More and more I am reminded how few understand the concept of a “free country”

Poor Deion. Criticized by a media member so Colorado bans the guy indefinitely from asking questions. What a 🐟 🌮

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40967823/colorado-bans-reporter-asking-deion-sanders-questions

2023/2024

Transfers IN: & High School:
UofL 31/25 - Total 56---HS 18/14 Total 32
Cal 20/23 -- Total 43 -- HS 13/19 Total 32
Cuse 9/19 -- Total 28 - HS 18/23 Total 41
SMU 26/19 - Total 45 - HS 16/10 Total 26
GTech 16/14 - Total 30 - HS 19/23 Total 42
FSU 12/17 - Total 29 ---HS 19/23 Total 53
Mia 17/15 - Total 32 -- --HS 26/27 Total 53
UNC 10/10 - Total 20 --HS 21/28 Total 49
UVA 9/13 - Total 22 --- HS 20/13 Total 33
VT 9/7 - Total 16 -- --HS 27/16 Total 43
Duke 9/16 - Total 25 -- HS 26/16 Total 42
BC 9/10 -Total 19 -- ----HS 18/13 Total 31
Pitt 7/14 - Total 21 -- ---HS 19/21 Total 40
NCSt 6/15 - Total 21 -- HS 18/24 Total 42
Stfd 4/4 - Total 8 ----- HS 20/25 Total 45
WF 3/5 - Total 8 ------- HS 20/21 Total 41
Clem 1/0 Total 1 ------= HS 26/22 Total 48 Not a surprise!
He was a QB

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Note: I just posted (Friday) this on the Free Board too for their thoughts and comments.

The Tobacco Road stalwarts are lagging behind in portal usage especially Wake UNC, NC St, and Duke are middle of the road Miami and FSU are somewhat surprising to me. Others with a greater challenge to improve the W/L who have gaps are heavier utilizers and those who have experienced coaching changes during this time frame. are too.

CBS Sports design

CBS Sports college basketball insiders Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spent a month surveying 100-plus Division I men's basketball coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled across the sport's landscape: some of the biggest names in college basketball, but also small-school assistants in low-major leagues. Coaches agreed to share unfiltered opinions in exchange for anonymity. We asked 10 questions and are posting the results over a three-week span.

At the professional level, everything is documented for salary cap purposes. So nobody has to guess, or wonder about, what the Lakers or Celtics are spending on players. We know. And nobody has to guess, or wonder about, what LeBron James and Jaylen Brown are making. We know.
College athletics remains different, though.

Yes, schools are now using money to secure commitments via NIL deals -- and the dollar-amounts connected to those deals are sometimes reported. But, honestly, who knows what's true and what isn't, what's real and what's fake, what's accurate and what's exaggerated? One coach put it this way when we asked for some insight about which schools are capitalizing most with strong NIL packages:


"This answer varies from week to week," he said. "One week on the road you hear Washington is offering a kid $2.3 million, then you hear Kentucky and Louisville have offered more. At this point, no one knows what to truly believe with agents involved and trying to drive prices through the roof with false information."


That's a common opinion in the industry.
Few coaches try to pretend they're completely sure what to believe as it pertains to what schools are spending on NIL and what players are getting in NIL. They know what they read. They know what they hear. But, nearly to a man, they are something less than certain that everything they read and hear is true.

That acknowledged, we still wanted to know what coaches are hearing about different schools' NIL packages as they navigate this new and often chaotic world. So, with that in mind, we asked more than 100 college basketball coaches the following question:

Which three programs do you believe have the best NIL situations?​

(Other programs that received at least one vote: Arizona, Florida, Georgetown, McNeese State, Ole Miss, Oregon, Villanova, Washington.)

The takeaway​

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Please note the way the question was worded.
Matt Norlander and I didn't ask coaches what they know about NIL, if only because we already know that nobody really knows what's true and what isn't. Instead, we simply asked them to tell us which schools they believe have the best NIL situations based off of what they encounter and hear on the recruiting trail.
We asked for lists of three.

Unsurprisingly, Arkansas easily appeared on the most ballots. In what is certainly a related note, the school hired Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame coach John Calipari away from Kentucky earlier this year.
"You know Cal," one coach said. "He's not going anywhere unless he has everything in place."


That's certainly true.
Calipari has even hinted at as much while contrasting the differences between the NIL resources he had at Kentucky with the NIL resources he's been given at Arkansas. That's not the only reason Calipari made the intra-conference move -- or even the main reason. But it was likely a prerequisite to Calipari leaving UK after a 15-year run that was mostly good but had fallen off in recent years, evidence being that the Wildcats haven't made the Final Four since 2015 or the Sweet 16 since 2019.

Exactly what Calipari has at his disposal for NIL via big-money boosters and corporate support remains unclear -- but what our poll shows is that basically everybody is operating under the assumption that the Razorbacks are heavy players in the market. It's those funds that allowed Calipari to build from nothing, in a matter of months, what I believe should be a preseason top-15 team and legitimate Final Four contender.

