Robert C

Using profits derived from overpriced medical care in the middle of a global pandemic to fund your part in a fundamentally corrupt and exploitive enterprise is pretty gross overall. A&M's approach is much better. We just use money from environmentally destructive industries which fuel global warming on a massive scale, and which will eventually render life as we know it unsustainable.

The bit about him using the liquor he took from Hitler’s house at his son’s Bar Mitzvah is seriously badass.

I was so hoping for an A&M/Iowa bowl game, so the Ags would have the more dynamic offense for once. Plus, it would've been a great insomnia cure.

Every time I see a picture of Ewers, I immediately think he ought to be tag partners with Eric Embry. Or maybe Tommy Rich.

I was gonna say has anybody screwed their own recruitment up this badly before. I forgot about the $1M. So lemme rephrase that. Has anybody ever nailed their recruitment this well before?

He oughta be forced to do the local accent for each away game. It's gonna blow his mind when he hears there's more than one southern accent. Also, this is a thing of beauty

Apparently when Brian Kelley got on the plane down to Baton Rough, somebody handed him an Ipod loaded with Jerry Clower routines and said "Lurrrrn tuh tahhhlllk lahhllk theeuuss". I can't wait for his first postgame press conference. Reporter: Coach Kelley, Max Johnson seemed to be struggling with his reads in the first half. What did tell him to get him settled down? Kelley: I told Maxy, I said 'just throw it in there amongst em. One of em has gots to catch it.' At this rate, by the end of next year he'll be shilling Magic Bait.

It's right next to the note certifying that you did not dance at any point during your time there, and there a upstanding, moral person.

For maximum chaos I'm still hoping ND hire's Cincinnati's coach, then meets them in the playoff.

Are those parts of the system (coaching changes during the year and early signing) really a positive for the folks who are ultimately making the decisions at NCAA level? Obviously they are for the coaches, but I don't see how they benefit ADs and/or college presidents. Something there I'm missing?

If he invites you to his upcoming wedding, decline politely.

I guess he just seems like he would've been perfect for Miami when they were still The U. I forgot about the Day to Chicago rumors. C'mon Bears, help me out here.

So you're saying he's gonna break out in hives the first time somebody hands him a bucket of crawfish?

I'm gonna be disappointed in OU and ND if they end up with Venables and Freeman. I was hoping to keep the coach poaching train rolling. If those two end up with boring, sensible hires where's the fun in that? I guess somebody else has to step up. Miami, you're up. I need some Lane Kiffin rumors, stat.

Kelly's contract - 10 years, $95 million. Incentives take it to $15M per year. WTF are those incentives?

It’s not even a head start - it’s really an attempt to not put themselves completely behind the eight ball. Early signing day is two weeks away. You’re watching the new normal take shape.

I’m interested to see how close to $250 million Kelly’s fairy godmother got him. Halfway maybe? I’m also really curious to to see which coordinators get insane raises this year.

I already wanted a 30 for 30 of this coaching carousel. Now I want a whole series. Start it off with Fisher’s ridiculous extension. End it with a bunch of guys eclipsing him.

No matter how crappy your team’s weekend was, at least you’re not an Oklahoma fan.

This made me laugh a bit too much

I think you meant to say hilarious. Or maybe beautiful.

Watching my first ever ESPN+ game, and its amazing how bad the production is. Its Southpaw level bad. And since there may not be 100 yards passing in this game when it ends, it’s got a very middle school feel to it.

Well, Texas is having a nice Friday night https://www.hookem.com/story/sports/football/2021/11/19/texas-football-brian-jones-donors-pressuring-seve-sarkisian-race/8687690002/

Apparently it's funded by two boosters, but you're not wrong there. My father was a professor at Texas for about 40 years. I'm trying to imagine his response if he was told to "volunteer" to work in the dining halls. I'd pay good money to watch somebody make that suggestion to him.

You're absolutely right there, especially if it's fully guaranteed, but I'm guessing that contract won't look so outlandish for long. It's setting a new bar for that level of coach, but other schools are gonna jump right on over that bar. I figure it could get passed up a couple times by January. No idea how valid the rumors are, but supposedly LSU offered Lincoln Riley $12 million per year. Riley's a step above Tucker, but he ain't Saban either. LSU is gonna pay somebody more than Michigan State will be paying Tucker by January. USC might too. Florida could as well, either this year or next. And Texas might next year. That's a lot of big time money teams looking for at a very limited number of candidates. Of course none of that is gonna make things look better for Michigan State if they're going 7-5 three years from now, looking at seven more years at $9.5m per year with no way out. Glad coaches' contracts weren't this crazy when Sumlin won 11 games and beat Bama his first year at A&M. Imagine how badly that contract would've aged.