Week 4 NCAA Football

[CJasmer]

UNC getting pummeled. Every ACC team that was rumored to be a candidate for the Big 10 is having a rough start of the season.

ACC is bad. You have Miami then drop off to Clemson then rest of league is G5 relative to P2.

 

[MKH2317]

How long did they look good? Just turned game on and see they are down 45-7. Has Joly done anything?

Sarcasm lol. They’ve looked awful from the start

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Enjoy every weekend with college football. There may not be that many of them left with a sport that is recognizable to any of us.

I know. When I heard Ohio State spent $20M NIL on the current team, it is other clear the sport is on borrowed time. There is not even a salary cap on college football, which will only make the rich spending even more each year. It is not possible for 99% of college football to keep up.

Upsets and being alums of colleges are what make college football fun even though it is not as crazy as March madness. When you take that away, you take the fun away. At that point, people will just watch pro sports.

The greed will kill the sport. There is no way media will keep paying for something that's just NFL lite when we already have the NFL.

 

[CJasmer]

thank god UConn does not play JMU this year. JMU would pass the ball all over UConn. UConn secondary is terrible.

 

[HCCForever]

Florida actually winning a game. Up by two touchdowns at end of third

 

[dvegas]

Villanova hanging tougher vs Maryland than the Huskies did

 

[CJasmer]

Villanova hanging tougher vs Maryland than the Huskies did

Maryland could win the Big East conference title this year.

 

[Redding Husky]

Maryland 38, Villanova 20.

 

[metsfan2323]

Villanova hanging tougher vs Maryland than the Huskies did

Maybe they don't let NIL determine who starts.

 

[Vowelguy]

UNC losing so badly that the ACCN actually cut away so they air VT-Rutgers.

63-44 JMU with 4 min to go

 

[Vowelguy]

Now 70-44.

It is impressive how underwhelming UNC is historically even though it’s a major southern university

 

[CJasmer]

Now 70-44.

It is impressive how underwhelming UNC is historically even though it’s a major southern university

But people keep saying BIG and SEC want them. UNC would be another Vanderbilt within the SEC.

 

[BigTenFan]

Now 70-44.

It is impressive how underwhelming UNC is historically even though it’s a major southern university

Noe Ruelas 8 for 8 PAT and a 50 yarder......

 

[Steve UConn72]

Noe Ruelas 8 for 8 PAT and a 50 yarder......

Also a 43 yarder. Cam Ross with one carry for 10 yards, 7 catches for 107 and a 32 yard KO return. Seems funny to talk about defense in a 120 point/1200+ yard game, but Chris Shearin managed four solo tackles in the game.

 

[Patman]

His team is playing well.

James Madison up 53-21 in the first half. It is good to see a G5 school taking a so-called P4 school to the woodshed.

The greed in college football will ruin these types of matchups. Fans will walk when the big 2 will try to take all the money and be like NFL lite.

I don't ever want to hear anything about lopsided results again. UNC isn't supposed to be bad AFAIK

 

[Patman]

Maybe they don't let NIL determine who starts.

NIL was why our defense looked like shit?

 

[Steve UConn72]

Sarcasm lol. They’ve looked awful from the start

Joly with 3 catches for 72 yards in NC States 59-35 loss to Clemson. Not as "close" as score would indicate. State "won" the fourth quarter 21-0.

 

[KryHavok]

Maryland 38, Villanova 20.

Nova had like 50 total yards in the first half, how'd they put up 20 on Maryland?!?!

 

[Kembafan]

Our old pal Chesney is having James Madison playing well against UNC. They are up 25-21.

And he makes only $550k — about what our coordinators make. Their staff makes far less. So it’s not all about money.

 

[Kembafan]

Chesney might be on a Dan Hurley coaching trajectory. Many of us wanted him hired 3 years ago, but it is very possible he would not be interested in the UConn job anyway. UNC fans probably want to hire him tomorrow.

3 yrs ago I'm sure he would have. After a couple years killing it at JMU, he’ll be on to a P4 (or P2 job like Cignetti)

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I know. When I heard Ohio State spent $20M NIL on the current team, it is other clear the sport is on borrowed time. There is not even a salary cap on college football, which will only make the rich spending even more each year. It is not possible for 99% of college football to keep up.

Upsets and being alums of colleges are what make college football fun even though it is not as crazy as March madness. When you take that away, you take the fun away. At that point, people will just watch pro sports.

The greed will kill the sport. There is no way media will keep paying for something that's just NFL lite when we already have the NFL.

NFL has a salary cap and revenue sharing.

College football is going to have 70-14 games regularly in conference play in a few years. No one will be interested in that product.

 

[Patman]

NFL has a salary cap and revenue sharing.

College football is going to have 70-14 games regularly in conference play in a few years. No one will be interested in that product.

Counterpoint is that it is hard to assess high-school talent so we will always see variability

 

[LoyalFanCT]

our friends at Duke are doing a great job against Middle Tennessee

 

[CJasmer]

That is why I see a super college league for football of the top 40 teams. They can negotiate a salary cap per team/league which would have to agreed by the players. The reason they do not want to include all FBS teams is really only the top 40 generate all of the TV ratings and most of the stadium revenue.

 

[UConnJim]

NFL has a salary cap and revenue sharing.

College football is going to have 70-14 games regularly in conference play in a few years. No one will be interested in that product.

I was listening on Sirius to a few ex college football coaches talk and they all thought that you can't win consistently by heavily using the portal and using NIL to attract transfers. They thought that the core of your team has to be the development of HS players and then use the portal to fill a few holes.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Counterpoint is that it is hard to assess high-school talent so we will always see variability

Who needs to assess high school talent with the transfer portal? Ohio State will have a payroll between direct payments and NIL, of over $40 million a year. How many schools even want to compete with that?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I was listening on Sirius to a few ex college football coaches talk and they all thought that you can't win consistently by heavily using the portal and using NIL to attract transfers. They thought that the core of your team has to be the development of HS players and then use the portal to fill a few holes.

Edsall has a show on Sirius?

 

[UConnJim]

Who needs to assess high school talent with the transfer portal? Ohio State will have a payroll between direct payments and NIL, of over $40 million a year. How many schools even want to compete with that?

Serious question. Is there really that much of a difference between Ohio St.'s roster in 2024 than the roster in 2014 before NIL? And, is there a difference in the coaching staff? OSU's coaching staff in 2014 had Urban Meyer, Tom Herman as OC, and Luke Fickell as DC. And, if you think money creates winning, how come the Yankees have only won 1 World Series in the past 20 years? You have to spend money smartly and develop your own players which is not easy to do.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Serious question. Is there really that much of a difference between Ohio St.'s roster in 2024 than the roster in 2014 before NIL? And, is there a difference in the coaching staff? OSU's coaching staff in 2014 had Urban Meyer, Tom Herman as OC, and Luke Fickell as DC. And, if you think money creates winning, how come the Yankees have only won 1 World Series in the past 20 years? You have to spend money smartly and develop your own players which is not easy to do.

There is a $40 million/year of payroll difference. Do I really need to explain why that is a huge deal?

 

[CCSU97]

CCSU -21
UMass - 21

Halftime