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Welcome back Will, but man I'm tired of TEAM BLUE in big bold letters and an impossibly tiny Billiken logo

The unofficial news is already in the Ray G. retirement thread, but I thought this deserved it's own. Will Bailey is officially back as an assistant coach:

We have the most unique mascot in all of college sports but constantly plaster the lamest most uninspired tag line in the history of sports. Same energy....

hate it. another opportunity for the rich to distance themselves from the rest by encouraging stealing of talent.

I like it. Team Blue has coolness vibes all over over it!

It will play hell with team chemistry. Every season’s going to be tough sledding thru the first 10-13 games as the coach figures out the best combos, and the players get used to one another and new schemes. I think fans like it more when they watch players develop thru the years than wondering who’s coming thru the revolving portal. But who cares what we fans prefer.

Annual ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ with highest bidder winning is now official.

Coach Tate also said the first question a recruit has is ‘tell me about your NIL program’.

Team Blue is just so damn generic. Are fans supposed to refer to the squad as Team Blue?

I get what you're saying, but Team Blue works pretty well IMO - not because it's terribly original, but because it's constantly and consistently reinforced. It's a brand now.

As Corey Tate says, if the suits (coaches) can do it, why can't the players? Will someone like Ford who is a top-notch recruiter of talent benefit from this new era of increased transfers?

That is interesting. I actually really like it. It sends simple messaging.

-the wild, wild west gets even more wild

Here's to hoping the last regular OOC game is Vanderbilt (that Ford offhandedly mentioned on the radio once...)

17 home dates, 12 non-conference games scheduled. So probably 1 exhibition and 1 regular season game left to announce.