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Is that a lot or a little? Without a home and home agreement it’s completely standard for home team to pay the visitor

But according to SportingNews power ranking the #56 team went on the road and beat #55. So whatever

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09-03-2023 , 02:29 PM

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The covid year when we were looking for teams to care about?

Last night was going pretty well until UCLA decided to play their much better quarterback.

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09-03-2023 , 02:42 PM

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I'm not sure if it's a lot or a little. Fresno State is definitely the superior team, they supposedly returned a lot from a good team last year and their only real question was whether the transfer QB would fit in(spoiler alert - he's good). It's more just embarrassing that you paid a mid major to come hand you an L, regardless of whether they are the better team or not(which again Fresno is most certainly the better team).

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09-03-2023 , 03:15 PM

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It’s not really a lot and it’s not embarrassing. They weren’t getting paid to come in and take the L. They got a standard (and in this case relatively low) payment to compensate them for expenses and using up one of their three non conference games on the road.

Sometimes Group of 5 teams beat Power 5s. Especially the better ones versus middle of road Power 5s.

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09-03-2023 , 04:11 PM

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It most definitely is embarrassing for Purdue to pay Fresno State to come beat them. Really no other way to slice it. Losing any buy game is the "epitome of brutality" as Jon Rothstein puts it.

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09-03-2023 , 04:43 PM

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Saw on Twitter that Purdue paid Fresno State 1.35 million to come in and whoop their ass.

announced attendance 54,898
that cost is under $25 for each of them
probably cheaper than a parking pass

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09-03-2023 , 04:51 PM

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kills me how mockingly old fashioned this name is

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09-03-2023 , 05:01 PM

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It most definitely is embarrassing for Purdue to pay Fresno State to come beat them. Really no other way to slice it. Losing any buy game is the "epitome of brutality" as Jon Rothstein puts it.

In the year of the "Bush Push" Fresno State actually did better against the Trojans. The qb threw 4 INTs and the bulldogs still had leads at halftime and the 4th quarter.

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09-03-2023 , 05:28 PM

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In the year of the "Bush Push" Fresno State actually did better against the Trojans. The qb threw 4 INTs and the bulldogs still had leads at halftime and the 4th quarter.

'the qb' you reference prefers 'super bowl champion' as his pro bowl nouns

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09-03-2023 , 05:53 PM

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Losing close is not doing "better" than winning.

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09-03-2023 , 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Polarbear1955

Losing close is not doing "better" than winning.

all depends upon how much a fool can leverage a crumb of moral victory

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09-03-2023 , 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by REDeYeS00

kills me how mockingly old fashioned this name is

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If ever a name begged for a III or IV behind it ...

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09-03-2023 , 06:58 PM

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It most definitely is embarrassing for Purdue to pay Fresno State to come beat them. Really no other way to slice it. Losing any buy game is the "epitome of brutality" as Jon Rothstein puts it.

Lol yes there is, let me clear it up to you and then you can clear it up with Twitter should you desire

Purdue paid them the money for the ability to have the home game. Mission accomplished, they got it.

The reason why most teams win when they pay is because usually the money doesn’t work out the other way. For example, Auburn paid UMass 1.9M. But UMass couldn’t pay enough to make it worth it to Auburn.

So this confuses people and makes them say stuff like “they paid x team $ to come and beat them.” No, they paid x team for the home game, and compensated x team for the loss of theirs

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09-03-2023 , 06:58 PM

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If ever a name begged for a III or IV behind it ...

mormon progeny typically takes less than twenty years

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09-03-2023 , 07:16 PM

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mormon progeny typically takes less than twenty years

XIV ?

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09-03-2023 , 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ScotchOnDaRocks

Well, you are the infamous ScotchonDaRocks, so I'm sure you're smarter than me. I'll take your word for it that a B1G program paying a mid major to come embarrass them on their home field isn't Ack-shul-ly embarrassing.

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09-03-2023 , 07:28 PM

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Please tell me this isn't one of those deals where it says the game starts at 8:30 but really it's 8:55.

It's 2:30 AM here

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09-03-2023 , 07:34 PM

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XIV ?

atticus sappington quatorze confirmed next american football quarterback prodigy from byu
took his mormon missions on the isles of hawaii to learn the june jones offense
poised to wreak havoc on the big dozen next season

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09-03-2023 , 07:34 PM

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ABC, please turn Kirk's headset 90* so one of those big earpieces is over his mouth. Bonus points if it covers his nose enough to impair his breathing.

k Thanks!

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09-03-2023 , 07:35 PM

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atticus sappington quatorze confirmed next american football quarterback progeny at byu

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09-03-2023 , 07:41 PM

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REDeYeS00

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let us not conflate being good with being young

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09-03-2023 , 07:46 PM

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Turn out the lights

****

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09-03-2023 , 07:47 PM

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I'm on the LSU train

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09-03-2023 , 07:48 PM

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Tom Ames

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Feelings hurt.

Flags fly.

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09-03-2023 , 07:49 PM

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Oh com'on that happens every game with no flag

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