HailToPitt1985 said:

MSNBC is being rumored as an investment possibility for Elon Musk. He's seriously considering it. Comcast just wants to unload a network that is losing viewership faster than a sinking Titanic.

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I mean, its not really for sale as they are combining these networks into a new company. But of course, everything has a price so if Elon wants to buy it, he probably can. Not sure there is a market for a mainstream right-wing rival to Fox News that MSNBC would become. But also not sure that that matters as Elon is just having fun with monopoly money.

TD_6082 said:

I think the expanded playoffs combined with portal and NIL opens it up a little more than in the recent past. I think you can win a Natty at the following schools...

ACC: Miami, Clemson, FSU
Big 10: tOSU, Michigan, USC, Oregon, Washington, PSU
SEC: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Auburn, Tennessee

Notre Dame

I don't see it at Ole Miss. Ole Miss really went all in this year with NIL. Supposedly, they made a commitment to fund it as part of the deal to sign Kiffin to a long term deal, as he was using the Auburn job as leverage. If they continued to make that kind of commitment every year, I guess I would list them too. I just don't see that happening.

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That's a pretty spot on list.

I think SMU may be able to sneak their way on there. Not just because they are good this year and kicked out butt. But because they have big $$$ available and an institutional commitment to be good/great (and being in Texas helps too). If college football stays a NIL free agency sport, they have a chance.

I'm not saying the belong on the list now, but I won't be shocked if they win 10 games per season in several times in the coming years, which gets you in position to make a Clemson-like jump. At minimum, I think they will be a new version of VA Tech in the core Beemer years - regularly win 9-10 games and come up short on winning anything meaningful.

Maybe there was an era were a lot of fans came to high school football games and/or there was some big attraction like Lavar Arrington or even Terrele Pryor.

But the only people going to these games now are the families of the players/band/cheerleaders anda few dozen students from the school. Maybe a few extra family members come for each player for the big championship game, but that's about it. There may also be a small amount of townspeople that come to support the community team, more so in the smaller districts oddly, but not enough to make a difference.

I went to a couple regular season games this year to support my friend who has a kid playing....and that was alot, They are in a different district than were I live anyway. Had they made Acrisure, I probably would have sent them a nice text and then watched on TV.

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Chairman Moe said:

Pitt has always been a stopping point. Remember Majors and Sherill? And what's interesting is that both of them would comment later that they wished they had stayed at Pitt.

$ is the proverbial root of all evil. At least Duzz has guaranteed that unless he resigns, he will have a pretty nice nest egg for retirement

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Sherrill never wanted to leave.

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TheSpecialSauce said:

Do you have any idea how many people attended the 4A and 6A games at Norwin?

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Norwin seats about 5,200. TJ looked like they packed their side of the stadium. I didn’t see great shots of the crowd but it’s reasonable to believe it was at least 60-70% capacity for both games.

bellvision1 said:

I got two in 121, a middle section, row V, almost two hours after the email was received. My normal tickets at the Fitz are midway between baseline and ten foot line -- your baseline option is better than corners.

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Really? I was about to get corner spots.

Side note: $20 for both days of games is a great deal.

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Upg bobcat said:

If you're a Pitt fan, I don't know how you could be any bit surprised that being smooth in front of the camera doesn't really translate to wins and losses. Narduzzi isn't great with the media yet he has won an ACC championship. Chryst was the all time worst and he was still able to win half his games. Based on his media adeptness, you'd think Chryst would never win a single game.

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If you've heard Narduzzi on the ACC network, or on serious XM with Roddy Jones or Full Ride with Rick Neuhisel, he's actually very good.

Chryst was bad, but he is infinitely better than Brent Key.

Joe the Panther Fan said:

Damn, 10,763 total attendance for four games? They might as well move all the games to Norwin!

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Do you have any idea how many people attended the 4A and 6A games at Norwin?

MSNBC is being rumored as an investment possibility for Elon Musk. He's seriously considering it. Comcast just wants to unload a network that is losing viewership faster than a sinking Titanic.

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