Recent content by blackdog

Half those highlights are picking pockets and it seems like he plays with a lot of tenacity. Those types of guys have games that translate well going up levels.

Either someone at EA likes Illinois or hates OSU because there's another clip of an OSU player getting stiff armed by a Michigan guy. But I'll take 52-42 over OSU anyday.

No minimum rookie salary is $1.1 million for any player even if undrafted as long as they are on a one way contract. If a team wants to use the new 2nd round exemption to get avoid some salary cap burden they would be paying the minimum rate for a 2nd year player which is $1.8. Teams are also...

Exactly, even a bottom of the barrel second contract is a HUGE amount of money. Rookie minimum is $1.1 million, jumps to $1.8 for a 2nd year player, and continues to go up every year. A new part of the CBA is that teams can sign 2nd round picks to deals that don't count as much against the...

The second contract is where the money is at if you can make it that far so the sooner you get in the league the sooner you get there.

Curious what the ticket situation is going to be like since it's technically a home game for them and they can get uppity about tickets

Yea that sounds like a problem for them not the players. Its generally not a good idea to be blaming other people for your emotions.

How would that make it any different? Does that imply that they aren't people, or that they aren't students, or that their needs/wants are somehow different or less important as a result? Or that because they are celebrities they have to follow the will of the people who look up to them?

Yes they are but there is a lot of melting down over things that we as fans want when the reality is that we are just observing the players living their lives. Shouldn't their wants be more important in that case? I don't mean to imply that I don't care what happens to the program because my...

I mean that's cool if you don't want to think of the players as human beings with their own needs/wants. It was a lot easier/simpler when we were able to just ignore that part.

How many people did their undergrad at one school and decided that, as much as they loved their time, it would be in their best interest to pursue a grad program at a different school? Even if the original school has a great program sometimes its just best for the student to have a different...

As a DC native and long suffering Caps fan it was one of the greatest feelings I have ever experienced. I believe that Illinois winning it all would be one of the few things that would top that and that we will get there one day.

Sure it might be a question mark but too many people seem to take unknowns and dive into panic mode. It's bad for your mental health to assume worst case scenarios based on incomplete information and assumptions.