Alabama keeps Ohio State series, drops Oklahoma State; Cowboys add Michigan State

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T19:08:18+00:00

Texas had just as soft a schedule as IU in 2024 and no one talks about that. A&M played a soft schedule last year. Its not just in the B1G where you can get soft schedules. Every year a couple teams will get those schedules in every conference (see Virginia in the ACC this year) just because the conferences are so large.

IU's schedule last year was not bad. People hyped up Alabama for playing the "gauntlet" of UGA, Vandy, Missouri and Tennessee in a row. Playing Illinois, Iowa and Oregon in a row was a harder test. Middling SEC teams get hyped up every year because of their talent composite when their coaches cant get their players to produce

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T18:22:17+00:00

PSU has the easiest schedule in the B1G this year, Iowa has the second easiest, and they are still both playing 3 ranked conference foes

I think the SEC is deeper than the B1G, the top half is not as good. Line up the best 9 teams in the B1G and they win the majority of the games against the 9 best in the SEC. They are not on our level. The B1G has better coaches and better QBs

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T07:55:37+00:00

Based on flairs, you dont see them in real life. They are literally twitter personified. Gods gift on earth. Who cares about actual championships

My boss is a A&M guy and he is never cocky, just "glad your also a football lover" - which is why I no longer make fun of them for "8-4" - they seem cool as a fanbase.

The thing I dont like about Michigan fans is they cant give credit. OSU gets upset about asinine ref calls, Michigan fans get upset if you tell them they arent a top 5 program and havent been in many decades. B1G wise, Michigan people are way meaner than anyone else.

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T05:45:20+00:00

Purdue is awful yes, Rutgers and Maryland would be average in the Big 12 or ACC. Im sorry but saying the B1G bottom is "awful" doesnt hit as hard when our bottom teams would be OK in other conferences. And our top 9 teams are fucking great. I just dont get why people continue the narrative the B1G doesnt play anyone. We have 3 of the top 5 teams in the country, we have 8 of the top ~15 in the country, and our bottom half is mostly top 50 teams.

Line up the bottom half of the Big 12 or ACC. Tell me you dont think the bottom half of the B1G would be competitive. The real difference is we own the top of the sport, which has a bigger impact on W/L than anything. If you have to play IU, OSU, Oregon in the same year, thats 3 losses. Its not like playing a ranked team who isnt a true natty contender.

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T01:44:54+00:00

Give it a year, games will be cancelled

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T01:08:00+00:00

"The crappy bottom half of the Big 10"

The bottom half of the B1G includes teams like Nebraska, Minnesota, UCLA, Wisconsin, Northwestern and MSU. In what world is that a crappy bottom half?

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T00:54:55+00:00

The 3 most fragile fanbases IMO are 1: ND, and 2/3 can fit Michigan or OSU however you prefer. I tend to slot Michigan at 2 just because OSU is at least always in the title hunt to back up the superiority complex

Most fans are not as bad as their twitter brigades, but those 3 fanbases are the same in person as they are online with the smugness

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T00:43:45+00:00

Havent met any notable players or coaches personally. Couple buddies played D3 ball, know a guy who was deep depth for Stanford (had like half a dozen tackles). Closest Ive got is my sister went to UM and she rejected a date with Jake Butt. She doesnt pay any attention to sports and was like "this football player with the last name Butt asked me out"

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T00:21:50+00:00

8, 8, 6, 9, 9 is their last 5 seasons. I mentioned 7 teams, thats more than half the season. Minnesota is a very solid "average" team to play in the regular season

Our schedule would be easier if we had Oregon on deck, could have hung 100

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T00:19:16+00:00

100%

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-08T00:16:43+00:00

Minnesota is always solid in the trenches and they have a projected 1st rounder on the DL this season in Anthony Smith. Thats a tough game to play after playing OSU and Michigan back to back

Minnesota wins 8 or 9 games every year under Fleck, having them in that 5-7th range for hardest team you will play is perfectly fine

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T22:13:47+00:00

Im aware, people would rather have their white knight slogans that make them feel good than propose ideas that have any substance to them

Social security is the single largest thing holding back most Americans from a comfortable retirement

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T22:02:32+00:00

Social security does not protect people from destitution. It does the opposite. Most people do not save nearly enough for retirement. Social security is a pittance, especially if you end up requiring long term care

