JabbaNoBargain

That’s their routine…mock the foolishness of the travel involved with a nationwide conference while looking for any hopeful rumor they might be getting secretly invited to a nationwide conference. Blind with envy at every turn.

😬 One of our bottom 3 efforts of the year gave them hope.

Yep, I think late is good when an opponent has questionable depth.

Looking for more pathetic Beavis angst? Comedy gold! Still in denial stage of grief it seems. Hope For Beavis!

Interesting. Even if every mark was hit, the most optimistic version of the P12 “deal” was horrendous. Purely from a short-term (least important aspect IMO) fiscal perspective, this was a no brainer. The larger implication of being in a P2 in the current landscape really trumps everything in my view. The only version of the PAC9 continuing that would have been worth considering would have been if we were guaranteed a larger share (double) coupled with a legitimate TV deal and the PAC champ being guaranteed a playoff spot. Even with that, the move with a half-share is still the better option, but it would have been worth considering.

Wow! Beavis has a generous assessment, they have far bigger fish to fry than HB. Our biggest weakness is dropping a home game to gift a game on the road to Beavis.

It’s interesting seeing it play out in the video game. I simmed a season where OBD finished 10-2, ranked #11, and got bupkis. The outcome in that scenario with what is left of the bowls not linked to the playoff isn’t pretty. I think we were slotted into the CarCare Bowl or some such nonsense 😆

Great rundown! 😵‍💫 Be interesting to see how much the committee manipulates their own rankings to fit their bracket…as I understand it, the rankings aren’t determined by a third party. The only thing they can’t manipulate is conference champs, which I suppose was the point originally.

Because they’re huge 😂

No more or less bias than any other hack out there 😆 I do think Michigan is being a bit undervalued, they still have some tremendous players in the trenches on both sides, a stacked D, and a HB that looks like a day one prospect. That combo can go a long ways with in the B1G.

Seems like a lot of co-mingling of the terms “weakness” and “unproven”. Historically it has always been nerve wracking if a position group has all new starters with no college experience, which really should never happen in the portal era at a place like OBD.

Never take anyone lightly, but unless one of their QBs really breaks through, their offense is really going to struggle. The team slipping under people’s danger alert is BSU in week 2. They’ll be fired up, have an NFL caliber HB and very good QB, not something OSU can say.

They definitely have a shot at 10-2, but I think they need that opener to do so. I’d call 8-4 if they lose to LSU. Hopefully be a fun one

Yeah, someone should have at least written a boiler plate speech he could read for 2 minutes, would take about 5 minutes to write on a napkin.

My favorite take is them thinking they’re doing us a favor by agreeing to play us, that we desperately need them for budgetary reasons. Some of them think they could even get 2 or 3 home games for 1 at Autzen because OBD so desperately wants to play them. I lost all empathy when they blamed OBD for their situation and successfully doing exactly what they continue to try to do. Because no one wanted or wants them, we are back stabbers and they are virtuous. To this day, they would instantly join the ACC or B12 if they received an invite. To this hypocrisy I say, sit and spin Beavis.

They only get as much attention as we each personally choose to give them. As the adage goes, don’t hate the player… I’m not trying to pi$$ in anyone’s cornflakes if hanging on the edge of your seat based upon the social media posts of a 17-year old kid is your hobby or job, but the cut and paste responses seen on every board at every program every time a kid flips or hits the portal should ideally be beneath us. It’s going to happen, everywhere, including to OBD. This kid probably isn’t evil and will be welcomed with open arms if he changes his mind again. Personally, macro recruiting for me keeps me in my happy place. I get excited about names on signing day (to a degree) and in June when we know the roster for the fall. Until then it’s aggregate and nameless.

This. Nomenclature is changing. The word “scholarship” no longer means the same thing if “walk-ons” are going to school for free and being compensated.

Good points on where the bar is set, anything north of 2 wins was acceptable in year 1 at CU. It will be interesting to see what happens after year 2 if he goes 4-8 in the B12. CU soaked it all up last year, but even they will lose patience at a certain point. Loses his QB after this year and the recruiting is pretty much at garbage level in 2025. Not sure how many times you can portal in 37 3 stars and be any good.

I think UCLA will do better than expected, in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they finish ahead of UW. All looks pretty accurate to me, something tells me for 10-18 beat writers are not putting a lot of thought into it.

Unlimited recording with YouTube as well, lot of options out there now I'd encourage people to investigate!

Not to derail, but I made a similar switch about 5 years ago. Went from traditional Dish to YouTubeTV, but had to add Sling Orange for 5 months per year to get P12 network…which btw was still significantly less than having Dish for 12 months. Sling and YouTube are very similar conceptually, but I find the tech and interface with YouTube to be a significant upgrade. The beauty of this is there is no commitment or service call needed. You could switch every month if you wanted with zero human interaction 😆

The entire premise of this thread still cracks me up. Like scientists at Beavis Engineering Labs finally cracked the code and discovered NIL involves compensation to players. Victims. Poor Beavis.

I started to pay attention at the micro level, this is a solid reminder why I avoid doing so 😜

For me B1G network is included with YouTubeTV Peacock is included with my Xfinity ISP Think I’m set…cost me way less than last year.

Going to be interesting to watch Beavis at QB in real life. QB room is very unsettled with limited options. Even if they had the exact same roster as last year, except at QB, this would be worrisome for them. They’re combining these QB prospects with a completely gutted offense, a reliance on undeveloped/mediocre transfers, and a first year HC. Very high chance things will not go very well this season, even with them slumming (in their view) in a MWC schedule.