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SEC branding as the top tier conference has a lot of sway (i.e. Aggie). We wouldn't be penalized much. More risk losing a hig non-con.

Vanderbilt was the victim of Vanderbilt imho. They scheduled VT when they were bad and VT was good not their fault. No one really wanted Vandy in because they’re literally the only SEC team with a fan base that doesn’t care or travel like the rest.

He would be fantastic in a Keilan Robinson role.

They were enrolled and had already moved on campus.

Dia Bell will be very good after Arch is finished playing

I don’t think we’re limited to a 4 year run I think this was like 2001-2004 where we had elite players and development but couldn’t quite get to the BCS thanks to poopy 💩 stoops (and INTs against Colorado

What is the cost benefit if a loss keeps us out of the playoffs? With a 9 game SEC schedule next year 2 conference losses will be common.

Amen

Private equity isn’t the cartoon villain some want it to be — but let’s also not pretend it’s Santa Claus with a balance sheet. PE does one thing extremely well: it professionalizes chaos. If an athletic department is already drifting toward employee compensation, revenue sharing, and semi-pro reality, PE just stops the pretending and prices it correctly. That alone makes people uncomfortable, because it replaces vibes with math. That doesn’t make it automatically good, and it definitely doesn’t make it automatically evil. It means incentives get sharper, accountability gets real, and nostalgia gets evicted. Some fans call that “destroying the sport.” Others call it finally admitting what the sport already is. The real risk isn’t private equity showing up — it’s schools wandering around in this half-legal, half-amateur gray zone with no structure and acting shocked when something snaps. Utah at least seems to be saying the quiet part out loud and trying to build guardrails instead of pretending 2012 still exists. No, this isn’t the USFL. No, it’s not BASEketball. It’s college football admitting it’s a business — and now arguing over who gets the keys, who sets the rules, and who gets paid first.

From 5 years of watching a sloppy team with same staff

No P4 team should schedule ND until they join a conference

Previous HS winners of the Award include 2024 – Nebraska signee Christian Jones 2023 – Clemson signee Sammy Brown 2022 – Notre Dame signee Drayk Bowen 2021 – South Carolina signee Shawn Murphy 2020 – Notre Dame signee Prince Kollie ... now at Vanderbilt 2019 – Oregon signee Justin Flowe 2018 – Georgia signee Nakobe Dean

Nothing is automatically predatory. It’s always the human running it. Ask ufc fighters how they feel. What other company in the US is authentically competitive with the ufc? Kinda my point but I don’t want a Bobby Ban so I’m muting myself.

What if you have a weak SEC schedule one year, lose to the top SEC teams you play, and go 10-2 with no good OOC win? That’s essentially what happened to Vanderbilt. They had no argument against a team like Oklahoma who happened to have a strong SEC schedule. If Vanderbilt had played and beaten Notre Dame they would be evaluated a lot different relative to OU.

Texas linebacker signee Tyler Atkinson has been awarded the High School Butkus Award presented annually to the nation's best high school linebacker. The finalists for the award included Georgia signee Nick Abrams II, and Notre Dame signees Jakobe Clapper and Thomas Davis Jr. Quite the award for the Longhorns five-star linebacker signee. Atkinson will arrive on campus at the turn of the calendar.

lol. I get what you’re saying but the problem is that this isn’t something one can just say to each their own. We are all affected by things like this independent of our opinion of it. Companies thrive when we look away. Okay okay. I’ll stop. You caught me at a tough time of the year when earnings start coming out and company profits are sky high while their workers struggle for basic needs and we as consumers pay higher prices for lesser products. Be well!

Well done lol

Very talented edge rusher. 66 pressures, 8 sacks. 2nd most pressures in the entire country according to PFF.

@CJ Vogel anything on this guy?

I believe there will be higher end players entering towards the end of the month. FWIW, Joseph was the 21st ranked safety in the ACC and Barnes was the 43rd ranked safety per PFF.

Private equity doesn’t inherently “centralize power”; it injects capital and expertise into sectors that are underfunded, inefficient, or financially stagnant. In many industries - sports included - PE has revitalized struggling organizations, preserved jobs, modernized operations, and expanded consumer options. In sports, PE has grown leagues rather than monopolized them: Formula 1 exploded globally after Liberty Media’s investment UFC became a mainstream powerhouse after PE-backed Endeavor professionalized its operations European soccer clubs stabilized financially when PE firms helped restructure debt and upgrade infrastructure These aren’t examples of “killing small businesses”, they’re examples of taking underperforming assets and improving them. PE is also high-risk capital: firms only succeed if the underlying business succeeds long-term. They don’t win unless fans, athletes, and the product win too. PE isn’t automatically predatory; when done right, it brings capital, innovation, and sustainable growth to systems that need it.

Major production. Spent two seasons at Stanford before transferring to Hawaii in 2025.

Do a little research. It isn’t a trope. You may be cool with it but objectively it only benefits the PE company. Kills small businesses, has been key with monopolies which results in the centralization of power for a very few. No one should want a few holding the power and money. That’s how oligarchies and fascists thrive. It’s also politically agnostic. It becomes the party of green with very, very few members. Okay, stepping off the soapbox 🤣. You might support making money as a bottom line consideration but it’s wake it’s pretty well documented. 🤘🏽