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2030 FIFA World Cup

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South America proposes 64-team 2030 World Cup

The president of South American soccer's ruling body CONMEBOL made an official proposal on Thursday to expand the men's 2030 World Cup from 32 teams to 64.
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2030 World Cup: CONMEBOL proposes expanded 64-team tournament​

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Alejandro Domínguez, the president of South American soccer's ruling body CONMEBOL, made an official proposal on Thursday to expand the men's 2030 World Cup from 32 teams to 64.

FIFA is aware of the proposal that was first introduced in March by a delegate from Uruguay during an online meeting of the ruling council of world soccer's governing body.

"We are convinced that the centennial celebration will be unique because 100 years are celebrated only once," Domínguez said during his opening speech at CONMEBOL's 80th Ordinary Congress.

The 2030 World Cup is already set to be the most sprawling edition with six host nations spread across three continents.

Uruguay was the original World Cup host in 1930 and is scheduled to stage one game. Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Morocco are also co-hosts.
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If FIFA approves the move, it would create a tournament of 128 matches, double the number of the 64-game format that was played from 1998 through 2022.

However, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has called a 64-team World Cup "a bad idea."

Critics of the 64-team proposal have argued it will weaken the quality of play and devalue the qualifying program in most continents.
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SF Brandon Noel (Official Thread)

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Brandon Noel - Men's Basketball - Wright State University Athletics

Brandon Noel (14) Forward - 2024-25: Appeared in and started all 33 games, averaging 33.8 minutes per game… Averaged 19.0 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game…
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Brandon Noel
  • Position: Forward
  • Height: 6-8
  • Weight: 240
  • Class for 2025/2026 season: Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown: Lucasville, OH
  • Highschool: Chillicothe
2024-2025: Wright State hasn't updated.... :lol:

2023-24: Appeared and started 31 games, averaging 34.4 minutes per game, second-most on the roster… Averaged 14.5 points per game and led the team with 8 rebounds per game… Scored double figures in 26 games, including six games with 20 points or more… Top-15 in HL statistical marks in rebounds per game (3rd), Field Goal Percentage (3rd), minutes (7th), blocks (10th), and points per game (12th)… Season-high 25 points on 9-14 shooting in the home win over Miami (OH) on Dec. 19… Recorded nine double-doubles, including 19 points and 16 rebounds in the win over NCAA tournament qualifier, Oakland in Rochester on Feb. 25… One of 23 players in Wright State program history with 500-plus career rebounds… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League, Horizon League All-Academic Team, and the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23: Appeared in all 33 games with 26 starts, averaging 29.1 minutes per game, third-most on the roster… Averaged 13.0 points per game, a Top 15 mark in the HL and the most among freshman in the Horizon League, while his 60.9 overall shooting percentage was tops in the Horizon League and finished No. 19 nationally… His 8.7 rebounds per game average was third-most in the Horizon League, while in Horizon League-specific games, his 10.1 rebounds per game led all players in the HL… Finished third in the Horizon League with 288 total rebounds, a Top 50 mark nationally, while his 215 defensive rebounds were the second-most in the HL… Tallied 11 double-doubles on the season, the third-most the Horizon League, while recording HL-best eight double-doubles in League play… Recorded double figures scoring 23 times with seven games of 20-plus points… Had 13 double-digit rebound games and five or more rebounds in 28 contests… Named the Horizon League Freshman of the Year on the court… Member of Horizon League Basketball All-Academic Team before being named 2023 Horizon League Winter Scholar-Athlete of the season.

2021-22: Redshirted.

2020-21: Redshirted.

Notes: Played at Chillicothe High School, where he was an Ohio First Team All-State Division 1 selection as a senior... Helped lead Chillicothe to its second consecutive Frontier Athletic Conference championship as a junior... Also earned second team Division I All-District honors, first team All-District honors on the D-I and D-II District 14 Coaches Association team, and All-Ohio honorable mention in D-I after averaging 16 points per game and over eight rebounds per game in 2018-19.

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Brandon Noel - Wright State Raiders Forward - ESPN

View the profile of Wright State Raiders Forward Brandon Noel on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.
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Career Stats​

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Stats
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
33 33.9 55.2 35.8 75.3 7.7 1.7 0.9 1.0 2.0 2.2 19.0
31 34.4 53.5 40.0 79.8 8.0 1.6 0.8 0.8 2.4 1.8 14.5
33 29.2 60.9 35.7 77.3 8.7 1.4 1.0 0.8 2.2 2.2 13.0
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C Christoph Tilly (Official Thread)

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Former Santa Clara Center Christoph Tilly Transferring to Ohio State

Ohio State adds a 7-foot center via the transfer portal as Christoph Tilly, who averaged 12.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for Santa Clara last season, commits to the Buckeyes.
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Former Santa Clara Center Christoph Tilly Transferring to Ohio State​

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Ohio State has added a much-needed center via the transfer portal.

