THE WORST SINCE 1972

[FU Hoopla]

Considering we're one of the worst scholarship teams in FCS this season, its going to take a lot to get us back to relevance anytime soon...
Fingers crossed next year will be anywhere north of 3 wins...

[Bootie]

I like CCH. I love CCH. Even if I do not utter a single word or thought about the current state of furman football, I know 100% that the FU people and coaches will be working as hard as they can to win games next year. That’s good enough for me. I’ll be there.

Finally an intelligent post. Thanks Bootie

So what you’re saying is that results don’t matter. OK, I think it’s silly to go around firing people for losing lots of games. But HS coaches have to sweat it for <1/3 of what he makes, so no more raises, is that reasonable?

“Results don’t matter”:
Not short term, not to me. I don’t see the need to stress over it. If we go 1-9 for a few seasons I might consider voicing for a change. But I can easily accept mediocre results under the current system for a season or two, or more, depending on the circumstances.

“So no more raises, is that reasonable?”
Perhaps, but I don’t consider it my business or concern. Negotiations and salaries are between people other than me. I enjoy letting it go.

[FU Hoopla]

I like CCH. I love CCH. Even if I do not utter a single word or thought about the current state of furman football, I know 100% that the FU people and coaches will be working as hard as they can to win games next year. That’s good enough for me. I’ll be there.

Finally an intelligent post. Thanks Bootie

So what you’re saying is that results don’t matter. OK, I think it’s silly to go around firing people for losing lots of games. But HS coaches have to sweat it for <1/3 of what he makes, so no more raises, is that reasonable?

“Results don’t matter”:
Not short term, not to me. I don’t see the need to stress over it. If we go 1-9 for a few seasons I might consider voicing for a change. But I can easily accept mediocre results under the current system for a season or two, or more, depending on the circumstances.

“So no more raises, is that reasonable?”
Perhaps, but I don’t consider it my business or concern. Negotiations and salaries are between people other than me. I enjoy letting it go.

Same here, things are pretty rough but no worries for now...

[FUBeAR]

FUBeAR just figured it all out.

All we need is…

5 5-Star OLmen that we pay 7 figures each,
an OL Coach that we pay near 7 figures,
an OC that we pay $1.5 million, and,
a Head Coach that we pay $15 million.

THEN…we can be just as good as Georgia!!!

You can thank FUBeAR later, but if you wanna drop that $23 million to get us started in ‘25, just slide right on into FUBeAR’s DM’s.

[gofurman]

If I won the lottery Furman football could do likewise - some serious pay raises for coaches we want to keep and NIL to get some additional nasty players

[Afurmanfan]

Something tells me there are some posters on this thread that either -1- lost their girlfriend to a football player 2- tried to play football and sadly realized it requires physical toughness.
“Go Paladins”as true fans say.

[Affirm]

FUBeAR just figured it all out.

All we need is…

5 5-Star OLmen that we pay 7 figures each,
an OL Coach that we pay near 7 figures,
an OC that we pay $1.5 million, and,
a Head Coach that we pay $15 million.

THEN…we can be just as good as Georgia!!!

You can thank FUBeAR later, but if you wanna drop that $23 million to get us started in ‘25, just slide right on into FUBeAR’s DM’s.

$23 million to get us started back up to prominence in ‘25?
Could we negotiate that downward a good amount, since we are just trying to return to competitiveness against the level of Mercer and Chattanooga and Incarnate Word (for example), not necessarily to get to the level of even a Duke or a Vanderbilt or a Georgia Tech and definitely not to the level of an Ole Miss or a Georgia?
Then again, I realize we would have a difficulty acquiring $2,300,000.00 to work with.

[FUBeAR]

FUBeAR just figured it all out.

All we need is…

5 5-Star OLmen that we pay 7 figures each,
an OL Coach that we pay near 7 figures,
an OC that we pay $1.5 million, and,
a Head Coach that we pay $15 million.

THEN…we can be just as good as Georgia!!!

You can thank FUBeAR later, but if you wanna drop that $23 million to get us started in ‘25, just slide right on into FUBeAR’s DM’s.

