If Day offered and accepted the kid’s pledge then I don't have any concerns that he is good enough to play here.

Making that elbow jumper also allows the cutter in behind her defender once they try to guard it. You could potentially say that this team goes as far as Elsa's improvement takes them. The twins are going to do what they do and do it well which is probably good enough to win 50% of the seasons games. It's Elsa and the other bigs that determine the other 50% imo.

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Let the ass whoopins commence!

We'll be doing the Texas Two-Step following the second Saturday of the season. The longhorns wont want to see the Buckeyes cross the Red River again anytime soon. Lol

First one was the JackSaw scoop and score what will this one be? Jeremiah was a Heisman?

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probably because he's not anything close to the GOAT he (and ESPN) have proclaimed him to be.

Truly great players make everyone around them better, then in crunch time they take over and dominate. I don't watch NBA anymore but when he was young, I never saw that from LeBron. I actually watched him quit against the Celtics in a playoff round early on (forget the year 09-10 maybe). That was all I ever needed to see.

Russel, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Kobe...they'd die before they'd quit.

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Some players HATE to lose. Other players love to win. The players you listed hated losing. I've always believed that Lebron loves winning and that is what has always been missing in his game. Probably goes down as the most physical freak in the history of the NBA, but i don't see him as the goat.

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The more I think about this, the funnier it is to me.

I deal with shit like this a lot in my business life at this point so I can almost imagine it. They, apparently, tried to do what I said they'd do and lean on him to take less (thus the ~800K legal bills) and it failed so spectacularly he got every bit of his full benefits (down to golf privileges) and an extra million.

When your power move is so thoroughly trashed that you end up paying the other sides legal AND they put a penalty fee on you....man oh man. Tsun either hired Mother Fucker Jones to negotiate for them or Warde went full Terminator.

TSUN: "Take $3MM and we won't fire you for cause"

WM: "

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TSUN:

"Ok $7MM, full benefits and we'll pay legal fees but that's our final offer"

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It’s annoyed me over the years how many people get paid off for their bad behavior and/or incompetence and get crazy sweetheart deals. Being fortunate enough to have a defined benefit pension myself, I’m very curious as to what the lifetime expected value of the pension that Manuel is going to get due to their waiving of rules re: duration of employment (and chipping in of cash too) is. That seems like a potentially huge payoff to me (don’t know how old he’ll have to be to start collecting) but is being barely reported on as a throw-in benefit.

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49434956/ravens-waive-rookie-diego-pavia-make-room-ethan-pocic

Ravens waive rookie Diego Pavia to make room for Ethan Pocic​

Throughout the predraft process, there were questions about Pavia's age (24), lack of height (5-foot-10) and decision-making off the field. After finishing runner-up to Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza in December, Pavia posted a photo on Instagram with the caption "F- ALL THE VOTERS" along with a thumbs-down emoji on social media. He later apologized.

Just sayin': ...Class act... Pavia probably should have finished 4th behind Love and Sayin. If anybody had a legitimate beef with the Heisman voting it would have been Mendoza (i.e. with the 273 voters that didn't vote him #1). His season rivaled that of Joe Burrow in 2019.

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Wait. So they dumped Pavia to make way for a <checks notes> CENTER?

This is a GREAT success story, probably doesn't get enough ink. UDFA to seven years getting a paycheck! Remember he had some great success starting out, but kinda faded from there. But clearly had enough in the tank to hold onto his job. Am betting he gets the nod for one of the longest NBA lived players from tOSU. Go Bucks!

Haven't really figured out whether it's an element of developing early, playing in a lesser HS league, having better teammates, or simply being a superior athlete. And how to compare, say an OT from Florida, versus one from New Hampshire. Yet the talking heads do, and you gotta know that they haven't seen film, visited, etc both. Or maybe it's an 'got the world by the short hair' attitudes. Or do the 3*s simply outwork the 5*s. Certainly not smart enough to know. Someone with more technical savvy and time can probably cobble together tOSU's 3* history into who made first NFL round, versus how many 5* started and ended up in NFL first round.

Will be interesting who shows out in the short yardage situations. From what have seen/read, all of these guys can do the break aways, by making second level miss, but the guys that can get the one-two yards between the tackles have yet to surface (or so I believe). Also believe that will be the quickest way to the field. Anyway, call it rationalization, but believe tOSU will be just fine at RB this year. Will let next year alone until next year.

I remember when Oldsmobile picked up the tab to send Sparty’s band to the Rose Biwl. But that was in the 1950s and the Midwest was an industrial powerhouse. Much of what made the Midwest so powerful is now located in Dixie.

Both things can be true; guy is objectively talented; guy was insanely productive and efficient for a vast majority of the season; guy also struggled with disguised coverages and ferocious pass rush.

It’s okay to go into an off season with things to learn and improve. Hell, Day did too. Those losses fall on the staff just as much as him if not more.

Ultimately ha seems to have the intellectual capacity to learn the complex defenses and process. Arthur Smith will probably help a bit as it relates to more snap reads and identifying coverages.

Please work your butt off to force yourself onto the field and stay in tact during fall camp.

Dudes burst and speed are too special to not have against our schedule this season.

I believe it's Keith Byars day!

Morning 'Planet.

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More proof of the death of liberal arts students education. The triumph of vo ed.

He’s not wrong. I think their issue was they lost to Florida who was terrible.

The next 9-3 team to make it will be the first. It absolutely rewards teams who don’t lose games. If you’re scheduling teams like Texas that’s not particularly fair.

If we lose 3 games this year (let’s say it’s Indiana, USC and Texas) it’d be criminal to not be in the playoffs

Neal made the cut yesterday on the number, and he shot a 5-under 66 today to be in a tie for 41st before the final round of the 3M tournament in the Twin Cities.

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Just sayin': This would be a natural fit for a uniform sponsor:

An Ode To Charlie Partridge: Notre Dame football just made history while also defying preconceived expectations​

Notre Dame football is recruiting the defensive line at a historic level. A lot of credit goes to new DL coach Charlie Partridge.



Notre Dame football defensive line recruiting for the 2027 class is officially complete.

With the commitment of 2027 Chicago (Ill.) Brother Rice four-star defensive tackle Brayden Parks on Thursday, the Fighting Irish wrapped up what might be the program’s best defensive line haul in over three decades. The class is the first assembled under new defensive line coach Charlie Partridge, and it represents a massive statement about where head coach Marcus Freeman’s program is headed.

For a long time, Notre Dame fans were programmed to believe the Irish couldn’t realistically compete for five-star defensive linemen. This class shatters that notion entirely.

The group features five-star edge rusher Abraham Sesay, elite five-star defensive tackle David Folorunsho, Jackson Vaughn (a potential five-star in the 2028 class before reclassifying), top-100 defensive end Aidan O’Neal, top-150 defensive tackle Parks, and four-star reclassified defensive lineman Segun Alexander.

That is a staggering collection of talent along the defensive front.

Just sayin': Notre Dame may have hit a "home run" in hiring Charlie partridge as DL coach this year.

Does Notre Dame have the best defensive line class of the 2027 cycle?​

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