Scholarship table
Rose Bowl CFP Semi Final moving to Dallas.
ND made it.Bama by 30
3-5 Nebraska ‘opts out’ of bowls.Uhhhh, OK...🤣
Wonder if the players’ parents will sue so they can play.
That’s fair. Dropping just far enough for the Bears to pick him up at 14.
Me thinks Fitz is on the move this offseason.
Here’s the challenge Collège Football has. Once upon a time, it was about rivalries and about fellowship among nearby schools. Notre Dame and Michigan, for example, got together for some football, allowing the alumni of the two schools to come together, talk some trash, drink and have some bratwurst in the parking lot before going inside.Same for Texas A&M/Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma or Texas, etc. Now, it’s about programming and national visibility. And, when Texas makes its decision about where it wants to go, if anywhere, it’s about the Texas brand and little else. Go to the SEC IF Texas will benefit by better recruiting and stronger financials. It’s a bonus that they’ll hope to regularly play Alabama.The fact that the A&M rivalry would be restored would be tangential to the decision. Sure, Texas would sell that in its decision, but it’s at best a tertiary factor to dollars and recruiting.If Texas were to join the Big 10, it would be about enhancing the BIG brand. One would hope if they did, the school would bring along Oklahoma State and Oklahoma and maybe even Iowa State. The four of them would be a nice get for the BIG because of their historical rivalries and the chance to see new rivalries emerge.But even that is far secondary to the Texas and BIG brand. What’s interesting to conjecture is what happens to a couple of historically interesting Big 8/12 whatever programs. Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, the Oklahomas and West Virginia all would need a home. Absent abandoning football (which Kansas should do) and joining the BEast, the best these guys could hope for is the AAC. I would imagine Iowa State could fit in the BIG nicely (if Iowa didn’t scream) but the rest of them bring relatively little dollar wise.
You are spot on the description of how things used to be. In the glory days of College Football, teams were only allowed on TV twice a year. So to see your team play you had to go the game. The local rivalries were covered in depth by Sports Illustrated and The local press . As such there was a great build up to the games. Even games that had no meaning at the end of the season were very well attended.
Sorry but college football games were not very well attended back in this time you are labeling the “glory days.” Attendance peaked in about 2014 or so and has been declining since. But it was way more than in the 70s or 80s.
New England QB Coach Jedd Fisch is the new U of Arizona Head Coach. (Good friends w/UA President Robert Robbins) San Jose St.'s Brent Brennan runner up.
Fisch hire is interesting. Been a lot of places but not for long and not very successful.
You mean after Brennan turned them down.
That was my thought as well. He’s losing the majority of his offense to graduation at SJSU, so you’d think he’d be ready to move. But if he was willing, no way you’d think that U of A would choose a journeyman over that.Like Fluffy said, he’s worked in a lot of decent places with good football people, but not super successful.I’ve seen a number of people up in arms about Antonio Pierce not getting the job, playing the white privilege card. But all that conveniently ignores his major lack of college coaching experience and he’s never even been a stand alone coordinator.