"Auburn or Kentucky?" (North Carolina)
Who is the lesser of 2 evils today?
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Go UK. I think the only other time I've said that is against Dook.
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Scary that I can say this, but it is UK for me. Kessler and his family can suck it. Plus the better UK is, it makes our loss to them a little less damaging.
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Go Big Blue....can't believe I said that.
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Auburn. They will eventually come back to Earth.
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Not sure I agree. This current NIL and portal environment was tailor made for Pearl to become the new version of what Cal was in his early days at UK.
He’s already been preparing for it since he was at Tenn, NCAA rules be damned.
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I am firmly anti-Pearl
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Neither of these coaches deserve to be coaching college basketball. Both are crooks in my opinion.
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Watch this game today and it will make you see just how far away we are from being elite.
We don’t have but about 3 players who would break the rotation for these teams.
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Meteor
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I like Cal far better. I don’t really care about the players on either team.
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SEC is premier bball conference now.
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Screw em both, but don’t kid yourselves into thinking THESE TWO coaches at these two programs weren’t tailor made for this “new age College Sports.”
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Look for pearl to bolt to Maryland if they will have him.
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Not in a million years. Where do you get this nonsense?
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0% Chance, NO. WAY.….dude gets to play his game on The Plains and in the sec, he will retire at Auburn.
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Kind of depressing to watch this...we're not even on the same planet as either of these teams
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Kessler is balling. I’ll go to the grave lamenting the fact that we didn’t give him 20 minutes a game last year.
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Kessler has Tshiebwe looking human for once lol
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Kessler is a stud and future long time NBA'er. Amazed at how many excuses are floating around on here why he left. RW misused him, but I understand why Roy lovers can't admit it.
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Sore subject for many but those that are honest will agree with you. Kessler is far better than anyone on the Carolina roster now. They should have done what was necessary last year to give him PT and keep him happy. That team accomplished veyr little so the playing time for Brooks and Sharpe vs Kessler got us exactly what? You have to play the long game in these situations. Instead of adapting Roy decided to walk away, which I respect. Just wish he had done is a couple of seasons earlier.
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Probably haven't had this many Tar Heel fans cheering for the Wildcats since 1992!
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All roy had to do is play him 20 min and he is here now and team not a trainwreck.
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tough to watch Kessler knowing that he could have still been In CH. Wow, how we blew it with that young man.
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The jungle is on fire. Place is rocking
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Pearl is a slime ball but he can coach. They look like a final four team. Their defense is impressive.
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Go Cats !
Eff Kessler and his douchebag dad !
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Unc hasn’t set screens like that since 1997
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I despise Pearl. Way more than Calipari.
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Power shift to SEC- now best conference in FB and BB
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Auburn would smack us.
Kentucky already has.
Tells me everything we need to know about the state of our program.
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Wow smith blocked Oscar too. Woah
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Watching this game is a bit like watching the GA/Bama title game in football, the realization of just how incredibly far our programs are from playing at that level is a stark one.
We will not be good until we have good guard play. Our guards stink in comparison and will drag our program down with them. I'm sure the Kesslers saw this and ran for the hills.
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I don’t think Wheeler wants to see Kessler again
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Kesslers hands are going to hurt from all the dunks.
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Smith and Kessler are the best frontcourt in the nation and it’s not even close.
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I think ole Bruce cuts down the nets this year
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I think he does win it this year. There are only about 4 teams that I think can this year. I think they have the best player in the nation and the parts all seem to fit. He’s got it rolling on the trail. And all the baggage he had won’t matter
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Way more than anyone wants to admit. Said it before, the ACC is closer to G5 AAC than they are the SEC.
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Now that the SEC is the best conference in football AND basketball I sure hope the powers that be are exploring that move. ACC is trash now and it will only get worse once K is gone. The shine is off, need to make the move now while our brand still has value.
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Auburn looks like they are having so much fun.
