College Football 2023

[Proudiddy]

 

8 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Deion is polarizing I know, but I see why he's doing things his way. I would have taken 3 years of this over rhule 

 

 

Deion was my favorite player growing up (then Barry), so I've been pulling for him my whole life and I'm telling you, outside of my Heels, I am prolly the biggest Colorado fan in the world right now that has zero ties to the area or school.  

I think there is something to be said about someone who embodies the physical manifestation of their thoughts.  A lot of people think Deion just talks poo and that he's cocky, brash, and arrogant...  but if people actually listened to what he's saying, it's all substantive.  He has said the literal invention of Prime Time was our of necessity to pull him out of his living conditions - if he didn't believe in himself, no one else would.  And he believed it, became it, and influenced generations of people, athletes, and culture as a result.  He's smart and when he talks, people have no choice but to kaite , whether they like him or not...  but he's a force of nature, and I feel like that's why he can't lose in this endeavor.  Those kids are ready to run through a wall for him and I love seeing it.

Also, for those that didn't watch, Shedeur is a guy to keep an eye out for...  i have not seen that much poise and touch consistent from a college QB throughout an entire game in a very, very long time.

[Proudiddy]

10 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Greg McElroy and Sean McDonough called the ncaa out, Charlie baker by name, last night and embarrassed them on national TV in a marquee game. Well done. 

I really, really fuging hate the ncaa.  I was hoping they would just kind of crumble once the NIL stuff happened, but here they are, still finding a way to stick their nose in poo and fug up a good thing.

[Icege]

7 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

@LinvilleGorge Did they do anything at the stadium to remember the shooting on the UNC campus?

I hope so. They haven't done poo for the faculty.

A friend of mine that teaches at UNC has been telling me what they've done so far and it's just a bunch of CYA being done by the school. The extent of the counseling he was offered was basically a group session and an email chain where they discussed what they were thinking while hiding.

His office was on the first floor of the building where the shooting took place. He heard all 5 shots and immediately had to barricade his door with his desk, chair, and a few other things he had.

 

[4Corners]

Just now, Proudiddy said:

I really, really ducking hate the ncaa.  I was hoping they would just kind of crumble once the NIL stuff happened, but here they are, still finding a way to stick their nose and poo and fug up a good thing.

I think they are going to dissolve eventually. They are one of the most corrupt, morally bankrupt, unethical sports organizations in the world. 
 

it’s why the nil stuff if such a disaster. They have no spine and no leadership. 

[4Corners]

2 minutes ago, Icege said:

I hope so. They haven't done poo for the faculty.

A friend of mine that teaches at UNC has been telling me what they've done so far and it's just a bunch of CYA being done by the school. The extent of the counseling he was offered was basically a group session and an email chain where they discussed what they were thinking while hiding.

His office was on the first floor of the building where the shooting took place. He heard all 5 shots and immediately had to barricade his door with his desk, chair, and a few other things he had.

 

I’m glad your friend is ok. What happened is a GD tragedy. What do you think the admin could do for the staff? 

[4Corners]

5 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

 

Deion was my favorite player growing up (then Barry), so I've been pulling for him my whole life and I'm telling you, outside of my Heels, I am prolly the biggest Colorado fan in the world right now that has zero ties to the area or school.  

I think there is something to be said about someone who embodies the physical manifestation of their thoughts.  A lot of people think Deion just talks poo and that he's cocky, brash, and arrogant...  but if people actually listened to what he's saying, it's all substantive.  He has said the literal invention of Prime Time was our of necessity to pull him out of his living conditions - if he didn't believe in himself, no one else would.  And he believed it, became it, and influenced generations of people, athletes, and culture as a result.  He's smart and when he talks, people have no choice but to kaite , whether they like him or not...  but he's a force of nature, and I feel like that's why he can't lose in this endeavor.  Those kids are ready to run through a wall for him and I love seeing it.

Also, for those that didn't watch, Shedeur is a guy to keep an eye out for...  i have not seen that much poise and touch consistent from a college QB throughout an entire game in a very, very long time.

