College Football Thread

[Hardwood83]

IU is #4 somewhat by default. They certainly haven't been impressive, but wins count. I don't think they are a top 5 team either, but who is better? I haven't heard anyone complaining about Oregon being ranked at all. They are a terrible, disinterested football team with 3 losses and a couple of other close calls and yet are #23?  

[str8baller]

18 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

I don't think they are a top 5 team either, but who is better?

I mean…I’d be annoyed if I were a Buckeye fan. They beat us at our place. They have a one point loss on the road to Texas and another loss on the road without their starting QB.  Having two loss Texas, Bama and Ole Miss in front of them  is crazy unless you factor in the QB situation.  
 

If teams are getting dinged for having a backup QB, I guess we better stick with Hoover. I think we’re 4th by default but the committee will have the B1G champ jump us if it isn’t us. 

[Magnanimous]

We should’ve been #1 to start this season anyway, so I’m fine with us falling to #4 after losing to a then-healthy Ohio State team.

[TheWatShot]

1 hour ago, skhoosier2 said:

Listening to these podcasts today on the rankings = brutal.  Lots of IU hate for the schedule and the h2h loss with OSU.  Outrage for OSU at 12.  Complaining about ND too low and Bama way too high.  We all know and can see there is an SEC bias.  I am guessing we are at 4 due to B1G being much weaker this year and the committee looks at us as the best team/metrics SOR/wins against .500 opponents plus a B1G title winner will presumably be getting a bye.

TourColleges

 

I'm avoiding these conversations at all costs because they're magnets for people who like to argue that a team shouldn't be ranked behind someone they beat and I feel like I get dumber when I interact with those people. 

[Home Jersey]

There's a rumor floating around among Miami fans that Toney may have gotten injured during practice today. Apparently the spread has moved in a way that implies the sharps like ND this week.

[skhoosier2]

11 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

There's a rumor floating around among Miami fans that Toney may have gotten injured during practice today. Apparently the spread has moved in a way that implies the sharps like ND this week.

That sucks

[Home Jersey]

5 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

That sucks

To be clear, the rumored injury hasn't been confirmed, just message board / twitter posts. The spread moving does kind of suck, but I'm not counting Miami out yet at all. 

ETA: Nevermind... I don't think they need him to win though. ND is missing 4 starters on defense. 

 

[skhoosier2]

I am so up in the air about who I want to win this game.  I'd like to see ND taken down because their fans are insufferable, but I also do not want to see Miami go undefeated and win it all.  Never want to see a guy like Toney go down though before this game.  Hoping he plays.

[AZ Hoosier]

32 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

There's a rumor floating around among Miami fans that Toney may have gotten injured during practice today. Apparently the spread has moved in a way that implies the sharps like ND this week.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50381248/sources-miami-toney-ankle-uncertain-notre-dame-game

 

[HinnyHoosier]

34 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

There's a rumor floating around among Miami fans that Toney may have gotten injured during practice today. Apparently the spread has moved in a way that implies the sharps like ND this week.

Maybe they're playing rope-a-dope with ND.

Do they need to? No.

Would it be hilarious? Of course. 

[ronzo4IU]

 I'm from the region so i am partial to ND. 

I loved the Lou Holtz era, but not much after that until Freeman.  He seems like a pretty classy dude players love to play for. 

Every fan base has their whiney azz's like those of ours in our home stands booing last weekend. 

Knute Rockne and the Four Horsmen and a lot of ND tradition, (Rudy)  is pretty cool if you ask me.

If we can't win it all, I would much rather see another in state team win it than Miami, OSU, Alabama, Georgia etc...

[KingPG21]

1 hour ago, ronzo4IU said:

 I'm from the region so i am partial to ND. 

I loved the Lou Holtz era, but not much after that until Freeman.  He seems like a pretty classy dude players love to play for. 

Every fan base has their whiney azz's like those of ours in our home stands booing last weekend. 

Knute Rockne and the Four Horsmen and a lot of ND tradition, (Rudy)  is pretty cool if you ask me.

If we can't win it all, I would much rather see another in state team win it than Miami, OSU, Alabama, Georgia etc...

Miami might be the one team I can't stand more than any other this year. The post game stuff, the stuffing the sidelines with celebs, the whole Mensah situation was sketch, just the vibe of their program. I dislike OSU. Bama, and some others. But Miami might be the one that could win it all that would irritate me the most. 

 

Edit: Oh the whole headset going dark on Miami's end on their last drive of the NC game. That just happened to get leaked by a Miami staffer to a Texas staffer. Or so they claim

[KingPG21]

5 hours ago, skhoosier2 said:

Listening to these podcasts today on the rankings = brutal.  Lots of IU hate for the schedule and the h2h loss with OSU.  Outrage for OSU at 12.  Complaining about ND too low and Bama way too high.  We all know and can see there is an SEC bias.  I am guessing we are at 4 due to B1G being much weaker this year and the committee looks at us as the best team/metrics SOR/wins against .500 opponents plus a B1G title winner will presumably be getting a bye.

TourColleges

 

If we want we could use SEC logic. The B1G isn't weaker. Parity has just spread across the league and thats more what we're seeing than "weakness"

 

I actually do think the B1G is weaker. 

[KingPG21]

My biggest question is how is Bama at 5, but Tenneesee at 13. They played each other. Tenneesee won by 16, and it wasn't that close. If Tenneessee had a more competent offense they would have won by more. 

 

Think ND is low, even if their resume sucks

 

Fine with us at 4. 

 

Too many SEC teams. I just don't buy Ole Miss, Texas or LSU. 

[Artie86]

2 hours ago, skhoosier2 said:

I am so up in the air about who I want to win this game.  I'd like to see ND taken down because their fans are insufferable, but I also do not want to see Miami go undefeated and (attempt) to try to win it all.  Never want to see a guy like Toney go down though before this game.  Hoping he plays.

….fixed it for you! lol

[ronzo4IU]

1 hour ago, KingPG21 said:

Miami might be the one team I can't stand more than any other this year. The post game stuff, the stuffing the sidelines with celebs, the whole Mensah situation was sketch, just the vibe of their program. I dislike OSU. Bama, and some others. But Miami might be the one that could win it all that would irritate me the most. 

 

Edit: Oh the whole headset going dark on Miami's end on their last drive of the NC game. That just happened to get leaked by a Miami staffer to a Texas staffer. Or so they claim

I totally concur....all that glitz and glamour over the top stuff is irritating.

[HinnyHoosier]

Well, Toney is having surgery.

[BtownStrength]

Just like OSU, they will get the opportunity to show if they can thrive without a big name player. Sucks for him, but Miami offense does not have excuses as they have enough firepower to win without him. 

[Stuhoo]

57 minutes ago, BtownStrength said:

Just like OSU, they will get the opportunity to show if they can thrive without a big name player. Sucks for him, but Miami offense does not have excuses as they have enough firepower to win without him. 

It’s almost like multiple teams that are obstacles in our path to the title are losing their one indispensable player, while we repeatedly win games against any plausible odds.

Hey Hoosier Nation… how does it feel to be the constant team of destiny?

[AZ Hoosier]

3 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Well, Toney is having surgery.

just saw this...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50383843/sources-miami-star-wr-malachi-toney-high-ankle-sprain