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Indeed. I don't put much stock in bowl games but I will say the MAC isn't as bad as some think. There isn't much difference between a mid level ACC school and a top level MAC program. If not for the financial need of suicidal schedules, most records would be much better.

Good. They pay down a third of their debt, students get renovated dorm rooms, University gets a reduction in maintenance costs and improved dorms contribute to a better student experience.

He'll be fine.

Exactly. The entertainment value of these games is horrible. Because coaches and players leave, and the players falling out of shape because of the gap between the end of the season and the first games, the football is just bad.Please raise your hand if you saw a well played college game. If anyone watched these games and felt quality football was being played, I have ocean front property in Arizona I'd like to sell you. It was terrible. NFL games between even average teams provides much better entertainment. The only people who say good things about it are the bobbleheads on ESPN. The NFL should look at the ineptitude of the powers that be in college athletics and run this nonsensical invitational tournament out of business by hogging up TV time on Saturdays in December. The NFL could easily run it out of business or at least drive the games to less desirable weekdays. Give it a catchy name like MACtion and watch it collapse.

Did anyone listen to the river of nonsense GameDay shoveled through the TV this morning in regards to the playoff and bowls? Naturally, the leading idea was to expand it to 16 teams even though an 8 team tournament is more than acceptable. If the NFL only has a 25 team playoff, 8 is enough for college. College football isn't competitive enough to expand it. I know that's shocking coming from a company that would benefit from the expansion. Dumbest idea that seems to be gaining traction is playing the bowl games before the season starts. I go to Florida a lot throughout the year for work. It is a completely undesirable climate in August. I listen to these buffoons talk on GameDay amd it's starting to make me hate college football. It's all so gross.

It's better than Gunsmoke reruns.

It's Friday morning. I took the day off and will be doing nothing but watching bowl games all afternoon because I don't want to do anything. If not for the bowls I wouldn't be able to watch football NOW. F-U to anyone who thinks the bowls should be eliminated.

I can't find my post, but I told you guys when this came out he was banging a nursing student. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2025/12/18/ohio-university-coach-brian-smith-fired-relationship-student-college-football/87829300007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116735d00----v116735d--75--b--75--&gca-ft=104&gca-ds=sophi&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOxa2tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4bMRXyqVRV-Y5pAKOeI9k2pryR-KHmbV8vpMNXfXwDWl8MpxVwXN5ppOlAHw_aem_HAWlIrRh7tTzB5PQ1N4C0w&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Is everyone excited about watching at least three, probably four, blowouts this weekend?

They finished in the middle of the pack in the MAC. Maybe it's crappy compared to the body of FBS, but it's an OK year for a MAC school. We aren't in the crappy category anymore.

I don't think locker rooms and other facilities are at the top of our problems list.

It's a good start. I'll take it seriously when it is structured like a pro sports league with 30-35 teams organized to win the championship like the NFL. It will never happen for a lot of reasons, but that's my line. I don't even take the basketball tournament seriously because it's more likely to crown a hot team and not the best team. Multi game tournaments like the NHL and NBA do that. I actually think the NCAA tournament should have fewer teams and require more than one loss to be eliminated.

I'm not bored by college football. I just don't take it as seriously as the people who run it want me to. For example, Friday Im going to see a band call Parks Brothers play. The playoff will be on. Every once in a while I'll look at the screen to see what's going on. The point I'm making is this. As much as they want us to believe it's a playoff, it simply isn't. It's an invitational tournament and the winner is called the National Champion after. To me, they are at the same level of champion as they were when they used to vote for the national championship. They just go about it a different way.

Looks like these potheads made some rare good decisions.

What else is on TV?

Oh well....

She got Sherron and the staff.

In reward, she got a raise and a bigger staff.

If big time college football has taught us anything in recent years, getting fired under the right circumstances creates life changing wealth. Moore blew tens of millions of dollars just because he couldn't control himself. He could have the pick of hundreds of women who don't work at the school. Freaking unbelievable. What an idiot. Rumor has it the coach at OU was banging a nursing student.

A good coach can be made great by a supportive program. A good coach can be destroyed by a program that doesn't really support their football program in a meaningful way. Anyone want to guess which is Akron and which is Toledo? This guy will do well at Toledo because he is at a premium MAC program. He will be made better than he is now because the people around him will help him get to where he needs to be.

It's part of the gig if you aren't very marketable or the institution you work for has no idea what to do with you. My guess is Ryan Day doesn't ever talk to a donor who has never given a dollar. His time is probably spent with donors who have already contributed. He doesn't pick up the phone and call anyone at this point. Most fundraising is probably done off season and over lunches.

Making a mountain out of a molehill is a good way to justify looking for another conference. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-selection-notre-dame-ad-miami-acc/

They would stand the risk of program erosion in a conference that bad. Remember when Clemson and FSU were good? Someday someone could be saying that about them. The best thing ND could do is join the Big 10. It's a multi bid conference and entrance into the league would improve their recruiting making them more competitive. ND is a good program that can compete in the long term but it cannot do that from a laughable conference.

It will be interesting. It's not a huge jump, but like all things in college athletics, it's a move in the wrong direction. In the past, college sports had JV squads. One thing players on a team have to be conscious about is the staff bringing on younger players to move others out. 100+ players is enough to have a JV team. This JV team could be used as a vehicle for allowing borderline players to prove themselves in game experiences. If a kid isn't providing himself on the JV team through his sophomore season, the coaches can then have a conversation with him about playing football at that school probably isn't the best option for him and he can transfer or stay on scholarship outside of the football program. It may cut down on some transfers, or some players could be close enough to graduation that they retire from football.

It's pretty obvious to me that the solution to the college football playoffs wasn't adding teams. It's what you do when it is really all about money combined with being too stupid to come up with better solutions to a problem. The solution is now, and always was, having fewer teams.