TomRollTideRitter
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re: Rice could field a really good football program, if they wanted to.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/28/25 at 8:59 am to FAT SEXY
The modern demographics of a school like Rice aren’t conducive to athletic success even with NIL.
Your post also ignores that a lot of athletic donations are used as a way to become a power broker in a state.
A Texas A&M grad in the oil business actually generates an investment return on his NIL/athletic support by networking in the boxes at an Aggie game.
There’s no such thing for Chinese Rice grad in San Francisco or Shenzhen.
Your post also ignores that a lot of athletic donations are used as a way to become a power broker in a state.
A Texas A&M grad in the oil business actually generates an investment return on his NIL/athletic support by networking in the boxes at an Aggie game.
There’s no such thing for Chinese Rice grad in San Francisco or Shenzhen.
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re: The evolving DK Metcalf headline
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/22/25 at 7:49 am to ReauxlTide222
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ETA: it doesn’t appear you were being a smartass. So my apologies for responding like one.
No worries. I could have worded my post better as well. It’s reasonable to expect that something more harsh would have to be said and maybe it was.
That said, my experience with young men who have been very heavily influenced by the worst parts of black culture, is they have little to no impulse control, so anything can set them off at any time. Also, performance enhancing drugs can play a role in outbursts of anger by athletes.
re: The evolving DK Metcalf headline
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/22/25 at 7:35 am to ReauxlTide222
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What in the world could the fan have said or done? I imagine it had to have been pretty vulgar/cruel.
I used to think this way when I was like 16, but then I actually met some players and learned more about them.
Most these 70 IQ guys get set off by just “You a bitch”
re: The only way to fix college football...
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/21/25 at 8:18 am to StringedInstruments
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The NFL cannot tell any player that they can’t make money with side businesses outside of their NFL contract.
This isn’t correct. If it was, every owner could very easily circumvent the salary cap.
I guess the NFL can’t prevent them from doing it, but the NFL could absolutely fire them for it. And were college players under employment agreements, they could be deemed ineligible under certain circumstances as well.
Do you, or whatever activist judge who made this ruling, think if an NFL player wanted to do an ad for ISIS, that the NFL shouldn’t be able to take any corrective action?
re: Fallout from G5 being locked out
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/20/25 at 8:21 pm to DeathValley85
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Bowls have been devalued to nothing so that’s not something to play for anymore. A G5 playoff won’t be valued very much either.
Compared to the major playoff it wouldn’t be, but I think it would be valued more than you imagine.
Bowl games between G5 teams consistently pull better ratings than regular season college basketball games between blue bloods. There’s just a ton of demand for football and a ton of demand for football around Christmas and New Year’s when people are off work.
re: The G5 showing today should result in a good thing
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/20/25 at 7:59 pm to 9Fiddy
The transfer portal has killed the G5’s ability to compete with the P2. Patterson TCU, Urban Utah, or Peterson Boise wouldn’t have won a playoff but could have competed.
In the transfer portal era, James Madison’s players capable of competing with Oregon are playing for Indiana.
I agree with your proposal except for including the bowls. Just play them all on campus until the national championship. The atmosphere at Montana-Montana State today was electric.
In the transfer portal era, James Madison’s players capable of competing with Oregon are playing for Indiana.
I agree with your proposal except for including the bowls. Just play them all on campus until the national championship. The atmosphere at Montana-Montana State today was electric.
re: CFP Committee needs to scrap this current format.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/20/25 at 7:54 pm to BbyB
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1 Indiana 16 USC
5 OREGON
12 BYU
2 OHIO ST
15 UTAH
All these games kind of suck.
If we are going to be honest that the G5 can no longer compete in the transfer portal era, we also need to be honest that the ACC, Big XII, and most of the B1G are nowhere near the SEC.
