That's an odd way for the writer to put it. Having zero players leave may have protected his job but not his buyout. Certainly another mass exodus of players would have meant Bama likely misses the playoff again and suddenly DeBoer's job could have been in jeopardy where the buyout would come...
I wish him well. His expected retirement was supposedly one of the reasons ESPN hired Saban, but I just can't picture Saban putting on the mascot heads so that segment is probably over.
I only watch college football but several things had made it less interesting to me. The expanded playoff make regular season games less critical since there's more margin for error. With elite programs having less depth now since players transfer the chances of an undefeated team seems to have...
Since the market is down right now I'll bring up the practice of rebalancing a portfolio periodically. If the recent drop has caused an investor's portfolio to have 5-10% less in stocks than they normally would then it makes sense to buy the market right now to get the stock portion of the...
I don't know if it's fair to describe it as a battle. I'm certain Ty will be the starting QB. I have no doubt that DeBoer has already reached that decision but he wants all of them to keep practicing hard so he's not going to make if official this early.
I think it will be Ty Simpson. The media likes to speculate it will be someone else but my interpretation of DeBoer's remarks about the QB's during spring camp lead me to believe it will be Simpson.
I tend to agree. I think several factors are involved in the recent selloff. The P/E ratio of the market is above historical norms, there may be a bit of a bubble in AI stocks and the first year of the presidential cycle is frequently the most difficult for stocks due to uncertainty over how a...
I think with the expanded field in the playoff we'll see more coaches get raises because suddenly teams who were never quite good enough to make the playoff before will start appearing in the playoff and thus their coaches will get rewarded even if they don't deserve it in some cases.
1. Teams ranked 1-4 on Selection Sunday get the byes, not conference champions.
2. Eliminate conference championship games.
3. Possibly reseed teams after each round. ( I don't want to see a game like Ohio State-Oregon being played when it was and I also don't want a team like Penn State get...
I'm opposed to forfeiting games because of fan behavior. I think players and coaches should always decide the outcome of games, not the fans. I think the only time a forfeit is justified if if a team is caught cheating, such as recruiting violations or sign-stealing. I'm in favor of raising the...
It's about time this problem is being addressed. The first fake injury supposedly occurred back in 1953 when Frank Leahy had his Notre Dame team actually practice faking injuries. What else would you expect from a school that tries to pride itself on high moral conduct? So it only took 72 years...
I guess it depends on whether a kid can start as a true freshman. It's becoming like the portal where it's only worth going after a guy that can fill a starting spot right away. If not then it's really a crap shoot as to whether the kid will be patient for a year. With RW it was worth it but we...
I'm surprised. I really thought the odds were strongly against him coming back for a couple of reasons. First, I thought Deboer might be upset with Grubb for suddenly bolting for the NFL a year ago and second, I thought a rehire might make DeBoer look a bit desperate like he just cannot win...