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For those that think that Coach Ford and the staff can only recruit, and cannot coach, I throw the gauntlet down. This team has now lost its top 3 players from last season. Let's break that down. We lost our top 3 rebounders (Perkins was 3rd). We lost our top two shot blockers (Perkins was tied for 2nd). We lost our top three minutes guys. We lost our top 3 point shooter (Perkins with 38 made). Goodwin, French, and Perkins scored 838 of our 1507 points last season (56%). If Ford gets this team to 20 wins, no one should ever complain about his coaching again. I don't care how much hope we have and potential the players have, the above numbers don't lie. Go prove the naysayers wrong, Coach Ford.

almost every team loses their 2 or 3 best players every year. those that have a good recruiter just reload, those that dont have to rebuild and coach up what they got. i dont think your above proves anything about the current state of the billikens other than their best players were seniors.

A core group that got major minutes last year: Yurimania, Linssen, TJ, Fred, Jimerson. Plus two starters from D1 programs who both averaged double figures and a 4 star big from a P5 top program. And a top 50 FR. I’d say there’s enough material to put together a solid season. Not going to discount the loss of Perk, it’s gonna hurt, but as the season progresses my guess is this group will excel.

It would depend on the actual language in the agreement, but I would generally expect that “indemnification” means to cover any costs arising out of the litigation, which would include legal costs and satisfying any judgments that are rendered from the litigation. With that said, the NFL and owners don’t get to play around with Kroenke’s money. They can’t decide independently of Kroenke to offer something as settlement and then send him the bill.

Agree this won't go to trial. Disagree on the settlement amount for two reasons: - STL is asking for $1B+ which is not an exaggeration. The actual amount of damages may be closer to $2-3B which includes part of the appreciation of the Rams' value since leaving STL. This has been allowed by the circuit court judge. And this is all before punitive damages. If the jury believes the damage has been particularly egregious, it could be multiplied 5-10X. Yes, it would be appealed. But STL has way more leverage than $250-500M. - If the ESPN reporting of the other day is correct (and I have no reason to believe it is not,) there already has been an offer made by the defendants to settle at numbers considerably above your guess -- at just under $1B and over $1B. And while Team STL is not commenting on this, it is obvious they've turned it down. As to whether Kroenke will have enough liquidity to pay (if we win,) and what he'd have to sell, there's an open issue as to exactly what costs he agreed to indemnify for his cartel partners. Is it legal costs only? (ESPN reported it to be 8 figures currently. Given 5 years of legal expenses and about 65 defendants, good guess would be $50-75M+.) Or is it legal costs PLUS actual and punitive damages (likely $1B+.) If legal costs only, he's plenty liquid -- though he's obviously trying to weasel out of it. If it's ALL costs, yes, he'd have a problem on his hands. As I read the ESPN story, I believe it is legal costs only. But I welcome attorneys on the board to weigh in on this -- and whether my ballpark estimate is in the neighborhood.

Jordan Nesbitt will be Kurt Warner with the Billiken’s with some help with Hargrove, Jimerson, Thatch, Williams, and Strickland with some good defense. Warner had some newcomers like Hakim, Fletcher, Horn and his great kickoff returns, Faulk, and Holt etc… I am still excited and cannot wait for the games to count. JP will be like Trent Green and cheer our team to an A10 championship.

Some 2022 SLU commit updates: End of a High School Career for 2022 SLU commit Lauren Hiatt, as her high school team fell in the AAA Tennessee State Semifinals. They were seeking their 3rd straight state title. Strong season all across the backline and defensive midfield for Hiatt. (Played a lot of left back). Up next is November ECNL Club ball with her TSC team. 2022 SLU commit Becca Wolterman, a goalkeeper, recorded a shutout (14.5 shutouts on the season so far) to win her team’s Ohio D-II District Championship. They advanced to the Regional Semifinals (Round of 16) next week. After the season she will play club ball with Ohio Elite in ECNL. 2022 SLU commit Taylor Krueger, a Central Attacking Midfielder and sometimes Forward, plays Oregon 6A State Round of 32 play this weekend. She and her team are seeking their 4th straight state title. They are the top seed despite having their 76 game win streak snapped recently. After the season, she will play club ball with Crossfire United. 2022 SLU commit Hannah Smith a Forward and Wing, is 7-2 thus far in U18/19 ECNL Midwest Conference Play. She and her SLSG club team play Sporting Blue Valley in Kansas City this weekend. 2022 SLU commit Ellie Paloucek, a midfielder, and her U18/19 Sporting Stl Red Devils team, are 7-0-2 in Girls Academy, Frontier Conference league play, thus far.

