College Football Thread

[Golfman25]

10 hours ago, Golfman25 said:

Texas isn’t very good.  

For the record neither is OSU.   : / 

[str8baller]

6 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Sheesh.  I don't think OSU will fall that far, but if they do, that's kinda ridiculous.

Lose a top-5 road game by 1 point and drop to seven spots?  And teams playing cupcakes move up... 

I can see why teams avoid these big non-con games.  The upside/downside is out of whack. 

Who knows with the AP poll, but it’s meaningless. Urban was talking about the committee yesterday and kind of hinting at the fact that they won’t hold a game like that against either team. Precisely because they—the tv networks (which fund the CFP)—want these games.  
 

It’s fun to see a Ryan Day team collapse, but as long as Texas is good it’ll be fine on their resume. If they come to IU and lose a close one, they could still drop one more and get in most likely. 

[Demo]

This occured to me last night: Isn’t Arch Manning Drew Allar? Aren’t they basically the same guy? Allar went, what, 3rd round and Manning’s gonna go top 5?

[HoosierReb01]

Interestingly, FPI isn't all that high on Texas's win, moving them back down to #2, and putting OSU back at #1. And I can actually understand that.

[Home Jersey]

Ryan Day is the Nick Saban of James Franklins, lol

For real though, he coaches like such a coward sometimes for having all that talent on his roster. He is 1-3 in his last 4 games. 

Oklahoma fans must be in shambles today. 

[HoosierReb01]

Also, IU at #3 overall on ESPN's FPI in efficiencies. 3rd on offense, 26th in defense (up about 60 spots from last week) and 20th on special teams.

[OliviaPope40]

What would've made that game all that much better is if OSU was playing at home. 

[rayl456]

35 minutes ago, Demo said:

This occured to me last night: Isn’t Arch Manning Drew Allar? Aren’t they basically the same guy? Allar went, what, 3rd round and Manning’s gonna go top 5?

It’s all in the name…right?  The Manning name is the draw…the mystique.  

[Pagoda]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Who knows with the AP poll, but it’s meaningless. Urban was talking about the committee yesterday and kind of hinting at the fact that they won’t hold a game like that against either team. Precisely because they—the tv networks (which fund the CFP)—want these games.  
 

It’s fun to see a Ryan Day team collapse, but as long as Texas is good it’ll be fine on their resume. If they come to IU and lose a close one, they could still drop one more and get in most likely. 

Good.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Woah, good to see that North Texas destroyed pre-season MWC favorite UNLV. 44-6

[Lebowski]

Yesterday was a bad day for the Big Ten and might hurt some teams getting into the CFP.  Let’s hope we don't see a 2 loss team get snubbed by a 3 loss SEC team during the selection.  

[skhoosier2]

4 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Sheesh.  I don't think OSU will fall that far, but if they do, that's kinda ridiculous.

Lose a top-5 road game by 1 point and drop to seven spots?  And teams playing cupcakes move up... 

I can see why teams avoid these big non-con games.  The upside/downside is out of whack. 

This would be insanity. They were in control for 3 quarters essentially until Day’s deficiencies as a coach showed up. Too conservative, offense abandoned the run, defense did not blitz or put pressure on manning. Day played not to lose then they miss another big kick in the clutch. They will be better by the time we see them in October but our coach/staff far superior to theirs. 

[skhoosier2]

3 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Ryan Day is the Nick Saban of James Franklins, lol

For real though, he coaches like such a coward sometimes for having all that talent on his roster. He is 1-3 in his last 4 games. 

Oklahoma fans must be in shambles today. 

His roster talent overcomes his coaching deficiencies. His overall record against the top 5 is something like 3-7 I believe I saw.  Going for it on 4th down instead of taking 3 points on the road was dumb. Ultimately that and some very conservative offense and defense in half 2 cost them the game. He coached not to lose. Sayin missed a sure TD, JS had two key drops, and they put their D in a horrible position in that heat to play essentially an entire quarter at the end of the game. Without another WR to step up teams are going to dare them to throw or run but blanket 4. They will be better by 10/17. I expect we will be ready. 

[Brass Cannon]

 

[KingPG21]

31 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

 

Brought it up during week 1. But doesn't he still have some crazy stat like he still doesn't have an official drop at this level in general

[Brass Cannon]

12 minutes ago, KingPG21 said:

Brought it up during week 1. But doesn't he still have some crazy stat like he still doesn't have an official drop at this level in general

Yep.  Dude is a freak football player.  Tom Allen’s legacy for the program.  Him and Cooper. Two first round WRs

[Magisterium]

10 hours ago, Demo said:

This occured to me last night: Isn’t Arch Manning Drew Allar? Aren’t they basically the same guy? Allar went, what, 3rd round and Manning’s gonna go top 5?

Allar never had anything close to Arch’s mobility—which may not matter much, especially in terms of the NFL Draft.

[cthomas]

Manning running around with all day to throw and then taking a sack in the first half tells me all I need to know about him. Just throw the ball away. I wasn't overly impressed by either team last night. OSU definitely lost that game vs Texas winning it. One of the worst coaching jobs I have ever seen. So much talent on that team and the coaching is holding them back.

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, cthomas said:

Manning running around with all day to throw and then taking a sack in the first half tells me all I need to know about him. Just throw the ball away. I wasn't overly impressed by either team last night. OSU definitely lost that game vs Texas winning it. One of the worst coaching jobs I have ever seen. So much talent on that team and the coaching is holding them back.

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Agreed but also Sayins decision making was just dumb.  That pass that wasted all their clock. Like dude just throw it away 

[skhoosier2]

On 9/13/2026 at 7:35 AM, Home Jersey said:

Ryan Day is the Nick Saban of James Franklins, lol

For real though, he coaches like such a coward sometimes for having all that talent on his roster. He is 1-3 in his last 4 games. 

Oklahoma fans must be in shambles today. 

I am no Day fan.  I think he coaches scared and not to lose in big games thus his losing record in top 5 matchups.  Also have said his talent normally bails him out because of said coaching deficiencies.

However, what is going on right now with his address being posted on X and fans overreacting is just disgusting.  OSUFB is still a good team that is likely to make the playoffs.  They may come to town and beat us.  When he lost to UM he was receiving death threats.  His kids were harassed mercilessly at school.  People really need to get in touch with reality.  It's a football game...entertainment.  These kids and coaches are real people with lives and families.  There are far worse things going on in the world that harassing a coach or calling for his head after this loss is crazy.

It's always ugly after a loss but the things that are being said about the team/Day are ridiculous.  They usually don't have this hard of schedule and seems like there is mass panic that they may lose to us/USC/Michigan and miss the playoffs.  I think it's one more loss and make the playoffs.  Too early for panic.