sjsbuff Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, WAC_FAN said: Remember when the Arizona Bowl was humiliated and matched up two MWC teams in its first year and wasn’t even on TV? Now it’s on CBS on New Years Eve and has a match up between two conference champs! Nevada and (especially) CSU don't like to be reminded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robe Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I said early in the year that San Jose St looked like a P5 school. San Jose deserve a better game. Frankly they might possibly be the best G5 team. But Craig T destroyed their chances by not playing football while the Covid was relatively calm before the flu season hit. There needs to be a lawsuit to force the expansion of the playoffs to include all conference champions. The Masters 5k road race All American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
415hawaiiboy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 I don’t know much about Ball State, but I assume from the name, they take sports seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Rev McQuervo said: What good has that guy EVER provided? He is worse than the guy that "Ran" the WAC. Truly useless. Hair put himself in a win-win situation. If the Spartans lose to Ball State the onus would be on SJSU, not Hair. However if the Spartans win, Hair will probably complain that the MWC never gets any respect for not getting a worthy competitor. Just like a typical politician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokes Forever Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Had a great time in Tucson last year.....too bad no fans. Sparty fans are missing out! It SUCKS to be a CSU Ram! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe from WY Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, 415hawaiiboy said: I don’t know much about Ball State, but I assume from the name, they take sports seriously It's David Letterman's alma mater. It's in Indiana. That's about all I know about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 4 hours ago, sactowndog said: I’m sure the MAC Champs are saying the same thing. Regardless we need to focus in on this and win this game. West Coast football has zero national respect at the moment. Look who’s ranked and where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, WAC_FAN said: Remember when the Arizona Bowl was humiliated and matched up two MWC teams in its first year and wasn’t even on TV? Now it’s on CBS on New Years Eve and has a match up between two conference champs! It’s a fast up and comer. It won’t be long when the AZ Bowl is a P5 Bowl. It totally smokes the Sun Bowl at UTEP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crixus Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Joe from WY said: It's David Letterman's alma mater. It's in Indiana. That's about all I know about it. Ball State University (Ball State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute for $35,100 and gave the school and surrounding land to the State of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly accepted the donation in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division on June 17, 1918. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ David Letterman once called Ball State "the Harvard of Muncie". I watched the MAC championship and the Ball State Cardinals are very good. The Arizona Bowl should be a close game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renoskier Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, sjsbuff said: Nevada and (especially) CSU don't like to be reminded... Hey, remind us anytime...a bowl win is a bowl win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
415hawaiiboy Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, renoskier said: Hey, remind us anytime...a bowl win is a bowl win. More money for the conference! Play in those bowls. Hawaii needs welfare too and we working OT for the money (New Mexico Bowl). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztech Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 1 hour ago, crixus said: Ball State University (Ball State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute for $35,100 and gave the school and surrounding land to the State of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly accepted the donation in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division on June 17, 1918. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ David Letterman once called Ball State "the Harvard of Muncie". I watched the MAC championship and the Ball State Cardinals are very good. The Arizona Bowl should be a close game. This from the guy who proclaimed he was a "C" student. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLV2001 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godogsgo Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Bleh. I'm sorry Sparta, but you peeps deserved something more interesting than that. San Jose StateAnnounced: 85,235Scanned: 33,892Percentage: 39.8%Actual Attendance Per Game: 5,648 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Is Ball State ranked? Did San Jose State's ranking go up after beating Boise State? Looks to be a good game, Champion Vs. Champion. Can't wait to see this San Jose State team play one more time, they're very good, way better than I ever expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon5251042 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, Rocket said: Is Ball State ranked? Did San Jose State's ranking go up after beating Boise State? Looks to be a good game, Champion Vs. Champion. Can't wait to see this San Jose State team play one more time, they're very good, way better than I ever expected. Ball State is not ranked. Yes. #19 in the AP Poll #20 in the Coaches Poll #22 in the CFB Poll https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon5251042 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I like the matchup though. The tale of two underdogs that, coincidentally, went from zero to hero. You had two opponents that had been awful in the past 5 years or so. Ball State hasn't had a winning season since '13. For both coaches (Brennan and Neu), this year is their first winning season. Both opponents didn't have a lot of fan support and people going to the games either. I remember reading about how Ball State has the lowest avg. attendance in the FBS for consecutive years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 11 hours ago, Ibanez said: What they are basically saying is an undefeated Sparta with wins over Boise, Nevada, and SDSU are only good enough to play a one loss MAC team? +++++ing ridiculous. This conference gets no respect. This year we do not deserve much respect but I agree with you, our conference champ certainly deserves MUCH better than Ball State. In fact they deserve much better than any MAC or CUSA school. My worry is that we are allowing not only the AAC but also the Sun Belt to move ahead of us. But many here believe that Hair is doing an excellent job. I don't much believe that the oft heard excuse of "east coast bias" is as accurate as some here would like it to be. However if you were watching ESPN or ABC yesterday, especially during the Cincy vs. Tulsa CCG you heard a propaganda blast about the superiority of the AAC and how badly they are being treated by the college playoff group and the P6. I believe we made a mistake not going with ESPN in our TV contract. Or was the extra money we received from CBS and Fox worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 16 minutes ago, Anon5251042 said: Ball State is not ranked. Yes. #19 in the AP Poll #20 in the Coaches Poll #22 in the CFB Poll https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings I see, they did receive votes in all the polls just not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsbuff Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, 1066 said: This year we do not deserve much respect but I agree with you, our conference champ certainly deserves MUCH better than Ball State. In fact they deserve much better than any MAC or CUSA school. My worry is that we are allowing not only the AAC but also the Sun Belt to move ahead of us. But many here believe that Hair is doing an excellent job. I don't much believe that the oft heard excuse of "east coast bias" is as accurate as some here would like it to be. However if you were watching ESPN or ABC yesterday, especially during the Cincy vs. Tulsa CCG you heard a propaganda blast about the superiority of the AAC and how badly they are being treated by the college playoff group and the P6. I believe we made a mistake not going with ESPN in our TV contract. Or was the extra money we received from CBS and Fox worth it? For a program like BSU, they want the exposure. They already get $1.8MM more than their MWC conference-mates. For the other teams, we just want more dough, so viva CBSSports and Fox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...