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What a great year for Sunny Dykes & TCU, winning the B-12, winning a CFP Game (Horned Frogs beat the Wolverines, 51-46) before falling the Georgia in the National Championship Game, 65-7! No wait a minute … TCU did not win the B-12, Kansas State beat them in the B-12 Championship Game, 31-28, & in doing so, won the B-12 in 2022. K-State finished 10-4 (losses to Tulane, 17-10; TCU, 38-28; Texas, 34-27; in the regular season, & Alabama, 45-20, in the Sugar Bowl The 3 regular seasons failures left them out of the CFP while TCU’s 12-1 record got the Frogs in, despite the lost to KSU. It is amazing how many people in casual conversation have to be reminded that Kansas State won the B-12 and not TCU, the CFP runner-up!
All that said, off-the-field is where the B-12 made most of its noise, with its announcement that OU & Texas were leaving the conference and heading to the Mighty SEC! These two “Quislings” (as B-12 folks like to call them) will not be departing until the 2024 season. So in 2023, it will be interesting, in itself, to see the greeting the Horns’ & Sooners receive in opposing B-12 stadiums? Also entering the Conference in 2023 are, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, & UCF, moving a 10 team league in 2022, to 14 members for the 2023 season, & to 16 teams in 2024 (with OU & TX departing and Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, & Utah entering)!
https://sullyscollegefootballpage.com/Football_Stats/Standings.cfm?ScheduleYear=2022&DVID=4
Above is a ‘look see’ @ the B-12 standings in 2022 (remember, unlike the B-10 or SEC, the B-12 does not play in divisions!
The web-address above is a composite view of all games played in the B-12 in the 2022 season!
So let’s take a look, at the new look, B-12 in 2023!
14. Cincinnati: The Bearcats return only 3 starters on offense, including Arizona State transfer, QB, Emery Jones (1,533 Passing Yards, 62.8% completion rate & a Ratio of 7 TDs to 4 INTs). RB will be by committee and their WR room is the biggest ? on the team! Their best returning player on offense, may be Louisville transfer, Luke Kandra (4th Team, Pre-Season All-B12), who will line up at RG. Their only returning starter on the O-Line, is center, Gavin Gerhardt. The strength of this team is, without question, their D-Line! Dontay Carleone (1st Team Pre-season All-American) & Jowan Briggs (1st Team Pre-Season All-Big 12). The LB corps will struggle to be as effective as they were a year ago and their secondary which has been exceptional the past 2 years, is down significantly! While they will have a shot (on-paper/as you know, in the real world anything can happen) to beat Houston & West Virginia, yet, both of these winnable games are on the road. Thus 14th!
13. West Virginia: The Mountaineers return 13 starters (6 {minus the QB} on Offense and 7 on D). QB is up for grabs, Gavin Greene has some experience and borders on being an elite runner, while Nicco Marchiol (Ohio State Transfer) is a lefty with a powerful arm! More to follow on QB Comp! RB, CJ Donaldson (526 rushing yards, 8 TDs, & 6.0 YPC) & Justin Johnson (430 yards, 3 TDs, & 4.4 YPC) will give WV a dangerous run game on any given Saturday! WR room is inexperience & will struggle early, yet they not without talent and should improve as the year progresses. The O-line is without question, the best unit on this squad, Athlon Sports ranks them as the 6th best O-Line in the B-12, while Phil Steele Preview ranks them 2nd, behind only Texas! On D, the defensive line is down, the LB are more experienced, yet how effective {?} TBD, and the Secondary will be improved, as they return 2 starter from 2022, and add talented transfers to fill staring spots & establish depth. The schedule is challenging early, in two of their 1st 3 games, they play Penn State (SCFP has the Lions winning the B-10 East) & Pitt, in the infamous ‘Back Yard Brawl’! Two physical games (PSU & Pitt) in which they must avoid injury!
