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TO had a lot to do with getting Nebraska rolling before he was named head coach. Your point about the advantages at Bama somewhat proves my point. I fall back to the MLM adage of Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right. I believe Saban believed he couldn't win like he wanted to at MSU so he chose an easier path with the inherent recruiting advantages the South has inherited over the past 30ish years. I didn't see guys like Osborne, Paterno, and others leave Northern schools because they couldn't develop a program and convince their bosses to provide the required level of support to do so. I can easily see an argument for calling Saban the greatest. Simply by numbers, no one accomplished what he has. But on the way to deifying him, lets not gloss over the path he took to set up himself up to best achieve those numbers.

Interesting that Michigan St was brought up. I may be the only one to die on this hill, but while I consider Saban one of the all-time bests, I struggle to put him above Osborne and others simply for what he was unwilling/unable to do MSU. Just using Osborne as the example, I think TO could've won at the same rate as Saban at UA if their situations were flipped. I can't say that I think Saban would've had the same level of success at Nebraska if their roles were reversed.

Point was the only thing that SO FAR has changed for him is that he is currently on a better team. We don't yet know whether he made the correct decision from the perspective of his football career. If the argument stops with hes on a better team, then sure, he made the correct decision to transfer. He might have been an all-american star this past season at NU in Tony White's defense. We'll never know.

Would depend on my priorities. If the assumption is that getting drafted is the priority, I don't yet see a case where he has improved his draft stock by switching teams.

We'll see. Sure he gets to claim a natty, but has his own profile improved? If Harbaugh leaves along with many of this season's 2-deep, they might not seem so awesome next season.

I only saw a couple of West possessions in 3rd quarter. Nelson caught a pass and made some nice moves to extend the play. West OL with Brix and Pyle in there were road-grading the East DL.

I haven't read through the 38 page argument, but if they signed the GOR / TV contract and its found to be invalid, then I don't know what constitutes a contract. If this goes through does any contract anyone ever signed now void? And perhaps to be less dramatic, does it mean none of the conferences contracts are valid?

To which home?

Ohio St, sure. Why are the rest of these teams so scary? Not saying NU will win them all if in any, but... USC 7-5 and no Williams UCLA 6-6 new QB Wisconsin 7-5 (NU took to OT on road) Iowa 10-3 (dubious record and a terrible pick away from NU beating them 2 straight)

Turner Gill would've been drafted had he not chosen baseball. I assume Bruce Matheson was drafted (he had a couple of cups of coffee in the league).

This is the most reasonable take I've read on why McCord didn't work out.

Lets not share secrets like was done in the day with S&C.

Just now donated. Expect to see more huskerboard posts from me.

Which team is getting the other 21.5%?

I suppose thats possible, but not sure Raiola fits in that box.

While NU fans don't yet have the same W-L expectations as OSU right now, Lincoln is still a fish bowl similar to Columbus.

No, I don't. Yes, it was an ESPN article.

You can eye roll all you want, but its not conservatives that generally paint football as the "bad guys" when its sports v academics.

I suppose the football program could give back to the university, but that's beside the point. See what having an awesome football has done for Alabama's enrollment and the whole of Tuscaloosa, then lets talk.

This will continue to be the case until the top schools stop trying to keep CFB from becoming a true minor league with a CBA. While NCAA leadership has been awful, truthfully I don't what could've been done to stop CFB from heading this direction whether or not different decisions had been made sooner. All it would've taken is for one player to 'want more and sue', and CFB would likely be in this same spot.

Would be an easy victory

Getting close to where universities need to determine if they want to sponsor football as an extra-curricular activity or sponsor a minor league team. I continue to wonder if the minor league will require players to remain students and if there remains a finite number of years of eligibility.

Who or what is "slice bread"?

Thats what scared playing calling gets ya