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  1. billybud

    Recruit Team Rankings mean less now

    Some coaches have rapidly moved to building teams with a combination of high school recruits and portal transfers. Recruit class rankings may not be as valid as they used to be. I remember a former coach saying that he was not interested in anybody who would transfer, it was all about...
  2. billybud

    Khalan Laborn...RB for Marshall

    I will be rooting for the Huskies...but have an interest in Marshall's Khalal Laborn. Laborn was booted from the FSU team for "breaking team rules". He came back to FSU as a student and earmed his degree and then transferred to Marshall. Earning that degree caught my attention and I wish...
  3. billybud

    Program's Get NO NCAA PAYOUT For Tournament....No Units Earned

    The men's programs are awarded "units" for games played in the tourney... Example...the ACC this year will earn a minimum (so far) of $26 million payable rolling forward six years....The Big Ten earned $18 million. The Women? Teams in the tournament do not earn money for their conferences...
  4. billybud

    SEC Doesn’t Hold Serve... Tournament’s Lowest Conference Average Seeds

    CONFERENCE.....# TEAMS.....# SWEET 16.....AVERAGE SEED.....MEDIAN SEED......WINS.....LOSSES MAAC..........................1.......................1.........................15.0........................15.0.....................2................0 PAC...
  5. billybud

    Will Transformation Committee take a Scalpel or Bonfire Approach?

    from ESPN... https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33117622/ncaa-committee-faces-hurdles-deliver-real-change
  6. billybud

    OT...Alabama Basketball...the rich to build new arena...$600 million for athletic improvements

    https://patch.com/alabama/tuscaloosa/ua-takes-next-step-toward-new-arena-board-vote-set-friday
  7. billybud

    A&M and maybe the best recruiting class ever n icollege football...cost? Estimates of $25-30 milllion

    https://gigemgazette.com/2022/01/06/texas-am-football-paying-price-2022-top-overall-class/
  8. billybud

    OT....A New Year...a Time to Reflect...Musings From an Old Guy

    From my vantage point of 75 years of age...I look back upon the glory days...my own and those that I consider the glory days of football...a full on binge of nostalgia this ending of another trip around the sun. I often grow nostalgic for the football that once was. Because not every game was...
  9. billybud

    Disney...Thoughts on where they may be going

    Long...I type stupid stuff faster after morning coffee. ESPN and Sports Betting...a paradigm shift Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN is seeking to license its brand to major sports bettingcompanies for at least $3 billion over several years, according to people familiar with the matter, aiming to...
  10. billybud

    More Alliance Info..Pete Thamel

    https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/acc-alliance-with-big-ten-pac-12-could-impact-scheduling-playoff But nothing really new...
  11. billybud

    Maybe this is where we are heading....down the road some.

    The NCAA may be on its last legs re college football. Speculation is mounting that college football will break away and create its own power structure -- separate from the non-revenue sports and maybe even basketball ...geographical constraints could become much less of a concern. I have no...
  12. billybud

    Victor Rosa...why UConn may have a leg up

    Rosa knows he will not be playing quarterback at the next level so a lot of his offseason work is focused on developing the skills at receiver, running back and defensive back because that is where he will be assigned to play in college. For help with this, as well as the rest of the recruiting...
  13. billybud

    And here we go....

    Each of the 90 existing Miami scholarship players will be offered a $500 a month contract (up to $6000 for a year) to endorse American Top Team through their social media accounts, personal appearances and other marketing vehicles. If all 90 players opt to accept a deal, the total American Top...
  14. billybud

    ESPN Too Early Basketball Top 25 (UConn listed as "next in line")

    Nova #2....Gonzaga #1 Conference teams represented B1G...........5...(probably will get rated best conference) ACC..........5 SEC..........5 B12...........3 P12...........2 AAC..........1 BE.............1 St. Bonaventure Colorado State Gonzaga...
  15. billybud

    Cars....

    I have a 2019 Genesis G70 AWD that I like a lot....(It is loaded...HUD, air conditioned seats, tech gadgetry..) I am now in the looking process to trade my second car, an Audi Q5 for a Genesis G80. Anyone have any knowledge of downsides of a G80...3.8
  16. billybud

    New ACC Commish on Playoff expansion...

    "An expanded playoff’s impact on player safety, the regular-season and academic calendar, and a bowl system that Phillips believes “is worth saving” all must be examined. “I think we’ll get to the right place,” Phillips said. “But to me, that’s not gonna happen in a few months or the next six...
  17. billybud

    Georgetown represents the BE in Women's Soccer Tournament.

    For those that follow the women: Georgetown is the #13 seed and has a first game bye...will face winner of South Carolina-Montana....most likely will play #4 seed TCU in game two. Central Connecticut State will open with USF and the winner will play #7 seed Texas A &M. All tournament sites...
  18. billybud

    The Never Ending Road Trip

    The teams that are left in the dance are setting records for length of a road trip...The Seminoles left Tallahassee on March 9th for the ACC tournament and have not returned.... Weeks in hotels on end...quarantining as soon as you hit the hotel, no outside restaurants....etc In fact, when they...
  19. billybud

    Seeds that made the Sweet Sixteen

    CONFERENCE............TEAMS..............AVERAGE SWEET SIXTEEN SEED ACC....................................2.......................................7.5 B10.....................................1........................................1...
  20. billybud

    Programs and a style of play...

