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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

osuvictory1
Mike80 said:
Doubt it. He's the guaranteed starter despite throwing like Edward Scissorhands. That's not going to happen anywhere else for at least a year.
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The only reason he stays is to collect the rest, which in all fairness is life changing money. Ok, looking at what he did this year, just take the money kid and hope for the best. You can get one more year in transfer to Central Michigan.
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QB Kirk ‘Nightmare On’ Herbstreit (Frosted Quips, False Narratives Clown, Afraid of THE Lunatic Fringe)

Fungo Squiggly
So you know a guy doesn’t like dogs and your instinct is to bring your dog over and force him to interact with it. And then you act like you’re some sort of hero for it? Fuck that. Either Kirk took it into his hands to force someone to be around an animal they don’t like which is fucked up or this is all scripted bullshit and it’s just fucking pathetic. Either way, it’s more nothing more than middle school “look at me” behavior by an insecure little fucker.
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Tom Izzo (HC Michigan St. Spartans)

ScriptOhio
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Tom Izzo Rips NCAA Over Former NBA Draft Pick Committing to Baylor

Tom Izzo spoke out against the NCAA after former NBA draft pick James Nnaji’s commitment to Baylor
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Tom Izzo Rips NCAA Over Former NBA Draft Pick Committing to Baylor​

James Nnaji the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA draft, recently committed to play for Scott Drew and Baylor.

In the ever-changing landscape of college sports, another seismic shift came recently with the news of former NBA draft pick James Nnaji’s commitment to Baylor. Nnaji, the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA draft, has played in Europe since he was drafted and the Knicks currently own his draft rights.

He has never appeared in an NBA game, but taking the college route sparks an immediate question about the harsh reality of college sports in the modern age. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo hasn’t been afraid to criticize the NCAA in its new age of NIL, most recently for the decision to grant eligibility to multiple former NBA G League players to play college basketball. The legendary Spartans coach always sticks up for the integrity of the game and especially its players. He was asked about Nnaji’s commitment and provided some candid thoughts for the NCAA to chew on.

“Now we’re taking guys that were drafted in the NBA and everything,” Izzo said via Spartans Illustrated. “I said it to you a month and a half ago, come on Magic [Johnson] and Gary [Harris], let’s go baby. Let’s do it, why not? If that’s what we’re going through, shame on the NCAA. Shame on the coaches too, but shame on the NCAA. Because coaches are going to do what they got to do I guess, but the NCAA is the one.

“Those people on those committees that are making those decisions to allow something so ridiculous and not think of the kid. Everybody talks about me thinking about my program as selfish, no. Get that straight for all of you, I’m thinking of what is best for my son if he was in that position. And I just don’t agree with it.”

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'This s*** is crazy' — Baylor's addition of James Nnaji further blurs line between pro and college hoops

The combination of schools looking for players outside the traditional recruiting realm and judges eroding the NCAA’s ability to enforce eligibility rules has led everyone here, whether they like it or not.
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'This s*** is crazy' — Baylor's addition of James Nnaji further blurs line between pro and college hoops​

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It’s rare for a college basketball story to enter the mainstream sports conversation on Christmas Eve, but Baylor’s announcement that it had added center James Nnaji — the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA Draft — was enough of a “What are we doing here?” moment for it to break through.

Though college sports is now professional in almost every sense — including players who have signed pro contracts in Europe and the NBA G League finding their way to college basketball this year — the Nnaji development feels like new territory. This isn’t someone who slipped through the cracks or got bad advice, turned pro out of high school and ran into a career dead end. Nnaji, who has been playing in Europe, was one draft slot away from being a first-round pick with a guaranteed NBA contract. He played in the NBA Summer League and has even been part of a trade.

“Santa Claus is delivering mid season acquisitions…this s*** is crazy!!” UConn coach Dan Hurley wrote on X shortly after the news became public.

Is this really the type of player who should be part of college basketball? Who knows, maybe Arizona can get LeBron James on the bench for its Final Four push if he wants to play with his son Bryce.... :lol:

That would be absurd, of course — and, to be clear, expressly against NCAA rules since these pro-to-college cases must take place within five years of high school — but you can be forgiven if it seems like anything goes these days.

