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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 17, 2024 9:16:37 GMT -6
I do agree baseball and other non revenue sports have made good sense for the MAC. Relatively low cost, allows us to compete with big schools without embarrassment, good MAC competition.
Explain how this makes sense from a cost-benefits perspective? The people who benefit aren't the people paying the cost. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 16, 2024 8:39:27 GMT -6
I think you all realize this, but has it occurred to you NIU's situation is, in fact, the light at the end of the MAC tunnel? The pot of gold at the end of the MAC rainbow? This would be a best case scenario if BSU "INVESTS" in football and manages to have consistent success in the MAC, like NIU has. NIU has reached the point that BSU football supporters want to strive for and.....it sucks. When your current reality sucks and loses a ton of money, and your best case future dream scenario sucks and loses a ton of money, maybe you need to ask yourself just what the f--- you are doing. Disagree. The pot of gold at the end of the MAC rainbow for me is winning conference championships. Whether we do it in FBS, FCS, D2, or D3 isn't super relevant to me. And winning conference championships, to me, is not a stepping stone to get into a better conference. If I had any power to control any of this I would abolish all taxpayer-funded schooling. But since I don't, I'll root for conference championships. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 16, 2024 8:32:30 GMT -6
Cards are a 26.5 dog and over/under of 58.5. Prediction of 45-10. I don't think we cover the spread but Vandy gives us mercy on the total score by playing the subs in 4Q. I love your optimism to think that Vandy's subs won't run the score up on us. I'm pretty sure if you put me out there with a go-route on every play I could score at least one TD. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 15, 2024 19:40:13 GMT -6
NIU brings no fans to away games & doesn't draw at home either. It's men's basketball program is annually one of the worst as is it's baseball program which it would like to drop.Yes, they went to the Cotton Bowl & this year beat Notre Dame. Maybe I'm wrong & most other MAC programs want them to stay to play them in football. But I remember them leaving before & within 5 years wanting back in the MAC. The Mtn West is not the current PAC 8 or the Big 12. They will not be getting 5 million a yr from ESPN to be on TV. I don't see FB fans staying up to watch NIU play Hawaii at midnight EST nor even Hawaii fans getting up at 9 am to see them play NIU. They will not be getting more Air Force, New Mexico, UTEP & Wyoming fans to DeKalb than they were BSU, WMU,CMU & Toledo fans now.Nor will those teams bring out more NIU fans.But the big problem is no one will care to watch them on TV other than some guys betting on the game.Whatever money they get from ESPN in the first deal is more than that conference will garner in the next contract. I have been to Laramie,El Paso,Logan, & live in Colorado Springs they are not big college FB towns more like the MAC. AF practically gives away tickets for FB now other than Navy/Army. NIU will be a $5 ticket given at King Soopers (Kroger) with a $50 purchase. I went in a King Soopers in downtown Denver last month and it was exactly like my local Kroger here in Indy except for the 8 security guards patrolling the store. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 14, 2024 7:33:52 GMT -6
If I'm the opposing coach I'm just throwing bombs all day long. Against most teams that would be high-risk high-reward. Against us it's just a gold mine.
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Kent
Oct 14, 2024 7:31:10 GMT -6
Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 14, 2024 7:31:10 GMT -6
but adds in the old plit bed decission while driving My thoughts exactly. |
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Kent
Oct 14, 2024 5:40:44 GMT -6
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 14, 2024 5:40:44 GMT -6
Thinking about this yesterday I noticed some parallels between the Kent game and the Mo State game. Both were games where we held what should have been a safe lead, and both of them ended with the opponent doing whatever they wanted on offense to make it a game.
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Kent
Oct 12, 2024 19:48:25 GMT -6
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 12, 2024 19:48:25 GMT -6
Just watched. What an embarrassment.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 12, 2024 8:49:51 GMT -6
Oh, him?
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 9, 2024 9:29:03 GMT -6
With the direction that FBS football is taking and the “money disparity” between Haves and Have Nots, I’d be shocked to see those calibre of potential candidates willing to take on a bottom 130 program in a bottom FBS conference I'd love to be the next Urban Meyer's stepping stone on his way up the mountain. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 7, 2024 7:30:14 GMT -6
The amazing thing to me is Neu is the first coach I think I've ever encountered whose big flaw was his assistant coaches. I'd put Lembo in that boat. Lembo came here with a fully formed staff and hit the ground running. His coordinators moved on and he declined. I view HC of a football team like a CEO. It's your job to provide high level direction and put the right people in the right places. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 3, 2024 9:58:47 GMT -6
Tarleton is a college? I thought it was a cigarette brand. I thought he was the bad guy from the Battle of Cowpens. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Oct 2, 2024 7:39:01 GMT -6
You might think they'd name the 5 teams committed. If they had a good plan... Maybe they only have a concept of a plan. I had the notion of a concept of a plan once, but it fell through. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Sept 28, 2024 16:02:00 GMT -6
I don’t even really care anymore. I used to make this a priority every Saturday. Today I waited until it was over and fast forwarded through just about all of it.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Sept 26, 2024 13:18:38 GMT -6
Yes, when I see a business selling products to eager customers I get pissed off too. Who the hell do they think they are producing goods others want and are willing to pay for? amazed= pissed off? Uh-oh. Guess I need to check the dictionary before using that word again. You were amazed that adults fell for it. You were pissed off that businesses would pull that type of crap. Don't stoop to 00 tactics. |
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