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Iowa Hawkeyes (Official Thread of The Under)

BB73
Zurp said:
They absolutely did. The ruling (something like $30 million) IS the buyout. Remember when that ruling came out? "Unprecedented hammering by the NCAA", or something like that. They'd never before given a punishment that high (according to my memory of the news). The only reason it was that high (dollars-wise) is because the cheaters were willing to pay it and keep their wins and championship.

Remember when MLB's umpires talked about "their" strike zones? And no one minded, because they were consistent. Yeah, that pitch was 4 inches outside the plate, but he's been calling that strike all evening, and all season. Fine - I don't like it, but at least be consistent. The NCAA has not been consistent at all.
Who was it that had communications with Deion Sanders ~10 years ago? Some wide receiver. Well, he was ruled ineligible simply for not being truthful with the NCAA.
North Carolina lets its players take bogus classes - "introduction to cartoon-watching". No problem.
Some basketball coach (Utah, maybe?) buys some pizza to share with a player whose father just died. The player loses eligibility.
Miami boosters buy hookers and boats and coke and all the things for their players. We'll let them off with time served after self-imposing 2 years' post-season ban, after it was obvious that they won't make any impressive bowl games.
Chase Young wants to borrow some money from a family friend (not a booster) so his girlfriend can go watch his bowl game (and he paid the friend back), and he lost 2 games of eligibility.
Cheaters up north get caught illegally stealing other teams' signals. Just throw some money at us and you can keep all your shit.
Iowa contacts Cade McNamara the day before they're allowed to, and they have to vacate wins.

What's the thing people are saying, now? "Make it make sense." None of this makes any sense.
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About the only thing consistent about the NCAA is their inconsistency.

I remember over 20 years ago when Jeremy Bloom was ruled ineligible for Colorado. He was a WR/return man who was an Olympian and actual World Champion in mogul skiing. He had some paid endorsements for snowboards so the NCAA said he couldn’t play college football.

About the same time, Domer DB Tommy Zbikowski wanted to take part in a boxing match with paying customers. The NCAA said that was OK.

The fact that almost nobody would care about the boxing match unless he played football at ND didn’t matter. While on the other hand, people buying snowboards endorsed by Bloom might care about the fact that he was a World Champion skier but probably couldn't care less that he also played college football.

Logic and fairness never seem to be their priorities.

I just looked up Jeremy. He’s a multi-millionaire, the current CEO of the X Games, and is married to a Brazilian actress.

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DE Mike Vrabel (All B1G, All American, All Pro, Super Bowl Champ, NFL HC of Year, HC New England Patriots)

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Steve19 said:
I'm willing to bet that many people on this board have either participated, or come damn close to participating, in many of the moral behaviors discussed. I think the problem arises when people put sports people on a pedestal and then expect them to act according to the moral compass that they think people on that pedestal should follow. I want to be clear...Vrabel's behavior suggests that he does not interpret the importance of several values in the same way as many people here do...and further that he is going down a path that will lead ultimately to some serious issues in his life. If this is true, it will probably affect his performance as a coach, at least for a period of time.

We know what wins in the end, almost all of the time.
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Currently undefeated, but this one seems to be on the ropes.
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"We Choose to Go To The Moon!"

Zurp
Jaxbuck said:
Moon Nazis are no joke.

I mean, now with BOTH Elvis and Chuck Norris retired and back to their home worlds, Willie Nelson is the last Guardian left.

We are wide open for an invasion.
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Cripes. I never thought of that.
Who will defend us, now? Gen Z? The nazis can invade, armed with little more than peanuts and insults, and Gen Z won't be able to cope.
Maybe Powdered Toast Man?
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Pittsburgh Pirates (5x WS Champions) Ain't Nutting happenin'

iambrutus
Buccos go down 5-1 early, in years past i would have shut it off and been done, but i found myself sticking with it, they fought back and though they ended up short, they made it a game. they had a prime chance to walk it off with 2 on 1 out in the bottom 9th, but just fell short. its going to be a fun summer!
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2026 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

Jaxbuck
BB73 said:
That period of probation will end within a couple of months of his 2-year show cause penalty.
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Being able to cross state lines and not being barred from working in your industry anymore are big events in some peoples lives.
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PGA Tour (Official Thread)

BB73
calibuck said:
Dunno, the way he hit the big stick yesterday, all day, seemed to be the best solution, until it wasn't. Not that I'm near that level, but if you've been doing it, why would you change. Playing if soft, or safely, means you are overthinking it, and have seen that crater more often than not. Golf is not a game where you can 'guide' the ball, you must put your best swing on it at all times. Anyway, he exhibited all day that he has all the shots, and some he made from the boonies were tremendous. Tip of the hat to Rory.
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Sorry, I just can’t buy that. As he approached the tee on 18, the only 2 ways he could lose the tournament was if Cameron Young holed out for an eagle (about 1000 to 1), or if Rory got a double bogey or worse.

The 18th is only a 465 yard par 4, and has a narrow fairway with trouble on either side. A 320-yard drive isn’t needed to par the hole, but an accurate drive is essential in avoiding big numbers. And Rory was a guy who was 90th out of 91 golfers in hitting fairways over the first two days! And now he’s dealing with the pressure of trying to close it out.

He had played well being aggressive from 7 through 17 (4 under for 11 holes), but he needed two great chips to par 16 and 17. He didn’t need a birdie or even a par on 18, he just needed to avoid disaster.

It‘s a similar situation to protecting a lead in football or basketball. A football team might have a strength of throwing the ball, but if they have a lead late they run the ball to close out the game by reducing the chances of disaster and shortening the game. And a basketball team that likes to run and gun, if they aren’t idiots, quit jacking up quick 3s when they have a multi-possession lead in the last minute. It doesn’t maximize their points per possession, but it decreases the chances of blowing the lead at the end of the game.

There are famous situations of folks not closing out contests by failing to be wisely conservative at the end of sporting events. Joe Pisarcik should have taken a knee against the Eagles in 1978; and Jean Van de Velde on the 18th hole at Carnoustie in 1999, where he hit driver with a 3-stroke lead, compounded his problems with his second shot, and lost in a playoff.

If Rory’s bad drive had ended up behind a tree, he could have lived to regret hitting the driver on 18 with a 2-stroke lead.
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