http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...rback-camp


I have been on top of the whole Jim Harbaugh situation from the git go. I told you guys he would make waves and would make sure he would always be getting his pick of quarterback.

Quote:If you thought Jim Harbaugh's satellite camp ambitions were lofty …

… Michigan on Wednesday released information on a unique quarterback camp next month. It's being called “Ann Arbor's Aerial Assault,” and will be capped at 300 registrants.

There should be no problem filling that number. The instructors include Colin Kaepernick, Jay Cutler, former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson and No. 1 draft choice Jameis Winston, along with quarterback guru George Whitfield.

There has been a lot of talk lately about how college football has not been sending as many prototypical NFL quarterbacks to the NFL as before. Well, I am now guaranteeing you that Michigan becomes a major stop for NFL scouts because it is going to become a quarterback factory.

The opposing personalities of Harbaugh and Meyer when it comes to their preference of quarterback skills and traits is going to make for a great rivalry.

Looks like my Saturdays will be a lot freer in the not too distant future. Seriously, it's starting to get ridiculous. There's no point in lampooning it anymore. College football has been trending towards a semi-pro league for awhile now. This accelerates what we've been seeing and it will ultimately cheapen the universities themselves who condone this activity. While everyone is wringing their hands and obsessing whether this school goes to that conference, stays put or goes to some other conference...no need to worry. No matter how much of a bonus a school got going from a G5 to a P5 or a detriment it saw from dropping into the G5 is irrelevant. All of this is going to be contingent upon how the biggest of the big evolve. The top 20 or top 40 are going to arrange things so that it ultimately make the actual competition amongst these schools. It doesn't matter what conference you are in or whether P5 breaks away from the G5 or not. Ultimately, the vast majority of the schools will have no serious chance to ever win the championship. We pretty much knew this was the case for some time, but it's being made more blatantly obvious today.

Welcome to NFL lite. Except in this case, you won't see the same beneficial revenue sharing plan that ultimately made the NFL the greatest league in the U.S. In their wisdom, it's being modeled like MLB.

It will be interesting to see how things look in 10 years when the fall in participation rates in the youth football works its way up the food chain.

(05-16-2015 01:32 PM)miko33 Wrote:  Looks like my Saturdays will be a lot freer in the not too distant future. Seriously, it's starting to get ridiculous. There's no point in lampooning it anymore. College football has been trending towards a semi-pro league for awhile now. This accelerates what we've been seeing and it will ultimately cheapen the universities themselves who condone this activity. While everyone is wringing their hands and obsessing whether this school goes to that conference, stays put or goes to some other conference...no need to worry. No matter how much of a bonus a school got going from a G5 to a P5 or a detriment it saw from dropping into the G5 is irrelevant. All of this is going to be contingent upon how the biggest of the big evolve. The top 20 or top 40 are going to arrange things so that it ultimately make the actual competition amongst these schools. It doesn't matter what conference you are in or whether P5 breaks away from the G5 or not. Ultimately, the vast majority of the schools will have no serious chance to ever win the championship. We pretty much knew this was the case for some time, but it's being made more blatantly obvious today.

Welcome to NFL lite. Except in this case, you won't see the same beneficial revenue sharing plan that ultimately made the NFL the greatest league in the U.S. In their wisdom, it's being modeled like MLB.

It will be interesting to see how things look in 10 years when the fall in participation rates in the youth football works its way up the food chain.

I agree completely.

I said several years ago the big schools wanted to get down to 30 or 40 schools and become a junior NFL. Will it work? I don't think so, but I don't really know.

College football is a different animal. It's not the NFL. People have different expectations of college football. They don't want to see the pool limited to just a few schools, and they don't want the college champion to come down to which school pays the most ($$$). Hell, the NFL doesn't even do that; they have a salary cap.

A QB camp gets that response.
Not some programs having ten extra coaches or some of these advisers making more than some G5 coaches.
Big time programs playing almost all non conference games at home.

Going back to the OP, it looks like the Big 10 will soon have its OSU-Michigan rivalry up and running again.

