@illaduff It’s literally a safety issue

Indiana is so buttoned up it’s almost like they know your plays. Crazy Scouting is unreal

You realized we watched Louisville’s DL make the JMU OL look like middle schoolers right? We saw them, the only top-50 team you played, sack you six times

Lucky for him they didn’t find that extra 0.1 lbs that flips it to felony trafficking in Alabama

That’s … like a super small amount??

This is great. Glad it is P4 only.

BREAKING: Alabama Director revealed that starting in 2026 Alabama is automatically in the 12-team playoff if the Tide finish ranked in the top-20

A decade ago, 85 points in the @247sports recruiting rankings was the gap between the No. 1 class and the No. 16 class Today, 85 is the gap between the No.1 and the No. 32 50 was the gap from 1st and 8th. Now? 1st and 16th Talent is spreading out so much. Everyone has hope

Holy cow

Meant to post this earlier, but here we go. The @Nolecast has been a passion project for us for 15 years, through some great seasons and some awful. Thanks to passionate fanbase and amazing sponsors, it even turned into an occasionally profitable hobby. We always tell each other “it’s appointment listening. Don’t put out an episode just to do it. If we wouldn’t want to listen to it, don’t publish.” But lately, that’s been impossible. Running an FSU-focused podcast at the level we’ve maintained over thousands of episodes doesn’t make sense right now. We’ll keep the same schedule through the end of our current sponsor deals, and for 2026 our frequency will match the commitment level that the FSU administration is putting in. When or if that commitment returns under a new administration, we’ll return in full.

Alabama's power rating went UP after yesterday. Oklahoma's went down. They doubled up OU in yardage. Turnovers are largely random. If they played that game again next weekend Bama would be favored by more than it was. That's what the models see

Exactly. They see Clemson is going into the gutter but get great name recognition out of it.

I bet Booger and LSU celebrated going to the Peach Bowl in 1996 with a 10-2 record and a No. 17 ranking like crazy because back then ESPN wasn't there to tell them that their season was meaningless because they didn't make the playoffs. In 1997, nobody was telling his LSU squad, which lost two games by less than a touchdown and had a win over the number one Florida Gators, that their season was a failure. They were excited for their bowl game. That was an excellent season. We used to recognize that. But if Booger played today, he'd be told those seasons don't matter because they didn't make the playoffs. This is what I'm talking about in terms of what we've lost in a sport with the focus on such a narrowly drawn playoff.

One thing that came out of the Kraft issue is the rural schools are at a disadvantage when the players earn more. If you are a 21yo guy who is netting 500K (no real expenses) you’re likely gonna want access to the type of nightlife and scenery you can get in a big city because you can now afford it. Bama being able to day trip Atlanta is huge as one of the players or assistants in the recording pointed out.

Football is not every other sport It’s a ht/wt/speed sport. Collision not contact. The right fielder isn’t pushing the other team’s 2B out of the way Physical size/speed is way more important in it.