College Football Thread

[Demo]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Cincy escaping overtime by about the slimmest margin imaginable. 

Wasn’t 92 for Cincy pretty obviously offside on the 4th down play?

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

Wasn’t 92 for Cincy pretty obviously offside on the 4th down play?

Has to be pretty blatant in that scenario to get called. Plus, the CFP needed Cincy to win so they could drop them a couple spots and keep people coming back to the Tuesday night ESPN show. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

Sucks watching Purdue have the season we all thought we’d have. 

[craigyv88]

I just want to see this happen at Memorial Stadium after a big upset one time.  It crushes me seeing Purdue do it again and again. 

[cthomas]

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Sucks watching Purdue have the season we all thought we’d have. 

There's really no excuse for us to be having the season we are having. It's a tremendously wasted opportunity. Needs to be some serious program evaluation in the off season.

[Hovadipo]

Nebraska announced it’s retaining Scott Frost (LOL) and firing pretty much the entire offensive staff. I’m sure that was the problem. 

[landrus13]

Dan Mullen fired his DC and OL coaches today. Trying to save his job. Not sure it'll work. Florida boosters and athletic administration should be all over him after that horrific loss to South Carolina. He also said a "damning" thing in his press conference today. Said he wants his teams to be better at the end of the season compared to the beginning of the season. Well, I think he's failed in that regard.

[LamarCheeks]

From the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks to ... Storrs, Connecticut? 

From head coach in the NFL to running the No. 3 program -- if that -- on campus. 

Interesting ... 
 

 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

From the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks to ... Storrs, Connecticut? 

From head coach in the NFL to running the No. 3 program -- if that -- on campus. 

Interesting ... 
 

 

Why is UConn still an FBS football school?

[Rico]

5 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Why is UConn still an FBS football school?

ESPN owns them.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

4 minutes ago, Rico said:

ESPN owns them.

Makes sense. 

[LamarCheeks]

Not sure if this is true or not, but I've seen more than one report about it. I still don't understand all the Mel Tucker love. He's college football's equivalent of Dexy's Midnight Runners (Come on Eileen) -- a one-hit wonder. 

He somehow got hired in East Lansing after one season at Colorado -- and he was 5-7 there. Sparty was bad last year and while having a good run this season, they barely beat Michigan, needed OT to beat Nebraska and we'd have beaten them if not for our pathetically inept offense. Now, he's apparently in line to get huge dollars from MSU -- after being mentioned as a top candidate at LSU. 

I'm a Bears fan, and he was the DC in Chicago for two seasons a few years back -- and that defense was historically awful. 

To each his own and far be it from me to tell MSU how to spend its money -- but I'd sure as hell think about tamping the brakes on the Mel Tucker train. I just don't get it. 
 

 

[Rico]

7 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not sure if this is true or not, but I've seen more than one report about it. I still don't understand all the Mel Tucker love. He's college football's equivalent of Dexy's Midnight Runners (Come on Eileen) -- a one-hit wonder. 

He somehow got hired in East Lansing after one season at Colorado -- and he was 5-7 there. Sparty was bad last year and while having a good run this season, they barely beat Michigan, needed OT to beat Nebraska and we'd have beaten them if not for our pathetically inept offense. Now, he's apparently in line to get huge dollars from MSU -- after being mentioned as a top candidate at LSU. 

I'm a Bears fan, and he was the DC in Chicago for two seasons a few years back -- and that defense was historically awful. 

To each his own and far be it from me to tell MSU how to spend its money -- but I'd sure as hell think about tamping the brakes on the Mel Tucker train. I just don't get it. 
 

 

Have at it Sparty.  One good season gets you career money.

[IUc2016]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

Have at it Sparty.  One good season gets you career money.

Man if that's what losing to purdue one time gets you, imagine what Archie would have gotten

[craigyv88]

1 hour ago, IUc2016 said:

Man if that's what losing to purdue one time gets you, imagine what Archie would have gotten

Ha, he would have gotten the proposed Brad Stevens contract.

[Alford Bailey]

Wonder if Tuckers buyout will top Allen’s?

[LIHoosier]

If you think IU has given up, Florida is down 42-28 to Samford. That's Samford, not Stanford.

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

If you think IU has given up, Florida is down 42-28 to Samford. That's Samford, not Stanford.

More context:

Samford is 3-5 and lost by 50 to Chattanooga 

[Demo]

10 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

If you think IU has given up, Florida is down 42-28 to Samford. That's Samford, not Stanford.

But they were 1 of those almost impossible to get, all-powerful, selection committee-approved SEC conference wins for Bama. So, they must be really good.

[Hovadipo]

17 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

If you think IU has given up, Florida is down 42-28 to Samford. That's Samford, not Stanford.

There’s a really solid handful of schools hoping Florida doesn’t fire Mullen. That’d reallllly complicate an already insane carousel.