Week 1 College Football Thread: Seven Years of College Station Down the Drain

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Clemson-Georgia in the dome makes zero sense.
Sanford Stadium holds 20,000 more.

With a noon kickoff....The dome makes plenty of sense.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

I wish they would add more to the Sunday schedule for Week 1. Slot over about half dozen games and it would be a beautiful weekend.

 

[BTExpress]

Just read that Tennessee had 59,000 applicants for 7,000 freshman slots. SEC excitement indeed.

When I applied I believe it was something like 7,001 applications for 7,000 freshman slots.

Always felt bad for the kid who had to go to Roane State Community College instead.

 

[I Should Coco]

I don't bet on games, but if I had to give 50 points I'd still take the Ducks over Idaho.

Hopefully the Vandals are getting seven figures for that beat down in Eugene.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

SOB (Soft Ol' bench) Dabo Swinney will no longer take calls during his weekly radio show because Tyler from Spartanburg made him sad.

 

[goalmouth]

The university where I work had 53,000 applications for a freshman class of about 3,500.

And this during a time of overall declining applications. I will add that after Katrina, Tulane dropped its application fee and applications took off like a Cat 5 hurricane.

 

[dixiehack]

My understanding is Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi either waive tuition for students in bordering states or only have a small surcharge, maybe 10 percent above the in-state cost. I think Kansas may have something similar. So there are some public schools hurting somewhere, even in the higher end sportsball leagues.

 

[Batman]

Today, the Little Rock Touchdown Club will have its second luncheon of the season. Sam Pittman started the season last week. This week? Brett Favre. Chances of anybody in the Little Rock media mentioning Favre defrauding the State of Mississippi to build his daughter's school a new volleyball arena? Zero!

Anyway, I'm sure they're have a better quality speaker next week to discuss college football since <checks schedule> ... Ray Lewis ... is the speaker.

That speech will be a killer.

 

[justgladtobehere]

The university where I work had 53,000 applications for a freshman class of about 3,500.

Aren't application numbers meaningless with the uniform application? The family doesn't have to pay $75 for every application.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

My understanding is Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi either waive tuition for students in bordering states or only have a small surcharge, maybe 10 percent above the in-state cost. I think Kansas may have something similar. So there are some public schools hurting somewhere, even in the higher end sportsball leagues.

They don't waive tuition entirely. They just offer in-state tuition to students from neighboring states. At the University of Arkansas, that means around $8,000 per school year vs. $28,000 for out-of-state tuition.

It's part of the reason there are so many vehicles with Texas tags in Fayetteville now.

 

[Songbird]

First time USC and LSU have played since '84, third time ever.

 

[dixiehack]

They don't waive tuition entirely. They just offer in-state tuition to students from neighboring states. At the University of Arkansas, that means around $8,000 per school year vs. $28,000 for out-of-state tuition.

It's part of the reason there are so many vehicles with Texas tags in Fayetteville now.

Sorry, mistyped. I have a friend from Memphis sending her daughter to architecture school in Fayetteville on that plan. Still closer than Rocky Top.