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“Hot” Takes?

Jaxbuck
Zurp said:
I think a lot of people are "look at me" people. They want people to talk about them. "Did you see that guy's car? Whoa!" or "Check out that guy's goofy hair style." In this case, "Your son's name is Brandon? Oh, sorry - Brandyn? Gotcha." See? I had to give extra attention to that name.
I see some names in my kids' school year books. The one year there were multiple girls named "Queen" and multiple boys named "King".
Very much a "look at me" thing.
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That pretty much explains goofy beard trends, foodies, craft beer drinkers, hipsters, helicopter parents and all the flavors of "look how outraged I am/look how I said all the right things to someone who made the mistake of uttering unpopular speech".

My hot take; Social media is a bigger crime against humanity than cigarettes were.

They knew it was harmful. They knew it was addictive. They aimed it at kids.
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“Hot” Takes?

Zurp
I think a lot of people are "look at me" people. They want people to talk about them. "Did you see that guy's car? Whoa!" or "Check out that guy's goofy hair style." In this case, "Your son's name is Brandon? Oh, sorry - Brandyn? Gotcha." See? I had to give extra attention to that name.
I see some names in my kids' school year books. The one year there were multiple girls named "Queen" and multiple boys named "King".
Very much a "look at me" thing.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (sponsored by BET365)

Jaxbuck
sparcboxbuck said:
Candidly, for everyone involved -- and that includes US as fans of CFB -- the fact that Sorsby is going into the supplemental is a very good thing. We do not want this blight in CFB. Y'all can take him in the NFL if ya want... The Commissioner will protect the shield. Right now, there's nobody looking out for CFB or college athletics in general.
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I feel like CFB is better served by anything that speeds up the inevitable "next" phase, to mean post NCAA so in a longer game kind of way I kind of wish TT would have gone all the way.

I have zero worries that this guy would be throwing games or shaving points with the microscope he'd be under.
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ScriptOhio
CincyInterloper said:
I personally would like to know what exactly the Cincinnati athletic department knew about Sorsby’s gambling and when they knew it. I’m not one to shit on my alma mater, but I don’t think they should get a pass just because he entered the portal before the story broke. I hope President Neville Pinto is looking into this behind the scenes, but I‘m guessing he plans to let that sleeping dog lie.
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Just sayin': I'd be totally shocked if the Juggalos actually self reported any NCAA violations here.
:lol:
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2028 FL WR Brysen Wright (Verbal Offer)

pnuts34
Per 11w poster:
Brysen Wright’s father with an encouraging interview today saying they’re looking for proof of concept over anything else, a school who’s shown they can handle and develop a player of his caliber. A school that has a plan for his son and puts WRs high in the draft.

Said Ohio State and Miami are currently standing out because they are the schools that have been doing that.

Said NIL is the least of their family’s concern because Wright is the best player in the class so every school will be around the same number NIL wise. They’re looking for relationships, development and a place where he will be held accountable and be better than the last time he saw him.
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A quote that stood out to me, his dad said they have a window to commit but it won’t be too soon or too late, he said his son really wants to win a championship so they want to see how the season goes for teams because a team can go 12-0 one year and 4-8 the next year.

To me that quote is certainly directed at Miami who made the playoffs for the first time in the playoff era.
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“Hot” Takes?

DubCoffman62
Crump's brother said:
And Bradyn, Cadyn. All of which I've had in class. Unoriginal bastards
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A dude I grew up with named his twins Kaeden and Keenan. I don't want to go hard on the guy, he was at the Vegas mass shooting and took a bullet but he's the typical dude that would give his kids these names. They're by his first wife who he used to swing with, She left him for one of their swinging partners. He got remarried to another woman that he met through crossfit. Turns out there's 100's of nudes of her on the internet that he first husband took and posted. She was all over those amateur porn sites. I don't know if he knows it or not. As a former swinger he probably does and gets turned on by it.
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Concussions, CTE, and other traumatic brain injuries in football

ScriptOhio
Thump said:
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Family of Aldon Smith having his brain checked for CTE​

The family of Aldon Smith has decided to send his brain to medical experts in Boston to see whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) played a role in the former NFL defensive lineman's death.

Smith died Saturday at the age of 36, hours after he had delivered pizzas to a homeless charity.

No cause of death has been given. Smith's family has hired attorneys to help investigate his death.