I would like to see Illinois, Indiana, NW, and Purdue crack the CCG at some point.

(05-16-2015 04:20 PM)MJG Wrote:  A QB camp gets that response.
Not some programs having ten extra coaches or some of these advisers making more than some G5 coaches.
Big time programs playing almost all non conference games at home.

Dukes QB camp has been sold out for some time. I don't follow Duke so I'm not sure how many slots were available.

Cutcliff was the guy Peyton Manning chose for rehab.

I thought this would have to do with being the fastest coach to earn an NCAA infraction.

(05-16-2015 04:29 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I would like to see Illinois, Indiana, NW, and Purdue crack the CCG at some point.

I could see the Illinois schools getting competitive once they figure out how to utilize talent and recruit, Purdue always has 1 or 2 good years whenever they get a gem of a QB, Indiana is a lost hope for football.

(05-16-2015 05:00 PM)esayem Wrote:  I thought this would have to do with being the fastest coach to earn an NCAA infraction.

Jim seems to be a rules man, work hard work smart and win mentality.

(05-16-2015 01:32 PM)miko33 Wrote:  Looks like my Saturdays will be a lot freer in the not too distant future. Seriously, it's starting to get ridiculous. There's no point in lampooning it anymore. College football has been trending towards a semi-pro league for awhile now. This accelerates what we've been seeing and it will ultimately cheapen the universities themselves who condone this activity. While everyone is wringing their hands and obsessing whether this school goes to that conference, stays put or goes to some other conference...no need to worry. No matter how much of a bonus a school got going from a G5 to a P5 or a detriment it saw from dropping into the G5 is irrelevant. All of this is going to be contingent upon how the biggest of the big evolve. The top 20 or top 40 are going to arrange things so that it ultimately make the actual competition amongst these schools. It doesn't matter what conference you are in or whether P5 breaks away from the G5 or not. Ultimately, the vast majority of the schools will have no serious chance to ever win the championship. We pretty much knew this was the case for some time, but it's being made more blatantly obvious today.

Welcome to NFL lite. Except in this case, you won't see the same beneficial revenue sharing plan that ultimately made the NFL the greatest league in the U.S. In their wisdom, it's being modeled like MLB.

It will be interesting to see how things look in 10 years when the fall in participation rates in the youth football works its way up the food chain.

Like you say, it's been trending this way for a while in college football. I keep hoping it won't happen in basketball to the same extent, but eventually it will.

When you are not trolling to troll, you do really have some things to say and contribute. This post is Miko at his posting best.

Cheers,
Neil

I just read the article on Jim Harbaugh in Sports Illustrated.

One thing Meyer and Harbaugh seem to have in common is intense work-aholic personalities that lead to poor health habits and ultimate burnout. Both Harbaugh and Meyer will have top 10 teams consistently for the next 5 years, then suddenly they will have to step down for health reasons.

Nothing they can do about it, they just have one of those all or nothing personalities. OSU and Mich will both get their money's worth while they are there.

(05-16-2015 04:29 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I would like to see Illinois, Indiana, NW, and Purdue crack the CCG at some point.

I agree, it'd be nice to see any of them make it (I'd add Minnesota to the list too). Here's to Vanderbilt or Kentucky winning the SEC East too.

(05-16-2015 05:48 PM)goofus Wrote:  I just read the article on Jim Harbaugh in Sports Illustrated.

One thing Meyer and Harbaugh seem to have in common is intense work-aholic personalities that lead to poor health habits and ultimate burnout. Both Harbaugh and Meyer will have top 10 teams consistently for the next 5 years, then suddenly they will have to step down for health reasons.

Nothing they can do about it, they just have one of those all or nothing personalities. OSU and Mich will both get their money's worth while they are there.

Being workaholics will not lead to poor health habits. Losing games because you can't recruit because of completion for those recruits would. UM and OSU does not have that problem. If you are going by Myers, I feel that was a situation where recruiting in the SEC is much more competitive and was perhaps unable to handle the pressure. Personally, a biased opinion, he lucked out that the OSU job came up. It sure was convenient.

http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/se...t-ban-them