Liberty Bowl postgame thread

madguy30

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I don't remember hearing bowl games being referred to as exhibitions as much as I have on this board today. I always thought teams wanted to win them. Hmmm

Have they ever been anything besides an exhibition? The entire history of them begins with some schlub sponsoring a game for two teams to come together so people will pay to travel and watch it.

What is that besides an exhibition?
 
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The bowl games mean money.

It means the players get an extra game together.

That's about it.

Big picture, I'm not sure what else you can take away from them.
I was always led to believe the team also got some crazy number of extra practices. They don’t do that any more? I mean…it didn’t look like they did, so maybe they don’t.
 

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I have just come to expect nothing from the increasingly meaningless bowl games. Husband put on the Misery vs. Ohio St. game. He and dog have been snoring for half an hour. It’s the freaking Cotton Bowl, that used to be a thing.

Players come and go at will and some teams have more money than others. I get less and less invested.

If I win the lottery, I guess I could go buy us an offensive line.

Can you give more NIL money to guys if they play in your bowl game?

I hear ya. I’m getting more and more disinterested by the year. I know I’ll get flamed by the “Cyclone Fan Purity” crowd but I have dramatically reduced my donations to anything college sports related. The size of the new media contracts show that the system is not hurting for money and I’m all for NIL but I don’t like the collectives, if a player is marketable enough to make money then let them make it through endorsements. Just my view knowing it’s not a popular view here in CF.

However I do feel good that money that was going to ISU athletics is now going to local non profits that are important to me and feel doing impactful work.
 

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Absolutely some truth to that. But for a program that has like 5 bowl game wins over the past 125 years, surely no bowl is “beneath us”.
True, but I would care less if we were in the motor city bowl and beat bowling green like Minnesota did this year
 
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How many calling today a meaningless exhibition game we’re saying the same thing about the Fiesta Bowl? That’s what I thought.
Lots of posters thought that was our security blanket as this latest round of realignment was shaking out.

Thank goodness we won that meaningless exhibition game as the networks were evaluating teams for potential relegation!
 

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I hear ya. I’m getting more and more disinterested by the year. I know I’ll get flamed by the “Cyclone Fan Purity” crowd but I have dramatically reduced my donations to anything college sports related. The size of the new media contracts show that the system is not hurting for money and I’m all for NIL but I don’t like the collectives, if a player is marketable enough to make money then let them make it through endorsements. Just my view knowing it’s not a popular view here in CF.

However I do feel good that money that was going to ISU athletics is now going to local non profits that are important to me and feel doing impactful work.

Totally agree on the collectives. Imagine having to donate money to your favorite NFL team so they can keep the good players on their team. Then the owners keep all of the ticket, concession, parking, merchandise and TV money.
 
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I was always led to believe the team also got some crazy number of extra practices. They don’t do that any more? I mean…it didn’t look like they did, so maybe they don’t.

It's probably like 15 extra practices.

Since 80ish other teams do about the same thing, that concept loses its weight in importance imo.
 

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How many calling today a meaningless exhibition game we’re saying the same thing about the Fiesta Bowl? That’s what I thought.
I view a NY6 bowl as a meaningful game. Independence Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Humanitarian Bowl (when it was called that) are no where near the same level as the Fiesta Bowl or the other NY6 games.
 
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Have they ever been anything besides an exhibition? The entire history of them begins with some schlub sponsoring a game for two teams to come together so people will pay to travel and watch it.

What is that besides an exhibition?

You can say that about the entire season. At least since they started building stadiums and selling tickets.
 

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If ISU loses Sunday, it might play huge into tourney bids.

Today's exhibition in a sea of them without full rosters was about as meaningful as the games last week that I can't even remember.

I will be stunned if ISU loses Sunday. I'm guessing we end up with a 20 point win.
 

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Have they ever been anything besides an exhibition? The entire history of them begins with some schlub sponsoring a game for two teams to come together so people will pay to travel and watch it.

What is that besides an exhibition?
Spot on. They have always been an exhibition. They mean less now because half of the time the teams playing in them have multiple players sitting out, so don’t even get the roster that won the games during the regular season. ISU’s bowl game today does not fall under that category. Both teams were mostly the same roster that played the entire season, so an exhibition game still, but at least both teams were playing the same guys that played the entire season.
 

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Getting talented people to come to ISU and being able to successfully coach them are 2 different things. If you look at the talent in the NFL and look at our record with them I don't see the tie in. I believe we should have been better. Penalties at terrible time, coverage errors, hundreds of missed blocking assignments(underestimate), and special teams debacles are just some of CMC coached teams trademarks, along with being ultraconservative. If we don't change the coach,change the process, learn from our mistakes instead of repeating them and calling it part of the "process".
 

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Memphis had 1 punt, 0 turnovers, 0 penalties and gave up 0 sacks. The ISU defense wasn't good at anything.
Meh. Just an exhibition. I mean…guy didn’t even play. Not a big deal. We also didn’t have a single rushing yard. No worries there either because…you guessed it…exhibition. Be a good lad and rest easy, for this was merely good sport old chap.
 

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Meh. Just an exhibition. I mean…guy didn’t even play. Not a big deal. We also didn’t have a single rushing yard. No worries there either because…you guessed it…exhibition. Be a good lad and rest easy, for this was merely good sport old chap.
Nobody is stopping you if you want to be all emo and upset about it.
 
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