koreandawg

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It’s not a good look and other coaches are seeing this.
Do they think Kiffen would want to coach there after all this?
Or any other coach worth a damn .
It’s back to 1980’s LSU

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Yep. Trying to get out of paying a buyout by trying to dig up dirt on your coach is not a good look. None of the other SEC schools would ever do it.

Consider that nearly three decades ago that leaving Ole Miss for Auburn was a no brainer. Now it's not a given with UF and LSU.

A take very few have had except for every podcast I listen to.

Where they go affects the viewership. They will have more stories focusing on those teams. Not a good idea to go outside the SEC or B1G right now.

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I was, and remain in some ways, its harshest critic. So much so I stopped watching midseason last year and didn't watch my beloved Crimson Tides last 5 games, the playoffs or NCG. But this seasons surprise contenders has greatly surprised me forcing me to question my initial evaluation of the impacts of NIL and the portal - and 12 team playoff. What surprised me most is the 2025 parity - or competitive uprising if you like - of teams who have historically been also-rans and cellar dwellers: Indiana, Illinoise, Virginia, BYU, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Miami (and even an already a highly improved LK led Ole Miss) have used NIL & the Portal to instantly rebuild their rosters to become real competition for the Bluebloods, on both sides of the ball - shaking up the tried and true historic conventional college powers in ways I've never seen in my lifetime. NIL, the Portal, and 12 Team Playoff has lit a fire across the nation adding fans and interest from areas north and west that lost massive interest and fans of college football over the last decade.

As of now it appears NIL, the Portal, and 12 team Playoff have rejuvenated college football in places where it was declining and created an air of unpredictability and excitement that hasn't been around for a half century or more. I have to admit it appears to be a good thing despite its warts.

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If they had a 12 team playoff before NIL, how would it have looked different than now. Still only about four to five teams that really have a shot to win three or four playoff games.

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Maybe I'm just being crazy but millions do that every year.

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Millions go to a golf course and watch others do that for a hobby? Never seen it.

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Anyone else think this is not a big deal? Was the guy supposed to not have any free time? Why can't he go watch or play golf instead of going to lunch or dinner at Longhorns?

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Yeah. Whether it was a big deal or not, I don't know. Suppose it depends how much "free time" he was taking to do his hobby.

But whether it was or wasn't, going to a golf course to watch someone else play golf is funny.

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Of all the coaches we have had over the years with personality and swagger, right now he is the only one.

I put him on Spurrier level of interest.

All the rest seem vanilla. Or maybe I am missing one (maybe Beamer? Can’t think of any others).

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What others have we truly had outside of Spurrier that would actually trash talk?

Miles was quirky, Ed had the Cajun stuff going on, Leach was unique but I really think you're misremembering. I don't recall having a whole lot of characters all at once.

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We just need a damn coach!

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You've really only had two worthy ones in your history. :lol:

at that point. Luckily, it was his non throwing arm. But it was bent at the elbow in a way not intended. Hope he gets well soon. Exciting player.