What was the benefit of shortening the second half?

[Crusty]

Personally just get more excited seeing our younger players, the future, get some run. Its exciting for a fan. It doesn’t come down to how much we win by. I just get excited seeing the younger guys succeed and get amped up

Succeed and get ramped up against a hapless BCS team? I don't call that succeeding. Not much to be proud of - the quality of the competition matters.. If Dino thought there was any value he would have played 15 minute regulation quarters. We will just have to disagree on this one.

 

[Chris02M]

Who cares? I appreciated it, to be honest

same was totally good with it

 

[SUDadx2]

Personally, I thought it was a classy move befiting the University. It also prevents needless injury and there is lttle to be gained by reps against Wagner. Practice against the ones is far more benefit - and even there in practice we suffer injuries and those are unavoidable.

If fans want to see meaningless plays against a hapless opponent they can watch SEC games.

Bravo Dino.

You’re right - injuries are unavoidable. You do what you can do prevent them. You know, like play your third string or walk-ons.

FYI - practicing against the 1’s is not more beneficial because we don’t go live against the 1’s. No one does during the season.

This was the best chance for those kids to see live action until next spring.

It still would have been classy to play 60 minutes IF you also played the back end of the roster.

Just an opinion.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I think it was to make sure none of the Wagner players got murdered.

 

[Crusty]

You’re right - injuries are unavoidable. You do what you can do prevent them. You know, like okay your third string or walk-ons.

FYI - practicing against the 1’s is not more beneficial because we don’t go live against the 1’s. No one does during the season.

This was the best chance for those kids to see live action until next spring.

It still would have been classy to play 60 minutes IF you also played the back end of the roster.

Just an opinion.

I realize they don't go live - I was making a point of emphasis - as there is little or nothing to gain from running up and down the field for 20 more minutes. The game always gets sloppy and teamwork tends to break down in those situations and can be counterproductive. Lots of injuries in wild wild west time.

 

[DPCuse]

My only interest after the first quarter was seeing the 2s get some run.

 

[Crusty]

I think it was to make sure none of the Wagner players got murdered.

I am sure FCS AD's and coaches took notice of what Dino did making us a more desirable opponent for many of them.

 

[SarasotaPaul]

"We have lost our will to live" ---- Thanks for making my day!!!!

 

[Trueblue25]

I am sure FCS AD's and coaches took notice of what Dino did making us a more desirable opponent for many of them.

These schools are being compensated around a mil and get to be on TV. They care far more about that. They know 90% of the time they’re gonna receive the business on the scoreboard

 

[Crusty]

These schools are being compensated around a mil and get to be on TV. They care far more about that. They know 90% of the time they’re gonna receive the business on the scoreboard

True enough but they can pretty much get that money from any P5 school.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

For the life of me I cant think of one

Better think some more.

 

[Trueblue25]

True enough but they can pretty much get that money from any P5 school.

Fair enough

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Personally, I thought it was a classy move befiting the University. It also prevents needless injury and there is lttle to be gained by reps against Wagner. Practice against the ones is far more benefit - and even there in practice we suffer injuries and those are unavoidable.

If fans want to see meaningless plays against a hapless opponent they can watch SEC games.

Bravo Dino.

This could reap a lot of benefits down the road. Parents might say, I want my son to play for that man.
I also really liked his response in the post game press conference. A reporter was really trying to get at who asked to shorten the game. Dino would have none of it. Paraphrasing, he said It was an agreement between two men. Leave it at that.

 

[djorange1989]

I have no issue with it, we paid them to get an easy win towards bowl eligibility, that’s the reason. Yeah, some kids get some game time experience but Wagner is a D2 team playing FCS, there isn’t that much value in it and they did get some run anyway. We could have easily scored 73 in the shortened game, meaning we likely would have gotten to 87 or so if we played the full game. It was a bloodbath at 50 minutes

 

[SUDadx2]

there is little or nothing to gain from running up and down the field for 20 more minutes.

I’m sure the guys who play scout team all week every week, but couldn’t get off the bench yesterday feel differently.

