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re: Does A&M make playoffs at 10-2?
Posted by Windy City on 10/1/26 at 8:51 am to Projectpat
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I say yes - in the past, early season losses have seemed to count less than late season losses. We'd have wins over Alabama and Texas. Seems like a surefire playoff berth.
The only reason I don't dismiss this out of hand is that Notre Dame lost to a bad Northern Illinois team and then made an epic run making the title game and finishing #2 in the country.
But we are not that Notre Dame team. We are nervous about Arkansas, which just about sums it all up. If we have a winning record I will be surprised.
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re: Federal Judge rules NCAA is not subject to Title IX
Posted by Windy City on 9/29/26 at 12:02 pm to stitchop
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the NCAA is the governing body of college athletics.
The NCAA is just pass through instrument for member universities. There is all sorts of case law on the books that shows the NCAA as not subject ot Title XI as well.
1999 NCAA vs. Smith is the baseline here.
NCAA vs Smith JUSTIA
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Respondent Smith played intercollegiate volleyball for two seasons at St. Bonaventure University. After she graduated from St. Bonaventure, Smith enrolled in postgraduate programs at Hofstra University and the University of Pittsburgh. She sought to play intercollegiate volleyball at those schools, but the NCAA denied her eligibility on the basis of its postbaccalaureate restrictions. At Smith's request, Hofstra and the University of Pittsburgh petitioned the NCAA to waive the restrictions, but, each time, the NCAA refused. Smith filed this lawsuit pro se, alleging, among other things, that the NCAA had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which proscribes sex discrimination in "any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance," 20 U. S. C. § 1681(a). The NCAA moved to dismiss on the ground that the complaint failed to allege that the NCAA is a recipient of federal financial assistance.
It was litigated to the Supreme court where a 9-0 Decision shut the case down saying the NCAA is not bound by Title XI.
re: Federal Judge rules NCAA is not subject to Title IX
Posted by Windy City on 9/29/26 at 11:51 am to stitchop
So for context,
This was a suit brought by Riley Gaines and the Independent Council on Women' Sports against the NCAA.
The plaintiffs claimed that the NCAA was violating their Title XI rights by allowing trans women to compete in collegiate sports.
The judge dismissed the lawsuit saying Title XI was not a valid basis for the complaint as the NCAA is not bound by that legislation.
So there is no change in the status of Title XI.
This was a suit brought by Riley Gaines and the Independent Council on Women' Sports against the NCAA.
The plaintiffs claimed that the NCAA was violating their Title XI rights by allowing trans women to compete in collegiate sports.
The judge dismissed the lawsuit saying Title XI was not a valid basis for the complaint as the NCAA is not bound by that legislation.
So there is no change in the status of Title XI.
re: Texas travels well. Already showing up in Knoxville
Posted by Windy City on 9/24/26 at 12:17 pm to HTX Horn
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To be honest I've always felt there's a special connection between Texas and Tennessee due to Tenn volunteers at the Alamo. The connection continues today w music, culture, etc.
But with due respect, Tennessee didn't send 30K volunteers to Texas. Maybe 30K "settlers" after the war was won. If in fact they had sent 30K volunteers to Texas then (a) we would have had a 5:1 advantage over the Mexican army and the Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto would never have happened, and (b) after crushing them at the Rio Grande we could've kept rolling into Mexico City.
This said, many of us in Texas do recognize and appreciate the contributions by those from Tennessee. But Davy Crockett could only have dreamed of having 30K volunteers for the military from Tennessee there with him.
We are talking a lot about Crockett, but Sam Houston's childhood home is about 15 miles from Knoxville.
We dropped in on it driving back from Knoxville to from the Smokies.
He had a pretty extensive life there before moving to Texas after his political career started to fade.
re: Texas travels well. Already showing up in Knoxville
Posted by Windy City on 9/24/26 at 9:42 am to Buster83
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The Vols that came to Texas left Tennessee because they could not stand it there anymore. It is well documented. Davy Crockett gave the big FU to Tennessee. Sorry to burst your bubble with facts.
Crockett left Tennessee because he hated the local big man Andrew Jackson and eventually lost his seat in congress over his opposition to Jackson's policies. That was the "You can go to hell, I am going to Texas" quote.
He arrived in Texas in January of 1836 and died at the Alamo March 6th, having been in the state less than three months.
Those are the facts.
re: Respect for Elko. Took total responsibility for loss.
Posted by Windy City on 9/22/26 at 9:00 am to IvoryBillMatt
I remember my blood pressure picking up every time Jimbo would step to the podium after yet another inexplicable loss and do his his patented two step of:
1) Reciting the events of the game in excruciating detail over a five minute span without any color or comment. He would just state that #34 for the other team got an interception and we were not able to get a fourth down conversion on our second drive of the third quarter, etc.
2) Proceed to babble at 400 miles per hour and talk over reporters and looked pissed and defensive.
