Seadragon76 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 I can understand what Fournette is saying because he's been hurt. Now, despite the fact that McCaffery has a lot of data that scouts can use to judge his skills, this screams "ego driven" more then anything else. I get it, you don't want to get hurt... but the scouts and GM's are going to look at this and maybe start thinking that this could be a red flag when it comes to being a team player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 27 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said: I can understand what Fournette is saying because he's been hurt. Now, despite the fact that McCaffery has a lot of data that scouts can use to judge his skills, this screams "ego driven" more then anything else. I get it, you don't want to get hurt... but the scouts and GM's are going to look at this and maybe start thinking that this could be a red flag when it comes to being a team player. When Bill Polian's old school ass agrees with the decision of a highly graded player, then there's not many red flags. But Baylor's Linwoodn is considered as a Day 3 pick who was suspended for the OU game for "attitude issues". And as a RB with less than 25 career receptions in fournseasons (22), he's always been seen as a risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Seadragon76 said: I can understand what Fournette is saying because he's been hurt. Now, despite the fact that McCaffery has a lot of data that scouts can use to judge his skills, this screams "ego driven" more then anything else. I get it, you don't want to get hurt... but the scouts and GM's are going to look at this and maybe start thinking that this could be a red flag when it comes to being a team player. Pros turn down playing in the Pro Bowl and coaches constantly dishonor their current contracts by going to another school when they offer more money. The free labor involved is fully in the right by no longer sacrificing their bodies if it means that their professional careers won't be jeopardized by an injury. All it takes is one tweak, one tackle, one wrong move, etc. to lose out on an NFL career. Especially these two...RB's only have so many carries in them before the body goes to crap. NFL front offices are very willing to overlook any sort of "lack of being a team player" or any sort of character flaw if they think you can produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodCuse Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Character flaw nothing, they'll overlook violent criminal behavior. Good on the players for starting to realize what a scam this all is. Even the NCAA is starting to think maybe it's time ask the incoming cuckoo government for an anti-trust exemption, because the courts are starting to see what a hollow lie "amateurism" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 23 hours ago, Viper said: A seemingly run-of-the-mill story that broke on Monday but could set an ominous precedent going forward: Stanford's Christian McCaffrey, has announced he's skipping the Sun Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft, despite being healthy (unlike LSU's Leonard Fournette who is also skipping his team's bowl game, but due to injury). The message apparently being sent by McCaffrey: If it's not the College Football Playoff, it's not worth playing. The final poll was the last regular season poll into the 1960s. Bowls have always been exhibitions. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well...somehow, the Idaho Vandals always find a way to play their very best football in the Potato Bowl! Seriously, it was a FUN game to watch...not often that you find the losing team (Colorado State) scoring 50 points and setting bowl records for offense! The best part of it, though, was Idaho QB (and game MVP) Matt Linehan saying the following on radio postgame: "We belong in FBS, period. That's what I believe, that's what everyone believes. We know we can compete, we belong here. No matter what anyone thinks, even our tone-deaf president. Maybe he doesn't think we belong here, but I think we belong here." Time will tell whether this has any effect...but I can see truth in both sides. While Idaho has certainly been playing FBS-caliber football this season, I could see them winning something in FCS which is next-to-impossible for them in FBS...a National Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 If your school can't afford it, there's no way they should stay in FBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 1 hour ago, MJWalker45 said: If your school can't afford it, there's no way they should stay in FBS. Student fees prop up the majority of FBS athletic departments to a degree. Even with those fees, in Idaho's case, there's not a conference willing to accept them or subsidize some travel, like Hawai'i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 14 hours ago, MBurmy said: Well...somehow, the Idaho Vandals always find a way to play their very best football in the Potato Bowl! Seriously, it was a FUN game to watch...not often that you find the losing team (Colorado State) scoring 50 points and setting bowl records for offense! The best part of it, though, was Idaho QB (and game MVP) Matt Linehan saying the following on radio postgame: "We belong in FBS, period. That's what I believe, that's what everyone believes. We know we can compete, we belong here. No matter what anyone thinks, even our tone-deaf president. Maybe he doesn't think we belong here, but I think we belong here." Time will tell whether this has any effect...but I can see truth in both sides. While Idaho has certainly been playing FBS-caliber football this season, I could see them winning something in FCS which is next-to-impossible for them in FBS...a National Championship. It's next to impossible to win a national title for about 100 teams in FBS. As far as Idaho staying FBS, they could try their hand at independence like New Mexico State is planning on doing, but the Mountain West is the only conceivable conference they could land in and they're not interested. Even the historically desperate Sun Belt isn't interested in that pair. Basically, Idaho would have to hope they can survive long enough for conference expansion to get going again and hope the domino effect falls to them and the airplane hangar they play football in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 For not being in the media spotlight during his years at OU, Joe Mixon handled himself well during this presser and much better than Bob Stoops did earler this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 FAU is misfit toys... Lane Kiffin and Kendal Briles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynasty Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Army won a bowl game! Army won a bowl game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Well, it seems that Wazzu boycotted the Holiday Bowl themselves as opposed to Minnesota. And Luke Falk is returning to Wazzu. Yuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRicSlick Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Serves them right for having the worst bowl gift in history. $450 gift card and they only get 30 minutes to shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Arkansas... The best 1st half team you'll ever see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 This is hilarious. And it makes sense, too. George Allen died a few weeks after receiving a Gatorade bath after a win, and he was five years younger than Snyder. “I think they realized that we could go back to the hotel and celebrate — or go back to the hotel and run around it all night.” On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Bret Bielema losing a 24-point lead in a bowl game is a firable offense. Ask Glen Mason who blew a 31-point lead ten years ago. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/12/31/masonfired However, if fired Bret is due $15.4M! Will a member of the Walton family, Jerry Jones, or Tyson Foods write that check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 8 minutes ago, dfwabel said: Bret Bielema losing a 24-point lead in a bowl game is a firable offense. Ask Glen Mason who blew a 31-point lead ten years ago. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/12/31/masonfired However, if fired Bret is due $15.4M! Will a member of the Walton family, Jerry Jones, or Tyson Foods write that check? All I know is that between this and Gary Andersen's lack of success at Oregon State, Barry Alvarez is laughing his head off as we speak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 12 minutes ago, MBurmy said: All I know is that between this and Gary Andersen's lack of success at Oregon State, Barry Alvarez is laughing his head off as we speak! A week ago, Andersen just got an extension and what he wanted at Wisconsin... an increase in the assistant salary pool. Alvarez is stingy and prefers to fire coaches and give himself a "bonus" for just being on the plane and faux-coaching. http://footballscoop.com/news/barry-alvarez-pens-letter-on-coaching-movement-and-wisconsin-salaries/ http://m.journaltimes.com/sports/college/football/badgers-football-wisconsin-assistant-coaches-salaries-rank-in-bottom-half/article_b15352dd-1a9e-567d-a649-3c10e12e7bb2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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