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That's a lot of scrutiny for a college kid... I hope some of you guys don't visit my FaceBook page. LOL

Sounds eerily familiar to this roster...

I brought up going back to FCS a couple years ago and almost got run out of town. Then TB came along, eventually had a couple wining seasons and a bowl win, and then he didn't anymore and got fired. And it's back tom the same old bottom 5 bullcrap. My question is, how do FCS schools cover football expenses without the "payday" money grabs? Division 2? Division 3? NAIA? Ohio has two FCS programs (in different conferences but, whatever), 8 D2 programs, and 20 D3 programs. That's 30 college programs in Ohio that don't depend on an annual A$$kicking For Dollars. The lines are still painted on the field. New helmets and pads and uniforms are ordered. The refs show up and the announcer climbs into the booth. The stadium lights come on if it's too dark. The games get played.

The question is, do the lower tier payday games pay the same as top 10 teams? I would be all for playing the 20th through say 50th ranked programs if the bottom line was the same. Were probably well below even FCS standards for schollys. And Your typical MAC program.

It reminds me of the Ted Stepien Cavaliers at the Big House on the Prairie. I was there when they quoted attendance at 1500, and was amazed half would be no-shows. TBH it did snow a lot there. My and my buddy snuck up to the loge level and the security guard came over. I thought we were going to get a quick ride back down the elevator. He talked with us for an hour. He was lonely. A fan called the ticket office and asked when the game started and he replied "What time can you be here." I don't doubt that happened...

The irony of one knowledgeable poster being upset about "way under the scholarship limit" and several others complaining about payday games (which has gone on for decades) would be funny. If it wasn't Zips fans.

Like I said in the game thread, these games against top 10 or top 20 programs are a big part of the budget for the program. We don’t want to drop to FCS or D2, but we don’t know how to fill the stadium/charge $$$ for parking/sell memorabilia on game day. Or how to increase tv ratings so we can get a lucrative contract…

G5 programs have been playing P5 programs for a nicer payday for as long as I can remember. And I’m old… These games make up a significant part of the athletic department’s budgets every year. I’m surprised after alll these decades of taking a beating for the program this just came up,

Maybe it’s a way to seed the football championship, a sport that only plays one game a week. In other sports teams can play several games in a week/tournament.

Too many passes bouncing off receivers hands tonight. Are they hearing (top 10) footsteps?

Ohio is 0-4, including a loss to a FCS program. There’s that.

This is how the program avoids budget cuts…

there’s that…

8 years ago today, the Zips lost a close one to Louisiana 35-30 at home.

I was chatting with an A’s homer on a car racing forum, and he said Chris threw a 30 pitch simulated game and may be back this season.

Well let’s all celebrate this win. We don’t know when our next chance will be…

Well, we didn’t get skunked this year…

Singleton is injured. Or he’s looking for a way out. Not sure yet…

My apologies. My parents were from southern Ohio. It’s all we watched… 😐

You can’t make this crap up

When a stoppable force meets a moveable object…

tOSU is trying to lose to Tulsa. I can’t decide which team is more pathetic.

No argument here…

Just got home and tuned in to see the Zips fumble inside the Bulldogs 10. Looks like I didn’t miss much…

This one worries me. Getting blown out by top 10 teams with multiple championships is one thing. Losing a 14 point lead before being blown out by a former mediocre MAC program looks bad. But losing to a mediocre FCS program that got smoked by Rhode Island? Rhode Island has a football team? That might push even Zips faithful over the edge. They might as well play the rest of Tom's home games on the practice field.