NCAA Football 2015

[alfred russel]

he even has them staying in non-AC dorms to heighten the discomfort

I was thinking, "whoa, hardcore" then remembered they are in Michigan. Wtf is up with AC in Michigan being dorm rooms in the first place?

[Eddie Teach]

Buildings get pretty warm even when it's nice outside. Opening the windows lets a lot of noise in.

[grumbler]

I was thinking, "whoa, hardcore" then remembered they are in Michigan. Wtf is up with AC in Michigan being dorm rooms in the first place? 

There is a season called "summer" when you need AC.  Its only for three days, but you need AC on those three days.

Not all the dorms have AC.  Just those open during summer term.  As the dorms get renovated, they get modern HVAC units; those come with AC so there's no seperate AC system.

[MadImmortalMan]

Man, Michigan turns into a swamp in the summer. You need AC for more than a couple days. I'd be cranking it just to get the humidity down.

[alfred russel]

I used to live in Michiana. AC is nice, but it is hardly ubiquitous up there. I don't think that quite qualifies as the junction boys treatment.

[alfred russel]

unlike Bo's intro, nobody is leaving.

Well yeah, but the team Hoke left behind probably doesn't many good transfer options. 

[grumbler]

unlike Bo's intro, nobody is leaving.

Well yeah, but the team Hoke left behind probably doesn't many good transfer options. 

Actually, that's what was so frustrating:  Hoke was a terrific recruiter, with classes ranked 7th in 2012 and 5th in 2013 before the wheels fell off in 2014 (34th after having been 6th in October).  Hoke left Harbaugh far more talent than RichRod left him, and far, far more than Carr left RR.

Of the five running backs in contention this year, for instance, two were five-stars and two were four-stars.  With Harbaugh, all those guys will play.  Harbaugh creates a scheme to fit his players, unlike RR and Hoke.

[grumbler]

Man, Michigan turns into a swamp in the summer. You need AC for more than a couple days. I'd be cranking it just to get the humidity down.

The three days was a joke (in fact, a Michigan joke).  August in AA is hard to take without AC because of, as you say, humidity.  It may only be 95 degrees out, but it is a humid 95 degrees.

[derspiess]

Under the new coach Wyoming went back to basics.  One home set, one away set for uniforms.  If not having Cowboy-Camo jerseys drives off some recruits, having a coach that actually wants to focus on playing better might eventually mean a better team...

That's bringing some sanity back to the game. 

[MadBurgerMaker]

This Montana - NDSU game is pretty entertaining.  Montana just kicked a FG to get it to 35-31 NDSU with less than 3:00 left. 

E:  Haha FOOTBALL IS BACK.  Love that RB basically crowd surfing right near the goal line with 6 seconds left in the game. 

And Montana takes the lead with :02 left in the game.  Great game to start the football season.

[Grey Fox]

Are all NCAA football players, in the bowl division atleast, tuition-free students?

[alfred russel]

Are all NCAA football players, in the bowl division atleast, tuition-free students?

No. Almost every team has walk ons--members of the student body that aren't on scholarship. Usually they are used to fill out the practice squad and fill in if there is a rash of injuries. The NCAA limits teams to 85 scholarships, so to the extent you need more warm bodies the walk ons are needed.

Almost everyone you see in a game is on a scholarship. Occasionally a walk on is good enough to get significant playing time--usually he is then given a scholarship. Once in a while a player from a wealthy family or on some other type of arrangement will forego a scholarship to help the team out.

[Grey Fox]

America!

[grumbler]

America!

These students aren't tuition-free, they are on scholarship.  The athletic department pays the school the amount that the student would normally pay in tuition, and gets the money from athletic revenues.  The school gets as much money from football players as it does from any other students.

[crazy canuck]

America!

It works the same way in Canada  . Although the funds athletic departments can attract are much less than in the US and as a result the number of full scholarship rides are rare.