The average number of upsets has decreased a lot since NIL see the link below
5 total lower seeds won last year which includes 9 and 10 seeds which are hardly upsets … this year is the same
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5 total lower seeds won last year which includes 9 and 10 seeds which are hardly upsets … this year is the same
11’s beating 6’s arent big upsets. I really qualify an upset as any 13, 14, 15 or 16 seed winning.
High Point was the biggest upset.
UNC stunk all year and was only a 2 point favorite vs vcu.
texas was 2 point dogs vs byu, doesnt really scream upset
Utah State NIL only 2.5 million...Nova was likely 3x that amount
Likely unc had 14 mil...vcu 4 mil which is high for a10
Not disagreeing with you.The average number of upsets has decreased a lot since NIL see the link below
5 total lower seeds won last year which includes 9 and 10 seeds which are hardly upsets … this year is the same
My point is upsets still are occurring but like you said probably not as much as pre NIL.
He is firing his staff according to his first half interview.....LOL. hope they fire his ***.
He is such an ***hole.
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Its a 7 point game....rutgers really wasnt in the game vs ucla either as if you can compare games
Tell me when Rutgers got 11 Q1/2 wins beating Texas Tech, Kansas and at BYU
The last game in Philly wont tip til after 10:20pm...how ridiculous. They started in San Diego at 10:30 AM
I’m really just being devils advocate because every chance someone has had to say oh guess NIL didn’t trip them ….
It’s a tired commentary I’m happy for UCF they made it
point remains 90-95% of the advancing teams are in the haves vs have not category and it means something
Rutgers will always have to do more with less. Is Pike capable of suceeding in the NIL era whereas another coach might be more in tune with the new world and how the game is played now
Less and food stamps are two different things
someone pointed out Iowa roughly has 8-10 this past year finished 10-10 in conference and we’re a 9 seed
that’s essentially what pike was doing before the wheels came off I think most fans would settle for that and I think it requires being competitive in ALL aspects including finances to FAIRLY expect that
7-2, guess the B1G isn’t that bad after all
Two loses by 3 points total
Two loses by 3 points total
I ll be at Sundays games in Philly !
Expecting to see 2 good games :
Virginia Tennessee
UCOnn UCLA
Expecting to see 2 good games :
Virginia Tennessee
UCOnn UCLA
People keep inflating numbers...not every big 10 school is spending 10 million plus
Des moines register said just over $6 million in recent article..sorry thats Iowa State which is surprisingly low for their success
Iowa has a coach that simply knows how to win and win championships
Cronin actually a good guy. Just very intense ! He always wins !
Golden on list?
How is Hurley not 1st?
Another thread quoted an article that Iowa had 8 plus
do you need it to win no but most of the advancing teams are glad they had it
I havent been able to see that article...Iowa was in the bottom 5 the past 2 years in nil spending so that would be a huge increase
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Please what? You and your brother know didly $ hyt--- my grandkids are in classes with grant,lino and others and they attend classes and are graded and do all the stuff required of the non players.Of course if they are out of town no. I'll tell you what the football players also attend classes and are on an even tigther lease. One player last year was cutting up and it got back to Schiano .A day later Schiano gave him a talk. He came into class and apologized to the class and professor in front of everyone. Schiano doesn't mess around.
For a guy that likes to call people old,you're the wimp-- can't you stay up beyond 12 ??
Wimpy wimpy wimpy..get back in your coffin
In the other thread...$4 million this year. (Ironically there is revisionist history for RU failure last year with a higher total roster payout even if Ru wasnt the paying them)Next year im assuming theyll be higher as will ru and everyone else
Move Golden up to a first place tie with Chris Beard and add Chris Jans to the list. Those three are worse than anyone else on the list.
4 million plus whatever else they were able to raise from McCollum
there’s a less than 0.1 chance they had the same budget as us
if they in fact had the same budget then pike should be gone today because iowas roster, scheme and coaching are 100x better
Whatever RU does end up having in NIL next year and if we have another losing season missing the tourney, there will be a line of folks conjuring up their excuses of how we didn’t have enough or how it wasn’t as much as everyone else. They have it loaded in the holster and ready to fire when needed. If we do in fact end up having $9-$10Mil NIL next year, then that is more than adequate to say no more excuses.