Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't
imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs
pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I
wonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at
LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
The better question should be, for college football:
Maine or New Mexico... Why???
Mike
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective.
But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico
is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I wonder what percentage of their payoff
for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective.
But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico
is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I wonder what percentage of their payoff
for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
Isn’t one of those teams Independent? It’s hard for independents to schedule games.
For the same reason anybody plays college football. Why did my D3 school play college football? Certainly, not to win a D1 national championship.
The better question should be, for college football:
Maine or New Mexico... Why???
For the same reason anybody plays college football.
place? To be better prepared for whatever job they will be doing when they get out - and for quite a few people, this is being in the NFL.The better question should be, for college football:
Maine or New Mexico... Why???
For the same reason anybody plays college football.Well, I wouldn't go quite that far. I can think of quite a few people at a number of, say, SEC schools whose reasons for playing college football are far different than, say, pretty much anybody playing D3. Why do most people go to college in the first
On the other hand, the original question does make a little sense; why Maine vs. New Mexico instead of, say, Maine vs. Buffalo and New Mexico vs. Texas A&M-Commerce? This is something that seriously needs to be considered for sports outside of FBS, ifnot outside of what the Power 5 ends up as, and men's basketball. No, there's no "need" for Washington to play UCLA in home-and-home baseball series every season.
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. Iwonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
On 9/4/2022 12:24 PM, JGibson wrote:wonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I
"UMaine football will be paid $750K to play 2 high-level ...https://www.bangordailynews.com › News
Aug 24, 2021 — UMaine will earn a $400,000 payout from Boston College
and $350,000 from New Mexico. · Boston College leads the all-time series 6-3 including ..."
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. Iwonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
However, even a team that was ranked in the Top 25 last season and won
their bowl game is not beneath scheduling a payout game.
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 9:43:31 PM UTC-7, RoddyMcCorley wrote:
However, even a team that was ranked in the Top 25 last season and won
their bowl game is not beneath scheduling a payout game.
Two points of order:
1) That game was scheduled in 2018 -- and Utah State's payout was, then, the third-highest for a road team in such a situation in the history of the NCAA.
2) Given the gap between Bama and #25 or so at this point, would that not actually be partially appropo here???
Here's a hint: A team ranked in the Top 25 last season was a THIRTY-EIGHT POINT UNDERDOG to Alabama in Week 1 of this season.
And Bama covered FIFTY-FIVE TO NOTHING.
Mike
On 9/4/2022 12:24 PM, JGibson wrote:wonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I
"UMaine football will be paid $750K to play 2 high-level ...https://www.bangordailynews.com › News
Aug 24, 2021 — UMaine will earn a $400,000 payout from Boston College
and $350,000 from New Mexico. · Boston College leads the all-time series 6-3 including ..."
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 12:38:29 AM UTC-4, RoddyMcCorley wrote:wonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
On 9/4/2022 12:24 PM, JGibson wrote:
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I
it's a modest fee and a home game that they will win. New Mexico is paying $50k less, and the trip is extremely long. And from New Mexico's POV, I would think they would want that LSU money to support their entire athletic department and not have to"UMaine football will be paid $750K to play 2 high-level
...https://www.bangordailynews.com › News
Aug 24, 2021 — UMaine will earn a $400,000 payout from Boston College
and $350,000 from New Mexico. · Boston College leads the all-time series
6-3 including ..."
I tried to find that number and couldn't find it. Thanks. The trip to BC makes perfect sense from Maine's perspective. $400k and it's a reasonably close trip. The only close conference opponent for Maine is New Hampshire. And from BC's perspective,
On 9/7/2022 9:29 AM, JGibson wrote:
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 12:38:29 AM UTC-4, RoddyMcCorley wrote: >>> On 9/4/2022 12:24 PM, JGibson wrote:As a casual observer, it seems that good FCS teams typically are not penalized for losing to decent FBS schools. So why not collect a fat
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. >>>> But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico >>>> is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that"UMaine football will be paid $750K to play 2 high-level
pays patsies for coming to visit. I wonder what percentage of their
payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
...https://www.bangordailynews.com › News
Aug 24, 2021 — UMaine will earn a $400,000 payout from Boston College
and $350,000 from New Mexico. · Boston College leads the all-time series >>> 6-3 including ..."
I tried to find that number and couldn't find it. Thanks. The trip to
BC makes perfect sense from Maine's perspective. $400k and it's a
reasonably close trip. The only close conference opponent for Maine is
New Hampshire. And from BC's perspective, it's a modest fee and a home
game that they will win. New Mexico is paying $50k less, and the trip
is extremely long. And from New Mexico's POV, I would think they would
want that LSU money to support their entire athletic department and not
have to pay Maine 1/4 of that payout. Although maybe that's the same
that they paid Houston Baptist, Sam Houston State, Incarnate Word, or
Abilene Christian (their previous 4 guarantee games, all teams from Texas). >>
payday and maybe go home with a win?
Interesting: https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets?utm_campaign=links-bundle-asset
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I wonderwhat percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 11:24:57 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:wonder what percentage of their payoff for the sacrificial game they will play at LSU in a couple weeks went to Maine?
Well, New Mexico won 41-0, so I guess I see it from their perspective. But I can't imagine this game paid off very well for Maine. New Mexico is a team that needs pay out games for its budget, not a team that pays patsies for coming to visit. I
So I think there are a couple key points for these type of games that nobody has mentioned.sunbelt, etc can get almost 2 million dollars now when a massive program buys a game. So Ohio State may give a mAC school 1.5 mill or Bama may give Utah State 1.9 million, but those schools aren't giving the Maines of the world that sort of cash.
A team like Maine *doesn't have* and *doesn't get* the sort of bigtime paydays the most sought after FBS patsies(it used to be called 'group of 5' back when there was a 'power 5' conference setup). Programs in conferences like the mountain west,
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