Bobby Burton

ESPN reported yesterday that the SEC and Big Ten are joining to form an exploratory advisory committee to determine the future of college sports. That’s big. Like as big as it gets in college sports. The two heavyweights of college sports are officially prepping to leave the NCAA. So where do we go from here? I truly don’t know. Like everyone else, I can pontificate what it should be - 48 teams? 64? - but I don’t know the exact answer. The key question I have is this: What is the financial model between player, team and league going to be? Does college football follow the NFL model of financial parity? That’s unlikely because the Big Ten and SEC have already struck their own media deals. But there could be some abbreviated form of it that makes sense. Or do we see more of a Major League Baseball model where there’s a salary cap but teams can go over it if they want. That’s a move that would allow there to be a Yankees and Dodgers of college football, which frankly seems kind of on point. There’s not a ton of parity in college football today and that’s part of what makes it interesting. I don’t know which way this will go. But the model they construct will be the biggest question of all because it will determine what CFB looks like for generations to come. *** If you’re interested in this topic further, I highly recommend reading the report of Yahoo!’s Ross Dellenger. The report yesterday included interviews with the commissioners of both leagues on this very topic. I have linked that report below for those who want to read. https://sports.yahoo.com/sec-big-ten-uniting-to-tackle-pervasive-issues-in-college-athletics--pressures-are-mounting-172832810.html View full news

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My dad would have none of it either! 😉 The first hit was devastating. He closes extremely well. Definitely long-levered as Gerry described. The only thing you don't really see is him playing off of blocks because he's clearly not asked to very much.

FYI Every player these days has their mouthpiece dangling from their facemask and knee pads not over their knees.

I don't know if Sark did or didn't attempt to keep him.

Garza highlight tape: http://www.hudl.com/v/2MpLMZ

Preferred walk-on.

Maybe the first movie lines I ever vividly remember... "Ain't gonna be no rematch." And... "Yo, Adrienne. Adrienne! Adrienne!"

Almost zero. It appears they are sitting tight at least until the next portal window which opens April 15.

My cousin played at Rice in the early 70s. And I'm a little bit of a CFB historian so I've read about Moegle and the Bama linebacker who literally came off the bench to tackle him in the Cotton Bowl!

Chris Jackson is Arizona.

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Amen!

I absolutely love this. What college is supposed to be all about.

It's not just me. All these guys are the same. We're all kind of bought in to the idea of having a different sort of place for Texas fans.

I hear you. Saban's an easy target that most folks think could bring consensus IMO. But I don't want whoever this hire is to bring consensus though. I want the leagues and teams to figure out what they want as structure and have the czar (for lack of a better term) operate within that.

I don't see it as a shot across the bough. Working to find out about the rest. Some moving parts definitely.

The one thing Saban brings though is a level of credibility. What none of us want to see is a lifetime bureaucrat or a non-football guy get the job. University presidents might give it to another university president for example. So while I hear you specifically about Saban, and agree with you, I think it's that sort of idyll that people are glomming to.

Love it!

He's busy boogie-boarding! 😉

Even Saban needs a structure to operate within. Right now, the problem is the general structure of college football. Too many programs like Temple or Akron that are somehow in a similar category as Texas, Alabama and Ohio State. Those programs shouldn't be operating under the same categories - the revenue disparity is just too big.

All other football conferences should take a step back because It looks like the SEC and Big Ten are joining together to lead from the front. According to a report from Pete Thamel of ESPN, the two major conferences are planning to fund an advisory committee concerning the future of big-time college athletics. The move is long overdue as the NCAA and its archaic structure continues to wilt under the pressure of a multitude of lawsuits, long-term mismanagement and rising public animosity against it. Is this the official first step of a new era of college sports, and college football in particular? My educated guess is yes. The NCAA's antiquated structure is unsalvageable, at least as it relates to big-time college football where the dollars reach into the billions. NCAA President Charlie Baker even perhaps agrees with that sentiment. Two months ago Baker penned a letter addressing the future of the NCAA and its membership. In it, he suggested that it's possible some larger football-playing schools may desire a different set of rules in the future, ones incongruent with and unable to be managed by the NCAA. It looks like the SEC and Big Ten are ready to take Baker up on that suggestion. View full news