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Skinypupy wrote:Sark in at Texas, ESPN just confirmed.

Just hoping he can manage it.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 1:21 am

Skinypupy wrote:Sark in at Texas, ESPN just confirmed.

Just hoping he can manage it.

Really surprised they didn't get Urban. I figured he'd only come back for USC or Texas.

msduncan wrote:Coach Saban with his 7th national title. More than any other coach on college football history. He pulls even with Paul Bryant for most at Alabama with 6.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:54 am

msduncan wrote:Coach Saban with his 7th national title. More than any other coach on college football history. He pulls even with Paul Bryant for most at Alabama with 6.

Congrats! I only watched a few minutes, but just wasn't in the mood. A measure of how crazy things are that I can't even take enjoyment in college football. I hope you are doing well, and that this brought you some joy this year!

Most-Watched BCS/CFP/NC Cable TV Games

2015—Oregon-Ohio St, ESPN, 33.4M
2018—Alabama-Georgia, ESPN, 28.4M
2015—Alabama-Ohio St, ESPN, 28.3M
2015—Oregon-FSU, ESPN, 28.2M
2011—Oregon-Auburn, ESPN, 27.3M
2018—Georgia-Oklahoma, ESPN, 26.8M
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*2021—Alabama-Ohio St, ESPN, 18.7M

Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:35 am It's being compared to the top 5 games of all time, so hard to know how different this year is from a normal year. Would be more helpful to see what the ratings were the last two years.

Lassr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:13 pm and Alabama's AD Greg Byrne is one of the top candidates to replace him. Hate to lose Byrne, but couldn't blame him for the nice raise.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:47 pm (Asia not much into football...).

Lassr wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:31 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:47 pm (Asia not much into football...).

2020 Koshien Bowl (Japan College Football National Championship)

I didn't realize they had college football in Japan, apparently a LOT of college teams.

TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Last Friday night, Arizona State was cruising to a lopsided win over rival Arizona. In the fourth quarter, the Sun Devils were a yard away from scoring again. Little U's junior running back, Jackson He, born in China, took the handoff. One defender stood between him and the end zone.

JACKSON HE: In the end, when I saw that person right there, I was like, man, I got to man up. It's one yard. I got to beat him.

GOLDMAN: At 5'9'', 220 pounds, Jackson He beat him.

Xmann wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:21 pm Tons of rumors flying this morning about recruiting violations at Tennessee. Three coaches and two players not allowed to play and coach yesterday sounds like this is legit.

Jeremy Pruitt is a tone deaf idiot that I hope goes down with this. I don't recognize my beloved Tennessee Volunteers any longer. Total embarrassment.

Good thing we have a basketball team that is a favorite to win the SEC and will be stacked even better next year.

On Friday, the NCAA fined the Volunteers $8 million and released a report outlining more than 200 infractions during Pruitt's stint. The report states the school committed 18 Level I violations, most of which involved recruiting infringements and direct payments to athletes and their families.

The Volunteers escaped a postseason punishment but were placed on a five-year probation. According to Low, that includes the reduction of 28 scholarships.

LawBeefaroni wrote:Penn State steps.in it:


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Scuzz wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:40 pm Vacating wins, such a terrible punishment no actual punishment whatsoever.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:03 pm Penn St deleted that tweet, any idea what it was?

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Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:26 pm The people who commuted the crimes are long gone. Unless you cite lack of institutional control, what benefit does punishing the new coaches and players do?

The Volunteers escaped a postseason punishment but were placed on a five-year probation. According to Low, that includes the reduction of 28 scholarships.

Former coach Jeremy Pruitt was hit with a six-year show cause order
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Additionally, there will be a legislated fine of $5,000, 3% of the football budget and an additional fine to recoup money earned while the program was ineligible during the 2020 Gator Bowl.

The fines given out were notably larger than those historically given out by the NCAA. However, the NCAA addressed the heightened fines as an offsetting move to avoid giving out bowl bans that will affect players and staff on campus who had no involvement with the violations.
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Tennessee will lose 28 scholarships over five years, with at least two lost each season. The program reduced scholarships by 16 over the first two seasons due to self-imposed sanctions, meaning current coach Josh Heupel and his staff must only sit 12 total scholarships short over the next three seasons.
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The director of recruiting and assistant director of recruiting at the time were hit with five-year and 10-year show-causes, respectively. A former assistant coach also has a two-year show cause.
If Pruitt is hired during the six-year show-cause window, he will be suspended for his entire first season at a new job.
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Tennessee will lose 36 official visits over the course of probation, and at least four per season. The Vols will have to select 10 regular season games during which they cannot host official visits, including four SEC games. Unofficial visits will be reduced for 40 weeks over the next five years, and the staff will lose 28 total weeks of recruiting communication and in-person evaluation. Tennessee previously self-imposed several penalties to offset this.

The NCAA cited "exemplary cooperation" as to why the university was not hit with further penalties after the shocking number of violations. Additionally, the NCAA panel recognized Tennessee's self-imposed punishments that will be credited towards their final tally.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 10:05 pm What makes you think they're not getting away with whatever they want to do now?

The Volunteers escaped a postseason punishment but were placed on a five-year probation. According to Low, that includes the reduction of 28 scholarships.