nvasil1
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| Registered on: | 10/11/2009 |
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I also don't see this a real consideration, but more of a PR move.
Exactly, that's all it is.
He's their lone Heisman winner and arguably the best player in school history. If he's serious about getting into coaching, give him a courtesy interview and see how he does. Maybe help connect him to potential opportunities elsewhere.
If by some chance he lands somewhere and has success, they'll have that door open in the future.
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re: Gunn no longer running DC Studios.
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/13/26 at 11:50 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Sounds like his thing, doing whatever HE wanted to do with these characters, that weren’t his creations, and screw the lore.
I'm sure some will disagree with this, but I don't think he even did this maliciously. I think he is just so far up his own arse as a creative, he missed the forest for the trees when trying to put his personal flair on everything in this reboot.
For example, when that homo tried to bait Gunn into a sound byte on the red carpet last year with, "MAGA is freaking out because Superman is an immigrant movie," Gunn gave a bemused look and said, "Superman is for everyone."
Gunn is actually right about that, and he probably genuinely believes it, but the problem is he doesn't understand the "everyone" outside of his own bubble.
re: What's the board's opinion of "The Kingdom of Heaven"?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/12/26 at 11:34 am to RollTide1987
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I don't understand the hate for my OP. It is a very historically inaccurate movie that goes out of its way to make Christians look terrible.
The director's cut might be the last really good epic film, but you're correct.
I don't know if anyone listens to Julian Dorey's podcast, but he had on a guest recently to talk about the Knights Templar and the Crusades, and they briefly discussed Kingdom Of Heaven. The guest said he had only seen the theatrical cut, but was still able to point out the lack of historicity.
I mean, it's Ridley Scott. He's known for taking artistic license in his historical dramas, and then getting pissy and defensive when it gets called out.:lol:
re: Strangest coaching hires
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/11/26 at 2:13 pm to boston vol
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Karl Dorrell at Colorado
This hire was defensible in context.
Dantonio didn't quit Michigan State until February. A week later, Mel Tucker ditched CU after one season to replace Dantonio.
Colorado was pretty screwed for options, and Dorrell was at least a former Pac 10 Coach of the Year winner. They got him cheap, so they were able to fire him easily in the middle of year 3.
re: Does Sonny Dykes make it thru the weekend?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/11/26 at 1:39 pm to OleVaught14
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It wasn't that out of the blue. He was basically told to quit or he would be fired. It had been in the works for a while.
I knew someone else in the know would call this out when I phrased it that way.:lol:
I was mostly just trying to get across that the change went down a few weeks ago, so Sonny's future wouldn't necessarily be top priority at these BOT meetings.
re: Does Sonny Dykes make it thru the weekend?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/11/26 at 1:31 pm to Dawgsontop34
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If they have Hoover instead of Craig, they’re probably 7-2 at worst.
Agreed. Hoover honestly isn't great IMO, but when they went with the Harvard transfer as his replacement, and struggled like they did in the opener, it seemed like it would be a long year for the offense.
re: Gunn no longer running DC Studios.
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/11/26 at 10:58 am to FightingOkra
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Superman is an illegal alien who was created by two jewish writers whose parents were immigrants. He was created as a champion of the oppressed. He literally says to judge people based on their religion, race, or national origin is un-American.
You're overlooking the implied assimilation element to Superman's attitude though. He stands for truth, justice, and the American way. The cartoon you posted says to keep schools all-American.
He doesn't show up waiving Krypton flags and telling Americans their country sucks, so it needs to fundamentally change.
Ironically, that's what James Gunn's Superman stood against. Jor-El and Lara wanted their son to conquer Earth, take a bunch of wives, and create a new Krypton. Superman rejected that.
re: What non SEC/B1G/ND school is the best HC job?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/10/26 at 3:48 pm to texastigerr
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What the football team is doing now has 0 to do with it. It's about booster support, potentialfan base support willing to pony up, facilities. And that would make it Miami
Your qualifiers are exactly why it wouldn't be Miami.
Their fairweather fanbase and poor attendance for home games have basically been memes for years.
They announced an on-campus football ops building years ago that keeps getting delayed and still hasn't broken ground.
The company of their "NIL King" booster went through a federal investigation and is currently staring potential bankruptcy in the face.
They haven't won a conference title since leaving the Big East.
Before last year, they only had a handful of top-25 finishes and two lower-tier bowl wins in 20 years.
