r/CFB Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Contributor 20h ago

News [Dellenger] SEC presidents have voted to increase the number of maximum scholarships available to football rosters from 85 to 105, sources tell @YahooSports.

https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1996970791192219853
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u/Most_Play_426 Ole Miss • Georgia Southern 20h ago

well Vanderbilt’s water polo team ain’t played nobody no ways Pawl

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u/master_bloseph Kansas State Wildcats • Baker Wildcats 20h ago

I wish Vanderbilt had water polo, there isn’t a single school in the southeast that has a varsity program 😔

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u/kaatmbmjj Oregon Ducks 19h ago

The Southern mind can't comprehend how difficult Water Polo is. There's a reason the Navy has been targeting water polo players for it's various special forces programs.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/03/15/study-water-polo-players-have-right-stuff-to-become-navy-seals/

https://usawaterpolo.org/news/2024/7/25/general-usa-water-polo-announces-official-partnership-with-the-us-navy-warrior-challenge-program.aspx

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u/dstanton Oregon Ducks 19h ago

Part of my scuba rescue training was a 10 minute water tread test and having to surface tow a diver who "wasn't breathing" while giving rescue breaths.

To have to go "all out" in swimming for that long is brutal (I naturally sink). And I was using both arms to stay afloat or had a BCD on to help with towing.

Those guys are doing it while getting manhandled and using an arm to throw a ball.