Denver Broncos stadium: Franchise announces plan for new retractable roof home that will open by 2031​

Denver has been in the same open-air stadium since 2001​

The Denver Broncos announced on Tuesday that they plan to build a new retractable roof stadium with Burnham Yard, a historic district of Denver, as the preferred site. The project, which will be privately funded by the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group, has a targeted completion date that would allow it to open in time for the 2031 season.

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Illinois receives historic $100 million donation from alumnus Larry Gies, renames football stadium​

The gift is the largest in Illinois athletics history​

University of Illinois alumnus and businessman Larry Gies made a $100 million donation to the Illinois athletic department and will have the Fighting Illini's football stadium renamed in his family's honor, the school announced. Gies' $100 million gift is the largest in Illinois athletics history and is believed to be among the biggest ever given to a college athletic department.

Gies made the donation in memory of his late father, Larry Gies Sr., who served in the United States Army. Illinois' football stadium, Memorial Stadium, will be known moving forward as Gies Memorial Stadium and will continue to honor soldiers like Gies' father.

Gies, who made his fortune as the founder and CEO of Madison Industries, one of the world's largest and most successful privately held companies, in 2017 donated $150 million to the school, which renamed its business school to the Gies College of Business.

"This gift is the result of years of thought-provoking conversations and is the continuation of a long-term partnership with Larry that will benefit generations of student-athletes and advance this program to even greater heights," Whitman said. "I am grateful to Larry for his trust and confidence, and we are excited to honor him, and his veteran father, by placing their family name alongside that of our beloved Memorial Stadium."

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Haynes seems like an ideal teammate already

Ole Miss hahahahaha

"anyways"

It's not a real word. Just say anyway.

Even worse is when people write it in emails. Maybe it's easier to add an "s" when speaking, but you are literally adding a letter on an email that you don't need.

I hear that the Retard Studies program there is Skrong.

Players love being set up for a kill by their QB

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Broncos announce historic Burnham Yard as preferred site for privately funded retractable roof stadium, mixed-use district

Imagine that. NFL owners paying for a new stadium themselves.

I thought this was impossible and if these poor owners had to fund these projects themselves their only option would be to move the team. (Note sarcasm font)

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All I've heard around here is much positivity about the idea. So it's bound to fall through.

I don’t even want to know the gorilla math behind that one.

Texas A&M

Handing off the Motorola to the next generation

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Stat Pack: Where Ohio State stands statistically after Week 2​

Offense​

Scoring offense: 42.0 points per game - tied for 29th nationally, 7th in the Big Ten (Last week: 14 points per game - tied for 105th nationally, 16th in the Big Ten)
Total offense: 427.0 yards per game - 51st nationally, 8th in the Big Ten (Last week: 203.0 yards per game - tied for 131st nationally, 18th in the Big Ten)
Passing offense: 251.5 yards per game - tied for 50th nationally, tied for 10th in the Big Ten (Last week: 126.0 yards per game - tied for 116th nationally, 17th in the Big Ten)
Rushing offense: 175.5 yards per game - 57th nationally, 8th in the Big Ten (Last week: 77.0 yards per game - tied for 119th nationally, 17th in the Big Ten
Third down conversions: 42.11 percent - tied for 64th nationally, 11th in the Big Ten (Last week: 25.00 percent - tied for 115th nationally, 16th in the Big Ten)
Red zone conversions: 88.89 percent - tied for 58th nationally, tied for 9th in the Big Ten (Last week: 100 percent - tied for 1st nationally, tied for 1st in the Big Ten)
Sacks allowed: 0 - tied for 1st nationally, tied for first in the Big Ten (Last week: 0 - tied for 1st nationally, tied for first in the Big Ten)

Defense​

Scoring defense: 3.5 points per game - tied for 2nd nationally, 1st in the Big Ten (Last week: 7.0 points per game - tied for 20th nationally, tied for 5th in the Big Ten
Total defense: 251.0 yards per game - 32nd nationally, 9th in the Big Ten (Last week: 336.0 yards per game - tied for 77th nationally, 14th in the Big Ten)
Pass defense: 121.0 yards pr game - 16th nationally, 3rd in the Big Ten (Last week: 170.0 yards per game - tied for 63rd nationally, 11th in the Big Ten)
Rush defense: 130.0 yards per game - 69th nationally, 13th in the Big Ten (Last week: 166.0 yards per game - tied for 101st nationally, 13th in the Big Ten)
Opponent third down conversions: 28.57 percent - tied for 41st nationally, 8th in the Big Ten (Last week: 35.71 percent - tied for 74th nationally, tied for 11th in the Big Ten)
Opponent red zone conversions: 0 percent - 1st nationally, 1st in the Big Ten (Last week: 0 percent - tied for 1st nationally, tied for 1st in the Big Ten)
Sacks: 3 - tied for 80th nationally, tied for 12th in the Big Ten (Last week: 1 - tied for 87th nationally, tied for 13th in the Big Ten)

Special teams​

Punting: 43.57 yards per punt - 59th nationally, 7th in the Big Ten (Last week: 43.3 yards per punt - tied for 74th nationally, tied for 7th in the Big Ten)
Field goals: N/A (Last week: N/A)
Extra points: 100 percent - tied for 1st nationally, tied for 1st in the Big Ten (Last week: 100 percent - tied for 1st nationally, tied for 1st in the Big Ten)
Kickoff return: 17.0 yards per return - tied for 92nd nationally, 15th in the Big Ten (Last week: 0 yards per return - N/A)
Punt return: 8.0 yards per return - tied for 62nd nationally, tied for 8th in the Big Ten (Last week: 0 yards per return - N/A)

I trust the coaches but does just seem like every time Bo gets an opportunity, he makes big plays. Happened in the Spring Game as well…..he def has a knack for making explosive plays.

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I decided to move from Bill Kurelic the coach to Bill Kurelic the recruiting guy. But my idea was a little different. In those days, the only guys really covering football recruiting were doing it nationally. My thinking was to start a business for people like myself, people that really didn't care about some recruit in Oregon or Rhode Island that had no interest in Ohio State and vice-versa, but instead start a print publication call the "Ohio Football Recruiting News" that covered anyone and everyone across the country Ohio State was recruiting as well as top football prospects in the state of Ohio.

In my first year of publication (1986-87), I did not make any money. My second year I broke even. At that point, I told my wife I would give it one more year, and if I wasn't making any money, that would be it. My third year did indeed make money, so I continued on, and here we are, almost 40 years later.

‌Over the past couple of years, I have thought off and on about retirement. Over the past six months or so, I've thought more intently about either retiring or at least scaling back. After praying about things and many discussions with my wife, in the first part of June, I decided that I would be retiring. But I wanted to think about things for a bit longer to make sure I still felt that way. As things moved forward, I felt more and more sure of my decision.

As the line in The Lion King movie goes, "It is time." It is now time to announce that I will be retiring in October.

Won’t someone think of the poor children!!!

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Well, judging by the last game. He wasn't far off. Caleb did show his great hands in that game.