And even he was barely a top 500 player according to 247. Ethan Minter was 83 rated. Hardy, Britton, Danley were 85, Hammond 84. Our highest rated home grown player is Dak and heās now playing a different position.
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In football, especially if 5 for 5 is passed, I think there are genuinely very few freshmen who can make an impact as soon as they get to college. And I donāt think UVA will every really be in the mix for those unless they are predisposed to our school for whatever reason.
And then from there it used to be that you could develop the freshmen into sophomores and upperclassmen, but now everyone can transfer immediately or you just have to pay what they are worth. So the value of high school recruiting is if already being at a school makes guys take less in NIL (doubtful) or more likely to not transfer than transfer in (quite possible).
Anyways I donāt really think there is much value in it for football anymore. Other sports, for sure. But there is just such an advantage in football to being more physically mature.
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Our field rush made this Yeti commercial.
I had to double take when I saw itā¦ timestamp is at the 17 second mark.
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Very cool. Didnāt the founder or President go to UVa?
Yeti CEO went to Darden
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Playing JMU again in 2028. Not much upside for us but itās a fun home game atmosphere
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Anytime you can schedule a College Football Playoff team, thereās upside.
Sarcasm. Sorta.
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Yea I think JMU football would be like scheduling VCU basketball. More upside for them but thereās certainly some upside to us if they have a good year. Like if we were the team that beat JMU rather than Louisville this past year we might have hosted with a win in the ACC title
I donāt hate it. Thereās obviously the risk of losing, but thatās the same as it would be for any upper G6 opponent. I mean, Iād rather play JMU than App State or Western Kentucky or Temple or Liberty.
The benefits should be 1) lower cost since you donāt have to pay for their air travel or an overnight stay, 2) higher ticket sales to visiting fans and 3) just knocking them out of playoff consideration if we beat them.
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We made final three for a 4-star OL out of Western Branch. VPI and Tennessee are the other two.
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$$$$$ Many JMU fans will buy tickets. Would be smart to sell them in a mini package only.
if you are concerned about opposing fans invading our stadium, you definitely donāt want to join the SEC or B1G. Will be good money, but will be large visiting crowds unless we significantly up our season ticket game.
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Someone on Twitter pointed out thereās still a large percentage of CFB fans who give a shit about regional rivalries, they want to be able to talk about the game with their co-workers and neighbors. JMU game will sell out or close to it if both teams are doing well. More financial upside than a UR or W&M in that sense, and more than a Coastal Carolina or Western Michigan kind of G5 who wonāt travel and our fans are ambivalent about.
If weāre going to have a G5 team on the schedule, better itās JMU/ODU/ECU-level regional.
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Hoos in another final three ā this time with Duke and Northwestern.
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Yea Iām 100% pro the JMU home game. The overlap of us being good enough to be in playoff contention and bad enough that we lose at home to JMU is incredibly small.
Hope we get VCU basketball soon, maybe some of the DC schools as well
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Amen.
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Until halftimeā¦or a rain delay. After that I canāt be bothered.
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Hoos in the final four for a top SC receiver, along with Wisconsin, Cuse, and VPI (Mines, of course, is his recruiter).
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