12. Houston: The Cougars return 12 starters for the 2023 season (5 on Offense {-QB} & 7 on D). Their new starting QB has arrived from Texas Tech through the transfer portal (TP), Donovan Smith (1,505 passing yards, 66.1% completion percentage, & a ratio of 12 TDs to 8 INTs). Smith led TT to a win over Houston in last year’s game, 33-30, in 2 OTs. At RB, this year’s starter will likely be, Tony Mathis (582 yards, 8 TDs, & 4.2 YPC), a West Virginia transfer, while Stacy Sneed & Branden Campbell will add experience & depth. WR, Tank Dell (1308 receiving yards & 17 TD), an All-American … is gone, yet they do return 7 receivers with starting experience. The O-Line is led by LT, Patrick Paul (1st team All B-12 selection) and while the Cougars were set to return all 5 starters, the TP struck. After Spring practice, Cam’ron Johnson transferred to Missouri & Lance Robinson to Louisville. That said, the O-line still has a good chance to be improved over last year addition, just not as good as they were being projected to be in 2023! The defense is the major concern for the coming year. Athlon ranks their D-Line 8th best in the B-12 & has the LBs @ & DB 13th best. Houston plays WV & Cincy @ home, which is why we put them @ 12th!
11. Iowa State: The Cyclones were the team from ‘Hard Knocks City’ in 2022. They finished the season 4-8 with 6 of their 8 losses being by one score. They lost to Baylor 31-24, Kansas 14-11, Kansas State 10-9, Texas 24-21, Oklahoma State 20-14 & Texas Tech 14-10. I’d bet as soon as HC, Matty Campbell got off camera, he was pulling out his hair! ISU returns 9* starters on offense & 6 on D! QB Hunter Dekkers (3,044 passing yards, 66.1% completion rate, & a ratio of 19 TDs to 14 INTs). Dekkers will need to improve his TD to INT ratio (minimum 3 to 1) and cut his # of picks down to inside 7, if they are going to win close game in ’23. RBs, Jirehl Brock (445 rushing yards, 3 TDs, & 4.5 YPC) & Cartevious Norton (312, 2, & 3.6) are ready to go. Yet, both of these guys were hurt much of last season, as neither one reached 100 carries for the year! WR Xavier Hutchinson (1171 receiving yards & 6 TDs) is gone and will be missed, yet they enter the season with more experience in the receiving room. The O-Line is led by Jerrod Hufford, 4th team, Pre-Season All-American & 1st team pre-Season all-B-12 and may be the best unit Coach Campbell has had in his tenure @ ISU! The D-Line has good, young talent and will need to be on the ‘gain experience fast track’. As they play Iowa, Oklahoma State & OU in their 1st 5 games. The LBs play should be better, as they are more experienced & the secondary is the strength of the defense, as the unit has starting experience @ all 4 positions!!
10. BYU: The Mormon football Team has experienced rapture and ascended to heaven! Finally, after years of torment, they are now on equal footing with Utah! In the mists off all this conference realignment, the Cougars greatest fear was that Utah would win the P-12, again, and get a B-10 invite. This fear was real, as Utah is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the B-10 targets Universities that are AAU members (The B-10 recognizes that real money is in research not athletics and its B-10 Academic Alliance is made up of AAU Universities) However, P-12 members Arizona, Arizona State & Utah (Colorado joined 1st) were invited & accepted an invitation to join the B-12! This translates to a welcome fact in Provo, Utah & BYU are once again in the same conference! So all is good … aahh … maybe not, as to how it relates to BYU’s current roster and the cultural/spiritual nature of who & how they recruit players. BYU is easily the most interesting addition to the B-12 for the coming season! For a long time, Utah was a really good Mountain West team playing in the P-12, they realized that to win P-12 championships, they had to make a fundamental shift in how they were recruiting players to Salt Lake City. They did and the results speak for themselves. The question is will BYU be willing to make similar adjustments to accommodate today’s player? Their emphasis on Mission & campus morality standards, coupled with NIL and the transfer portal in building future rosters. All interesting dynamics going forward!
