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Drake Maye is an upgrade over Sam Howell

I think Drake Maye, their new quarterback, is really good... I think that he's just, he's probably an upgrade over Sam Howell, no offense. I know that he's with your Commanders now, but I think that they've got a better quarterback now.

Maye had an incredible 2022 season, throwing for over 4,300 yards and 38 TDs, largely considered a superior collegiate performance to Howell's final year.

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Sep 6, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The college football season should start in July

They should start college football season in fucking July because it was like, I just... It was so fun watching just wall to wall college football.

This is a subjective opinion on scheduling, but the CFB season has notably not moved to July.
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Sep 6, 2022
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LSU should pay the $80M+ buyout to fire Brian Kelly immediately

It would be somewhere between $75 and $85 million right now to buy out Brian Kelly. I say, go for it, go for it right now. You're just throwing good money after bad.

Brian Kelly was not fired; he stayed at LSU and led them to a 10-win season in 2022, proving the immediate firing would have been a massive mistake.
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Sep 6, 2022
#7830
Big CatBig Cat

Gene Chizik should be fired as North Carolina's defensive coordinator

Gene Chizik, like what? He, I don't even know. I, you have to fire him. The fact that it happened [giving up 40 in a quarter] and then the next day Jackson state... shut down [FAMU] and like UNC gave up 24 points to them.

Chizik was not fired immediately but did eventually leave the program after the 2023 season due to poor defensive performance.

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Curt Cignetti would leave Indiana for the Penn State head coaching job

I think Penn State is one of the jobs [Curt Cignetti] would definitely leave Indiana for. I think there are a lot of jobs that have come open or or likely to come open that he's been mentioned for that I don't really see as upgrades over Indiana. ... I feel like if you're gonna replace James Franklin, you'd need to find your own Dan Lanning kind of hire.

This depends on Penn State firing James Franklin and offering the job to Cignetti, and Cignetti accepting. James Franklin remained at Penn State through the 2025 cycle.
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Texas A&M is the most surprising SEC team that could run the table the rest of the season

I would say Texas A&M. I do think that they're legitimately good. ... They've kind of figured things out and gotten their act together the last few weeks. ... I'm not saying that they will, I'm just saying they strike me as a team that is much better than anybody truly expected.

Texas A&M did not run the table, losing key late-season matchups.
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Arch Manning looks like an unpolished freshman and is not ready for the SEC

I thought like the last few years sitting on the bench developing behind Quinn Ewers is like we were gonna see a much more polished player than what we have seen to this point. He just looks like a freshman even though he is now in his third year on campus. So I think that is very alarming.

Subjective evaluation of talent, but Manning's subsequent performances were inconsistent.

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