And guess what? As more college programs pursue mid-year additions, some have even checked in with G League players on two-way contracts who have appeared in actual NBA games. That seems inevitable at some point, too, given where this trend seems to be headed.

But don’t blame Baylor or any program for pursuing those players.

While you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in college sports who thinks this is a good development, schools are merely doing what the NCAA has given them the green light to do as it waits and hopes for some kind of antitrust protection from Congress that would allow for the actual enforcement of the rulebook rather than a mishmash of eligibility rulings.
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Just sayin': Who knew that you could get drafted by the NBA, play professionally in Europe, and then still be eligible to play college basketball? He's listed (below) on Baylor's roster as a Freshman:

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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

cincibuck
Jaxbuck said:
Right or wrong, you can sell against that.

Any kind of big, public, new sheriff in town/clean up stuff can be spun into a deemphasizing football counter claim if you want to.

I think the cleaning
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adults in charge at the BOT level are actually going to lean into that more than football fans think they will. Watch for a board committee to oversee the athletic department once they shitcan Warde. If that happens all the NIL money cannon stuff will be operating in a harsher environment. Likely a classic case of over reacting/swinging the pendulum back too far the other way for a while and it doesn't take much of that for the rest of CFB to let the talent know, you aren't serious about football anymore.

I'm not worried about the headlines of the coach. I am watching for what they say and do at Warde's level and above. That will tell you what's really going inclination on.
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could it be, that this is the start of cleaning up the mess in aisle three left by Harbaugh and Ono? Could it also be a sign that they want to be able to put football on the back burner in order to deal with the threat of losing their real meal ticket, research? These are difficult times for higher ed and the Big Ten hasn’t shown much inclination to fight against the 2025 movement.
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Non-Playoff Bowl Games Discussion Thread

buckeyemania11
Gizmo said:
Another ACC win over the SEC this season, but sure, any SEC team would go undefeated in any other conference.
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LSU is one of only two FBS teams this season to not score more than 25 points against an FBS opponent. The other was 0-12 UMass.

They'd definitely run the table in any other conference though! SEC SEC SEC!!
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QB Kirk ‘Nightmare On’ Herbstreit (Frosted Quips, False Narratives Clown, Afraid of THE Lunatic Fringe)

buxfan4life
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Kirk and Peter Herbstreit helped Bo Nix get over his fear of dogs

Kirk and Peter Herbstreit made sure to say hi to Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix and help him get over his fear of dogs.
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What did Derpsheit do? Tell him about peanut butter?
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

pnuts34
ScriptOhio said:
Just sayin': I don't know if I agree with that. Very few college players are making anything close to $1M per year (see NFL minimum salaries below). Besides. the NFL is most college players' ultimate goal and will always be the "end game".

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Minimum Salaries​

Minimum salaries on the active roster are governed by Article 26, Section 1 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Minimum salaries are determined by credited seasons, as defined in Article 26, Section 2, which are earned if players on "full pay status" for at least 3 games in most circumstances. This is often but not always equal to a player's accrued seasons, calculated differently under Article 8, Section 1.

Change the starting season, number of credited seasons, and contract length in the controls before to highlight the minimum salaries due to a player for each season of the contract.


0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+
2025 $840,000 $960,000 $1,030,000 $1,100,000 $1,170,000 $1,170,000 $1,170,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000
2026 $885,000 $1,005,000 $1,075,000 $1,145,000 $1,215,000 $1,215,000 $1,215,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000
2027 $930,000 $1,050,000 $1,120,000 $1,190,000 $1,260,000 $1,260,000 $1,260,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000
2028 $975,000 $1,095,000 $1,165,000 $1,235,000 $1,305,000 $1,305,000 $1,305,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000
2029 $1,020,000 $1,140,000 $1,210,000 $1,280,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000
2030 $1,065,000 $1,185,000 $1,255,000 $1,325,000 $1,395,000 $1,395,000 $1,395,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000
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I’m not saying that the numbers aren’t correct, but I’m just saying that a number of these players are transferring in hopes the next school pays more and might provide more PT. And if the NFL was still the end game for so many, then they wouldn’t keep returning back to college in record numbers. There wouldn’t be so many 6th year seniors and players filing for extra years in college if they were so keen to go to the NFL. Diego Paivea is pleading for a 7th year in college rather than declare for the NFL. Years ago that’d be insane to think, and many would think that he should declare and not worry when he’ll get drafted. But we all know he’ll barely get drafted so returning to college would be more lucrative