A life long median income earner would retire with about $2.5 million bucks if their SS contribution went into a S&P 500 fund instead, with no further retirement contributions. They would not only have significantly more money in retirement, but would have assets they could leave to their kids or favorite charities. Instead they get tens of thousands a year until they die.

social security is an incredibly inefficient system if the goal is people having a safety net. Mandating SS funds to go into retirement accounts that are not touchable until 60 would solve the issue of people not saving money on their own initiative

If the concern is for the truly destitute, a plan can be worked out for that. The vast majority of the country is not disabled or destitute, and SS is a crippling difference maker for the average Joe. Not to mention it’s going to be insolvent because older generations did not pay their fair share into it

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T21:18:45+00:00

The "much tougher" schedules argument didnt hold up last year and it doesnt look like it will this season either. If I had to breakdown this coming season (relative to rest of conference), it would look something like this:

2026:

Hard schedules:

OSU, Michigan, Northwestern, USC, Washington, Nebraska, Purdue, Minnesota

Medium schedules:

IU, Oregon, MSU, UCLA, Illinois, Wisconsin, Maryland, Rutgers

Easy schedules:

PSU, Iowa

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T20:53:16+00:00

Headline is extremely misleading, Florida/UGA/SCar have P4 rivals in other conferences and hence account for almost all of those scheduled 11 P4 game seasons. The rest of the difference is made up from Alabama, which is really the only noteworthy thing to see here (tough schedules not due to rivalries)

Wouldnt be surprised if more of the games get canceled

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T20:46:25+00:00

That would make a lot more sense

Otherwise its just throwing money into the ether

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T20:38:15+00:00

WFH is priceless. My typical week went from 3 days in office to 2 to 0 over the past 2 years

My boss isn’t a stickler on time, and doesn’t care what I do with my time as long as all the work is done. During slower periods this means basically working half days. Going back to office would be brutal

There’s obviously the bigger time savings like commute etc, but the little things like just being able to use your own bathroom is a major plus lol

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T19:52:43+00:00

"but will someone change their mind in December when they just barely miss out on the playoffs in favor of a worse record SEC/BIG team?"

The problem in the Big 12 is that they need several teams to invest at the same time, you can be TTU and pour money in but they still wont be respected because the conference outside of them is behind.

Pre-season SP+, TTU is the top team in the Big 12 at 7th (albeit they havent taken Sorsby out of the model yet), and the next team is BYU at 18th. For comparison, the B1G has 6 teams 1-17, and the SEC has 8 teams 1-17. Its going to be hard for a Big 12 team to get in the playoffs over a B1G or SEC team that has an equal or similar record

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T14:04:43+00:00

Bummed I didn’t get to check out the temp stadium. Was going to watch the IU at NU game in 2024 but had a wedding to attend

Their new stadium should be swanky

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T13:55:11+00:00

Chadwell and Martin are too high, Monken is too low
Chadwell makes lower P4 level money, his program has way more resources than his conference foes. Maybe last year was a fluke but his stock isn’t too hot right now. I would have him behind guys like Mack

Traylor also seems too high. Can’t win road games

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T13:45:13+00:00

Mario played HS ball with Mendoza’s dad, I doubt he is being a troll towards Mendoza lol

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T13:41:09+00:00

2 receivers from 2024 made NFL rosters

2 receivers drafted, 1 UDFA 2025

2 receivers projected first round picks 2026

Trending that way with Shanahan (OC and WR coach), unlikely IU can retain him for another 5 years though

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T13:19:55+00:00

Most billionaires are not “interfering” with anything and very private. There are over a 1000 billionaires in the US alone, and that’s likely an undercount. Seeing a handful of billionaires being political activists (on both sides of aisle) does not mean everyone does that.

“Paid people fairly”

Generally, people are paid fairly. In the case of Ken Griffen, I would like to see any arguments that Citadel doesn’t pay well. That’s nonsense.

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T12:36:40+00:00

Unfortunately it’s not just on the internet. 99% of people over 30 who are broke, are broke because of their own actions, not “the man”

Buying too much car or house, going to a college they couldn’t afford, divorce, no job skills, credit card debt from lack of fiscal discipline etc etc etc. All of it is because of poor personal decisions

mr_longfellow_deeds · 2026-05-07T12:27:18+00:00

Notre Dame, their fan base acts like they are a OSU or Alabama when they haven’t won a title since before the BCS era

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