$23 million to get us started back up to prominence in ‘25?
Could we negotiate that downward a good amount, since we are just trying to return to competitiveness against the level of Mercer and Chattanooga and Incarnate Word (for example), not necessarily to get to the level of even a Duke or a Vanderbilt or a Georgia Tech and definitely not to the level of an Ole Miss or a Georgia?
Then again, I realize we would have a difficulty acquiring $2,300,000.00 to work with.

While the principal message of FUBeAR’s post seems to have eluded you as yet (perhaps watching the embedded video will provide some guidance), FUBeAR will clarify that he did NOT intend for his actual message to be that additional fundraising is the key for Furman Football to put this one-season anomaly behind us and return to our long-established standard level of competitiveness at the top echelons of both Southern Conference and FCS Football.

While additional funding is always more than welcome, Furman Football did not win 15 SoCon Football Championships, qualify for 20 NCAA Division 1 Football Playoffs, win 21 NCAA Division 1 Playoff Football games, compete in 3 NCAA Division 1 National Championship Football Finals, and win an NCAA Division 1 Football National Championship because we outspent many, if any, of our competitors.

We achieve by having better Coaches than our competitors and having Players who execute / play better than our competitors’ Players play. Furman’s Football Players will play / execute better next season and Furman’s Football Coaches will ensure that they do that, and will, remarkably, be better Coaches when Players are playing / executing better. It’s funny how that works. Reliance on having better players than our competitors has rarely, if ever, worked for Furman Football. It’s quite possibly even a fool’s errand in the Portal/NIL era. We, obviously, want the best Players we can get who can succeed at Furman, but Players playing better is THE Furman (Football) Advantage (catchy, huh?). We haven’t had that this 1 season.

Georgia’s $23 million Offensive Line won’t have all 5 Players get smoked on every play and Furman Football will quickly recover from this 1 anomalous season…

…no matter how many shiity shiiteposts shiiteposters post to the contrary.

[Roundball]

Those that have given up on this great program after one down year should throw their dollars toward one of the semi-pro teams. Seriously, the negativity toward Coach Hendrix and our players is ridiculous.

[Affirm]

FUBeAR just figured it all out.

All we need is…

5 5-Star OLmen that we pay 7 figures each,
an OL Coach that we pay near 7 figures,
an OC that we pay $1.5 million, and,
a Head Coach that we pay $15 million.

THEN…we can be just as good as Georgia!!!

You can thank FUBeAR later, but if you wanna drop that $23 million to get us started in ‘25, just slide right on into FUBeAR’s DM’s.

$23 million to get us started back up to prominence in ‘25?
Could we negotiate that downward a good amount, since we are just trying to return to competitiveness against the level of Mercer and Chattanooga and Incarnate Word (for example), not necessarily to get to the level of even a Duke or a Vanderbilt or a Georgia Tech and definitely not to the level of an Ole Miss or a Georgia?
Then again, I realize we would have a difficulty acquiring $2,300,000.00 to work with.

While the principal message of FUBeAR’s post seems to have eluded you as yet (perhaps watching the embedded video will provide some guidance), FUBeAR will clarify that he did NOT intend for his actual message to be that additional fundraising is the key for Furman Football to put this one-season anomaly behind us and return to our long-established standard level of competitiveness at the top echelons of both Southern Conference and FCS Football.

While additional funding is always more than welcome, Furman Football did not win 15 SoCon Football Championships, qualify for 20 NCAA Division 1 Football Playoffs, win 21 NCAA Division 1 Playoff Football games, compete in 3 NCAA Division 1 National Championship Football Finals, and win an NCAA Division 1 Football National Championship because we outspent many, if any, of our competitors.

We achieve by having better Coaches than our competitors and having Players who execute / play better than our competitors’ Players play. Furman’s Football Players will play / execute better next season and Furman’s Football Coaches will ensure that they do that, and will, remarkably, be better Coaches when Players are playing / executing better. It’s funny how that works. Reliance on having better players than our competitors has rarely, if ever, worked for Furman Football. It’s quite possibly even a fool’s errand in the Portal/NIL era. We, obviously, want the best Players we can get who can succeed at Furman, but Players playing better is THE Furman (Football) Advantage (catchy, huh?). We haven’t had that this 1 season.

