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I'm guessing it will push for the NCAA to recognize Flickerball.

I was referring to the thread in which several posters were saying Day is toast because he lost 4 straight to Michigan, but OK, let's talk NFL poaching here. Day already gets 10+ million a year from tOSU. There are only 9 NFL coaches making more than that. Day probably gets a bunch of bonus money for winning the natty. He probably gets an extension with a nice pay bump. How many NFL owners and GMs will make someone with just two years NFL coaching experience (as a QB coach for the Eagles one year and the 49ers another) one of the top 6 or 7 paid coaches in the league? It could happen, but I would not bet on it happening.

Remember the thread about how Ryan Day is done at tOSU?

Or just tell the conferences that they get one automatic bid. Just one. And every team in the conference ranked in the CFP above the team that gets the auto bid and didn't play in the conference championship game is automatically disqualified. I have to think the ACC is doing nothing more than rebranding itself as the All Cowardly Conference here. SMU was not only included (wrongly) in the CFP, it was seeded ahead of the team that beat it in the ACC title game.

Not kidding. The ACC is considering making the "Championship Game" a game between the second and third place teams. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43483852/acc-weigh-changes-title-game-commissioner-says

Little did I know the future writers of "The Cable Guy" were in the gym at the time.

We haven't seen enough of Codie, Vinson, Pryor, Presley, and Clark to know what they will be able to do against P5 competition in 2025-26, but we do have a lot of usable parts. Adding a plus ballhandler should be top priority in the portal. Mark has another year available, btw.

The NCAA is also thinking about just junking the entire system of waivers, redshirts, and exemptions and just giving everyone 5 years, no questions asked. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/college-sports/college-sports-leaders-considering-new-eligibility-rule-that-eliminates-redshirts-waivers-and-other-exceptions/ar-AA1xoa8j?ocid=BingNewsVerp

That isn't the rule in basketball. The NCAA is considering applying something like a 33% rule to all sports to give everyone a fifth season, but it hasn't done that yet. https://www.si.com/college/gonzaga/basketball/ncaa-to-discuss-5th-year-of-eligibility-for-all-sports-in-2025-01jgpcmthpd1 So I'm back to my question, but I suppose we can add "anticipation of the implementation of a 33% rule?" Even so, he'd be allowed to play in 2 more games.

Killed on the boards in several games. Suffered two blowouts. No Vinson even when game was well over. Is he hurt and looking for a medical hardship year, is he in trouble with coaches, or is he so unready that he doesn't get even mop up minutes?

Says the guy who always ignores the impact of Tyrone Branyan on the history of Texas Longhorn basketball.

Don't forget the contacts he has in South Sudan for recruiting among the Dinka. Not joking here. He coached South Sudan in the 2024 Olympics.

But Schlossnagle's top annual salary in his contract will still be under 3 million a year. The top basketball coaches are getting salaries in the $8-10 million range. Sark is now the 3rd highest paid coach after getting to the CFP in consecutive seasons. He didn't start that high. CDC won't pay the basketball coach Sark money, and that is what it would take to get someone like Hurley, or maybe even Lloyd, so I expect any hire will be more along the lines of what I suggested earlier--the guy pushing 50 with a great record at a lower level and some record of success at this level.

Now that you have amended this to talk salary and not buyout, then I will say the target should be Dan Hurley. He gets a little over $8 million a year and the buyout is only $4 million as of April 1, 2025. He's only 52. But I said years ago, and I will stick by my prediction that Hurley has no interest in leaving UConn. He is fully established at a basketball school in a basketball conference. He is very, very, very well paid, even if he is behind Self and the squid. He has spent his entire life in the Northeast. I don't see him having much interest in leaving. I don't see Wright leaving retirement. I don't see any amount of money getting Few out of his fishing grounds. Sometimes the ideal target for us might not find us the ideal destination no matter how much money we throw at the target. I was of a similar opinion when it came to Hoiberg years ago when we were discussing potentially replacing Barnes. He wasn't leaving ISU for anything except the NBA. I think Otzelberger is a Midwesterner and wants to stay in the Midwest, but I also think he will be approachable. So will be Tommy Lloyd.

I left 247Sports last spring for other reasons. I miss a few of the posters there. I miss Jeff. I always made a point to go say hello when I went to a basketball game, and not just because he comped me a lifetime subscription when I announced a few years back that I was leaving due to lack of basketball coverage. I guess he felt I was worth it then because of my very detailed threads on conference recruiting and bubble watch and conference basketball action. I have a hard time spending that much time researching and writing now that I have to take care of my 93 year old dad, his house, and his pecan orchard, but with my near retirement from my legal practice, maybe I'll find the time again. I have a feeling we'll win a few more games this year and be curious about the bubble. We might wind up on the wrong side of it, but I doubt we will be out of the discussion come March 1.