**Running College Football Updates Thread**

[dssl]

The only job that I think 1) could be available, and 2) that he would take . . would be Ohio State. If Ryan Day craps the bed again, his number could be up. Of course, his team should be loaded this year.

Otherwise, I don't see a vacancy at a place he'd leave for. Ole Miss has treated him well and are paying him a very good salary. He's in the middle of the best recruiting in the nation. They give him pretty much anything he wants. And he's built a team that will contend for the NC. So frankly I don't know why he'd leave.

Think of it in much the same way Texas was back when we were wandering in the wilderness. Academics ruled the day and didn't want to spend so much on athletics, namely football. So glad that's over. But I think Ole Miss went through something similar.

What you are saying makes sense. The only question is can a school that size(less then 24k students. 64k stadium) keep up with the arms race against the big boys.

This is the same guy that left tennessee to take the usc job. If a major blue blood program comes calling I think he would seriously consider it.

 

[TFloss32]

 

[TFloss32]

 

[63_Texas_1]

I like his attitude. I like being and working around people like him.

That attitude should be the expectations of our basketball team. Hoping for a round 16 as a benchmark of success is sad. The UT should expect yearly final four trips with a national championship thrown in occasionally. Anything less is accepting losing and a culture of not aspiring for greatness.

The greatest danger for most of us is not our aim is too high and we miss it, but that is too low and we reach it. ~ Michelangelo

 

[Wayne]

I like his attitude. I like being and working around people like him.

That attitude should be the expectations of our basketball team. Hoping for a round 16 as a benchmark of success is sad. The UT should expect yearly final four trips with a national championship thrown in occasionally. Anything less is accepting losing and a culture of not aspiring for greatness.

The greatest danger for most of us is not our aim is too high and we miss it, but that is too low and we reach it. ~ Michelangelo

There are no teams that make yearly Final Four trips to the NCAA tournament. Not Kansas, not Kentucky, not Carolina, not Duke. That expectation is a recipe for setting your program up for failure. The goal for the team should be a national championship each year. But each year is different. When you start playing playing other good teams after the first round of the tournament, losing is always a possibility. Should Virginia have fired it's coach after losing to a 16 seed a couple of years ago. If so, they probably don't win the national championship the next year. Talent is dispersed pretty well among the top 30 teams or so and all it takes to lose is for one of those players to go off in a game.

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” William Shakespeare.

 

[63_Texas_1]

There are no teams that make yearly Final Four trips to the NCAA tournament. Not Kansas, not Kentucky, not Carolina, not Duke. That expectation is a recipe for setting your program up for failure. The goal for the team should be a national championship each year. But each year is different. When you start playing playing other good teams after the first round of the tournament, losing is always a possibility. Should Virginia have fired it's coach after losing to a 16 seed a couple of years ago. If so, they probably don't win the national championship the next year. Talent is dispersed pretty well among the top 30 teams or so and all it takes to lose is for one of those players to go off in a game.

“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is famous for tragic endings; thus, he expected heartaches. Vincent Lombardi, John Wooden, Darrell Royal, Nick Saban and others believed otherwise. The Shakespeare quote and the slogan of The University of Texas at Austin, 'what starts here changes the world' don't align.

“There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. - Darrel Royal.

 

[TFloss32]

 

[Wayne]

Shakespeare is famous for tragic endings; thus, he expected heartaches. Vincent Lombardi, John Wooden, Darrell Royal, Nick Saban and others believed otherwise. The Shakespeare quote and the slogan of The University of Texas at Austin, 'what starts here changes the world' don't align.

“There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. - Darrel Royal.

A few thoughts: (1) Darrell Royal didn't win every game. He experienced defeat but wasn't defined by it. (2) Nick Saban always said that the process comes before the outcome. If you judge anything by the outcome, you may quit before sustained excellence comes. Saban won a lot but didn't win them all. (3) The two quotes do align. If you have unrealistic expectations, you won't finish the job. (4) In every game luck is a factor. A deflected pass, a trip in the open field, an injury or a bad call can change the outcome of the game. The process is more important than the outcome. (5) Most games are games of failure. A good hitter gets out most of the time. A great outside shooter misses most of the time. Layups don't always go in.

All you can do is lay it all on the line and let the chips fall where they may.

 

[63_Texas_1]

A few thoughts: (1) Darrell Royal didn't win every game. He experienced defeat but wasn't defined by it. (2) Nick Saban always said that the process comes before the outcome. If you judge anything by the outcome, you may quit before sustained excellence comes. Saban won a lot but didn't win them all. (3) The two quotes do align. If you have unrealistic expectations, you won't finish the job. (4) In every game luck is a factor. A deflected pass, a trip in the open field, an injury or a bad call can change the outcome of the game. The process is more important than the outcome. (5) Most games are games of failure. A good hitter gets out most of the time. A great outside shooter misses most of the time. Layups don't always go in.