One other interesting thing about the results of our poll is that the programs coaches largely believe are swinging the biggest NIL sticks are either blue bloods and/or schools employing new coaches. Our top-five vote getters -- Arkansas, Kansas, BYU, Kentucky and Indiana -- all check at least one of those boxes. Kentucky checks both. And only six programs appeared on more ballots than Louisville, another traditional power with a new coach that is desperate to return to relevance ASAP.


"They're handing out f-cking money like it's Monopoly," one coach said.

As someone who watched the Louisville program crater over the past two years, I, for one, say good for them. Louisville should be handing out money like it's Monopoly. It's an ACC program with a large and proud fanbase that's been through a lot over the years -- everything from the end of the Rick Pitino era to the surprisingly disappointing Chris Mack era to the disastrous couple of years Kenny Payne was in charge.

Simply put, college basketball is better when Louisville is good.
I sincerely believe that.

So spend away, Cardinals!

A sentence like that might've prompted an NCAA investigation 10 years ago. But what used to be outlawed is now allowed, encouraged and, broadly speaking, necessary to consistently compete at the tip-top of the sport. Like many coaches told us, what schools can and do offer in NIL can vary from one month to the next. But the largest brands, and the proudest programs with new coaches corporate partners want to set up to succeed, currently appear to be the biggest players -- though most coaches seem to think this same question a year from now would likely provide different results based on how the next 12 months unfold.

Games from their 2021 season will be vacated.

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We are one week away.
I don’t like noon games but that’s what we got.
Happy Saturday everyone.

i just find this amazong and posted here and no one checks out the dugout page when no games. but holy crap, Greg Maddux used to tip every pitch her threw and no one, i mean no one, ever figured it out. this is astonishing. when the catcher threw the ball back, Maddux would catch it in different ways, ie out in front of him, close to his body, etc, and that would indicate his next pitch to the catch. He called every pitch and gave signs to the catcher to indicate what it was and no one ever knew. Maybe the greatest pure pitcher in history. Wow!!!

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Oregon vs TTU from last season for those needing a football fix

56. TYLER SHOUGH, LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

College Football: Ranking all 70 Power Five starting quarterbacks for 2024

We rank every Power Five college football starter entering the 2024 season, with Georgia's Carson Beck kicking things off.

www.pff.com

He is or was not considered a top 30 transfer QB this year.
In the attached article he is currently rated the 56 best QB in college football this year.
Many of you guys were complaining when we signed him this year.
I like him a lot more than most… and of course I get the injury thing. But I think the kid has just had some bad luck. So I’m excited for this kid and I sure hope that luck is finally on his side and he has a successful injury free season.
And if he does…I will bet anyone that wants a piece… that he will finish the season a top 20 ranked QB statistically. Probably closer to top 10z.
Man I’m just honey for some FOOTBALL 🏈!!!! Let’s GO!

Happy Friday everyone!
We are getting so very close.

I have 2 tickets each for 2 games (Jacksonville St and SMU) and I wanted to see if anyone is interested.

Section 241 row L, seat 6-7.

Jacksonville st we’re looking for $15 each.

SMU we’re looking for $35 each.

Let me know if you’re interested and Go Cards!

Finally in single digits. This Saturday I’ll watch some college football. Don’t care for Ga Tech nor FSU.
Maybe it will end in a tie. 0-0 after 10 overtime’s.
Happy Friday Eve everyone

Surprised no one is talking about it. Not really any surprises IMO. But, usually people pick it apart (at least a little). I am glad it looks like Sanker will get some run this year. I think the DL and DBs should not have problems with keeping fresh legs on the field. Interested to see how CJB can use I Brown and his speed. Maybe KO returns to start.

Indiana in the first round, then West Virginia/Gonzaga in the second

Louisville opens the Battle 4 Atlantis with Indiana at noon on Wednesday, November 27. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN.

The Cardinals will either play West Virginia or Gonzaga on Thanksgiving Day in the second round of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas. The game will be at noon on ESPN or at 2:30 ET on ESPN2.

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The direct contact period for the 2026 class opened today. Starting June 15th, college coaches are allowed to reach out to the rising junior class directly for the first time.

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The breakout prospect from the weekend may have been Wiley Jr., who transferred to Armwood from nearby Hillsboro High School in Tampa. Kicking off just his second year of football at a head-turning 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Wiley commanded attention based on the pop he brought to south Florida. Recruited as an edge because of his frame and multi-sport background (track and field), Wiley looked vert comfortable working downhill from the second level and he prefers working off the ball as well. The explosiveness and instincts are off the charts here, something that may uptick his recruitment going forward. For now, ACC programs like North Carolina, Louisville and Syracuse are among those in best position to contend for the senior.

Happy Wednesday. It is getting closer and closer.
I do feel it will be a fun season.

Seems Cards are not worthy of the green out game. 😎
https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-mixed-signals-green-out-game-2024

Just in case anyone is interested in catchingit beforeregular seasonstartsthis weekend. 6pm on ACC network.