Kool Econ
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Not sure how a G6 Playoff squares with CFP expansion, will be interesting to see what they land on.
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
The presidential media committee has discussed a wide variety of cost-containment & revenue-generation concepts for college sports, including creating of a G6-only playoff, limiting/capping coach and AD pay and optimizing the football schedule, sources tell @YahooSports.
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@TheEconomist Venezuela was corrupt, so is Iran. Venezuela was not ideology free, Venezuela was held hostage with Chavismo. A good portion of Itan is being held hostage by a Theocracy. The difference between the situations is the recency of a democratic form of governance.
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Venezuela was uniquely vulnerable to Donald Trump’s transactional approach, because it has long been corrupt and ideology-free. If the president follows the same model with the Iranian regime, he will fail economist.com/leaders/2026/0…
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@bonchieredstate The US seems to be inadvertently stoking a civil war. Eventually the civil leaders of Iran and IRGCC will be fighting in the streets. I guess the citizens may back the civil leaders in the hopes they moderate or they make it a mess and open a third front in the streets.
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Starting to seem kind of obvious that we're "negotiating" with dudes who have absolutely no power.
Mossad Commentary@MOSSADil
😂 LISTEN: IRGC Navy called Iran’s own Foreign Minister an “idiot” over open maritime radio. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
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Announcing Strawberry Creek Studios: uniting Cal Athletics' marketing, creative and communications units into a cutting-edge collaboration built to deliver on two primary objectives - revenue generation and authentic storytelling.
Learn more: calbea.rs/4tl9iZ4
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@JonRothstein Didn't Wes Enis just sign there as well? Seems to be an overlap.
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Source: San Diego State transfer BJ Davis has committed to Creighton.
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@JeffFaraudo "co-athletic directors Jenny Simon-O'Neill and Jay Larson"
I see CAL has a sense of humor with two AD's and still firing rank and file for "efficiency".
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Tough changes coming to Cal Athletics
si.com/college/cal/fo…
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@TheEconomist What prosperity do tell. GDP Per Capita over the past decade tells a much different story. Factor in time value of money and Canadians are going backwards.
Canada needs to adopt more free market principles and less socialist principles.
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Above all, it seems that voters want someone who stands up to Donald Trump. Mark Carney has acknowledged that he would not have become prime minister or Liberal leader, had it not been for the Trumpian threats to Canada’s prosperity economist.com/the-americas/2…
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@johncanzanobft There is a new trend for baseball tournaments to be hosted at neutral sites like Arizona. Where would be the ideal location for the PAC? On Campus, NOCL, SOCAL, LV, AZ, or even the PNW?
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Monday Mailbag comes out tomorrow. What’s on your mind? Ask away. Best Q’s get published.
Bonus points for fun questions.
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@goldenbearwire Nice. A Cal fan starts the rumor that Madsen was taking the USU job. And when the rumor turns out to be false, you flag USU fans for a rumor they didn't start.
Hat tip.
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For context, Cal pays Mark Madsen approximately $2.5 million/year. USU never had a shot.
Jason Walker@jwalker_sports
I just received contract details for Utah State's new head coach Ben Jacobson. His annual salary will start at $1.2 million, increasing by $50k until it reaches $1.4 million by the final year of his contract. The buyout is 75% of the cumulative remaining salary with each year's term ending on March 31.
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Oregon State President Jayathi Murthy announced that AD Scott Barnes will retire effective Aug. 31.
Upon retirement, Barnes will become a senior advisor for athletics through Aug. 31, 2027.
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Envision Sports Group is saying SDSU guard BJ Davis intends to enter the transfer portal when it opens April 7. However, no confirmation from SDSU yet. It's my understanding they're still talking/negotiating with players.
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@MarchMadnessWBB @bigten @SEC @theACC @Big12Conference @BIGEAST @NCAA Wait, are you seriously promoting this as something good? I thought you represented all the conferences? When the fans of the SEC and B1G complain about the NCAA, remember it dances to their tune.
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For the first time since the bracket was expanded to 64 teams in 1994, we enter the Second Round with all Power Four and Big East teams.
#MarchMadness
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Ozzie Smith applying the tag on Tony Gwynn during an exhibition game between the Padres and San Diego State
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@TheEconomist Cubans don’t have stable energy, food, work, or freedom. But they apparently only want to exit squalor if it meets their aesthetic or refined sensibilities?
Get the fuck out of here. The longest lines for food in Barcelona is Taco Bell.
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Not every Cuban wants a McDonald’s on the Malecón, Havana’s seafront promenade, but they do want an economy that functions. Could a deal with America achieve this? economist.com/the-americas/2…
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@ralphDrussoATH That is not a problem. Everyone always acts in their best interests. It’s folly to believe that a system or rules or government or economic system would ever stop people from acting in their best interests.
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Painter’s point is excellent. The functional problem with college sports is everyone is highly incentivized to do what’s best for themselves and there is very little incentive to act in the best interest of the enterprise as a whole.
Boilers In The Stands@BoilersInStands
Matt Painter with some pointed words about Power 5 schools scheduling Mid-Majors.
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@Brett_McMurphy I can't wait for someone to sue over player ejections and suspensions.
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NCAA changes targeting penalty for 2026: player ejected for targeting for 1st time in a season can play in next game; player ejected for a 2nd targeting offense will miss 1st half of next game; 3rd targeting ejection warrants a full one-game suspension
on3.com/news/ncaa-d1-f…
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@sdutzeigler Why does the B1G and SEC want to expand the tournament?
SEC — 10 out of 16
Big Ten — 9 out of 18
ACC — 8 out 18
Big 12 — 8 out of 16
35/68 total slots. 31 out of 37 at large spots.
I guess they go to 76 teams and we can add in sub 500 teams from the SEC and B1G.
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Why SDSU didn't make the NCAA Tournament and declined an invitation to the NIT.
sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/03/15/san…
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@sdutzeigler Not close. And the lesson may be to schedule down.
Some of these teams played no one.
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A French acrobat by the name of Bastien Dausse developed a device that simulates lunar gravity 🤯
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