Week 4 NCAA Football

[huskymedic]

 

[CJasmer]

UConn has been a mediocre team at times too (but look what is happening now) I say give them a chance.

Should you not wait to start seeing UConn have a success.

 

[Vowelguy]

Memphis loses to Navy

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Vowelguy]

No Ill loses to Buffalo in OT

 

[Vowelguy]

Penn St has 1st and goal with 1:25 left up 49-0.

Do they take a knee? Of course not.

Stay classy James Franklin.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Vowelguy]

Utah nearly blows a 22-3 lead but hangs on over ok st

 

[CCSUblue]

It would be great if Central could upgrade to something like the MAC

Central is a middle of the pack NEC team...not a CAA team. You keep saying things like this but you clearly don't understand any thing about the university.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Central is a middle of the pack NEC team...not a CAA team. You keep saying things like this but you clearly don't understand any thing about the university.

UConn was a lousy team for a long time, now they are winning games

 

[Vowelguy]

FSU struggling with Cal

 

[CCSU97]

Central is a middle of the pack NEC team...not a CAA team. You keep saying things like this but you clearly don't understand any thing about the university.

Yep, you are 100% right.

CCSU simply needs to increase its total athletics budget from about $17M to $22M and aspire to be a mid-level America East/CAA Football program instead of a lowly NEC member.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Well Colorado game just got interesting.

 

[gsmooth]

Well Colorado game just got interesting.

Yes it did

 

[huskymedic]

Well Colorado game just got interesting.

 

[Chin Diesel]

A field storming while final play is under review??!!!
A fumble through the end zone to end a game? When was last time that happened??

Bananas!!

 

[JMick]

What a way to lose. Hail Mary and fumble at the goal line in OT.

 

[JMick]

Also lol at a field storming over an unranked win? Tearing down the goal posts?

 

[gsmooth]

What a way to lose. Hail Mary and fumble at the goal line in OT.

Yeah that was a punch to the guts. No actually it was a kick to the nuts to lose that game in that fashion.

 

[uconnyankee]

That's why when I looked at the live score of the JMU-North Carolina game I got an uneasy feeling like missing out on a stock I could have purchased at a low price. Although I don't get into too many debates on the BoneYard, I did push back on people that stated UConn's lack of money is why football is so bad, which I think is BS. They should never have been historically bad like they have been for some of the years between 2012-2023 (i.e. 2017, 2018, etc.) Sure, UConn does not have a conference that the G5 schools do, but they have more money and brand recognition. There are schools doing far more with much less money and definitely less brand recognition.

JMU has some decent fb history, is a football school, and has been a top FCS school for some time.

 

[Rich]

FSU struggling with Cal

Cal is salty

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I understand the payroll difference, but the talent between the 2 rosters is similar. And, they had the #3 recruiting class in 2014 and the #5 recruiting class in 2024. The money is only keeping them in their position in college football.

A few differences that fall under two big headings:

1) Recruiting classes will be much less relevant going forward with the transfer portal. Coaches have blown it on recruiting classes over the years (Mack Brown could hold clinics on it during his time at Texas), but the transfer portal is much lower risk. A staff can bring in an experienced player that can play now, rather than have to project a 17 year old kid out 3 or 4 years. Where would you rather spend your money?
2) In 2014, the experience for a star player was not that much different at tOSU than it was at Georgia Tech or even Boise State. Players would pick their school on several factors, including how good a team was projected to be, playing time available, and the coach. Going forward, money is #1, #2 and #3. Everything else is secondary or tertiary. The schools that have the money to spend will dominate with the top talent, and with the bench players. Top schools will be able to pay preferred walkons more than they would make starting at other schools.


Unless there is revenue sharing or a salary cap, the difference between the top schools and even the schools just outside the top is going to be massive.

This problem will be much worse for football because the rosters are so big and so many players contribute every game.

 

[AllHusky]

Back in Nebraskas heyday with Tom Osborne, there were no roster limits and scholarship limits were higher, if not non existent. They had a system whereby they stockpiled kids first at their regional campuses and then on the rosters, I think 150 rings a bell. They were able to keep the talent away from you and I, and somehow, the $$ worked out for the kids to make that decision. You(Nelson) are describing a similar effect, but with alot more money. Back then, there was more money than we knew, but hidden.