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Yeah, I actually love the transfer portal and the NIL deals. It makes it more exciting. And I completely agree about the TV deals tied to the conferences is the real issue. Even you bringing up Maryland is a great example. They were a founding member of the ACC, and while not great at football in my lifetime, they were a huge part of the basketball fabric of the ACC. I was pissed when they left for that reason alone… and now in the ACC we have teams like Cal and Stanford which is clearly not the Atlantic Coast, all while teams like Clemson, FSU, and UNC are trying to get out. I really, really hate that poo.

Teams like Cal and Stanford in the ACC is just dumb and it honestly shows how desperate they were. It's documented that west coast teams win less than expected when traveling to the east coast to play and now you're joining a conference where practically every away game puts you in that scenario.

Damn. I stand corrected. I wasn’t aware of Maryland’s national championship. I was stating it more so just off brand and off the top of my head, tradition and prestige, namely the amount of notable pros they have turned out. That was probably a dumb criteria to base it off of, but I just think that translates to competitiveness, and I never looked at Maryland as competitive in football in my lifetime. I thought their move to the Big Ten was particularly stupid because when they left the ACC they weren’t even really competitive then. So I feel like in terms of modern prestige, UNC is more relevant? So I think they would have more appeal to potential suitors if they wanted to move conferences. And as far as the conferences go, I could be way wrong here, but my prediction is, the SECs and Big 10s of the world are going to shoot themselves in the foot if they’re not careful. Yes, they are the big boys now, but if they’re continue to turn away viable candidates to join, like Clemson and FSU (and not homer talk, but UNC as well if they actually spent their money wisely), I predict they power is going to shift elsewhere, because the NIL money evens the playing field. Look at Alabama now. That’s why Saban left when he did… he knew how to game the system as it was. Were the players getting paid then? Absolutely, but once it became legal to pay them at any school, who tf wants to go to Alabama? If I’m not from there and I want to stay in-state, now an in-state school can pay me. If I am from there and I have to choose between fuging Alabama and somewhere else that will pay me the same, why stay there? Because just on its own merits, what is the appeal to Alabama? But this example goes for anything. Even a kid in Georgia. Yeah, Georgia is more prestigious and a powerhouse, but what if Georgia Tech, or even Tennessee or Florida pays me more? I just think the NIL has made it way different. You don’t have to all funnel to Alabama or Georgia to be relevant anymore because anywhere can become a powerhouse school overnight, if done correctly. So if the SEC and Big 10 keep acting all highsididdy on everybody, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of those other teams that comprise the rest of the top 25-50 programs band together to form one other super conference that starts siphoning players away from them.

Hooker played worse this preseason with better players around him.

I would be willing to debate the person that said plumber is better... I have seen lawn gnomes with more football talent than plumber...sometimes I felt he was actively trying to be bad at the game of football..like he had a bet with some other backup, who can do the dumbest thing and not get cut...like "hey I'm going out there today with my helmet on backwards and I'm going to try to complete a forward pass with a ham sandwich

Signing Hooker was a good move. 1. He has all the tools 2. Very important Canales want to work with him. Good or bad at least we'll find out. 3. Plummer hasn't signed anywhere so if the experiment doesn't work out you can always resign Plummer. It's a practice squad move, let's see what he can do.

People say the NIL ot transfer portal is killing college football, which is demonstrably false. This is the poo that has effectively killed ALL college sports. The TV contract whoring that has caused the complete destruction of regional conferences.

Easily so. 1 "National Championship", 11 conference titles. UNC can boast 0 and 7. Maryland is less so since they have left the ACC and will likely remain depressed for the remainder of their existence before the Big Ten collapses. I agree about the ACC and its football history but truthfully, it is becoming harder for the ACC to compete in the super conference era with the extreme amounts of money it takes to just stay competitive, much less excel. UNC is very odd case. On the surface, plenty of money to spend to attempt to become a relevant football program but then you spend it on....Bill Belichick??? That's....stupid.

Yeah, the recent interview in front of his locker…. if you listen, Hunter regurgitates what Canales said and does it from Canales’ perspective. Coach said, coach thought, Coach wanted. Every year I explain my position that coaches are not truthful people when it comes to explaining decisions and what is going on….they aren’t in the business of letting us know what is going on behind the scenes. Nothing ever supported what Dave was selling. He saw something apparently no one covering the team every single day saw. He kept his boy and had to have a reason to explain it at the end of the day….and saying Moore was better would not sell Hunter never had said he believed such is what I am saying. That was Dave BSing his roster decisions. What coaches do. Hunter doesn’t play OL. Odds are with his select slot work and his role….he is better prepared than our lineman for week 1.

I'll ask again, why the fug is max johnson still playing football? Seems like absolutely poor parenting all things considered.

Yea I know, if the SEC was going to take any ACC schools it would be one of those two. https://247sports.com/college/south-carolina/board/44/contents/sec-turns-down-fsu-and-clemson-233705974/?page=2

Damn, I didn’t know they were considering moving. These new conferences and the constant moving of teams is complete ass. But that is shocking for those two schools considering their pipelines and prestige.

You think Maryland is a more prestigious football program than UNC? You’re my guy, kfd, but that’s a wild take. I actually think the ACC has never gotten the love it deserves for football. There is a lot of tradition and prestige to a lot of the teams in the conference.

Exactly what I mentioned earlier, same with SC. They follow the money, they will be a laughing stock. Would not be a good move for any ACC school. Which reportedly Clemson is out, each school has to be approved by the SEC board and in a test vote Clemson and FSU was a no go

My favorite so far

I think he dreams of being begged back to the NFL but it's a false dream. Could it happen? Yes. Is it likely? Definitely not. I don't anticipate him becoming suddenly self reflective or less stubborn although this college experiment is likely to end in a comically massive failure. The real question is how bad will it be for UNC when they have to buy out his son's HC contract?

Odds Bill comes back next year?

Most of the ACC would fare similarly. Maryland is a far more accomplished football program historically and they have yet to ever finish above .500 in conference play since leaving the ACC.

As I mentioned earlier, Carolina to the SEC would be an absolute disaster for them. Vandy would love it though, there would be a new whipping boy.

Two things I completely nailed in week one: - Arch Manning hype was utterly absurd - Bill Belichick hype was utterly absurd Manning literally couldn't beat out a 5th round draft pick and in one case the current Oregon St. starting QB. Somehow we are supposed to believe that a kid that is being billed as literally one of the greatest QB's in college football history to the extent that they ranked his team #1 yet somehow sat for two years behind an oft injured Quinn Ewers? Never won that job from Ewers last season, either. Three years of college football and this kid still looks like a college freshman. Bill Belichick couldn't get employed in the NFL because the game had obviously passed him by and he has no ability to handle anything less than complete control. What could possibly go wrong when a stubborn, inflexible 73 year old on his first CAREER CFB job gets paired with a historically bottom half/third college football program in a P5 conference??? Well, welcome to college football, Bill's GF. Turns out massive roster turnover and just simply telling everyone you are the "33rd NFL team" doesn't erase the advantages that dozens and dozens of football programs have over you because that's the way college football has always been.

FTFY

No, the reporting of those was in that order. Hence the comment.

No lie… to this day, and forever, I’m always still gonna love me some Ted Ginn. I tell people all the time who aren’t Panther fans so they don’t know - Ted legit was our best receiver during Cam’s tenure here.

That game made me resign from my position as HC of UNC in my solo football dynasty on NCAA26.