January 10, 20232 yr so whats the consensus now? tcu (and mich) overrated? or osu better than people thought? or both i guess??
January 15, 20232 yr On 1/9/2023 at 1:18 PM, eastvillagedon said: lol After all the accolades die down, I think this young man's next step should be to lobby for a Popeye's in Painesville. I checked and as far as I can see there's not even one in Lake County, although it appears that Mentor (of course!) is in the process of building one-- http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
January 21, 20232 yr ^ popeyes is really the best of them big shikn shack joints. out west i see they are in amherst, vermilion and at great northern.
January 21, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, mrnyc said: ^ popeyes is really the best of them big shikn shack joints. out west i see they are in amherst, vermilion and at great northern. They have far and away the best food but their service is best measured in geological time.
January 21, 20232 yr 52 minutes ago, mrnyc said: ^ popeyes is really the best of them big shikn shack joints. out west i see they are in amherst, vermilion and at great northern. this story has taken on a life of its own. I just saw it in the Guardian. Also there's a new Popeye's that just opened on 14th st. nr. University Place. I'm waiting for them to put up a Dieunerst Collin poster. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
January 23, 20232 yr ^ aww that would have been perfect for me — but we moved — i see we got 5 popeyes in staten. also, i got got a kennedy chicken aka the ‘hood popeyes a block away lol, so i’m good. oh shoot edit — so i put chicken on google maps and i see i forgot i got a good soul food place & like 3 jamaican jerk chicken shacks and some pr & dominican stew chicken & the sri lankan & indian tandoori bird slingin joints all close by too. and our grocery has rotisserie chicken and fresh and frozen nuggers. also some live chickens were seen wandering around nearby per the local newspaper today: https://www.silive.com/news/2023/01/see-video-wild-wild-staten-island-as-hens-make-a-party-out-of-street-trash-in-tompkinsville.html i guess i am well covered for our beloved yard bird. 😂 Edited January 23, 20232 yr by mrnyc
February 10, 20232 yr who needs college when you're starring in a Super Bowl ad? My only disappointment is that he's not wearing a Lake Erie jersey in it. One would almost think he's embarrassed to be going there😕. Either that or the Popeye's people thought no one has ever heard of this school or the town it's in anyway, so why bother 😂 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
February 10, 20232 yr 44 minutes ago, eastvillagedon said: who needs college when you're starring in a Super Bowl ad? My only disappointment is that he's not wearing a Lake Erie jersey in it. One would almost think he's embarrassed to be going there😕. Either that or the Popeye's people thought no one has ever heard of this school or the town it's in anyway, so why bother 😂 Most people in Northern Ohio have never heard of it. The only reason I know about Lake Erie is my father did his MBA there at night back when it was an all girls school, but the afterhours grad school did allow men.
