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The downside is a devaluation of the league. Sac State joining would be worse than NIU leaving. The money isn't worth it.

I think it's more than bowl games.

How about just 16? I hate to even say this because it could come true. Are we eventually going to get to the point where we have an excessively short regular season just to accommodate more playoff games?

At what point do the G5 schools figure out that when the bowls are gone, they have no avenue to the post season and start their own division? Why aren't they actively and publicly doing it now?

There is plenty of data showing college sports attendance is in decline. I was at a Texas vs Kansas State game a couple of years ago in Austin. Texas has a beautiful area. The upper deck had curtains drawn and there couldn't have been 7,000 people. A new basketball arena will be yet another albatross around the school's neck.

Respectfully, there has to be a better answer than this to spend tens of millions.

If Akron spent $20 million on an arena, how much do you think attendance would increase and for how long? In its current state, has Akron reached maximum attendance?

Troy's ginger was really good down the stretch. Akron didn't play bad, they just fell short against a team that turned the defense up.

That was a thorough beat down. It's been a while since the talent disparity between the two teams, in either direction, was as wide as what I saw.

This should be the canary in the coalmine for most schools.

Thanks for posting. I think it's even more than the money. Mark Cuban just isn't rich. He has a deep understanding of how to structure complex organizations, including an NBA team. This experience no only allows one to spend a lot, but spend wisely. Indiana was an example of spending wisely. Many will try to copy, but since few have actual experience doing it they will fail. A car dealership isn't exactly Dell or an NBA team or Nike.

Something tells me they will spend it faster than they bring it in.

Frank Martin is what a school gets when they either have no imagination or nobody else wants the job. He had two really good years at SC then the wheels fell off the bus. His time at Kansas State was average. His time at UMass is bad. They should fire him.

Why are the lights at their arena so bad?

None of that is behind the scenes. It went on in broad daylight.

Did someone say food? Hands down, the best tapas restaurant I've ever been to. It only won a James Beard medal in 2022. https://curatetapasbar.com/bar-de-tapas/

Not fully, but enough. Speaking of enough, this is all you need. https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/asheville-grove-park?utm_campaign=omni_gpirst_gpirst_all_x_nb_pmax_asheville_en_pmax_us&utm_content=&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22157906576&gbraid=0AAAAADRUjgdY_ZVzJrI8ygJFAMel8jSsg&gclid=CjwKCAiAssfLBhBDEiwAcLpwfnCpFc6Os6tcjjUSoGJteu_SV7giVuhBcbcROka7kRWHXxVvlOINlxoCpqwQAvD_BwE

He has been to many football alumni events, participated in a ceremony honoring him at a game and spring practices over the years. That's more than a couple of half ass social media posts.

I think it would be a bad look for the Hurricanes, his employer.

Maybe he's more busy than Maxx Crosby.

Maybe he's busy?

https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/news/national-championship-indiana-miami-punch-mark-fletcher Am I the only one getting a little disgusted with what seems like every game having a post game dust-up? I attribute this jackassery to NIL and there being little consequences for bad behavior because you can always transfer somewhere else. If they want to be professionals, treat them like professionals. Want to embarrass the NFL/college football Mr. Player? Want to run your mouth to the point someone takes a swing at you? Here is a hefty fine. Players don't misbehave like this in the NFL because they will forfeit lots of money in terms of fines and game checks. Unionized college athletics now like the NFL and they can begin to get these clowns under control. If players want to appeal, they can have their union do it for them.

Indiana is probably the most interesting outcome in college football in my life. It's one thing for a team to upset another like App State did to Michigan. It's something entirely different for this kind of turnaround to result in such high level success.

I saw a documentary on Arizona State's point shaving scandal. The point guard was the key player. He didn't miss shots or play bad defense. All he did was slow down the progression of the office to the point that a big guy would get the ball 20 feet from the basket and be forced to throw up a shot because the shot clock was running out. He wasn't losing games. He was just keeping bad teams close.

It's too easy to do and keep secret.