WoolyBully

It's only a problem if you don't find the incessant whining and bawling to be entertaining. If the terminal tear squirters had any measure of influence that would be one thing. However, given that their leverage is - at most - capped at not renewing their season tickets and posting on a message board, it's not something to lose sleep over. Direct messaging is our friend.

You can also get this from Sling upgrade to the sports pack:

Stick with ACC...American Catfish Conference: Bottom Feedin' for the past two decades!

I don't know of any $25/month means of streaming all of USF's games given that a number of them are on CBSSN. As near as I can tell the only way to stream those games is doing what you're doing: Hulu, YouTube, Fubo, etc. Can't find anything that remotely resembles an à la carte solution. I have ESPN+ in addition to my Sling sports package, so the only games I'll be missing are the ones on CBSSN.

Yep, the opening game does not define how the season will unfold.

Well, what if it WASN'T entirely 100% full-disclosure type of true. What if entertaining USF was a courtesy, like the great post-graduation interview carousel where we interviewed with twenty-some companies before we made the decision of where to show up for work. Why would anyone want to coach at USF if the opportunity for a P5 job was in the offing? What if, no matter what money was but a PART of the decision, that there was more to the decision. Wanna go the mid-major route or the P5 route if the opportunity is there? I'm pretty sure that a hundred and thirty guys in The Job do have informal conversations and swap OTR intelligence information as to what is what in coaching: "Consider yourself warned, if you go here X. You know, Z is a pretty good environment, so yeah, consider that." The USF situation was not a mysterious black box full of unknowns. And did Mr. Sanders really want to build from the bottom up (apparently not, as we've seen)? Why exhaust all of those resources to be the tallest midget? Where's the payoff? Not until such time as USF becomes a destination - a real destination - will we land top-tier coaching talent.

Well then, I guess it's safe to say that reports of their demise are alarmingly exaggerated. https://time.com/3720498/ncaa-smu-death-penalty/ The funny part is that what once would kill a program has now become BAU. My, how times have changed! Evolution is our friend. And like our good friend Jordan once said, "I choose rich every time". Yes kids, having money pays dividends, in more than one currency.

Just out of curiosity, if anyone attended a watch party (no, not at your friend's house) what was the atmosphere, crowd size and overall fun factor? I came up with this question because there's another thread with a post that talks about going to a sports bar and getting some 'tude from the bartender about flipping over to the USF game. We used to love going to Capogna's Dugout for watch parties, but eventually the haul from Carrollwood to C'water started to weigh. Just curious as to what the vibe is these days. Thanks in advance.

That does look nice. If there was some way to strong arm the peninsula to allow sports betting and convince the Hard Rock to build a Vegasesque sports book, that'd be pretty nice when the air chills and the leaves start to turn.

Thre's a part of me that thinks that even if you do OBTAIN better talent, the real heavy lifting is RETAINIG said talent in the more challenging portal/nil era. Human nature being what it is, there are more forces at work than the let's-go-team! environment of yesteryear. If things aren't panning out here, no reason not to turn in my papers and head over there. Why stick around for four years hoping that I might get a highlight reel in year four? Striking while the iron is hot and all of that..

I would say winning three to four games this season would constitute success. I steer clear of 'stats' because, as we all know, there is but one stat that really and truly matters.

I think Mirage is the only one facing a 'makeover' (a ginormous guitar shaped Hard Rock). The Beau, Horseshoe, Cromwell, Flamingo & Paris are all as-is. Horseshoe is morphing one of their towers to a Paris themed rendition complete with a new pedestrian bridge joining the two.

I'll swing by the cage at the end of the season. Per win:

How would something like that impact season ticket sales? I just don't see the independent route as beneficial. We ain't Notre Dame and Army, and I don't think Uconn & Umass are what we would embrace as role models.

And our good friends in Charlotte got a little spotlight, chat about the nuevo jefe Biff Poggi from Pat McAfee.

Again...a quadrillion times yes - they're not paying $300M to exit the ACC. They're stuck, up to their collective neck in the GOR quicksand. And once that expires or a better attorney turns the screw - they are out the door. They will not hang around the ACC for the 'merit based pay system'. Comparing the ACC and XII is a case of six of one, half a dozen of another - at this instant in time.

and a debt of gratitude for that position is owed to Florida State and Clemson. Remove them from the equation, and the scales might balance.

I think this would be a good time to distance ourselves from the thinking that somehow the AAU is related to the football revenue stream. What matters is what happens on Saturdays in the fall. Does the AAU make Rice, Tulane, and U of SF oh-so-desirable compared to 'Noles & Tigers? If the B1G had the option to take two teams from the aforementioned, who do you think would get the call? The whole 'but they're not an AAU school' means nothing when it comes to the college football industry.

In the short term, uneven distribution would temporarily placate - not completely satisfy - FSU & Clemson. The ACC is, not unlike the PAC 12 was, on the clock. FSU, Clemson, probably UNC & UVA are all casting their eyes towards the door. The staff meeting is far from over.

There's no such thing as too many Dukes.

Only one rea$on. It's not like the ACC has miracled itself into relevance. Football wise, both Clemson & FSU want out as a means of survival and increased revenue - acting in what is best for their individual schools. Assuming that that ACC implodes in the future - well, CalFord & SMU are once again on the shifting sand. Once Clemson & FSU - at minimum - depart for one of the P-conferences, the ACC's life raft will be Notre Dame, assuming of course that the Irish do go the ACC route. If ND goes the B1G route - it only hastens the ACC demise, regardless of the west coast footprint. Think of CalFord & SMU as a pre-emptive backfill for when FSU, Clemson, Carolina & Virginia pack their bags.

Correct, but my point being our IAA days. I think it was '98 when we split between The Big Sombrero & RayJ.

Well, what if - just throwing it out there - App State and friends were not interested in joining the AAC, for some reason or other. Hmmmm...

Has Appalachian State expressed interest in leaving the Sun Belt? The reason I ask is it looks like the Sun Belt is pretty happy with their regional configuration. Some of that 'big fish small pond' sort of thinking might be beneficial.