"As with anyone who dies so suddenly at such a young age, we understand that there is a great deal of interest in and speculation about Aldon Smith's passing and we intend to get to the bottom of it," attorneys Harry Daniels, Bakari Sellers and Wayne Kendall said Tuesday in a statement. "To that end, we have taken a number of steps including sending his brain to Boston where medical experts will examine it for CTE as well as other damage caused by years of concussions and additional trauma.

"In the meantime, we simply ask you to keep Aldon's family in our prayers and respect their privacy as they struggle to come to grips with this terrible loss."
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Re: In 2015, the NFL concussion lawsuit was settled, and the terms included:
  • Compensation: Players may receive up to $5 million based on the severity of their diagnosed conditions.
Just sayin': With the lawyers involved I'm guessing that they want to find out if they would be eligible for some compensation (i.e. money) from the NFL Concussion class action lawsuit settlement.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (sponsored by BET365)

sparcboxbuck
Jagdaddy said:
Re: the commissioner protecting the shield, I’d be astounded if Sorsby isn’t blackballed from the NFL, although likely silently behind the scenes to avoid a lawsuit. The NFL is probably the third most venal major entity in sports (behind FIFA and the IOC), but I don’t think they’ll take any risk on this guy.
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This is 100% my guess, as well. I'm not sure that it will be explicit, but there's clearly a few spots that _could_ make sense. I'm wondering if Goodell doesn't quietly pick up the phone and have an off-the-record conversation with teams' ownership on this point.
buckeyebri said:
So Browns?
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Crikies, I don't think that even the Browns would touch that mess. So, 100% going to happen.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (sponsored by BET365)

buckeyebri
Jagdaddy said:
Re: the commissioner protecting the shield, I’d be astounded if Sorsby isn’t blackballed from the NFL, although likely silently behind the scenes to avoid a lawsuit. The NFL is probably the third most venal major entity in sports (behind FIFA and the IOC), but I don’t think they’ll take any risk on this guy.
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So Browns?
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2027 OH WR Jamier Brown is a Buckeye!!!

Jaxbuck
ScriptOhio said:
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Brown did not name the schools that tried to use this tactic to entice him, although he should have. That's an incredibly unethical way to land a recruit. Not only is that degrading to the women who are being offered up, but it's degrading to Brown to think that he would be swayed by such a tactic.

Obviously, Brown turned down those offers. He has stayed loyal to the Ohio State Buckeyes for a year and a half at this point. It doesn't look like any school has a chance to flip him. He's an Ohio kid, and he knows how well the Buckeyes do developing receivers, even without Hartline on staff.
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A kid like Brown should keep an old guy like me on payroll to be the buffer against all that degrading stuff.

A degradation consultant if you will.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (sponsored by BET365)

sparcboxbuck said:
Y'all can take him in the NFL if ya want... The Commissioner will protect the shield. Right now, there's nobody looking out for CFB or college athletics in general.
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Re: the commissioner protecting the shield, I’d be astounded if Sorsby isn’t blackballed from the NFL, although likely silently behind the scenes to avoid a lawsuit. The NFL is probably the third most venal major entity in sports (behind FIFA and the IOC), but I don’t think they’ll take any risk on this guy.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders (sponsored by BET365)

sparcboxbuck
I had an interesting chance meeting yesterday. I crossed paths with the dad of one of TTUs basketball players. Suffice it to say, a starter... dad wasn't just talking his kid up. The kid is likely going to be drafted.

Anyhow, sharing that background as this guy knows a LOT of people in the AD, including Hocutt... well. His perspective, and in general, I agree, was (paraphrasing in my words), "Kids do stupid things, (I'd) like to think that there's opportunities for second chances, but there has to be consequences for the choices he made. A 2-game suspension is not a 'consequence' in line with what he did."

I didn't dive into much beyond that as the conversation steered to the fact that his son had / has a casual friendly relationship with Sorsby as many athletes are tight having lived in the bubble of D1 athletics. After this all came out, kid and dad spoke about it. Apparently Sorsby shot him some text messages about putting a few extra in the bucket against the Bearcats. When dad heard that he asked to verify all the communications between them. I imagine that he has full documentation and records of those communications in a CYA folder. Anyhow, this is all to say, from my first hand discussion, it does not seem as though everyone at TTU is interested in carrying the water for this chump and the mess he created for everyone down there.

Candidly, for everyone involved -- and that includes US as fans of CFB -- the fact that Sorsby is going into the supplemental is a very good thing. We do not want this blight in CFB. Y'all can take him in the NFL if ya want... The Commissioner will protect the shield. Right now, there's nobody looking out for CFB or college athletics in general.
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