Cam Ward opts out at halftime of bowl game today

[Commercecomet24]

I plan to file for a copyright Monday for all P4 football jerseys. The name on the back will be a gigantic font so all fans in attendance can read them from all seats. This is the only way we can know who is playing for us year to year. The numbers can be smaller for use by the Refs. Heck, I went to Hail State roster early in the past incompetent season and never learned most of their names. Sad, miss the days of following young players from their Freshman year and watching them develop. I even remember going to the 4 or so freshman games as a young boy and hearing my late SuperDawg Dad say, "I can't wait to see that player in a year or two. He's really gonna be good."

Yeah you have to relearn who's on the team every year now. I miss those days too and they're gone forever unfortunately.

[Offshore Dawg]

We are basically now the Cleveland Browns. We'll get some talent and we will compete. But we have no chance of being relevant or winning anything significant.

This ^^^ basically is all the dawgs have ever been, if you think otherwise take off your maroon glasses. State is in the SEC to provide wins for the big boys. At least now that comes with a large welfare check.

[msstate7]

I mean. Who is going to fix this? The NCAA can't. Congress can't. The Supreme Court can't. The Presidents and ADs would have to come together to organize a new hierarchy to set caps, and rules and the Blue Blood ADs and a presidents don't want the playing field leveled. They want ALL the advantages. A new playoff format was created and nobody likes it because it actually worked by its design. Less than Blue Blood level Boise and ASU got top seeds and the best matchup is now #1 Oregon vs #8 Ohio State. So what will happen is #8 OSU will win and everybody will say: The 8 Seed won so it works to have more playoff teams. But is Ohio State really an 8 seed? No way. They are a Top 4 team. So, again everything needs RE-Fixing from NIL to portal to playoff format. What a freaking mess. And it started because of the stupid salaries for football coaches 20 years ago. So yeah! We should have seen this coming!

You can fix it - stop watching it if you don't like it. We say we don't like it, but we fuel it with our views.

[Offshore Dawg]

100's of Millions being spent all across this nation by schools and Boosters just to say HaHa "WE" beat you. Followed by; mine's bigger than yours. The schools with the biggest money boosters will be the last ones standing. The top players only allegiance now days is to the money.

[msstate7]

Now that the expanded playoffs are here, stop playing bowls. What sport has non-playoff teams play games in the postseason?

[Coach34]

Now that the expanded playoffs are here, stop playing bowls. What sport has non-playoff teams play games in the postseason?

I agree with this. Teams are playing bowl games missing 20-25 players who have opted out or are in the portal

[basedog]

I think Ward should have opted out before the game, quitting at half time is a "quitter" who let his team down. Dumb decision whoever advised him even before the game.

This is just the beginning, college football has become spoiled and rotten.

[Really Clark?]

I enjoy watching them and seeing the new players step up. It's like an extended spring training and with so much talk about how the game is becoming less clean, the extra practices help. And it is at least something not completely destroyed and a part of college football. Why does this have to be a carbon copy pro league?

[Dawgface]

I wonder how long it will be before a few opt out of playoff games? You know rock bottom has arrived when this happens.

[CaptainObvious]

Now that the expanded playoffs are here, stop playing bowls. What sport has non-playoff teams play games in the postseason?

We know it is a glorified exhibition game now. So. It should not count for or against your record.

[msstate7]

I enjoy watching them and seeing the new players step up. It's like an extended spring training and with so much talk about how the game is becoming less clean, the extra practices help. And it is at least something not completely destroyed and a part of college football. Why does this have to be a carbon copy pro league?

I don't hate the bowls, but at least have the transfer portal open post-bowls. Having players moving around during bowl season makes it a disaster

[Really Clark?]

I don't hate the bowls, but at least have the transfer portal open post-bowls. Having players moving around during bowl season makes it a disaster

Well if they close the transfer mess that they have created, either by reinstating rules or get to actual contracts, then a lot of the chaos goes away.

[bulldawg28]

We are basically now the Cleveland Browns. We'll get some talent and we will compete. But we have no chance of being relevant or winning anything significant.

Lmao... not true.

[Patrick Tibbons]

Now that the expanded playoffs are here, stop playing bowls. What sport has non-playoff teams play games in the postseason?

Basketball. NIT & CBI tournaments are the equivalent of bowl games.

[Commercecomet24]

The bowl games have been really good this year. Most have been very competitive and fun to watch. The kids playing in place of those that opted out are playing hard trying to earn a starting spot or attract attention of bigger programs. What else would you rather watch during the holidays? Hallmark movies lol?

[Extendedcab]

[QUOTE=Commercecomet24;1632812]The bowl games have been really good this year. Most have been very competitive and fun to watch. The kids playing in place of those that opted out are playing hard trying to earn a starting spot or attract attention of bigger programs. What else would you rather watch during the holidays? Hallmark movies lol?[/QUOTE]

What’s wrong with hallmark movies?

[EdwardDrayton]

Give me the old days when a player says he's sitting the second half and hears "well this is your lucky day kid, you can have the whole game off so go ahead and bring me your uni"

[Todd4State]

To me, if I'm paying a player money in NIL I expect them to participate in every game with the exception of injury, death in the family, illness, or coach's decision.

That includes bowl games.

And I suspect that teams are going to start writing that into their NIL agreements.

A bowl game is no more meaningless than then other 12 games a team plays.

[Political Hack]

Coaches should start recruiting character. NIL contracts should include incentives/disincentives for bowl games, etc...

The kid took advantage of the system and he's the bad guy? The system is a joke. The people running it have and continue to be a joke. The NCAA is a toothless tiger. They will literally let people play college football for a decade now if someone threatens to get a lawyer involved. The NCAA needs to fold and be disbanded. And all the money they make (THAT THEY STILL REFUSE TO SHARE WITH THE ATHLETES) should be sent straight to charity. Disgusting organization profiting off the work of kids.

[msudawg1200]

We are basically now the Cleveland Browns. We'll get some talent and we will compete. But we have no chance of being relevant or winning anything significant.

This sounds like us historically. Ole Miss also.