9. Kansas: Lance Leipold is at it again! When Leipold left Wisconsin–Whitewater, he had poster a record of 109 wins 6 losses, a conference mark of 53–3, six Division III National Championships and seven WIAC championships in eight seasons. These are video game numbers! When he accepted the job @ Buffalo (2015), the Bulls has gone 2-10 in 2010, 3-9 in 2011, 4-8 in 2012, 8-5 in 2013, & 5-7 in 2014. When Leipold left Buffalo, he had coached them up to a record of 37–33 (including 7-17 while righting the ship in his 1st 2 years), two MAC East Division titles, three bowl bids and two bowl wins. He then accepted a position @ the University of Kansas, a HC job that no one seemed to be interested in, as the thinking was ‘you can not win in Lawrence, Kansas’. Leipold won 2 games in his 1st year and then, in year 2, he won 6 games and made a bowl game. They played in the Liberty Bowl against the ‘Mighty SEC’, taking on Arkansas, a team that lost a close game to LSU (the Tigers won the SEC West), 13-10. They battled the Razorbacks in a way that no one expected, before falling, 55-53! Kansas returns 10* starters on offense and 7 on defense. QB Jalon Daniels (2,014 passing yards, 66.1% completion percentage, & 18 TDs to 4 picks) RB, Devin Neal (1090 rushing yards, 9 TDs, and 6.1 YPC), finally all of their top 8 receivers return! The O-Line is thin, yet talented … they must stay healthy! The biggest concern they have on defense, is the D-Line, KU is solid everywhere else! A huge game for then early is @ home vs Illinois! Kansas will return to the bowl season in 2023
8. UCF: We have Central Florida as the highest ranked team of the new comers (Cincinnati, Houston, & BYU). Three of the new B-12 members are from the American Athletic Conference and BYU enters the conference from the Independent ranks. HC Gus Malzahn is entering his 3rd year @ UCF, with a record 18-9, 2-0 in Bowl Games, & a loss in last year’s AAC Championship to Tulane, 45-28! The Knights return 15 starters (8* on Offense & 6 on defense) including their very athletic QB, John Rhys Plumlee (2,586 passing yards, 63% completion rate, & a ratio of 14 TDs to 8 INTs) Plumlee was also their leading rusher (862 yards, 11 TDs & 5.4 YPC). Their run game & receive room will be improved this year, as both units have greater depth! The O-Line has lost some star power (Ryan Swoboda 1st Team All-AAC) yet, it to has more depth than a year ago and the performance level of this group should remain high! UCF’s defense will be led by D-Linemen, Tre’mon Morris-Brash & Ricky Barber, who both are receiving B-12 pre-season recognition. The LB crew has star power as well, Jason Johnson (pre-Season 1st team All -B-12) & Rian Davis (2nd Team All B-12). The secondary lost 3 starters, however, Gus has re-stocked the ranks via the transfer portal and they have the potential to be as an effective unit as they were in 2022! UCF, from a ready to step in and paly & a roster perspective, appear to be the best prepared to make the jump from the G5 to the P5 of the newbies.
7. Baylor: HC Dave Aranda has done good work everywhere he has been, from Wisconsin to LSU and now at Baylor, He is entering his 4th year in Waco and is sporting a 20-16 record. In 2021, the Bears beat Oklahoma State, 21-16 to win the B-12 Championship. Coach Aranda has taken Baylor to Bowl games the past two years, winning, the 2021 Sugar Bowl, over Ole Miss, 21-7 & lost last year’s (2022) Armed Forces Bowl to Air Force, 30-15. In 2023, the Bears return 12 starters, 7* on offense and 5 on defense. QB Blake Shapen (2,790 Passing Yards, 63,3% completion Percentage, & 18 TDs to 10 INTs); he should be able to improve his #’s in 2023 At RB, Dominic Richardson returns (1020 rushing yards, 14 TD, & 4.9 YPC) & WR, Monaray Baldwin (565 receiving yards, 4TDs & 17.1 YPR) is back. The QB, RB, WR play will all be improved in 2023! The 1st chink in their armor is the O-Line, they only return one starter, RG Gavin Byers. On defense, the line is talented, yet it lacks experience. The schedule is not helpful, they play Utah & Texas in the 1st 4 weeks of the season. Both the LB & Secondary units are more experienced in 2023! They play Texas @ home and avoid OU, however the do play KSU and TCU on the road.
