College Football Thread

[cthomas]

I think we beat Michigan, maybe badly, when they come to Bloomington. This is definitely not the old IU. It's going to take a minute for everyone else to realize that, but they will come around.

[Demo]

4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Jack Tuttle is still not an especially good quarterback.

UM in full danger of their second loss.

I swear… we better be ranked ahead of UM come Monday.

And Minny really should beat USC here. Given some of what’s gone on today would love to see IU in the teens this week. 

[AZ Hoosier]

Washington with a FG... leading 27-17 with 1:06 to go.

[AZ Hoosier]

6 minutes ago, Demo said:

And Minny really should beat USC here. Given some of what’s gone on today would love to see IU in the teens this week. 

Minny just scored to go up 24-17 with under a minute to go...

And Tuttle is sacked... and time expires... Michigan loses.

[Hovadipo]

We have a legitimate argument for the 2nd-3rd best B1G team right now. USC and Michigan STINK. PSU might stink. (Cig and Co. would surely kick Allen’s teeth in to make a point in a head to head.) OSU the obvious #1. Oregon’s pretty stout and their shaky start turned out to be against good teams, but that could be a 2a and 2b situation. 

[DChoosier]

At the end of last season, when Allen was still coach, I WOULD NOT HAVE DREAMED that given a choice I would prefer to have IU’s offense over UM’s offense this season.

[RoadRage]

My guess IU is ranked at least #17, maybe lower?

[AZ Hoosier]

(23) IU wins.

(1) Alabama loses
(4) Tennessee loses
(9) Missouri loses
(10) Michigan loses
(11) USC loses
(22) Louisville loses

(8) Miami just under way

Updated to reflect Tennessee's loss.

[Demo]

On 9/30/2024 at 10:35 AM, Demo said:

I don’t know about underrated, but I’ve seen every Mizzou(#9) game and multiple games of Michigan(#10) and USC(#11) and with my untrained eye  I’d be completely comfortable against any of those teams on a neutral field.

Yeah, gotta bump this because all 3 of these teams lost as road favorites, Mizzou got boatraced, while IU won comfortably as a road favorite. Voters better freaking notice this week. 

[Stuhoo]

21 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Jack Tuttle is still not an especially good quarterback.

UM in full danger of their second loss.

I swear… we better be ranked ahead of UM come Monday.

USC is now 3-2.

I swear… we better be ranked ahead of USC come Monday.

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

USC is now 3-2.

I swear… we better be ranked ahead of USC come Monday.

Sorry Stu that’s a Quad 1 loss for USC, they’ll actually move up to 9.

[Demo]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

USC is now 3-2.

I swear… we better be ranked ahead of USC come Monday.

Yeah, if IU’s history makes it too tough for voters to swallow and put them ahead of a bunch of high profile 1 loss teams, fine, just keep winning. But they better not be behind any 2 loss teams. 

[cthomas]

I actually like being under estimated. Take us lightly and we'll kick your @$$. It's amazing to me that an IU football team can beat a team by double digits on the road and we still talk things we didn't do particularly well. We are in uncharted territory. I haven't felt this way about IU football since 1967. 

[AZ Hoosier]

Arkansas just scored to go up over Tennessee 19-14 with 2pt attempt coming. 1:17 to go.

UPDATE: 2 pt attempt failed.

[Demo]

Wow, Arkansas has some 250lb freshman RB that has some Tennessee kids making business decisions. Kid looks like Jerome Bettis. 

[AZ Hoosier]

Arkansas beats (4) Tennessee... another undefeated falls.

[Demo]

If Cal can figure out a way to beat Miami, and they’re up in the 2nd qtr,  6 of the top 12 will lose today. And only 1 would have lost to a ranked team. 

[IUHoosier5]

41 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

My guess IU is ranked at least #17, maybe lower?

I was thinking 14th. 

[LamarCheeks]

Cal was beating the snot out of Miami late last night when I dozed off. Woke up and game was over -- so I just turned the TV off and went to bed. 

Turns out, the Canes won. Were down 35-10 at one point. 

Dayum. 

[Lebowski]

4 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Cal was beating the snot out of Miami late last night when I dozed off. Woke up and game was over -- so I just turned the TV off and went to bed. 

Turns out, the Canes won. Were down 35-10 at one point. 

Dayum. 

Yeah, they got bailed out by a controversy non targeting call. That completely changed the game.  

https://x.com/awfulannouncing/status/1842811939748982924?t=3XiChq9aT1adouMR-5DEdA&s=19

 

Same kind of poop happened to them last week against VA Tech.  

Also the TD play that put them ahead was illegal as well due to multiple ineligible players down the field. 

 

https://x.com/ChrisVannini/status/1842813597572890838?t=3KfVNkD6ouFmRdR2JglZbg&s=19

 

Bottom line, they're getting the lucky breaks they need during a season.