Quote from: Billy Hoyle on December 08, 2025, 02:06:06 PMRing redshirted a year so she should have another year, or is she portaling?

Hattie Bray will be hard to replace on the court and in the locker room.

I meant Haggard could probably transfer up a level.  Ring is done.

Quote from: Pakuni on December 08, 2025, 02:30:40 PMI think Miami over Notre Dame was the wrong call, but the committee had head-to-head to justify it.

I think it was only an issue cause ND was ranked above Miami all season in the playoff rankings (which I think was wrong to begin with).

ND had better losses, but their best win was against a team ranked around where Miami's losses (SMU/Lville) were.  Miami had a much better win and that win was head to head. Pretty easy IMO.

For fun, look at their schedule next year.  It's abysmal. The better not lose to Miami again.   3 teams in the bottom 4 of the B10 (Wisky, MSU, PU), 4 in the bottom 5 of the ACC (UNC, Stanford, BC, and Cuse), plus Rice who was near the bottom of the AAC.  After Miami, their toughest games are borderline top 25 teams in Navy, SMU, and USC (unless they finally make a leap, they have a huge class coming in)

Quote from: jesmu84 on December 08, 2025, 02:16:05 PMPlus, how many balls did he intentionally throw away?

I counted 4 throw aways I think?  He  started 2/10 and finished 19/35.  So he was 17/25 from the mid 2nd onward, including 4 throw aways.  Thats pretty strong.  He clearly sprays the ball when he's out of rhythm/starting slow, but a lot settles down once he gets going.  Avoiding those valleys all together is obviously a key factor 

Quote from: jesmu84 on December 08, 2025, 02:21:07 PMThe committee decisions and explanations regarding Miami, ND, BYU and Alabama still make no sense.

I think it's pretty simple for Alabama - they're the only team in the country in the top 10 in all three key metrics ( FPI, SOR and SOS) and they weren't going to get excluded for losing a conference championship game, especially a road game vs a top 3 opponent.
The committee set that precedent last year by keeping SMU in the field despite losing their conference championship to a mediocre Clemson team.
I think Miami over Notre Dame was the wrong call, but the committee had head-to-head to justify it.

The committee decisions and explanations regarding Miami, ND, BYU and Alabama still make no sense.

Accuracy is overblown. Johnson has said his passing game is all about generating chunk plays at the expense of easy completions.

If anything, it's more a vision/diagnosing defense issue

Plus, how many balls did he intentionally throw away?

Quote from: Jay Bee on August 15, 2025, 08:41:40 PMIf BChoopster wasn't locked up in a mental ward, I'd want ze as our coach tbh.

I just got out of the mental ward and still see like I said for years Ben is a stiff, recruited by nobody, and is as soft as Charmin.  Yes he has improved in certain areas, but offensively Shaka has failed him on the development stage, so inconsistent.

Williams is effen Houdini. There were 3-4 times when I was 100% certain he was sacked, only to see him emerge to make a play. I generally was impressed with his decision-making in those situations, especially in the second half.

Quote from: JWags85 on December 08, 2025, 01:33:48 PMTo be fair, Kent's WAR is almost 10 pts higher than Murphy despite playing one less season.  Mostly because Murphy went from a stud to really mediocre in the span of 2 years in his early 30s and was not good his last few years in the league (had a negative WAR his last 3 years I believe).  Whereas Kent was a really consistent solid hitter up until his final season.

So while I don't agree that Murphy is greatly more deserving than Kent, I think its pretty absurd that Murphy isn't in regardless.  Only multiple time MVPs not in the HoF besides Murphy are Roger Maris (who had 2 amazing years and a bunch of decent to good ones) and Juan Gonzalez (who had a very up and down career and also got dinged for steroid allegations).  I think career WAR is what kills Murphy.  He had a huge peak, but that back half of his career has him sitting around guys like Josh Donaldson, Curtis Granderson, Miguel Tejada, and Ryan Braun.   All really good players, but outside of Braun, nobody with a real HOF shout.

Good points. Murphy in his prime was his era's Mike Trout in his prime, but yes, his numbers fell off the cliff.

Quote from: wadesworld on December 06, 2025, 08:50:35 PMRing is a monster and will be hard to replace. Haggard is really good. She could probably transfer up a level if she wanted to.

Ring redshirted a year so she should have another year, or is she portaling?

Hattie Bray will be hard to replace on the court and in the locker room.