NickRU714 said:

Hahaha.
#11 Iowa State would jump to the 4 seed and get a 1st round bye.
And #17 Boise State jumps to #12 as the 5th conference champ.

Talk about a poorly designed system.

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Puts emphasis on conference champions.

I don't watch pro sports anymore and don't know if they've changed the formats in the decades since. You'd get teams with worse records but who won their divisions get higher seeds in the playoffs or keep teams out of the playoffs who had better records.

This is pretty much the same thing. No big deal.

And in pro sports there's more parity with resources and such, I have no issue giving some opportunity to teams that don't have the same resources etc..

PSAL_Hoops said:

Yeah he wasted way too much time on kids like that. That was a big part of the problem. Flood would wine and dine kids like that who never had any intention of coming to Rutgers instead of focusing on the upper end of guys in our realistic league that could’ve been coached up. It was a shame too, because Flood was pretty decent with player development (the ones not getting expelled). Kids like Paul James and Michael Burton were walk ons developed under him.

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He was also in on some guys early who flipped later when they received better offers. The DT from Staten Island who chose ND eventually comes to mind. You also had a guy like Turay who stuck. I remember many on the board killing that offer when it was made.

*bump*

Lol, for us non season ticket holders MSG and Pru are the only two games we can go to

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fatsam98 said:

I mean not for nothing but STH already paid for ten big ten games and now we're only getting nine.

As per my post above I'll be happy if they get us a big allotment at fair prices without having to pay the Ticketmaster fees.

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I would check the fine print.
Did STH pay for "ten Big Ten games" or just "Home games at JMA"?

Just because the AD ripped off STH and plays shenanigans with pricing (set price without clarifying how many games STH get) doesn't mean MSG needs to accommodate.

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Hey Cali - You mention some new faces making impacts.... any particular position group or players?

I believe there are scrimmages each of the next 3 weeks, hopefully will know more after live competition against other teams.

fatsam98 said:

I don't see why it wouldn't be free for a charity game. It's not like they need attendants making sure you're in the right lot.

I think the Fairfield scrimmage parking was free?

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Because of the RU money grab. Of course it should be free, but …

Scarlet16E said:

EWR may be closer, but every plane sits in line for 30-60 minutes waiting their turn to take off. Also flight paths into the 3 New York area airports add at least 30 minutes to every flight.
Flying out of Harrisburg, even with their 2 hour ride to the airport, may just result in a shorter overall trip to the west coast.

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Even for charter flights? I've never been on a charter flight so I wouldn't know but it seems like they get some special perks.

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knightfan7 said:

At least 10 of the 15 playing at ND made the NCAA Regionals last Sprng, including Wash, MSU, and Indy. That's why I called it a strong field.

The first D1 rankings should come out between the 15th and 31st. Right now I'm guessing they'll be in the bottom 1/3 of the Conf. Last year they ended 8th and 91st out of 306 D1 programs. The team lost a combined 17 years of college competition to graduation and no more eligibility. '24-'25 is a who knows what they'll be team.

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They're young but OMG the quality of young players is so different now a days they all hit it over 300 yards and many of them are playing since they can walk; its still more of an entitled game as if you are a member of a club and parents have money than you have a great advantage; I love what Gotterup is doing but being able to play all the golf you can is quite an advantage!!
Lets hope our young squad just keeps improving

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So, this only applies to West Coast flights for them because of the fuel load? Not a huge impact in my opinion.

rurichdog said:

State College runway expansion project funding just became a top priority in Pennsylvania politics.

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We’ll all have a nice little chuckle and then this will happen…

Scarlet16E said:

They make enough money on football to extend the runway.

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