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Posted: **Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:37 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:52 pm You cannot convince me that the NCAA is there to protect the kids. All they ever do is hurt them while turning a blind eye to abuses.

Yes. They are complete fucking shit.

Posted: **Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:54 pm**

Oregon St and Wash St making a bid to take control of the Pac-12.

This is the smartest path forward for them. Yes, they may get demoted from the P5 tier, but having that Pac-12 brand will still mean something. It definitely means more than the Mountain West Conference brand.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:20 pm**

Fanduel is doing this cool odds boost campaign right now. 50% boost to your odds on any parlay. I did a 12 teamer for fun. $5 wins me $95.

UNC tried its best to blow it for me while every other team won or was winning.

I struggled through that game to win and then 5 minutes later Buffalo blew it against Fordham.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:33 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:20 pmFordham

FU! lol

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:20 pm UNC tried its best to blow it for me while every other team won or was winning.

Yeah, JFC. Ugh that was painful to watch, and I only watched the end.

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:49 pm**

ACC continues to embarrass the SEC

https://www.espn.com/college-football/b ... /401520201

https://www.espn.com/college-football/b ... /401520216

Posted: **Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:26 pm**

The A&M game cracked me up. A&M had no defense at all. Quite concerning considering all the money they spent on it.

Down goes Bama. They didn't look very good either.

MSU kind of has to be rooting for this to result in termination.

That's the only way they're getting out of the monumentally stupid 10yr/$100M contract they gave him.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:45 am**

https://www.espn.com/college-football/g ... =401520183 BIG12 gets on the anti-SEC action.

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:26 pm MSU kind of has to be rooting for this to result in termination.

Yep. I still can't believe they did that contract.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:01 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:26 pm MSU kind of has to be rooting for this to result in termination.

He is now suspended.

But, it gets better...

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker is suspended without pay while the university completes an investigation into claims that he sexually harassed a prominent sexual assault awareness speaker after she was hired to speak with the Spartan team.

Goodbye remaining $80M on your contract because you thought it would be a good idea to sexually harass the sexual assault awareness speaker.

This is next level stupid.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 8:04 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:01 pm Goodbye remaining $80M on your contract because you thought it would be a good idea to sexually harass the sexual assault awareness speaker.

This is next level stupid.

It was consensual! Man, good luck surviving this.

I hope he opened with "Sexual assault awareness? I've got some sexual assault to make you aware of"

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:12 pm**

USA Today has all the details on the Tucker scandal.

To the university it doesn't matter if it was consensual or not. (And I definitely don't think either person is telling the whole truth.) They can say having an affair with a vendor is cause.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:32 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:12 pm USA Today has all the details on the Tucker scandal.

To the university it doesn't matter if it was consensual or not. (And I definitely don't think either person is telling the whole truth.) They can say having an affair with a vendor is cause.

This isn't going to be pretty. MSU's in a tough spot. Her story is certainly believable, and he's not helping himself by messing up the details.

Posted: **Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:51 pm**

TheCatt wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:32 pm Her story is certainly believable, and he's not helping himself by messing up the details.

It is believable, but I do wonder about the gifts, why they talked so often, and why both deleted all the texts between them.

Also, how unlucky is she to have been raped/molested by two different people at different times before she's 10, then gang raped, and then this whole thing with Tucker?

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:27 am**

Leisher wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:51 pm Also, how unlucky is she to have been raped/molested by two different people at different times before she's 10, then gang raped, and then this whole thing with Tucker?

How terrible are men, that those things happened?

All four men were arrested and charged after Brenda Tracy reported the incident to the police the following day. However, Tracy refused to testify in court after the incident, as she received a lot of backlash and death threats.

"I started receiving death threats. Given the pressure, and also the [district attorney] saying I didn't have a good case. The DA said it was a ‘he said, she said.’ I dropped the charges. And then my community said, ‘See, we told you she was a liar. Because if she was really raped, she would prosecute.’ "

Plausible.

Kid rape from relatives/neighbors/etc is probably more common than we'd think, especially going back in time, and especially in certain demographics (poverty, etc).

Tracy said she was sexually abused as a minor, up until age 5 by a family member, then again at 9 by a neighbor.

Again, entirely plausible.

https://www.si.com/college/2015/10/30/1 ... -her-story

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/orego ... a_tra.html

It's possible that she's exaggerating. I don't know for sure.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:01 am**

FYI, I absolutely agree it's all plausible. I wasn't questioning her, although because I cannot resist a joke...I think Scott Adams has some advice for her...

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:27 am How terrible are men, that those things happened?

Men are indeed designed by nature to be "terrible". In quotes because I think Mother Nature would disagree.

Civilization has definitely allowed us to abandon the darker aspects of our nature. It's just sad that so many haven't gotten the memo.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:22 pm**

Messiness begins.

They know he's getting fired and are probably preparing their lawsuit already.

Judge helps out OSU Jr and Wazzu.

UNC discussing legal options to help Walker.

Posted: **Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:32 pm**

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:22 pm UNC discussing legal options to help Walker.

Good. Fuck the NCAA.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:24 pm**

UNC should talk to all the Power 4 teams and they should all agree that Walker should play, and just say Fuck the NCAA.

Posted: **Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:00 pm**

Seriously, why not?

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:08 pm**

Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina are a combined 8-0 in football to start the season

Nothing week of football today, let's see if that stays true and if every ranked team can avoid an embarrassing upset.

Posted: **Sat Sep 16, 2023 3:51 pm**

TheCatt wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:08 pm Nothing week of football today, let's see if that stays true and if every ranked team can avoid an embarrassing upset.

FSU tried, but eked out a win, somehow. Same with WFU (unranked, though)

In battle of powerhouses, ACC dominates B10