GP1 Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 26 minutes ago, akzipper said: I mean SMU hasn't even sniffed an AAC championship since they joined the conference. They've had some winning records overall but hovered around .500 in conference play. I'm assuming they do have more money and better attendance numbers than UA. Because basically every school does, especially those in better climates. It also helps that they get to play bigger schools on a regular basis as opposed to the sorry MAC schedule. I'm not sure if Memphis, USF, Tulane, Tulsa, etc would bring more people to InfoCision. But it sure as hell sounds more exciting than directional Michigan schools. Unfortunately we'll never see it. SMU is a joke of a program high dollar donors are able to keep afloat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: If your theory comes true, it'll be fatal for the 40 schools and networks that go into business together. How does a mountain of money equal fatality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 The MAC is a better spot for us than the AAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 1 hour ago, GP1 said: How does a mountain of money equal fatality? 40 team super conferences/alliance equals big cash short term, but death in the long run. College athletics isn't meant to be an exclusive club. The product will ultimately fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 9 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: 40 team super conferences/alliance equals big cash short term, but death in the long run. College athletics isn't meant to be an exclusive club. The product will ultimately fail. At the highest level, it's already an exclusive club. There are less than 10 schools with any shot to win a national championship. When the super conference is created, that is the one thing that won't change. They can have their money. The rest of college football will remain the same. It could be improved for the rest of colleges because they can finally stop chasing the Holy Grail and setting into a level of college football they can realistically succeed in. I'll still go to games because I like college football and I don't really care who is playing or about their shot at winning a national championship. This is the main reason I really don't care about conference realignment. It has no meaningful impact on my life. Casual fans lives won't change because they will watch football on TV regardless. Degenerate gamblers will bet on anything regardless of a super conference or not. Alumni will still follow their school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkWiley Posted September 2, 2023 Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, GP1 said: At the highest level, it's already an exclusive club. There are less than 10 schools with any shot to win a national championship. When the super conference is created, that is the one thing that won't change. They can have their money. The rest of college football will remain the same. It could be improved for the rest of colleges because they can finally stop chasing the Holy Grail and setting into a level of college football they can realistically succeed in. I'll still go to games because I like college football and I don't really care who is playing or about their shot at winning a national championship. This is the main reason I really don't care about conference realignment. It has no meaningful impact on my life. Casual fans lives won't change because they will watch football on TV regardless. Degenerate gamblers will bet on anything regardless of a super conference or not. Alumni will still follow their school. I agree. I bet the next thing to come along will be a NIT style playoff for smaller teams. More money to throw around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2023 3 hours ago, MarkWiley said: I agree. I bet the next thing to come along will be a NIT style playoff for smaller teams. More money to throw around. I respectfully disagree. There will just be another division. G5 schools need to do everything they can to complete against the likes of Northwestern and Wake Forest because those teams will be their competition. MAC schools beat lower level P5 schools annually. It's a realistic landing spot for all parties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section210Zip Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 Randy was a beast. When they joined the MAC in 97, my dad and I went over to Kent to see him play since we were playing at Marshal that year. I got to see him again at that years Motor City Bowl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 (edited) From The Athletic: Why Colorado OC Sean Lewis left a head coaching job to direct Deion Sanders' offense Edited September 14, 2023 by LoyalZIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 14, 2023 Report Share Posted September 14, 2023 "I was coaching an arts & crafts preschool football team in an awful city. JoeMo came into Akron, and I knew it wouldn't be long before I'd start losing the Wagon Wheel, too. Truth be told, I probably would've taken a job on any other staff just to get out of there, but when Coach Prime was hired, I knew there wouldn't be an opportunity better than that. Who wouldn't want to work with Coach Prime in beautiful Boulder, CO? Can you imagine my offensive scheme with the top talent he can attract? Now that I've gone over this, your question is really stupid and your need to ask it shows either lazy journalistic practices or a lack of understanding for football & sports." - Sean Lewis (probably) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 I'm not really sure where to post this, but the Pat McAfee Show is/was live from South Bend today. If you've ever watched McAfee, he has a member of his crew that does a damn near flawless Lou Holtz impression. Today, the most amazing thing happened and Lou Holtz got to interview Lou Holtz. "I graduated from Kent State and our motto is Can't Read, Can't Write, Kent State." 