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2019 College football thread - It's 2020, yo. Go to the new thread. (2 Viewers)

Tiger Fan said:
that sucks.  really like watching him play.
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A more public Bama board has a supposedly reputable guy saying the hip specialist for Andrews is on the sideline of the AU game and will operate tonight. 
 

People keep talking about Bo Jackson, but he had an underlying condition they found because of the injury, and that was nearly 40 years ago. 

 
jplvr said:
A more public Bama board has a supposedly reputable guy saying the hip specialist for Andrews is on the sideline of the AU game and will operate tonight. 
 

People keep talking about Bo Jackson, but he had an underlying condition they found because of the injury, and that was nearly 40 years ago. 
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Jackson IIRC popped his hip back into place. The necrosis was found later plus he had s rare disease. 

FTR, Bo played in the 90s. 

 
elguapo07 said:
Can someone tell me who at UMass decided that making the jump to FBS football was a good thing?

They have to be one of the worst program in FBS in a region where major college football is down on the food chain with facilities on par with a decent Texas HS program.  How long can they sustain at this level as an Independent while drawing a few thousand fans per game?  Naively optimistic at best that they even stood a chance I'd say.  Drop football outright or go back down to FCS as they may be the case study on why not to make the jump to FBS.  
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I guess I can answer, being an alum who has been following the program for more than theee decades.

The decision was made in 2011 partly because the administration at the time saw that FCS football in the Northeast was eroding — the CAA was making more of a southern shift — and that staying would have been a losing proposition from a financial standpoint.

The problem was the timing of it ... had they made the decision anywhere from 1998-2006 they could have ridden the wave of a strong FCS program that won a title and reached the final in another.

Unfortunately, they waited until the program was in a downturn and then compounded it with a truly awful hire as first coach for the FBS era. Then Mark Whipple’s return (he led the 1998 champs) was supposed to be a spark, and it was to some extent. But he also wasn’t the same coach at the first time around and hit his ceiling with a couple of 4-8 seasons before “stepping down” after last year.

Whipple also left the recruiting pretty thin, and Walt Bell has had to deal with that this season. It’s been a lot worse than most of us imagined, but we just have to hope it will turn around. The jury is out on his coaching, but he’s had less than a year.

As for fan support, no college team in the Northeast has it when things aren’t going well. But the investments are being made to things such as practice facilities, so there is no way they will drop down to FCS. They are better off taking the paycheck beatings from P5 teams and hoping to catch lightning in a bottle at some point.

Independence always will be a hurdle to overcome, but that’s the plight they face now until something changes in the landscape or they start winning enough to draw serious interest. It’s a chicken-egg thing, but the university is adamant about maintaining a strong national profile (its academic ranks are high among publics) and sees all of its peers as flagship universities that play FBS football.

 
Is this Iowa / Minnesota game just a big let down for the Gophers or does Iowa get up for these big games like they did with Ohio State? I was expecting a better ballgame but they are dominating them! 

 
Breaking News: Tua Tagovailoa is out for the season with a dislocated hip with a posterior wall fracture, a person with knowledge of the situation tells me.

 
dickey moe said:
Good speculative diagnosis video from a doctor here.
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He went from possibly being the #1 pick in the NFL draft and set for life...to possibly not playing again.  That is just really bad luck.   As much as I hate Saban and Alabama this is just an unlucky set of circumstances.  Hopefully Tua pulls through and it is a more simple injury.  

 
SHIZNITTTT said:
He went from possibly being the #1 pick in the NFL draft and set for life...to possibly not playing again.  That is just really bad luck.   As much as I hate Saban and Alabama this is just an unlucky set of circumstances.  Hopefully Tua pulls through and it is a more simple injury.  
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Yes.  If he reagrivated or made worse his previous injury I think you could hang more of it on Saban.  This seems like more of a fluke injury.  I hope he can fully recover.

 
Here comes that Auburn voodoo at Jerdan Hare. You’d think if you buried dead Indians on a piece of property And build a football stadium on top of it, the home team would be the one cursed. 

 
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SHIZNITTTT said:
Minnesota!  oof
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Jeff Bezos is having a very bad day coaching.  The Switzer-esque 15 yard penalty is going to haunt him.  Wasting 30 seconds and a timeout because he could not get a play called was pretty bad too.

And then his kicker misses an extra point - 4 point game now.

 
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