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[GP1]

3 hours ago, pdt1420 said:

Correct… and we WOULD do away with conference championship games as a result of this… but the argument now would be that conferences are TOO BIG and therefore teams don’t play each other and so we’rwe need a championship so they’ll meet. Absolute madness. 

Why do they have to meet at all?  Is what makes college football great a national championship, or is it everything else. I'm of the opinion it's everything else. 

[pdt1420]

Oh that’s a completely sarcastic post. I’m firmly in the limited conference and 8 team playoff camp. 

[GP1]

EJ Manuel summed up the ESPN view of the college football playoff expansion this morning. He basically said that once you boil down college football to the core, it's about late season meaningful games and winning a national championship. A true company man. I almost threw up listening to him. 

[ZippyRulz]

Grist for the realignment mill :

 

 

 

[ZippyRulz]

The firings have begun.. Mike Locksley out at Maryland.

 

[GP1]

5 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

The firings have begun.. Mike Locksley out at Maryland.

 

Hal Hunter was on his staff. Hal.was the offensive line coach for three years right when Akron became D1. 

[kreed5120]

[Zips1991]

Not sure where to put it but it appears we have a OOC schedule casualty resulting from the MAC 9-game schedule.

 

https://fbschedules.com/san-jose-state-akron-cancel-future-home-and-home-football-series/?ref=bythebelt.com

 

[exit322]

30 minutes ago, Zips1991 said:

Not sure where to put it but it appears we have a OOC schedule casualty resulting from the MAC 9-game schedule.

 

https://fbschedules.com/san-jose-state-akron-cancel-future-home-and-home-football-series/?ref=bythebelt.com

 

 

Well yeah, Akron has to instead pay FCS teams six figures to come to Akron in front of 4,700 people.  There's just no choice but to get rid of these sorts of games.

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, exit322 said:

 

Well yeah, Akron has to instead pay FCS teams six figures to come to Akron in front of 4,700 people.  There's just no choice but to get rid of these sorts of games.

The Robert Morris game this year literally paid for itself with the OC for a series promotion. Getting rid of the FCS game would mean getting rid of those type of promotions as well.

 

Edit: Also, it's probably not exactly cheap to fly ~100 people to California and put them up in a hotel for 2 nights. There is an expense associated with playing those games. Less than the ~$300K we paid Robert Morris, but still likely a 6 figure expense.

Edited 6 hours ago by kreed5120