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Because Ewers couldn't hit a barn in the first quarter and was a little off after that. Most of the yards were due to some really good tough running by our receivers. And some of those easy passes were really high. He had a tendency to overthrow Saturday.

I've realized its best not to read them once the game starts.

Arch should have been in there. But don't criticize his body language. That's just Ewers. He was really rusty Saturday.

I hate seeing LHN fiction on the Texas board. Nobody had a clue the LHN would pay more than $3 million or so a year until November, 4 months after the Pac 16 blew up. And Fox was the favorite for the LHN. ESPN and Fox DID promise the Big 12 they would make a lot more and agreed to negotiate early. Fox gave the Big 12 a bonus before the new deal was even up. Fox went from $20 million to $90 million and eventually $100 million. ESPN didn't pay out right away but went in 2 years from $60 million to $100 million.

No quite sure how that happened. Too late to edit. But then it does represent the value of those games. A lot of nothing.

I don't see the need for FCS games. And its really ridiculous when Michigan, Penn St., Alabama and Georgia do it. I do agree they aren't ready for 12 P4 games. So maybe 9 conference games, 2 P4 games, 1 G5 game. But the 2 G5 and 1 FCS is overkill and leaves money on the table and abuses fans.

New proposal out there: https://sports.yahoo.com/while-sec-and-big-ten-leaders-mull-major-changes-a-new-super-league-concept-looms-that-could-radically-alter-college-sports-130031534.html "...As SEC and Big Ten leaders prepare to meet Wednesday and Thursday in Nashville for a historic summit of the industry’s two powers, there is an unreported undercurrent driving the discussion: Project Rudy. Spearheaded by former Disney executives-turned-investment professionals, Project Rudy is a super league-esque concept — separate and more simplified than the one made public last week — that incorporates football programs of the four power conferences in a 70-team structure. The model preserves the four power conferences, expands the postseason, overhauls scheduling, tiers revenue distribution and, most importantly, infuses as much as $9 billion of private capital cash into the system. The architects behind the model work for Smash Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Representatives from Smash Capital declined to comment when reached last week, but their concepts are outlined in a 14-slide presentation obtained by Yahoo Sports. Over the last four months, athletic directors at more than 25 power conference programs have seen the presentation, many of them in person during meetings with Smash Capital representatives.... Project Rudy is built on two somewhat simple concepts to increase revenue from television networks and corporate sponsors. (1) Arrange more games between power conference programs by eliminating all games against Group of Five and FCS opponents; expanding the playoffs; and pitting blue-blood powers more often against one another. (2) Consolidate the media rights of the 70 schools under one agreement, instead of the current structure of five different packages (one for each power league and Notre Dame)...."

Ohio St. and Oregon play this weekend.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/07/college-athlete-settlement/ House settlement approved with minor changes.

App St. is 2-3 right now. Georgia Southern hasn't been rolling over everyone once they got settled in FBS. Its not clear how good these schools are going to be in the long run. Louisiana Monroe knocked off some people in their early years. Then they took a nose dive (although they have started off well this year). The Montanas and Dakotas most likely are going to be nothing better than another Wyoming in the long run. MWC doesn't need that.

Wyoming, and in 2025 Delaware, are the only states with FBS programs who have less than 1.4 million people. Hawaii, #40 has 1.4 million. WV, #39 has 1.8 million. Montana is #43 with 1.1 million. And Montana and the Dakotas have their states split between major schools, unlike HI, WV, DE and WY. Montana, Idaho, NDSU, SDSU, UND and USD are all very small for FBS with around 12k students or less. Montana St. has 17k, but that still is smaller than typical for FBS. I don't think it makes sense to maybe be a Wyoming in FBS instead of one of the tops in FCS.

I've never seen 3 OPIs against one team in a game. But the refs called 3 against UGA. One was phantom. Other two were grey.

And some seem to be getting paid by gamblers.

Saw someone say McMurphy said on 365 that Texas St. was on the back burner for the Pac. They were focusing on other schools. https://www.courant.com/2024/10/01/source-uconn-wont-join-pac-12-doesnt-consider-conference-the-right-fit/?share=tcjnnrr2onohtnon1di0 Hartford paper says UConn has closed the door on the PAC.

https://themw.com/ UTEP to MWC is official.

https://pac-12.com/ Gonzaga is official. On the website.

Yes. And not only that, they both did it on Tuesday.

https://www.hubcityspokes.com/college-sports-local-content-collegeuniversities-local-sports-sports-state-sports-usm-golden-48 Saw this elsewhere. 90% Texas St. is going to leave Sun Belt and likely to MWC. Also Thamel says UTEP/MWC talks are serious and have mutual interest. The thing for the MWC to do is just invite Texas St., UTEP, New Mexico St. and force the Pac to settle for Sam Houston St.

Yeah. He's dating one of those blonde basketball twins from Miami. Maybe the chick and the Lambo have gone to his head. https://blacksportsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cavinder-Twins1.jpeg

It was a good play. It was poor play by the receiver. He seemed to have lost the ball. It should have been a reception or incomplete, but he didn't really challenge the defender.

Well the Big 10 has 18, Big 12 has 16, Pac 12 has 7 and who knows how many the Atlantic 10 has this week. Math is failing at our higher education institutions!

There's been some discussion of Illinois St. SIU has problems, like a lot of the MAC schools but worse. Their enrollment has dropped about 50% over the past 20 years or so.

They made a big mistake not killing off the Sun Belt 10 years ago by piecemealing it. Then a couple of years ago they could have killed off CUSA. Instead, the G5 just keeps adding more FCS schools competing for recruits and exposure.