1) Reciting the events of the game in excruciating detail over a five minute span without any color or comment. He would just state that #34 for the other team got an interception and we were not able to get a fourth down conversion on our second drive of the third quarter, etc.
2) Proceed to babble at 400 miles per hour and talk over reporters and looked pissed and defensive.
re: Is Leavitt really the best Kiffin could do?
Posted by Windy City on 9/21/26 at 11:42 am to Insurancerebel
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It was his 4th option...
If I remember correctly, Option #1 was Brendan Sorsby but he chose Tech and then Demond Williams Jr who decided to stay at Washington after conversations with attorneys.
How hilarious would that combination of Landy, Lane, and Sorsby have been in the media.
re: Lane Kiffin Begged for the Alabama Job, Nick Saban Blocked It
Posted by Windy City on 9/18/26 at 1:10 pm to Gen Patton
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It's the most recognizable three letters in all of American sports,
re: Lane Kiffin Begged for the Alabama Job, Nick Saban Blocked It
Posted by Windy City on 9/18/26 at 10:58 am to JasonDBlaha
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Kiffin may be a liability but he’s an infinitely better coach than DeBoer. The boosters at Alabama will look back on this in several years and wish that they could’ve had that same opportunity again.
There is no way you can prove this statement out.
Maybe Kiffin finally goes on to bigger and better things but so far he has
- coached 14 years for with a winning percentage of .690
- gone to 8 bowl games of no importance outside the 2021 Sugar Bowl where he got crushed by Dave Aranda and Baylor
- Had one playoff appearance that he did not show up for.
DeBoer
- coached six years with a .780 winning percentage
- Made a national title appearance and made the playoffs again last year
- Earned AP, Home Depot, and all sorts of other coach of the year awards
Kiffin was drinking his way through Tuscaloosa and Saban wanted to fire the guy before he bolted (again).
re: Talty's book "Lane Being Lane" is on Spotify now and part of their monthly premium service
Posted by Windy City on 9/17/26 at 9:01 am to koreandawg
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At least to this point, the book is not all bad about Kiffin. Some of his high school friends have good things to say. Some of the players at both Fresno and USC did not like him as a grad assistant or position coach and felt like he only got the job because of Monte.
Him trading on his Dad's name was one of the most consistent themes of his early career.
ESPN had an "oral history" of his tarmac firing at Southern Cal. Some of the comments.
Your Fired!
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Mike Garrett, USC AD, 1993-2010
I thought he was a student of the game, and I thought I had a maven in the works. I asked him to bring his father in, Monte. I thought Lane, offensively, could handle the load on that side of the ball, and Monte would handle the defensive side, and what a combination that would be.
Scott Wolf, USC beat reporter
They never would've hired him at SC except he made this pitch to them that he was bringing Monte Kiffin, who they thought was the best defensive coordinator in the country, and Ed Orgeron, who was a beloved figure at SC. That's how he got the job.
OU Board of Regents approves 6 Year $63 Million Extension to the Brent Venables contract
Posted by Windy City on 9/16/26 at 10:55 am
Sooners, I hail from the University that perfected the art of terrible coaching extensions right at the moment that coach sags into unmotivated irrelevance.
How excited are you to have Brent around through 2032?
THIS PROGRAM IS COOKED!! Yahoo Sports Article
How excited are you to have Brent around through 2032?
THIS PROGRAM IS COOKED!! Yahoo Sports Article
re: Why is Texas getting so much hate for their stadium atmosphere
Posted by Windy City on 9/15/26 at 3:16 pm to tBrand
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A snapshot of current percentages at two schools doesn't disprove a trend at Texas A&M. Texas is probably a decade ahead of you, but it's happening at A&M too: "Asian" enrollment at A&M doubled from 2000 to 2015, and has double again since 2015.
As you point out, the demographics of Texas have shifted drastically and A&M is not immune to the fact that Indian kids are over-represented at the top of their high school classes.
This is true.
Old Ags may not like it, but the incoming classes are now Mt. Everest sized and most of the students are going to A&M for a high quality and affordable education rather than the fact their Dad, Grandad, Uncle, Mom etc went there and they have a burning desire to beat TU.
The future alumni base is going to be vastly different and that reflects A&M's role as a public unversity.
re: What’s Landry being so involved in LSU athletics?
Posted by Windy City on 9/15/26 at 9:19 am to stitchop
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Governor Mike Braun of Indiana? Seems he has quite a hand in College governance.
Sweeping Governance Overhaul (Budget Bill, signed May 6, 2025)
The 2025-27 budget included last-minute provisions that critics called "a complete takeover" of public higher education:
Full gubernatorial control over the Indiana University Board of Trustees — eliminating alumni-elected seats so Braun appoints all nine members
Faculty "productivity" reviews and a requirement to post syllabi online
Faculty emeriti barred from voting in faculty governance bodies
~5% cut to state higher education funding
IU Board of Trustees: In June 2025, Braun appointed sports-connected members to the IU Board of Trustees, including reappointing former IU basketball great Quinn Buckner (who led IU to the 1976 national title) as board chair, and adding sports broadcaster Sage Steele
Most definitely.
