Captain Kangaroo

I blame the schedule. We're no where near the class of mid-level P5 teams right now. Those are guaranteed losses...that's why those teams pay us crazy sums of money to pound us. If we'd have played Marshall, Liberty, UAB, etc. we'd have been way more competitive, and way less banged up as we roll into Athens on Saturday. How has BGSU seemingly leapfrogged us, when we ran them off the field only a couple years ago? How has EMU begun fielding watchable teams after decades of wallowing in the lower-MAC abyss? Those are the questions I'd like to see answered if we finish 2024 with only 2 or 3 wins. There is obviously a method to being competitive in the MAC even if you recently sucked. And it isn't just the head coach, it is the entire organization. The AD get's no free pass because we were bad before he arrived, or the stadium and practice facilities are too nice. I want to see this Zips team against MAC competition. I still like our defense, and I know if Finley isn't getting snowed under he's a good QB. I HOPE our OL fares better against competition more within their weight class. I HOPE Joe calls a more diverse, aggressive offensive game when he actually has a chance to win, and isn't just hoping to survive. We'll see...

Not Finley’s best night.

Who knew the QB would run in that situation?

Not regretting skipping the road trip.

Over pursuing too. This QB isn’t much of a thrower. If we can just keep him in front of us, we should be able to make some stops.

Lauper-Topper?

You know a really cool side benefit to the advent of NIL? - We'll never have to worry about the cost of adding names to our Wall of Fame. From here-on-out, any decent player will bolt the Zips in a heartbeat for some P5 cash. The days of watching a Dwight Smith, Jason Taylor, Charlie Frye etc. for more than a year or two are officially over. Yippee. Next up - Based upon the success of the 2-minute time out, I foresee instituting the "6-minute breather"...a 5 minute "catch your breath" break at the 6:00 point of each quarter. We'll be able to listen to 15 consecutive, "Akron Bearings" and "Electrifying your Future" commercials, 4 times per game. Double Yippee.

When will it end? Everything just gets slimier, greedier and more money-driven. Just when you think the party has reached an all time low, someone excavates a new basement. It's like a really aggressive cancer... Would Clarke pay the extra $6 talent fee for his Zips GA basketball season ticket?

The football team has zero NIL money. No grad assistants. No travel recruiting budget. And after this week they will have played games against Ohio State, Rutgers and South Carolina to pay their bills (in addition to selling a home game against Kentucky for $800,000). They aren't siphoning money away from soccer. I want to date Scarlett Johansson. Ambition and reality are sometimes a mismatch. Guthrie fired a bb coach at Wisconsin GB who was 92-80. His hand-picked replacement went 15-61. What P5 school would trust him with a hire? He did design a great "A" though. Selling like hotcakes.

Zips fans aren’t meant to have nice things.

I met the women's coach at a Zips golf outing in June. I'd hire her to do anything. She seems like a great leader. I asked her a few questions that were interesting to me, but maybe not to her, and she gave me very well-thought-out, detailed answers. I asked her why the women's team hadn't been able to ride the coattails of the men's program and she basically said they are two completely different, mutually exclusive entities. I asked how she recruits, and she said the best tool she has is the School of Nursing. The women on the team are all very academically oriented and the top notch nursing program at UA is a big asset. Very impressive, focused woman. I would expect her to do some outstanding things in her career.

I think I've been too critical of Guthrie's "A". Colgate's logo is WAY worse.

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.