NCAA: College Football 2024: Conference Re-Malign-ment, News & Notes Talk

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https://x.com/i/web/status/1849102183804850455

 

[Cush]

Kennesaw State with the upset over Liberty for its first FBS win

 

[GKJ]

If I would’ve thought that was possible I would’ve had the GDT up sooner

 

[GKJ]

Missed this yesterday.

Looks like Penn State football is back in the off-field news for the reasons you would expect.

 

[M88K]

Missed this yesterday.

Looks like Penn State football is back in the off-field news for the reasons you would expect.

Meh the players got dismissed from the team Aug 1st. No coach/team would comment in this situation.
Franklin seemingly has a 0 tolerance policy, he did similar (dismissed players for iirc the same thing) at Vandy

 

[Deport Ogie]

Missed this yesterday.

Looks like Penn State football is back in the off-field news for the reasons you would expect.

Full disclosure I am a PSU fan and alumnus. I like to think I'm pretty even keeled despite this, I do not worship the Paterno altar, Sanduskey should rot in hell.

That being said, these players were immediately dismissed from the team and expelled. No longer part of the program. The reporter who tweeted was one of two reporters who asked these questions immediately after a statement saying there would be no comments on an ongoing legal matter, the other reporter works at the same site and runs a podcast with the first one who asked. This was intentional sensationalism, not journalism.

The response I keep seeing is "all Franklin has to do is say 'no comment' and it would be fine!" Yeah, I highly doubt that. There was literally a statement made 2 seconds beforehand, do we really think it would have been different if the person who read the statement was changed?

 

[GKJ]

Full disclosure I am a PSU fan and alumnus. I like to think I'm pretty even keeled despite this, I do not worship the Paterno altar, Sanduskey should rot in hell.

That being said, these players were immediately dismissed from the team and expelled. No longer part of the program. The reporter who tweeted was one of two reporters who asked these questions immediately after a statement saying there would be no comments on an ongoing legal matter, the other reporter works at the same site and runs a podcast with the first one who asked. This was intentional sensationalism, not journalism.

The response I keep seeing is "all Franklin has to do is say 'no comment' and it would be fine!" Yeah, I highly doubt that. There was literally a statement made 2 seconds beforehand, do we really think it would have been different if the person who read the statement was changed?

He likely can’t say anything because of lawyers. But Penn State will still be beholden to a higher level of scrutiny for obvious reasons.

 

[Deport Ogie]

He likely can’t say anything because of lawyers. But Penn State will still be beholden to a higher level of scrutiny for obvious reasons.

100 percent, and that's earned. In thise case though I'd say it's journo's creating a situation where there is none. Franklin can't prosecute criminals, the extent of his power in this occasion is to dismiss from the program which was done months ago when the information first came out.

I'm sure, to your point, he was advised and ordered to not say anything. The BEST we could hope for is "Those individuals are no longer part of our program and I prefer to focus on internal"

 

[Tony Romo]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849102183804850455

hope someone has a cannon and hits Sark and Ewers tbh

 

[GKJ]

ABC is beating everyone’s ass with the SEC.

 

[PanthersPens62]

They need the ratings that ABC allows them to have.......same reason more & more MNF games are now simulcast on ABC.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Kennesaw State with the upset over Liberty for its first FBS win

Kennesaw was a 27.5 point dog.

 

[Romang67]

Kennesaw was a 27.5 point dog.

They really did what 100,000 youtube and twitch streamers couldn't. They won a game as Kennesaw State.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Had no idea Kennesaw St was D-IA. Wonder how much that shift costs, and how much $ it will eventually bring in. Although it does also raise the profile of the school and help attract applicants which is harder to quantify.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Had no idea Kennesaw St was D-IA. Wonder how much that shift costs, and how much $ it will eventually bring in. Although it does also raise the profile of the school and help attract applicants which is harder to quantify.

As of now the application costs $5 million. Kennesaw State initiated their transition before that went into place last year, though, so they paid all of $5,000. Delaware and Missouri State are the first schools paying the increased fee to move up next season.

Kennesaw State got lucky with the timing. They got to pay the significantly smaller fee and they don't need to worry about the attendance minimums being nearly double their stadium's capacity. The attendance minimum was done away with at the same time as the fee was jacked up.

I think being FBS is just about the only way for them to have any athletic relevance in the crowded Atlanta market as it tries to transition away from being primarily a commuter school. Being FBS definitely raises their profile and their hope seems to be to keep recruits that don't go to the big schools to stay in state. Same basic play as Georgia State, but with a suburban campus instead of urban. Most (repeating most for emphasis) FCS schools in urban markets are smaller private schools. Robert Morris is never going to be a major player in the Pittsburgh market, but they don't need to be with 4k students. Kennesaw State has 40k students and is a relatively young school (1963), so I understand why they'd like to shake that commuter school reputation. At least that was the explanation I kept hearing when they were starting their program up a decade ago.

Kennesaw State with the upset over Liberty for its first FBS win

Now this is the way for a program to get on my good side!

 

[GKJ]

 

[Jovavic]

Secure that bag, good for him.

What has lead to Indiana's season? Do they have a few high skill players that are doing well and carrying them or is has the whole team just gelled together? Next week's game against OSU should be interesting.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

That’s awesome for IU.

I wonder what the buyout is if one of the Blue Bloods eventually comes calling with an offer he can’t refuse?

 

[Tony Romo]

Lincoln flipped 5* Longstreet from A&M. While his QB Julian Lewis decommitted from USC (between Georgia and Colorado)

 

[GKJ]

The deal between Turner and ESPN is going to bring Turner some Big 12 media rights as part of a sub-licensing agreement in exchange for producing Inside the NBA.



13 football games and 15 basketball games for the next 6 years, when their next media rights deal comes up.

Probably great news for the Big 12 who can get some of their better matchups out of After Dark time slots. And may create space for the New Pac-X to find space on ESPN or even Turner.