For all of us ruminating on our present predicament, this podcast does an excellent job of unraveling the flaws in present day NCAA sports. It begins with a great explanation of why Nick Saban retires.
I’m not excusing, Wilcox, but our record, for this year, may have been pre-ordained. I need to say, I’m not a fan of ACC Comm…
For all of us ruminating on our present predicament, this podcast does an excellent job of unraveling the flaws in present day NCAA sports. It begins with a great explanation of why Nick Saban retires.
I’m not excusing, Wilcox, but our record, for this year, may have been pre-ordained. I need to say, I’m not a fan of ACC Commissioner, Jim Phillips, about whom I can’t help, but feel has shepherded the narrative we are living this year. Elevating both Miami and SMU have become the clear hope to counter balance the dominance of Clemson and FSU. Not saying he acted directly, but wishing at a high level (wink, wink) can often make lower levels fulfill those wishes. That being said, this podcast does a great job of laying out the chaos and survival tactics conference leaders such as Phillips must face and employ. I think we were invited to raises the conference’s Olympic and academic signatures, but not to bring down the salvation narrative of the ACC. We will not be allowed to upset SMU, IMHO, though this year has me supposing it unlikely, in any case. All we, now, have is the Big Game. Our Groundhog Purgatory continues ad infinitum.
Perhaps if Cal had won enough ACC games, SMU or Syracuse wouldn’t be allowed to upset us. Coaching and Cal were responsible for all those close ACC losses, not the ACC commissioner. I might, for a second entertain such conspiracy theories if Cal were actually ever good under Wilcox and Wilcox could actually produce a winning conference record but it is just the same ol’ Winless Wilcox in conference play. No need for the ACC commissioner to implement some grand conspiracy to keep Cal from winning the ACC when we Wilcox will do it himself.
Thanks, Nick.
For all of us ruminating on our present predicament, this podcast does an excellent job of unraveling the flaws in present day NCAA sports. It begins with a great explanation of why Nick Saban retires.
I’m not excusing, Wilcox, but our record, for this year, may have been pre-ordained. I need to say, I’m not a fan of ACC Commissioner, Jim Phillips, about whom I can’t help, but feel has shepherded the narrative we are living this year. Elevating both Miami and SMU have become the clear hope to counter balance the dominance of Clemson and FSU. Not saying he acted directly, but wishing at a high level (wink, wink) can often make lower levels fulfill those wishes. That being said, this podcast does a great job of laying out the chaos and survival tactics conference leaders such as Phillips must face and employ. I think we were invited to raises the conference’s Olympic and academic signatures, but not to bring down the salvation narrative of the ACC. We will not be allowed to upset SMU, IMHO, though this year has me supposing it unlikely, in any case. All we, now, have is the Big Game. Our Groundhog Purgatory continues ad infinitum.
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Perhaps if Cal had won enough ACC games, SMU or Syracuse wouldn’t be allowed to upset us. Coaching and Cal were responsible for all those close ACC losses, not the ACC commissioner. I might, for a second entertain such conspiracy theories if Cal were actually ever good under Wilcox and Wilcox could actually produce a winning conference record but it is just the same ol’ Winless Wilcox in conference play. No need for the ACC commissioner to implement some grand conspiracy to keep Cal from winning the ACC when we Wilcox will do it himself.
Maybe he was betting on “Winless Wilcox,” when we got too close with Miami and he “dropped the quarter”