll be watching on Prime!

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Always good to pick the brain of the great ones. More power to CPK. Listen and Learn....then execute the knowledge. He will become one of the special ones himself one day in the near future. Glad he is a Cardinal.

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vivid_red said:

Flash Back! That photo reminds me of Wiley Brown when he played for Denny. Loosing his prosthetic thumb, a team manager retrieving it out of the garbage, during the NCAA tournament. I know I am showing my age but those were the best times, I my humble opinion, as Denny built us into a national brand.

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and He Invented the High Five too!!! Loved those Days!!!
"There’s another version of high five history. It credits the invention of the hand gesture to Louisville Cardinals basketball players Wiley Brown and Derek Smith during the 1978-79 season. According to the players, Brown went to give a regular low five to teammate Smith during a practice session.
The low five had been a hand gesture popular among Black Americans since at least World War II. Instead of returning the low five, Smith looked Brown in the eye and said, “No. Up high.” Brown understood what Smith was getting at.


That year’s Louisville Cardinals players were known as the Doctors of Dunk. They liked to play above the rim and slam dunk the ball. Brown thought, why stay low when we play so high? So they raised their hands and the high five was supposedly born."

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