All you can do is lay it all on the line and let the chips fall where they may.

Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Michael Jordan and many others didn't play for Shakespeare. Thank goodness! Better yet, thank goodness John Wooden didn't practice mentioned Shakespeare quote.

The above mentioned didn't win championships every year. They didn't make excuses about a deflected pass or games of failures. Their expectations were to win championships. Greatness is going beyond letting the chips fall. Setting a standard of sweet 16 is not greatness; it is setting for less.

It is hard to fail, but is worse never to have tried to achieve. - Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Wayne]

Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Michael Jordan and many others didn't play for Shakespeare. Thank goodness! Better yet, thank goodness John Wooden didn't practice mentioned Shakespeare quote.

The above mentioned didn't win championships every year. They didn't make excuses about a deflected pass or games of failures. Their expectations were to win championships. Greatness is going beyond letting the chips fall. Setting a standard of sweet 16 is not greatness; it is setting for less.

It is hard to fail, but is worse never to have tried to achieve. - Theodore Roosevelt

You like setting up straw men. I'm saying like Saban, it's about process not outcomes. If you worry about outcomes, you don't focus on what you need to do to accomplish them.

Here's Saban's quote: “You create expectations and the expectations make you become more outcome-oriented. So, rather than focusing on the little things in front of you, you're more focused on the outcome than you are in the system that's going to give you the outcome you want."

You can lose a game you play well; you can win a game you played poorly. Which do you want? If you take the latter, you'll end up losing more games. Kipling said it too: "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same". The process is the thing, not the outcome. Roosevelt is saying what I am saying.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Okay, let's go hire our AD from a place where they don't win very often. lol

 

[Wayne]

Okay, let's go hire our AD from a place where they don't win very often. lol

aggy went and got a replacement AD that fits perfectly with their profile... mediocrity.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

aggy went and got a replacement AD that fits perfectly with their profile... mediocrity.

Right after raiding the MAC during the portal period. lol

 

[tejasrulz]

I like his attitude. I like being and working around people like him.

That attitude should be the expectations of our basketball team. Hoping for a round 16 as a benchmark of success is sad. The UT should expect yearly final four trips with a national championship thrown in occasionally. Anything less is accepting losing and a culture of not aspiring for greatness.

The greatest danger for most of us is not our aim is too high and we miss it, but that is too low and we reach it. ~ Michelangelo

Texas has only been to the Final Four twice I believe however I like your thinking.

You can't hit the ball if you don't swing the bat. ~ TejasRulz

 

[TFloss32]

 

[dssl]

The rich get richer.

I'm surprised the pie(it's pie day) isn't split based on how many teams make the playoffs, and maybe how far those teams advance.

ESPN: 14-team CFP is expected to be formalized in next 24 hours

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www.on3.com

 

[Baron]

The rich get richer.

I'm surprised the pie(it's pie day) isn't split based on how many teams make the playoffs, and maybe how far those teams advance.

ESPN: 14-team CFP is expected to be formalized in next 24 hours

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www.on3.com

That's roughly $23.5M for every SEC team as it sits right now. $20.9M for B1G teams.

 

[dssl]

That's roughly $23.5M for every SEC team as it sits right now. $20.9M for B1G teams.

Yes, that's a crazy amount of money per team each year. It will be interesting to see how they divide it within the conferences.

SEC payout average 23.5 million
B1G payout average 20.9 million.
BIG12 payout average 13.9 million
ACC payout average 11.24 million

Notre Dame 13 million.

If the ACC doesn't give florida state a significantly bigger share they are going to go even more ballistic but snce the ACC knows fsu will leave as soon as they can they have no incentive to appease them.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Yes, that's a crazy amount of money per team each year. It will be interesting to see how they divide it within the conferences.

SEC payout average 23.5 million
B1G payout average 20.9 million.
BIG12 payout average 13.9 million
ACC payout average 11.24 million

Notre Dame 13 million.

If the ACC doesn't give florida state a significantly bigger share they are going to go even more ballistic but snce the ACC knows fsu will leave as soon as they can they have no incentive to appease them.

So do you piss off FSU and let it be a one-team problem? Or do you succumb to one team's demands and piss off the rest of the conference?

 

[dssl]

So do you piss off FSU and let it be a one-team problem? Or do you succumb to one team's demands and piss off the rest of the conference?

Their value to the playoffs is way more then the average ACC team. If everyone gets the same then it's another way they are subsidizing the smaller schools, which is why they want out.

The SEC has the same issue, but to a lesser degree. Based on value Vanderbilt doesn't deserve the same payout as Georgia, Alabama and Texas?