February 10, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, Cleburger said: Most people in Northern Ohio have never heard of it. The only reason I know about Lake Erie is my father did his MBA there at night back when it was an all girls school, but the afterhours grad school did allow men. yeah, it was still all female when I was growing up. Townies like me always thought of it as snobby women's college (or maybe those were just the people in my crummy part of town lol), or as a fallback school for people who couldn't get into the prestigious Seven Sisters colleges. That's probably not true, and I don't know if the place was ever officially called Lake Erie College for Women back then, but the joke was to refer to it as Lake College for Eerie Women. Your father must have been there when the evening and or men's division was called Garfield Senior College (or maybe that was earlier). https://www.facebook.com/GarfieldSeniorCollege/ Edited February 10, 20232 yr by eastvillagedon http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
August 4, 20231 yr the crazy ncaa world — 🙀 Oregon, Washington finalizing move to Big Ten, sources say Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 4, 2023 Oregon and Washington are finalizing a deal to join the Big Ten, sources told ESPN, a move that continues to dwindle the Pac-12 and puts that conference's future in the crosshairs. The schools are expected to formally apply for membership Friday, sources said, and a Big Ten vote is expected to take place this evening, according to sources. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/38134021/big-ten-set-send-invites-oregon-washington-sources-say
August 5, 20231 yr goodbye to the old pac-10/12 5 universities announce departure from Pac-12 Conference on Friday, leaving its future in question By Jacob Lev and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Updated 11:32 PM EDT, Fri August 4, 2023 more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/sport/oregon-washington-big-ten/index.html
August 6, 20231 yr ^ and to think just a few weeks ago San Diego State was seemingly willing to pay millions in penalties to bolt the Mountain West for this doomed conference
August 9, 20231 yr Faster Than You Can Say ‘Bigger Paycheck,’ Clemson And Florida State Will Bolt ACC https://www.forbes.com/sites/terencemoore/2023/08/07/faster-than-you-can-say-bigger-paycheck-clemson-and-florida-state-will-bolt-acc/?sh=d670c181f137 Take Florida State, for instance. School president Richard McCullough informed trustee board members this week that FSU would “very seriously” consider leaving the ACC if its national television revenue distribution among universities didn’t “radically change.” OK, but even if those other ACC schools took just enough money from the conference’s TV deal for helmets and maybe a few sweat socks in order to give the bulk of the loot to the Florida States and the Clemsons, the bank accounts of those elite teams still would rank far behind their SEC and Big Ten counterparts. Which means Florida State is destined to leave the ACC. Clemson won’t be far behind. Miami (Florida), too. ======================================== Note that these are predictions, this is not yet reporting an event that has already happened, but apparently there is some kind of deadline for conference change announcements approaching, and the way the dominoes have been falling, predictions like these have a lot of solid evidence behind them (i.e., the comparison of the member school payouts). And I really don't like this. OSU vs. USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, or Washington shouldn't be a conference game, it should be the Rose Bowl, if it isn't part of the College Football Playoff. And these media deals that are the driving force of these realignments do have expiration dates; should we expect these megaconferences to disintegrate and scatter just as quickly if the next TV deal is not so lucrative? Are we going to have to realign internally yet again to have a Big Ten West, Big Ten Central, and Big Ten East? (The "Ten" is going to be even more archaic now, and even moreso if either Clemson or Florida State actually do make the jump to the Big Ten instead of the more logical but just-slightly-less-lucrative SEC.)
August 9, 20231 yr It's asinine. You just have to laugh anymore. When your states highest paid public employee is A FOOTBALL COACH we've gone full idiocracy.
August 9, 20231 yr 25 minutes ago, Gramarye said: Faster Than You Can Say ‘Bigger Paycheck,’ Clemson And Florida State Will Bolt ACC https://www.forbes.com/sites/terencemoore/2023/08/07/faster-than-you-can-say-bigger-paycheck-clemson-and-florida-state-will-bolt-acc/?sh=d670c181f137 Take Florida State, for instance. School president Richard McCullough informed trustee board members this week that FSU would “very seriously” consider leaving the ACC if its national television revenue distribution among universities didn’t “radically change.” OK, but even if those other ACC schools took just enough money from the conference’s TV deal for helmets and maybe a few sweat socks in order to give the bulk of the loot to the Florida States and the Clemsons, the bank accounts of those elite teams still would rank far behind their SEC and Big Ten counterparts. Which means Florida State is destined to leave the ACC. Clemson won’t be far behind. Miami (Florida), too. ======================================== Note that these are predictions, this is not yet reporting an event that has already happened, but apparently there is some kind of deadline for conference change announcements approaching, and the way the dominoes have been falling, predictions like these have a lot of solid evidence behind them (i.e., the comparison of the member school payouts). And I really don't like this. OSU vs. USC, UCLA, Stanford, Oregon, or Washington shouldn't be a conference game, it should be the Rose Bowl, if it isn't part of the College Football Playoff. And these media deals that are the driving force of these realignments do have expiration dates; should we expect these megaconferences to disintegrate and scatter just as quickly if the next TV deal is not so lucrative? Are we going to have to realign internally yet again to have a Big Ten West, Big Ten Central, and Big Ten East? (The "Ten" is going to be even more archaic now, and even moreso if either Clemson or Florida State actually do make the jump to the Big Ten instead of the more logical but just-slightly-less-lucrative SEC.) I think Clemson and FSU will have a lot of hurdles to bolt soon, but at the end of the day the end of the ACC is nigh. The JPMorgan negotiations with FSU are very interesting at this point and could pave the way for a College Football Premier League in the future, but I think that concept is still at least 10 years off. The bigger question is whether this give FSU the leverage to break off from the ACC for a few years until they can find a home. I do not think the SEC is viable right now, because ESPN does not need to negotiate against itself to keep FSU happy. They are guaranteed its rights through 2036 wherever FSU plays. I do not think the BIG will touch FSU as long as their rights are controlled by the ACC. If FSU is able to pay the hefty buyout, that will certainly change everything though. That is what makes the JPMorgan thing quite interesting.
