Recent content by STLini25

@UCLA is WAY harder than Iowa at home

Almost the entire offense is back next year. In addition, BB does not like playing freshman. We aren’t playing freshman next year.

They have 33 points TOTAL in the last 4 games (including a game against Eastern Michigan) and they scored 37 on us.

I’m sorry. But I’m not missing the point you are. You LITERALLY said “our NIL is comparable to Purdue.” Purdue is one of the worst teams in the P4, That is the #1 problem. If we had average NIL we beat Purdue by 17. Now we go .500 against them. Can we beat Purdue? Yes. Can we beat 12 of the 17...

It is absolutely the main reason. If we had average BT talent we would have won. And I’ll prove it’s the number reason. If our NIL doesn’t improve, we will be a bottom 5 BT team. To change your argument, CAN we beat Purdue with our talent/NIL? Absolutely. But you are splitting hairs between...

I’m not sure your I understand your point. People are not saying Duke and Purdue are more talented than us. But that doesn’t correct the problem and the reality. We have bottom 5 talent out of the 34 teams in the BT and SEC. If we played Purdue, Maryland, Rutgers, MSU 100 times our record will...

Maryland is awful

We aren’t raising FOOTBALL funds other schools are. If you combine football and basketball funds we are between $15M and $20M in NIL which probably gets to the middle of the Big Ten. We are just have a lot of NIL going to an extremely successful basketball program.

While what you say is true, it’s also true that the average conference record for teams in the BT with our money is about 3-6. You can’t expect better with our spend.

Can he start this Saturday?

I think you are pretty optimistic there. Our schedule this year and the last couple years has been easy. Next year, we are looking at 2-10 with 7+ potential blowout losses. Missouri, Indiana, PennState, Michigan, USC, UCLA, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota, Purdue We have to beat...

100%. All sports have gone to salary cap to prevent what you are describing. Baseball is the last holdout which will have a lockout in 2027 and a salary cap when they return. It’s shocking to me schools can get $5M-$10M in NIL from donors which gets you a below .500 conference record. Who...

The game was never clearly out of reach. We were favorites most of the 3rd quarter. Brett even said in the press conference, even when they scored to go up 14 with 4 minutes left he thought we had a chance. I agree with you though that Clayton and Boyd should get snaps going forward although...

I agree again. In football, we got ahead of the NIL in 2024 (kudos to Josh). In 2025, we had several key players stay for less (thanks Luke). In 2026, we are at the back of the BT in NIL. We are a back quarter BT program until something changes. Even if we double our NIL from $5M to $10M we are...

I agree. It’s correctable with money. But we currently do not have the football money.