Captain Kangaroo

If the Big10 can have 17 teams, why can’t the P5 be comprised of 6 conferences?

Caleb not happy

Is @Hilltopper like the phantom of the opera, living in the Infocision rafters?

I still have faith in Joe. He's been dealt a really difficult hand with taking over such a moribund program that was at the absolute lowest point. And now the budget cuts. I still like this team. The P5 September meat grinder will end soon enough and I expect a .500 season in the MAC. Finley will get some time to throw, and the RB's will get some holes to hit. That'll give the D a few breathers. Pushing up against opposing linemen who will be selling pipe and wire in a couple years instead of playing in the NFL will also help the Zips finish games stronger.

You can wear out 34 keyboards here, if you'd like. Discuss the Athletics Budget until the cows come home. I pay for this forum so you can do so. The Football Forum is for coaching, game, opponent and recruiting discussions. *Checking my notes* - Not for discussing the athletics budget.

Colgate Message Board No posts on the Zips yet, but you can learn a little by reading the Villanova thread

Someone had to start it.

Two Big Ten beatdowns in succession has taken the wind out of my OOC sails. I had planned on heading to the Palmetto state, but I'll save the time, money and PTO days for a nice fall golf trip instead.

Moved this thread just in a nick of time!😰

Yeah…you see a lot more Jesus’s in baseball and soccer.

I prefer the Football Forum to be about football (opponents, games, recruiting, et.), and not taxes and department budgets so I've moved the "Athletic Budget" topic to "Other Sports".

Game time just announced 7:30 pm

ND has recently lost to a mediocre Marshall team, and Cincinnati at home. Awesome, jealousy-inducing win by NIU. But ND is prone to such losses.

Amazing how many opponents all time program records get set against the Zips.

We’ve looked like a bad Kent State team for roughly 2 full quarters now… Looking forward to Colgate I guess. Didn’t expect to do any damage to Big 10 teams this season. Ditto SEC teams.

4th one of the day to cost us a first down

I guess good things happen when you snap the ball before the clock reads 00?

In each situation we were nowhere close to snapping the ball when the clock expired. Finley was acting like he had another 10 seconds? Bad drops by Newell, Golden and Polk hurt. I can’t remember the last time I saw even a mediocre Zips offense. Maybe that BG game where Blake Hester had his career day?

It would be nice if those time outs we neglected to use were helpful on this drive.

There is no God…

I think the OL is the key to giving us a chance. Give Finley some time and he can do some damage and move the chains. Give Simmons and Kellom some holes. Our D is fine if the O can give them some points, and a few breathers.

Heard Finley had a good week of practice and could play today.

I assume lots of intramural use too? People think it sits completely unused, sans 5 sparsely attended games per year. Not true. Selling 10k more tickets per game would bring in another $1 million in revenue ($20 per fan x 5 games x 10,000). If you want to do something, you find a way. If you don't, you find an excuse.

Raise the rent for the lacrosse team. Seriously…I don’t have much admiration for a guy that comes in and says “I wouldn’t have built that stadium” and gets off the hook for life. If we were in the Rubber Bowl the responsible parties would be bemoaning “If only we had a modern stadium, then I could really take the program to the next level…”. You can't have it both ways. It’s Guthrie’s job to fill Infocision seats and increase revenue. I don’t see the creativity or effort. Is it easy? No. But holding your hand out for the ESPN and Ohio State welfare checks…who needs an AD if that’s the best you’ve got? $45 mill over 20 year is a chump change ante to be a division 1 football program. Build that stadium today and it’d cost at least $250 million. If Guthrie is any good, he should be on the short list for a P5 job by now. Wonder who’s sizing him up?

Not surprising. Finley looked like it was painful just to breath last Saturday.