The stiffness around our program right now is telling. We look miserable. Like it’s no fun at all.
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Winning, and being at the top of CBball, tends to have that effect. Also think Pearl has the type of personality to energize players, the student body and his fan base. He's also a good coach.
Auburn has all the pieces to cut down the nets.
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Not rooting for Pearl unless he plays K and dook.
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They would crush dook. They are better at almost every position. Guards are much better.
"BRUCE PEARL" (Maryland; started Dec. 20; 20 pages) [I'm only grabbing the best of the most recent stuff.]
Nothing to see here... I really wouldn't want any of this for our program... Seems terrible!!!
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It pisses me off when football schools get stud coaches
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We’re effed
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Turgeon would’ve called campus police on these kids
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He def would have complained if someone in marketing dept asked him to make appearance to thank students
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Not that we have a chance to get him but we should really be rooting for Auburn to lose the first weekend in a huge upset. Maybe he would take a little fan heat and feel under-appreciated. That’s all I got for a Hail Mary.
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I've attended basketball games at Auburn pre-Pearl.
Definitely thought "this is one of the worst basketball jobs in P5."
Thoroughly depressing what he's done there compared with our situation.
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He would absolutely kill it here. He’s insane. We’re insane. Somebody, please. Make. This. Happen.
Edit: I’ve come around on him for a few reasons. Two years ago, no effing way. Now, eff it, let’s ride.
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Auburn getting dusted here at home after all that buildup would be optimal
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Pearl has that arena completely packed with screaming fans. Just imagine what he would do at Xfinity center with a school that actually cares about basketball.
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Was watching him egg on the crowd and my pants got marginally tighter
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Steve Francis was the last player on a Jabari Smith level here
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Auburn basketball is how we used to be. Auburn.
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Now that's a pick. Damn
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goodness gracious that was a dave neal screen
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I didn’t realize Auburn was #2 in the country. Why would he want to come here and rebuild when he’s already got them humming?
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No clue. But watching this game, who would not want Bruce Pearl?
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I think today is moving me to the depression stage, he’s just winning too much
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Yup, I'm watching this thinking "this should be us."
Auburn is elite and we're a poverty school. Sigh.
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“Fear The Jungle.” It’s bad enough you have the coach we want, but you have to take our ironic use of “Fear The Turtle” also? FFS, I hate everything.
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Jabari Smith is such a sure thing. Easy No. 1 pick for me.
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I swear Jabari Smith is like an inch taller every time I watch Auburn play.
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I mean how can you not think of Bias when you watch Smith shoot. I don't mean to be blasphemous, but that's an unblockable, beautiful jumper.
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Absolutely no chance he’s leaving after that one
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I don’t think he was leaving before that one.
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Doesn’t look like he’s dying to get out of there
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Should just lock this thread. We'll never sniff the $$$ number it would take to entice him to leave.
Sigh.
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How does Bruce Pearl have a “ton of baggage”? Turgeons decade here ended with two different coaches getting arrested, and another coach leaving the industry in the middle of an FBI investigation into a player he was recruiting. Pearl is a saint compared to that.
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It’s over. We can shut this one down. Pointless. An absolute perfect fit for who we are and we waited 8 months too long. It is what it is.
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15-4 ATS. The AD should start betting our money on Auburn so that we can afford him.
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This thread should be for dreaming. If you're unable or unwilling to dream about things just back out and don't ***** on the dreams of others.
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For all you Pearl guys, Steve Forbes coached under him at Tennessee and spent time under Marshall at Wichita State until killing it at ETSU
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Steve Forbes is fat and bald. That works for me on a football coach.
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Pearl having such a great season this year is really poor timing. It's why Muss is probably the guy. Pearl having a down season would have been the perfect opportunity to steal him. It would be shocking if Auburn didn't back up the Brinks truck if we came calling. Love Pearl and think he's the perfect fit, but I've resigned myself to the fact it's not gonna happen.
Part I
Who is the lesser of 2 evils today?
