Georgia State Promotion Has More Money Than Fans

((HT: Rick Limpert))

The Georgia State football program has decided to move from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt Conference. And in their transitional year of moving from I-AA to Division I-Big Boy football, the Panthers are taking their lumps.

The average attendance has dropped under 10,000 and the NCAA mandates that you need a three-year average of 17,000 or you can go on probation (or other really evil penalizing things) for up to ten years on the Division I level.

Not something they want to have to look forward to...

So, they came up with this promotion in the wake of their game against New Hampshire- a game in which GSU lost again...

Wonder what the meeting was like to drop $10,000 in vouchers from the ceiling inside the Georgia Dome was like...???

Here's the evidence...


300 GSU students were chosen to run around and try and grab as many of the vouchers as possible in a set time frame at half time. Presumably, to get people to wander by and see some really bad football.

Oh, 10-grand in vouchers were dropped...
The announced attendance was just over 9,000...

The HQ feels for Bill Curry and what he has helped build in downtown Atlanta. We also hope the ascent to the Sun Belt wasn't too far-too fast...

RECORD BREAKER: ODU's Taylor Heinicke Throws For NCAA D-1 Record 730 Yards In 64-61 Win Over New Hampshire

Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke put together an entire season in one game.  Heinicke threw for an NCAA division one record 730 yards in the Monarchs 64-61 win over New Hampshire.

Here’s a game report. (Thanks WAVY-TV)

Heinicke broke the NCAA Division one record held by Houston’s David Klinger who threw for 716 yards against Arizona State in 1990.  Heinicke was just one yard shy of the all-division record set by Zamir Amin of Menlo (Div. III) who passed for 731 yards against Cal Lutheran in 2000.

The passing yards record wasn’t the only one Heinicke broke today.  His 61 yards rushing gave Heinicke 791 yards of total offense breaking Klinger’s FBS record of 732 set in the ASU game in 1990.

While ODU accumulated 824 yards of total offense New Hampshire totaled 725 yards of total offense.  That added up to an NCAA FCS record of 1,549 yards of total offense.  The previous mark was 1,423 in a game featuring Murray State (816) and Missouri State (607) back on October. 9, 2010.

The defensive coordinators for the Monarchs and the Wildcats are going to have a lot to say during film sessions.