Miami are realistically a mediocre season or two from the support vanishing again.
re: Does Sonny Dykes make it thru the weekend?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/10/26 at 2:23 pm to Dawgsontop34
Fwiw the TCU Board of Trustees have meetings scheduled for the rest of the week. Hard to say if football will be on the agenda, though. The new school president quit out of the blue recently, so they had to bring the old one back from retirement.
Sonny also just signed a new extension in the spring. The fanbase seems divided on whether they would or should pull the trigger now. All 5 of TCU's losses have been by one score. At this point, I think he'll be back and will be forced to make staff changes in the offseason.
Sonny also just signed a new extension in the spring. The fanbase seems divided on whether they would or should pull the trigger now. All 5 of TCU's losses have been by one score. At this point, I think he'll be back and will be forced to make staff changes in the offseason.
I wouldn't say it's too late yet. France has survived some major shite before.
We'll know more after their presidential election next spring. If LePen gets elected, not having a WEF stooge leading the country will automatically be a step in the right direction. If the globalists try to bring her down or imprison her before she can get elected, then civil war isn't out of the question.
We'll know more after their presidential election next spring. If LePen gets elected, not having a WEF stooge leading the country will automatically be a step in the right direction. If the globalists try to bring her down or imprison her before she can get elected, then civil war isn't out of the question.
re: Strangest coaching hires
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/10/26 at 10:27 am to TheTideMustRoll
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Jimbo to A&M. FSU was starting to rumble about potentially firing him when A&M came along and tossed him a $100m life raft.
Nah, this made sense at the time. If FSU was considering firing him, it was because they knew Jimbo was already looking for an escape route. I still believe there was some legitimacy to him wanting the LSU job.
Heading into his last season at FSU, he had a top-5 team, and was coming off an Orange Bowl win and top-10 finish. However, he was becoming more openly critical of university administration, and claiming the program wasn't keeping up with other major programs.
Everybody laughed at Jimbo at the time, and while he didn't work out at A&M, FSU has been a dumpster fire for much of the last decade, so he might've been right.
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1.) The 57-yard FG was stupid because we knew our kicker was very unlikely to make it and missing it meant flipping the field for Bama and giving them the ball near the 50-yard line.
I don't even think this was a bad call, let alone one of the worst of the game.
It was 4th & 9, and we don't have a reliable punter. Starzyk's accuracy is shaky, but he has a big leg. I have no issues with trying to steal 3 points there.
re: Curt Cignetti ruined college football for everyone
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/9/26 at 10:52 am to MrWalkingMan
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For a $93 million coach with a $50 million roster, I will not be gaslighted into thinking that a berth in the 12-team playoff is an unrealistic expectation in year 1.
Utah and UCLA are doing it with first year coaches and Kentucky has a chance to.
To be fair, Scalley played for Utah, has spent his entire coaching career there, was named the HC in waiting by Whittingham years ago, and he inherited an 11 win team. He's not rebuilding a program.
Chesney has done a great job at UCLA, but they've been getting by against a soft schedule. Their best win was aided by 7 Oregon turnovers.
Kentucky is a couple of plays away from being 5-4.
Not all records are created equal. Obviously we all want to be in the CFP convo, but we also have a gauntlet of a schedule compared to most teams. There are other prominent programs with expensive rosters and established coaches who have looked worse than we have this season.
re: Is Kyle Whittingham one of the worst hires ever?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/9/26 at 9:53 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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Just a horrible hire by Michigan that will set them back years
Nah. Michigan obviously isn't good, but given how shambolic their offense is, their defense has kept them in virtually every game. And that's Whittingham's side of the ball.
Even if you give them the WMU loss, they were a play away each from beating Indiana and Iowa. Michigan could turn this around quickly if the QB and OL problems get settled in the offseason.
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I don't think Kiffin made "bad" decisions in the game, they just didn't work out. We lost by a big margin because of going for it on 4th a bunch late, not converting, and Bama had the short field.
But Kiffin felt like the game was getting away, and we needed to match scores. If he converts and we score, we still have a shot to win.
He didn't play to keep the margin respectably close. We play field position, and they run the clock out moving methodically down the field.
Agreed, for the most part. I posted in another thread that plays have been there to be made in the three losses. The players just didn't execute on critical downs.
