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Their QB is 9 for 24. With 4 TD passes. 9 for 24. And we are down 2 scores. You can’t make this stuff up.

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You don’t often see a team with twice as many yards and first downs, and 8 more minutes of possession but down by 7.

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Rhody football, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

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I'd wager that its 11 games against Top 50 when all said and done, PC (once) and Dayton (twice) should also fall in that range.

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Suffice to say it’s never going to be confused with London, no?

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JMU is also in a recruiting hotbed for football talent. They are a very compelling candidate if the time ever comes for AAC expansion.

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I'm down with that as long as they produce results. Let's go!

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i haven't seen us mentioned with this kid in a real long time. That would be the most stealth thing ever, if its true.

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Just announced we will host Boise State in 2020 as part of inaugural Mountain West/A10 challenge.

Other games announced:

Dayton at Nevada
Utah State at Davidson
Bonnies at New Mexico

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Agree with 83 and Ramster. How can you not like this if you are a fan of this program? Some people will complain no matter what happens. If you are within driving distance and have the free time and don't go to events like this then you have no right having an opinion or complaining about anything. ...

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For anyone on Twitter there is tons of footage and interviews from today’s practice. Some highlights: Fatts saying Cox ratcheted things up 100% this preseason and was mirror image of Hurley type practices. And Fatts admitting that chemistry is at an all time high but that last year it wasn’t, and th...

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re: UConn's huge investment in D-I football, I'm more in the TP camp that it hasn't been great. Yes, it's important to think big and to invest in the program, but that does ignore that many of UConn's wounds here have been self-inflicted, and the past 10 years or so of the athletic department have ...

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But they were seemingly already pot committed when the tea leaves of realignment became more apparent, no?

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Those are obviously different markets. UCF has one of the best recruiting bases in the country and Boise is the only show - not just in town, but anywhere for literally hundreds of miles. Those two things address the two main hurdles faced by UMass and UConn - the general apathy of the public towar...

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And yet it has about the same chance of making me money as UConn’s football program had. I can (and do) make the same criticism of UMass’s decision to (try to) play FBS football. In general I’m an advocate of taking risks in pursuit of greater achievement but the risks need to be calculated and the...

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Your analogy is also an odd one since I fail to see any upside in burning your money in a barrel. The obvious upside to football success is $$$$$$$.

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Saying that UConn making this hilarious attempt at “big time” football was thinking big is the best argument for risk averse thinking I’ve ever heard. Can’t wait to pull a UConn this weekend: empty my bank account, take all the cash and put it in a barrel in my backyard and set that shit on fire. W...

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It's an annoying word UCH, that I overused to make the point. You can exist just fine without it in your life

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They chased $$ and big time football, when they felt they had a window of opportunity to do so. They thought big. Hindsight is 20/20 but the business decision at that time for them was the right one. Their struggles of the last 5+ years are due to poor coaching and poor coaching hires.

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Add Dorsey and an NFL prospect lineman!

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Nike pulled all houston rockets merch from their stores in China, their 2nd biggest market. The epitome of woke capitalism, you can only be woke when it won’t cost you money. Apparently the NBA players and Nike care about social justice, but only in the US and only if it makes them money.

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Clap back hard by 83. By RJs logic BC should drop football as well.

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Love the pot shot by Dan in saying that Rhody was moreso the talk of RI his last 2 years bc we won in March. Clap back.

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Yanks were playing with house money last night, weren't going to take 2 in a row in Houston they are way too tough. Got a W there which is great for confidence if they have to go back. Possible rain out Wednesday would help Yanks and give bullpen some rest. To me Verlander is the scarier of the 2 be...

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You were saying...? Tanaka's post season record is outstanding, every decision these guys make is based on analytics. For better or worse. In Game 1 thought he yanked Tanaka too quickly, but it all worked out in the end. In Game 2 thought he yanked Green too quickly, and we ran out of bullpen depth ...

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The coach has to get credit for a major upgrade in talent level. And it was very necessary and the uptick is significant. Now he’s gotta coach em. But he ain’t going anywhere.

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No doubt. But to stay in upper tier of A10 we have to beat out mid to lower tier P5s once in a while for a kid. Iowa is a quality Big 12 school that finds their way into the tournament more often than not. No doubt, but would still say they are solidly mid tier when it comes to Big 10 behind Michig...