August 9, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, Brutus_buckeye said: The JPMorgan negotiations with FSU are very interesting at this point and could pave the way for a College Football Premier League in the future, but I think that concept is still at least 10 years off. Promotion and relegation for CFB would be amazing. It feels like the only way that will happen is if the NCAA, or god forbid Congress, steps in and decides that there needs to be a 3rd subdivision within Division 1 made up of all the marquee teams. It should happen but I don't know if that willpower will ever exist and I am not confident that they will unintentionally back into it like they did with the playoff.
August 9, 20231 yr 35 minutes ago, Dev said: Promotion and relegation for CFB would be amazing. It feels like the only way that will happen is if the NCAA, or god forbid Congress, steps in and decides that there needs to be a 3rd subdivision within Division 1 made up of all the marquee teams. It should happen but I don't know if that willpower will ever exist and I am not confident that they will unintentionally back into it like they did with the playoff. Probably is players would transfer as soon as their school was relegated especially if they were going into their senior year.
August 9, 20231 yr 10 minutes ago, cle_guy90 said: Probably is players would transfer as soon as their school was relegated especially if they were going into their senior year. That's already the case now. The star of the a bottom of the barrel Big Ten team, if it has one, is transferring at the first opportunity they can get.
August 10, 20231 yr 16 hours ago, cle_guy90 said: Probably is players would transfer as soon as their school was relegated especially if they were going into their senior year. 16 hours ago, Dev said: That's already the case now. The star of the a bottom of the barrel Big Ten team, if it has one, is transferring at the first opportunity they can get. Right now it is the wild west out there. What is more likely to happen is Congress will pass something to provide rules and stricter guidelines that allow the NCAA to police things better and have much tighter restrictions again. Right now each state pretty much lets their athletes do what they want and it causes issues for schools in other states whose statehouses are more restrictive or have not addressed the issue yet. I know one big issue is Texas A&M and their collective. They are pretty much skirting the rules of fair play with their collective (and IRS Rules). It has been so bad that the SEC is begging the NCAA to try and step in to regulate the situation but the NCAA is a feckless organization at this point. So the SEC has threatened to let all their schools do what A&M is doing which will not be good for the game. I think you will start to see more rules and restrictions around the transfer portal in the coming years when things settle down.
August 10, 20231 yr 8 minutes ago, Brutus_buckeye said: Right now it is the wild west out there. What is more likely to happen is Congress will pass something to provide rules and stricter guidelines that allow the NCAA to police things better and have much tighter restrictions again. Right now each state pretty much lets their athletes do what they want and it causes issues for schools in other states whose statehouses are more restrictive or have not addressed the issue yet. I know one big issue is Texas A&M and their collective. They are pretty much skirting the rules of fair play with their collective (and IRS Rules). It has been so bad that the SEC is begging the NCAA to try and step in to regulate the situation but the NCAA is a feckless organization at this point. So the SEC has threatened to let all their schools do what A&M is doing which will not be good for the game. I think you will start to see more rules and restrictions around the transfer portal in the coming years when things settle down. Looks like TAMU just shutdown their collective to avoid potential enforcement from the IRS. I'm really pessimistic that Congress will step in, regardless of which party is in charge. I have no specific reason why I feel that way, other than a history of not intervening in the past when they could/should have. Really, the NCAA exists to prevent Congressional interference. I would also not be surprised if the NCAA changes the rules for the transfer portal in the near future.
