Quicksilver

One of the great modern shootouts. Both QBs were in their bag, both running games were strong, LSU couldn't cover Tre Harris and Ole Miss never came close to stopping Brian Thomas.

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Does anyone even have huge amounts of NIL money sitting around right now for these players? I cant imagine these players have much bargaining power for NIL deals when they're crawling back to college football a week and half before the season kicks off. All the NIL funds are probably already allocated to the players already on the rosters.

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The tough spot a lot of teams in are actual roster spots. Unless you dismiss or cut some walk-ons, which is a tough message to send to your team, most of the top level schools this year have full rosters.

Ole Miss for example only has one open spot that I know because a walk-on opted to go the JUCO route after spring ball. They can't take them all back.

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why does A&M own yall so much? South Carolina and Arkansas both cant beat A&M and always shite the bed

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South Carolina beat the brakes off of A&M in 2024 and nearly beat them again last year.

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But let's say that Wisconsin fires Fickel. Head to head, which is the better job? Michigan State is in a similar vein.

I'm a Carolina alum. Love the program, the school, and the state. But it has its challenges, and one of them being that it has never won large/consistently. Fits and starts, but never year over year.

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Michigan State hasn't won more than 5 games since 2021. Wisconsin hasn't won more than 7 in that timeframe. SC was in the playoff picture just year before last. Neither school is putting the resources in that South Carolina is in the NIL era. Coaches pay attention to that. I think it's more attractive than you give credit for.

The path may be simpler at Michigan State but they expect you to play Ohio State, Michigan, and Notre Dame at a minimum every year. The margin for error is just as slim there as it is at SC.

Ole Miss potentially getting 3 all SEC players back would be psychotic. I know we have at least one roster spot open too.

There's really just not a stat you can point at and say that Sark is a better HC. Sark has one fewer loss than Kiffin but Kiffin has coached in like 20 more games. Kiffin's run at Ole Miss is more impressive than Sark's at Texas considering the vast resource difference and the baby shite soft schedules Texas had to open SEC play.

If there's a weakness, it's that Kiffin has folded in a ton of big moments and let his personal life influence his results more but he still has a better record than Sark despite that.

There are 7 teams generally considered playoff contenders in the SEC this year. Due to the fact that they almost all play multiple other teams that are contenders, it's unlikely the SEC gets more than 3 teams in this year unless they all just got 2-2 against each other and undefeated the rest of the way.

Sark is an average coach whose tenure was saved by paying players becoming legal. Even then, his offense has been the issue more than the defense.

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Didn't he originally commit to play both sports at OM, or am I misremembering that?

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That's correct. He was a RichRod recruit and flipped to Oregon when Luke's staff was fired and Lane was hired.

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Maybe not, but the precedent created is alarming.

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Not really. Trinidad's team did a great job of providing all of the medical documentation that would normally be required for a medical redshirt. The NCAA decision to deny the appeal was arbitrary. The proceeding was streamed and recorded. Trindad's team had answers for everything, the NCAA just stood behind their ruling and then left the court before the judge even made his.

The NCAA is hoping the government will save them but I figure schools will move on from the NCAA before that happens.

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Plumlee at Ole Miss could’ve been the next Wes Welker.

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I think he would've been a better RB. He tried WR but didn't really progress there. Plumlee was fast and his best skill was his acceleration. He hit top speed in 3 steps which is more advantageous for a north/south runner than a slot WR trying to find a spot in a zone.

Unfortunately for him Ole Miss had a really solid RB room.