College Football Thread

[Jeff Flabjohns]

23 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Not that kids aren’t allowed to improve during their times in college, but I think that TxTech really overpaid for him. Portal QB rankings should be - (1) Hoover, (2) Alberto, and then (3) Sorsby.

Definitely an impulse buy after that disastrous offensive performance vs Oregon. Sorsby is going to lose them a few games with mistakes 

[Stuhoo]

26 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Not that kids aren’t allowed to improve during their times in college, but I think that TxTech really overpaid for him. Portal QB rankings should be - (1) Hoover, (2) Alberto, and then (3) Sorsby.

I know of zero basis to state that Alberto Mendoza should be a higher ranked QB than Sorsby. Did TTech overpay for Sorsby? Yes -I agree with you. But Alberto ranked higher?

• Alberto Mendoza has not played during ANY meaningful game time (except for one handoff against OSU). 
• Cignetti could have retained Alberto at a much lower price than we chose to spend for Hoover.
• Finally, if his name was "Alberto Jones" and he had the exact same resume as Alberto Mendoza; the seldom used backup on another team with fantastic quarterback development would you think the same?
  • There's a ready-made comparable: Ohio State qb Lincoln Kienholz made a push for the starting job this past season before losing out Sayin. He threw for 139 yards and a touchdown and ran for 66 yards and two scores as the backup. The Buckeyes used Kienholz as a runner in short-yardage situations.

[Magnanimous]

26 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I know of zero basis to state that Alberto Mendoza should be a higher ranked QB than Sorsby. Did TTech overpay for Sorsby? Yes -I agree with you. But Alberto ranked higher?

• Alberto Mendoza has not played during ANY meaningful game time (except for one handoff against OSU). 
• Cignetti could have retained Alberto at a much lower price than we chose to spend for Hoover.
• Finally, if his name was "Alberto Jones" and he had the exact same resume as Alberto Mendoza; the seldom used backup on another team with fantastic quarterback development would you think the same?
  • There's a ready-made comparable: Ohio State qb Lincoln Kienholz made a push for the starting job this past season before losing out Sayin. He threw for 139 yards and a touchdown and ran for 66 yards and two scores as the backup. The Buckeyes used Kienholz as a runner in short-yardage situations.

I need to start adding smiley faces to indicate I’m BS-ing in my posts…but I’d still take Alberto over Sorsby.

[Pagoda]

I dunno, I can see why TTU went for Sorsby.  There weren’t many high end QBs in the portal and if they didn’t get him their next best option could have been quite a bit worse.

Maybe they paid $1M or so over market for him… hard to know.  But what’s an extra $1M to Cody Campbell and their $40M roster?  May as well go for it.

[Lebowski]

TTU signed Sorsby because he doesn't throw picks, can run the ball, and has four solid years of experience in P4 competition. And who knows what kind of QB he could have been had he not transferred out of IUFB. He made that 2023 squad so much better than they actually were. His last five games that season were solid and kept us in those games. Had he been named the starter all year long I have no doubt that squad wins more than 3 games and they don't need 4 OTs to beat Akron. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Upcoming College Football Playoff dates for the quarterfinals and semi-finals the next two years. This includes a near two-week break between the quarterfinals and semi-finals the next two years.

 

 

[AZ Hoosier]

20 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Upcoming College Football Playoff dates for the quarterfinals and semi-finals the next two years. This includes a near two-week break between the quarterfinals and semi-finals the next two years.

 

 

IMO, anything more than a week between playoff games is completely inexcusable. What's the nexus of that decision?

[LIHoosier]

46 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

IMO, anything more than a week between playoff games is completely inexcusable. What's the nexus of that decision?

Avoiding head to head with the NFL at all costs.

[Pagoda]

I’d love to see everything shifted up (including even the start of the season) so we get the semis on New Years and the title game the following week.

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

Avoiding head to head with the NFL at all costs.

To the detriment of the college playoffs? Another sign that the NCAA is dead men walking.

[Brass Cannon]

Well considering Cigs success with dealing with a long bye we might have an advantage. 

[Magnanimous]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

I’d love to see everything shifted up (including even the start of the season) so we get the semis on New Years and the title game the following week.

Agreed, and most colleges start the third week of August anyway. If conference championships even continue, those should be on Thanksgiving weekend. 

[Hovadipo]

3 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

To the detriment of the college playoffs? Another sign that the NCAA is dead men walking.

The NCAA has nothing to do with the CFP. 

[AZ Hoosier]

SIAP

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47830750/standing-brink-anything-goes-ncaa-eligibility

[Pagoda]

IUFB’s turnaround is giving other programs too much “hope” lol.

[LIHoosier]

26 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

IUFB’s turnaround is giving other programs too much “hope” lol.

How about we try being the next Lou Saban first?

[Hardwood83]

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

IUFB’s turnaround is giving other programs too much “hope” lol.

Agreed, I am already sick of the " who is the next Indiana" clickbait headlines. I understand it's refreshing to have new schools in the NC converstion. Still, it's dumb to pretend that IU winning somehow opened the door for every down-trodden program to emerge. It was a pretty specific set of circumstances and people that brought results. Getting a new coach at a crap school ain't it.    

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Miami losing its running backs coach.  Matt Merritt takes over as running backs coach for the AZ Cardinals 

[Pagoda]

Wanna rep the B1G?!

I think they’re gonna sell like 10 total lol.  Funny shirt though.

[AZ Hoosier]

18 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Wanna rep the B1G?!

I think they’re gonna sell like 10 total lol.  Funny shirt though.

Yeah, well, 2 of the 3 suck. Cig said so.