August 10, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, Dev said: Looks like TAMU just shutdown their collective to avoid potential enforcement from the IRS. I'm really pessimistic that Congress will step in, regardless of which party is in charge. I have no specific reason why I feel that way, other than a history of not intervening in the past when they could/should have. Really, the NCAA exists to prevent Congressional interference. I would also not be surprised if the NCAA changes the rules for the transfer portal in the near future. I saw that too. One thing that A&M did not take in to account was IRS rules getting in the way. It is a difficult situation for many colleges because enforcement has never been equal. Certainly the IRS can police some of this, but that really only happens at the edges, like when A&M goes a bit too far. However, lets not pretend that this is going to stop A&M from operating at the far edges of the gray area. They have done that for decades. Also, the NCAA while impotent still is a force to be reckoned with for some schools so their enforcement is not uniform. Schools like A&M, Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan, Texas, North Carolina can pretty much operate with impunity because they have a war chest and size that can scare off the NCAA regulator who would try and make an example of them. Schools like Boise, Cincinnati, ECU, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Colorado etc. have to walk a finer line because they do not have the same level of resources to fight the NCAA, they do not have the same national support such that the NCAA could still try and make an example out of them. So if they are an up and comer and skirting the rules, the big boys with the help of the NCAA can make their lives difficult.
August 26, 20231 yr congrats to kentergy, that kent grit made the espn pre season bottom ten. boiling green you are on the waiting list. 😱😂 2023 preseason Bottom 10: UMass back in familiar spot Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 24, 2023 … 2. #Kentergy The Golden Flashes have a new coach in Kenni Burns, who has been preaching the mantra of "Kent Grit." I've eaten a lot of grits in my Carolina-raised life, but never in Ohio. Also, after Kent State is done with its first two games -- trips to UCF and Arkansas, where the Flashes are estimated by ESPN's mystical and magical FPI to have a 6% chance of winning each -- we should call Ken Burns, the documentarian, and have him do a film about Kenni Burns. I can already hear Peter Coyote's voice set to piano music: "They called it 'Kent Grit'..." more: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38240986/2023-preseason-college-football-bottom-10
October 8, 20231 yr welp, espn said it best: There are losses. There are bad losses. There are losses that haunt a coach on his deathbed. And then about 100 miles past that is how Miami lost Saturday. How bad was it? Pitbull has been downgraded from Mr. Worldwide to Mr. Corner of 36th and South near the IHOP. or to pile on in another way, the other miami u whipped bgsu yesterday — and bg had previously beaten georgia tech.
