PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Well, in this kids case, he is graduating from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, where the team name is the Fightin Irish.
It happens to be Micah Shrewsberry's alma mater.
So, not a real shock that he'd take the Notre Dame offer.

However, I'd still put the NIL money, the playing time and the coach ahead of the Catholic aspect.

I'll just assume we were his 2nd choice (ahead of Iowa, Wake and Va Tech, obviously) and that Collins can snag him via the portal after Koehler gets in Shewsberry's doghouse.

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Never said him being Catholic was the top factor in his decision; just another reason to pick ND

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Playing football doesn't cause people to get Parkinson's.
It only increases the probability.

Favre took a lot of big hits and played a long time.
Is that the silver lining?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/24/sport/brett-favre-parkinsons-disease-spt-intl/index.html

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Awful news. He will get the best of medical care. Concussions are brutal

Gambling was fine when it was something you go to Vegas or Atlantic City to do. I remember how special it seemed when they legalized gambling in Deadwood. When it was something special then people would plan better for it.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

I read your list of vices with interest, just to see how I'm doing.
Thank you for leaving "neighbor's wife" out of it.

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Are we confessing something? 😅

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Purple Pile Driver said:

Don’t drink, don’t smoke, lay off the drugs, don’t spend money you don’t have, don’t shot your enemy, don’t eat too much fatty meats, wear your helmet when riding your bicycle, wear your seatbelt, don’t play football it causes CTE, don’t swim with the sharks, don’t vape, don’t bully, kids.

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I read your list of vices with interest, just to see how I'm doing.
Thank you for leaving "neighbor's wife" out of it.

Purple Pile Driver said:

It was a terrible decision. Hard stop.

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If the intention was to concede the game and take the loss, while enabling the offense to score a few points - it was perfect.
Otherwise it was pathetic.

Admittedly not quite as pathetic as the subsequent possession when we threw 3 passes from the Washington 1.
But by then, the offensive coordinator had already told the offensive line that he had zero confidence in them, so it wasn't that surprising.

I didn't catch the post-game conference, but I'm wondering if Braun commented on our passing/no running strategy on that set of downs, and even if he didn't, what do we think the rationale was?

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We all agree that there are too many d*mn sports gambling ads, but also, the evidence is pretty clear that legalized gambling decreases savings, increases.

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fcmchi said:

What about the integrity of the games? Since it will be almost impossible to monitor every referee/umpire, player, manager/coach betting will be effecting the outcomes of the games. Just a matter of time if it hasn’t happened already.

We NU fans had a taste of gambling changing outcomes in the ‘90’s. Dennis Lundy was caught up in that affair.

He even admitted in 1993 after the Ohio State game at Dyche Stadium to running to the wrong hole on the two point conversion that would have tied the game with almost no time left.

Was that a mistake or intentional so as to keep his legs from getting broken?

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This is actually the biggest piece, in my opinion.

There will be a growing divide between college football players who make millions, and other members of the team who make nothing - they are sitting ducks. I know prohibiting bets on in-state college programs in Illinois may seem silly to some, but otherwise every Northwestern football player can be found in the directory, invited to Hecky's for a nice lunch and offered a seductive amount of money to shave points in a game.

Another side to restricting in-state betting - it, for the most part, protects our players from getting ruthlessly antagonized by some idiot in downtown Evanston who is mad he lost $20 on the game...or 50 idiots who think betting $5 gives them the right to sh*t on a 19 year old who misses a 47 yard field goal.

It was a terrible decision. Hard stop.

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