GameDay to Western
Two unbeatens left. We're coming to see one of them. Get hyped, @WMU_Football! pic.twitter.com/YuGqwwsdNE
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 13, 2016
Sister is in the Western marching band, she says everyone there is super excited. At least some fun news on an otherwise dismal day
November 13th, 2016 at 12:03 PM ^
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November 13th, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
I just read that they're the Buffalo Bulls, and not the Buffalo Buffaloes? WTF???
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Didn't even know such a thing existied. Anyway, go Broncos, now Ii can finally be proud of that Western BA in history..
juuuust kidding, I've been proud of it, just have been a fan of Michigan football my whole life
November 13th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
Actually, it's a Bison.
November 13th, 2016 at 7:16 PM ^
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November 13th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
They would be the Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo. To really make it work, you'd need a variable number of Buffalo in the name. Maybe based on the number of wins? Or add one for each season the team has played?
Hoping there's anyone on this board that the joke only works for a tiny subset of people. (I'm hopeful--I learned the basis for it in a computer science class, and I know there are some CS people here.)
November 13th, 2016 at 12:05 PM ^
...a 2-8 Buffalo team haha
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Any guessed where he ends up? The list of schools likely on the market seems to be shrinking. Tennessee? Texas? MSU? (Threw that last one in for fun.)
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November 13th, 2016 at 1:36 PM ^
WMU grad here. Here's what we know about the Fleck situation and what questions come from that:
1. He already gets paid roughly twice what the typical MAC coach does at around $800k. Boosters other than myself have funded/endowed it, apparently. I am also hearing that a similar effort is being made to increase that and keep him. If you're Fleck, do you take just a little bit more to go to a mediocre/bad job like a Purdue, which could harm your career? Or do you hold out for something more attractive to open up (MSU?)? If you're getting a million bucks, how bad is it to hang out in Kalamazoo and win a bunch of games until that destination gig presents itself?
2. Unusual factor, but, he's a 35 year old divorcee with several really small kids, like under 5. And he's engaged to someone else (no idea if she has any kids or not, lets assume no). This guy has to be thinking about moving TWO households, not one. I understand him to be the kind of guy that isn't going to just bail and leave his kids behind in Kalamazoo. That's a big factor. Do you run off to a West Lafayette if you have to figure out how to get your ex to move also?
3. He is a midwest guy, from Chicagoland, played at Northern Illinois. His recruiting ties and such are in the midwest, and he pulls from Florida too. Does that translate well to Oregon?
It may be wishful thinking, but I think he hangs on until an attractive upper tier Big Ten gig comes around. Not an Illinois or a Purdue, but a Wisconsin/MSU/Ohio/PennSt type gig presents itself. I may be crazy. If Dantonio went to an LSU or a Texas or whatever, I could see PJ going to East Lansing.
November 13th, 2016 at 2:26 PM ^
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he's as good as gone. He'll get paid minimum 5 million a year. Purdue don't have a chance of landing him if they offered him a contract.
He's already getting ton of interests from a very good power 5 schools and will outbid WMU for his service.
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That's actually really cool for them - I know we usually reach for the typical names whenever we sit around and guess where GameDay will go, but we forget that sometimes they've gone to some less conventional locations. All the same, there's a good story in WMU's season and it will be interesting to see the show they put on there.
November 13th, 2016 at 12:29 PM ^
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November 13th, 2016 at 12:45 PM ^
it is great for Western, those players and for Fleck, A nice reward for their accomplishments.
It is also great to see ESPN going to a non-Power 5 conference, Give the MAC a little love.
November 13th, 2016 at 12:46 PM ^
Note: I'm a Central grad, so my love for Western is non existent. As a Kalamazoo native who went to high school literally across the street from Western, I'm happy for the city. As a rabid Michigan fan, I really only care about the game being played on Ann Arbor.
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November 13th, 2016 at 1:10 PM ^
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They deserve it. Great season for them so far. Would be cool to see them finish undefeated and in the top 10. Maybe get a New Year Day bowl
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when Harbaugh & I were there too.
November 13th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
they had to go to Kzoo this week so they can be in Cbus next week. With wins next week, 11-1 M vs 11-1 OSU is essentially a round of 16 game.
Row...The...Boat.
And Go Blue.
November 13th, 2016 at 1:35 PM ^
EDIT: Checked OP...we are talking about the same sister
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Buffalo is one of the worst teams in FBS. Kind of shocked they're going to Kalamazoo to see a certain blowout instead of doing Wazzu-Colorado
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Flying in from Seattle to see my daughter in the Bronco Marching Band and this game. CAN'T WAIT!