OT: D1

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Vandy is smacking No. 11 South Carolina

[IUP24]

The Backyard Brawl is back 2029-2036. Yippee.

Hopefully Pitt has a new head coach at that point in time. Woof.

[Fightingscot82]

The Backyard Brawl is back 2029-2036. Yippee.

[cwfenn]

Mercyhurst's roster has 56 new players. Yep, D1 is going great for them.

They looked like world-beaters against my school (New Haven) last week. But New Haven's program got blown up as soon as they announced the D1 move. Going to be a sleepy next 3 years for the Chargers.

[Fightingscot82]

Pitt's collective, Alliance 412, is ending its operations on September 30th. This is following numerous other schools, WVU being one locally, that have done the exact same thing in the last few months. Like those schools, the fundraising component of Alliance 412 will be migrated into the university/athletic department and under their direction.

As I've repeatedly discussed here, everyone needs to eliminate the phrase "NIL money" from your vocabulary. Collectives are meaningless now. They are just fundraising arms. Understand that all of these "payments" that you think are "NIL money," are actually direct payments to student athletes from the allowable fund of up to 20.5 million dollars of revenue sharing money. If a student athlete is receiving NIL money, it's a cleared deal that is audited and approved through NIL GO at a determined market rate for a legitimate exchange of services.

Arch Manning's commercial with Vuori may pay him $100,000 or so in approved payments. A player's face on a billboard for a car dealership in Columbus, Ohio won't be a business valuation of 2 million dollars. Agree or don't, but that's the way it works now.

Huge detail that keeps things closer to honest.

[TheROCK]

Mike Solomon from the Rock is playing @ Youngstown State. 5 Catches for 53 yds in two games. .

[CUlater]

two former PSAC WR's are seeing significant playing time at FBS UTEP. Eric Willis (CAL) is currently 2nd on the team in catches with 8 through 2 games and Trevon Tate (Clarion) is tied for 4th in receptions. They play at Texas this weekend, quite the difference in atmosphere for those guys. Also noteworthy is Clarions all conference punter last year Hunter Robertson is currently on the two deep at Michigan as the backup punter as a Soph.

[IUPNation]

I think they do that on rare occasions, mostly if the FBS slate of games is exceptionally subpar a particular week. I know they’ve done a North Dakota State game and at least one Ivy League game. I seem to remember fairly recently they did go to a big rivalry, I want to say it was D3, but I can’t recall the teams.

I’d love to see them at Miller for an IUP-Rock game. THAT would be an exciting day.

But still not as exciting as last fall….Everyone enjoying the higher prices?

[IUP24]

Pitt's collective, Alliance 412, is ending its operations on September 30th. This is following numerous other schools, WVU being one locally, that have done the exact same thing in the last few months. Like those schools, the fundraising component of Alliance 412 will be migrated into the university/athletic department and under their direction.

As I've repeatedly discussed here, everyone needs to eliminate the phrase "NIL money" from your vocabulary. Collectives are meaningless now. They are just fundraising arms. Understand that all of these "payments" that you think are "NIL money," are actually direct payments to student athletes from the allowable fund of up to 20.5 million dollars of revenue sharing money. If a student athlete is receiving NIL money, it's a cleared deal that is audited and approved through NIL GO at a determined market rate for a legitimate exchange of services.

Arch Manning's commercial with Vuori may pay him $100,000 or so in approved payments. A player's face on a billboard for a car dealership in Columbus, Ohio won't be a business valuation of 2 million dollars. Agree or don't, but that's the way it works now.

[Ram040506]

Former Shepherd players now at other D1 schools:

Cameron Dorner WR North Texas- 8 catches for 102 yd and 2 tds through 2 games
Chandler Brown OT Colorado State- no game action (2nd year at CSU)
JT Kouame-Yao LB James Madison- No game action (senior year)
Miles Greer FS Buffalo- 13 tackles through 2 games. 9 tackles against Minnesota
Brodie Carroll MLB Elon- 12 tackles through 2 games, 1 TFL
Donte Harrison DB Northern Illinois- 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL through 2 games
Harold O'Neal MLB- 15 tackles, 0.5 TFL

[Fightingscot82]

Former Rock WR Kylon Wilson has played in 2 games for Youngstown State. 2 rushes for 13 yards and a TD, 4 receptions for 26 yards, and averaging about 30 yards per kick return.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Checking in on some former PSAC players now in D1:


Former Lock Haven WR T'iar Young has played in all three games for Tarleton State (3-0) thus far. He has (3) catches for 33 yards on the season.

