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?
Liberty Bowl postgame thread
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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?
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.
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.
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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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!
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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It's probably like 15 extra practices.
Since 80ish other teams do about the same thing, that concept loses its weight in importance imo.
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.
You can say that about the entire season. At least since they started building stadiums and selling tickets.
I will be stunned if ISU loses Sunday. I'm guessing we end up with a 20 point win.
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.
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".
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.