    Some programs seem to have a dominant style of play that tempts me to pigeon hole them. Alabama....offensive tempo, spread, perimeter shooting team...ordinary defense...but long range bombers. Their strength may be their limitation. Gonzaga.....Shooters...sharp shooters...fluid ball...
  21. billybud

    Lunardi March 13...Palm

    Lunardi......UConn #8 vs Rutgers #9...winner plays Baylor Palm.....UConn #6 vs #11 Maryland...winner plays Houston
  22. billybud

    OT...Virginia vs FSU

    FSU leading the #7 Cavs by 25 with 7:30 left...darn... The Noles have zero quality losses to their name, and it's absolutely killing them. NET ranking all the way down to #25. So many teams have been racking up quality losses all year. This game is turning into a disaster,
  23. billybud

    Michigan "pauses" all athletics

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The entire University of Michigan athletic department is pausing after several positive tests for the new COVID-19 variant that transmits at a higher rate. The state Department of Health and Human Services issued the mandate Saturday, with the school saying it follows...
  24. billybud

    Do you have the usual enthusiasm?

    This Covid season makes it difficult for me to maintain high enthusiasm. The games cancelled/postponed...lack of continuity....players out. The Huskies have played 8 and have had 6 postponed/cancelled. Honestly, does this season feel different and have you adjusted?
  25. billybud

    UMass adds future games.... goes to FSU & Pitt in 2021

    FSU pays $1.5 million.... UMass also adds Texas A&M in 2022..Auburn 2023...Miss State & Georgia 2024, BC in 2025, Colorado in 2028
  26. billybud

    Pizza from Internet

    I am ordering Pizza from "Goldbelly's" ...internet ordered delivered...can't get good pizza here in the mountains. One offering is Zuppardi's Apizza New Haven style...(west New Haven)...home made sausage appeals to me....another is from NYC..Di Faro's classic neapolitan...anybody order pizza...
  27. billybud

    OT....Jim Phillips to Replace Swofford

    The ACC has announced that the AD of Northwestern, Jim Phillips, will replace Swofford in June. Phillips served as the Associate AD at Notre Dame prior to when they moved to ACC for sports other than football....and was well thought of in the Big Ten. Phillips was named the new commissioner of...
  28. billybud

    Funny Play Costs Gators Game...

    With fourth down coming up for LSU, a Tiger player lost his shoe... Florida defensive player Marcos Wilson picks it up and chucks it 20 yards down field......flag thrown, 15 yard penalty...and on 4th down, LSU kicks a 57 yard field goal to win the game..... I would guess that there is a Gator...
  29. billybud

    ACC Coaches Propose an All Inclusive NCAA Tournament....

    ACC Coaches Propose an All Inclusive NCAA Tournament.... Per Jeff Goodman of Stadium, Krzyzewski and the ACC coaches will propose an "all-inclusive" 2021 NCAA tournament. Goodman noted that every ACC head coach unanimously voted for the proposal on a Wednesday conference call. 346 eligible...
  30. billybud

    Under Armour seeking to end $280 million deal with UCLA

    When Under Armour signed a 15-year, $280 million deal with UCLA in 2016, it was the largest deal in college sports history. Now, less than five years into the deal, Under Armour is attempting to get out. https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/ncaa/under-armour-seeking-end-280-million-deal-ucla
  31. billybud

    On Campus Covid 19 Labs

    ....I wonder if this is the way more campuses will roll? Gary Ostrander, FSU's vice president for research, updated the panel on the university's plans to open its own COVID-19 testing center in the very near future. Ostrander said a suitable facility in Innovation Park was recently acquired...
  32. billybud

    115 Coaches Vote National Champion

    https://247sports.com/college/arkansas/Article/College-basketball-coronavirus-NCAA-Tournament-why-Kansas-would-have-won-145080239/?fbclid=IwAR1v-mTl6mqsuQDXy_5TPmq8gjvsnZHuLT35nkyAmDNQIRhii-GPkULgn24
  33. billybud

    OT...It's Official...Vitale Declares National Champ

    Ah Dickie...and after all we have said about you...We can now go all UCF and hang the banner... https://thespun.com/college-hoops/dick-vitale-unveils-his-2020-ncaa-tournament-champion-if-it-was-played/amp
  34. billybud

    Jim Calhoun takes another team to the dance

    https://nesn.com/2020/03/hall-of-fame-coach-jim-calhoun-leads-division-iii-team-to-ncaa-tournament/
  35. billybud

    Preseason Projections...UConn in Gainesville Regional

    These way too early projections by Baseball America may not be worth more than the entertainment value... UConn placed with Florida, Virginia, and Central Connecticut State... https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2020-preseason-projected-field-of-64/
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