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Yeah, that's bad. The players normally want to give it a go, so again, I don't know what you do if you are passing all the tests. And I am not sure what tests are done to players beyond what they do under the mysterious blue tent. I do know coaching staffs are strictly prohibited from entering the tent.

I mean, they are independent officials making the call on whether players return. But if players are passing the baseline testing, I'm not sure what else you can do. I learned a long time ago not to try and diagnose injuries from my television. When they replay action, I don't see how there are not 4 injuries every play ?

While it’s everyone’s favorite pastime to criticize Notre Dame, they’ve been miles ahead of where the general public insists they should be. Let’s start with the basics: they played for a title last year, and this year they finished one spot outside of it. That's no small feat. The idea that their strength of schedule would suddenly skyrocket by joining a conference is purely speculative, given the current conference imbalances. This isn’t a Gonzaga basketball situation where a team feasts on mid-majors all season. Sure, Notre Dame’s opponents this year weren’t world beaters, but nothing is preventing this year’s schedule from ranking as a top-20 schedule next season. In fact, their SOS finished one spot ahead of Miami’s and just four spots behind Ole Miss. And if Notre Dame is truly the perpetually overrated machine people claim (not debating the merits of this), then why would they voluntarily choose a tougher path? That would eliminate their advantage. They’re running the okie-doke on everyone — most people just can’t see it.

Some of them were uber bad drops.

This is some of the most physical play you’ll ever see in this KC/Houston game. My God.

How in the hell was that completed?

Rooting big time for JMU — and it’s not because I’m a JMU fan. JMU recently made the jump to FBS from FCS. At the FCS level, my rooting interest is North Dakota State University. A lot of local fans are resistant to moving up a division because they think the Bison will become “just another program,” and that playing in some random late-December bowl game is beneath them or less prestigious. It’s nonsense. It would be far more exciting to see NDSU competing for an FBS playoff spot and more lucrative. That said, Oregon should win by 30+.

Here are the results for this week's Pick 5 contest. As always, the results won't be final for 24 hours. All contestants should use that time to check their score for errors. After 24 hours has passed, the contest is final and the winner should contact @theguru to collect your prize. If you think your score is incorrect, please send me a PM and I will look into your claim. Games Lexington Christian 33 Owensboro Catholic 28 Kentycku Country Day 20 Raceland 16 Owensboro 35 Pulaski County 7 Boyle County 34 Franklin County 0 Trinity 28 South Warren 14 Christian Academy Louisville 42 Murray 7 Total combined points of Lexington Christian / Owensboro Catholic: 61 The winner of this week's contest and now $100 richer by hitting the full Yahtzee (6 for 6 plus correctly guessing the total combined points in the super game) is....... @Runcible Owl! Runcible Owl 28 16thBBall Fan 25 OLinePride 25 Carl Speckler 20 dmh115 20 dshoe40 20 FrankNicodemus 20 Hornet34 20 Jack of all Trades 20 jester270 20 nikeman49 20 Packaged Meat 20 WishboneCity 20 FB Head 19 Phoenix Kid 18 Tkinslow 17 BillNye 16 DanvilleFan 16 BiggestFan 15 REALSPORT 15 Rebel 15 TheBallCoach 15 Worldwide 15 WOFOJP61 13 BigBoss69 11 DawgsFan100 11 AppalachianTactician 10 AvidSportJunkie856 10 BigBlue92 10 Brown 10 Duncan74 10 FatNate 10 Fsfan 10 Hall77 10 Hoops4Me 10 JagNation 10 NoKYJimmy 10 Oldercoach 10 PanthersProwlin 10 Raiders8702 10 snakesnot_2000 10 Sycamores57 10 Thakattack 10 Tones 10 5thregionbasketball 6 DearToday 6 Nuke LaLoosh 6 ######################### The playoff-long contest was incredibly competitive.... But one member rose to the top. The winner of the grand prize is @Jack of all Trades!!!! Boom!!!!! Jack of all Trades 71 BillNye 66 OLinePride 65 Phoenix Kid 62 Rebel 62 16thBBall Fan 61 Tones 60 WishboneCity 60 Carl Speckler 58 dshoe40 58 TheBallCoach 58 Worldwide 57 DanvilleFan 56 Tkinslow 56 Hall77 54 Hornet34 54 BiggestFan 53 Packaged Meat 52 FatNate 50 FrankNicodemus 50 Runcible Owl 50 dmh115 49 FB Head 49 Hoops4Me 49 Sycamores57 48 5thregionbasketball 46 DawgsFan100 46 jester270 46 Nuke LaLoosh 46 REALSPORT 46 snakesnot_2000 44 WOFOJP61 44 nikeman49 41 NoKYJimmy 41 Oldercoach 41 Duncan74 39 JagNation 37 Tigerpride94 37 AppalachianTactician 36 BigBlue92 36 tackle trap 36 Thakattack 36 LCDAWGS19 35 PanthersProwlin 35 DearToday 32 Brown 28 Unrivaled97 27 The Head Director 26 BigBoss69 23 Subway5024 23 Raiders8702 22 Sparty85 18 Fsfan 17 Yall Wear High Waters 15 Purple88 11 WKY_Football 11 Al Bundy 10 AvidSportJunkie856 10 Bobbyjones1990 10 HoneyBadger 8 MaddenCurse44 8 JimmieJoeXO 4