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Go UK. I think the only other time I've said that is against Dook.
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Scary that I can say this, but it is UK for me. Kessler and his family can suck it. Plus the better UK is, it makes our loss to them a little less damaging.
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Go Big Blue....can't believe I said that.
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Auburn. They will eventually come back to Earth.
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Not sure I agree. This current NIL and portal environment was tailor made for Pearl to become the new version of what Cal was in his early days at UK.
He’s already been preparing for it since he was at Tenn, NCAA rules be damned.
---
I am firmly anti-Pearl
---
Neither of these coaches deserve to be coaching college basketball. Both are crooks in my opinion.
---
Watch this game today and it will make you see just how far away we are from being elite.
We don’t have but about 3 players who would break the rotation for these teams.
---
Meteor
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I like Cal far better. I don’t really care about the players on either team.
---
SEC is premier bball conference now.
---
Screw em both, but don’t kid yourselves into thinking THESE TWO coaches at these two programs weren’t tailor made for this “new age College Sports.”
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Look for pearl to bolt to Maryland if they will have him.
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Not in a million years. Where do you get this nonsense?
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0% Chance, NO. WAY.….dude gets to play his game on The Plains and in the sec, he will retire at Auburn.
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Kind of depressing to watch this...we're not even on the same planet as either of these teams
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Kessler is balling. I’ll go to the grave lamenting the fact that we didn’t give him 20 minutes a game last year.
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Kessler has Tshiebwe looking human for once lol
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Kessler is a stud and future long time NBA'er. Amazed at how many excuses are floating around on here why he left. RW misused him, but I understand why Roy lovers can't admit it.
---
Sore subject for many but those that are honest will agree with you. Kessler is far better than anyone on the Carolina roster now. They should have done what was necessary last year to give him PT and keep him happy. That team accomplished veyr little so the playing time for Brooks and Sharpe vs Kessler got us exactly what? You have to play the long game in these situations. Instead of adapting Roy decided to walk away, which I respect. Just wish he had done is a couple of seasons earlier.
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Probably haven't had this many Tar Heel fans cheering for the Wildcats since 1992!
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All roy had to do is play him 20 min and he is here now and team not a trainwreck.
---
tough to watch Kessler knowing that he could have still been In CH. Wow, how we blew it with that young man.
---
The jungle is on fire. Place is rocking
---
Pearl is a slime ball but he can coach. They look like a final four team. Their defense is impressive.
---
Go Cats !
Eff Kessler and his douchebag dad !
---
Unc hasn’t set screens like that since 1997
---
I despise Pearl. Way more than Calipari.
---
Power shift to SEC- now best conference in FB and BB
---
Auburn would smack us.
Kentucky already has.
Tells me everything we need to know about the state of our program.
---
Wow smith blocked Oscar too. Woah
---
Watching this game is a bit like watching the GA/Bama title game in football, the realization of just how incredibly far our programs are from playing at that level is a stark one.
We will not be good until we have good guard play. Our guards stink in comparison and will drag our program down with them. I'm sure the Kesslers saw this and ran for the hills.
---
I don’t think Wheeler wants to see Kessler again
---
Kesslers hands are going to hurt from all the dunks.
---
Smith and Kessler are the best frontcourt in the nation and it’s not even close.
---
I think ole Bruce cuts down the nets this year
---
I think he does win it this year. There are only about 4 teams that I think can this year. I think they have the best player in the nation and the parts all seem to fit. He’s got it rolling on the trail. And all the baggage he had won’t matter
---
Way more than anyone wants to admit. Said it before, the ACC is closer to G5 AAC than they are the SEC.
---
Now that the SEC is the best conference in football AND basketball I sure hope the powers that be are exploring that move. ACC is trash now and it will only get worse once K is gone. The shine is off, need to make the move now while our brand still has value.
---
Auburn looks like they are having so much fun.
The stiffness around our program right now is telling. We look miserable. Like it’s no fun at all.