Former Slippery Rock WR Logan Ramper has appeared in 1 of 2 games for WVU. He had (1) reception for 8 yards against Robert Morris.

Former Cal DB Rashan Murray (Pitt) has no recorded defensive stats through two games. He does show participation in both games (likely special teams).

Former East Stroudsburg WR Justin Cook (now listed as a RB) has not appeared in a game yet this season for Pitt.

[IUP24]

I think they do that on rare occasions, mostly if the FBS slate of games is exceptionally subpar a particular week. I know they’ve done a North Dakota State game and at least one Ivy League game. I seem to remember fairly recently they did go to a big rivalry, I want to say it was D3, but I can’t recall the teams.

I’d love to see them at Miller for an IUP-Rock game. THAT would be an exciting day.

Had a friend that interned at ESPN and I can confirm that 2016 or 2017 (whichever year they were both ranked in the Top 5 or 10 in the country) was a "near miss" for IUP-SRU when the game was played at SRU. I think it was 2017. They ended up going to a D3 school that week. But the production crew was down to IUP/SRU and whichever game/location they ended up choosing.

They used to go to lower level locations at least once a year. But they haven't done that for a while. My honest opinion, as the money has gotten so significant with some of these big schools, they have no interest in going to those locations anymore. Very few people care anymore about the allure of those small college locations. Reality is they don't want those schools involved in the party. It's about the big brands and the recognizable helmets. Hell... Even most of the Power 4 schools the media truthfully could not care less about.

I argued with people about this on this message board last year regarding the CFP. And I was mostly told, paraphrasing here, "I don't care who is most deserving, I want to see who I perceive to be the best programs when I'm watching the CFP." I think that mindset mostly has infiltrated the whole College Gameday thing. It's nothing for them to go to Columbus, or wherever, 2 or more times a year now. That's why I never in a million years believed they were remotely considering going to Morgantown.

[Chuck Norris]

I know its a homer take on here, but I'd love to see Gameday visit the full gamut of college football games. The location of the show doesn't matter as much as the personalities, so go cover Lehigh-Lafayette one year and Williams-Amherst another week. Everyone knows the SEC and Penn State tailgates like few others. Talk about Kentucky-Ole Miss for 14 minutes in Pittsburg, Kansas and give some legitimacy to the other levels. I don't think it would affect the ratings one way or another but be more fun.

Everyone's favorite small school podcast, D1 Rejects, is testing a similar show at a big sub-D1 matchup.

I think they do that on rare occasions, mostly if the FBS slate of games is exceptionally subpar a particular week. I know they’ve done a North Dakota State game and at least one Ivy League game. I seem to remember fairly recently they did go to a big rivalry, I want to say it was D3, but I can’t recall the teams.

I’d love to see them at Miller for an IUP-Rock game. THAT would be an exciting day.

[IUP24]

Great for those who make it, but what the vast majority of Division I college football players should be chasing is an education, not money or NFL dreams. Fewer than 2 percent of Division I players end up making it in the NFL. Lost in all the talk about deals and money is the fact that these kids are getting an educational opportunity not available to many others.

Oh, I agree 100%. Too many forget about that. And too many ignore that these players transferring 3 times never graduate and lose that opportunity. I'm just speaking specifically in terms of the financial stuff that people spend an insane amount of time talking about. Lot of posters here too; it's everywhere - it's insane how much people care about some 19 year old kid getting cash. They talk about being happy that X player is going to "get his bag." Most of these guys wouldn't piss on us if we were on fire, so no clue why we should care how much money they are paid or not.

But again, if money is the end game, more of the pro-player advocates should be focusing on driving to players that their best shot financially (through football) is to reach the NFL. And reaching the NFL doesn't necessarily involve going to who is the highest bidder when you are in college. Go where you can get on the field, play the most, and put as much tape as you can out there. If you are good enough, you will get an opportunity regardless where you played.