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No doubt. But to stay in upper tier of A10 we have to beat out mid to lower tier P5s once in a while for a kid.

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Pains me to say this but PC has been underrated almost every year under Cooley...including this year. They are definitely Top 5 in BE and I could see them in the Top 3 if all their chips fall into place. People forget how good AJ Reeves looked before he got hurt, and I can't think of a big in that l...

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Why are you telling me to c’mon?! He has 4 of the Top 10 schools in the country after him now. They don’t put this kind of effort into 10th and 11th players off the bench. No need to try and convince me he’s not going to be what these schools are seeing and hearing, convince yourselves. So everyone...

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Why are you telling me to c’mon?! He has 4 of the Top 10 schools in the country after him now. They don’t put this kind of effort into 10th and 11th players off the bench. No need to try and convince me he’s not going to be what these schools are seeing and hearing, convince yourselves. So everyone...

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There’s a reason people on this board do what they do for a living, and why coaches do what they do — that’s all I’m saying LOL C'mon dude, while i agree with your underlying point in this case that ain't it. He was a recruit ranked 350th or something, not recruited by anyone of significance beside...

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The only returnees where you don't see a significant physique improvement is Cyril (who was already chiseled) and Tyrese (who was hurt for a bit of offseason and already had a D1 body). Antwan, Jeff, Jermaine, Dana, Fatts all put on noticeable gains in muscularity. Good work by the training staff.

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The controversy at PC wasn't difficult to predict. They opened up their late night madness to include non students, primarily alumni and friends of the program (who are for the most part older and white). With the wide spectrum of audience demographics, they then booked entertainment acts which wou...

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Starting the year I think Sheppard is first G of the bench and Walker is first off F. Tate will be sub for Martin. By A10 season I could see DJ and Toppin working their way into the rotation for whoever is struggling. Agree with this. Cox also has a lot of flex with combos based on matchups. Can go...

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If it's not from a source is it from the kid? How do you know how he felt if not from him, or someone close to him? My original post was my prediction for a late Oct/early Nov verbal commitment and a NLOI signing in Nov. I interpreted the question from wpbrown regarding my post on commitment - is t...

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You really see the difference between a FR and SO when you compare Dana and Mekkhi’s physique.

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PC catching Kansas-like heat for having an artist on stage using profanities and the N word repeatedly.
Seems like some old white people are making a lot of bad decisions with their artist bookings.

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If it's not from a source is it from the kid? How do you know how he felt if not from him, or someone close to him?

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Just saw that. I have a feeling we MIGHT be underrating this team. I don't think so, at least not yet. Having us ranked as the 4th best team in the A10 feels exactly right for us at this moment in time. We haven't proved that we should be ahead of any of the Top 3 who all return as much if not more...

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RhodyMBB insta just posted some behind the scenes from the photo shoot. It shows Toppin jumping over Cyril to dunk. Talk amongst yourselves.

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I think Toppin is going to give Harris the run for the money. Met him at the season ticket event. Very poised and mature. And he seems like a fun loving guy. I think he will be a diamond in the rough like his brother. I think Toppin will explode his Soph year. A year in the system and a year of str...

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Him and Walker both had their head above rim and arms extended over the box on those combine vids. Never a bad thing.

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I agree with 104 that the interlocking RI shirt looks more like a practice jersey then a game uniform...I know it isn't but that's what it looks like.

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This shows you the sham that is high school scouting...from zero to hero without bouncing a ball or playing a game. What a joke.

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is that a 4th uniform or just a black & white photo of the keaney blue version, i thought the latter but could be wrong?

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Yes but he’s 6’9/6’10 with a 5 man skills. Not good for the NBA.

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I like the block letters a lot, has a retro vibe to it. Also agree those navy blue unis are fire. The Keaney blue with interlocking RI looks more like a practice uni to me.

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Next year they will still likely have Duke, Reeves, Bynum, Watson, Gannt and Nichols. That’s a pretty strong group still, i am sure Cooley has his eyes on secondary options behind his primary targets.

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Yes and like us last year I am sure Cooley has his Plan B's and will move to those if he whiffs on his priorities.
You aren't going to snag any 4 or 5 stars if you don't pursue them, you will lose a lot more than you win but doesn't mean you stop trying.

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