Just so I can understand what seems to be the support on this...

There are people here who think it was right to force people to get a covid shot even though it was proven that it caused harm to "some" and did not actually stop the spread of the virus?

Are there really people here who think other people died because someone else didn't get the shot?

Suudy said:

This was the experience with my team members. They were silent on vaccination until the deadline approached. I suspect the same here. But since there no evidence to the contrary nor can I read Rolo's mind, I think the charitable interpretation is to take the man at his word. Assume the best of people, not the worst.

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There's evidence. WSU set up meetings with a vaccine & virology expert for Rolo - something they didn't do for any other employee, by the way - and Rolo spent the meeting asking about whether Bill Gates was involved with the vaccine, whether it had simian virus in it, and a bunch of other conspiracy-linked crap. Religion didn't enter the conversation at all, and Rolo didn't raise a religious objection until very late in the game. And then, he didn't apply for his exemption until it was already too late to get vaccinated if it was denied. He clearly just assumed it would be approved and accepted.

Honestly, I don't see that most of the religious exemptions had much merit anyway. The major vaccines didn't use fetal cells - I don't remember the details anymore, but I think the J&J was the only one that did. I know a lot of people who didn't want it, but it wasn't about religion, it was about mistrust. I think that's what it really was with Rolo too - combined with the arrogant belief that the university wouldn't can him because of who he was. What he never understood was that it really wasn't up to the university, and in the end they had to can him because of who he was.

Coug90 said:

I’m more of a believer in Darnold than McCarthy. McCarthy hasn’t done anything in the NFL and there’s no guarantee he will. I don’t think there’s any hurry to trade McCarthy and get picks either. A backup QB you like is a valuable commodity. The pick they spent on him is largely a sunk cost if you’re doing this right, so I’d expect he stays in Minnesota for now. And they could certainly end up with a Steve Young, Aaron Rogers scenario where he sits for a few years and is then a top 10 QB.

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UberCougars said:

Who spends money on a backup QB in the NFL? McCarthy represents 2-3 starters in needed spots in the upcoming draft. That’s a lot of $$$ riding the bench.

Darnold will cost $50m+. John Schneider isn’t paying that.

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I agree with both of you. I'm not sold on Darnold based on his total career, but I can't be sure on McCarthy either. I thought taking him at #10 was extremely optimistic, but if that's the value they placed on him, I don't see that he's done anything to diminish it either.

McCarthy gets less than $1M in salary next season, with a cap hit of $5M. They won't find a veteran backup for that money, so there shouldn't be financial pressure to dump him. I'd likely keep him - either as the backup or as a starter - unless someone offers me a pick in the top half of round 1 (which isn't likely to happen). Even then, I'm not sure I'd move him without a little more incentive, and without a pretty clear idea who my QB is going to be in 2025.

Darnold could be Nick Foles 2.0. Foles was making $5.5M as the backup in Philly, and after his Super Bowl run he got the Jags to give him $22M/year for 4 years. $50M guaranteed. He lasted 1 year. (Giant grain of salt - it was the Jags)

Darnold is making $10M on a 1 year deal with the Vikings (2.5M salary, the rest in signing bonus. 8.75M guaranteed). He's the top of the list of QBs expected to be available. It's possible that some teams could turn his pursuit into a bidding war and push him into the ranks of the highest paid QBs.

Minnesota could also exercise the nuclear option and franchise him, but that means giving him $40M guaranteed on a 1-year deal. They actually have quite a bit of cap room, so could do this and also keep McCarthy for 2025. If Darnold doesn't look good, don't re-sign him for 2026. If he doesn't look good early, trade him ahead of the deadline.

There are a lot of pieces that could still move around and affect the market. If Darnold wins a super bowl, his value goes way up. If Matthew Stafford retires, there's another team with money in the market. Regardless, it's a good year to be a free agent QB, the group of college QBs coming out is as shallow as I can remember seeing in a long time.

Looks like the merger is back on, according to NIU.

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How_did_this_happen? said:

We might have won the first half, though.

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Funny, but not funny

Loyal Coug1 said:

I see that Jan 17 is the last day to enroll before getting a $100 late fee. Academic calendar doesn't give a drop-dead enrollment date. So at least 2 weeks to still enroll for portalees (ours and possible transfers). I imagine that by the end of the week most if not all players will have materialized.

The Washington State University Pullman Catalog

catalog.wsu.edu

Related, this talk of not having Spring practice and doing an extended pre-season summer practice schedule does have some merit. Maybe not a lot of merit, but some. Would save on the need to transfer mid-year. Have the portal open after the season ends, all this shit can take place in Jan-Feb or later.

Edit - I wonder how Schlenbaker and Pulalasi feel about their new SDSU RB coach bringing 3 RB's with him from SDSU? As announced on Brand X. Gawd that site is enough to make a guy barf with their lovefest. Almost glad most of their shit is VIP only.

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Our existing RBs can't be too happy. Maybe TP candidates?

