Recent content by Sheffielder

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    When are the “normal” seats going on sale at the NRF?

    Same for me - was told "general" season ticket pricing will be published by the time the club seats go on sale, so people will be able to make an informed choice about whether to go for club or wait for general. I understand there has been a lot of frustration around how information has rolled...
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    Breaking down all of the changes to David Braun's 2026 coaching staff

    So much change, expansion, and turnover...and all I'm doing is reading about it. The head coaching job was already very expansive and extended well beyond the field itself; I hope adding so many actual coaches truly benefits Braun rather than stretches him (and any head coach) even thinner
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    Article on SEC willing to “go alone”, quotes from Jim Phillips

    I think regional would need to be the way to go to make the economics work, but I also think we could work towards building either pre-conference season (or post-season) annual matchups. Since something like this would be built from the ground up, I also think "we" could finally be in a...
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    Article on SEC willing to “go alone”, quotes from Jim Phillips

    Unpopular opinion: I don't care if Northwestern stays in an athletic conference that does $1B in tv revenue, especially if that means we're just hiring mostly one-and-done kids to play for us who are disinterested in the school. I basically just described the pros...and if I wanted that...
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    Article on SEC willing to “go alone”, quotes from Jim Phillips

    Kill it more than our current schedule that, in order to make room for Oregon and Rutgers, requires us to miss Wisconsin and Purdue? If 30-40 "elite" college football brands separate from the pack, I am confident there will be enough quality programs left that care about competing at a high...
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    Article on SEC willing to “go alone”, quotes from Jim Phillips

    I don't assume this means we will be left behind, but I'm not gonna lie - if we are, I think we'll be fine. I sincerely don't feel we have been playing the same sport as Ohio State or Alabama for a very long time, and I don't feel badly about that at all. I can comfortably imagine a future...
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    Trump promises Executive Order “to fix college sports in a week”

    "I will have an executive order within one week, and it will be very all-encompassing. And we're going to put it forward, and we're going to get sued, and we're going to see how it plays, okay, but I'll have an executive order which will solve every problem in this room, every conceivable...
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    Growing momentum for the 24-team playoff

    Let's say we go to 24 teams. In the very first year, we'll have a marginal 7-5 or 8-4 team making the field. Then people will complain about that. Then some of those people will say 12 games isn't enough to really vet a 24-team field. "Look at the NFL - imagine if they only played 12...
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    Growing momentum for the 24-team playoff

    As someone who is against a giant playoff field, it is clear to me that, unfortunately, dissenting voices in this conversation will ultimately just look like stodgy Luddites who can get with the times, rather than people who appreciate college football as being different from the NFL and...
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    CFB breaks the bank with its first 40,000.000 dollar roster

    So...at what point does everyone associated with the sport - from fans, coaches, writers, etc. - acknowledge a degree of embarrassment for overspending on a football program? Does that ever happen? Do we not agree a program looks foolish by literally just outspending everyone?
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    Detroit bowl game canceled after 29 years

    Devil's in the details with this one - Day after Christmas did not make this game especially convenient, and neither did the early afternoon kickoff. Moving the date or the kick time would have been very helpful, but I suspect this is not a bowl game that has a lot of leverage with ESPN. I...
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    Thoughts on the “new” BigTen post PAC12

    Meh, it is what it is. No, I don't like rotating Wisconsin and Iowa off our schedules to make room for Washington and Oregon (or Rutgers and Maryland for that matter), but I get the economics of it...would love it, though, if 10-12 Midwest schools within 500-600 miles of each other could figure...
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    Bears moving to Indiana? 😆

    I realize it's common for sports franchises to operate adjacent to the city namesake they claim...and the Jets/Giants already broke the seal on crossing state lines...to be honest, the potential Bears' move to Arlington Heights makes perfect sense - there's already a Metra station right at the...
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    Bears moving to Indiana? 😆

    As someone who doesn't care at all about the NFL... 1. I wish Bears fans would see the FILTHY rich pro sports team as the enemy here and not the state government that is effectively poor and being pitted against the other state government that isn't any richer but is perhaps more desperate to...
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    Away games to see.

    Probably no away games for me in 2026, unless we're talking post-season. I've only been up to Minnesota once, but I'd plan on going back any time we're playing there IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. Great city, easy to get to/from the game on the train. Unfortunately the past few meetings up there...