JabbaNoBargain

Not sure if there was a strategy here, but it backfired if there was. With the no transfer within the SEC spring rule he’s almost guaranteed he’ll have to enter the portal twice or take a lot less $$. Outside the SEC there are probably like 6 schools that would even entertain paying what he currently makes let alone what he was sitting out for.

Making over $3m/year (if he leaves after 3 years) to develop yourself for the NFL, at a top notch program with no expenses and need more? Someone is definitely playing this kid imo.

Except Oregon already said no thanks, allegedly.

UT has reportedly let him go, and Oregon is mentioned as a school his agent reached out to…and we said hard pass. Sources - Tennessee moving on from starting QB Nico Iamaleava - ESPN WWW.ESPN.COM Tennessee is moving on from starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava, sources told ESPN, in the wake of his decision to not attend practice Friday amid NIL contract discussions with the school.

I’d cut bait. I’m pretty sure they could find a dude for $1m that could get that roster into the playoff. Seriously, if our QB1 did this today I’d want us to let him go and elevate QB2.

Agree with everything you said, but I still miss all the competent offenses and familiar foes. Not being invisible and in financial ruin trump what I miss.

IMO - LA will never be able to compete with the “not having anything else to do” edge they have in most college towns. Why would someone go watch crappy football when there are a hundred other things to do? Front-runner fans with good reason. It takes most of a Saturday to go see a game. Go to the Getty or watch my 3-7 Bruins play Purdue?

Not gonna lie, finances and being nationally invisible aside, I miss it.

B12 has never been interested under any scenario, Why would they suddenly be interested in adding a couple outpost programs that add nothing to the mix? When the B12 went west they added the top programs from the cities of Phoenix, Tucson, SLC, and Denver. Why is now the time to willingly add some leaches? I find this a bit hard to believe.

After last season, I think the crap shoot really is what happens if FSU loses by 28 at home to open the season? Lose by 50 get fired on the sideline? Great thread, gimme some football!

Didn’t scroll down far enough on the list of games, ND@Miami pretty epic on multiple levels

Hard to top that one! Depends on how they’re defining week zero this year There are several games on 8/23, but there are quite a few good/interesting first games (on paper at least) a week later. Alabama@FSU and Auburn@Baylor are the types of games that could lead to some very hot seats or some big program turnarounds. GaTech@CU very interesting game, ditto LSU@Clemson.

This. Florida lost in first round last year if I’m not mistaken. Wild thing about basketball is that one player can flip everything, anyone guessing anything prior to the portal running its course is just…guessing. As to Wilner, at this point he’s up there with clownzano in my world view.

Good news he’s not transferring or anything, we definitely need him! Funny how there seems to be 50 college teams with 3+ “draft worthy” players out there for a 2 round draft.

My take is their short term greed killed them along with a commissioner more concerned about her job existing than the conference being successful. There was a moment in time when the PAC brand might have still relatively resonated, that they needed to immediately reverse merge with the MWC and negotiate a media deal that might have fetched $15-20m per team. But they took the short term cash hoping for who knows what. Now they’re holding onto a brand nobody cares about while creating a hostile and competitive market with the MWC. Well done piggies!