6. TCU: HC Sunny Dikes’ stars were aligned in his 1st year at the helm in Fort Worth. They won 12 games right out of the gate and marched into the B-12 Title Game @ 12-0. They took on a Kansas State team, they had beaten on Oct. 22, in Fort Worth, 38-28. For the 2nd straight year, the B-12’s championship game was the best of any of the FBS championship tilts. In 2021, the Baylor Oklahoma State game came down to less then an inch, as the Cowboy QB just missed the Phylon, as he sailed out of bounce! In 2022, the undefeated Horned Frogs came up just short vs KSU, the Wildcats found a way to knock off the unbeaten Horned Frogs, 31-28! TCU will have to replace QB Max Duggan (3,698 passing yards, 66.7% completion percentage, & a Ratio of 32 TDs to 8 INTs), a QB, who often seemed to will the Frogs to victory! RB Kendra Miller (1427 rushing yards, 17 TDs, & 6.2 YPC) has also left the house. Finally, their most productive receiver, Quentin Johnson (1059 receiving yards, 6 TDs, & 17.8 YPR), has also departed. TCU has only 10 starters back (3 on O & 7 on D). They return only 1 starter on the D-Line from the 2022 season. Yet the Frogs return 6 of their top 7 LBs and Phil Steele ranks this unit as the B-12 best (tied with Texas)! Their secondary loses, 1st team All-American & Thorpe Award Winner, Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, yet they return 3 D-Backs and Athlon Sports ranks their secondary as the B-12 2nd best! If TCU is going to make championship noise in 2023, their defense will have to keep them in games in the early part of the season, until the offense gest up to speed!
5. Oklahoma State: HC Mike Gundy’s OSU returns 13 starters for the 2023 campaign (7 on offense & 6 on Defense). This year OSU must replace their QB, Spencer Sanders (2,642 passing yards, 57.6% completion percentage, & 9 TDs) their leading rusher, Dominic Richardson (543 rushing yards, 8 TDs, & 3.6 YPC) & return only 1 of their 6 leading receivers, Brennan Presley (813 receiving yards, 2 TDs & 12.1 YPR). The offensive & defensive lines are rebuilding, as are the LBs & Secondary, however these 2 rooms have more experienced players sitting in them do to the portal! So why do we have them ranked 5th? How about this as an explanation, OSU plays 6 teams 6 in 2023, who were not members of the FCS in 2022! Their schedule @ the end of the season, sets them up for success, 4 of their last 5 opponents were in a G5 conference or Independent in 22′! How about the fact that they do not play Texas and get OU & KSU in Boone Pickens! [OSU’s home stadium] At 1st glance, you might think they do not belong this high, but with a 2nd look and some schedule consideration … maybe they should be higher!
4. Texas Tech: The Red Raiders return all 11 starters on offense and have 6 back on defense. QB Tyler Shough (1304 passing yards, 59.9% completion percentage, & 4 TDs) started the last four games, all wins, including beating OU, 51-48 in OT & Ole Miss in the Texas Bowl, 42-25. RB, Tahj Brooks (691 rushing yards, 7 TDs, & 4.7 YPC) & Cam’ron Valdez make for a dynamic duo in the run game! Their best WR, Jerand Bradley (744 receiving yards, 6 TDs, & 14.6 YPR), is back, as are 8 of their top 9. Leaving TT receivers among the best in the B-12. On the O-Line, all 5 starters return, led center, Rusty Staats, a pre-season, 4th team, All-B-12, yet, Athlon Sports ranks T-Tech offensive line as the 11th best in the conference! A solid unit that lacks star power. On D, the defensive-Line lost its best player, DE, Tyree Wilson, yet the Raiders return 3 starters, coupled with good depth, they will be one of the best front 4 combinations in the B-12! At LB, what this 2023 unit lacks in experience, they will make up with their athleticism, and should improve significantly as the season progresses. Finally, in the secondary, they lose only Safety, Reggie Pearson, this position group should be improved! Texas Tech has a huge NC game early, Oregon comes a-call-in’ on Sept. 9th, in Lubbock, TX. We should get a ‘good-look-see’ of where the Red Raiders are in 2023!
