TheColonyEagle

So here we go. Another chance to move the national perception needle. Hope we can move it. Excited for this game.

I guess I would ask if the customers these companies/corporations serve have adjusted their expectations/demands as well...

Haven’t seen this mentioned, but once again…… We started the season out pretty well. Got some local and national attention, to the point we were a trendy pick. “Tech better watch out!” Reece Davis on ESPN Game Day picked us as his “superdog”. We were starting to turn a corner regarding perception. And not only do we get beat, we got absolutely destroyed on national TV. Outclassed, out coached, out played and embarrassed. We were taking a few steps forward only to get hit in the face ONCE AGAIN and get launched back to what many think is our rightful place. How many people paying attention to our game vs TTech didn’t even bother to look at the schedule to see our next games much less make plans to show up. This probably happened about halfway through the 2nd quarter of that game. We are in a situation where we have no room for error. When you’re in this situation, no amount of marketing can overcome getting embarrassed like we were in Lubbock. We had our chance. Blew it. so this comment from the article: “He’s held up his end of the bargain.” depends on the lens we use and the standard we apply. if we use the standard of “holy crap it’s a miracle we’re 4-1 and we never do this” then Yes, he’s held up his end of the bargain. And yes. This start is the exception not the norm. But if we want the casual fans to show up, that standard won’t work. So if we use the standard of “we need to be ranked or pushing the top 25 and knocking on the door of the playoff. Getting national attention getting national credibility” which WILL get the casual fan to show up, then Eric Morris’s performance in Lubbock means he did NOT hold up his end of the bargain. The coach at UNT, whoever it is, cannot have it both ways.

Interesting debate (I guess) not sure how this took a dive into “beating kids” but this is gomeangreen However what I took out of this article was more of a problem with colleges…..from the point of view of companies that are supposed to be using them to bring in talent. Seems they’re not providing suitable employees for corporations. To the point where these companies just can’t do anything with them so they’re firing them. If this trend continues or gets worse….what does that do the value of a degree? Going back up stream: if it truly is a problem with the kids themselves, seems companies are starting to weed out the poor performers so do colleges start increasing their standards, holding students accountable? Teaching them what it takes to succeed? Or will they just keep taking in all that money and building the nice buildings while churning out an unsatisfactory product. Are they going to develop these kids so they’re providing suitable employees for the companies that want their “talent?” This trend seems unsustainable…..

That UTSA win for TX State doesn’t look so great now

Don’t disagree

Seriously... More recently, since joining the Sun Belt in 2013, they are a .338 football team. They have three 10 loss and three 9 loss seasons in that span. They've averaged FOUR WINS PER SEASON since 2013.

So college keeps getting more and more expensive while the product they're supposed to be providing is getting worse and worse. This has to crumble eventually right? https://fortune.com/2024/09/26/bosses-firing-gen-z-grads-months-after-hiring/ Three-quarters of the companies surveyed said some or all of their recent graduate hires were unsatisfactory in some way. Gen Z grads “unprepared and unprofessional” So, where is it going wrong for fresh-faced graduates? Employers’ gripe with young people today is their lack of motivation or initiative—50% of the leaders surveyed cited that as the reason why things didn’t work out with their new hire. Bosses also pointed to Gen Z being unprofessional, unorganized and having poor communication skills as their top reasons for having to sack grads.

Not that I would ever defend anyone NCAA…. But feels like if I were Charlie Baker I would tell them “why are you calling me….figure it out. Y'all wanted this. Good luck.”

This was $100K at a middle of the road at best G5... How many of these are 5x, 10x that amount at P4 conferences. There are more out there going through the same thing....this will become a common story. What a mess

agree, but the market will dictate that..... "this guy over here is gonna pay me X right now, why would I sign a performance based contract" a lot of these schools are paying players a lot of money and they never sniff the field and the team doesn't care....we should know, some of them used to play for us

I don't think either side wants anything in writing at this point..... It's the wild west right now

That would add some stability but I don't see it happening. It's a year to year thing now. How many G5 coaches/collectives are telling good recruits/transfers: "come play here for a year and then you'll get your money at a Power school." as for contracts, they all have to do it or none of them. If a school is going to hold the line and try to get a sense of commitment from a player....the school across town will say "psshhht....we don't do that, just come play here for $200K this year and we'll figure out the rest after the season." No one ever accused a 19 year old of thinking long term... It's a recruiting tool now and it is a 1 year deal for coaches. Get P4 talent on the field against G5, win games, get a bigger job. Who cares about what's left behind at the G5 school. I'm not sure there's anything that can be done. Can stand up and quit like Saban, dig your heals in like Dabo (who is about to be run out of town) or go the Ohio State route, have a $20 million payroll. Ultimately the G5s will be hurt by it, so they have 2 choices: play the game and get more money or just deal with it It is what it is at this point.

https://www.on3.com/news/matthew-sluka-unlv-situation-is-going-to-keep-happening-nil/ Every time it does, it likely will be because of one of three scenarios. Scenario 1 The player and the school’s collective agreed to X dollars over a time period. The collective actually paid Y dollars, with Y being a number lower than X. Scenario 2 The player and the school’s collective agreed to X dollars over a time period. The collective paid X dollars as agreed upon, but the player had some success on the field and decided he now wants Z dollars. Z, of course, is a larger number than X. Scenario 3 The player and the school’s collective agreed to X dollars over a time period. The collective paid X dollars as agreed upon, but the player had some success on the field and suddenly representatives of other schools are reaching out to the player (or his agent) and suggesting the player could make Q dollars if he redshirts this season and comes to their school next year. Q, of course, is a larger number than X. Just think where we'll be with NIL in a few more years.....

We had the same choice UTSA did.

So all they are is a name.....I don't see the allure of joining the "PAC" conference. Are the going to have more TV revenue than the AAC has? why would they? Oregon State and Boise St have a lot of eyeballs on TV at 10:00pm CST? That was always a big complaint of the REAL Pac 12 teams that left. Is this new conference gonna have pictures of USC, Oregon and UCLA in their pitch deck to TV execs? They're no longer there. It's a PAC name with MWC teams. Why would anyone pay $27 million in exit fees and increase their travel expenses to go join that league that doesn't even have a revenue model yet? Maybe someone smarter than me can explain this conference's sales pitch to potential new members...If the pitch is "USC used to be here." There's not much of a pitch.....

Whatever it was. That 2nd half D was deserving of those uniforms…..

McGill looks like Jamario when he runs. It’s not just the uniform his running style reminds me of Jamario

The announcer just said “Jace Ruder on the tackle”

May seem like a little thing….but he was interviewed by Dave Campbell Football and he’s not wearing UNT gear. That’s a simple way to show you have pride in North Texas. He’s the head coach. all these little things….. If he doesn’t care about this school, how can he lead a team of players to be invested?

Makes one wonder….. Why do we even keep a football program? I know even uttering that makes some go nuts….. But, what’s the point?

I was trying to figure out how to get up there next week after baseball but screw that. All those highly paid folks in the AD and football program need to do their jobs. Going to that game would be out of “duty to my school” those days are gone They’re big boys and girls that make a salary. Do your job or go do something else. Pretty simple.

Does this hurt our chances to join the PAC 12?