I was at the dome when Trent Green went down and the groan from the crowd was obvious thinking the season was over..then came Kurt Warner. Hang in there Billiken fans …there is a long season ahead and who knows what can happen.

Pulisic back training today with Chelsea. Reyna still on the sidelines. Next WCQ in 2 weeks.

CRAIG UPCHURCH!!!!

I met Bob Ferry once in Atlantic City at the A-10 tournament. He was scouting for the Cavs when Danny was the GM. I was just a kid and he had no reason to talk with us, but he could not have been nicer, watched like 2 games with my Dad and me discussing players, draft prospects, and the like. Will always be a very fond memory of mine.

Considering most legal experts laughed at the case when they took it on, yes I do.

Anyone still think the attorneys should get 35% of this?

I'd wager that no team has suffered more adversity than SLU in the last decade. Other posters mentioned the string of issues we've had to deal with but Situations 1 & 2, Majerus, Covid year 1, Covid year 2, Ford Stuen, JP's ACL, hell even the Carteare Gordon situation applies - elite level player that turned out to be a giant bust. I hate to throw a pity party but man we can't catch a break.

Sorry, I love most of your input, but you're wrong on this. St. Louis should kick the gift horse in the mouth as in all likely hood the gift horse is rabid and will most assuredly bite you later. Baseball, Hockey, and Soccer are enough. The NFL does not make St. Louis a better city.

My good friend, classmate from SLU Law, and colleague, a true "Man of the People," once told me from his experience as an attorney that the two things that most concern people are: (1) Defeating their ex (if applicable), and (2) Keeping their driver's license. Elements in St. Louis are still at Stage 1, the Jilted Lover Syndrome. It's been 5 years; it's time to get over it and move forward. St. Louis, the #23 TV market, is still a major US City, the largest metropolitan area in Missouri. St. Louis needs NFL Football, needs its name, its views of The Arch, of Union Station, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, et al. out there every Sunday in the Fall/Winter months. A major league city like St. Louis belongs in the National Football League. The lawsuit is ripe for settlement. This may well be St. Louis' Last Chance Saloon for the forseeable and later future re the NFL. As a 25 year former Oakland Raiders Season Ticket Member, I know full well all about the National Football League. Remember something known as "The Tuck" in the blizzard that Saturday night in Foxborough? More recently I was there for NFL Referee Gene Steratore pulling out an index card in Oakland to save the Dallas Cowboys that Sunday night. But even with all its issues, the NFL is still the Nation's Football League for American Football. There is no AFL any longer; it merged into the NFL in 1966, fully effective in 1970. There has never been an American football league since to challenge the NFL. Nor will there likely ever be one. The way these NFL lawsuits are settled is to award a team to the jilted city. There would be more involved here, such as a monetary payout, perhaps pay off the Dome, perhaps league assistance in financing the renovation of the Dome or in building a new stadium. But get the team in the settlement. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

You could have posted the tweet about it.

how good would claggett and highmark and waldman have been if they had linssen and okoro as their inside guys? my point is, we have enough size. we just have to play right and utilize the tools correctly that we have.

this team will beat richmond twice in the regular season

Do we have someone on the message board who can give us an 8 paragraph answer basically telling us it’s 50/59

Apparently Has is going full-werewolf overseas. You love to see it.

Not sure this is 100% accurate and I kind of stole the format from SBUnfurled on Twitter with a few tweaks: