is that Trump's billionaire buddy Steve Witkoff, the US Special Envoy to Russia, was added to the call as he sat in the Kremlin with our Russian enemies. Anybody who didn't see these repeated disasters happening wasn't paying attention.

Looks like someone from the Forum went a bit too far

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Sort of would make things even more interesting. They said they are willing to fight “any” war until the end. They have a ton of US debt and could unleash massive pain to US bonds. China also has less poverty than US. If 60% in US are really living paycheck to paycheck, chances are China won’t blink first. They also locked there people up during Covid, not like laws but like physically put barriers up to keep them in. They won’t care if their people suffer economically. So now would be an interesting time to finally take Taiwan back.

I saw that Kevin Willard will have 6 million to spend on Villanova hoops this cycle via rev sharing.

What will Capel have?

When do the rules kick in that will prohibit booster provided NIL?

Thanks

I'm not that tuned into what is going on elsewhere in college basketball as many of yinz. While Pitt is being decimated by the portal, how are other ACC teams and similar schools faring? Should I be concerned over Pitt's situation or is this all just the new normal of college basketball?

I was at Pro Day for a while and it was great to catch up with a lot of people I haven’t seen in a while. I know I’m getting really old when guys I covered like Eric Thatcher and Max Gruder are now in or approaching their 40s and working as scouts and pro personnel guys.

Karl will have much more on all of this when it is over but a few observations…

1) Despite it being a really down year for Pitt NFL prospects there are still a ton of NFL teams represented and evaluating players. The last six years Pitt has had more guys (19) drafted than anyone but Clemson in the ACC and teams know that defensive players especially are going to be prepared the right way.

Maybe the two top prospects from Pitt are Ben Sauls and Donovan McMillon.

Sauls probably had an OK day. I don’t think he changed his status much. He showed he can boom the ball but was a little erratic kicking field goals. He did fine and teams know him, have seen him and understand his talent.

McMillon probably had the best day of anyone. He ran the 40 twice. The scouts closest to me had him (unofficially) at 4.43 and then 4.46 so he was moving. If nothing else he guaranteed he will get drafted with those times. He is a safety and could develop into a hybrid slot guy and special teams guy in the NFL. He clearly helped himself today.

Brandon George was the other player who ran well and in general had a good day.

Again, Karl will have much more after it is over but those are a few quick thoughts

Here is Karl's story Amsal Delalic

A couple of RMU players have entered the portal. Dickerson might be interesting. I am not sure where he is from.

Looks like he has decent power. Only problem is he strikes out 30 pct of the time (45 pct in his shirt major stints). He seems to fit right in

I’m sure the Pirates crack staff will get him to reduce the number of strikeouts. They’ve done an amazing job with Cruz

That’s what the publisher of this site said!

Also, I think anyone that trashed or still trashes Dixon should never be taken seriously again when talking about basketball….and imagine still digging in on it ten years later

lol.

Over the course of my life, I have noted certain universal truths.
Don’t spit into the wind
Dead men tell no lies
…
But on occasion I come up with my own (at least I think they’re mine).
One of those is as follows;

YOU CAN TRUST A LIAR BUT YOU CAN’T TRUST A SNEAK
Rule 1 is everyone lies.
But sneaks are far fewer and more deadly than venomous snakes. The reason Don Corleone kept enemies closer than his friends was because of sneaks.
Sean Miller is a sac of cow dung. He bolted X after blowing a game against OHIO STATE, went to AZ and couldn’t slime his way to the top, threw an assistant coach to the wolves and left under perpetual dark clouds.
Then X bails him out. Now, Sean bolts X again. You could say X knew what they were getting and I agree with you.
But at least classy Hookers are loyal to their clients.
Not Sean. Nor his Daddy.

In lieu of Imani R.B. committee to PED STATE, I was wondering how many WPIAL players that have gone the in LAST 5 years actually been PRODUCTIVE?? I know that NA tight end looks good but other that, ANYONE?? THANKS IN ADVANCE!!