October 26, 20231 yr Meanwhile, in probably the biggest NCAA Football scandal since, well, there's one every year. But this one is enjoyable. Michigan football sign-stealing probe began after firm obtained video from school computers, per reports The investigation into illegal scouting and sign stealing at Michigan began when an outside investigative firm approached the NCAA with files and video from computer drives maintained by the university, The Washington Post reports. The report, which comes from anonymous sources, alleges that multiple Michigan coaches and staff members had access to these files. The university has already suspended analyst Connor Stalions after he bought tickets for more than 30 games at 12 of the possible 13 Big Ten stadiums and four tickets to games featuring out-of-conference College Football Playoff contenders over a three-year period, according to ESPN. The Post's anonymous sources say the firm presented a schedule to the NCAA, detailing Michigan's planned travel for sign-stealing for the rest of the year. The alleged schedule featured a budget of around $15,000 with scouts attending more than 40 games played by 10 opponents. Ohio State led the way with as many as eight trips and more than $3,000 budged for travel and tickets. Potential College Football Playoff opponent Georgia was next with four or five games scheduled at a total of around $3,000. New evidence of the magnitude alleged by the Post's report would certainly broaden the scope of the NCAA's investigation beyond just Stalions and could implicate several other members of the Michigan staff. More below: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-football-sign-stealing-probe-began-after-firm-obtained-video-from-school-computers-per-reports/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 26, 20231 yr Sources: Michigan staffer bought tickets for non-Big Ten games The scope of the alleged illicit scouting ring being orchestrated by suspended Michigan analyst Connor Stalions continues to grow, as sources told ESPN on Tuesday that he bought tickets for games at four schools outside of the Big Ten that were either in College Football Playoff contention or playing contenders. There also is record of Stalions buying tickets to the 2021 and 2022 SEC title games, sources told ESPN. The tickets to the SEC title games were purchased on the secondary market, according to sources. ESPN also learned that Stalions, who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into Michigan's alleged sign-stealing operation, bought tickets to a 12th Big Ten school, as sources at 12 of the 13 possible Big Ten schools have a record of Stalions buying a ticket there. ESPN reported on Monday there were 11 schools. According to four sources, all of the tickets for games outside the Big Ten involved CFP contenders and were purchased either toward the middle or end of the 2022 season, as Michigan was headed to the College Football Playoff for the second consecutive season. The Big Ten announced last week that Michigan (8-0, 5-0) is under NCAA investigation for the alleged sign-stealing operation. The Wolverines are the No. 2 team in the country and the current betting favorite to win the national title. More below: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38736903/michigan-staffer-bought-tickets-non-big-ten-games "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 28, 20231 yr On 1/10/2023 at 11:36 AM, mrnyc said: so whats the consensus now? tcu (and mich) overrated? or osu better than people thought? or both i guess?? ten months later the consensus now is that TTUN's dominance over Ohio State the last 2 years was apparently aided by cheating.
October 28, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, Brutus_buckeye said: ten months later the consensus now is that TTUN's dominance over Ohio State the last 2 years was apparently aided by cheating. Coincidence??? Edited October 28, 20231 yr by Dev
October 28, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, Dev said: Coincidence??? last year CJ Stroud was a Heisman candidate until the 2nd half of the Michigan game where he looked lost and OSU could not move the ball move than a few yards. As Dewand Jones said earlier in the week "We knew they stole signs and we changed some up but did not have time to change everything". You figure the first half when OSU moved the ball, Michigan may not have been able to guess everything they would be running. This was the same CJ Stroud who lit National Champion Georgia up for close to 400 yards last year. On D, while OSU had holes in their D last year, McCarthy and Michigan had been a pedestrian passing team before then, lit up OSU's D that game and gashed them with the run game. They knew what to do based on how OSU was aligned on D. Even in 2023, while Michigan has a good team and may not have played a tough schedule, in years past they would win those games by 7-14 points, now they are winning by 28. Coincidence?? I think not.
