TheColonyEagle

They did. And they didn’t. But the ref made a horrible call

Horrible call

Lorient a monster night

“Temple won’t go away” seriously

Didn’t want to start another NIL thread. but here’s some insight from our conference:

“kids” kids are 10 years old not the same age as their peers going to war THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED They had this little protective blanketed world that evidently sucked for them. They wanted to be paid! I’m all about it. But don’t whine about the world turning into what they wanted. Want to be a free agent and get that bag? You gotta deal with this. If you don’t want to be taken advantage of…. Be smarter. I don’t know what to tell you. These agents aren’t doing anything illegal. we seem to want it to both ways. Why are we treating all of these 19-20 year old ADULTS like little babies. Go get paid! I’m all about it. I really am. I think they should get paid. But What are we supposed to do? Put more rules in? They didn’t like the rules. The rules were oppressive. Holding them back. So put your big boy pants on and tell these snakes to F off. Protect yourself. You’re on your own now. Act like it. You know how agents stop charging 20%? When there’s no demand for their services. Until then…..

So don’t hire him or other agents. What am I missing…..

I used to think that all things equal, we would be on SMU's level....but everything changed when money could buy success. And they have the money. Pretty simple. They got a few rich people that can put them on par with big programs. We don't. In today's world, there is an amount of money that can overcome all the substance that it used to take. We need to move on... Let them buy it all. SMU fans posting on here....move on man. We can't hang. That's fine.

all true. The only thing SMU has going for them is they have unlimited funds....if they can buy enough talent and keep themselves relevant they may have a chance but it's probably too late.... UH is basically Cincy...they don't have unlimited funds

That's why I wouldn't get too comfortable in the ACC....not even in the Big 12 the real world ranking is: SEC / Big 10 Big 12 ACC G5 If Clemson and Florida St get what they want and get to the SEC the ACC will go the way of the Pac 12. Even within the P4, it's really the P2. Ohio State and Georgia don't care about Boston College and Cincy, etc. (or SMU and UH...sorry but it's true) There's a top 60 or so now. They want it to be the top 30 or so.

Of all the Littrell issues.....how he handled Jason Bean will always be a mystery to me...

I didn’t say it was betrayal. I just don’t want to hear about kids “not showing loyalty” to a school when that school will always look to replace them if something they think is better comes along. it works both ways. That’s all I was saying.

So here’s the other side of the “no loyalty in this era” coin. Here’s a kid that has been waiting since 9th grade. Put the work in. Made it to QB2. Never got a shot to play during the season even though our starter was obviously injured. Now he gets his shot and proves himself x 1000 But what does he get to see? Watches his head coach go out and get the sexy new toy to come in here from Miami. Is he going to get a shot to compete for the job? How much $$ is the new kid getting to come here? Were promises made? The HC didn’t show the QB he had any loyalty. He looked for a bigger better deal. And that’s just “a business decision” So It goes both ways. **and before you say it, I know he got the Miami kid before the bowl but he’s seen him every week all season. Even said he could see him playing for a long time.

In today’s world, we don’t have a 3rd year program/coach. We had 77 new players this year. We’ll have a lot of new players next year at key positions. Instead of a 3rd year coach, we’ll have our 3rd, 1st year coach. It’s going to be that way every year. If he comes back next year, we will have our 4th, 1st year coach. How could it be otherwise with such turnover on our roster every year. I’m not being negative about it. But it’s a fact. Hopefully he brings in the right combination next year and they’re a lot better than the combination we had this year.

I just think it would be cool to play for a national championship

So then stay where we are....no coverage. Break off, no coverage. What do we do then? We're never going to get in that playoff. After next season, no G5 will. So what's the point?

No one watches the Bowl game either....yet there they are. Given the numbers in the G5s and the markets we're in, I would think more eyeballs would be available for a G5 playoff vs FCS.

Pretty sure the auto bid is going to go away after 2026 anyway.

Good grief...we opened as 9 point underdogs and it's grown to 14.5

Good article...and just makes the future for G5s trying to fit into this new world that much more bleak. We talk about NIL but the scholarships increasing to 105 is another thing. Per the article, nearly 1400 new scholarships available at P4s. Last year 1/3 of the G5 to P4 transfers were all conference. This is suicide for G5s to try to stay in this world.... I don't understand why they can't replace these meaningless bowls which no one watches and no one attends with a playoff and national championship for our level. Surely ESPN would make more money off that than the "Frank's Car Wash" Bowl. The G5s just need to do it. And if the San Diego States of the world want to say "we don't care about G5, we care about the big playoff" then go for it and bankrupt your school trying to be at the cool kids table.

"You don't have any time to develop players anymore," Kill said. "If he's good, he's going to leave. If he's not playing, he's going to leave. To build a team at this level, you've got two years."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulweinstein/2023/08/28/administrative-bloat-at-us-colleges-is-skyrocketing/

Maybe I need to read the article again... Is that saying with revenue sharing coming online there will be a limit to what NIL Collectives can pay? That article seems to suggest that the big money will level out. How is that?

Look, as for SMU….they’re 30 minutes down the road. You can say “why are we talking about them” they’re in the top 12 playoff. We have to get over it. We’re college football fans. Of course SMU being in the playoff is going to be discussed. But as for their performance….it was expected. They got super lucky with their schedule this year. Just like Indiana. If you plugged Memphis or Tulane in their spot, they would’ve done the same thing. Their QB is no better than most QBs we faced in the AAC this year. Our QB was as good as him. That’s just the truth. so they were a really good AAC team this year that got a super lucky schedule in a bad conference. I don’t hold anything against them for that. BUT We can’t really discuss them for much longer because the current college landscape is set up to make them a national powerhouse. They have a good coach. He is. And he got them in the national discussion. And they can take that with their money and go on an unbelievable run. Their QB won’t be here next year. Of course he won’t. They’ll pay a better one. Their NIL will dwarf every team in the ACC. I would bet their NIL will be top 10 in the country. Maybe top 5. They’ll have more $$ available than Bama. Arguably UT. What do they need? 4 star DE? 3 top OL? QB? 2 WR? There’s no cap to what they can pay. So we have to move on from SMU. They will be in the playoff a lot. So of course we’ll talk about them because they’ll be in the playoff. But we have to get over it. Are they scum bags? Yes. Of course. They have too much money and they will win. The landscape has changed. And they will succeed because they can pay. We have to hope we break off and do our own thing

On the surface, this seems bad for HS grads. Really good for P4s. If you are a HS senior, your chances of playing D1...baseball especially, out of HS is severely diminished. A D1 baseball coach has way better options now than taking a chance on a HS kid. The whole model has changed and it effects all sports. Think about football. The days of recruiting a kid and developing him are over. Saw in another thread about our incoming QB from Miami. Someone asked (and it's a good question): "if he was the back up, the Heisman candidate starter just left. Isn't it his job? Why would he leave?" Because that coach doesn't care about him. He's scouring the transfer portal looking for his next Cam Ward. (just like he did with the real Cam Ward). Chances are the Miami staff is looking for a bigger, better deal. If you're a D1 baseball or basketball coach, the talent pool of 21 year old, developed, experienced players just opened up. HS kids are going to get pushed out. The transfer portal is going to get crazier to. College players are going to be used, moved, basically traded... With NIL, players are going to stay in college longer too. Saw something the other day: Every SEC starting QB makes more $$ than Brock Purdy, a Superbowl starting 3rd year NFL QB.