Western Carolina coach Mark Speir calls out Buckeroo Herbie

[The Authority]

A cupcake is a cupcake whether it's a weak mid major or an FCS school.

Except that its not.

 

[tech_iceman]

lol @ tSEC needing Western Carolina to come to their defense

 

[The Authority]

Who needs to play FCS schools when you have the powerhouse mid majors like Akron, Toledo, Bowling Green, Kent State and Cincinnati close to home to choose from for your non conference games every year?

Very true.

 

[TROJAN-MAN]

Game was much closer than the final score indicated. Navy lead much of the game.

And Charleston Southern runs the same offense as Georgia Tech, the triple option, so I'm glad we played our tune up game in week 12 instead of week 1.

And please explain to me the difference between a cupcake in week 1 and a cupcake in week 12?

Most team are 100% healthy week one. Week 12 most are beat up and or injured, gives time to get healthy. This luxury is afforded two other conferences.....

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

Most team are 100% healthy week one. Week 12 most are beat up and or injured, gives time to get healthy. This luxury is afforded two other conferences.....

Actually its afforded to all conference unless you know of rules by a conference that prohibits late season OOC games to be played. It doesnt take a real manly team to play an FCS when you are healthy and it seems pretty damn smart to me to schedule a built in break for your players if you can do so. No place I know of that its written that there is a right or wrong way to schedule.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I don't know what's funnier: the annual bitching about it or the fact that your dumbfuck athletic departments haven't figured it out yet.

 

[Beggs]

You're not exactly innocent yourself, my friend.

Hush it Vandy boy. If I didn't want to go to Vandy for grad school I would...I would..

Fuck.

 

[Erie Warrior]

I don't know what's funnier: the annual bitching about it or the fact that your dumbfuck athletic departments haven't figured it out yet.

Figured out that its gay? I think they have and that's why they don't do it.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Figured out that its gay? I think they have and that's why they don't do it.

Then why do you guys bitch about it?

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

I don't know what's funnier: the annual bitching about it or the fact that your dumbfuck athletic departments haven't figured it out yet.

For supposedly smarter schools, this is hilarious as hell. Its beneath them to give their players a break during the season, they would rather drive them in the ground and lose than admit the SEC has it figured out.

 

[Erie Warrior]

Then why do you guys bitch about it?

Because its gay.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Because its gay.

You seem to know a lot about gay

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

For supposedly smarter schools, this is hilarious as hell. Its beneath them to give their players a break during the season, they would rather drive them in the ground and lose than admit the SEC has it figured out.

"No, no, we'd rather stand here in a straight line, out in the open, wearing our bright red coats...only COWARDS hide in the woods and take shots from behind trees!"
--The British, circa 1780

 

[Erie Warrior]

You seem to know a lot about gay

Don't ask, don't tell...

 

[theSabanator20]

I don't think Herbie realizes that these teams get richer and richer every year.

Teams like:

South Alabama
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
UMass
Appalachian State
Western Carolina
UTSA
Texas State
Old Dominion
Chattanooga
North Dakota State


Most are in the FBS now because they have been able to upgrade facilities and fund the athletic programs through playing games vs. P5 teams. And in some instances, they even won the games. That's why they say "you have to play the game."

For the fan's sake, consider this... some parents can't afford to take their kids to a big time game like Alabama-Auburn or Oregon-Stanford or Oklahoma-Texas, because the ticket prices are insane and out of their budget. BUT, if you are a mother/father that wants to take your child to an Alabama, Ohio State, Kansas State, Florida State game for THEIR first time to experience what it's like on Gameday and let them enjoy cheering on their team, you can get very reasonable tickets just for that experience to see an Alabama-WCU, Ohio State-Youngstown State, Kansas State-NDSU, Florida State-Citadel game. There are many positives, with very few negatives.

Georgia Southern will forever use that Florida game to sway athletes to campus now, as NDSU does to KState and App State does to Michigan. Even Oregon State lost one last season to an FCS "cupcake", that apparently wasn't a cupcake after they lost.

All you whiny bitches should find something more reasonable to complain about, like why the winner of the Iron Bowl has been to the national title for the past 5 seasons.

 

[Bandwagonbo2]

I don't think Herbie realizes that these teams get richer and richer every year.

Teams like:

South Alabama
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
UMass
Appalachian State
Western Carolina
UTSA
Texas State
Old Dominion
Chattanooga
North Dakota State


Most are in the FBS now because they have been able to upgrade facilities and fund the athletic programs through playing games vs. P5 teams. And in some instances, they even won the games. That's why they say "you have to play the game."

