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You make these post about the Utes as if you're at all of the practices and in all of the coaches' meetings. I'm about 1,400 miles away and haven't looked up one thing about Utes football, and I can tell you that Utah is a 9-3 to 10-2 team, in 2024, and should be playing for the Big12 Championship. They will be one of the conference's better teams.
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And for good reason, because they're going to need to be able to flexible enough to bend over and take it up their backside.
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For starters, who said that Oregon State wasn't extended and offer? Maybe Oregon State refused an offer to join the ACC. To that end, the author of this filing fails to recognize that over history, Cal and Stanford have had more national appeal to the general viewing audience than Oregon State. But who cares? The ACC didn't need Cal, Stanford, Oregon State or Washington State. None of those four were going to impact the ACC's viewership, attendance numbers, and etc. The ACC didn't need any of those schools. The ACC simply chose to extend a charitable offer to Cal and Stanford.
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What? According to @Orange racism only exists in the deep south. Then again, he chooses to live in a racist state where 98% of their population is white. The school he chooses to support (as well as their chief rival) has roughly 1% of their student body that is African American. Meanwhile, they poach black athletes from the south to make up 60-80% of their football and basketball programs, allowing them to live off of the backs of these black athletes. That being said, the state of Utah's racial divide isn't much better. Many of the verbal attacks that I have received from @utenation and @Orange can easily be interpreted as hate speech and racist. @utenation has even gone so far as to fabricate false statements and narratives, about me, fabricating quotes and claiming that I made statements that I did not. And the leadership of this forum allows them to do so. All that being said, it's a shame that a contingency Idaho's white supremacist had to ruin this experience for a group of young ladies who merely wanted to represent their school in the biggest tournament they could ever ask to be a part of in what should have been a wonderful experience that would establish wonderful memories.
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Unfortunately, UCLA is not (and for many years how) has not been, a destination school for head coaches. Which is a shame because they have all of the ingredients to be a destination school, but they've floundered in mediocrity since the 70's. I think Foster is about as good as they can get, right now. The other names you mentioned as potential candidates would have wanted to come to UCLA, and if they're not interested, then you can't blame the administration for not hiring them.
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He may have been looking immediately after the ASU game but wasn't getting any offers - until now.
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Karl Dorrell coaching tree? I wouldn't even call it a bush.
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Looking ahead to the "new" B1G football season, with the additions of former PAC12 teams, Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA - here are my predictions: Oregon - has the easiest schedule of the former PAC12 members but should face defeat against Ohio State and @Michigan. Wisconsin could be a trap game. Washington - expect losses to Michigan, @Iowa, @Penn State and @Oregon. USC - LSU, @Michigan and ND, should be losses. @Minnesota could be a trap game. UCLA - Plenty of losses for UCLA in 2024: @LSU, Oregon, @Penn State, @Rutgers, Iowa, @Washington and USC. It will be a tough year for the Bruins.
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Today the Big12 released the 2024 schedule, which included "new" conference members and former PAC12 teams, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State. A quick analysis of their schedules .... Colorado - to lose 5-to-7 games. K-State, Utah, Arizona and OK State should be losses. From games against Baylor, @Nebraska, @TX Tech, @UCF, @Kansas and Cincinatti - I would expect more losses. My 5-to-7 loss prediction is actually a conservative "guesstimate". Arizona - to lose 3 games: @K-State, @Utah and 1 more from the group of UCF, Houston, TX Tech, TCU and WVa. Whichever team provides that third loss, it will be a mild upset. ASU - to lose roughly 6 games; MS State, Arizona, Utah, OK State, K-State, @TX Tech. Kansas could be a loss as well. Utah - Expect 1 loss; @OK State. Houston or UCF could pull of upsets, but not likely. Baylor and Arizona will not be easy outs. Arizona and Utah should be among the top half of teams in the Big12. Utah could be playing in the Big12 Championship Game.
