Recent content by Dkayak

I’m just fine with a .500 average and maybe a bowl every other year. That’s not to say better isn’t preferred but after the last 40 years, .500 sounds like progress to me. I‘ll settle for competitively entertaining w/o blowouts.

Then count us out for season tickets after this season and call me jaded. Maybe we’re alone? I doubt it though. My wife graduated college on a full ride athletic scholarship and is grateful for the opportunity, despite the extra work for practice, travel, and games. Without it, college wasn’t...

The result of a very uneven competitive landscape, dominated by an annual talent auction fueled by big NIL$. Why bother to watch any longer? Hand me the remote.

So the goal is $11m to pay 85 students who already get full scholarships, tutoring, and a pampered university experience. That’s an average salary of $129,000. So much for student athletes. Let’s be honest here, they’re professionals. Folks who feel this was a good move will have to pay the...

I’m not even close to giving up on him. If not BB, who else? Change takes time.

Bird in the hand. They’re free agents with no guarantee of being drafted, enjoying a five-year auction for their talent. The wise ones will hedge their NFL hopes by earning a degree along the way, but transfers don’t help that aspect. Some will end up undrafted and without a fallback career plan.

If true, his seniority mindset makes him a poor fit for any team. Good riddance. We should play the very best, regardless of tenure.

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/4/12/24127385/johnny-newton-2024-nfl-draft-defensive-tackle-best-defender

I think he’s saying college football itself is screwed, not Illini football per se. Eventually even the elites are In trouble, as even they can’t thrive without credible competition. Crush the bottom 75% and there’s insufficient revenue, the thing that fueled the sport’s demise. It’s the sport...

Good luck creating any sort of equilibrium from this mess!

Actually weekdays are better. i never go to a place like Costco on weekends. Weekdays are prime time for road cyclists. I‘m torn between supporting the team and refusing to support the idea of weeknight football games. They’re just not necessary. The only driver is big money, the thing that’s...

Ensuring each game is at least streamed over a crummy, jerky feed like Peacock. I’m tempted to boycott Thursday games on principle, despite season tickets, being retired, and living less than 90 minutes away. I’ll do Fridays, but weekdays?

Correct. The amount of potential revenue media companies can extract from college sports fans is finite. Media companies behave as though more promotion will yield more revenue, but there’s a limit somewhere, and they‘re determined to find it. Most fans will only pay so much before shifting...

Once you remove academics, there are no student athletes or scholarships, so no Title IX.

Agreed. We’ve retreated from the East Balconey to East main in bad weather. Other than a few posts in the way, it was very nice, with a far better view of the field than from the Horseshoe.