This Marshall team strikes me as a really good example of just how feeble it is to try and compete in the third tier (Tier one, elite powers; Tier 2, other Big 5 teams; Tier 3, everybody else) of FBS football right now. Marshall went 12-1 and gets a s%$#^& match up against a MAC team at 6pm on a Tuesday to show for it. They'll likely lose money, play in front of a half empty stadium, and get completely mediocre ratings. What's in this for them, exactly?
It's just not a remotely equitable situation. It's long past time for schools at our level to have serious discussions about what comes next, because we're not eligible for the national championship and our bowl tie-ins result in losing money.
Put it like this: If Texas and Oklahoma are sitting there with one loss instead of TCU and Baylor, is there any chance at all they both get left out? The committee went and took the biggest brands, regardless of on field results. If a TCU or Baylor can't even get equitable treatment alongside the teams in their own conference, what hope exists for the Ohios and Marshalls of the world? What's the point of all of this?
Last Edited: 12/8/2014 9:53:23 PM by Jeff McKinney