Football General Talk

[Sytes]

A few tight over/under games this week.

9ers vs Chiefs SB re-match.
EVEN game. I ask for no points. Same as before, RMEF $50 membership.

Filled. May the 9ers hit pay-dirt! May your Chiefs be unhorsed!

 

[noharleyyet]

The good game should be Saturday night #1 vs #5

Horns, Ewers in particular, will need to play better than last week to keep that ranking from being juxtaposed.

 

[Elkmagnet]

Some really great games on the slate:

Houston v GB
Lions v Vikings
Chiefs v 9ers
Ravens v TB

If you aren’t chasing a tag this weekend, you need to be on the couch.

Wife has a muley to chase otherwise I'd be working on that diabetes diagnosis.

 

[VikingsGuy]

The good game should be Saturday night #1 vs #5

The Big Slurppy should be great too (7 v 11)

 

[VikingsGuy]

And for FCS fans - #1 v #2 got upgraded to ESPN2. Sadly we have another iffy Bison team this year so while I will root for green and gold, I would bet on a comfortable rabbits win.

 

[SwaggyD]

And for FCS fans - #1 v #2 got upgraded to ESPN2. Sadly we have another iffy Bison team this year so while I will root for green and gold, I would bet on a comfortable rabbits win.

Comfortable? Really? Even in the barn?

 

[VikingsGuy]

Comfortable? Really? Even in the barn?

If Lions can run the ball they will win. If they have to abandon the run due to either V defense or falling behind Lions will lose. My money would be they stay close enough in first half to pound vikes on the ground

 

[Treeshark]

I will root for green and gold

I knew you would eventually come over to the dark side!

 

[Treeshark]

The Big Slurppy should be great too (7 v 11)

Stealing a few minutes of TV time while away for the weekend at a swim meet. Early, but this game has some juice for sure.

Fun energy that only college football can bring.

 

[SwaggyD]

If Lions can run the ball they will win. If they have to abandon the run due to either V defense or falling behind Lions will lose. My money would be they stay close enough in first half to pound vikes on the ground

No no no!! I was talking bison vs jacks.

 

[VikingsGuy]

No no no!! I was talking bison vs jacks.

I don’t trust bison run defense either.

 

[Sytes]

9ers are going to kick the Chiefs to the curb with Al Michaels who makes more than Brock's annual in a single game commentary.

I like Al. Great guy! You get what you pay for though... wow!

 

[SwaggyD]

I don’t trust bison run defense either.

Not looking terrible to start

 

[BrentD]

So, in the Grand Scheme of Things, now that college players are openly professional, and quite lucratively at that, can they be fined like a pro player for delinquent behavior on and off the field?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

So, in the Grand Scheme of Things, now that college players are openly professional, and quite lucratively at that, can they be fined like a pro player for delinquent behavior on and off the field?

Did you see Tony Bennett's presser saying he is hanging it up from Virginia BBALL coach? Pretty much in so many words said college sports suck now...at least I feel that's what he wanted to say.

 

[Forkyfinder]

So, in the Grand Scheme of Things, now that college players are openly professional, and quite lucratively at that, can they be fined like a pro player for delinquent behavior on and off the field?

No - theyre not under any contract with the school.

They might lose their NIL deal though, i would think. Depending on how the contract works.

 

[BrentD]

Did you see Tony Bennett's presser saying he is hanging it up from Virginia BBALL coach? Pretty much in so many words said college sports suck now...at least I feel that's what he wanted to say.

I did not see the presser, but I read about it, and that, among other things, got me thinking about this question.

Actually, from the quotes I saw and read, he talked out of both sides of his mouth about college sports. He said they were great and he said they were ruined. He did not quite have the guts to come out and say it straight up. That, in itself is yet another huge problem with college sports - the unwillingness to be frank and honest by the lions' share of the participants.

 

[BrentD]

No - theyre not under any contract with the school.

They might lose their NIL deal though, i would think. Depending on how the contract works.

They are under contract with whom? The NCAA? Certainly, they can be and are punished for things on and off the field, but not fined - yet, so far as I know.

 

[Forkyfinder]

They are under contract with whom? The NCAA? Certainly, they can be and are punished for things on and off the field, but not fined - yet, so far as I know.

Theyre NOT under any financial/pay contract with the school. So the only regulatory body involved - NCAA - has no power to deal with it and assign fines.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Did you see Tony Bennett's presser saying he is hanging it up from Virginia BBALL coach? Pretty much in so many words said college sports suck now...at least I feel that's what he wanted to say.

Coaches whining because players getting money may cut into their $8 million salaries. The money has been rotting the sport for years but now we care because the poor kids are getting a taste smh