If the SEC just added Florida State, Clemson, Miami, and Georgia Tech, I’d support a full split from FBS by the SEC.
re: DeBoer and “the fans”
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/20/25 at 9:46 am to Robot Santa
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I don't demand perfection or expect us to beat good teams by 3 TDs like the good ole days. It's not reasonable. I'm just really sick of us coming out looking totally unprepared.
Yes, I was not called for DeBoer to be fired during the game, but that first quarter performance was unacceptable by any standard.
I think DeBoer is solid, and I hope we don’t lose him. But there are still disconcerting things about the team in both years
re: 68 Ventures Bowl: Louisiana (6-6) vs Delaware (6-6)
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/17/25 at 8:06 pm to Lanelsu83
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ULL is the worst program in the state
It was a joke, but in reality, I bet the HBCUs are much worse.
re: 68 Ventures Bowl: Louisiana (6-6) vs Delaware (6-6)
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/17/25 at 8:00 pm to Palmetto08
Two flagship institutions going head to head
re: Chicago Bears idly threaten to relocate to Gary, IN
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/17/25 at 6:28 pm to SirWinston
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Its just a leverage play.
The fact they said “This is not about leverage” means it definitely is.
re: Twelve Best Teams...Period
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/17/25 at 7:22 am to YoungSteele830
You are right that those are better matchups, but I find it annoying that one of main arguments for expanding the playoff and even creating one in the first was you have to give these little guys a chance.
Now that the media got a bigger playoff, I see some of the same media members that were saying “What about Boise State? What about UCF?” saying those teams shouldn’t even play at this level.
Now that the media got a bigger playoff, I see some of the same media members that were saying “What about Boise State? What about UCF?” saying those teams shouldn’t even play at this level.
re: Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs Jax State
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 10:22 pm to RB10
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Why do they keep trying all these trick plays? They’re running it well, just run the ball.
Yeah it’s like they practiced them in bowl prep, so they feel like they have to use them despite terrible results.
re: Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs Jax State
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 10:20 pm to RB10
Charles Kelly cannot take that penalty there, but his team bailed him out.
re: Knicks may get NYC first hardware since 2012
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 9:41 pm to nola tiger lsu
This manufactured garbage doesn’t count
re: Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs Jax State
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 9:28 pm to all4AU
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There's definitely been some juice. They need to make this a regular season game now that Jax St is FBS.
Yeah that was a pretty entertaining half. Lots of good hitting.
re: Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs Jax State
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 8:54 pm to RB10
The energy of this game has been good. Maybe every bowl needs to matchup former rivals.
re: Salute to Veterans Bowl: Troy vs Jax State
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 8:40 pm to MasterAbe1
Should be a solid matchup. Battle for the Ol School Bell and also coincidentally a matchup of two teams that share the nicknames of the two USCs.
re: Joel Klatt: The NCAA basketball tournament is the "dumbest tournament in all of sports"
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/16/25 at 10:46 am to Kinderman
He’s right that it’s a bad way to determine a champion. Playoffs in general aren’t a great way because they place arbitrary meaning on games at the end of the season.
That said it’s an entertaining way to determine a champion, and the NCAA would need much smaller divisions like European soccer to determine a champion in a good way without a playoff.
That said it’s an entertaining way to determine a champion, and the NCAA would need much smaller divisions like European soccer to determine a champion in a good way without a playoff.
re: CFB various games thread Saturday 12/13/25
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/13/25 at 2:05 pm to S
He probably thought he’d gone ten yards but didn’t consider they’d lost yards on the first play.
re: Athletic: MJ Reforms NASCAR
Posted by TomRollTideRitter on 12/13/25 at 10:20 am to prplhze2000
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You can guess what will happen now. With non-expiring charters, investors will line up to buy into assets that are currently undervalued based on their previously uncertain lifespans. There’s no reason charter values shouldn’t double (or more) in the next few years, with the promise they won’t expire.
How is this any less of a monopoly? Seems like the old system would have allowed any one with the means to do so to pay to start a team whereas this new system will allow a handful of people who were owners at the right time to dominate the system.
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