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Experienced starters are expensive when they hit the open market. There aren't quite as many sixth-year super seniors returning this fall as the COVID-year players graduate and cycle out, but there were still a ton of veteran players who entered the portal for one extra year of college and NIL earnings rather than enter the draft and try to make an NFL roster or practice squad.
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QB CJ Stroud (All B1G, 2022 B1G QB of the Year, All-American, NFL OROY, Houston Texans)

Herb Kirkstreit
CJ Stroud led his Texans to victory over Jim Harbaugh's Chargers. The Texans secured their spot in the playoffs for the 3rd year in a row, or in other words for all 3 of Stroud's seasons, and are the 7th NFL team to make the playoffs after an 0-3 start in the Super Bowl era.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

ScriptOhio
pnuts34 said:
Too many are looking for bigger paychecks at the next destination. The NFL is no longer the end game, if you can make enough in college then the pressure to become a professional drops exponentially
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Just sayin': I don't know if I agree with that. Very few college players are making anything close to $1M per year (see NFL minimum salaries below). Besides. the NFL is most college players' ultimate goal and will always be the "end game".

Minimum Salaries | Over the Cap

Minimum Salaries | Over the Cap
overthecap.com

Minimum Salaries​

Minimum salaries on the active roster are governed by Article 26, Section 1 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Minimum salaries are determined by credited seasons, as defined in Article 26, Section 2, which are earned if players on "full pay status" for at least 3 games in most circumstances. This is often but not always equal to a player's accrued seasons, calculated differently under Article 8, Section 1.

Change the starting season, number of credited seasons, and contract length in the controls before to highlight the minimum salaries due to a player for each season of the contract.


0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+
2025 $840,000 $960,000 $1,030,000 $1,100,000 $1,170,000 $1,170,000 $1,170,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000 $1,255,000
2026 $885,000 $1,005,000 $1,075,000 $1,145,000 $1,215,000 $1,215,000 $1,215,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000
2027 $930,000 $1,050,000 $1,120,000 $1,190,000 $1,260,000 $1,260,000 $1,260,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000 $1,345,000
2028 $975,000 $1,095,000 $1,165,000 $1,235,000 $1,305,000 $1,305,000 $1,305,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000 $1,390,000
2029 $1,020,000 $1,140,000 $1,210,000 $1,280,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,350,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000 $1,435,000
2030 $1,065,000 $1,185,000 $1,255,000 $1,325,000 $1,395,000 $1,395,000 $1,395,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000 $1,480,000
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

ScriptOhio
SEREbuckeye said:
Yeah, he’s gone.

Per On3:
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Mike80 said:
Doubt it. He's the guaranteed starter despite throwing like Edward Scissorhands. That's not going to happen anywhere else for at least a year.
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Michigan QB Bryce Underwood's NIL earnings are estimated around $3 million per year, part of a reported historic multi-year deal valued between $10-$12 million, potentially covering his college tenure, with contributions from figures like Larry Ellison, Tom Brady, and Dave Portnoy. This massive deal, which secured him for Michigan over LSU, includes a base valuation, sponsorships (Beats, Celsius, Hollister), and significant long-term business support, making him one of college football's highest earners even as a freshman
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Just sayin': I doubt it too. Nobody is going to offer him more NIL money than he is currently guaranteed to get at scUM. If a school is going to throw that much $$$ at a QB in the transfer portal; they are going to throw it at one of the top rated/ranked QBs in the portial like Sam Leavitt or Byrum Brown.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

pnuts34
Fungo Squiggly said:
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Still.

I can’t help but feel that some of these guys would benefit more from the stability of staying in place for several years versus hopping around constantly.
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Too many are looking for bigger paychecks at the next destination. The NFL is no longer the end game, if you can make enough in college then the pressure to become a professional drops exponentially
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