Recent content by disco

Wasn't Mike Leach a Mormon?

Then it just goes back to bag men.

Is there a whale with serious ties to the U?

Like a bunch of people have said, I'd be a lot more upset had he left before this season. But I wasn't all that impressed with his performance this season. If he's making the money he allegedly is here, he didn't earn it. And I get Coney's bit on Twitter is a proud Gopher alum, but honestly, I...

JMU scored just a few more points than TT. As such, they also deserved to be in.

It's not just compensation, though for the top tier it is. It's also that collective bargaining could/would reduce the other major thing the players have now. Unlimited free agency - something none of the major pro leagues have.

True on the rabid, unhinged fan bases (though Texas Tech is a Big12 school). But the B1G has a lot more alumni, with a lot more money than pretty much any southern school outside the state of Texas, or maybe UGA. Someone posted that Ohio State literally has three times the number of living...

Bold is 100% true. You are an outlier (and that's a good thing BTW!) but a lot of fandom is passed down generationally.

Do you really believe this is enforced?

This isn't the reason people care at all. It's tradition. Plain and simple. People care because that fandom has been passed down for generations. It's the exact same reason that virtually all startup professional leagues fail no matter the level of skilled players. People are loyal to their...

I'm aware of that, but they should probably be a D3. Their overall athletic program seems more to fit the UMAC than the NSIC.

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If someone is willing to give him the cash, yes. There's no cap in college football, at least yet. There are a number of guys making way more in college than they would as an NFL rookie.

It's not an official classification. All the conferences are D1 football bowl subdivision. The P4/G5-6 is a media creation.