Georgia’s $23 million Offensive Line won’t have all 5 Players get smoked on every play and Furman Football will quickly recover from this 1 anomalous season…

…no matter how many shiity shiiteposts shiiteposters post to the contrary.

hmmh

[DeepPurple]

Onviously we are going to finish 2-9 and 1-6. I really could not remember a worst season so I looked it up. The 1972 team finished 2-9 and 1-6. That 1972 team stuggled on O too. They scored 7 or fewer points 5 times. They did not win a home game and the 2 wins were against non D1. This team did not win a home game against a d1 team. Not calling d3 Stetson a d1 just because of some stupid ncaa thingy. So this season will match it as the worst since scholarship football returned. It is also the worst in 52 years. FU is on pace to set an all-time record for fewest rushing yards in a season, currently at 845 yds. Even the ‘72 team rushed for over 2,000 yda.and the 2020 7 game season rushed for over 1100 yds. Here are some things this team has accomplished that hasn’t happened since 1972.
1. Lost to an fbs team 76-0 by far the worst ever.
2. Lost at home to a team that has not won another game.
3. Lost a road game to a team that has not won another game.
4. Won onky one conference game for the first time since 1972.
5. Won the fewest games since 1972.
6. On pace to set a new all-time season low for rushing yardage,
7. Did not score over 24 points against a D1 team. Even the ‘72 team scored 35 one time.
8. Scored 20 or fewer points in 9 of 10 d1 games.
9. First team to lose back to back home conference games by 30+ points.
Despite what some were saying I was not expecting for it to be a good season but never thought it would be this bad.

Absolutely pathetic post.

[Affirm]

Onviously we are going to finish 2-9 and 1-6. I really could not remember a worst season so I looked it up. The 1972 team finished 2-9 and 1-6. That 1972 team stuggled on O too. They scored 7 or fewer points 5 times. They did not win a home game and the 2 wins were against non D1. This team did not win a home game against a d1 team. Not calling d3 Stetson a d1 just because of some stupid ncaa thingy. So this season will match it as the worst since scholarship football returned. It is also the worst in 52 years. FU is on pace to set an all-time record for fewest rushing yards in a season, currently at 845 yds. Even the ‘72 team rushed for over 2,000 yda.and the 2020 7 game season rushed for over 1100 yds. Here are some things this team has accomplished that hasn’t happened since 1972.
1. Lost to an fbs team 76-0 by far the worst ever.
2. Lost at home to a team that has not won another game.
3. Lost a road game to a team that has not won another game.
4. Won onky one conference game for the first time since 1972.
5. Won the fewest games since 1972.
6. On pace to set a new all-time season low for rushing yardage,
7. Did not score over 24 points against a D1 team. Even the ‘72 team scored 35 one time.
8. Scored 20 or fewer points in 9 of 10 d1 games.
9. First team to lose back to back home conference games by 30+ points.
Despite what some were saying I was not expecting for it to be a good season but never thought it would be this bad.

Absolutely pathetic post.

Not absolutely pathetic.
Very slightly pathetic at most.
Mostly a true and much-needed post.
Just have to hope that y’all’s rah-rah posts are not the sign of “head in the sand” mentality, “we’ve been good for about 50 years so always gonna be good” mentality.
But I think we need the wake-up call as apaladin has attempted to provide.
It’s not hard to get accustomed to losing.
The university and its supporters have to demand the excellence if it’s going to exist. Coaches don’t come here and stay here just because they like the initials FU or the color purple.

[gman84]

Some people thrive on negativity and relish the opportunity to crap on something they say they support!

[Affirm]

Some people thrive on negativity and relish the opportunity to crap on something they say they support!

Some people want to do whatever they think will be helpful to keep something that has a long-term history of being quite good from beginning to slowly deteriorate into something that is a relic. The deterioration may or may not have begun. In any case, it needs to be prevented.

[Fred Garvin]

2024 FU football team is...

Furman waited 43 flippin years to see our glorious men's basketball program hang a banner. Go to the basketball site to spew your garbage. Wait, there isn't a basketball site. CCH and Furman football will recover and hang banners! We won't have to wait to party in 2066 like basketball.