I still want to win
Almost. They still count. But I do agree they should probably just make them postseason exhibitions for any team that wants to play in one.
Your mom is an exhibition game.
Your mom is my Super Bowl
They are supposed to be a reward for the players, among other things. If the players aren't interested, then what's the point?
Every game is an exhibition game if you didn't make the playoffs. Boohoo, players opt out and now the game doesn't mean as much. Tell that to the players that do play in the game. We lost Whitson after the second game. He was pretty much our defense. Every game after that was an exhibition.
The fans, administration and coaches as well. Are any of you not going to watch because WF had starters opt out? To bad for them. They should have hired players with more loyalty.
Yeah, like our loyal QB that has left to supposedly get ready for The Combine and Pro Days, even though he had (according to ESPN stats) the lowest QB rating in the SEC of all starters.......
Do you blame Shapen? Do you really want him on the sideline? And for what?
It used to be a reward when players were excited to get a $1k of Swag plus travel expenses. Now that’s chump change.
One could make a solid argument that any team in the field of 12 that does not have a realistic chance of winning the national championship in playing in an exhibition game.
I don’t think the guys who end up playing share that view.
In order for that to work the bowl games and ESPN/TNT will have to start revenue share with the players to get them to play.
Personally, I'm happy for Shapen. He knew he wasn't going to play in the bowl game. He gave us everything he had during the season. Sadly, he wasn't very mobile and fumbled when he was hit.
Oh my bad, sorry for the "disdain" . So I should be happy he took a ton of NIL money over 2 seasons, won 1 damn conference game then bailed on his teammates. Should Taylor go down in the game or during practice, get the flu, whatever, that leaves us with a backup that went 2-4 for 20yds on the season and also took a bunch of NIL money that we got nothing for either. Damn right I want Shapen standing there on the sidelines earning his damn keep and holding a clipboard. He's a paid employee, not a volunteer and he hasn't done much to earn his keep so yeah he needs to be standing there
All of them took nil money and many didn't fill their position as well as Shapen. Yet Shapen is blamed for losses. Shapen is one of the better players.
Rev share started this year. Also from what I heard, they get paid nil through the bowl, assuming they play.
For all bowl games? If that happened I missed that and curious how much rev share is per player
Worst rated QB in the conference, and he's "one of the better players" . Says a lot about player development, recruiting, talent judgement, and other such duties Lebby is getting $4+ Million to do
I will likely watch, but what little luster the game had is diminished further by players opting out.
So yall can complain about him more while continuously slobbing the knob of his 50% passer backup?
I believe you have me confused with somebody else if you think I've been slobbing Taylor's knob
You should have MORE on campus games. Reward the fans in those early games. Almost all major college teams can handle those crowds.
Tony Mitchell and Booth are 2 guys that would normally play but will not be. Isaac smith had surgery and won’t play either.
The fact that you have to type this out is insane. We paid that son of a b*tch 500 thousand dollars. Yea, his b*tch *** needs to be on the sideline in case we need him. This should not be a debate.
