OT: D1

[TheBigCat2192]

Buckle up, here we go. Our first player hold out from unmet NIL promises.

https://apnews.com/article/unlv-sluk...66427158d964d3

Didn’t Florida State have a highly touted recruit hold out over NIL? Technicalities aside I’m curious to hear more about what “representations” aren’t being met. I’m also curious whether or not Sluka will be at UNLV next season. I can’t imagine all of his teammates supporting this move and welcoming him back with open arms.

[Fightingscot82]

Buckle up, here we go. Our first player hold out from unmet NIL promises.

https://apnews.com/article/unlv-sluk...66427158d964d3

[IUP24]

His buyout is still enormous as of this season. If you believe most, that's why he's still there.

The fan base wasn't real crazy about him when he got hired. He's had a rough stay in Morgantown.

Blowing that late lead Saturday sure didn't help matters.

Objectively looking at everything involved in that game, I'm not sure how much Neal Brown is to blame for Saturday. Honestly. The only real bad move he made was on his punt protection on the punt after he just converted an impromptu fake. You had to know Pitt was going to come with pressure there from that side.

He got blasted for not going for it on a 4th and 1 two years ago near midfield and up a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Comparatively, he went for it on 4th down multiple times in that game on Saturday, specifically in the 2nd half. The possession they scored the TD on to go up 34-24, the touchdown pass came on a 3rd down where they tossed one to the end zone. Two years ago, he probably plays that more conservative. On their final possession on the third down play that Pitt sacked Garrett Greene, he wasn't playing it close to the vest. He wasn't just trying to get Pitt to burn timeouts. He gets a first down there, he wins the football game. He tried to throw the football. Certainly didn't coach a perfect game (nobody ever does), but overall, he coached to win the football game.

Even on the plays that Pitt made on the final 2 drives. The pass Holstein threw to Dejean Reynolds was thrown into triple coverage and he came down with it in the endzone. Two of those long runs Holstein had, WVU guys had hands on him but couldn't bring him down.

It's always easy to blame the coach. That entire game was back and forth. Unfortunately for WVU, the final 5 minutes resulted in Pitt making all the plays and their players making none.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I don't know the buyout situation with Brown. But I know that those decisions now are actual issues these schools have to deal with. It's not as simple as writing a 20 million dollar check to make a guy go away anymore. You now need that money as part of your 21 million dollars in revenue sharing. So would you rather have just an okay coach, but have money to get better players? Or would you rather make that coach go away and not have money to get better players? Those are the questions schools now have to ask.

His buyout is still enormous as of this season. If you believe most, that's why he's still there.

The fan base wasn't real crazy about him when he got hired. He's had a rough stay in Morgantown.

Blowing that late lead Saturday sure didn't help matters.

[IUP24]

Brown hasn't popular in morgantown for years. He would have been fired in 2022 if not for the massive cost. He bought himself some time last year beating Pitt and winning a bowl game but if he struggles in new Big12-Pac-12-old big east this year he'll be out the door unless WVU's money issues keep him around another year.

I don't know the buyout situation with Brown. But I know that those decisions now are actual issues these schools have to deal with. It's not as simple as writing a 20 million dollar check to make a guy go away anymore. You now need that money as part of your 21 million dollars in revenue sharing. So would you rather have just an okay coach, but have money to get better players? Or would you rather make that coach go away and not have money to get better players? Those are the questions schools now have to ask.

[The P in IUP]

If you ever think this board gets heated ... read the WVU boards today. Lol. This board is kids' stuff.

Old Coach Brown isn't real popular down in the wild and wonderful.

Brown hasn't popular in morgantown for years. He would have been fired in 2022 if not for the massive cost. He bought himself some time last year beating Pitt and winning a bowl game but if he struggles in new Big12-Pac-12-old big east this year he'll be out the door unless WVU's money issues keep him around another year.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I have had season tickets since 2016. I've been able to see some pretty wild football games. I didn't think the 2022 Backyard Brawl could be topped, but this one may have done it. Eli Holstein really is that guy. He makes decisions and throws that you would expect out of a redshirt freshman, but man, when he's on you can see what made him a Top 50 overall recruit two years ago. Really special talent.

If you ever think this board gets heated ... read the WVU boards today. Lol. This board is kids' stuff.

Old Coach Brown isn't real popular down in the wild and wonderful.

[IUP24]

The hillbillies thought they had that one, lol. But seriously that was an all time great Backyard Brawl. Pitt has found one heck of a QB and he has a ton of weapons around him.

I have had season tickets since 2016. I've been able to see some pretty wild football games. I didn't think the 2022 Backyard Brawl could be topped, but this one may have done it. Eli Holstein really is that guy. He makes decisions and throws that you would expect out of a redshirt freshman, but man, when he's on you can see what made him a Top 50 overall recruit two years ago. Really special talent.

[IUP24]

Because Curt used IUP to reshape his career the same way someone heads to the bar to rebound from a breakup. He only stayed long enough to prove he can head coach. IUP was used the same way Justin Lustig used Edinboro in 2016.

I'm not really sure that "used" is the right word, specifically when you used the comparison to somebody going to the bar to rebound. It's not like he was fired from a job elsewhere. He had a decorated career as a position coach and as a top recruiter at numerous big time college programs, but Curt never was a college head coach before. He took a pay cut to drop down to the Division 2 level to show he could be a head coach. I think IUP used Curt as much as he used them. IUP needed a resurgence and an injection of life and he gave them that. Both parties were far better off for the relationship they had with one another at the end compared to where they both were when it began.

I'm admittedly not extremely familiar with the Justin Lustig situation surrounding how he left Boro.

[Fightingscot82]

It’s like why didn’t he get Real Indiana back to where we should have been but good for him and Fake Indiana.

Because Curt used IUP to reshape his career the same way someone heads to the bar to rebound from a breakup. He only stayed long enough to prove he can head coach. IUP was used the same way Justin Lustig used Edinboro in 2016.

[Chuck Norris]

Nice win for Pitt today in the Backyard Brawl. Two weeks in a row they were dead in the water and found a way to win late. They should have a lot of confidence going into conference play.

The hillbillies thought they had that one, lol. But seriously that was an all time great Backyard Brawl. Pitt has found one heck of a QB and he has a ton of weapons around him.

[IUPNation]

Curt and his Hoosiers went in to Pasadena and whipped UCLA. Indiana is 3-0.

It’s like why didn’t he get Real Indiana back to where we should have been but good for him and Fake Indiana.

[iupgroundhog]

Curt and his Hoosiers went in to Pasadena and whipped UCLA. Indiana is 3-0.

Wow. I'm thinking we'll see how Curt does in the Big 10 and then I realize that UCLA IS the Big 10.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Curt and his Hoosiers went in to Pasadena and whipped UCLA. Indiana is 3-0.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Nice win for Pitt today in the Backyard Brawl. Two weeks in a row they were dead in the water and found a way to win late. They should have a lot of confidence going into conference play.