What was the point of that, with starters, when the clock could have run out?

At this point of BCG’s second year, there were some tough games out of the gate (won and lost some), but Jodie Meeks and Patrick Patterson were providing a sense of hopefulness. Who are our hopeful guys? Colin Chandler and Jasper Johnson? They got things rolling, had a fee few injuries, and it cratered down the stretch in a weak SEC going 8-8, finishing 22-14. If this year’s squad continues on the path they’ve been on, 15-16 wins is realistic. Luckily the SEC isn’t as strong this year as it was last.

While generally I agree with this, the amount of teams in these conferences now is so many that you can’t play every opponent. This can lead to way unbalanced scheduling. At least accounting for the top 2 teams to play one another guards (to a degree) against that. Good example: tOSU/IU tomorrow.

“Glad we got Calipari out of there so that we can see a modern day offense!”

The sad part is, I didn’t think Gonzaga played all that well. And even at that, the final score was closer than it should have been..

Still, helluva an accomplishment.

To jump on the hate train, this is a regular-season accomplishment. In the 2011 Finals, LeBron was petrified to be on the court and put up an 8-point performance in a pivotal Game 4 of the Finals against the Mavericks, which likely swung the series in favor of the Mavs. You happen to catch this game,@TheDeuce?

Colin Chandler had the rock in his hand for scoring drives on a couple of UK's final possessions. A sentence I should never have to type.

It has been reported by multiple outlets that Hartline is headed to South Florida.

Correct. We need that same energy. Good coaches should be able to overcome the injury bug, especially against a less-than-stellar UNC team.

Based on what evidence? Them handling a slew of terrible QBs? On balance, Rodgers is a bottom 25% QB in the league for the last couple of years, so maybe this is what the doctor ordered.

Maybe a one-year cooling-off period? Players ultimately commit to coaches, not Universities, so I'm not fully on board with punishing them because of how a coach chooses to leave. There is nothing ethically stopping Kiffin, et al. from adopting this practice, aside from ethics.

At first blush, I agree, but I would not trust the Ravens to beat any team by double-digits.

2025 Pick 5 Contest: Playoff Edition (Week 5) BGP Pick 5 Contest This is both a weekly and playoff-long contest. Weekly Contest: Below are six games with assigned point values, and all you have to do is pick the winner of each game. If you go 6 for 6 and if needed, win the tiebreaker(s), you win a $100 cash prize! Only one participant may win a $100 prize each week. Playoff-Long Contest: Through the playoffs, I will keep a tally of all points scored by the participants. Additionally, if you exactly guess the tiebreaker, you will receive three bonus points for the playoff-long standings. Whoever has tallied the most points at the conclusion of the playoffs will win the grand prize! The grand prize amount starts at $250. If there is no weekly winner, $100 is added to the grand prize. Current Grand Prize: $250. The format for submissions must be as you see below: 10 point game winner 5 point game winner 4 point game winner 3 point game winner 2 point game winner 1 point game winner Tiebreaker #1: Total points of the 10 point game Tiebreaker #2: Time of your submission (Failure to submit in this order will result in a score of zero for the week) The deadline for all entries is 12 pm EDT on Friday. ***************************************************** The Round 5 games are as follows: 10 point game - Owensboro Catholic / Lexington Christian Academy 5 point game - Raceland / Kentucky Country Day 4 point game - Pulaski County / Owensboro 3 point game - Boyle County / Franklin County 2 point game - South Warren / Trinity 1 point game - Christian Academy of Louisville / Murray Tiebreaker: Total points in the Owensboro Catholic / Lexington Christian Academy game. This thread is for contest entries only. All other posts will be deleted.