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So, in the job market - in any industry - companies need to refrain from hiring talent from other companies and organizations, in order to improve their own company - and that's "not" the way to run a business (college sports is a business); am I understanding you correctly? Furthermore, Arizona is not a "destination" school, for CFB, and most likely never will be. Most schools are not destination jobs. Regardless of who the coach at Arizona is, that coach will ultimately leave to take on another job that is more in line with being a "destination school (job)" (or at least the next step up on the ladder of ascension towards a destination school. What is baffling to me is that neither Arizona or ASU produce annually strong contenders for most sports, while they exist in a state with an abundance of talent, and they neighbor other states where talent is plentiful. Given that both schools are located in climate-friendly cities, it would seem that they could accumulate plenty of talent, and be a force is all sports.
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Fisch is an excellent hire for UW.
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Some of you - @Orange @utenation, for example - live in states where African American citizens (black people for those of you in Utah and Oregon) - have a low demographic presence. In fact, I would say that there are several of you who would encounter more AA citizens in a four-block walk in downtown Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, and several other cities, than you've encountered in your entire life. As a black man, here is a story, with video, that demonstrates what life is like - on a daily basis - in southern cities, as it pertains to black citizens. It's embarrassing for me, but also a reality. Many of you don't know what true racism is, nor of the daily criminal acts by black citizens that take place, in even the most civil environments - such as this video and story shows of a new Top Golf location in Memphis, TN, which closed after one month of operation, due to all of the violence by black customers. Topgolf Memphis Is Already A Mess And Black People Are Mad At Black People For 'Ruining S--t' – OutKick
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No. Unlike you, I have things to do every day. I have an adult life, with adult responsibilities. I only come on these threads once in a while for entertainment purposes only, and as a break from my weekly adult duties. It wasn't until 11/24/2023 that I saw your post, for the first time, and I responded immediately, upon seeing your reply to my response. I don't have to "research" anything to know that CFB classes are "ranked" (it's discussed all the time in the media and on radio shows). But apparently you need to research that fact, because your reply to my response shows how little you know about recruiting.
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I just went back to my activity on these message boards, and I don't have a comment on file about Oregon v. Wisconsin in the 2020 Rose Bowl. Can you provide that for me? I went back to look because I didn't recall saying anything about that game. You guys have such disdain for me that you actually make up things I have allegedly said, all the time. But congratulations on the "meaningless" Rose Bowl win over a 3-loss Wisconsin team, who finished 4th overall in the B1G. And ironically, that 2019 season was when Oregon lost to Auburn, in the season opener, where Auburn was led by true freshman QB, Bo Nix.
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So let me see .... you reference two times, in three years, that I've been wrong on picks against Oregon, and suddenly I don't know anything about the PAC? And I supposed to be correct 100% of the time? Name for me "one" individual who picks correctly 100% of the time. Even oddsmakers are wrong, on many games, every week. It amazes me at how personal you guys take my picks. At the time of the Colorado predictions, Colorado was playing well, while USC wasn't, and Oregon had struggled to get by Texas Tech, two weeks before (almost lost). So, at the time, they weren't the ridiculous pick you make them out to be. I watch the PAC12, and I am very capable of what I and seeing. And what I see are PAC teams that are not facing strong defenses. I'm an Auburn guy, and I watched Bo Nix in high school (at Pinson Valley) and at Auburn. He struggled, in SEC play. You never knew if you were going to get "good Bo", or "bad Bo". Rest assured; he didn't perform as well in the SEC as he has performed in the PAC. Why? Because the SEC defenses were bigger, stronger and faster than what he's faced the last two seasons. He had to face BAMA, LSU and Georgia, every year - and that doesn't include other programs that were tough to play. I predict Oregon to beat UW in the PAC12 Championship, "soundly". Oregon is better now that when the two teams played before. And if what I think happens, happens and Oregon goes to the playoffs, I think they will face Georgia and lose badly, just as they did at the start of the season in 2022. It will show enough disparity that makes me wonder if you are watching other conferences and are capable of processing what you are seeing.