Not sure my thoughts on this. I think he's a good coach. No idea if he's a good COLLEGE coach. I need them to hire somebody worse than Brady Hoke, though.

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“I love running between the tackles, catching the ball, being put out in space, making people miss, getting downhill. I mean, I think to me, everything is a strength,” Peoples said. “And I've really been working on that. You see the growth from my freshman year to this year. And just being through the program and everything, I've really strengthened up every part of my game and continue to get stronger in areas; pass protection, everything like that.”

“I've always had good hands and I've always been agile and being able to move me in that area is something they've done more this year,” Peoples said. “So I mean, I think it's always just been a strength of mine. It's never been a weakness in my hands, being able to catch the ball in space and stuff like that.”

“Every time you want to be like, ‘Man, I gotta strike, I gotta strike.’ But having your mind like that can really throw you off of your game,” Peoples said. “So I’d say really just taking each play as its own individual play and not really being worried about, ‘OK, I need to strike, I need to do this, that, and the third.’ ‘Cause my reps might be limited, but really just taking the most out of every opportunity, just keeping my mindset on that.”

“We got a lot of football left. We're going all the way back to the championship; we're gonna have six or seven more games. And there's a lot of ball left. So really just keeping my mind on that and knowing in God's timing, if I keep on doing what I'm doing, it's gonna happen,” Peoples said. “So just being focused, focusing on the team, the guys in the room, and all on the main goal.

“I'm hungry for it, man,” Peoples added. “I came here and I want to be a contributor to this team, of course. So every time I'm in there, I'm giving it my all.”

Just sayin': After (apparently) being passed on the depth chart by 2 true Freshmen; (he's saying all the right things) however, I'll say it wouldn't shock me if he opts for the transfer portal after this season. With that being said; I definitely hope he stays as he is still making valuable contributions to the offense this season.

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Valenti and Rico on Sparty having to vacate 14 wins.

Rico - “It’s like taking awaythe shopping cart from a homeless man.”

He also speculates that accepting the punishment may allow Sparty to not pay Mel Tucker tens of millions left on his contract.

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They're both channeling @Jaxbuck when they talk about Corum and Woodson's eligibility. This episode is on point.

Here's a fun scenario.

Duke wins out and wins the ACC title game with a 9-4 record. James Madison wins out and a AAC finishes with 2 losses. Both G5 teams ahead of Duke in the final CFP. 2 G5 playoff teams and zero ACC teams

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This young man has stayed true to his commitment, as above said, to Brian Hartline. Truly have never seen/experienced a coach putting receivers in the league AND having them so well in the NFL from the jump. Silly question, has Hartline ever won the Asst Coach of the year award? Not certain, but don't think he has.

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The winner is almost always either an OC or a DC.

The only Buckeyes to win the Broyles Award since its inception in 1996 are DC Jim Heacock in 2007 and OC Tom Herman in 2014.

On Sparty having to vacate 14 games.

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And that's the exact problem with hypotheticals. College football is filled with "good" teams. Full of them. I'd say 60-70% of the NCAA is "good" teams. ~5% are great teams, ~5% are terrible teams, leaving 20-30% as "bad" teams. So in meetings between those 60-70%, any team could beat any team any given game and while some might be surprised, there wouldn't be any unbelievable result one way or the other. Conference narratives drive the belief that some good teams are markedly better than other good teams, but reality is that's just not the case. Yes, the great teams tend to belong to one of 2 or 3 conferences, but the good teams can be anywhere and can at least compete with the great teams, which set up some upsets. I'd wager that TTU or Utah or GT could hang with the good teams in the SEC and B1G, and win some matchups if given the chance.

EDIT: For clarity, I judge a "good" team as one that the floor is being in the bowl picture at the end of the season, with a ceiling of making the playoffs. Basically a 4-8 to 10-2 range of teams.

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As the saying goes....The SEC is undefeated in hypothetical games.

Tennessee only beat 2-7 Arkansas by 3 points and needed a 2 minute drill TD to force OT to beat 5-5 Mississippi State yet you will have people acting like you're crazy if you say Minnesota or Nebraska could possibly beat them.

Valenti and Rico on Sparty having to vacate 14 wins.

Rico - “It’s like taking away the shopping cart from a homeless man.”

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Depends on how you define "good teams"

You'll see lots trying to count Tennessee and Missouri as "good teams" if the SEC gets to count that then the B1G gets to count Iowa Illinois Washington Nebraska and Minnesota as "good teams"

If we go by that Standard it's B1G 10 "good teams" SEC 9 "good teams"

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And that's the exact problem with hypotheticals. College football is filled with "good" teams. Full of them. I'd say 60-70% of the NCAA is "good" teams. ~5% are great teams, ~5% are terrible teams, leaving 20-30% as "bad" teams. So in meetings between those 60-70%, any team could beat any team any given game and while some might be surprised, there wouldn't be any unbelievable result one way or the other. Conference narratives drive the belief that some good teams are markedly better than other good teams, but reality is that's just not the case. Yes, the great teams tend to belong to one of 2 or 3 conferences, but the good teams can be anywhere and can at least compete with the great teams, which set up some upsets. I'd wager that TTU or Utah or GT could hang with the good teams in the SEC and B1G, and win some matchups if given the chance.

