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TheBryMan81

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  1. You know what, I agree with you!! In fact, any returning starter should just sit out the bowl practices too! Way too much risk. Don't these coaches know that Baxter got hurt during a practice??! A practice??! Nope, too much risk, don't let the starters practice either. They should just play EA CFB on PS5 against Michigan to try and simulate live reps. It's the only smart business decision.
  2. As long as there are school payouts and conference-shared payouts, this will definitely not happen. Notre Dame is trying to make a point and doesn't have a conference to come down on them. KSU's head coach is coaching another team through the playoffs. This has been a thing since, what, Christian McCaffrey? Players going to the draft will continue to opt out, but this isn't going to matter until a fully healthy, non transfer portal, returning starter is held out of a bowl game. It's not going to happen because players can only get so much better in practice. Players get exponentially better with in game reps.
  3. Well have I got some news for you.
  4. They were already out, trying to play their way in. They didn't lose a playoff spot. Being ranked 11 meant they were already getting left out for the 4th and 5th conference champion.
  5. So does the FCS. In men's basketball, women's basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball etc etc etc, if you win your conference tournament, you get into the NCAA tournament. So let's give them a spot in football too!! Maybe you didn't read my last post, but I agree with you. I said, if you have an athletic league that awards a championship (i.e. the FBS) then every team in that league should be able to say at the beginning of the season, "If we take care of business, then we have a shot to win the championship" The problem is that, thanks to NIL/transfer portal/P4 power distribution, we are quickly approaching a landscape, if we haven't already arrived at it, where the best G5 team from here on out might win one playoff game, but it'll be almost impossible to win 2. Let alone win 4 playoff games to win a championship. Boise St and Utah 20-25 years ago are probably the only two in modern history that might have had a chance even in the previous landscape. So now you're leaving out a team at 11/12 that actually could win 4 in a row. And why? To give a decent G5 team a token spot where they are going to be overmatched 99.9% of the time. So why not let G5 have their own spotlight? If they have their own playoffs and their own championship, now it goes from 1 team having to go undefeated to 5-6 conference champions having a chance to win a championship in their own weight class. Football is not like basketball or baseball or softball, where one great player or a very disciplined and technical team can go on a run and knock out higher seed teams. Let G5 football actually shine and be recognized separate from the P4.
  6. Honestly, I bet a G5 playoff would honestly make some viewership money. The FCS playoffs get plenty of coverage. Have G5 playoff games on weekdays during bowl season. People will watch. If you want to incorporate bowls, play the playoff game at the bowl site nearest the higher seed or something.
  7. I think G5 should have their own subdivision and their own playoffs. A few years ago I was a fan of including a G5 team. I think that if you are a part of a league, every team in that league, at the start of the season, should be able to say, if we take care of business, we can play for a national championship. We've seen Boise St as a top 5 team, App State beat Michigan and A&M, Troy beat LSU. But the reality is, in today's landscape of NIL, transfer portal, and talent distribution across more P4 schools, the best any G5 school can hope for is to maybe pull off a round 1 upset. Maybe once a decade. But there's no way they have a chance to make it all the way to the final. So give their season some actual purpose. Let there be a G5 playoff and a G5 national champion. If Division 1 can be split into FBS/FCS, there's no reason why FBS can't be split into P4 /G5.
  8. If the committee left them at 11 they'd still be out because of ACC and G5 champion taking their spot. Committee doesn't HAVE to drop them any. Even if they should.
  9. Honestly, I think this national uproar is down to lack of committee communication. Their chair SUCKS at explaining reasoning. If he came out and straight up said, "Well, we compared Texas to the two loss teams such as Miami, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Alabama and we feel that the Florida loss is one of the worst losses of the group even discounting Ohio State and their inconsistency has really held them back. Bama also has a bad loss but finished ahead of them in conference." I honestly don't think there would be that many people today that would be that upset. We might disagree with their reasoning, but if the communication was there, then I think there would be less uproar. And having Notre Dame above Miami has pretty much killed all of their credibility.
  10. Absolutely. Bama doesn't have that bad of a loss on its resume, right?
  11. 7th sack ends up in a scoop and score for JMU. If it wasn't over before, it certainly is now
  12. Their coach literally said it in the sideline interview too. "Where do you think points are with this offense?" "I think we can get points with the QB run"
  13. That's likely the game with that JMU touchdown. Troy got two turnovers in plus territory, 0 points out of them (might have been 3 and out both times)
  14. I know Troy was the underdog here, but gosh just competent offense and we could be winning this game. As a fan, it's incredibly frustrating, especially since the head coach is an offensive guy
  15. That's not a very high bar. Hell, I probably have more money than they have brains.
  16. Troy offense stumbles again, run game getting blown up
  17. Troy defense gets lucky to get the turnover on downs. Wide receiver sat short of the sticks, was open, bad throw means he had to go down to get it and he ends up on the ground short of the sticks. Let's see if the offense can get the ball moving
  18. He missed several games this year with a broken collarbone. Backup played decently well in his absence. Threw for 450 against Texas State. He can certainly play well enough to win this game if the o line can give him time
  19. Love the JMU coach straight up talking game plan in the sideline interview. "I think the QB run game can score some points. If they bring their safeties down, watch him pull the ball or we might throw in a double move"
  20. He's normally a very very reliable kicker. Bad time to miss one
  21. Thanks I was looking for this thread and somehow scrolled right past it
  22. Troy missed the field goal.... Forced a fumble on the next drive. Defense is keeping them in this game. Offense has given up 5 sacks so far. Troy has one play on 3rd and passing distance: back shoulder fade. I think it's worked once. No creativity on offense so far and it's going to keep them from getting this upset. And starting QB just got hurt... Backup played several games this year though.
  23. Troy down 17-14, just got a pick in JMU territory.
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