College Football Thread

[Brass Cannon]

6 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Anyone know what the tiebreaker is in the Big Ten for the Big Ten championship game?  It was head to head as the first tiebreaker before which I assume is still true, but with the current setup there is a pretty good chance that tiebreaker isn't usable.

Record against Common opponents of no head to head. If that’s a tie. Cumulative winning percentage I believe 

[Hovadipo]

Not many, if any, bigger corn balls in the country than PJ Fleck. Was hoping UCLA would pull that one out. 

[DChoosier]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Not many, if any, bigger corn balls in the country than PJ Fleck. Was hoping UCLA would pull that one out. 

UCLA has now lost to MN, IU, LSU and Oregon and their worst loss has been to …..The Hoosiers.

UCLA has a really rough schedule. Won’t be surprised if they have a 2 win season.

[Hovadipo]

16 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

UCLA has now lost to MN, IU, LSU and Oregon and their worst loss has been to …..The Hoosiers.

UCLA has a really rough schedule. Won’t be surprised if they have a 2 win season.

Yeah, Fresno is their chance to see another W if they can keep it together til game 12. Even their winnable games are brutal road trips. 

[Lebowski]

2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Anyone know what the tiebreaker is in the Big Ten for the Big Ten championship game?  It was head to head as the first tiebreaker before which I assume is still true, but with the current setup there is a pretty good chance that tiebreaker isn't usable.

1. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.

2. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.

3. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings.

4. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.

5. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.

6. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the commissioner or designee.

[Rico]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

UCLA has now lost to MN, IU, LSU and Oregon and their worst loss has been to …..The Hoosiers.

UCLA has a really rough schedule. Won’t be surprised if they have a 2 win season.

No wonder Aikman became a Hoosier fan.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Who da thunk?  11 still unbeaten and we're one of the 11.

 

[Hovadipo]

6 hours ago, Lebowski said:

1. The tied teams will be compared based on head-to-head matchups during the regular season.

2. The tied teams will be compared based on record against all common conference opponents.

3. The tied teams will be compared based on record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish within the conference standings.

4. The tied teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.

5. The representative will be chosen based on the highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.

6. The representative will be chosen by random draw among the tied teams conducted by the commissioner or designee.

7. If any of this screws Ohio State, an emergency meeting will be held to rectify that immediately. 

[Hovadipo]

15 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

I played the over on Ashton Jeanty’s yardage line tonight at 183.5. Just insanely bad value, but can’t put a price on feeling like I’m a part of history. Tell the grandkids about it some day. 

A sweat-free 217 yards. He was halfway to his line after 1 quarter lol. Just give him the Heisman and keep it moving. 

[Brass Cannon]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

7. If any of this screws Ohio State, an emergency meeting will be held to rectify that immediately. 

This will 100% happen.  Please don’t get hopes up folks. Need them to lose again. Hopefully to us 

[Dave from Dayton]

55 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

This will 100% happen.  Please don’t get hopes up folks. Need them to lose again. Hopefully to us 

Kevin Wilson will visit to crack some heads and to point out who to blame. No?  Never mind.

Their on-the-hot-seat-head coach will be Invoking the hallowed name of Woody and will give QB Will Howard a cheap Timex to commemorate the last play of the game and the loss.

Defensive Coach Jim Knowles will simplify the defense.  Instead of a 4-2-5, they will go to 11- 3...buying referees...against Penn State.  Who needs talent when you have the B1G and the referees in your pocket? Just like they did in the old days.

They are happy that they are idle all week.  Idle, just like they were on the big plays yesterday.

If they fix their play calling in the first half...and wake up...and not be hesitant on defense and..   Well, actually, if Oregon at OSU's 2 had run the ball twice...

No, they are top heavy.  Free fallin'...sleep walkin'...

 

[Hovadipo]

Dexter Williams engineered a wild comeback win last night. 

[Joe_hoopsier]

10 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Who da thunk?  11 still unbeaten and we're one of the 11.

 

Meteorite I tell ya. Watch the skies! Run like hell! 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

14 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

7. If any of this screws Ohio State, an emergency meeting will be held to rectify that immediately. 

Never forget or forgive 2020.

[monskisprodigy]

On 10/13/2024 at 10:27 AM, Hovadipo said:

Dexter Williams engineered a wild comeback win last night. 

Just read that he was the backup, and came in essentially for the last couple drives, as the starter got hurt. Once he came in they marched, along with their defense forcing two fumbles. Wild. 

I would of thought he had the tools to start at that level. I remember at one point trying to mental gymnastics myself into thinking he could lead our team moving forward haha. 

[Hovadipo]

3 hours ago, monskisprodigy said:

Just read that he was the backup, and came in essentially for the last couple drives, as the starter got hurt. Once he came in the marched, along with their defense forcing two fumbles. Wild. 

I would of thought he had the tools to start at that level. I remember at one point trying to mental gymnastics myself into thinking he could lead our team moving forward haha. 

I was never a Dexter (the player) fan, but man it was ELECTRIC when he somehow beat MSU up there in maybe the ugliest/strangest football game I’ve ever seen. 

[AZ Hoosier]

This is interesting... 

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The NCAA is examining the loophole exploited by the Oregon Ducks at the end of their victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes where they intentionally took a penalty for having 12 men on the field.

As the final seconds ticked away in Saturday’s contest between the two freshly-minted Big Ten rivals, the Ducks were called for a 12-men penalty. This put Ohio State five yards closer to field goal range but more importantly, time was taken off the clock and got Dan Lanning and his team closer to a marquee victory.

At the time, the foul was seen as a harmless one but social media caught up pretty quick. Turns out, Lanning intentionally sent 12 players onto the field for the play, giving his secondary an extra player. The pass from Will Howard fell incomplete, the sequence took four seconds in its entirety. And since the penalty was considered a live-ball one, no time was added back out.

After Lanning admitted to the penalty being intentional, the move hasn’t sat right with the NCAA, or many fans outside of Eugene. According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the NCAA is trying to figure out a way to ensure the tactic doesn’t become commonplace in college football.

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-examining-rule-loophole-oregon-used-vs-ohio-state-with-intentional-penalty/

[southsidehoosier]

22 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

This is interesting... 

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-examining-rule-loophole-oregon-used-vs-ohio-state-with-intentional-penalty/

Reminds of Bill Belichick with the delay of game penalties loop hole

[LamarCheeks]

B1G Network trying to hype up a game with a four TD spread. 

LOL. 

One thing I will say, though -- the B1G schedule makers didn't do our new West Coast friends many favors. Many Friday night and noon Saturday games after traveling across the country. 

[TheWatShot]

On 10/15/2024 at 1:17 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

This is interesting... 

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-examining-rule-loophole-oregon-used-vs-ohio-state-with-intentional-penalty/

The next step will be the Big Ten having OSU and Oregon get back on the field for the final 10 seconds and tell the refs to keep throwing flags until OSU scores and play it out.