By scoring the full 15-point amount, @Jack of all Trades now leads by 1 point going into the final round. Standings Jack of all Trades 51 BillNye 50 Tones 50 Rebel 47 Hall77 44 Phoenix Kid 44 TheBallCoach 43 Worldwide 42 5thregionbasketball 40 DanvilleFan 40 FatNate 40 Nuke LaLoosh 40 OLinePride 40 WishboneCity 40 Hoops4Me 39 Tkinslow 39 BiggestFan 38 Carl Speckler 38 dshoe40 38 Sycamores57 38 Tigerpride94 37 16thBBall Fan 36 tackle trap 36 DawgsFan100 35 LCDAWGS19 35 Hornet34 34 snakesnot_2000 34 Packaged Meat 32 NoKYJimmy 31 Oldercoach 31 REALSPORT 31 WOFOJP61 31 FB Head 30 FrankNicodemus 30 dmh115 29 Duncan74 29 JagNation 27 Unrivaled97 27 AppalachianTactician 26 BigBlue92 26 DearToday 26 jester270 26 Thakattack 26 The Head Director 26 PanthersProwlin 25 Subway5024 23 Runcible Owl 22 nikeman49 21 Brown 18 Sparty85 18 Yall Wear High Waters 15 BigBoss69 12 Raiders8702 12 Purple88 11 WKY_Football 11 Al Bundy 10 Bobbyjones1990 10 HoneyBadger 8 MaddenCurse44 8 Fsfan 7 JimmieJoeXO 4

Here are the results for this week's Pick 5 contest. As always, the results won't be final for 24 hours. All contestants should use that time to check their score for errors. After 24 hours has passed, the contest is final and the winner should contact @theguru to collect your prize. If you think your score is incorrect, please send me a PM and I will look into your claim. Games Owensboro 49 Woodford County 6 Raceland 17 Pikeville 10 Murray 27 Lloyd Memorial 20 Franklin County 21 Paducah Tilghman 14 Pulaski County 17 Atherton 0 Total combined points of Owensboro / Woodfor County: 55 The winner of this week's contest and now $100 richer by being the ONLY person to successfully go 5 for 5 is....... @Jack of all Trades. Jack of all Trades 15 BillNye 14 DawgsFan100 14 Rebel 14 snakesnot_2000 14 Runcible Owl 12 Sycamores57 12 Tigerpride94 12 BiggestFan 11 Brown 11 dmh115 11 dshoe40 11 Hoops4Me 11 Phoenix Kid 11 TheBallCoach 11 Tones 11 WKY_Football 11 Duncan74 10 FB Head 10 Hall77 10 Nuke LaLoosh 10 REALSPORT 10 tackle trap 10 Tkinslow 10 Packaged Meat 9 Raiders8702 9 WishboneCity 9 Worldwide 9 BigBlue92 8 Hornet34 8 OLinePride 8 Carl Speckler 7 FrankNicodemus 7 Fsfan 7 Oldercoach 7 16thBBall Fan 6 5thregionbasketball 6 DanvilleFan 6 JagNation 6 WOFOJP61 6 jester270 5 nikeman49 5 Thakattack 5 FatNate 4 JimmieJoeXO 4 BigBoss69 3 PanthersProwlin 3 NoKYJimmy 0

Why does Kiffin have to release a statement like that throwing the AD under the bus? Everyone gets how this works. “Sure, Lane, you get started on recruiting against us for LSU and by all means you are free to moonlight as Ole Miss’s head coach on as many Saturdays as we have left.” It’s always tricky with college football coaches leaving, but Kiffin has mastered the art of doing so with bridge burning gear in hand. Not housewife material, as suggested.