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re: Josh Pate: Nico Almost Sat Out Playoff Game
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:19 am to Phat Phil
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:19 am to Phat Phil
I love sports(certain ones anyway) with a passion. But man we really f'ed up by allowing this monster to grow so big. Way too much emphasis in our society. And then we allow athletes to feel more important than they really are.
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Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:30 am to Victor R Franko
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Mobsters, if not already, are going to get a hold of these kids or family, if they haven't already.
Money is to big now and there is absolutely no oversight, investigation arm, or enforcement with these players.
I mostly doubt it but some people thought Milroe may have thrown the Oklahoma game. He did lob a couple of easy picks to OU, one a pick 6, and 0 for his own team. He also turned the ball over 3 straight possession vs Michigan in the bowl game.
In any event, I 'm glad that piece of shite half assed qb is finally gone.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:32 am to Gunga Din
As for their majors being worthless, wasn't that their choice? There are very many examples of players having true majors and successful careers post playing careers.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:39 am to BLG
quote:Uh, look at Nico's stats in the Arkansas game.
I mostly doubt it but some people thought Milroe may have thrown the Oklahoma game
Look at the last play. Don't tell me that wasn't a "business decison".
ML was Arkansas +400 on that game.
This post was edited on 4/14/25 at 9:42 am
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:53 am to Gunga Din
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I kind of chuckle at this. Players both then and now... got their "free education" in majors that would embarrass an art history major in terms of real earning power. Any advantage they got from their degree was due to name and networking.
Really? Because the physEd majors would get jobs coaching football, basketball and baseball in high schools, with opportunities to get a masters and move into admin
Art history majors go make coffee for the drive through at Starbucks
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:57 am to tide06
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Trying to enjoy being a fan of college athletics now is like trying to date a stripper: you have to be cynical or naive as hell to make it work because logically it doesn’t make any sense.
What a great way to represent the feeling. Perfect.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 9:59 am to Phat Phil
What made college football have mass appeal and more than a minor league sport are the things that differentiate it from the NFL. Amateurs (yes maybe with a some cash handshakes) playing for love of game, university, state pride, tradition, etc. even if it was never true, the perception made it seem like a more pure game.
Now it is everything the NFL is and so much worse. The best 1% will be fine and have NFL careers but the other 99% that the old model benefited with a free education, preferred admission, name recognition and discipline to benefit their non-football careers, and the pure fun of getting to be a college athlete will get wiped out. Fans will be gone within a decade at this pace.
Now it is everything the NFL is and so much worse. The best 1% will be fine and have NFL careers but the other 99% that the old model benefited with a free education, preferred admission, name recognition and discipline to benefit their non-football careers, and the pure fun of getting to be a college athlete will get wiped out. Fans will be gone within a decade at this pace.
This post was edited on 4/14/25 at 10:01 am
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:04 am to jangalang
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Tuberville will lead us to real change.
Well we are in real trouble, that dude is so dumb they have to bring him in if its raining so he doesnt drown.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:10 am to jangalang
Alabama fans voted in Tuberville.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:13 am to jangalang
Hard to believe so many voted for the type leadership that put that thing in a position of military leadership. Democrats are horrible people.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:19 am to Phat Phil
quote:Jesus
Nico Almost Sat Out Playoff Game
frick that guy
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:24 am to TT9
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didn't vote for either. You idiots can't wrap your head around that most people in this country hate both sides.
Because that isn't true.
If most people in this country actually hated both sides, there would be a viable third option.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:25 am to TheFourHorsemen
The problem you guys have is your team has never really felt the pain of other teams cheating until now.
And now you are reacting as if the world is ending. Where were you when your teams were buying players for decades while the majority of schools did not? I’m in south Georgia and players from the 80’s, 90,s and 00’s openly talk as do the high school coaches about what they got from Auburn, Bama, UGA, FSU, etc. And you guys loved it because you could beat your chest about winning. UGA beating GT the past 40 years is no different than professional wrestling because the game was rigged. And most of those guys now regret it because the bag money has long been spent, the cars they got are now gone, and even if they got a degree it’s half worthless.
Rules will never be followed because teams want to get the best players to win and they start in them in 6th grade .
I love NIL and the portal because it puts every school in the same situation for the first time ever. Players wanting to sit out or transfer is the new paradigm for coaches just like utilizing the bagman was at one point decades ago. The coaches who adapt will win. Saban was a king at the bagman system but decided he didn’t want to learn the new system. The next generation of coaches will learn to adapt or lose.
And now you are reacting as if the world is ending. Where were you when your teams were buying players for decades while the majority of schools did not? I’m in south Georgia and players from the 80’s, 90,s and 00’s openly talk as do the high school coaches about what they got from Auburn, Bama, UGA, FSU, etc. And you guys loved it because you could beat your chest about winning. UGA beating GT the past 40 years is no different than professional wrestling because the game was rigged. And most of those guys now regret it because the bag money has long been spent, the cars they got are now gone, and even if they got a degree it’s half worthless.
Rules will never be followed because teams want to get the best players to win and they start in them in 6th grade .
I love NIL and the portal because it puts every school in the same situation for the first time ever. Players wanting to sit out or transfer is the new paradigm for coaches just like utilizing the bagman was at one point decades ago. The coaches who adapt will win. Saban was a king at the bagman system but decided he didn’t want to learn the new system. The next generation of coaches will learn to adapt or lose.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:26 am to Phat Phil
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Now I understand why Nick Saban retired
Yep, Nick didn't retire because he was "scared" of losing due to the NIL and transfer portal. He said in his post-retirement interview with Rees Davis that it got to the point where players were coming into his office not wanting to talk about anything other than money and "how much are you going to pay me?".
He also started running into it on the recruiting trail as well. The visits had nothing to do with football, but all the kid and parents cared about was "how much are you going to pay us?". He said at that point he knew it was time to pack it in.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:26 am to RunningJacket
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Where were you when your teams were buying players for decades while the majority of schools did not?
Don't be this guy.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:42 am to Phat Phil
frick this for real. I can't wait for this to collapse and the money to dry up. Then the NFL can start their little farm leagues like they want and we can get our sport back
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:47 am to RunningJacket
The scary thing is that you actually believe what you typed. LOL!
Posted on 4/14/25 at 10:58 am to Tridentds
Insane. Spoiled arse kids are going to ruin CFB.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 11:44 am to RunningJacket
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I love NIL and the portal because it puts every school in the same situation for the first time ever
You make no sense…
Money…
Not every school has the money or boosters or donors. So now youre in the exact same place as before but just out in the open.
If not ,schools like GATech would just out bid everyone else like some schools do now.
The only thing that has changed is you now have players with all the power and acting like spoiled brats.
Posted on 4/14/25 at 12:29 pm to Phat Phil
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Not just Nico, but several players from other programs renegotiated in the middle of a playoff run, holding the team hostage.
The only way to stop this bullshite is by banning NIL collectives altogether and levying severe penalties against schools that allow these collectives to operate to their benefit. Kids are free to go sign endorsements with Nike or Bubba’s auto body shop or whoever, but there needs to be a permanent ban on fans, boosters and other interests pooling money and securing endorsements deals as a recruitment tool.
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