College Football, week 2

A lot of the sharps don’t like Texas overall for the season. However, this may be a good “spot” for them in the schedule. There’s a difference.

 

Just saw this in today's Oregonian; the state police never showed up to escort Arizona's team busses to Aloha Stadium last Saturday.

"The troopers never arrived at UA’s team hotel. Mysteriously, the escort was canceled. That threw off the schedule. The team was left to scramble toward the stadium, wading through freeway traffic on its own. And so this is how the Wildcats ended up arriving 45 minutes late for the 2019 season.

"Island locals will tell you, it’s not the first time this has happened. Long-time rival Fresno State had it happen in a couple of big games at Hawaii as well. "

This type of shit is normal for anyone playing in Hawaii. Half of the Oregon State team got food poisoning 's from a catered hotel meal before a 1999 bowl game there against Hawaii. Even further back OSU lost a game-winning TD when a guy was called for fumbling after he was down three yards deep in the end zone.

I think the Big Ten and SEC refused to play there without Big Ten/SEC officials after seeing their teams getting homered so bad by hometown officials. Was it Michigan State that had about three or four TDs called back in a loss there about 10-15 years ago?

Why anyone goes through the trouble of flying all the way over there for a game, or why the MWC continues to grant them affiliate status in FB when there are cheaper and closer alternatives, like NM State, for instance, is beyond me.

 

What would sell better with recruits:

• "We are going to Honolulu in 2019"
• "We are going to Las Cruces in 2019"

 

I know the other MWC teams think playing there every other year gives them some sort of recruiting boost with the local players but I never heard of anyone signing with Fresno State, etc., because they might play (and get cheated) in Hawaii every other year. Besides, most visiting teams are on total lockdown once they hit Hawaii anyway, they sit around all day on Saturday and then don't get home until Sunday afternoon or night.

And the administrators might like saving some real money on charter costs.

I've heard they are holding out for BYU to return to the conference after it realizes the folly of independence, with its associated scheduling problems (this year, I admit, is an exception, BYU has an excellent schedule) and never playing for a championship.

 

One of the years in the early 2000s that Alabama was on probation and ineligible for a bowl, they scheduled a late-season game at Hawaii on the fly and sold it to their fans as that year's bowl trip. IIRC, it actually went over pretty well.

 

A lot of it is to recruit the polynesian kids - not just in Hawaii, but points further west. Give their family a chance to see them play.

 

Why is Syracuse a small dog vs. Maryland? Maryland is fucking awful. What am I missing here?

 

It must work. Fresno State has three kids from Hawaii (Hawai'i?) on their 2019 roster. And one from Vancouver and two from Montreal, Quebec! (And what's with the kid from Georgia?)

2019 Football Roster - Fresno State Athletics

 

Apparently Syracuse is fucking awful too.

 

7-0 after Army scores off a Blue turnover
Army +23 is the easiest bet of the week

 

These shortsleeve hoodies the coaches are wearing are easily some of the stupidest pieces of apparel I've seen.