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[Fightingscot82]

Former SRU QB Brayden Long is now coaching QBs at FCS Towson.

[TheBigCat2192]

Realized I posted this in the basketball forum instead of here, where more may be interested.

Penn State had to release its first report of the top 200 salaries paid. The big reveal was wrestling coach Cael Sanderson making just shy of $1M after salary & incentive pay.

Shapiro should reject this report and force them to re-file with the Penn State Health employees excluded.

[iupgroundhog]

Realized I posted this in the basketball forum instead of here, where more may be interested.

Penn State had to release its first report of the top 200 salaries paid. The big reveal was wrestling coach Cael Sanderson making just shy of $1M after salary & incentive pay.

I guess that's what winning 12 of the last 14 NCAA Championships gets you.

[Fightingscot82]

Realized I posted this in the basketball forum instead of here, where more may be interested.

Penn State had to release its first report of the top 200 salaries paid. The big reveal was wrestling coach Cael Sanderson making just shy of $1M after salary & incentive pay.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

There was a good interview on The Dan Patrick Show today.

Dan had Paul Finebaum on for about 15 mins.

It's worth the watch.

[TheBigCat2192]

I couldn't even tell you the last time Georgetown was relevant in basketball.

They were a pretty consistent tourney team under Thompson III but the last time they were a serious championship contender was probably the Hibbert + Green team that lost in the Final Four almost twenty years ago. They had a bad stretch under Ewing and they’re still trying to climb out of it.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I didn’t even know Georgetown had football. I thought it was a basketball only school
like most of the Big East.

I couldn't even tell you the last time Georgetown was relevant in basketball.

[IUPNation]

I'm happy about this move; the Wildcats needed to get off the sinking ship known as CAA Football. Villanova fits much better institutionally and geographically in the Patriot League than they do the current CAA. Lehigh, Lafayette, and Villanova all pick up additional short trip road games, and for me personally VU will play every other year in my backyard (at Georgetown).

I didn’t even know Georgetown had football. I thought it was a basketball only school
like most of the Big East.

[CHIP72]

Villanova Foosball is moving to the Patriot League.

https://www.crossingbroad.com/news/v...ovlCAEVLVN_52w

I'm happy about this move; the Wildcats needed to get off the sinking ship known as CAA Football. Villanova fits much better institutionally and geographically in the Patriot League than they do the current CAA. Lehigh, Lafayette, and Villanova all pick up additional short trip road games, and for me personally VU will play every other year in my backyard (at Georgetown).

[iupgroundhog]

Villanova Foosball is moving to the Patriot League.

https://www.crossingbroad.com/news/v...ovlCAEVLVN_52w

That's a good fit. I also think 'Nova will be very successful in the Patriot.

[IUPNation]

Villanova Foosball is moving to the Patriot League.

https://www.crossingbroad.com/news/v...ovlCAEVLVN_52w

[Chuck Norris]

The formation subs was a horrific omission in CFB 25, I agree.

There's been no hard reports that are indicative about the licensed music for the game outside of Enter Sandman (although there is some partnership with Metallica). I'm hopeful that they are able to get that addressed, but have not seen anything physically in writing from EA or any releases to suggest that they will have any additional authentic run out or stadium music outside of VT. Things like Back in Black at Iowa, Thunderstruck at Pitt and Bama, etc., are all things that would really make the game fun for players of all schools.

I recall them saying last year that there were licensing issues with getting music. My opinion is that I doubt they made many gameplay tweaks, and focused on these ancillary items which make the game feel more immersive and authentic to the players. I think they did a really good job with capturing the essence of college football in the first revision back after the hiatus. The game was really good. I do specifically remember them calling out 4th quarter traditions previewing the game last year, but I just never found any of those around the game. Every school mostly had the same cut scenes. I think much of it had to do with the licensing issues regarding the music. But if you're at LSU in a tight game, it would be awesome to hear "Calling Baton Rouge" with the fans singing. Or "Won't Back Down" in Gainesville. Sweet Caroline at Pitt. Dixieland Delight in Tuscaloosa. Etc.. That's the stuff the game is missing.

You’re right, it just says new PA tracks including Enter Sandman so no indication of whether there are other licensed songs.

Overall, I think unless people are absolutely losing their minds about how great it is when it launches, I’ll be waiting for a price reduction before I grab it.

[IUP24]

For the gamers out there, EA dropped the College Football 26 trailer and overview. I’m not sure I’ll be dropping $70 to have the game at launch this year but there are some upgrades and improvements that sound promising. It sounds like they’re going to make each school’s stadium experience more unique and accurate to real life with licensed music (including Enter Sandman) and other features. They’re also adding formation substitutions to Dynasty mode which was a glaring omission to me last year. They’ll also have over 300 actual coaches in the game instead of generic templates.

My only reservation is it does seem like EA is being very closed lipped about mostly everything regarding the release of this year's game compared to last year. We're basically 6 weeks away from the release of the game and there are virtually no details that have been released yet on anything outside of just things like "Road to Glory will start in high school in CFB 26."

That's sort of my only concern. I know we'll see new things. I'm just wondering what the depth of some of those new things look like.

[IUP24]

For the gamers out there, EA dropped the College Football 26 trailer and overview. I’m not sure I’ll be dropping $70 to have the game at launch this year but there are some upgrades and improvements that sound promising. It sounds like they’re going to make each school’s stadium experience more unique and accurate to real life with licensed music (including Enter Sandman) and other features. They’re also adding formation substitutions to Dynasty mode which was a glaring omission to me last year. They’ll also have over 300 actual coaches in the game instead of generic templates.

The formation subs was a horrific omission in CFB 25, I agree.

There's been no hard reports that are indicative about the licensed music for the game outside of Enter Sandman (although there is some partnership with Metallica). I'm hopeful that they are able to get that addressed, but have not seen anything physically in writing from EA or any releases to suggest that they will have any additional authentic run out or stadium music outside of VT. Things like Back in Black at Iowa, Thunderstruck at Pitt and Bama, etc., are all things that would really make the game fun for players of all schools.

I recall them saying last year that there were licensing issues with getting music. My opinion is that I doubt they made many gameplay tweaks, and focused on these ancillary items which make the game feel more immersive and authentic to the players. I think they did a really good job with capturing the essence of college football in the first revision back after the hiatus. The game was really good. I do specifically remember them calling out 4th quarter traditions previewing the game last year, but I just never found any of those around the game. Every school mostly had the same cut scenes. I think much of it had to do with the licensing issues regarding the music. But if you're at LSU in a tight game, it would be awesome to hear "Calling Baton Rouge" with the fans singing. Or "Won't Back Down" in Gainesville. Sweet Caroline at Pitt. Dixieland Delight in Tuscaloosa. Etc.. That's the stuff the game is missing.

[Chuck Norris]

For the gamers out there, EA dropped the College Football 26 trailer and overview. I’m not sure I’ll be dropping $70 to have the game at launch this year but there are some upgrades and improvements that sound promising. It sounds like they’re going to make each school’s stadium experience more unique and accurate to real life with licensed music (including Enter Sandman) and other features. They’re also adding formation substitutions to Dynasty mode which was a glaring omission to me last year. They’ll also have over 300 actual coaches in the game instead of generic templates.