College Football Thread

[Magnanimous 4,420]

Texas A&M pulling out of Gator Bowl due to Covid. Can we get our guys to step in and play Wake?

[LIHoosier 25,307]

7 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

Texas A&M pulling out of Gator Bowl due to Covid. Can we get our guys to step in and play Wake?

Nope, its Rugers

 

[MemphisHoosier 1,984]

9 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Nope, its Rugers

 

Soooo every FBS team IU played this season is going bowling - fun!

[Hovadipo 53,959]

31 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Nope, its Rugers

 

Man, the logistical nightmare that must be. And I’ll be stunned if Rutgers doesn’t get obliterated only based on them likely being in chill mode since their last game. 

[IUFootballEndlessMisery 637]

57 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Soooo every FBS team IU played this season is going bowling - fun!

Story of our lives; everyone gets to have fun except us.

[HoosierAloha 30,020]

Story of our lives; everyone gets to have fun except us.

Or..
Everyone gets to have fun BECAUSE of us?


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[TheWatShot 13,481]

17 minutes ago, IUFootballEndlessMisery said:

Story of our lives; everyone gets to have fun except us.

There could be a bowl for every single FBS team and we'd probably have too many Covid positives. 

[Hovadipo 53,959]

UCF about to hang a banner and pass out state championship rings. I hope they didn’t think Florida was actually going to “bring it” tonight. They got their B-team with D effort. 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,650]

13 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

UCF about to hang a banner and pass out state championship rings. I hope they didn’t think Florida was actually going to “bring it” tonight. They got their B-team with D effort. 

Somehow UCF +6.5 was +100 about an hour before kickoff. Jumped on that right away.

[Hovadipo 53,959]

16 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Somehow UCF +6.5 was +100 about an hour before kickoff. Jumped on that right away.

I don’t really gamble so I had no idea that was the line. Good lord that’s free money. Should’ve put your house on it. 

[IUFootballEndlessMisery 637]

Hawaii is pulling out of the Hawaii Bowl, meaning Memphis travelled all the way out there just for a free vacation.

[JerryYeagley23 2,929]

11 hours ago, IUFootballEndlessMisery said:

Hawaii is pulling out of the Hawaii Bowl, meaning Memphis travelled all the way out there just for a free vacation.

Wouldn’t feel too terrible for the players. They still got to participate in the pre-game festivities and they got an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii, a place a lot of families have trouble affording. And I know for a fact some players historically would take the trip without having to play the game all day. Couple seniors maybe bummed, but mostly it’s a bummer for any fans that spent all that money to travel and didn’t get a game. Again though, they’re in Hawaii, so limits some of the sting there too. And at least they’ll get their money back for the tickets. The worse situation is the TX A&M withdrew. Those fans are in Jacksonville and have to try and sell tickets to a Rutgers fan last minute, or go watch two teams they don’t care about that is likely gonna be a blow out. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,904]

I didn't watch the game but apparently Justin Shorter of Florida went down on the field with what looked pretty serious.  This from his family this morning.

[IUFootballEndlessMisery 637]

On 12/24/2021 at 11:03 AM, JerryYeagley23 said:

Wouldn’t feel too terrible for the players. They still got to participate in the pre-game festivities and they got an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii, a place a lot of families have trouble affording. And I know for a fact some players historically would take the trip without having to play the game all day. Couple seniors maybe bummed, but mostly it’s a bummer for any fans that spent all that money to travel and didn’t get a game. Again though, they’re in Hawaii, so limits some of the sting there too. And at least they’ll get their money back for the tickets. The worse situation is the TX A&M withdrew. Those fans are in Jacksonville and have to try and sell tickets to a Rutgers fan last minute, or go watch two teams they don’t care about that is likely gonna be a blow out. 

And as we all know, the worst place on Earth (besides West Lafayette) is Jacksonville, Florida.

Edited December 25, 2021 by IUFootballEndlessMisery

[Alford Bailey 12,301]

Dang, two bowl games canceled. Wonder what happens with the money when this happens?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,904]

Portal numbers update:

• 911 FBS scholarship players have entered since 8/1
• 32 players withdrew
• 243 players announced new schools
• 27.6% of portal players have announced new schools
• 636 FBS scholarship players remain in the portal

[Hovadipo 53,959]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Portal numbers update:

• 911 FBS scholarship players have entered since 8/1
• 32 players withdrew
• 243 players announced new schools
• 27.6% of portal players have announced new schools
• 636 FBS scholarship players remain in the portal

636 players with….maybe (?) half that many scholarships to be had is the dark side of the portal that kids don’t understand/care about. A decent chunk of that 636 are walk-ons though. 

[IUFootballEndlessMisery 637]

More bowl cancellations:

*Arizona Bowl cancelled, as Central Michigan replaces Miami in the Sun Bowl instead.  Though who's to know if that'll even happen.

*The Holiday Bowl got cancelled hours before kickoff.

[Alford Bailey 12,301]

Curious to see what happens if a playoff team has issues.

[Hovadipo 53,959]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Curious to see what happens if a playoff team has issues.

They CFP has already said it’ll be a forfeit, no rescheduling. Even for the final.