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YSU Hosts #1 South Dakota State
guinpen:
Here is simple solution for our money issues.
Yea keep playing that money game each year but how about more fans put their butts in a seat. 11,000 more per game at $20.00 for 6 home games would bring in about 1.3 million extra per year, not to mention parking and concessions.
That would give us the needed funds to upgrade the coaching staff like a lot of folks want. So you can make a case that the future of the football program is in our hands.
33Y0:
--- Quote from: JP21 on November 12, 2023, 12:48:18 PM ---33YO I'm not saying the athletic department doesn't benefit from scheduling Ohio State but what I'm saying is everyone complains when we miss the playoffs with 4 losses and are a bubble team. Well then stop scheduling guaranteed losses and schedule a cupcake game. If you recall that's what Tress did hence why we played Slippery Rock every year. Guess what though we made the playoffs every year and made an impact. Playing OSU then playing the gauntlet of this schedule equals no playoffs. You can disagree but it's the truth. Hope the money is worth it.
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AGAIN - scheduling a cupcake doesn't make a difference for us. The difference is winning the games IN CONFERENCE.
33Y0:
--- Quote from: InTheYo on November 12, 2023, 02:41:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: JP21 on November 12, 2023, 12:48:18 PM ---33YO I'm not saying the athletic department doesn't benefit from scheduling Ohio State but what I'm saying is everyone complains when we miss the playoffs with 4 losses and are a bubble team. Well then stop scheduling guaranteed losses and schedule a cupcake game. If you recall that's what Tress did hence why we played Slippery Rock every year. Guess what though we made the playoffs every year and made an impact. Playing OSU then playing the gauntlet of this schedule equals no playoffs. You can disagree but it's the truth. Hope the money is worth it.
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Where do you expect this athletic department to get the $800,000 it received this year from Ohio State?
Do you know how quickly that is used up in just charter flights to other schools in the conference?
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But that's the point. It's paying for expenses we wouldn't otherwise get.
penguinpower:
People need some perspective here, so I will give mine.
1. I don't think anyone beats that team this year (SDSU).
2. What people need to realize is we are better than 90% of the FCS. The problem is that we play in a conference that's the absolute best of the best. In general, whomever wins the MVFC is the likely winner of the national championship.
3. That had a team full of 6 year seniors and we are playing mostly Freshman and Sophomores.
4. I heard that Phillips was willing to speed up the transformation of the team, but was limited by the AD. In addition, His first recruiting year was shorted scholarships due to NCAA rules violations by Pelini.
5. If we get into the playoffs, and there's a chance we will (look at the remaining schedule) we would do a lot of damage in the playoffs. We would finish in the top 15 easily.
6. We weren't aggressive enough against SDSU. It looked to me that we were trying to keep it close and get it into the 4th quarter, but they were able to shut down the run game completely. Then we were doomed.
7. We have legitimate complaints about the referees in this game. When they took that TD off the board, it was the turning point.
Keep the perspective. We need a couple more kids. We win will 2 more on offense and 2 more on defense (on the lines).
JP21:
--- Quote from: 33Y0 on November 12, 2023, 03:58:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: JP21 on November 12, 2023, 12:48:18 PM ---33YO I'm not saying the athletic department doesn't benefit from scheduling Ohio State but what I'm saying is everyone complains when we miss the playoffs with 4 losses and are a bubble team. Well then stop scheduling guaranteed losses and schedule a cupcake game. If you recall that's what Tress did hence why we played Slippery Rock every year. Guess what though we made the playoffs every year and made an impact. Playing OSU then playing the gauntlet of this schedule equals no playoffs. You can disagree but it's the truth. Hope the money is worth it.
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AGAIN - scheduling a cupcake doesn't make a difference for us. The difference is winning the games IN CONFERENCE.
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33YO you can argue with me all you want. The bottome line I've been watching YSU games before they were even in a conference so scheduling a cupcake game and not scheduling a guaranteed loss would of got us in this year would have got us in last year. That's how you generate money you stop getting crushed by FBS teams and you consistently make the playoffs and make a run at a Natty. The money game has kept us out in 2005 crushed by Pitt, 2007 crushed by Ohio State, 2013 crushed by Michigan State. All years we ended up with 3 or 4 losses and kept out by 1 game. Again, hope the money is worth it.
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