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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.

Those last few posts gave me a headache...

I agree he had the most successful season in Zips Football history. Nobody is taking away from that. But since he put Milwee in charge the team sank back down to the bottom. He also owns that. 2-6 in the MAC. Great coach. Helluva guy. Would love to sit and talk with him all day. But you can’t pretend he let the program fall right back into the hole he took us out of. Comparing his last couple years to Arth doesn’t help his case all that much…

I’ll throw out another thought. How much has the belt tightening affected recruiting? Coaching? It looks like they can’t even afford to keep the website up to date. Let alone improve on recruiting, etc. We’re hearing about deep cuts in education, that’s gotta have an affect on the athletics budgets.