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 Meanwhile The #6 Worthless Nuts just blew chunks against #9 Notre Dame. A bad night to bet on Ohio schools… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Spin said: Meanwhile The #6 Worthless Nuts just blew chunks against #9 Notre Dame. A bad night to bet on Ohio schools… I'll happily take the same result against Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, MDZip said: I'll happily take the same result against Indiana. I had the Nuts and 4 😶 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 Notre Dame only had 10 players on the field the last two plays smh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, LZIp said: Notre Dame only had 10 players on the field the last two plays smh Touchdown Jesus was their 11th. All kidding aside, this is a fireable offense. Edited September 24, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted September 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, LZIp said: Notre Dame only had 10 players on the field the last two plays smh After a timeout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 If this is true - oh my. This is part of the reason the fat will get trimmed in these conferences, and the bottom portions of the current power conferences will end up at the G5 level. The G5s will be kept around to supplement "easy" W's for the remaining power conference schools as their conference schedules become legitimate gauntlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 Don't look now, but Colorado is winning games they should win and is 4-2. Maybe there is something to be said for jettisoning a teams worth of players to change a culture of losing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 The transfer portal makes me think. If schools can boot kids off of teams and replace them producing immediate winning, do schools really need 85ish scholarships? Would't 53 be enough to field a college football team every year? Give 15 partial scholarships to practice squad players. NFL rosters have very large turnover year over year and somehow manage to play games and have winning teams with what are very small rosters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips86 Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 21 minutes ago, GP1 said: Don't look now, but Colorado is winning games they should win and is 4-2. Maybe there is something to be said for jettisoning a teams worth of players to change a culture of losing. To be fair, Deion Sanders got the # 1 recruit to go to Jackson State. Colorado isnt getting good players randomly because people realized it's beautiful in that state. Kids may not even realize Colorado is a state (lol) but they do know they want to play for Coach Sanders. That makes a turnaround much easier and quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, GoZips86 said: To be fair, Deion Sanders got the # 1 recruit to go to Jackson State. Colorado isnt getting good players randomly because people realized it's beautiful in that state. Kids may not even realize Colorado is a state (lol) but they do know they want to play for Coach Sanders. That makes a turnaround much easier and quicker. Agree. However, Sanders produced more than a talent shift. He produced a cultural shift within an organization. The first thing he did was get the players who were complicit in the failure to leave without having to give them the boot. Basically , almost all of them. I don't use this word lightly, but what Sanders has done is truly brilliant. Organizational scholars should be lining up to study what he has done at Colorado and JSU. Edited October 8, 2023 by GP1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted October 9, 2023 Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 It's a blast watching the media have to eat crow after portraying Deion as a loud-mouth, flashy punky for so many years. The dude may be the hardest worker in sports, and his standards are standards that every human being should live by. Be you. Treat others with respect and kindness. Establish discipline and work ethic. Be a positive member in society. I believe he is at work around 4-5am, vacuums his own office, etc. He cares about his players as if they were his own sons. He brought the female staff into a meeting to make sure the team knew that any mistreatment of those ladies would not be tolerated. People who hate him don't like molds being broken. That's exactly what Deion is doing - breaking the mold. Who knew you could be flashy and still be a decent human being. Colorado over 3.5 wins this year was an easy bet I took. I believe in Deion. Look out for Colorado as long as he's there (which I think will be a while). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2023 9 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: It's a blast watching the media have to eat crow after portraying Deion as a loud-mouth, flashy punky for so many years. I know someone who played with him in Atlanta. He said when the doors were closed and only the team was around he was the nicest guy on the team. Sanders was cool to all the guys. A person's true character shows when nobody is watching. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 not a tosu fan but where's Holtz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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