2026 CFB off-season thread

[DanOregon]

And if you go on the 5th, you aren't exactly getting the "first look."

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

What in the name of AI slop is Barstool doing here?

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Next up: Getting the Bunny Ranch on board as a title sponsor for the volleyball tournaments.

The Brian France curse ... didn't know Monster Energy was that desperate to put its name on something again.

 

[tapintoamerica]

What in the name of AI slop is Barstool doing here?

AI tools are notoriously wretched at maps. And I'm highly amused.

 

[tapintoamerica]

The Brian France curse ... didn't know Monster Energy was that desperate to put its name on something again.

Aren't they deeply invested in the Trumpist homoerotic bloodsport known as UFC?

 

[dixiehack]

What in the name of AI slop is Barstool doing here?

I didn’t think I could be more offended by anything than the implication that Cincinnati and Orlando are on virtually the same latitude. And then I saw the implication that Lubbock is on the edge of a forest.

 

[DanOregon]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports...chigan-regents-discuss-investigation-thursday
Obviously there is a culture at UM. National titles in football and men's hoops within three years and now both coaches are elsewhere.

But the cost of this study is $11 MILLION dollars? We're not talking about running forensic tests or anything. Just deep dives of the financials, interviews with various parties. Am I missing something? Do you need to interview more than 100 people? How do you spend $11m over seven months on this?

 

[wicked]

Billable hours remains undefeated.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports...chigan-regents-discuss-investigation-thursday
Obviously there is a culture at UM. National titles in football and men's hoops within three years and now both coaches are elsewhere.

But the cost of this study is $11 MILLION dollars? We're not talking about running forensic tests or anything. Just deep dives of the financials, interviews with various parties. Am I missing something? Do you need to interview more than 100 people? How do you spend $11m over seven months on this?

I feel bad expensing a sandwich and iced coffee from Dunkin’s when I’m in the field. Maybe I should loosen my standards.

 

[TigerVols]

I feel bad expensing a sandwich and iced coffee from Dunkin’s when I’m in the field. Maybe I should loosen my standards.

Seems to me you have pretty loose standards already if you’re eating dreck from Dunkin. /WestCoastRules

 

[Webster]

Billable hours remains undefeated.

Much like with the Clippers investigation, the scope and length of the investigation is up to the entity commissioning the investigation. I’ve been involved in very comprehensive investigations which have take 2 weeks and others which have dragged on for nearly a year. Not to be overly cynical, but a major reason to hire a big law firm to conduct an expensive investigation is to say that you hired a big law firm who conducted an expensive investigation.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[DanOregon]

I know a conference looking for another football team. Good commute too!

 

[wicked]

Washington agreed to join the B1G and give up part of its share of revenue, I believe. Joke’s on them.

 

[I Should Coco]

Washington agreed to join the B1G and give up part of its share of revenue, I believe. Joke’s on them.

From the Seattle Times link above ... 2027 FY athletic budget projects $54 million in conference and NCAA revenue, and $70 million in operational costs -- a good chunk of that is travel.

And they're still financing the debt on the renovations to Husky Stadium.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

A far-flung D-III conference that I used to cover held centralized weekend play dates at neutral sites for volleyball and other sports to reduce travel. That idea probably whooshed right over B1G leaders' heads.

 

[wicked]

Run two or three cross country meets a season and have the sites rotate over the years. I think B1G often pairs football and volleyball trips on the same weekend. Not sure if there are any savings there or that’s just a way for fans to go to both.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Bow down (and pick up any loose change) to Washington

 

[HanSenSE]

Run two or three cross country meets a season and have the sites rotate over the years. I think B1G often pairs football and volleyball trips on the same weekend. Not sure if there are any savings there or that’s just a way for fans to go to both.

Adding a couple of dozen volleyball players plus staff to a plane with a couple of hundred football players and staff? Makes sense, which is why it won't happen.

 

[dixiehack]

The first time Curt Cignetti can’t go wheels up on demand from Minneapolis because the volleyball match ran long will be a nuclear explosion.