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College JV football??
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:06 pm
With 100+ kids on most college football teams these days,there's a great number of players not ready for varsity football. So why not play a sec jv season and play those games on Tuesday and Wednesdays. I'm sure a lot of us would attend and at the least watch on television. Seems like it would be a great idea for fans,players and not to mention another revenue stream for ncaa. Hell maybe even use this money to pay players?
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Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:09 pm to tigerfan 33
LSU struggles to snap the ball before the play clock runs out and complete more than 5 passes at the Varsity level. Why would you want to see something worse?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:16 pm to tigerfan 33
why would i watch football that doesn't count...
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:21 pm to tigerfan 33
I thought some teams already had this?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:32 pm to pioneerbasketball
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I thought some teams already had this?
It was common 50+ years ago when there were no scholarship limits.
But my first thought is that in today's game no coach is going to want to risk injury to players in games that don't matter.
AD's won't want to spend the money the money for extra coaches, extra road trips when athletic funding is already a major issue at most colleges. Not many tickets would be sold for a mid-week JV game. This would lose money.
How would eligibility work? Can you play JV games and still redshirt?
Posted on 2/27/15 at 11:33 pm to 12Pence
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LSU struggles to snap the ball before the play clock runs out and complete more than 5 passes at the Varsity level. Why would you want to see something worse?
I both laughed and cried when I read this post.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 7:04 am to tigerfan 33
I know division 3 has JV games on Mondays
Posted on 2/28/15 at 8:18 am to tigerfan 33
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I thought some teams already had this?
They do, more common in the Northeast.
Here is a little writeup about a Dartmouth JV football game
Dartmouth JV vs Williams
I like the idea of having JV in all sports in college.
Would give the bench players some meaningful game time and give them a chance to adjust to the college game.
Would also be a good place to train young officials.
To cut down on costs you wouldn't have to play according to conference affiliation. Obviously you would want to schedule an LSU-Alabama due to interest but you could easily play primarily regional or in-state teams.
I would imagine it would bring in some decent revenue as I'm sure a team like LSU could easily get 6-7000 people a game and smaller teams could easily get 500-1000 a game.
In track red shirts are allowed to compete in races as "unattached" and it is helpful to adjusting to the college atmosphere and competitiveness. I see no reason why it wouldn't help in football.
I do know that NSU plays a JV basketball schedule against some Juco teams.
For a little reference:
NSU jv box score
This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 8:23 am
Posted on 2/28/15 at 8:36 am to ForkEmDemons
Not enough depth on the D1 level to do it due to scholarship limits. D3 does it because they have an unlimited number of kids. Mt. Union had 194 kids on their roster last year. Without a JV team, most of them would never see the field.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 9:44 am to tress4pres
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Not enough depth on the D1 level to do it due to scholarship limits.
You could expand and let already enrolled non-recruited non-scholarship players join. May find a few hidden gems already enrolled at the school that otherwise wouldn't have tried college ball.
I'm pretty confident that there are enough HS football players at almost every college that could compete in a JV setting. Would be an easy rule to implement.
Make a rule where you can't play more than 2 years of JV ball.In the beginning of the academic year hold an open tryout for the JV team. Allow Red shirts to play as well.Limit the team to a certain amount of players (combined between scholarship/walk-on/tryout students).
Have 6 game seasons and start playing in October. Gives the team from mid-August till October to practice and prepare.
Other D1 colleges have JV teams, no reason it can't be implemented across the board.
This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 9:46 am
Posted on 2/28/15 at 10:10 am to tigerfan 33
There are several colleges that have the JV teams. I coached at a small college a while back. Our JV team played UK (Kentucky) every year. Not sure if they still do it.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 10:47 am to tigerfan 33
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play those games on Tuesday and Wednesdays. I'm sure a lot of us would attend
I would definitely attend. Let's do this! Who do we we send a letter to?
Posted on 2/28/15 at 12:14 pm to Sterling Archer
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play those games on Tuesday and Wednesdays. I'm sure a lot of us would attend
I would definitely attend. Let's do this! Who do we we send a letter to?
I would definitely go. Plus, if an LSU or aTm would travel and play a JV game at NSU or one of the other state schools I could realistically see 10K + show up.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 2:49 pm to ForkEmDemons
SEC JV against FCS or DII varsity maybe...
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:00 pm to chalmetteowl
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SEC JV against FCS or DII varsity maybe
Why on earth would on FCS team want to play an SEC JV team? Could get better competition playing against another FCS team.
JV vs JV only.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 3:30 pm to tigerfan 33
Tennessee had JV games against Hargrave 7 or 8 years ago.
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 2/28/15 at 4:30 pm to tigerfan 33
Terrible, no.
We have JUCO for this
We have JUCO for this
Posted on 2/28/15 at 4:43 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
Agreed
I have a tough enough time trying to watch the best of the best amateur athletes struggle to execute on a proficient level
I have a tough enough time trying to watch the best of the best amateur athletes struggle to execute on a proficient level
Posted on 2/28/15 at 4:52 pm to tigerfan 33
Sounds like a lot of added travel costs that nobody will pay to see.
Posted on 2/28/15 at 4:55 pm to tress4pres
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Mt. Union had 194 kids on their roster last year. Without a JV team, most of them would never see the field.
wow. Even with a JV team, many of them will never see the field.
imagine, being on the scout team for the JV team. Rudy Rudy Rudy.
Mt. Union has won like a zillion D-III national championships.
This post was edited on 2/28/15 at 4:57 pm
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