EDIT: For clarity, I judge a "good" team as one that the floor is being in the bowl picture at the end of the season, with a ceiling of making the playoffs. Basically a 4-8 to 10-2 range of teams.

John Beam, coach featured on Netflix's 'Last Chance U,' dies after shooting on campus at Laney College​

Beam retired as Laney's coach in 2024 before becoming athletic director​

John Beam, the Laney College athletic director and former football coach who was featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," died Friday morning after being shot on campus Thursday, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting, the Oakland Police Department said Friday.

The incident, the second school-related shooting in Oakland in as many days, occurred just before noon at the college's fieldhouse. Officers found Beam suffering from gunshot wounds, and he was taken to a hospital. The college was placed on lockdown shortly afterward.

"My thoughts are with coach John Beam and his loved ones," Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee shared in a statement. "We are praying for him. Coach Beam is a giant in Oakland -- a mentor, an educator and a lifeline for thousands of young people. For over 40 years, he has shaped leaders on and off the field, and our community is shaken alongside his family."

Beam, 66, became a nationally recognized figure after "Last Chance U" chronicled Laney's 2019 season. Before retiring as coach in 2024 and moving into the athletic director position, he led the program to two league championships and a 2018 state title, a season in which Laney finished 11-2 and was ranked the top community college team in the country. He also maintained a 90% graduation and transfer rate for his players, according to CBS News.
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Purdue got themselves a big scalp down in Tuscaloosa tonight. The Boilers dominated the glass 52-28 and had 19 offensive boards (Bama had 21 defensive rebounds).

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Purdue's old-school attack too much for Alabama in its first road win vs. top-10 nonconference team since 1982​

No. 2 Purdue proved old-school physicality, high-level execution can be a winning recipe against even the most modern teams​

No major conference team in college basketball is playing with more pace and operating with a more modernized offense -- prioritizing, like many an NBA team, 3-pointers and layups as their primary shot diet -- than the Alabama Crimson Tide. But on Thursday night it was ironically an old-school attack from No. 2 Purdue -- a deliberate halfcourt offense with high-level execution, control in the paint and punishing physicality -- that dealt the No. 8 Tide their first defeat of the young season.

The final: Purdue 87, Alabama 80.

Purdue scored the win as road underdogs and in the process proved it should not have been underdogs in this game -- and, perhaps, should not be underdogs in any game this season -- because of its inside-out star power and quality of depth. Braden Smith was the main attraction in this one: He finished with 29 points, four assists and seven boards. But co-star Trey Kaufman-Renn in his first appearance of the season coming off injury was highly effective, too, turning in 19 points, 15 boards and a game-high five assists.

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Alabama coach Nate Oats said earlier this week Kaufman-Renn "had his way" with Alabama's frontcourt last November when he went for 26 points and eight boards and downed the Crimson Tide in West Lafayette. It was more of the same Thursday this time in Tuscaloosa. Kaufman-Renn made a team-high nine field goals, had a plus-minus of +20 to lead both teams and was a key component in maximizing Purdue's potent weapons around him. Per ESPN, he became the third player in the last three decades -- along with Joe Forte and Tim Duncan -- to have at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in an AP Top-10 matchup.

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Massive visitor added for this weekend. Big time Edge Jackson Vaughn. Visited for the TX game as well. Same high school as Quincy Porter and Jordan Thomas. A ND writer said he had the best camp performance he’d ever seen this past summer.

Gayle Benson insists she will not be selling the Saints or the Pelicans​

Sains owner Gayle Benson won’t be firing long-time G.M. Mickey Loomis. She also won’t be selling the Saints, or the NBA’s Pelicans.

“Let me be clear about this,” Benson said in an interview with Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, via Sports Business Journal. “The teams are not for sale. That’s in capital letters. I want everybody to know the teams are not for sale. I get tired of people asking me [if they’re for sale]. I’m going to turn 79 in January, but I’m pretty healthy. I hear that people want to talk to me about buying the team. I’m like, well, that’s a waste of my time. That’s not going to happen. And people need to calm down about the team moving.”

That said, Benson restated her long-term plans for the teams.

“It remains that when I die, both teams will be sold to the highest bidder and those proceeds will be used 100 percent to improve this community,” she said.

Just sayin': If that what will eventually be done, you would think that she would want to
1. sell the teams now,
2. have input how the money will be used to help the community,
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3. enjoy seeing the actual improvements to the community before she dies.