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The problem is, G5 is currently neither FCS nor glorified.

Full Ride is having a great discussion right now about the future of college football and the need to separate P5 from G5 and all of the financial issues around college football.

The field was flooded.

Maybe we were watching different games.

Interesting article. Misses the point of what really needs done. Football is special and driving revenues for schools. There needs to be one division with one commissioner for P5 schools only. The money will pour in. So much money, G5 schools could get one $4.4 million dollar payday instead of three beat downs to get the same amount. $4.4 million would be a drop in the bucket for the big schools. The G5 schools could then go about rationally organizing themselves into a highly competitive and entertaining division for athletes students alumni fans and general communities around the schools and country.

Early take away from yesterday. The quality of players in the MAC match up with other G5 conferences. If the MAC had adult leadership, they could eliminate the appearance of sucking. Fans get into stupid arguments about what "the worst" conference is. Nobody really knows because there isn't a meaningful way of measuring it other than insignificant exhibitions like bowl games. The MAC is a quality conference. Akron needs to become a quality team in a quality conference.

Almost all of them were caused by an aggressive and relentless defense. OU beat them up and down the field.

Monsoon.

Black uniforms were once creative. Now they are a symbol of a lack of creativity. Everyone does it regardless of whether or not it's their school's colors. It's stupid at this point.

They are a strong program. One guy goes down another steps up. Weak programs like Akron collapse under adversity.

OU is what a winning culture looks like. One guy leaves, another steps up and performs.

First off, OU vs Sunbelt member Georgia Southern. I don't think winning or losing is critical in bowl season, but this should be a fun game. An annual regular season Sun Belt vs MAC would be a great event.

I'd bet in the 1950s there were some college football players making more money than NFL players.

I hope he enjoys his one year in Pittsburgh.

Too little, too late for them.

I don't follow recruiting enough to know, but how many of these transfers are from winning programs?

In the 1980's Robert Lyons was a tall safety like this for the Zips. He was one of the few D1 capable Zips from the Dennison years. Later played for the Browns and Vikings. Let's hope we get the same quality of safety.

I've mentioned before I have a brother who is well connected to a couple of high profile college coaches. The coaches understand the graduate transfer more than you may realize. This is especially the case for a kid who started college early and after three to four spring practices and a degree, they are looking for something different. Think about when you were in college. Most of us were really itching to graduate and get on with something else. I think these players see the world the same way and a chance to go somewhere, pick up a Masters Degree and play couple more years of football seems like a good idea. The QB from OSU is an example. He has zero shot at the NFL and has graduated. What if he wants to go somewhere with nice weather, play some games and get a Masters Degree? It's probably a better idea for him than another freezing winter in Columbus doing the same routine as before. He's also looking at the guys he played with going to the NFL or portal and wonders why he would stick around with a bunch of young guys he has nothing in common with.

Hey easily replaceable.

He's 100% correct. One half of all players in the TP will end up with nothing. I think kids aren't thinking through things clearly. At some point, playing careers end. The options discussed are to stay and try your best or take the risk of the portal. The one rarely discussed is not playing football and just staying and graduating, then getting a job. I'm sure for many guys, the burden of not playing would be a relief. I actually think if a school runs a player off of a team because they want to open up a scholarship for someone who they think is better, the kid run off should still get a full scholarship to that school. If coaches are living up to their word in a family's living room during recruiting, the promise of a chance at graduating should be honored. Maybe acting honorably is too much to ask, but I don't think it is.

There is an available QB right now who went 11-1 with the only loss being to the #1 team on the road by less than 7 points. People say he stinks. I say guys like this don't grow on trees.

The MAC doesn't need more schools to do what the Sun Belt is doing. In fact, what they are doing can be done with 10 teams. Yes.

The thought of playing these schools makes me want to.........., fall asleep.

Maybe short term. Long term the direction of college football is to separate out 30-40 teams for their own division. 12 or 14 schools won't make a difference for Mac schools. We'll be on the second level. Someone needs to explain something to me. How does conference expansion benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around MAC schools? Financially, expansion only divides up the TV money by more schools resulting in less money per school. This doesn't make sense. The expansion in expansion is a trend. What is the evidence it's making a different for athletes students alumni fans and general communities?

No. The Sun Belt success in recent years has been about scheduling and generation of fan interest through smart scheduling leading to winning.