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Setting records again, I see The Volunteers were 6-for-28 from the field, which is a woeful 21.4%. They were also 1-for-15 from three-point range, which was bad enough for 6.7%. Feix Okpara and Jordan Gainey were the team's leading scorers with four points each. Meanwhile, Zakai Zeigler was a brutal 1-for-7 from the field and hit 1-of-4 three-pointers. If that wasn't bad enough, Houston outrebounded Tennessee 26-17.

If Duke beats Bama and winner of Houston - Tennessee game and winner of Florida/Auburn/Michigan State they're gonna cut down the nets. FIFY (kidding (sorta) but I've been a Duke fan since Art Heyman and Jeff Mullins in the early '60's and I've seen enough bizarre unexpected games or upsets or injuries to not count the banners before the final whistle blows)

It's even worse than that. Scourton is a portal transfer from Purdue and Shemar Turner was from the 2021 class, so only ONE from the 2022 GRCE 😩 The 2022 class that had eight 5* recruits (including five 5* DL) ...

The Mock Consensus now has 13 Longhorns going in the Top 200, after Blue moved up since he was excluded from earlier ones before the Combine. Banks, Barron and Golden in Round One at 14, 16, 18. Quinn 3rd rounder at # 79. https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/colleges/2025/texas-longhorns

Did Gunnar Helm run the 40 (I'm assuming that's him in the walking boot) ? Any info on his time, if he ran. (edit - just reread and saw CJ post saying brace on right ankle, so the guy in the right foreground is not Helm?) Regardless, any info on Helm's 40 time (if he ran)?

The ACC had a terrible regular season with just four teams getting bids (and UNC the last team in) and now in the tournament they are even worse. The two teams tied for 2nd in the regular season (Clemson and Louisville) both lost in the first round to lower seeded teams. An 8 (Louisville) losing to a 9 is not much of an upset, and a 5 (Clemson) losing to a 12 seems to happen annually, but Clemson scoring 13 points in the first half is awful. UNC is a slight favorite to beat Ole Miss, could probably hang with Iowa State and possibly Michigan State (lost to them by 3 earlier in the year) but could just as easily lose to any of those three teams. Hard to see them making the Final Four though and that's pretty much the minimum expectation at UNC. Duke is the only hope for conference glory and they obviously have a really good team, with a manageable path to the Elite 8 where they could face Alabama but their youth and Flagg's injury (also Malik Brown's) are problematic. I'd be surprised if an SEC team doesn't win it. I grew up in the Carolinas so naturally pulled for ACC basketball. My first basketball memory was as an 8 year old listening on the radio to an undefeated UNC team facing Kansas for the championship (UNC won in 3 OT) and the first game I watched in person was UNC with Billy Cunningham vs Indiana with the Van Arsdale twins. First Duke game I saw live was against UCLA the year Alcindor was a frosh when frosh weren't eligible (Duke won easily). A dozen NCAA titles between the two programs plus a couple more from NC State (I was polyamorous in my basketball fandom) so it's disappointing to see the league do so poorly.

He is the same weight and half an inch taller 🤷‍♂️ I think you (Jonas) are comparing Trey to Arch but Robert is comparing Trey's size to KJ Lacey's

Roughly this time last year LSU had commitments from the # 1 WR (Dakorien), # 1 RB (Berry) and # 1 QB (guy who flipped to Oracle Michigan) in the 2025 class. Looked like they'd sign a historic class on offense. Ended up with just the RB after the dust settled. Long way to go.

If UNC beats # 6 Ole Miss Thursday a lot of talking media heads are going to go silent. That was an epic beat down tonight

Just noticed that Bubba gets a $104,000 incentive bonus for UNC making the tournament - nothing to see here folks, move on ...

In addition to what's been mentioned I'll add that it looks terrible that the Chairman of the NCAA Selection committee is Bubba Cunningham who just happens to be the Athletic Director at UNC. In theory he cannot even be in the room when UNC is discussed for an at-large berth but it sure looks suspicious.

Great that Gronk is finding use for his enormous brain after his retirement from the Patriots!

Not something to be proud of - but at least we are in. As for me I'm pulling for Duke, a remnant of growing up in ACC country as a high school basketball player. They have an excellent shot this year if Flagg's ankle is even 95%, but also a recent record of getting banged around by experienced older teams and losing unexpectedly too.

He was the # 1 overall pick in the 1982 draft after winning the Lombardi Award and receiving more votes for the Heisman than any other defensive player his senior year ... lot of awards. But in the pros he first had a lot of injuries, then failed various drug tests and was arrested for cocaine possession. Couple years later described himself as a 'recovering alcoholic'. One of those guys who couldn't handle the demons once he had success. He could have been a great pro.

Yeah, great choice.

Yeah, that would be a good counter to this thread - who unexpectedly did much better in the NFL than anticipated? Charles is a good pick. Poona Ford would get a nod from me - too short, UDFA in 2018, but kept at it and has been a starter on some good teams. Recently signed a 3 year contract worth $27,600,000 with $15.6 million guaranteed. And got a shout out from Jason Kelce as one of the toughest guys he went against. From a $488,000 min wage rookie deal to $9 million average deal now - didn't see that coming after going undrafted.

In-game speed - X was the fastest in 2023 at 22.7 mph in week 12. And Jaydon Blue ran 22.3 mph in week 13, the fastest top speed for a RB in 2023. These times are slightly slower than combine numbers since they're wearing pads etc and not running on a track. Here's a link to the entire 2023 data.

Sims. Kenneth Sims.

Don't laugh, it worked out great for Agiye Hall my friends!

WTF? THAT Rich Rodriguez? The guy who had a few really good years at West Virginia (32-5 his last three years) almost 20 years ago, then went 15-22 at Michigan before getting fired after the 2010 season? Turns up next at Arizona (the basketball school in Tucson, not Arizona State here in the Phoenix area), replacing the great Mike Stoops and his 41-50 record. Did pretty well by Wildcat football standards, going 43-35 in 6 years (24-30 in a weak conference) before being replaced by the great Kevin Sumlin (9-20 at Arizona) as the Aggies hired Jimbo at a bargain rate. Last seen coaching Jacksonville State for 3 years (27-10 record) before squaring the circle pentagon and returning to West Virginia. I ask - how the hell is this guy on any list of Top 25 coaches?

Tyler Atkinson ? Ant Hill replacement kit at a crucial position

Mr. Jarveaux not gonna like this one ... and it does sound a bit low, no?

Seems like they're playing more like Jeff Gordon

Speeding?