MT01 said:

This program has won 30-something percent of its D1 games in the previous six years coming into this season. He's lucky there are more than 15 people showing up to watch what's been an albatross of a program under this regime.

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MTFAN61 said:

Anybody else catch the post-game interview after the JAX St game? Porter finished up with a little salvo about the men's small crowd size, & wanting more of a crowd. Definitely sensed a little anger there.
I think this team definitely deserves better than a crowd average of 2,000-2,500, but that's pretty much former students & locals coming out from Rutherford County.
Hint to the team: maybe you should look at your own student body as well. Coaches & players, take a couple hours & visit fraternity row or the student union building as a group for example, & start building some rapport with your fellow students. The Blue Zoo was a great thing during Kermit's tenure. He worked like hell to get the students involved. Other than the band there's practically zero student involvement. Coaches & players You have a week before the Western game. Get out & start meeting & begging your fellow students now. If you do I guarantee you can get at least 500 if not more screaming students in the Murphy holding up their Blue Zoo sign again.
It's not too late, but you have to start hitting these spots now, & it won't take a lot of effort.

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FranklinRaider315 said:

Central Ave. east of Hollywood and Simmons First Liberty Stadium. “Cease fire zone” 😂

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DisgruntledAlum said:

I was visiting family in Cookeville over Christmas and as I got off I-40 at Willow Avenue, there is a very nice "Welcome to Cookeville, Home of Tennessee Technological University" sign. I like how Bowling Green has same type signs visible from I-65. I wonder why Murfreesboro/Rutherford County doesn't do something like that.

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DisgruntledAlum said:

I was visiting family in Cookeville over Christmas and as I got off I-40 at Willow Avenue, there is a very nice "Welcome to Cookeville, Home of Tennessee Technological University" sign. I like how Bowling Green has same type signs visible from I-65. I wonder why Murfreesboro/Rutherford County doesn't do something like that.

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Matt Dossett said:

Ohio State will probably drill ND

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RaiderDoug said:

I have enjoyed it. There's been some great games (Texas/ASU, ND/Penn State, UGA/ND). They got the seeding wrong - I get what they were doing, but no way should Boise/ASU gotten a bye. I watch the same way I watch the NFL - interested only in the competition and hoping for a close game. I've been pulling for Notre Dame - those guys seem like good guys.

Personally, I'd go to 16. The bowls are useless and I've watched virtually none of them, I don't know why we keep them. And if anyone wants to elect me college football king of college football, i'd split the P2 from everyone else, have the G5 and leftovers of the P-whatever play it's own league with its own playoffs - but have promotion-relegation between the two. Fat chance, I know, but it's still a good idea.

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RaiderDoug said:

If/when they go to 16, it's not going to be so they can let more G5/lower P4 teams in - it's going to be to get more B10/SEC teams in at everyone else's expense.

We're no longer playing in the same league as those guys. We just haven't figured it out yet.

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Raiderclyde said:

I agree with the idea something has not been quite right on this variation of the college football playoff. It's seemed a bit off despite two quality semifinal games.

Causes: (1) For me, maybe its because of MT's poor football season this past year. (2) Perhaps I've become more jaded/sour about NIL and what transfer portals have become: think that process needs adjustment and that is entirely another discussion. (3) The playoff season is creeping deeper and deeper into January well beyond New Years and College Basketball comes into focus. (4) FCS and lower NCAA divisions seem to do a more credible job of actually crowning a champion in football, which I'm not so sure this CFP format really does even though Ohio State and Notre Dame have earned the right to be there. (5) Secondary and tertiary level bowls seem more obscure than before even though they are televised...fan engagement? news stories? matchups? think it's a mix of all that.

Solution: A 16-team playoff that guarantees all conference champions a place. The remaining at-large CFP teams should be selected on metrics similar to old BCS model. To me, conference championships should be valued at a premium. Strength of schedule should matter significantly as well. The ticket should be knowing the need to win your conference convincingly, which will determine that team's seeding. Additionally, they will also have to be some contingency consideration on the Army/Navy game, should Army/Navy finish undefeated or with 1 loss, on how that formulates. Had Army completed an undefeated slate prior to Navy, it would have been a harder call as an at large. But, winning the conference would have likely locked-in the #12 spot this year as an automatic qualified under these playoff formats.

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altshauf said:

Liberty goes down to La Tech tonight.

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