GrandGreen

Notice you did not response to the highlighted portion. I also never said anything about supporting the NFL.

Actually, the intent was to give the players a college education and a chance at a better future. Although, I am sure the requirement to go to class will also be attacked. My guess you are going to be very wrong, the number of college football programs at the highest level will shrink and there will be substantially fewer scholarship players. So there will be a lot less players, but the programs left will pay well. At least, you didn't cite that players should be getting their share of the money made. This is a common response even though 80% of the programs don't come close to making a profit. The main issue I have is that most G5 programs and many P5 schools are substantially supported by student fees. Do you really think the average student needs to be contributing to the education of players that are making more money than most of the fans? This won't continue at some point, the student will wise up and the major funding supporting athletics will be gone, and the number of schools left will be about the size of the NFL. Those conferences left will be in primarily in competition with the pros for fans. I don't get your leather helmet reference. It has nothing to do with coaches' salaries or paying players. Abuses of athletes and undercover payments were commonplace.

The government started the problem when the Supreme Court made a completely insane decision I wonder if they even realized the effect of this decision on amateur sports? Did they believe that this would only lead athletes to picking up a few dollars signing autographs and making appearances at the local auto dealership? I doubt they saw this facilitating the open buying of players. The essence of sports is to maintain as fair as possible competition, This was obviously ignored in favor of individual rights. I believe this will be changed, but it will be after most of us old fans are long gone. NIL drifting down to the high school level and title 9 implications should be factors that demonstrate to everyone how foolish the current NIL rules are.

Absolutely nothing Even if I had money to burn, I am not hypocritical enough to contribute to something I think is ruining sports

Thanks, I had forgotten this part of the story.

Whether there was any real interest by KSU of signing LIttrell is unknown. To be fair, Littrell was seen as an up and coming coach at the time. NT didn't want to lose Littrell and signed him to I am sure the biggest contract every offered by the Mean Green. My belief is primarily based on the idea that if Littrell was actually offered by KSU, he would have immediately taken the job. I can't believe that many hc's would turn down a Big Twelve job (at the time a top tier league) to remain in CUSA.

Per his agent, I have never believed Littrell was really offered that position.

Not necessarily, Rodman, Chamberlain, for example were great players; not sure they were great closers. Rodman was a great closer on the defensive end, but certainly not on the offensive end. Chamberlain seldom made free throws, so I am not sure anybody would call him a great closer. NT's D. J. Draper on the other hand was someone that most wanted shooting critical shots, but I don't think many would classify him a great player.

I don't think the issue is not having a closer, it is not having a great player on the team. Perry is close to not being replacable, and there is no one on the team close to his skill level. Obviously, in the Boise game; NT went went into a coma at the end of the game. Nothing worked and I think it was a combination of NT players losing focus, bad coaching, very questionable refereeing, and an inspired Boise team. Having your best players foul out lost the game.

Did you watch the game? One if not the best player on the court for NT in this game.

**Note: Teams are measured against the overall strength of their conference This is not a list of teams by their overall quality.

Not competitive against UTEP in anything is not a good look. I don't know how you label this year as anything but disappointing. Porter is now 33-31 at NT. but 20-13in the AAC Apparently recruiting McNeese's coach and players is not a recipe for much success in a tougher conference I think her recruiting will be a strong signal of her future at NT. However, this last year's team looked physically better than most of their opposition. They just didn't seem as well coached and make way too many errors.

Then why is there a list of 2024 commitments on 247? I think they wait until the recruit announces it.

