Here’s the list of 15 kids we lost to the portal today, according to On3:

OT Landon Roaten
OT Luke Roaten
LB Tai Faavae
CB Ethan O'Connor
CB Aslan Fraser
DL Khalil Laufau
RB Wayshawn Parker
TE Mahki Whitney
DL Hyrum-Benjamin Moors
DL Ansel Din-Mbuh
QB Brady McKelheer
P Nick Haberer
CB King Williams
WR Brandon Hills

There are a couple who were contributors this year, but for the most part it’s guys who were down the depth chart. Hopefully we can grab some guys heading the other direction and turn it into a net positive.

RB coach gone - Utah
OC gone - Oklahoma
QB Coach gone - Oklahoma
DC - fired

Meanwhile - not a single hire made. We will now be coached in the bowl by either the TE coach or WR coach on O, if they don’t leave.

Nearly an impossible task for Dickert. Guys like to bring their own guys over. Now he has to hire important spots but we still have half the positions filled. It’s gonna be pushing multiple staffs together. I think we would possibly be in a better state if we were having to replace an entire staff at the point it’s gotten to. Pretty sad and embarrassing we’re getting picked apart like a junk car.

Daniel Penny jury came back with a "Not Guilty" verdict on the lesser charge this morning. BLM types are stoking the rage outside the NYC courthouse as a result.

Some people have a hard time distinguishing between "justice" and revenge.

Here is a left field topic for those of you who like to have a couple of beers at the bar. Alcohol sensors (for you criminals, better known as ignition interlocks) required in cars.

I actually kind of like this notion. IF the sensor/interlock is set at the legal limit, not .02 or some BS like that. Have 3-4 beers? No problem if you blow below .08. Off you go. Too high? Well, either get a ride or hang out until you get below it. No reporting of "fails". Just won't start. All that said, no one can tell me that very many alcohol-caused accidents and deaths are caused by the guy at .08 or .09 meandering home from happy hour. It's the .15's and .22's and above that are responsible. Washington's failed attempt to lower it to .05 last year was BS. That is 2 beers for a smaller adult. I guarantee you that at .05 or .08 I am a safer driver than most of the people out there. Like the dumb chick that turned left directly in front of me and smacked me while talking to her friend not that long ago. She even admitted it to the police.

So, a sitting President deemed too frail to run for reelection by his own party is supposedly competent enuff to launch missiles into Russia after losing the election.

Still wanna talk about kids playing games?

How does it get better next year?

He’s never coached in college before, so he’ll need assistants, but his name alone will pull coaches and recruits.

Link

With the hiring of a 72-year-old coach and his 25-year-old girlfriend by UNC, it’s clear there is no longer any pretense about the student-athlete model. Both the coach at UNC and the coach at UW have stated that college football is now a training ground for the professional level. There’s no real emphasis on the student-athlete anymore—this is a minor league system, so let’s treat it as such.

Let’s establish 32 or 48 teams as strictly pay-for-play, similar to baseball’s minor league system. This would eliminate the need for NIL deals, and we could set a clear salary structure. For example, Alabama could be the New York Giants' farm team, and LSU could be the Jets'. These teams would use school facilities and dorms, and in return, schools would collect revenue from ticket sales and TV deals. Coaches' salaries would be reduced since they are in a minor league system, and players would be drafted, with free agency added to the mix.

For players, this would be a vocational path—essentially their version of trade school. It’s a win-win for everyone involved.

As for coaches, there’s no reason to pay Bill Belichick $50 million over five years or Jimbo Fisher $70 million over seven. A program rebuild doesn’t take as long as it used to, especially with the impact of the portal. If you want to pay a coach $50 million, pay him for three years at $15 million per year. There’s no reason to offer long-term contracts. USC is stuck with Lincoln Riley, for instance, and that’s an issue.

If the system stays the same, we need to make changes to the portal. Open it on September 1 and close it on November 10. If a coach leaves a team after November 1, players who don’t move to a new school must sit out a year. NIL deals should include non-compete clauses that last for a year. Teams can designate two franchise players, and if a team loses a player (like Cam Ward, for instance), the collective must pay him the same amount he receives from another school, like Miami.

Teams should also be able to add two restricted free agents, matching any NIL offer a player receives. For example, if a player like Mateer is offered $2 million, and he is a protected player, the team could match the NIL offer.

There should be a cap on NIL collectives and coaching salaries. Set a coaching salary limit, such as $6 million per year. Anything above that would have to be paid by the collective, which would also be capped.

The system should incorporate fiscal restraints similar to those in the NFL, benefiting owners, players, and fans alike.

Well the suspense is killing this Coug. Figured we needed a hand-wringing thread.
Question - when is his birthday? Or in simpler terms, when does he turn 21? Every bar in Pullman wants to know. I've scoured the internet and can't find a birthdate. I see that SMU's backup and sometimes starter QB is entering the portal but will stay for the playoffs.

Just for giggles, and being bored today, I went to the SU Board. They have a good team, but wow! Total lack of respect or zero interest in playing us.


This is just a sample of some of their comments:

Post #1 :
Boy am I excited to play a team who put up 14 points in a loss to 9 loss Wyoming...

Post #2:
is this official? super dissapointed

Post #116:
We got screwed by the Alamo Bowl. The PAC 12 tie in blew up in our face because we got WSU. Colorado would have been a great opponent, they would have filled the tie in just fine. I think WSU and Oregon State(if they had been eligible) were given mercy tie-ins because of what happened to them. No way WSU should have gotten placed in this game, it is a prestigious Primetime Fox game, huge payout, history of big teams in it. Just need to make the best of this, get win 10, recruits don’t care about the details, 10 wins sells and we have the best salesman in the country

COUGS are going to the Holiday Bowl, San Diego agasint Syracuse.

Friday 12/27, 5:00pm

Nice bowl.

Last time I was there, (Jack Murphy has been imploded), was 1981.
BYU nudges WSU 38-36 in thriller.

Conference realignment time!

All of UC Davis' sports go to MWC except football:
UC Davis???
Oh, this looks very, very official

New rumor that's popping up everywhere is Northern Illinoise has a football only offer from the MWC:
More reporting from our favorite swimsuit magazine

Wow, new stuff. John Canzano missed out on all of it... ? ? ?