NCAA Football '11-'12

[Neil]

Shit, ESPN is investing $300 million into the Longhorn Network alone.

Yeah that is fucking crazy.

I don't know.  If that was over something like 20 years, that wouldn't be such a big deal.

[Eddie Teach]

I looked at the QB's on all 8 CFL teams. What a joke.

They probably make less than 3d string NFL QBs.

[Neil]

You know what else if affordable?

AAA baseball tickets.

Yeah, but it's not like someone can actually stomach a baseball game.

Anyways BB, the CFL is definitely a minor league to the NFL.  That's why guys like that's why guys like Cameron Wake and Warren Moon aren't looking back, and guys like John Chick would rather be on an NFL practice squad than a CFL active roster.

[Neil]

I looked at the QB's on all 8 CFL teams. What a joke.

They probably make less than 3d string NFL QBs.

Depends.  A star CFL QB makes at most a half million dollars a year.  That's comparable to a number of NFL backups.

[dps]

FWIW, I would think a wider field would be a great benefit to the option game.

They only get 3 downs instead of 4.  It puts a premium on passing.

[Neil]

FWIW, I would think a wider field would be a great benefit to the option game.

They only get 3 downs instead of 4.  It puts a premium on passing.

Indeed.  That said, the wider field does spread the defence and result in some space to run.

[grumbler]

Sorry I noted that Pryor was like the CFL's MVP last year, BB.  When it comes to CFL footballl, maybe it is inappropriate to examine the MVP to determine what makes a player valuable.  I just don't know enough about Canadian Football to know that the Most valuable Player doesn't possess the kinds of skills and talents that makes a player at his position valuable.

I do pretty clearly know more about CFL than you do about Pryor, though, if you think Pryor is a "run first" QB.

I think Pryor might do well to go to the CFL to sharpen his skills, is my point.  He didn't finish his senior year in college, and I think he isn't ready to play QB in the NFL.  Certainly the CFL would expose him to the best defensive players he could find outside the NFL.

Why do you get so abrasive g?  I just want to talk football.

I am talking football, and you are throwing around inaccurate statements about players.  Dunno why you are so belligerent about the idea that the CFL would serve Pryor well as minor league experience.  It is no different than JuCo backers in the US understanding that players will want to move up to NCAA Div I schools at some point, if they can.  If pointing out the truth is "getting abrasive," I have always been getting abrasive.

I don't necessarily disagree with your last paragraph, though I don't know if Pryor is NFL ready or not.  The last I heard of him was that commentators were urging him to switch positions, and figured he'd easily be drafted that way.  He'd certainly make more money as a running back or receiver in the NFL than as a quarterback in Canada.

That is correct, but he says he wants to play as a QB.  I doubt he'd ever get drafted as a QB (or RB, for that matter) without some polishing, though.  He's just still too raw a talent, phenomenal as his skills are.  He'd be a great WR, I would think, with that size and speed and athleticism.

I was mostly reacting to the notion that he was almost guaranteed to be a star in Canada.

Well, discuss that with the person who said he was almost guaranteed to be a star in Canada.  I am not interested in having that discussion.

[MadBurgerMaker]

They just said on Sportscenter (breaking news and all that) during a segment with Schefter that, according to his lawyer, Pryor is not interested in the CFL and is concentrating on the supplemental draft. 

Edit:  http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3383012&pagenumber=273#post392481587

[Ed Anger]

Must have seen himself in a flannel shirt and hated the look.

[dps]

Must have seen himself in a flannel shirt and hated the look.

Hope he likes the way he looks holding a clipboard.  'Cause that's about all he'll get to do at this point for any half-way decent NFL team, unless they move him to WR or something.

[Ed Anger]

He deserves to work at Burger King.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Hey g, I'm curious what you think about the uniforms Michigan might (will?) be wearing against Notre Dame this year:



Some numbered helmets also popped up on a GIS.

E: Helmets and info here:  http://detnews.com/article/20110401/SPORTS0201/104010429/1131/rss17

No pictures of what ND will be wearing, but going by the description, maybe something similar to these?

[Valmy]

I am for it but only if Brady Hoke dresses up like Fielding Yost.

[MadImmortalMan]

I like those Michigan digs.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah I kinda like em too.  They were a little shocking when I first saw them in an SAS thread, but they've grown on me.  The stitching or whatever in the "M" and numbers is a little weird, but no biggie.  I wonder what the pants are going to look like. 

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