3. Oklahoma: Brent Venables (former D Coordinator @ Clemson) had a tuff 1st season in Norman! A losing campaign @ OU is a rare occurrence, in fact, the last time the Sooners had a losing season was in 1998 (5-6, in HC John Blake last season @ OU). It had been 25 seasons ago / a quarter century had pasted since the Sooners had a lower # in the win column than in the loss column! In 2022, Oklahoma did not just lose in some of these games, they were pounded! TCU 55 OU 24; TX 49 OU 0; and in others, they simply played little to no defense (giving up 41 to KSU; 42 to Kansas; Baylor scored 38, & T-Tech put up 51! All of this, in the face of Oklahoma’s Admin, who hired Venables to shore up their defense? Hey, it is what it is, now comes year 2 and if he rights the ship (meaning 10 or more wins in 2023) all is forgiven! With the dominate thought being, next stop on this comeback train will be: a seeded seat in CFP’s 12 team Tourney in ’24! OU returns 13 starters for the 2023 season (7* on offense & 6 on defense). The Sooner QB, Dillon Gabriel (3,163 passing yards, 62.8, completion percentage & a ratio of 25 TDs to 6 INTs) is an All B-12, pre-season, 1st team selection. While they lose their leading rusher, Eric Gray (1,383, 11 TD, & 6.4 YPC) their depth is such that Phil Steele predicts another 1,000 yard rusher to emerge from the 4 talented backs that remain! WR, Melvin Mims (1083 receiving yards, 6 TDs, & 20.1 YPR) has left the building and he takes with him twice as many receptions as the next closest returning receiver. OU has 8 guys who can play, one or more is going to have to fill the giant void left by Mims’ departure to the NFL. Oklahoma’s O-Line lost 3 starters from the 2022 team, including All B-12, LT Anton Harrison. As a result, they hit the portal and brought three players with starting experience. Athlon Sports believes they have resolved the issue and ranks the Sooners as having the 3rd best o-line in the B-12. On SCFP we are reserving judgement (learning curve) until we see how they mesh! On D, they were simply bad a year ago. Yet, in 2023, they are rated in the upper 1/3 of the conference, in/on all three defensive levels (line, LB, & DB). I am simply not buying it, these placements (ranks) are based on perceived talent, which is not related to scheme acquisition, the discipline to play your position first (forget being a play-maker first / do your job 1st … then find the ball) or displaying mental toughness when things go side-ways. We’ll see about this defense, on Oct. 7 … @ the Texas Fair! Like others, I am victimized by their talent, that’s why they are 3rd, I just don’t trust them on defense.
2. Kansas State: The Wildcats were 10-4 last year, with losses to Tulane, 17-10, @ TCU. 38-28, Texas, 34-27, & Alabama, 45-20, in the Sugar Bowl. Tulane won the Cotton Bowl, beating SC, 46-45, TCU played for the National Championship (KSU did beat TCU, 31-28, in the B-12 Championship), & Bama finished 11-2, with last second losses to Tennessee, 52-49 & LSU 32-31 in OT! As losses go, a pretty impressive list and consistent with KSU being under the national radar for the better part of the 2022 season! It borders on bazaar, how many times in this off-season, people had to be reminded that Kansas State, not Texas Christian, won the B-12! This year, State returns 13 starters (8* on O & 5 on D), including QB, Will Howard (1,633 passing yards, 58.8 Completion percentage, & a Ratio of 15 TDs & 4 INTs). Howard must improve on his completion percentage in 2023. Since Howard will not be splitting time with Aaron Martinez, the thought is more reps in practice will result in an improved pass completion percentage! At RB, Deuce Vaughn (1588 rushing yards, 9 TDs, & 5.3 YPC) is gone and really is not replaceable, however, Treshaun Ward, a Florida State transfer (628 rushing yards, 7 TDs & 6.6 YPC) has the pedigreed to be very effective. The WR/TE room will be led by, Phillip Brooks, 3rd Team All B-12 Pre-season selection, (587 receiving yards, 4 TDs, & 13.0 YPR) and their TE, Ben Snoot, (447 passing yards, 4 TDs, & 14.4 YPR) is a 2nd team All-B-12 Pre-season selection. Their O-line is terrific, all 5 starters return and Athlon Sports & Phil Steels Preview rank KSU’s offensive line as the 2nd best in the B-12. The D-line will feature DEs, Khalid Duke, a 4th team, Pre-season All B-12 selection & Brendon Mott, who had more sacks 6 to 3 & more QBH, 7 to 4 than Duke. The ‘edge’ is the strength of the defensive line. Their LB corps is the best unit on the defensive side of the ball. WLB, Austin Moore, leading tackler from a year ago, is back, as is MLB, Daniel Green. Athlon Sports rates KSU LB’s as the B-12 3rd best. Finally, Kansas State secondary, loses 3 starters from the 2022 line-up, return only Kobe Savage @ SS, and will likely take a step back!
