Diego Ricardo

Assuming we hold onto these commits/signees unlike Grifter Hollywood Smothers, Alabama got 2 sure thing starters on defense and 2 OL who were likely to start for Michigan's OL in 2026 until Sherrone failed to stay away from the sneaky snow bunnies then tried to kill himself with a butter knife because of it. We also seemingly got a whole new specialist battery (PK, P, and LS) but Talty is still around to keep that long snapper honest. :lol:

Finally, we are cornering the market on tight end project players. An important area to dominate.

shite man DJ was slinging it like Jimmy Johns but didn’t get caught. That’s why he had no NFL future. PI work franchises did on him had to be a wild to read for the GMs. Worst kept secret on campus in my day.

10 game season, sounds good to me but getting the broadcasters to eat the loss of the CCG is probably as much as the 16-team can float.

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Well the second part says it all no?

We aren't paying 4-6 millon on a QB and don't pay multiple skills players +2 million.

Even at the mention of these numbers we're considered out. Yet we have seen Michigan, Oregon, OSU, Texas, A&M, Texas Tech, Miami and even now LSU, ND and Indiana not even flinch because they have specific outside booster funding this.

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If Russell is what we think he may be, we damn well may have to find 4+ million to keep him after 2026. That, of course, will come with some hard decisions or Byrne and DeBoer making a convincing beg of a big booster or seven.

I see some people say they'd like Sabb gone but I just feel like more snaps of experience goes for a lot in college these days. You just hope that eventually that experience reaches a breakthrough point where they really elevate their play.

Indiana has an older roster age than an NFL playoff team (GB Packers)

Assuming Pierre is not going to the draft, we lost almost nothing in production. Thompkins is at worst a draw with Smith.

If Latham comes back we're super fine. If not I think Hill was already making it hard to believe Russaw was staying on the edge if he wanted starter snaps in 2026. I assume the staff would certainly loved to keep Russaw for what we thought he was worth. Ohio State thought he was worth more and told him a fit he liked better (I assume he will play edge there and not be moving WLB or MLB).

I'm more worried about the fact that Renaud is the only proven production we have at the SDE position. I think he has promise but we probably need two guys to rotate with him. May need a freshman to contribute there.

Maybe Russaw and Smith will be the Michael Sam of teammate couples.

First line: Haywood / Sanders / Strayhorn / Lloyd / Carroll is my guess

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Takes a long time to get tanked on that.

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You can trust that an alcoholic who relapsed ain't pussy footing it :lol:

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Given the USSC's ruling, this is pretty much impossible. I'm not knocking your POV. I just don't see an end that doesn't involve total destruction and rebuild from the ground up.

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The one opening I see is that it seems that the combination of a natural business cycle, a clear over-speculation in AI that cannot possibility live up to the level investment, and some externalities could lead to a massive recession like 2008 in the next year or so. I think there are some attempts to push this past 2026 for electoral reasons by priming the pump with cheaper debt, but the reckoning is coming.

In that wake of that reckoning, a lot of the silly money out there is going to dry up. Much like the Crash of 1929 brought everyone down enough pegs that there was a more shared experience of the struggle - amplified by the younger generation who grew up in the wake of that crash fighting a global war - I suspect that the richest being brought low will change the calculus of everyone at the table. I don't think a period of legislation like the New Deal would have been possible without that leveling of socioeconomic hierarchy.

In this hypothetical moment, perhaps a cleaner solution that is better and more sustainable for all the interested parties will emerge in college football.