Braun is one of the many pols that was pretty milquetoat and unappealing until he shed his skin and went full bore MAGA and then suddenly found a reliable voter base.
He is pretty despised in the Indiana University Community, as is Pam Whitten, but the average joe on the small town street is voting for him happily.
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re: The Texas monkey is back, with a special appearance by Pole Assassin
Posted by Windy City on 9/13/26 at 11:38 am to BOSCEAUX
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Legit question. Who is this skank? I honestly don’t know.
You can't appreciate it without the full backstory. Infinity the Pole Assassin aka Dani Thomas is a "performer"/stripper that hit the big time on Jerry Springer and continues to this day doing her stripper pole performances. She has an "emotional support monkey" that also dances with her.
When Sark takes over in Austin, he brings in Jeff Banks from Alabama to coach special teams.
Social media lights up that Banks and Pole Assassin get married . . .all is well until Halloween of 2021 when a lawsuit is filed claiming the emotional support monkey attacked and bit a kid during trick or treating.
re: Here's my view of SEC fans' reactions to this LSU mess
Posted by Windy City on 9/11/26 at 9:03 am to chimneylooker
LSU Fans are completely ignorant of the legal system but have been spouting idiotic nonsense with 100% certainty since this all began. Just go back in your trailer and watch football. The conference was already tired of you and this has made it 10x worse.
re: Now that everyone agrees that the SEC is acting irrationally
Posted by Windy City on 9/9/26 at 10:11 am to whatiknowsofar
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How long will it take for the conference to rebuild its image?
The conference is acting totally rationally. Why are so many LSU fans dullards?
The SEC is a wolf pack fighting for revenue dollars against other packs. LSU, the delta, middle tier workman member of the SEC pack, is trying to flex against the real conference money maker Alphas for their own benefit.
Like all pack behavior, that Delta mid tier wolf gets slapped down hard as a reminder of the pack hierarchy.
From Gemini, on punishment for Pack rule breakers like LSU.
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1. Physical Corrections (Muzzle Grabs & Pinning)
Pinning (Passive Submission): If a younger wolf aggressively pushes boundaries, an adult will stand over them and pin them to the ground.
2. Social Ostracism & Temporary Exclusion
Banishment from Carcasses: (Ie revenue dollars)
Temporary Exclusion: A wolf that is being overly disruptive to the pack's harmony or safety may be temporarily shunned
3. Permanent Exile (For Chronic Delinquents)If a wolf consistently refuses to cooperate, routinely challenges the breeding pair, or creates severe internal tension,
It may be driven out of the pack permanently
Little yapping Lane and Gov Landry already have us stage 3. Remarkable.
re: Imagine an Independent With This Strong of a Brand and Lower Academic Standards Than ND
Posted by Windy City on 9/8/26 at 11:03 am to Tarpon08
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Do it pussies.
LSU's brand appeals to the bottom third of income earners in a very specific geography that doesn't even span Louisiana.
But I will give you the lower academic standards.
re: I still have no idea what LSU has actually done wrong
Posted by Windy City on 9/3/26 at 3:04 pm to SidewalkTiger
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It's using hometown judges to circumvent eligibility rules.
The same in both cases, just different causes.
Agreed . . .my point is though that the circumstances of the Chambliss injunction have zero relevance to the current legal back and forth.
It should not be cited as some sort of justification or even relevant datapoint regarding Lane and LSU coaching pro players on ginning up legal challenges that would invalidate existing NCAA and SEC conference rules.
re: I still have no idea what LSU has actually done wrong
Posted by Windy City on 9/3/26 at 2:52 pm to AlaTiger
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How is this different from Ole Miss fighting for a 6th year for Chambliss? Schools fight for players all the time against set rules, but it’s always with the NCAA. When have we seen the SEC making its own rules on player eligibility?
In the Chambliss case, the very narrow issue was whether the NCAA unfairly denied his request for a medical redshirt. He had chronic respiratory issues and severe tonsillitis in 2022 when playing for Ferris State. The NCAA denied his request for a medical redshirt three times, and a judge finally said that the NCAA was ignoring its own standards on medical redshirts and that he deserved the extra year of eligibility that was clearly permissible under the existing NCAA rulebook.
It was not a case of trying to invalidate existing rules via small town judges ala Lane Kiffin and LSU. It was a case of forcing the NCAA to apply its own rules fairly.
re: LSU to B1G and PSU to SEC
Posted by Windy City on 9/3/26 at 1:43 pm to NitsFan71
The Big 10 is not going to take Lobotomy State University
re: Every fan of every team needs to take a step back.
Posted by Windy City on 9/3/26 at 12:48 pm to The Eric
Solid cope right here.
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