For the fan's sake, consider this... some parents can't afford to take their kids to a big time game like Alabama-Auburn or Oregon-Stanford or Oklahoma-Texas, because the ticket prices are insane and out of their budget. BUT, if you are a mother/father that wants to take your child to an Alabama, Ohio State, Kansas State, Florida State game for THEIR first time to experience what it's like on Gameday and let them enjoy cheering on their team, you can get very reasonable tickets just for that experience to see an Alabama-WCU, Ohio State-Youngstown State, Kansas State-NDSU, Florida State-Citadel game. There are many positives, with very few negatives.

Georgia Southern will forever use that Florida game to sway athletes to campus now, as NDSU does to KState and App State does to Michigan. Even Oregon State lost one last season to an FCS "cupcake", that apparently wasn't a cupcake after they lost.

All you whiny bitches should find something more reasonable to complain about, like why the winner of the Iron Bowl has been to the national title for the past 5 seasons.

Or why the biggest game of the year that every team in FBS shoots for has been won by a team from the south for almost a decade now. Seems like them northern whiners might want to start to try and find a way to be relevant again instead of bitching about when a team plays its games and with who.

 

[trojanfight]

it wasn't just herbie it was a common theme on the various pregame/intermission college football shows. desmond howard chimed in on it too and quite a few others. its something that's been thrown around by us non-sec fans for years and now that its being frowned upon on national tv then it has some legs to it now. all we have heard is in defense is oh well it doesn't matter when you play the bad teams. everyone plays them. all cupcakes aren't equal. teams like fresno, virgina etc are light years ahead of western Carolina.


going into rivalry week it kind of removes any chance of "looking ahead" when you have a guaranteed victory scheduled. now does it matter when you play the cupcakes? well throughout history of college football its always been said you can overcome an early loss but lose late and your out of contention. well the sec has limited the chances of this late loss. adding in November cupcake week. im not so sure if the sec went to 9 games that its the end of fcs games in November.

 

[theSabanator20]

it wasn't just herbie it was a common theme on the various pregame/intermission college football shows. desmond howard chimed in on it too and quite a few others. its something that's been thrown around by us non-sec fans for years and now that its being frowned upon on national tv then it has some legs to it now. all we have heard is in defense is oh well it doesn't matter when you play the bad teams. everyone plays them. all cupcakes aren't equal. teams like fresno, virgina etc are light years ahead of western Carolina.


going into rivalry week it kind of removes any chance of "looking ahead" when you have a guaranteed victory scheduled. now does it matter when you play the cupcakes? well throughout history of college football its always been said you can overcome an early loss but lose late and your out of contention. well the sec has limited the chances of this late loss. adding in November cupcake week. im not so sure if the sec went to 9 games that its the end of fcs games in November.

Ummm.... the SEC is NOT the only conference that does this on a yearly basis. So don't take shots at JUST the SEC. That's jealousy otherwise.

 

[MarkOU]

It's buying a win.

Spreading the wealth if you will.

It is what it is however....

Doing it in late November is embarrassing and they need to fix that bullshit because that's what it is, bullshit.

Play your money games in September and fuck off with this shit this late in the season.

 

[theSabanator20]

it wasn't just herbie it was a common theme on the various pregame/intermission college football shows. desmond howard chimed in on it too and quite a few others. its something that's been thrown around by us non-sec fans for years and now that its being frowned upon on national tv then it has some legs to it now. all we have heard is in defense is oh well it doesn't matter when you play the bad teams. everyone plays them. all cupcakes aren't equal. teams like fresno, virgina etc are light years ahead of western Carolina.


going into rivalry week it kind of removes any chance of "looking ahead" when you have a guaranteed victory scheduled. now does it matter when you play the cupcakes? well throughout history of college football its always been said you can overcome an early loss but lose late and your out of contention. well the sec has limited the chances of this late loss. adding in November cupcake week. im not so sure if the sec went to 9 games that its the end of fcs games in November.

Team A November schedule

Virginia
@Miami FL
Boston College
Florida

Team B November schedule

Illinois
@Michigan State
@Minnesota
Indiana
Michigan

Team C November schedule

Stanford
@Utah
Colorado
@Oregon State

Team D November schedule

@West Virginia
Kansas State
@Kansas
@Texas

Team E November schedule

@LSU
Mississippi State
Western Carolina
Auburn

Please list who has the toughest schedule of these 5 teams in order of strongest to weakest.