1 Texas: Churchill’s 1939 quote about the USSR “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” pretty much defines Texas football. Especially, when one considers their recent dismal performance vs their abundance of talent? Since going 13-1 in 2009 (lost BCS Championship to Bama, 37-21), the Horns’ have won 10 games only once (2018, 10-4) and have not won a B-12 championship since 09′! So what is the problem? Coaches: Mack Brown, 158-48 (1998-2013); Charlie Strong 16-21 (2014-2016), Tom Herman, 32-18 (2017-2020), & now Steve Sarkisian 13-12 (2021-?). If not the coaching, is it over-rated players? Are the recruiting services just getting it wrong in evaluating Texas talent? Maybe its the Texas recruits perception that once they have made it into a Texas locker room, they have nothing left to prove? Does this attitude result in a lack of player focus / effort in their preparation? In the last 5 years, the Longhorns have lost games to teams, that UT, clearly had the better roster, In (2018): They lost to WV, 42-41 & Oklahoma State, 38-35; (2019): TCU, 37-27, Iowa State, 23-21, Baylor, 24-10; (2020): TCU 33-31 & Iowa State, 23-20; (2021): Arkansas, 40-21; Oklahoma State, 32-24, Baylor, 31-24; Iowa State 30-7, Kansas, 57-56 OT, & WV 31-23; (2022): Texas Tech, 37-34 OT, Oklahoma State, 41-34, & TCU, 17-10. Since we did not count OU among the teams, that Texas should line-up and beat, the only B-12 program that UT has played according Hoyle, is Kansas State (since 2018, Texas is 5-0 vs KSU)! Another interesting fact, regarding Texas’ on-field performance, is when they play a highly ranked opponent (Top 25) they play according their talent: (2018) beat #22 USC, 22-17, #17 TCU, 31-16, #7 OU, 48-45, #18 Iowa State, 24-10, & #6 UGA, 28-21 in the Sugar Bowl; (2019): beat #20 Kansas State, 27-24, (2020) #6 Oklahoma State, 32-24, #12 Utah, 38-10, in the Alamo Bowl; (2021): beat #23 Louisiana, 38-18 & in (2022): beat #12 Kansas State, 34-27 (who won the B-12)!! Or how about this, single score losses to Top 25 teams: (2018) lost to #12 WV, 42-41; (2019): Lost to #6 LSU, 45-38, & #6 (@ the time of the game) OU, 34-27; (2020): lost to ISU, 23-20; (2021): lost to #6 OU, 55-48, #12 OK State, 32-24, & #16 Baylor, 31-24; (2022): Lost to #1 Bama, 20-19, lost #11 Ok State, 41-34, & #4 TCU, 17-10! So what does all this mean? 1) Since 2009 Texas has had the best roster in the B-12 every year, 2) Whatever the coaches & players are doing to prepare for any given Saturday’s game, needs to be rethought … as put simply, it is not working, 3) Texas is under-achieving do to fan expectations (blowing love & kisses @ at the players .. telling them their great), coaches who are refusing to hold the players accountable, & players who listen to the fans, are treated with kid gloves by their coaches, and who simply do not understand that they are ‘Texas’ and everybody they play, wants a piece of them! I am not going to add to the program’s problem, by raving about individual talent Yet, I will report out on how Athlon Sports & Phil Steele rank the 4 position elements of offense & the 3 Levels of D. On offense, Athlon Sports rates the Horns, position groups: QB, 1st, RBs, 1st, WRs, 1st, O-Line 1st; while Steele’s Preseason unit ranking go as follows, QB, 1st, RBs, 1st, WRs, 1st, O-Line 1st! On Defense, Athlon Sports thinks, D-Line, 1, LBs, 1, & DBs, 1, so what does Steele think here, D-Line, 1, LBs, 1, & DBs, 1. You now see the potential problem! At SCFP, we think there is resolution to this issue. It starts with the coaches … no more be my buddy, be my pal … that’s Bull-Spit, for them it is holding the players accountable, everyday! For the players, it is a matter of understanding how Texas is perceived by opponents, and with that understanding, a heightened focus on execution, and a fierce determination to win your assignment on every play! If they can do this, then their talent will equate to their outcome! Win the games you are supposed to win and find a way when you are in with the Bluelbloods.!
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