Deion is one of the greatest American athletes in history. He transcended the game of NFL and was a big deal for baseball. 
 

he is a breat of fresh air for coaching. He is real and saying how it is and that of course rubs the crotchety old people of European dissent wrong because they just want to be entertained. 
 

my only concern is that this is going to be one of the top storylines in CFB this year and I think espn is gonna be shoving it down our throats like they did with Zion and Manziel. I’m gonna be watching the Maui Imvitational and Bill Walton is gonna go on a 10 minute diatribe about Colorado football because espn told him to 

[Proudiddy]

3 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Deion is one of the greatest American athletes in history. He transcended the game of NFL and was a big deal for baseball. 
 

he is a breat of fresh air for coaching. He is real and saying how it is and that of course rubs the crotchety old people of European dissent wrong because they just want to be entertained. 
 

my only concern is that this is going to be one of the top storylines in CFB this year and I think espn is gonna be shoving it down our throats like they did with Zion and Manziel. I’m gonna be watching the Maui Imvitational and Bill Walton is gonna go on a 10 minute diatribe about Colorado football because espn told him to 

Agreed on all counts, and that Walton take is fuging hilarious and super likely.

But yeah, fug ESPN.  We canceled our directv last year, and I really haven't missed it at all...  I used to spend hours watching it, but even then was starting to feel really frustrated with th repetitiveness and them just running everything into the ground while inventing their own news and storylines by pushing narratives with their fuging gasbag personalities all of the time.  They are insufferable.

But, I love me some Deion!  I really hope they push for Top 10+ this season.  I always appreciated the program from early memories of my football fandom with the likes of Slash, Westbrook, Rashan Salaam, etc., so I love that Deion took on the challenge to revitalize that program.  It's gonna be fun to watch. 

[Icege]

6 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

I’m glad your friend is ok. What happened is a GD tragedy. What do you think the admin could do for the staff? 

Speaking for myself (he's still processing as you can imagine), I believe that they need to provide something a bit more impactful than an hour long group discussion along with an email chain "checking in."

The most damning issue for the college right now, and why they are in save their ass mode, is because the advisor/professor that was murdered had emailed the department and relevant parties expressing concern for the shooter's mental health. They had prior notice of this and did nothing.

Also, when the shooting occurred, there are three levels for which the college categorizes an incident. I don't remember the exact naming conventions, but the breakdown he gave me was that cat1 is everything goes on as normal, cat2 is that school is done for the day but everything resumes as normal the next day, and cat3 is for anything that requires more than that. UNC originally classified this as cat2 instead of a cat3. As a result, students were left wondering how they were going to finish an assignment while processing a traumatic event until enough backlash forced the college to correct course.

 

I saw the news blurb about an hour after it had occurred and legitimatley paused for an entire minute trying to figure out how to contact him. I ultimately opted to DM him on Discord since to my knowledge his Discord notifications are always turned off. After he had been evacuated (~3:30pm the day of, more than 2.5hrs after the shooting occurred above him), he told me that a co-worker called his office phone twice trying to check on him so he ended up having to rip it out of the wall to avoid having it bring attention to him.

[Icege]

Apologies, I didn't actually answer the what I think they should do part specifically.

For starters, the mandatory reporting process needs to be reviewed and fixed. To say that the ball was dropped there is an understatement. The process in which classes are canceled and a shooting on campus is responded to is in need of a major overhaul.

Providing access to mental health services instead of a half ass checkbox would be nice as well. I'm not sure what they're providing the students but for the faculty that just lost a teammate they've done fug all.

Edited September 3, 2023 by Icege

[jayboogieman]

Four more games to go with three of them being played today.

Northwestern vs Rutgers at noon on CBS

Oregon State vs San Jose State at 3:30 on CBS

LSU vs Florida State at 7:30 on ABC

 

Tomorrow night is an ACC game.

Clemson vs Duke at 8 on ESPN

[Jackie Lee]

4 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

 

Also, for those that didn't watch, Shedeur is a guy to keep an eye out for...  i have not seen that much poise and touch consistent from a college QB throughout an entire game in a very, very long time.

 

[DJ feed me moore]

15 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

We won with DEFENSE. I'm fuging STOKED!!!

so electric, best game we have played under mac since that miami beatdown.

[DJ feed me moore]

18 hours ago, Shocker said:

And the UNC OL doesn’t matter?  It’s a team sport but I will be surprised if SC doesn’t win this game 

this comment is hilarious because it was USC's OL who looked garbage tier.

[CRA]

I don’t watch tons of UNC, generally when I do I feel Mack would annoy me as my teams HC. 

all 3 timeouts, a minute on the clock, one of the top QBs in college football…. and he just let the clock run out.   UNC was slated to get the ball back in the 2nd half.  That’s a lot of coaches dream scenario.