Jokic just went 🍌 🍌 in the 1Q vs Minny.  18 pts, 5 rebs, 4 dimes. 

It'll be fun when some players are older than some coaches.

Is there any path to making rules with regard to eligibility and compensation that would be agreeable to the vast majority of level headed people? 

Quote from: Jockey on December 25, 2025, 07:32:58 PMJim Brown say "Hey".

In 2-back formations, Brown almost always was the deep back, running behind the fullback.

Csonka was always the fullback every play of his career.

Quote from: Elonsmusk on December 25, 2025, 05:36:31 PMI'm astounded some people can't comprehend the context with which I wrote my post suggesting Shaka should have 5 years to get us back on the right "trajectory"  I just found it ironic that the Scooper who preached patience with Wojo (Brewcity77) for 5 years, when Wojo had accomplished ZERO at MU or elsehwere as a Head Coach - is flat out pissed off and thinks Shaka should have a warm seat for his first bad season at MU, AFTER doing a very good job at MU the first 4 years.  Get it?

I don't think it will take Shaka 5 years to turn it around, but for you or other Scoopers who thought my post suggesting he should get 5 years was crazy - then those same Scoopers sure AF had a weird double and different standard for Wojo..who hadn't done squat at MU and preached patience for 5 years.

If Shaka chooses to stay at MU he will get things turned around within a couple of years max.  But, I wouldn't blame him for leaving for a Power 4 job at a school with better donor base.  The way our fanbase has turned on him astounds me after what he's accomplished here having come into a program that hadn't won a tournament game in 10 years.

You think you have your finger on the pulse of the MU fanbase,.............you don't.

Quote from: wadesworld on December 24, 2025, 06:11:53 PMMost of his redshirts have been guys reclassifying and coming in a year early. Definitely not behind on this. And no way to know what the rules will be in 4 years.

I think the next most likely suit against the ncaa will be unfair labor law by forcing them out a job. They'll argue against the eligibility requirements.

Quote from: WhiteTrash on December 24, 2025, 03:11:08 PMThe underpinnings of unlimited eligibility have been laid. 30 yo Marquette players is not far off. Happens all the time in pro sports.

100% this will just turn into a defacto minor league. True college sports days are in my opinion very numbered. Some say it's already gone.

To be honest northwestern Florida state sounds like a made up school in a sports movie.

 What a disgusting game. Does Shaka coach the Lions? Holy sh1t.

Quote from: Zog from Margo on December 25, 2025, 11:03:57 AMI think "betraying trust" is an overstatement. Ben Steele said in his article that he expects a couple of players to transfer after the season and Shaka has not said he would never use the portal. Shaka has given the guys he recruited every chance in the world to succeed. He's already favored them over players in the portal. So giving them years to show what they have before telling them they won't be playing in the future at MU is not betraying any trust IMO.

Has Shaka said word for word "I'll never use the portal."? No. But all this is fantasy talk.

Go back and read the Marquette Magazine article. The Athletic puff piece. Or pretty much any article about Marquette and the portal where Shaka is quoted the last 3 years.

Public comments about prioritizing guys who've worn the jersey, about not recruiting over guys with the portal, about the NBA being the only place guys leave Marquette early for, all this has made it clear that Shaka has told all these guys he'll stand by them and RGV. I mean, he overhauled the Spirit Shop and website with RGV gear. Does anyone really believe he isn't telling recruits the stuff he's telling the New York Times?