Christoph Tilly, who averaged 12.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for Santa Clara last season, committed to the Buckeyes on Thursday.

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Tilly, who earned second-team All-WCC honors last season, projects as a likely starter for the Buckeyes at center, where Ohio State needs improved production on both ends of the floor next season. Tilly will likely share minutes at the five with Sean Stewart and Ivan Njegovan, who are both entering their second season with the Buckeyes, following the transfer departure of Aaron Bradshaw.

Tilly was ranked as the seventh-best center to enter the transfer portal this offseason by 247Sports. He picked up 8.8 rebounds per 40 minutes in 2025-26, which would have ranked third among Buckeyes who played at least 10 minutes per game last season. Sean Stewart (12.5) and Devin Royal (9.6) had higher rates.

An efficient scorer around the rim, Tilly shot 61.7% from 2-point range and went 17-of-54 (31.5%) from 3.

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PG Gabe Cupps (Official Thread)

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Mar 26, 2025: Transfer​

Gabe Cupps commits to Ohio State Buckeyes​

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  • Pos: PG
  • Height: 6-1
  • Weight: 165

Prospect Info​

  • High School: Centerville
  • City: Dayton, OH
  • Exp: 2023 - 2025 (at Indiana, stats below )
Stats
2024-25 *
2023-24
GP MIN FG% 3P% FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
4 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0
33 21.6 36.4 35.9 61.5 1.8 1.2 0.0 0.7 1.9 0.8 2.6
* Cupps missed much of the season after undergoing surgery to repair what the program described as a "pre-existing, nagging lower body injury" and he later revealed was a meniscus injury.

Just sayin': It appears that he should have 3 more years of eligibility.
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TSUN Baseball Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

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The Weekender: Colorado and Syracuse Hope to Play Spring Game Against Each Other, Georgia Suspends Two Players for Reckless Driving and A Michigan Baseball Player Pretends to Snort Cocaine

Colorado and Syracuse want to scrimmage each other this spring, Georgia suspends two players for reckless driving and a Michigan baseball player pretends to snort cocaine.
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A cocaine-themed celebration up north​

A Michigan baseball player received national attention this week for his questionable celebration during the Wolverines’ win over USC last Sunday.

After sliding into third base on a bases-clearing triple, Michigan infielder Mitch Voit celebrated his big hit by pretending to take a hit, sliding his nose along the baseline chalk as if he was snorting cocaine.

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After the celebration went viral, Voit took to social media on Monday to apologize for his actions, saying he “made an immature decision in the heat of the moment.”

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Michigan did not punish Voit, who earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors last week after a 12-hit, 12-RBI week. A Michigan spokesperson told The Athletic that the university “did not feel that it was necessary to issue any discipline,” saying Voit “immediately apologized for his actions in the heat of the moment.”

Just sayin': Obviously the scUM baseball player is (somehow......:lol:) familiar with how you snort cocaine. Not a "good look" at all for scUM. :sad2:
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Spring Games

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The Weekender: Colorado and Syracuse Hope to Play Spring Game Against Each Other, Georgia Suspends Two Players for Reckless Driving and A Michigan Baseball Player Pretends to Snort Cocaine

Colorado and Syracuse want to scrimmage each other this spring, Georgia suspends two players for reckless driving and a Michigan baseball player pretends to snort cocaine.
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The Weekender: Colorado and Syracuse Hope to Play Spring Game Against Each Other​

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Colorado, Syracuse pushing for spring scrimmage​

While some college football teams are choosing not to play spring games this year, Colorado and Syracuse are hoping to start a new kind of spring game.
After Colorado coach Deion Sanders said Monday that he wanted the Buffaloes to play another team in their spring game, Syracuse coach Fran Brown responded to his call on social media, telling Sanders that he would bring his team to Boulder for three days to practice and scrimmage against the Orange.

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Now, the two teams are taking real steps to try to make that happen. Syracuse.com reported Saturday that both teams’ compliance offices have filed paperwork with the NCAA petitioning for the opportunity to schedule joint practices and a scrimmage against each other in Boulder this spring.

NCAA rules currently prohibit teams from holding joint practices or intersquad scrimmages, and it’s unclear whether their petition will be approved. If it does come to fruition, however, college football coaches around the country will have one more option to consider when deciding whether their teams should hold spring games going forward.

Just sayin': Probably a bad idea. I do think that, an "intrasquad scrimmage" would lead to more injures. Besides you want to keep some of your practices and the plays that you run "secret".
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