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Today in the arms race - BostonCard - 10-21-2017
Texas new $7 million football only locker...
http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-longhorns-locker-room-2017-10
Oregon is so 2015!
BC
Re: Today in the arms race - Beeg_Dawg - 10-21-2017
"The lockers are made by Longhorn Lockers, a company that has also made lockers for other top programs, including Clemson, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, and Stanford."
Never thought I would see Stanford football mentioned with those four schools for any reason.
Re: Today in the arms race - Mick - 10-21-2017
(10-21-2017, 05:38 AM)BeegDawg link Wrote:"The lockers are made by Longhorn Lockers, a company that has also made lockers for other top programs, including Clemson, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, and Stanford."
Never thought I would see Stanford football mentioned with those four schools for any reason.
No kidding. You might remember Phil Steele's tweet from this spring listing the most FBS wins by program since 2010:
https://twitter.com/philsteele042/status/713395561177686016
Most wins FBSÂ s/2010
1. Alabama 72
2. Oregon 69
3. Florida St 68
4. Stanford 66
5 Mich St, N Illinois 65
7 Boise St 64
8 Clemson, Oklahoma
Re: Today in the arms race - OutsiderFan - 10-21-2017
Stanford has now passed Florida State for 3rd.Â
Re: Today in the arms race - BostonCard - 10-21-2017
(10-21-2017, 05:38 AM)BeegDawg link Wrote:"The lockers are made by Longhorn Lockers, a company that has also made lockers for other top programs, including Clemson, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, and Stanford."
Never thought I would see Stanford football mentioned with those four schools for any reason.
I guess we are no longer not Nebraska.
BC
Re: Today in the arms race - North Woods - 10-21-2017
(10-21-2017, 05:58 AM)OutsiderFan link Wrote:Stanford has now passed Florida State for 3rd.And with a good chance to catch Oregon relatively soon. Look out Alabama! 8)
Re: Today in the arms race - CornFed - 10-21-2017
(10-21-2017, 05:38 AM)BeegDawg link Wrote:"The lockers are made by Longhorn Lockers, a company that has also made lockers for other top programs, including Clemson, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, and Stanford."
Never thought I would see Stanford football mentioned with those four schools for any reason.
Other than in some future College Football Playoff!!Â
Re: Today in the arms race - SpokaneLee - 10-21-2017
A scholarship is a scholarship is a scholarship, no matter where you go." Coach Tom Herman, Texas
It must be sad when a college/university doesnt have any other attribute to differentiate itself from other colleges/universities.
Re: Today in the arms race - Phogge - 10-21-2017
There are a lot worse places and colleges than Austin and UT.
Re: Today in the arms race - CompSci87 - 10-21-2017
(10-21-2017, 05:28 AM)Boston Card link Wrote:Texas new $7 million football only locker...
http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-longhorns-locker-room-2017-10
Oregon is so 2015!
BC
The photo looks like a sci-fi movie, with a starship's crew stored in glass-fronted cubicles in suspended animation. Except starship crews usually don't wear football helmets.
Re: Today in the arms race - lex24 - 10-21-2017
Hermans comment is dumb on a lot of levels. But UT is an excellent public University.
(10-21-2017, 09:01 AM)SpokaneLee link Wrote:A scholarship is a scholarship is a scholarship, no matter where you go." Coach Tom Herman, Texas
It must be sad when a college/university doesnt have any other attribute to differentiate itself from other colleges/universities.
Re: Today in the arms race - Hurlburt88 - 10-21-2017
Kind of implies he is strictly a football coach versus a leader dedicated to the broader success of the university . . . Thank you David Shaw!Â
Re: Today in the arms race - doublespiral - 10-21-2017
Tom Herman was not a fan of the old lockers because they fight back:
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Re: Today in the arms race - JohnR34231 - 10-22-2017
Herman didn't say it very eloquently, but what I think he meant is that you can't outbid another school for a recruit by offering additional scholarship benefits; you have to find other methods.
Stanford, of course, has academics and its academic reputation.
Flashy athletic facilities impress recruits. Perhaps they shouldn't, but you have to remember these are 18 year old kids.
Re: Today in the arms race - phxfan - 10-22-2017
we all new what he meant. It's still basically unseemly. I do wonder about the kids appreciating these amenities visa vi the paying the players debate.
Re: Today in the arms race - oldalum - 10-22-2017
The lockers look to me like Borg rejuvenation stations. And maybe the players ARE Borg: the one-mind thing might be an advantage, but they sure are playing like slow and clumsy Borg (which never made sense to me: does the mind-link somehow slow the reflexes? or even just plain walking?)
Re: Today in the arms race - CTcard - 10-22-2017
(10-22-2017, 06:47 AM)phxfan link Wrote:I do wonder about the kids appreciating these amenities visa vi the paying the players debate.
Is that like recruiting kids by giving them a free trip to Vietnam?