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Limey Frog

Limey Frog

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Palliative Care said:
So, after watching the soap opera that was the 2026 portal (sometimes fun sometimes not) how does TCU stand going into next season?
I asked myself this question and well I did not come up with a reason to believe that we will be any better than the last 2 seasons. I do not see (although I did not want to admit this) where we elevated ourselves to definitively surpass the 8-4 regular season mark much less get to 10-2 and legitimately compete for a conference title, have an outside chance to make the playoff of even be a top 25 team. So, someone please convince me otherwise and if not, why would we settle for just another 8-4 season? And please don't give me that "well it is a circus out there" excuse. Either you buy a ticket and go to the circus, or you go home. Right now, it looks like to me it will be another stay-at-home season and play another insignificant bowl game. I don't wish for this, but I really see the 2026 team as being almost the same as the 2025 team.
Tell me where I am wrong...please.
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Well if the roster is no more talented but the on-field performance ends up being better we might have data suggesting that some other change in the program made a difference, say at OC. That would be more convenient for some than others if it transpires that way.

You're probably right though, the ballpark of 8-4 seems most likely again.
 
Palliative Care

Palliative Care

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Wexahu said:
I don’t blame you. Watching on TV is not too bad and a lot less expensive. Commercial breaks when you are at the
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Limey Frog said:
Well if the roster is no more talented but the on-field performance ends up being better we might have data suggesting that some other change in the program made a difference, say at OC. That would be more convenient for some than others if it transpires that way.

You're probably right though, the ballpark of 8-4 seems most likely again.
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I will say that our kicking personnel are better now. This might win an additional game.
 
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Wexahu

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Not sure if anyone saw this but last week Indiana picked up their Punter for next year in the in the portal. Australian Rules Football guy. He'll turn 30 in June.
 
Dogfrog

Dogfrog

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Paint It Purple said:
Holding season tickets is expensive, but if you live 4-5 hours away from Fort Worth folks don't appreciate sometimes the extra time, effort and additional expense of making every game. It's fun, but it's a grind. After 7-8 years and at our age we had to give up season tickets for picking a few select games.
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Did that for many years. Pro tip - move to Fort Worth when you retire.
 
frogs9497

frogs9497

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Wexahu said:
Not sure if anyone saw this but last week Indiana picked up their Punter for next year in the in the portal. Australian Rules Football guy. He'll turn 30 in June.
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Per AI:

The Indiana Hoosiers football team has gained attention for its unusually high average age, with recent reports from early 2026 placing it around
22.5 to 23 years old, significantly older than typical college teams, due to coach Curt Cignetti's strategy of using experienced transfers and older players, creating a "grown-man" roster with many fourth, fifth, and even sixth-year players.
 
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Wexahu

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frogs9497 said:
Per AI:

The Indiana Hoosiers football team has gained attention for its unusually high average age, with recent reports from early 2026 placing it around
22.5 to 23 years old, significantly older than typical college teams, due to coach Curt Cignetti's strategy of using experienced transfers and older players, creating a "grown-man" roster with many fourth, fifth, and even sixth-year players.
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Yes, it appears to me that this is was kind of the magic formula, the chess vs checkers thing. The other big- monied programs will catch on I'm sure, but Indiana was definitely ahead of the curve, and landing the incredible QB put them over the top. For what it's worth, Miami also had a very old roster, I think their starters averaged 22+ years old, and that included an 18 year-old. The numbers of players on the field last night that were younger than 21 were few and far between.

I think we're fast getting to the point where 75% or more of the kids playing on the best teams will have already graduated.
 
This Ain't Chopped Liver

This Ain't Chopped Liver

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McFroggin said:
We are settling because we don’t have the funds to compete. We don’t have the donors. As the landscape stands, we have no chance of making another championship game.

College football is like MLB with no minor leagues or drafts. The Dodgers can outbid everyone for the best players. What are the odds you could put together a World Series team for $5 million when teams like the Dodgers can take everyone they want? That is college football right now.
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www.nytimes.com

MLB owners enraged by Kyle Tucker-Dodgers deal, will push for salary cap ‘no matter what’

It's believed that only the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets might remain in opposition to a salary cap proposal, a source said.
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Major League Baseball owners are “raging” in the wake of Kyle Tucker’s free agency agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers and it is now “a 100 percent certainty” that the owners will push for a salary cap, one person briefed on ownership conversations who was not authorized to speak publicly told The Athletic.
“These guys are going to go for a cap no matter what it takes,” the source said.
 

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