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Louisville bound?? Thoughts on potential landing spot?

Surprised about this……Louisville bound?

mmmm...probably depends on the experience level of players entering the portal. I did see where some less experienced players provide video of their practices and spring games. What I always found interesting in when a high school player is told to put his best plays immediately up front on his videos, as college coaches will not watch more than a minute. I suppose that actually depends on how many stars are by the name......

Isn't friday the 50th year anniversary of the immaculate reception? Franco looked great...he had done an interview earlier in the day. What a classy man. Tough when your stars from your youth start passing.....

Congratulations to Center Grove’s varsity football coach Eric Moore for being named Indy Colt’s high school coach of the year!

Me too....great share. Former WSU great Gardner Minshew struggling to get out the words for his former head coach and what he meant to him.....

Let's hope he can identify and partner with the parents/volunteers/sponsors that really make a feeder system hum.

Looks like some big name Boilers sitting out the bowl game.......... https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2022/12/15/lsu-football-purdue-aidan-oconnell-citrus-bowl-2023-nfl-draft-opt-outs/

Sorry...had trouble getting link to paste from my phone. Definitely worth the read.... https://www.wtva.com/news/belmont-family-will-always-remember-mike-leachs-promise-to-late-daughter/article_a91bedcc-7cc4-11ed-8d6e-57defd498383.html

Another outstanding article that provides great insight into Coach Leach. Bless this little girl, her family and Mike Leach.

Love how he found one of kickers at Texas Tech. Also learned that the pirate statue he kept in his office was a gift from Bobby Knight during their days together at TTU.

I keep watching videos and reading Twitter about Coach Leach. The special last night on ESPN was good. Saw this video about Coach Leach loving time with his O-lines. What a brilliant mind. We lost a good one….

A friend posted on FB and I’m attaching his post. I chose not to include his name. He played at UIndy. I had no clue….

Saw this clip on Twitter. Classic Leach interview following a game. Apologies for language in the intro tweet

I did not know that until I read this morning....Pepperdine. Incredibly sad.....what a personality.

Looks like former IU player Dasan McCullough lands with his brother Daeh in Norman, OK. Surprises me a little...thought at least one of the boys would end up with Dad at ND. https://247sports.com/college/oklahoma/Article/Oklahoma-Sooners-football-recruiting-Daeh-McCullough-Dasan-McCullough-Deland-McCullough-transfer-portal-Jay-Valai-Brent-Venables-Indiana-Hoosiers-Cincinnati-Bearcats-200102132/

I was just reading that Niumatalolo was fired while still at Lincoln Federal Field in Philly. He didn't even get a chance to return back to Annapolis and discuss the future. He was on the staff for 25 years, 15 as a head coach. No way to treat the all time winningest coach in your program. Shame on the Navy Athletic Administration.

I hear your argument coach....not sure if its an absolute ideal comparison. Is it identical between a professional and a student? Perhaps there should be more accountability for coaches that don't honor their contracts. No one made them sign longer term deals with guarantees. It is an interesting discussion. Transfer portal and NIL has made college sports more of a minor league system than it was before. Is that truly better for the sport? NIL and the portal is making it so much harder on the military academies to compete....and they were already at an extreme disadvantage due to admission requirements.

For anyone that didn't see the beginning of the 123rd rivalry game between the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipman, I attached a link below. The intro video that featured 8 families, game prayer, national anthem by the combined glee clubs, fly overs and the teams running out on the field is something else. No other game in college football is like this one. The parents featured on the CBS video hit me square in the heart every time I watch this because its really close to home. Our son and DIL are both US Army officers...with our son "currently off the grid" completing some very challenging training for combat readiness....their emotions hit me straight in the heart. God bless our brave men and women serving our country, and special prayers to our finest that won't be home with family this holiday season. Go Army....Beat Navy!!

Donnie....you ok buddy??? What happened? https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/bob-tom-comedian-donnie-baker-victim-of-shots-fired-incident/

I was very surprised that Coach Ken Niumatalolo was fired as the Navy football coach following the Army Navy game. I thought John Feinstein hit the nail on the head with his editorial in the WAPO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/12/12/navy-coach-fired-army-navy/ Coach Ken gave 25 years of his life to Navy...15 of those years as a head coach. He is the all time winningest coach in Navy football history. The last 3 years have been rough, but this team was showing significant improvement at the end of the season and 18-22 starters he and his staff brought to Navy were returning next year. Also, with Cincy, Houston, and Central Florida departures, the AAC conference gets much easier next year. The Navy athletic brass I believe errored putting Navy in that conference in the first place with the odds stacked against them. As any service academy, they cannot recruit the transfer portal, they cannot extend NIL opportunities, not to mention the extremely tough academic and admittance requirements. IU fired their all-time winningest coach in program history (Bill Mallory) in 1996 as they thought they could do better. How's that worked out for them since? The Navy AD overreacted to a tough Army Navy game loss that could have went either way and treated a loyal long-time classy school representative extremely poorly. The same coach (Morman in faith) that rejected the head coach offer from BYU just a few years ago to stay at the Naval Academy.

Not sure what to believe at this point. Some reports indicated a massive heart attack and some reports even that he passed last night. Sounds like Coach Leach needs all of our prayers

Very classy Purdue!

Spegal moving on….