College Sports (Football)

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Dkayak
Outkick busts ESPN for peddling a whopper re: SEC vs B1G schedule strength. They kinda overdid the lying, with stats way too bad to be true. Their chosen metric actually shows B1G schedules are tougher. Will ESPN publish a correction? 😂

www.foxnews.com

ESPN personality busted on social media for inaccurately trying to promote the SEC's strength of schedule

ESPN radio host Peter Burns claimed no Big Ten team plays five top-25 coaches poll opponents, but at least seven Big Ten schools actually do.
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#53      
PleaseMakeABowlGame
Fly Illini Fly! said:
PSU fans are morons. I hope they are the next coming of Nebraska.
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lstewart53x3 said:
Fixed it for you.

See the calls for BU to be fired before he made the F4.
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Yes, and my point isn't about being upset for the UCLA and NW games (at that point, it is what it is).

It's just so obvious that the mad outrage following Oregon caused the team's collapse, far more than any other factor. We all saw it unfold in real time.
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It's a classic example of why the LOCKER ROOM is always the most important aspect of any team. Once it's lost, the team is lost. As long as it's still intact, the team retains its pulse.

It's unfortunate because the folks on the outside will do whatever it takes to break that spirit.

It's the coaches, players, coordinators job to not let that happen. In this case, THAT's where the failure lied.

(not some OT loss in week 5 to the 2nd or 3rd best team)
 
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Det_Illini_fan
Dan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2085420451514519675
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Crocodile tears. Man, SEC can’t stop proving how soft they are now that they’re getting curb stomped by the Big Ten. Now they’re out here virtue signaling, trying to rewrite their history because they’re no longer on top, and are staring down the barrel of playing second fiddle to us as a conference for the foreseeable future because of money.

Sucks to suck.

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#58      
Det_Illini_fan
Det_Illini_fan said:
Crocodile tears. Man, SEC can’t stop proving how soft they are now that they’re getting curb stomped by the Big Ten. Now they’re out here virtue signaling, trying to rewrite their history because they’re no longer on top, and are staring down the barrel of playing second fiddle to us as a conference for the foreseeable future because of money.

Sucks to suck.

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For clarification, this is in response to Kirby Smart’s comment in the tagged tweet. Agree with Rosenthal obviously. But yeah McCray definitely went with the money as many do and would. Plano comes to mind a bit this year.
 
#59      
RabidDawgClassic
fuddrules said:
Reality was, McCray had one year left to make money playing football. He took it.

He would have played more at Illinois but he made more $ at Georgia. That was what he chose.
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Yeah… I cannot fault a player for maximizing his “bag.” As beloved as McCray was (especially after the citrus bowl), he wasn’t ever going to make it to the NFL. He had one year to earn as much money as possible.
 
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BillyBob1
#66      
Username
Fly Illini Fly! said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2087217557447074125
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JS' 1.44 "reported" 10 yard split is impressive, but I'd like to see how official/legit that is.

Let's not forget Megatron. Google AI provided me with the following from the 2007 combine.


Physical Size
    • Height: 6' 5"
    • Weight: 239 lbs
    • Arm Length: 33 3/8"
    • Hand Size: 9 1/4" [1]

Athletic Testing & Speed
    • 40-Yard Dash: 4.35 seconds
    • 10-Yard Split: 1.52 seconds
    • 20-Yard Split: 2.53 seconds
    • Vertical Jump: 42.5 to 45 inches (reported max/combine official)
    • Broad Jump: 11' 7" (139 inches) [1, 2]
 
#67      
Mr. Tibbs
I’m seeing smoke about University of Miami being considered for BigTen membership
 
#69      
Det_Illini_fan
Fly Illini Fly! said:
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I think we need Northwestern despite them not making as much sense (private, smaller, etc.). We need a close traditional rival. Purdue-Indiana, MSU-Michigan, Michigan-OSU. Something that challenges us to be better and not get passed up by them. Only issue is, Northwestern is pretty irrelevant to us in sports for the most part of our histories. Basketball or football
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
Det_Illini_fan said:
I think we need Northwestern despite them not making as much sense (private, smaller, etc.). We need a close traditional rival. Purdue-Indiana, MSU-Michigan, Michigan-OSU. Something that challenges us to be better and not get passed up by them. Only issue is, Northwestern is pretty irrelevant to us in sports for the most part of our histories. Basketball or football
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It’s good to annually have them as an easy win amongst the B10 gauntlet.
 
#74      
TheChief4Life
Mr. Tibbs said:
not sure

but perhaps why there was language about a 19th team in some recent regulations / media thing ?
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Yeah, there's about 5 teams the B1G is wanting with that 19th spot. Miami is one for sure. I don't know if any new "real" talk is happening about it right now, though.

Besides, the act has to pass first, which there's no guarantee it will. Until then, 19 is just a number, not a cap. That's the only reason there's new talk about a 19th team. The B1G, i believe, seemed to very specifically request that number to get on board with supporting the act or something like that.
 
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