And Lane has always been known for going for it a bunch on 4th down. I wish he'd take 3 points more often when it's clear our interior OL isn't getting the job done in the redzone, but the calculated risk-taking with him is part of what we signed up for.
Hell, peak Spurrier used to go for it on 4th down almost out of spite when his Florida offenses stalled. He believed his team was better and would convert, and he was usually right. Hopefully, Lane gets our roster to that level in the coming years, and he'll look like a savant again.
re: Why do the Bears want to move out of Soldier Field?
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/9/26 at 2:17 am to Buckeye Fan 19
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I love Soldier Field (which is a hottake)
I do too...from my seat. The sight lines and views are awesome. It feels like you're on top of the field.
But like you and others have already said, it's just not suitable for a heritage NFL franchise. It's a pain in the arse to get to, the concourses are awful, and it's a headache to get any improvements done because it's not theirs. Hell, the home opener was almost postponed last year because the field was in such poor shape.
I've posted this several times over the years, but it's worth repeating for those who think the stadium is fine and it's some legendary NFL landmark. When the Bears were forced out of Wrigley in the 70s, Halas only intended for Soldier Field to be a temporary home. He desperately wanted his own stadium built because he knew Soldier Field was a dump.
Three generations of the Halas family have now been trying to get the team their own stadium for over 50 years, and they keep hitting bureaucratic road blocks. Again, the Bears said they would pay for a new stadium, but the state wouldn't even discuss logistics with them until Indiana hammered out an offer within a month, and then Illinois politicians panicked.
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Dude let's be honest. Les was not a football genius. He just had great players, he recruited his arse off. Alot of his in game coaching made zero sense.
Les might not have been a genius per se, but a strong running attack and nasty defense is typically a tried-and-true recipe for success. He won a lot of games by lining up and bulldozing teams. Look at what UGA did to Ole Miss this weekend.
It'd be really nice to have a physical OL with a three-headed monster in the backfield like Hester, Williams, and Scott or Blue, Ford, and Ware for red zone situations this season.
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It should be a catch but this is why the Calvin Johnson rule is stupid. If you catch the ball in the end zone, the play should be over. TD. It should be no different than a ball carrier crossing the plane of the goal line. Once they do the play is over. Doesn’t matter if they fumble the ball after before their knee touches.
I admit, I thought it was incomplete in real time, but I agree that the logic has never made much sense to me. Had the Miami WR caught the ball at the 1 yd line, and cameras showed the nose of the ball reached the front of the goal line as he rotated, it would've been ruled a TD, no?
In the Bears game tonight, Odunze made a sliding TD catch and immediately spun the ball in celebration before he got up. It was obviously a catch, but I think he technically "maintained possession" for less time than Calvin Johnson did in almost the same spot all those years ago.:lol:
Like others have posted, terms like "complete the process" or "made a football move" are recently invented standards that we just kind of accept as fans now, even though they don't seem to be consistently applied in every game.
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Harbaugh should quit the Chargers and go back to Michigan.
He has a lengthy show-cause penalty from the NCAA and I'm pretty sure he'd be subject to an automatic suspension.
I know the NCAA is considered to be pretty toothless these days, but the potential headaches aren't worth it for a guy already in his 60s.
re: Philip Rivers To Be Hired as Next NC State Head Football Coach
Posted by nvasil1 on 11/8/26 at 9:27 pm to Downeast12
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They’re the only ACC team that hasn’t played in an ACC championship (other than the most recent California schools) and they’ve been in the league forever.
They have absolutely nothing to lose and at least they’ll bring some excitement back, even if it’s very brief.
Totally agree. They put up with Doeren doing just enough to keep his job for well over a decade. The most noteworthy thing about NC State football in recent years was the catastrophic finish to the Vandy game this season.
The energy around the program was stagnant, so I understand rolling the dice on Rivers. Even if the hire ultimately doesn't work out, they'll still generate more interest than NC State has had in ages.
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They want someone else to pay for it
No they don't. The Bears said they would pay for the stadium. They asked for tax certainty and surrounding infrastructure support from the state. They can't build roads by themselves.
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I was told the current bears owners don’t really have any other business interest. Bears is their wealth
Correct. George Halas was just a player, coach, and sales rep. He was given the Decatur Staleys to move to Chicago because it was a money pit for the owner. His whole family's life is wrapped up in the Bears. Hell, Virginia was his secretary and she married his treasurer.
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