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Mr Rogers

Are you calling for Ruhl to be fired?
no. that would be pointless.

he will be allowed to complete 4 years here at minimum.

I post my observations here. there are countless contradictions in what Rhule has said and what Rhule has done during his time here.

to me, Rhule's obvious lack of either vision or conviction are a gigantic red flag for someone in his position.

we have no identity because he has no identity.

I'm glad Holgorsen is here and hope he stays. I look forward to more difficult conversations this off-season with both staffers and players.

going into Year Three, I finally expect significant roster turnover - something Rhule's contemporaries accomplish in months.

none of the stuff I discuss here is "Old Man Yelling At Cloud". I said repeatedly during the off-season that Rhule's wishy washy late game stuff has to stop. that his atrocious game management needs to improve. that it's costing us games. that he HAS to get better.

fast forward to 10 games into Year 2 here and Year 10 of him being a head man and we're seeing the exact same basic stuff get flubbed when the lights are on and we need a steady hand. we have nothing to turn to or count on when the going gets tough.

fans need to show patience for an experienced coach to learn when to call timeout? I disagree with you there.

nobody expects us to go undefeated. everybody expects us to stop inflicting ourselves with mortal wounds week after week. I don't think this is at all unfair.

Mr Rogers

DR has been pretty good all season. I've been impressed with him.

why our coaching staff thought throwing him to the wolves with the entire program on his back was our best plan of action is a mystery.
Yeah, I still have no doubt about his future. Everyone wanted him to be great right from the jump, and for a true freshman, he did. But as the competition and opponents scheming got better, we have not. Dana is hopefully finding a way to call plays based on our talent and not the opposite. Ya know, maybe not run Fidone out there on routes that require YAC to be successful.
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Cutting the roster to 105

What? College football is not professional football lol. Put down the bottle.
Describe the difference! I'll wait.

There is none. Webster's definition of a professional: participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs (previously known as college football)

Players are now compensated in cash and taxed for play. The NFL, UFL, and Arena leagues pay money for players, they have free agency, and a commissioner (The Select 2) for unity purposes. Their tuition and books are also paid for; how much total compensation is that worth at the end of 4-5 years?

So, please explain the difference...
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OT: Las Vegas

Planning a trip for spring. Havent been there in 30 years. Wifes never been. Suggestions on where to stay?
I just got back last week. I stay at the Elara which is a Hilton time share, but it is attached to Planet Hollywood. I recommend Planet Hollywood as a cheaper alternative & it is middle of the strip easy walk anywhere. I also rent a car & get free parking there. I use the back road like Paradise to get up and down the strip. As mentioned Red Rock is great to visit. Also recommend the Omelette House for a giant 6 egg omelette filled with several things. An attraction I went to is the Arte Museum, quite an experience. Be sure to go to Fremont Street one night for that experience. Also went to the Sphere for Eagles concert, paid an arm & leg (700) for front row 1st balcony seat. It is amazing. It has 167,000 speakers inside, best sound ever & it was worth the $. I also requested a room on the backside of the hotel so you can see the sphere all night if you want.

Cutting the roster to 105

Will many NCAA teams begin to have a "practice squad" or something similar.? Those players won't be on the official 105 roster but would be held in some sort of reserve capacity. They could still get some NIL deal as compensation (cost of attendance) for being associated with the team but not on the 105. What is stopping them from being able to attend team meetings, do film study, and have access to workout facilities. If a player on the 105 gets injured, or decides to transfer, they get replaced by the practice squad player.

Today in History - November 22

November 22
1497 - Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.

1718 - Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.

1842 - Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted; ash fallout reached as far as 48 miles away.

1906 - "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.

1935 - A flying boat, the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, California, carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight.

1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan during World War II.

1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson would later take the oath of office to become the nation's 36th president. Suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested.

1990 - Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

2005 - Angela Merkel took office as Germany's first female chancellor.

2010 - A panicked crush at a festival in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh left some 350 dead and hundreds injured in what the prime minister called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge.

2017 - Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general whose forces carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, was convicted of genocide and other crimes by the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and sentenced to life behind bars.

Birthdays
23 - Molly Jackson (actress)
24 - Auli'i Cravalho (actress)
28 - JuJu Smith-Schuster (football player)
28 - Hailey Bieber (model)
29 - Katherine McNamara (actress)
30 - Dacre Montgomery (actor)
31 - Adele Exarchopoulos (actress)
35 - Alden Ehrenreich (actor)
36 - Jamie Campbell Bower (actor)
40 - Scarlett Johansson (actress)
57 - Boris Becker (tennis player)
57 - Mark Ruffalo (actor)
59 - Mads Mikkelsen (actor)
66 - Jamie Lee Curtis (actress)
68 - Richard Kind (actor)
74 - Steven Van Zandt (actor/singer)
81 - Billie Jean King (tennis player)
82 - Guion Bluford (astronaut)
83 - Jacques Laperriere (hockey player)
84 - Terry Gilliam (actor)

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Today in Sports History - November 22
1910 - Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft to replace wood shafts in golf clubs.

1917 - The National Hockey League (NHL) was officially formed in Montreal.

1945 - Cleveland Rams end Jim Benton gains 303 yards in 28-21 win over Detroit Lions; NFL single game rushing record - stands for 40+ years.

1950 - The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18.

1966 - Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier wins the Heisman Trophy.

1986 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the 13th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals.

1986 - 20-year-old Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history, stopping WBC titleholder Trevor Berbick in the second round of their championship bout in Las Vegas.

1989 - Minnesota Twins outfielder Kirby Puckett signs a record contract worth $3 million per year.

1991 - The New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for a two-year contract extension.

2003 - In Edmonton, Alberta, the Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the first NHL game to be played outside.

2008 - The Montreal Canadiens retire Patrick Roy's #33.

2016 - It was announced that the NHL expansion team in Las Vegas would be named the Vegas Golden Knights.

Cutting the roster to 105

But if there is money set aside for full or partial scholly, what is full scholarship valued at? Do the state schools get to award in state tuition amounts for in state players on the roster?
If so, the private schools are at a disadvantage. Also, the state schools with the most in state talent would have a big advantage, like state schools in California, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Florida, etc
Hope all these details are worked out fairly, which I am sure they won’t be
This is the way it has always been. Tommie Frazier's scholarship was calculated at the outstate rate while Ahman Green's was "worth" less. There are people in the university's financial aid office and athletics compliance office whose job it is to calculate these sort of things. Then the university bills the athletic department. The amounts vary from year to year.
Also, nobody is required to give any grant $ at all to any players, and some simply won't be able to afford it. Like I said, the rich will get richer
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