Clay Wilcox
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Clay Wilcox
@Dolomiteclay
Geologist here for sports and that’s about it. WVU alum and season ticket holder.
Morgantown, WV Katılım Nisan 2009
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Hot take Saturday coming at ya. If Stew had gotten his first choice for play caller or been able to keep Calvin Magee, Jarrett Brown would have been in the conversation of one of the WVU greats. He was a bigger, stronger, faster Pat White.
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@MountainGrown71 My 83 year old ass would be break dancing at ChatGPT stadium on Mars for that reason one.
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Gotta make it to 2061!
CFB Kings@CFBKings
I asked ChatGPT to predict the next 50 College Football National Champions 🏆
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@CouzWalker On 3. It seems like that is the easiest path for the larger and richer schools to claim plausible deniability. Let the market for talent balloon beyond reproach for smaller schools until they give up and figure it out when the dust settles? Technically don’t do anything wrong…
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1.) I don’t expect many schools to take the $30 mil
2.) If they do, it’s up to them to use it wisely
3.) were it not for the greed of the larger institutions in the first place, we would not be here. They should have been paying athletes, or at least allowing NIL, years ago.
Andrew Caraway@Caraway6
The Big 12 just approved a five-year deal with RedBird Capital Partners, and I want you to understand what that actually means. It’s being framed as a “business partnership.” No ownership stake. No operational control. Just a friendly capital infusion and some help finding new revenue streams. Private equity doesn’t invest in things they don’t control. They don’t need an ownership stake when they have something better, debt obligation and revenue dependency. The deal includes a school-level credit line of up to $30 million per institution. Cash-strapped programs will take that money. And when the projected revenue doesn’t materialize on RedBird’s timeline, those schools will have a private equity firm’s hand in their annual distributions. Here’s the part nobody’s talking about, RedBird negotiated a non-compete clause. They won’t partner with any other power conference in a commercial capacity. That wasn’t done to protect the Big 12. That was done to protect RedBird’s investment and lock in their leverage. Private capital has one obligation: return on investment. Not the health of the sport. Not competitive integrity. Not the student-athlete experience. ROI. Every time we let another financial interest sink its teeth into college athletics, we move further away from what made this sport worth caring about in the first place. And we never seem to find our way back.
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@wrenbaker @3Guys__ @bradhowe07 @HoppyKercheval @TonyCaridi @ScottyFox18 Not surprised when he said you called him after the transition.
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@3Guys__ @bradhowe07 @HoppyKercheval @TonyCaridi We’re blessed @ScottyFox18 chose to stay with WVU. Great young man who has a very bright future!
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Not only is @wrenbaker a culinary innovator turns out he’s a pretty solid recruiter too.
Just before signing day, the coaching staff that recruited Scotty Fox was gone. Then came a call from Wren Baker.
Wren told him WVU would hire a great coach and encouraged him to stay the course. Scotty believed him — and stayed committed to the Mountaineers.
#wvufootball #WVU #HailWV #CountryRoads #efforting
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@Dolomiteclay Interested to see what they do with filling out roster in portal
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@EerJersey If he can get these guys to play defense the way he wants I think it will work. That’s what he does so I’m all in. Just concerned about shooting
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@Dolomiteclay I think Hodge not being there yet as a head coach is going to be something he needs to get done in his career assp. Esp with expanded field.
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Been hearing about the pizza at Southland Lanes in Lexington KY
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@wrenbaker @bradhowe07 @TonyCaridi @HoppyKercheval @3Guys__ @Oliverioswharf1 @PatrickO9WV My wife says it’s delicious
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@jeff_ruff @unclelukereal1 Be interested to know how many were interviewed for this poll.
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@unclelukereal1 How many white P5 coaches keep a job with losing records?
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Despite his success, 95% of Power 5 white coaches reportedly dislike Coach Prime. This highlights the persistent challenges and difficult times we still live in.
#CoachPrime #Sports
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So @PeteThamel you still have to keep a minimal number of sports to remain a power school. I believe that is 16 and many are already there.
If the cost to compete grows like you said and you can't cut any expenses, how is that sustainable outside of Big Stadium schools?
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@ChildersRadio So you have a second site with opening round games and basically have play in games for 12 and 16 seeds. Riveting.
Coaches want this to be able to say to donors "I made the tourney" even if it is a Tuesday in Dayton
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The NCAA Tournament isn’t expanding because the sport suddenly needs more “access.”
It’s expanding because the NCAA needs more inventory, more TV money and more revenue.
The Alston ruling cracked the whole system open. Now the NCAA is getting sued into oblivion — and expansion is the money grab. #NCAA #MarchMadness #NCAATournament
Full breakdown: @showponymedia?si=TY0v8teK8T5bilWq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@showponymedia…
& ShowPonyMedia.com
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@MountainGrown71 Keeping fanbases and donors more engaged is a way to prevent growing apathy, but a successful season being a tournament bid might not be the case if it only is a Tuesday in Dayton.
With Rev/NIL unless have some serious cash winning the tournament now is much tougher than ever
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@Dolomiteclay Just a matter of time. These whores will have every P4 team if they have their way.
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Just gonna start putting in the entire SEC?
Explain to me how this doesn’t make the tournament worse?
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
Sources: The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, with mid-May as the target. The 76-team tournaments begin next year. espn.com/mens-college-b…
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@KySportsRadio As an outsider in terms of my fan hood, I cannot believe that a blue blood like UK does not have multiple staffers devoted to this. It’s such a big business even at most normal p4 schools and to not have a guy or lady dedicated to this is at UK is unbelievable
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I think there is a chance that at some point in the near future, there will be a push within UK to force Mark Pope to hire a GM, whether he wants one or not
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@CouzWalker Georgia won a national title with Stetson Bennett. Granted they didn't ask him to do much, but I think TT will still be favored in every Big 12 game this year even w/o Sorsby.
However, it was evident that QB was a weakness last year in the Oregon game.
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They have a third QB on the roster with 10 games of FBS starting experience. Kirk Francis. They will be ok. Maybe they win 1-2 less games, but they will still likely be the best team in the Big 12.
CJ Vogel@CJVogel_OTF
If you’re Texas Tech and you know this roster is a QB away from competing at a national scale, you go find/lure a portal quarterback. The 6-game HC suspension and fine are well worth it and I don’t think you even think twice. Could just hinge on Hammond’s recovery, but if you want to leave no doubt someone else is coming in and the repercussions are a blip at the end of the year when you go B2B in the Big 12.
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@PatMcAfeeShow This is the ravens. Gotta pass that physical first.
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@GoldAndBlueZone I know it didn't end well but wouldn't Bobby Bowden be 3 and definitely should be 4.
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@dubv01 @NatesHotTakes Even if Cincy knew what can they really do to confirm it? No subpoena power. Limited investigation reach & I would doubt the FBI would say anything.
Then if they do say something to TT and it isn't true they look bad and get sued by the player. Tough spot for TT and Cincy
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@NatesHotTakes You think he “sat on info” bc he knew a year ago Sorsby was gonna leave Cincinnati and go to Texas Tech?
😂 😂 😂
Insane levels of cope. What TT fans should be PISSED about that they didn’t do proper due diligence on Sorsby.
It’s 💯 y’all’s fault.
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I 100% doubt Cunningham just let Sorsby play inspite of knowing dude was a gambling derelict. BUT if he did, and then sat on the info just to torpedo a B12 opponent and Sorsby? I could have more respect for my guy JC.
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