Don't forget Washington and Rutgers!
Sorry. The real tradition: Money for the Money God.
They'll never do it, but if the game really just leans into "More Money for the Money God" and is honest about what CFB has been and is now, I'd think it would be a great game!
Let me berate my boosters for only being able to tell that 5* recruit he'll make $1.5M a year and get a free Acura here, when Oklahoma is offering $3M and a Bentley!
Top_Shelf wrote:Don't forget Washington and Rutgers!
Sorry. The real tradition: Money for the Money God.
They'll never do it, but if the game really just leans into "More Money for the Money God" and is honest about what CFB has been and is now, I'd think it would be a great game!
Let me berate my boosters for only being able to tell that 5* recruit he'll make $1.5M a year and get a free Acura here, when Oklahoma is offering $3M and a Bentley!
? On September 28, your NCAA runner ups Washington Huskies make the trip to lovely Central New Jersey for this new ESPN Classic Matchup.
Your dream come true Pred... you're in upstate NY aren't you? You really ought to be waiting for the mighty California Golden Bears @ Syracuse in 2026!
Top_Shelf wrote:Don't forget Washington and Rutgers!
Sorry. The real tradition: Money for the Money God.
They'll never do it, but if the game really just leans into "More Money for the Money God" and is honest about what CFB has been and is now, I'd think it would be a great game!
Let me berate my boosters for only being able to tell that 5* recruit he'll make $1.5M a year and get a free Acura here, when Oklahoma is offering $3M and a Bentley!
I'm actually in favor of pulling a Premier League and:
No salary caps
Tiered leagues from NFL, D1, UFL on down
Annual promotion/relegation
Of course, we'll have Gulf money immediately but how's that any different than what T Boone Pickens or Jerruh want anyway?
And if it means players get compensated fairly, fine.
Money God don't care about WHERE the money came from. Just that it can fit in Money God's belly.
"sold out stadiums"
Well, they got it half right.
I am not kidding at all, I think Premier League CFB would go crazy. I think CFB is the only American sport where Promotion/Relegation not only would work, but would be amazing.
Edit: Changed the name of the thread, because the NCAA is dead?
From the state of Tennessee: You're welcome.
Lookinng forward to playing as Texas QB 16 in EA College Football 25
I've seen this all over. Not sure why it's such a big deal that he doesn't want to do it.
It's a slow news day
Lookinng forward to playing as Texas QB 16 in EA College Football 25
Curve Fanning.
but Duke may be onto something here...
Drugs. They are onto drugs.
Boise State’s stupid blue turf is bad enough.
They should make it look like a basketball court to garner more attention from their fans.
Inside the college football ‘Super League,’ one powerful group’s idea to fix a ‘dead’ system
Much like with the Super League proposal in European soccer, what I immediately dislike here is the creation of a permanent upper-class. If USC goes 2-10, USC ends up in DII, that's what's fair.
All they had to do was leave it alone and see how the 12 team playoff went.
But B1G and SEC got greedy and just demolished the PAC 12 for no good reason.
All they had to do was leave it alone and see how the 12 team playoff went.
But B1G and SEC got greedy and just demolished the PAC 12 for no good reason.
Well, one good reason...
All they had to do was leave it alone and see how the 12 team playoff went.
But B1G and SEC got greedy and just demolished the PAC 12 for no good reason.
The PAC12 had a big part in its own demise didn't they? Their poor negotiation on TV/Streaming had a big part in it.
I mean, still "Michigan."
Another year another season ticket renewal.. This is the first year in a long time though I'm not giving any additional donation beyond the minimum required for my seats. I may divert that money to the Cal Collective NIL.
Yeah, I know first world problems, but the whole point of me donating to the school was because I wanted to be able to buy Rose Bowl tickets. Since the Pac-12/10/8/2 and the NCAA has basically turned the probability of that happening from "near zero" to "effectively zero", I don't see the need to be high in line.
But I hear good things about the ... checks notes...
And yes, that is real.
Meh, Cal was already a participant in the greatest non BCS bowl already
And I'll be able to tell my nieces and nephews I was there.
It was already up there as the "Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl". But that "Hosted by Gronk" is part of the official branding they use everywhere. It was on the 50 yard line logo.
Cal has managed to secure some of the top transfer classes in both Football and Men's basketball and a lot of credit is going to the NIL Collective.
Cal is not nor claims to be Michigan or Texas, but the NIL collective raised nearly $1MM for football and over $700K for MBB in APRIL. I'm actually shocked about that given how pathetic Cal fundraising usually is, but the blogging heads are basically agreeing that the money has always been there but the Berkeley administration is a) too inept to actually go out and get it b) even when they do get it, it doesn't translate to results because of beauracracy and everything else that gets in the way at UC.
At least we're seeing results on paper this time. If this actually translates to results on the field, then that's a pretty bad indictment of the Cal athletics administration. People have been calling for our ADs head for the last few seasons now, and this may put the nail in the coffin. Berkeley also has a new chancellor coming in, and he is a true Cal person. Incoming Chancellor Rich Lyons was a graduate of the class of 1982.. and in his welcome speech mentioned how much a certain game and Play impacted him that year. He is in fact the first Berkeley undergrad alumni to be chancellor in 70 years!
I may be alone, but I'm reserving my right to be increasingly concerned that, beyond empty hype ads, they haven't shown or told us anything meaningful about the new NCAA game.
Like, it's not gonna be BAD, and it's going to sell gangbusters. Hell, I'm going to get a copy myself, but I am kinda like "so..... you gonna tell us anything useful about the game soon or.... what?"
Does it have the Cal Fight Song?
Can I play a dynasty in which Cal wins all games all the time, wins the Big Game by 40 every year, and has an academic track in which the football team has 2 Nobel prize winners and 5 Fields Medals?
If the answer is yes, then its already the best game ever.
Surprisingly the answer to the first question has historically been "No". Unlike nearly every other major football program, the band and the athletic program (if not the football team specifically) are linked. Not at Cal. There's probably some performance rights that would have had to be individually licensed, unlike some broader school licensing that EA would have done anyways and no one at EA would have bothered even though the school in question is a 30 minute drive away!
Cal Band pays for its own travel (unless via some largesse from the athletic department), own uniforms and own instruments.
I'm still happily playing 14, sometimes on PS3, sometimes on PC. I can't be bothered unless it's really good.
Like... really good.
Graphics aren't gonna be enough to sway me. And I don't give a shit about ultimate team. Dynasty better be great.
Cmon Stele I want to play the new ESPN classic Cal vs. Louisville on PS5 with you.
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