College Football Thread

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Whittingham is a good coach. But there’s a reason why he was getting pushed out. 
 

Over his career he wins about 2/3s of his games.  Over the last 10 years. About 2/3s of his games. Last 5 years about 2/3s of his games. 
 

Yeah he’s got more talent but so do the teams he will be facing.  And even if he can up his game to about 75% of his games.  I don’t think that keeps them happy in AA. 
 

What he’s not going to do is get arrested. 

Whittingham's Utes were excellent last year. Two years ago they were 5-7. He's also 66 years old - while guys like Cig and Pitino show that is a non-factor for some, it is also true that some coaches start to lose the energy to run a program as effectively at that age. 

[Home Jersey]

I think Whit will be a good coach at UM. Probably not for very long though. 

PSU is my sleeper pick for the CFP this year, mainly because of their schedule.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

14 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

You could pulse OSU fans and I doubt that game makes a top 25 list.  WTF 

 

[Pagoda]

Penn State is hitting their fans with ticket price increases of 250% to nearly 400% for next season.

https://www.mcall.com/2026/08/19/penn-state-football-fans-shocked-by-price-increase-for-2027-season-tickets/

Pat Kraft is awful.  Thank goodness he isn’t our AD.

[Brass Cannon]

8 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Penn State is hitting their fans with ticket price increases of 250% to nearly 400% for next season.

https://www.mcall.com/2026/08/19/penn-state-football-fans-shocked-by-price-increase-for-2027-season-tickets/

Pat Kraft is awful.  Thank goodness he isn’t our AD.

Gotta capitalize on that new coach excitement 

 

 

 

[AZ Hoosier]

On 8/17/2026 at 9:38 AM, Hoosier987 said:

#6 in the AP Poll. I’d venture to say that if we were any other logo—with a 16-0 finish, a defending national championship, plenty of returning talent, and a top transfer portal class—we'd be ranked in the top 5

Probably true... but Cig relished the underdog role... and can just win 'em all and shut the critics up... just like last year... even made the mouth of the SEC apologize for dogging the Hoosiers all season last year.I

[jermhoosierfan]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

Gotta capitalize on that new coach excitement 

 

 

 

I was thinking they need to pay off that buyout of Franklin.

[Pagoda]

11 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I was thinking they need to pay off that buyout of Franklin.

Sadly it was only $9M because of the offset from him taking the Va Tech job.   PSU was lucky.

[jermhoosierfan]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/recent-legal-developments-could-open-the-door-for-diego-pavia-to-play-college-football-again

Looks like Pavia has basically the CFL and UFL unless he sues the NCAA to play although he played 4 years with 2 years of JUCO before that.  It's tough being smaller than than your ego.

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said:

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/recent-legal-developments-could-open-the-door-for-diego-pavia-to-play-college-football-again

Looks like Pavia has basically the CFL and UFL unless he sues the NCAA to play although he played 4 years with 2 years of JUCO before that.  It's tough being smaller than than your ego.

Wouldn't be surprised to see him try another year of college... didn't he have to sue to be able to play last seaon?

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Sadly it was only $9M because of the offset from him taking the Va Tech job.   PSU was lucky.

Dude is way overpaid. His success is gonna scale down with resources.  

[Lebowski]

42 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Dude is way overpaid. His success is gonna scale down with resources.  

You might be right but I think it's a really good fit for him and he'll be able to elevate Va Tech where they'll compete for the conference championship fairly quickly. Recruiting/Transfer rankings indicate this. While they don't have PSU type resources they do indeed have a very solid backing with a rich history. Also, IUFB is competing against him for recruits in the DMV and we'll lose some to him. 

But I for sure understand why you think this and it's fair. He hasn't been able to get the big conference game wins. 

[Demo]

Isn’t this the kid who duck hooked the kick against IU? Yeah, I’m sure Day will keep a really close eye on this one. 

[Home Jersey]

29 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

You might be right but I think it's a really good fit for him and he'll be able to elevate Va Tech where they'll compete for the conference championship fairly quickly. Recruiting/Transfer rankings indicate this. While they don't have PSU type resources they do indeed have a very solid backing with a rich history. Also, IUFB is competing against him for recruits in the DMV and we'll lose some to him. 

But I for sure understand why you think this and it's fair. He hasn't been able to get the big conference game wins. 

He had success at Vandy when it was much more difficult to do that. VT made a significant investment to support Franklin. IMO he will absolutely raise their floor and make them relevant in the ACC at least. 

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

I think Whit will be a good coach at UM. Probably not for very long though. 

PSU is my sleeper pick for the CFP this year, mainly because of their schedule.

Let me put it another way: I think going to Michigan will be a tough game for us. Heck, it was in ‘24. 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

5 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Let me put it another way: I think going to Michigan will be a tough game for us. Heck, it was in ‘24. 

Yup. Don’t love their QB but there’s premium talent everywhere on that roster + a very solid staff. 
The OSU game is huge. Protect home field so we have the cushion to drop games in Ann Arbor and Seattle and still make the CFP