Game #7 Miami @ Akron - 12:00 pm October 11th: Catdaddyp July Preview → Official Game Thread

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35 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

The main difference is the NFL is designed for teams for teams to average 8-9 wins over the long run. The Browns being as bad as they have been for as long as they have been is pretty unbelievable. 

 

College football is a completely different animal. Bad teams aren't rewarded by getting the option of having first dibs at the best high school players. Good teams aren't constrained by a salary cap.

 

Edit: Partly why I feel the NFL is so much more popular than college football is most fans think their team has a chance. The Browns this year might be an exception as it was a clear rebuild year, but you have the Jaguars and Patriots who both picked in the top 5 of this past draft now sitting at 4-2. Last year the Commanders had a similar turn around. 

The NFL is the #1 television show in America. It's great entertainment. 

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39 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

The main difference is the NFL is designed for teams for teams to average 8-9 wins over the long run. The Browns being as bad as they have been for as long as they have been is pretty unbelievable. 

 

College football is a completely different animal. Bad teams aren't rewarded by getting the option of having first dibs at the best high school players. Good teams aren't constrained by a salary cap.

 

Edit: Partly why I feel the NFL is so much more popular than college football is most fans think their team has a chance. The Browns this year might be an exception as it was a clear rebuild year, but you have the Jaguars and Patriots who both picked in the top 5 of this past draft now sitting at 4-2. Last year the Commanders had a similar turn around. 

 

Between that and the fact blowouts are much rarer than in college.

 

 

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1 hour ago, blueandgold said:

IF, and that's a big IF, Moorhead actually plays any of them. Not sure why he hasn't gotten any of them on the field yet, they have up to 4 games without burning the redshirt.

can't figure it out either. that's why i'm hoping starting with the buffalo game we start to see them. duncan got 8 snaps first two games then we never saw him again. came here as an energizer bunny what happened? brown got 15 or 16 snaps in one game he came from fcs but had more experience than any end on the entire roster never saw other than that one game. cheatom played that first game then one snap last game and nothing else?  the ends have a combined 5 sacks FROM 2 guys and that's 2 in the central game and 2 in the duquesne game.::  the twins have 1 solo tackle each and the one has 2 assisted tackles and the other has 5 ..:  that sucks as a defensive end unit. coming into the season we needed pressure on the qbs. we haven't gotten. durham has played more snaps than ANY edge in all of FBS and only two in FCS have played more. he has played EVERY snap except 65 in seven games. maybe if he didn't play so many snaps he could produce more?  i would have liked to have seen what gavin could have done in the middle as well. bosswell is good as a freshman but gavin is similar in size and is the fastest linebacker on the team what was there to lose by trying some of those guys earlier?