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According to ESPN bowl projections, we may be playing our last game on Friday. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30510248/college-football-bowl-projections-week-15
Yep.I dont know how those two guys keep getting a paycheck... A couple of week ago they didn't have Indiana in a bowl game (they certainly will be) and now they dont have MU in a bowl game (we certainly will be).
So if I'm reading this right, we will place 7 teams in bowls this season?
What are the chances we “opt out” of a bowl? I have heard many times how the team has been on campus since May without trips home to see family. Could they just say after the game Friday that they are done and get to go home for Christmas?
I can’t say I’d blame them. The bowls have lost their fun component this year.
Zero. Doc said on Metronews that we'd know our opponent in the coming days.What are the chances we “opt out” of a bowl? I have heard many times how the team has been on campus since May without trips home to see family. Could they just say after the game Friday that they are done and get to go home for Christmas?
I can’t say I’d blame them. The bowls have lost their fun component this year.
The Ole Miss and BYU games were well attended. Better than our current bowls for the most part.Remember the "glory days" in the lowly MAC? When you had to win the conference championship to go to a ginned up bowl game in frozen Detroit (actually the charmless suburb of Pontiac). Before Christmas, in a 90% empty stadium. Everybody else stayed home. Wasn't that just lovely?
There is ZERO POINT ZERO chance MU plays its last game on Friday, win or lose. The rotten superfan turned inward minority can complain about anything.
There is ZERO POINT ZERO chance MU plays its last game on Friday, win or lose.
Sam - not to split hairs, but the ‘97 GMAC vs Ole’ Miss was played on 12/26.....Remember the "glory days" in the lowly MAC? When you had to win the conference championship to go to a ginned up bowl game in frozen Detroit (actually the charmless suburb of Pontiac). Before Christmas, in a 90% empty stadium. Everybody else stayed home. Wasn't that just lovely?
There is ZERO POINT ZERO chance MU plays its last game on Friday, win or lose. The rotten superfan turned inward minority can complain about anything.
The Ole Miss and BYU games were well attended.
Splitting more hairs....Sam - not to split hairs, but the ‘97 GMAC vs Ole’ Miss was played on 12/26.....
Sam I was at the 97 game. It had at least 50,000Define "well attended". They GAVE tickets away to sailors, soldiers, cops, firemen, boy scouts, and anybody else and still 90% of the seats were empty. The game had zero impact on the Detroit sports fan.
Understand what the lowly MAC was just before we got there. It and the long forgotten Big West had a special waiver from the NCAA to play in a ginned up bowl game for one-third of the otherwise minimum payout, in Fresno, which worked out to be vs. Fresno 4 years out of 5. The NCAA was looking to force the lowly MAC into I-AA and they got this, only slightly less ginned up Detroit bowl to try to stay in I-A, along with things like counting every student ticket as used when virtually none were, and asking boosters to buy, and shred, unsellable tickets.
BP took Southern speed and ran circles around the Future Phys Ed Teachers of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. But do not confuse that era with today.
Who cares how the tix were distributed. Most bowls give away gobs of tickets. I was at both, were you? Both had crowds of 30K or more I would say. The stadium looked good considering how large it was. Granted the weather sucked and Detroit/Pontiac isn't my ideal locale but those two bowls were great for Marshall and our fans traveled well.Define "well attended". They GAVE tickets away to sailors, soldiers, cops, firemen, boy scouts, and anybody else and still 90% of the seats were empty. The game had zero impact on the Detroit sports fan.
Understand what the lowly MAC was just before we got there. It and the long forgotten Big West had a special waiver from the NCAA to play in a ginned up bowl game for one-third of the otherwise minimum payout, in Fresno, which worked out to be vs. Fresno 4 years out of 5. The NCAA was looking to force the lowly MAC into I-AA and they got this, only slightly less ginned up Detroit bowl to try to stay in I-A, along with things like counting every student ticket as used when virtually none were, and asking boosters to buy, and shred, unsellable tickets.
BP took Southern speed and ran circles around the Future Phys Ed Teachers of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. But do not confuse that era with today.
You are correct. The CB had an announced attendance of over 43,000. I was also there and I promise anyone that those numbers were not inflated.Who cares how the tix were distributed. Most bowls give away gobs of tickets. I was at both, were you? Both had crowds of 30K or more I would say. The stadium looked good considering how large it was. Granted the weather sucked and Detroit/Pontiac isn't my ideal locale but those two bowls were great for Marshall and our fans traveled well.
thought you might like thisWho cares how the tix were distributed. Most bowls give away gobs of tickets. I was at both, were you? Both had crowds of 30K or more I would say. The stadium looked good considering how large it was. Granted the weather sucked and Detroit/Pontiac isn't my ideal locale but those two bowls were great for Marshall and our fans traveled well.
Have you ever compared the educational credentials at MAC schools, versus say, those of Marshall? Just curious to know if you happen to know how they matchup.BP took Southern speed and ran circles around the Future Phys Ed Teachers of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. But do not confuse that era with today.
Thanks. Remember it well. Good stuff
Most schools in the MAC share a similar profile with Marshall.Have you ever compared the educational credentials at MAC schools, versus say, those of Marshall? Just curious to know if you happen to know how they matchup.
I think his point about Physical Ed teachers may have been that BP and Miss might have caused some coaches to lose their jobs, not so much about Ed credentials.
With so many P-5 schools opting out of bowl participation, that could mean some of the better bowls would be open to take Marshall, assuming we can get by UAB on Friday. Would be nice to play against a large school in a bowl this year. I think we could compete.
I'm not "tossing shade" at the academic side of the MAC. I very well know where each school is in academic terms. If academics = football then MIT would be national champions.Based on your ratings, then Sam's continual tossing of shade against MAC schools is pretty much the equivalent of a meth addict making fun of a heroin addict.
Still likely positioned better than CDOA. Thanks Judy!I'm not "tossing shade" at the academic side of the MAC. I very well know where each school is in academic terms. If academics = football then MIT would be national champions.
I'm just outlining where the lowly MAC was before, during, and after MU got there in football. And, when the ESPN contract, signed in a different era, runs out, where the MAC will be.
LOL! Marshall sports have not been for me since 1969. Sam, do you really feel CUSA has solid leaderhsip? That's not a smart ass question, being very serious.I could point you towards USA Today's tremendous database on college sports financing, and teach you just how subsidized the lowly MAC, even with the bygone era's ESPN contract. Or to the great HBO Real Sports feature on the lowly MAC and the current and coming student revolt over paying fees for sports they have no interest in.
But why bother. If you really believe our conference is "DOA", they, clearly Marshall sports are not for you. Nothing that happens will ever suit. Nothing that happens will be an accomplishment. It is just not you thing. Move on.
I could point you towards USA Today's tremendous database on college sports financing, and teach you just how subsidized the lowly MAC, even with the bygone era's ESPN contract. Or to the great HBO Real Sports feature on the lowly MAC and the current and coming student revolt over paying fees for sports they have no interest in.
But why bother. If you really believe our conference is "DOA", they, clearly Marshall sports are not for you. Nothing that happens will ever suit. Nothing that happens will be an accomplishment. It is just not you thing. Move on.