Yup, nothing to gain from having some live reps on film.

Yup, nothing to gain from throwing a bone to the dozens of guys who toil in anonymity each week. Nothing like team morale or team culture.

I’m glad we didn’t hurt Wagner’s feelings.

 

[Yeti]

Yup, nothing to gain from having some live reps on film.

Any film from this Wagner game would've been next to useless. It was legitimately like there wasn't another team on the field.

 

[Nicknack]

At halftime, I was actually wondering how we could avoid hitting 80, which is the magic number that labels the winner nationally as a poor sport. It was almost as though Wagner was opening holes by themselves and setting up flashing neon arrows that said "Sean Tucker, run this way please. We have lost our will to live."

The (albeit weird and obscure) rule was designed for exactly games like this.

Good perspective, but I was actually rooting for 100. However, with the 10 minute quarters in the 2nd half and us kneeling at the end of the first half, I could see my dream wasn't coming true.

 

[NJCuse97]

I’m sure the guys who play scout team all week every week, but couldn’t get off the bench yesterday feel differently.

Yup, nothing to gain from having some live reps on film.

Yup, nothing to gain from throwing a bone to the dozens of guys who toil in anonymity each week. Nothing like team morale or team culture.

I’m glad we didn’t hurt Wagner’s feelings.

Honestly a tough call IMO. I don’t want to see anyone get injured, and the thought of getting reps on film seems more a transfer portal mentality, but my roommate was a walk-on. He wanted more than anything to log game time. If you don’t, you don’t have record of having been on the team. You don’t get membership in the varsity club. It’s like you didn’t earn the accolades that go along with the bruises.

we were sure our game with Eastern Michigan his last year would be the game he’d get in, but believe our loss to East Carolina earlier that season took that opportunity, and we were resigned to the potential that he’d never get in a game.

He played the last series in our bowl blowout against Clemson. Credit to the team for putting us in the position, and credit to Coach P for seeing it through. That man valued the efforts and contributions of the walk-ons.

 

[Dick_in_MI]

Good perspective, but I was actually rooting for 100. However, with the 10 minute quarters in the 2nd half and us kneeling at the end of the first half, I could see my dream wasn't coming true.

I recall the hoops game in Manley when we scored 144 on Siena in 1979. Yesterday felt even more lopsided than that. We have had football games where we have scored more points, but I can't remember a game where it felt like the kids on the other team should have beaten the crap out of their AD after the game.

 

[Frozen]

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Honestly a tough call IMO. I don’t want to see anyone get injured, and the thought of getting reps on film seems more a transfer portal mentality, but my roommate was a walk-on. He wanted more than anything to log game time. If you don’t, you don’t have record of having been on the team. You don’t get membership in the varsity club. It’s like you didn’t earn the accolades that go along with the bruises.

we were sure our game with Eastern Michigan his last year would be the game he’d get in, but believe our loss to East Carolina earlier that season took that opportunity, and we were resigned to the potential that he’d never get in a game.

He played the last series in our bowl blowout against Clemson. Credit to the team for putting us in the position, and credit to Coach P for seeing it through. That man valued the efforts and contributions of the walk-ons.

Was your roommate, Rudy?!

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I recall the hoops game in Manley when we scored 144 on Siena in 1979. Yesterday felt even more lopsided than that. We have had football games where we have scored more points, but I can't remember a game where it felt like the kids on the other team should have beaten the crap out of their AD after the game.

That scrappy Siena team put up 92 against us!

 

[Eric15]

One distinction I see between a mercy rule in college baseball/softball vs football is that there is no clock in baseball and a game could theoretically go on forever if they’re simply incapable of getting outs.

But whatever, it is what it is and the world keeps spinning. On to the next game.

 

[OburgOrange]

Preventing needless injuries for both teams.

But yet, we leave the starters in after halftime and Tucker gets hurt. Seems legit

 

[NJCuse97]

Was your roommate, Rudy?!

#47 in my avatar. Just to the right of Harrison. Enabled my invite to the dinner at the NY Athletic Club for the Joe Morris number “recognition“ dinner.