---
Winning, and being at the top of CBball, tends to have that effect. Also think Pearl has the type of personality to energize players, the student body and his fan base. He's also a good coach.
Auburn has all the pieces to cut down the nets.
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Not rooting for Pearl unless he plays K and dook.
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They would crush dook. They are better at almost every position. Guards are much better.
"BRUCE PEARL" (Maryland; started Dec. 20; 20 pages) [I'm only grabbing the best of the most recent stuff.]
Nothing to see here... I really wouldn't want any of this for our program... Seems terrible!!!
---
It pisses me off when football schools get stud coaches
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We’re effed
---
Turgeon would’ve called campus police on these kids
---
He def would have complained if someone in marketing dept asked him to make appearance to thank students
---
Not that we have a chance to get him but we should really be rooting for Auburn to lose the first weekend in a huge upset. Maybe he would take a little fan heat and feel under-appreciated. That’s all I got for a Hail Mary.
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I've attended basketball games at Auburn pre-Pearl.
Definitely thought "this is one of the worst basketball jobs in P5."
Thoroughly depressing what he's done there compared with our situation.
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He would absolutely kill it here. He’s insane. We’re insane. Somebody, please. Make. This. Happen.
Edit: I’ve come around on him for a few reasons. Two years ago, no effing way. Now, eff it, let’s ride.
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Auburn getting dusted here at home after all that buildup would be optimal
---
Pearl has that arena completely packed with screaming fans. Just imagine what he would do at Xfinity center with a school that actually cares about basketball.
---
Was watching him egg on the crowd and my pants got marginally tighter
---
Steve Francis was the last player on a Jabari Smith level here
---
Auburn basketball is how we used to be. Auburn.
---
Now that's a pick. Damn
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goodness gracious that was a dave neal screen
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I didn’t realize Auburn was #2 in the country. Why would he want to come here and rebuild when he’s already got them humming?
---
No clue. But watching this game, who would not want Bruce Pearl?
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I think today is moving me to the depression stage, he’s just winning too much
---
Yup, I'm watching this thinking "this should be us."
Auburn is elite and we're a poverty school. Sigh.
---
“Fear The Jungle.” It’s bad enough you have the coach we want, but you have to take our ironic use of “Fear The Turtle” also? FFS, I hate everything.
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Jabari Smith is such a sure thing. Easy No. 1 pick for me.
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I swear Jabari Smith is like an inch taller every time I watch Auburn play.
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I mean how can you not think of Bias when you watch Smith shoot. I don't mean to be blasphemous, but that's an unblockable, beautiful jumper.
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Absolutely no chance he’s leaving after that one
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I don’t think he was leaving before that one.
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Doesn’t look like he’s dying to get out of there
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Should just lock this thread. We'll never sniff the $$$ number it would take to entice him to leave.
Sigh.
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How does Bruce Pearl have a “ton of baggage”? Turgeons decade here ended with two different coaches getting arrested, and another coach leaving the industry in the middle of an FBI investigation into a player he was recruiting. Pearl is a saint compared to that.
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It’s over. We can shut this one down. Pointless. An absolute perfect fit for who we are and we waited 8 months too long. It is what it is.
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15-4 ATS. The AD should start betting our money on Auburn so that we can afford him.
---
This thread should be for dreaming. If you're unable or unwilling to dream about things just back out and don't ***** on the dreams of others.
---
For all you Pearl guys, Steve Forbes coached under him at Tennessee and spent time under Marshall at Wichita State until killing it at ETSU
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Steve Forbes is fat and bald. That works for me on a football coach.
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Pearl having such a great season this year is really poor timing. It's why Muss is probably the guy. Pearl having a down season would have been the perfect opportunity to steal him. It would be shocking if Auburn didn't back up the Brinks truck if we came calling. Love Pearl and think he's the perfect fit, but I've resigned myself to the fact it's not gonna happen.
Part I
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