College Football 2023-2024

[Natsinpwc]

Just make it all PAC 12 as a going away present.

[Natsinpwc]

Wait. Throw in JMU as one of the 4.

[imref]

JMU still trying to get the NCAA to let it play in a bowl game:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38841448/jmu-again-appeals-ncaa-reduce-football-transition-period

Seems crazy that a 9-0 team ranked #21 is both ineligible for its conference championship game as well as a bowl game.

[Natsinpwc]

It’s the NCAA. Nothing makes sense. 

[JCA-CrystalCity]

JMU still trying to get the NCAA to let it play in a bowl game:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38841448/jmu-again-appeals-ncaa-reduce-football-transition-period

Seems crazy that a 9-0 team ranked #21 is both ineligible for its conference championship game as well as a bowl game.

I can see the conference championship thing, but they ought to be treated like any old at large team for bowls that aren't tied into conferences.

[HalfSmokes]

They need to start throwing around terms like antitrust

[JCA-CrystalCity]

They need to start throwing around terms like antitrust

Miyares apparently wrote the NCAA a letter

[Natsinpwc]

There has been at least one division one basketball team in recent years that won its conference tournament but could not go to the NCAA for that same reason.  I guess the NCAA would say they knew the rules when they signed up.  And the NCAA will never admit it’s wrong.

[imref]

Miyares apparently wrote the NCAA a letter

he did, and the NCAA still rejected their first application for a waiver. This is their second attempt.

[HalfSmokes]

Miyares apparently wrote the NCAA a letter

He needs to write an offer to settle in lieu of an antitrust suit, it worked for UNC

[JCA-CrystalCity]

He needs to write an offer to settle in lieu of an antitrust suit, it worked for UNC

Settle seems alien to some AGs, but it'd be a feather in his cap for 2025.

And this seems destined for an uncensored / politics thread . . . 

[HalfSmokes]

Settle seems alien to some AGs, but it'd be a feather in his cap for 2025.

And this seems destined for an uncensored / politics thread . . . 

I don't think it's political, I just wish someone would finish off the NCAA. After the NIL case, it seems like a few follow on suits could put it six feet under

[Natsinpwc]

I don't think it's political, I just wish someone would finish off the NCAA. After the NIL case, it seems like a few follow on suits could put it six feet under

The conferences don’t want to take any responsibilities for governance. So something would have to take its place. And you still need something to govern all the other sports. There is no great national outcry about this. Nor was there a couple years ago for March Madness. All anyone cares about now is the Michigan situation.  Harbaugh playing the martyr seems natural for him.

[HalfSmokes]

The conferences don’t want to take any responsibilities for governance. So something would have to take its place. And you still need something to govern all the other sports. There is no great national outcry about this. Nor was there a couple years ago for March Madness. All anyone cares about now is the Michigan situation.  Harbaugh playing the martyr seems natural for him.

There doesn't have to be broad support. All there has to be is a state AG claiming that the NCAA or BCS is engaging in anticompetitive activity by not allowing new schools into bowls or the playoffs. Likewise, Harbaugh can walk down to the court house and say that any suspension is an illegal restriction on his ability to earn a living. The NCAA without antitrust immunity has rules so long as no one challenges the structure 

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UVA almost pulled off a win at Louisville. They easily could have at least two more wins this season.

[Natsinpwc]

Maybe they could borrow some wins from JMU to get to a bowl game.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Yale gets to play for a share of the Ivy football title after a 36-28 OT win at Princeton. harvard guarantees at least a tie for the title by an OT win vs. Penn. Going into today, Harvard, Yale, and UPenn controlled their own destinies. Dartmouth can join a 3 way tie if Yale beats Harvard and Dartmouth beats Brown next week.

I've got to think about taking a Saturday morning (3 AM) train north to go to THE Game.

[imref]

Do it!

[Natsinpwc]

Coach Prime is now 4-6. 

[imref]

ESPN Gameday coming to 10-0 JMU next Saturday.

[bluestreak]

Go Blue!

That is all.

[Natsinpwc]

I know what you will be doing on that Saturday after Thanksgiving. 

Washington and FSU survived yesterday.  Saw some of the UW game. Impressive offense but not much defense.

[HalfSmokes]

I know what you will be doing on that Saturday after Thanksgiving. 

Washington and FSU survived yesterday.  Saw some of the UW game. Impressive offense but not much defense.

WSU is the only undefeated to play multiple good teams. Current Big10 teams other than Michigan and OSU are watching their chances of ever winning the league evaporate. I wonder if PSU, MSU and Wisconsin are regretting expansion. Now, they need a good team, one of the big two to have a down tear and luck in one game. In the future, they’ll need USC, Oregon, and Washington to have down years along with Michigan and Ohio

[Natsinpwc]

WSU is the only undefeated to play multiple good teams. Current Big10 teams other than Michigan and OSU are watching their chances of ever winning the league evaporate. I wonder if PSU, MSU and Wisconsin are regretting expansion. Now, they need a good team, one of the big two to have a down tear and luck in one game. In the future, they’ll need USC, Oregon, and Washington to have down years along with Michigan and Ohio

Agree.  But UW not WSU.  All we know is that some coaches will be outraged when the final four are voted on.

The whole conference thing has gone astray as they no longer have the regional identity they once did. Probably SEC is the closest.  The PAC 12 being so strong in its final year is just hilarious to me. 

[HalfSmokes]

I’ll be fine with the Big10’s style changing. Iowa is unwatchable and is one of the best teams in the conference. Michigan/PSU did not look like a marquee matchup. I just wonder how much longer fans of second tier teams in big conferences care. You used to be able to convince yourself that a good season would have your team in contention for a conference championship and a good bowl game. Now you’re adding two or three more powers per conference and the road is virtually impossible