Although I disagree with a lot of Side Show Joe's points, it was a well thought out analysis of the season. My grading of the last NT football season: QB, A- Agree that Rogers should be the league all-AC pick Tulane's QB will probably be the selection, because he had a substantially better supporting cast RB's, A- Can't remember NT ever having this deep of a rb rotation Adeyi obviously had the best year, but a healthy Adaway maybe his equal TE, C- Almost never used as receivers, Blocking was satisfactory The assumption has to be that they were not up to standard, as NT is recruiting a bunch of TE's WR's, A Maclin was a star and as such has already been hired away Sides was surprisingly good as a freshman Great depth with Burns, Ward, Cleveland, others OL B- Too many sacks given up, partially caused by QB decisions With most starters returning, just thought they underperformed relative to expectations Offence A- Borderline great performance Need to improve short yardage critical plays DL C- 3 man line was frequently overpowered Brown and Rickards are plus defense players LB D Definite problem position DB D Lots of game losing errors Played soft conservative defense Still gave up many long plays Defense D Overall defence rated somewhere between bad and awful The national rating was earned The defense did steadily improve particularly in the late conference games This switch to a 3-5-3 was a definite problem for the defense We can only hope this defense works with more familiarity and players recruited for it Coach Morris B- I was not a particular fan of this hire, wanted and expected someone other than another assistant coach without D1 hc experience Started off terribly but made steady improvement through the year Like the way he presents himself and the program Great offensive production Defense must substantially improve Recruiting must continue to improve

Thanks, was not aware of this; I knew individual conferences had rules; but not a group of conferences. However, is it a rule if no one has to follow it?

P5 has no different rules than g5. P5 was an unofficial term used to denote those conferences that would be eligibility in the major bowl games. There is no difference in D1 rules based on conference affiliation. All athletic scholarships are for one year and have been for a long time. Schools generally reoffered ships on an annual basis because of the fear that not doing so would destroy their recruiting. Also players where assured that the ship would be renewed in the recruiting process. In today's environment, NIL and frequent transfers, a lot of the trust that used to exist between players and schools has been lost. Agreements (non-binding) between players and coaches may be entered into, but once those coaches are gone; so is the agreement.

This has been going on for a long time. Many of the historically black colleges finance their programs by playing away games almost exclusively in the non-conference. It could be a better tactic than relying on student fees.

I don't think NT gets much from these buy a game opponents. Glad their at least getting some nice neutral site contests. The aac needs to make a scheduling deal with a comparable conference to provide some decent ooc games.

For those that have better things to do on Saturday Morning, my recap. NT 71-50, over N. Dakota but it was a lot tougher than the final score Kernal with 15 points, 9 rebounds, Moore 16 points, Lampkin 11 points, 10 rebounds This maybe the worst refereed game; I have witnessed. I have made this comment multiple times ruining my credibility, however it should be stated. It was not that the officials favored one side, they were just totally incompetent. For those who want referees who just "let them play", this game may just change your mind. NDS did have their star player knocked out of the game, lots of almost fights, and the referees lost control of the game for extensive periods. This was USM's so-called tournament, no champion and no chance of USM playing NT. The NT proved a lot, beat a much larger team in a crazy environment. 8 a.m. starting time and the teams' members outnumbered the fans. Early start time not to interfere with football game, great bit of planning there.

Fully agree, this team could be the best ever at NT if they continue to get better.

It is an exhibition for Angelo St and a regulation game for NT. This has been going on for years, although it been a long time since NT participated in this type game. It was created to help D1 schools fill their early schedules with easy games. Because it seems few want to play difficult away games without a big check. The lower classification school gets a payday and it does not count on their record. A highly motivated lower class team versus an overconfident buy a win team has resulting in embarrassing upsets.

The decision should be based on whether it is more important to play them one game and lose a possible year of eligibility or have 4 more years of play left. I would absolutely not use a player in this situation. Winning the game does not substantially change the season. Nor, is one defensive player likely to change the outcome of the game. The theory that remaining eligibility is not a driving factor in utilizing players because there is a high likelihood you are going to lose them anyway is a losing philosophy.

Why is it a big deal, they are paying a fortune to be in a conference with no close members? Kind of like NT in the Big West, other than NT didn't have any other options. Football may if they spend enough NIL money be successful, but I think they have substantially harmed all their other sports with the exception of Women's soccer.

Is this topic supposed to be funny? Enjoy the win, there will be plenty of time to complain about the defense.

no they don't