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GAJ

GAJ

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Ugh, my alma mater is number one.

I hate that; I prefer them to be an underdog.

Big upheaval in the rankings this past weekend.

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Being #1 has not been a good thing this season. :laughing
I can fully understand why you wouldn't want your team to be #1.

On another note, anybody notice that UCLA is 6-0? Even with their star quarterback out for the rest of the season since the Oregon game.
It seems like there is more parity than usual in college football.
 
Climber said:
Being #1 has not been a good thing this season. :laughing
I can fully understand why you wouldn't want your team to be #1.

On another note, anybody notice that UCLA is 6-0? Even with their star quarterback out for the rest of the season since the Oregon game.
It seems like there is more parity than usual in college football.
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Did not know that about UCLA; good for them.
 
Climber said:
Being #1 has not been a good thing this season. :laughing
I can fully understand why you wouldn't want your team to be #1.

On another note, anybody notice that UCLA is 6-0? Even with their star quarterback out for the rest of the season since the Oregon game.
It seems like there is more parity than usual in college football.
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I believe it's the NIL. Top talent used to go where they were recruited, then it was transfer to the top winning program, now it's go where the most money is.
 
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I believe it's the NIL. Top talent used to go where they were recruited, then it was transfer to the top winning program, now it's go where the most money is.
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Agree, I think that each school with a cap on how much money they can spend across all sports with NIL can only retain/acquire so many top athletes, spreading them out more evenly across more teams. It's interesting to see it at play, some college football players are pulling down over $1 Million a year in NIL money.
 
Climber said:
Being #1 has not been a good thing this season. :laughing
I can fully understand why you wouldn't want your team to be #1.

On another note, anybody notice that UCLA is 6-0? Even with their star quarterback out for the rest of the season since the Oregon game.
It seems like there is more parity than usual in college football.
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The real number one team is The Ohio State University. Though with their starting QB out and a true freshman taking over they may lose some games they wouldnt have. Their bye week comes at a most opportune time.

Miami has a weakass schedule. The only quality win was against Wake Forest. UCLA's schedule is even weaker. They've played no one. They've only played two teams with current winning records. They beat Oregon by two points when Oregon was ranked like 13, they are now not ranked at all. Beating Wisconsin was a quality win, but not enough to be impressed. UCLA is ranked way too high.
 
Time will tell. UCLA beat Oregon when their star quarterback was knocked out of the game early on. They have a ton of depth and rotate both sets of linemen.
 
elbacalao said:
The real number one team is The Ohio State University. Though with their starting QB out and a true freshman taking over they may lose some games they wouldnt have. Their bye week comes at a most opportune time.
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Losing their starting QB cost FSU a likely championship a few years back.

And Ohio State lost to an apparently weakass Texas team.

As far as NIL money coming from a school.

Main Sources of NIL Money
  • NIL Collectives: Organizations formed by school boosters, alumni, and fans that pool money to create sponsorship and endorsement opportunities for student-athletes at specific universities. [1, 2]
  • National Brands & Corporate Sponsors: Major companies (such as Nike, Adidas, Gatorade, and Beats by Dre) that pay athletes for commercial endorsements, social media posts, and brand ambassadorships. [1, 2]
  • Local Businesses: Regional companies—like local car dealerships, restaurants, and real estate agencies—that pay student-athletes or provide trade deals for local advertising and appearances. [1, 2]
  • Entrepreneurial Ventures: Money earned directly by the athletes themselves through running youth sports camps, clinics, signed memorabilia sales, and self-produced merchandise or content. [1, 2]
  • Direct School Revenue Sharing: Under recent NCAA and legal settlements (such as House v. NCAA), athletic departments can also distribute institutional revenue directly to student-athletes. [1, 2]
 
The NIL money used to be separate from the scholarship money that the school paid and was previously unregulated.

Now the NIL is being regulated, so schools with deep pocket sponsors can't just dump as much money into athletes pockets as they want, this is what's leading to more parity. Also, athletes are demanding as much as they feel they can get, and the top ones are getting plenty, but now that it's regulated that is spreading top athletes out across more schools.
 
No doubt U Miami has taken huge advantage of NIL with their last three QBs.

Cam Ward, great college QB, so so in the NFL. I think Carson Beck will eventually make the better NFL QB. Mensah is the third great college QB in a row.

So funny that when I went there in the early 70s they were going to dump the program as it was abysmal.
 
Climber said:
The NIL money used to be separate from the scholarship money that the school paid and was previously unregulated.

Now the NIL is being regulated, so schools with deep pocket sponsors can't just dump as much money into athletes pockets as they want, this is what's leading to more parity. Also, athletes are demanding as much as they feel they can get, and the top ones are getting plenty, but now that it's regulated that is spreading top athletes out across more schools.
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I don't think there is a set amount each school can spend other than how deep are the pockets of your donors. Texas Tech went out and bought a team last year that's why they went from 0 to hero in such a short amount of time. Their alumni is some oil guy that donated $60M directly to the NIL fund.
 
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The number I heard was $20.3 Million.

They may be coming in from other channels, but I know that schools who used to have unlimited funds (depending on how much their boosters wanted to spend) don't have that many funds anymore. It's possible that they just haven't gotten around to punishing them yet.
 
There is a 21.8 million shared across all sports as direct revenue but if you structure is as an endorsement deal then there is no limit on how much they can get.
 
It's all brand new as of last year. I think the growing pains will continue for awhile.
 
I have the day off so I'm enjoying college ball. The facade of BYU being the number 2 team in the nation is rightfully over. Couldnt even beat a 3-3 team. Miami demolished a pretty decent Pitt team. Indiana barely beat a pretty mediocre Michigan team. Indy may drop. A few upsets today. Unranked Cincy beating #8 Texas Tech. South Carolina beating #11 Tennessee. Minn beating #15 Iowa. Still some games playing but it's been an interesting day of games so far.
 
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At this point the U Miami/Notre Dame game looms as perhaps the most important one remaining.

It is at Notre Dame so no doubt they are favored despite their one loss to BYU which stunk up the field yesterday.
 
I'm seeing a pattern of some team playing a dirty trick on defense getting worse.
It's when a defense does a substitution when the shot clock is running down and their player jogs off the field. Last year, they were clearing with about 2-3 seconds remaining on the clock, this year they're running it out and the offensive team either calls a timeout or they get called for delay of game even though it was the defense that caused it. I've seen it happen about 5 times this season, already, a dirty trick that I can't believe hasn't been addressed by the rules.
 
Climber said:
I'm seeing a pattern of some team playing a dirty trick on defense getting worse.
It's when a defense does a substitution when the shot clock is running down and their player jogs off the field. Last year, they were clearing with about 2-3 seconds remaining on the clock, this year they're running it out and the offensive team either calls a timeout or they get called for delay of game even though it was the defense that caused it. I've seen it happen about 5 times this season, already, a dirty trick that I can't believe hasn't been addressed by the rules.
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The easy solution is for the offense to be ready, hike the ball and it’s a penalty (too many men on the field) on the defense.
 
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