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!

Value added!

Great find! I’ve been saying all along that there is nothing to suggest the PIG2 won’t ultimately find themselves in nearly the same place if they rebuild the PAC into a top G6 conference. A bit of a paradox, if they’re adding teams with large recruiting advantages and better geography than the PIG2 have, they’ll slip to at best middle of the conference. If they’re adding teams they can have sustained success against it won’t be a top G6. Enjoy the bean counting wars piggies, you peaked a year ago.

I’d really guess in this case the kid was a senior with one more year of eligibility left who wants more playing time. His production actually declined from his junior year which isn’t a good trend if you want to go out with a bang. A guard shooting under 70% from the free throw line his senior year is not a great lagging indicator imo. Bittle did exactly what he should do, but in the universe where we have NIL I’ll be very surprised if he’s not back.

I mean, nothing against the kid, but a senior that averaged 6.9 points and 2.8 rebounds off the bench hitting the portal isn’t exactly a red alert or this teams biggest issue imo. We need a serious infusion of offensive firepower.

Hope they enjoy the scraps, then again, they’ve always been bottom feeders gaining from other’s success, so this is nothing new. Biggest difference now is even fewer people know they exist.

6’7, 185 and can’t shoot the three. I wish him luck!

An exercise in imagination. Why limit it to Beavis? Let’s get some NFL crossover to really test our players.

Indeed on the free throws. Very entertaining game that makes me realize how much I miss the old PAC. Different level of being into it against these guys. We had to make the move to the B1G, but now that we’ve completed a season of hoops and football, I’m not a fan of it at all. Okay season in hoops, nothing wrong with making the tourney and winning a game.

Don’t get me wrong, SEC losing not a bad thing either…I can’t lose!

St John’s fever is annoying me One of the few times I’ll ever root for the SEC AND Calipari coming up!