Should Davis and Mercer find themselves in consideration for playoffs in a couple months, how would a no contest game potentially help or hurt with the committee?

the time zones don’t match how we visualize the states. Alabama and part of Florida are central time but all of Michigan is eastern time.

my trips to PSU were to Providence Park, which was a different kind of dump because it was a baseball stadium. They let the band sleep on the floor of their wrestling room (smelled great, super sanitary, but it was free). I seem to remember realizing too late that towels were not provided in the showers. Only make that mistake once!

Tough day for PSU. While I certainly want us to win, it feels like success has eluded Portland and Northern Colorado for a long time, which has to impact recruiting and attendance.

@AggieFinn interestingly, Hillsboro Stadium is very similar to what is proposed at Cal Expo… an offsite, one-sided facility.

what Im reading is that the NCAA technically has no maximum delay and the longest in recent memory was about 3 hours. Because 3 quarters have been completed, the score can stand as a final result if both ADs agree. Less clear what happens if the delay becomes impractical and one AD doesn’t agree.

the title on my stream changed to “college football scoreboard” for their filler programming but they periodically cut to an image of the empty stadium.

At least on the lightning map it looks like there were a few strikes a few miles away but I haven’t seen new ones pop in a few minutes. In the south, these kind of thunder cells just appear and disappear, they don’t always blow thru on a track like west coast storms. In my area we usually have to go 30 minutes clear for 7 miles.

Game stopped for lightning in the area. Could be awhile because their metric is probably no lightning within a diameter for a certain number of minutes.

minus the cocky crotch grabbing dances. Hopefully stays that way.

I mean I want a bunch more PATs than FG lol

the other games I saw today had oddly missed FG too.

A safety? Anybody have that on their bingo card?

21-3 at half and receiving in the 3rd. Will take it!

Compared to the the Word/Nicholls game and PSU/Tarleton, the focus, preparation, commitment to second and third effort looking really good.

I know they don’t have the benefit of the yellow tv line in real life but ouch on stick awareness.

Refresh. It’s on.

Whatever ranking we were, move it up one because Incarnate Word is number four no more, falling to Nicholls 20-6. Both teams had difficulty completing drives but the Nicholls defense scored more points than The Word’s. The Cardinals lost 8 starters to P4 schools, so probably the story of this year is nobody really knows until the games start being played.

haha, Disney has always made upgrading price point easy.

The new ESPN app dropped today. Reminder to update your smartphone and smart TV apps and sign back in if necessary so you’re not jammed up as the game is starting. The new apps have some nice features like putting on up to 4 games on split screen and syncing live stats and tv control to your phone.

The Mercer game is on the ESPN main cable channel. You will need a cable subscription, or if you don’t have cable, you can buy the “ESPN Unlimited” package which includes the cable channels and the ESPN+ streaming content for $29.99.

Most of the future games are ESPN+ streaming games, which is now rebranded as “ESPN Select” for $11.99. Same as past seasons, if you already have cable or don’t care about the main channel, this is the package for you to add the streaming-only games.

I’d venture 2026 FCS independent is the likely outcome based on what we know now. Court cases can take a long time. They have 2 games on the books - Fresno and Lamar. Aside from that they just have uncertainty because they don’t exactly have friends or money. But yes, when you remove all guardrails, you end up with bad fries at Taco Bell and worse tacos at Burger King. Categories exist for a reason.