October 13th, 2016 at 12:33 PM ^
Did the NCAA make the rule? Then there is no rational answer to your question, I imagine...
October 13th, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^
Harbaugh took the whole roster to Utah last year.
October 13th, 2016 at 3:02 PM ^
I knew it was a B1G rule, but didn't know it only applies to conference games
with B1G teams rolling in dough they should dump this rule
October 13th, 2016 at 12:37 PM ^
travel, meals, and lodging are expensive.
October 13th, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
But...we're rich....bitch.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
Might be limited by stadium away team locker room size.
October 13th, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
Yea...that's it.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
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October 13th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
Huh? Rutgers is a P5 and historically good football team. They are considered elite.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
It is probably a rare situation where a team would want to play anyone not in that 70. Rutgers would've been one of those times. But if a player is almost gauranteed not to play, I would think it is better for them academically to not travel.
If it were cost, I would think that would be up to the university.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:39 PM ^
As does this post.
October 13th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
I'm giving you the plus 1 because I know how hard it can be to not respond negatively to posts. This one was a bit easier to not respond negatively, but I did struggle. The blogosphere is a bit difficult to navigate.
October 13th, 2016 at 3:34 PM ^
I thought it was a very good question. Not sure why you two don't think the same
October 13th, 2016 at 6:58 PM ^
Because Stay Classy thinks if he has "classy" in his screen name, he doesn't need it in his posts. You are correct that it is a good question, and the answer (to allow standard/predictable visiting team locker room size) doesn't seem obvious. The actual number is, of course, somewhat arbitrary.
October 14th, 2016 at 9:10 AM ^
I mean, I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but if you can't reasonably decipher why teams only bring 70 players to away games instead of 100+ players.....cumong man! Questions that can be answered by Google are frustrating to see as board posts.
I've included the following link, which may require some light additional reading and mouse clicks, but this took me less than 3 minutes....
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+are+there+roster+limits+for+away+games+in+coll…
October 13th, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
OSU's sybillus for football players?
October 13th, 2016 at 2:13 PM ^
If you are going to make fun of someone else's academics, you might want to spell "syllabus" properly. Or was that the joke?
October 13th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
I think he was going for "syphilis."
October 14th, 2016 at 7:33 AM ^
so sue me
October 13th, 2016 at 1:10 PM ^
What is money?
October 13th, 2016 at 12:45 PM ^
I don't know, but is the home team responsible for blocking off rooms at a local hotel? That would be a good reason, in addition to locker room requirements.
Whatever the reason, there has always been a limit on travelling teams in the Big Ten. Given that a typical team will play about 45-55 players in a game that isn't a blowout, 70 doesn't seem too unreasonable--it still gives you a backup at every position who isn't part of the regular rotation.
October 14th, 2016 at 7:50 AM ^
The visiting team books their own hotels, food, and travel. In very rare occasions, the home team may agree to split some of the bill as part of a buy game with a much lower level team.
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October 13th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
Neg votes are flying around for people not agreeing with the OP. Be on the look out! LOL
October 13th, 2016 at 1:26 PM ^
Did this thread go through a huge purge that I missed? I don't see too many posts that have been downvoted.
October 13th, 2016 at 2:33 PM ^
just always find it funny that there is a certain way to reply negatively to the OP. If you flat out say the thread is stupid, you get negged. But, if you call it stupid in a round-about way, then you don't get negged.
October 13th, 2016 at 5:43 PM ^
I think it's that you get negged for calling a legitimate question stupid, whether or not you're roundabout in doing so.
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October 13th, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^
Negged for whining about negs.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^
That's exactly what Coach Ash was thinking this past Saturday night....
"Why oh why didn't they bring their 4th and 5th stringers???"
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October 13th, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^
until 1923, every player on a team was assigned a goat. but at the time, it was illegal to transport more than 70 goats across state lines.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:10 PM ^
Apparently they are not very kind to the hotel bedding.
October 13th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^
i should mention they dropped the law because Alpena College Of Phrenology head coach Gerard Nobler - really the Jim Harbaugh of his day - began exploiting a glaring loophole : his team started taking two buses.
October 13th, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^
So taht's where the expression "he got your goat" came from! Players who wanted to travel would steal the goats of those assigned to travel.
The more you know... Thanks.
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October 13th, 2016 at 1:50 PM ^
Mainly yes, but it's academics, too. The time away to make the trip is time that a player who is highly unlikely to play doesn't need to have away from their studies.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^
Beat Bye.
October 13th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^
-NCAA
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