JabbaNoBargain

Agree with most of what’s in this thread, BUT, in almost every professional sports league, a sub .500 team can make the playoffs.

Yes, hoops a different animal than football…in theory should be a way higher volume (relative to roster size) of very good to great non-P4 players to pick off. Great to see new PAC members getting some immediate indicators on where they still stand 😂

Sounds like Jackson to Louisville

I do believe this is speaking with wallets, not a reflection of being happy with being irrelevant. 2 years to go I guess.

Did we drop hoops and I missed it?

Given who won last night (5 transfers starting) roster retention is no longer in style. Being good at identifying and paying talent is where it’s at, and apparently we have room for improvement on both of those fronts. Our activity level is starting to get embarrassing imo. Ready for some big moves given the portal opens, uh, today.

There are up to 4 opportunities for exciting OOC games in the playoff. Texas is exhibit A; crush Texas State instead of losing to tOSU and they almost certainly make the playoff last season. Until there is a format change, OOC should be 3 regional cupcakes at home…imo of course.

I’d say 11-1, but there will be a twist such as beating tOSU but losing to Michigan or Illinois. I get that it might be easy to overlook MSU based upon being between Michigan and UW and on the road…but MSU is a complete dumpster fire with yet another new coach. They should be limping heavily by 11/21. That’s the type of game where if OBD plays sub-par we should still easily win by double digits imo. DL has yet to lose to a B1G team without a pulse and I have a hard time envisioning MSU being the one to get him this particular year. Biggest traps imo are Boise (don’t think we’d actually lose, but first game at full strength for them), Illinois, Michigan. Those are solid teams that can bite you if you don’t bring it.

I read it as “from the original 10” which allows for a non-inflated, apples to apples comparison to what happened in 1985. Almost nobody thinks Rutgers, Nebraska, or Maryland when someone says B1G. I still have to remind myself Maryland isn’t in the ACC and that happened 12 years ago. There is definitely bias against anyone added after PSU imo, but I don’t think it’s a west coast thing. We might not be as special to everyone else as we think we should be.

Rushed and secretive coaching searches followed by the boss leaving…yikes.

While OBD haven’t broken through with winning it all, you have to actually be in contention to win it all, and USC has yet to qualify for any version of a playoff that featured more than 2 teams. Recruiting success isn’t new for them, not sure why they think this is the year…but feel free to at least qualify for the modern era playoff once. Any team on this list not making the expanded playoff at least 4 out of 5 years should be considering firing their coach imo. Top-10 Average Composite Recruiting Classes (Last 5 Years, roughly 2020-2024, according to Google): Georgia Bulldogs: Generally considered #1, with consistently elite classes. Alabama Crimson Tide: Top-tier finisher annually. Ohio State Buckeyes: Consistent top-three finisher. LSU Tigers: Elite recruiting in Louisiana and nationally. Texas A&M Aggies: High-ranked classes, including the record-setting 2022 class. Clemson Tigers: Consistently top-10, strong under Dabo Swinney. Texas Longhorns: Elite recruiting pedigree. Oregon Ducks: Top-tier recruiting under Dan Lanning. USC Trojans: Elite recruiting in California, particularly strong in recent cycles. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Solid, consistent top-10 to top-15 classes.

💯 There isn’t interest in OBD right now, but there has been enough interest to build the arena and I have attended the Phil Knight Invitational…there’s interest, just not in the current OBD regime imo.

I really don’t understand what we’re doing. We could field a competitive team for the cost of 3-4 starters on the football team. Seems pretty clear (despite having his son’s name on the arena) PK and his network are not with the program, imo. They really should look into fixing whatever is the root of that problem.

So is our problem actually NIL? 🤔

Any tea leafs here?