October 29, 20231 yr On 10/26/2023 at 9:54 AM, ColDayMan said: Sources: Michigan staffer bought tickets for non-Big Ten games The scope of the alleged illicit scouting ring being orchestrated by suspended Michigan analyst Connor Stalions continues to grow, as sources told ESPN on Tuesday that he bought tickets for games at four schools outside of the Big Ten that were either in College Football Playoff contention or playing contenders. There also is record of Stalions buying tickets to the 2021 and 2022 SEC title games, sources told ESPN. The tickets to the SEC title games were purchased on the secondary market, according to sources. ESPN also learned that Stalions, who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into Michigan's alleged sign-stealing operation, bought tickets to a 12th Big Ten school, as sources at 12 of the 13 possible Big Ten schools have a record of Stalions buying a ticket there. ESPN reported on Monday there were 11 schools. According to four sources, all of the tickets for games outside the Big Ten involved CFP contenders and were purchased either toward the middle or end of the 2022 season, as Michigan was headed to the College Football Playoff for the second consecutive season. The Big Ten announced last week that Michigan (8-0, 5-0) is under NCAA investigation for the alleged sign-stealing operation. The Wolverines are the No. 2 team in the country and the current betting favorite to win the national title. More below: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38736903/michigan-staffer-bought-tickets-non-big-ten-games Sounds like Stalions was allowed to run wild to all those games
October 29, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, GCrites said: Sounds like Stalions was allowed to run wild to all those games You have just dated yourself as a child of the 80s with that post
December 3, 20231 yr Well, we will see today what kind of balls the CFP committee has. Michigan Washington Fla St and Texas have earned top 4 spots. But that would leave the SEC out. My guess is somebody is gonna get screwed.
December 3, 20231 yr It's tough. Alabama beat Texas this year. And then Alabama wins the SEC championship. I'm just not sure how they can be excluded. The situation at Florida State losing their starting QB puts a wrinkle in the whole thing.
December 3, 20231 yr 4 hours ago, Jenny said: It's tough. Alabama beat Texas this year. And then Alabama wins the SEC championship. I'm just not sure how they can be excluded. The situation at Florida State losing their starting QB puts a wrinkle in the whole thing. Alabama LOST to Texas at home this year. That’s how they can be excluded. They also struggled to be multiple bad teams. Florida State has an incredible defense and lost no games. There’s precedent for winning a national championship with a backup QB (Ohio State 2014). Florida State got absolutely robbed today.
December 3, 20231 yr 38 minutes ago, acd said: Alabama LOST to Texas at home this year. That’s how they can be excluded. They also struggled to be multiple bad teams. Florida State has an incredible defense and lost no games. There’s precedent for winning a national championship with a backup QB (Ohio State 2014). Florida State got absolutely robbed today. You are right but you know the mentality. The earth would stop rotating if there is not an SEC team in the playoffs.
December 6, 20231 yr What a week for College Football! Obviously there was the massive rejection of FSU by the playoff committee, followed by a wave of transfer portal announcements and now this: a proposal to split Division 1 again.
December 6, 20231 yr ^ I'm quickly losing interest in almost all sports. I have no faith that the people wresting control of college football will do anything right.
May 18, 20241 yr fun article all about the return of ea sports college football video game — Inside the return of EA Sports College Football video game Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2024, 11:00 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. -- Daryl Holt shopped at a Books-A-Million near Auburn, Alabama, around Thanksgiving in 2019 when his clothes caught the attention of the person standing behind the counter. The EA Sports logo Holt wore led to the question he always received when wearing his company's gear publicly. When is the college football video game coming back? more: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40153072/inside-return-ea-sports-college-football-video-game
December 26, 2024Dec 26 espn bowl games previews — https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42797666/2024-college-football-bowl-game-preview-storylines-players
January 22Jan 22 too soon? 2025 Way-Too-Early college football Top 25 rankings Mark Schlabach Jan 20, 2025 ATLANTA -- Ohio State's high-powered offense proved to be too much for Notre Dame in the Buckeyes' 34-23 victory in Monday's national title game. The Buckeyes captured their first national title in 10 years and first under coach Ryan Day. It was the school's seventh national championship overall. Even with Ohio State having a boatload of players who are expected to move on and be chosen in April's NFL draft, the Buckeyes are No. 1 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2025. The Buckeyes will still have star players, such as receiver Jeremiah Smith and safety Caleb Downs, and they'll plug holes with another top recruiting class and group of transfers. Ohio State will be looking for a new quarterback as well, but it won't be alone among the potential CFP contenders. Notre Dame, Texas, Georgia, Oregon and others will be developing new signal-callers, too. Here's the 2025 ESPN Way-Too-Early Top 25: more: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43452580/way-too-early-college-football-top-25-ranking-2025
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