We might have won the first half, though.

longtimecoug said:

I havent gone to brand x since wulff was coach, they banned me for not toeing the line on wullfs greatness

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froropmkr72 said:

I got the shaft when I pointed out just how bad the 2007 class was. I didn't make it to 2008'.

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You guys are downright nice compared to those yahoos. Not a big bar to clear though....

froropmkr72 said:

I got the shaft when I pointed out just how bad the 2007 class was. I didn't make it to 2008'.

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Those were the days. Once I got a message after one of the beatdowns threatening to ban me before I even posted about it. I used to have a printed copy of it.

I got the shaft when I pointed out just how bad the 2007 class was. I didn't make it to 2008'.

Loyal Coug1 said:

I see that Jan 17 is the last day to enroll before getting a $100 late fee. Academic calendar doesn't give a drop-dead enrollment date. So at least 2 weeks to still enroll for portalees (ours and possible transfers). I imagine that by the end of the week most if not all players will have materialized.

The Washington State University Pullman Catalog

catalog.wsu.edu

Related, this talk of not having Spring practice and doing an extended pre-season summer practice schedule does have some merit. Maybe not a lot of merit, but some. Would save on the need to transfer mid-year. Have the portal open after the season ends, all this shit can take place in Jan-Feb or later.

Edit - I wonder how Schlenbaker and Pulalasi feel about their new SDSU RB coach bringing 3 RB's with him from SDSU? As announced on Brand X. Gawd that site is enough to make a guy barf with their lovefest. Almost glad most of their shit is VIP only.

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I havent gone to brand x since wulff was coach, they banned me for not toeing the line on wullfs greatness

cr8zyncalif said:

IMHO, Mateer played as well as he could and never gave up or took his foot off the gas later in the season (unlike Cam). He is more of a competitor than Cam. His running ability was as good as any QB in FBS this season. His sidearm pass delivery made him prone to deflections. His seeming inability to go through his progressions continually cost him some wide open receivers. He did seem to have good chemistry developed with the receivers in terms of judging where to throw. He also seemed to get better at reading defenses as the season went on; which was more than counterbalanced by DC's having a better idea of how to defend against a Mateer/Arbuckle offense. Why Arbuckle never went very far toward a true RPO is a mystery to me. Our offense became extremely predictable by mid-season.

Agree that while Mateer is far from perfect, Arbuckle was the greater problem. If OU can't protect him he will get happy feet, just like he got with us in those games when we had trouble with the pass rush. The first clue will be whether or not he looks past the second receiver next season. Where OU may be able to help him is with a better running attack; that should help somewhat if they can manage that against the competition they face.

As for Flat's run down of the schedule, I see more than 2 SEC wins if Mateer stays healthy. I suspect they will get at least 3 and quite possibly 4. The thing that is likely to hold them back is Arbuckle. The guy was not a great success at WSU. It is hard for me to see him being a great success at OU. There was no excuse for the late season crashes of the last 2 seasons; I put most of that on Arbuckle. If he does not improve, then maybe there will only be 3 SEC wins. And if Mateer gets hurt (which I profoundly would not like to see), then Arbuckle is likely to go down the drain.

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If you look at the last 20 years, it makes sense to assume that Oklahoma should be favored against Auburn, Tennessee, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Missouri. Those are teams that have struggled to be consistent so even if they were good in 2024, it stands to reason that they are ready to fall off a bit.

cr8zyncalif said:

IMHO, Mateer played as well as he could and never gave up or took his foot off the gas later in the season (unlike Cam). He is more of a competitor than Cam. His running ability was as good as any QB in FBS this season. His sidearm pass delivery made him prone to deflections. His seeming inability to go through his progressions continually cost him some wide open receivers. He did seem to have good chemistry developed with the receivers in terms of judging where to throw. He also seemed to get better at reading defenses as the season went on; which was more than counterbalanced by DC's having a better idea of how to defend against a Mateer/Arbuckle offense. Why Arbuckle never went very far toward a true RPO is a mystery to me. Our offense became extremely predictable by mid-season.

Agree that while Mateer is far from perfect, Arbuckle was the greater problem. If OU can't protect him he will get happy feet, just like he got with us in those games when we had trouble with the pass rush. The first clue will be whether or not he looks past the second receiver next season. Where OU may be able to help him is with a better running attack; that should help somewhat if they can manage that against the competition they face.

As for Flat's run down of the schedule, I see more than 2 SEC wins if Mateer stays healthy. I suspect they will get at least 3 and quite possibly 4. The thing that is likely to hold them back is Arbuckle. The guy was not a great success at WSU. It is hard for me to see him being a great success at OU. There was no excuse for the late season crashes of the last 2 seasons; I put most of that on Arbuckle. If he does not improve, then maybe there will only be 3 SEC wins. And if Mateer gets hurt (which I profoundly would not like to see), then Arbuckle is likely to go down the drain.

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OU isnt paying either of them all this $$$ to win 3-4 league games. They will both be fired if that’s the case.