College Football Thread

[Hovadipo 57,140]

Another piece of the staff from Allen’s good years headed to Tuscaloosa. Jason Jones headed to Bama as a DBs coach. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,051]

The Big Ten is expected to come out strongly in support of Wisconsin, per sources. The Big Ten believes that Miami’s actions are “inconsistent with all the work toward a new framework being done by the A4 leagues, including the ACC,” per a source.

 

[Pagoda 1,166]

7 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

The Big Ten is expected to come out strongly in support of Wisconsin, per sources. The Big Ten believes that Miami’s actions are “inconsistent with all the work toward a new framework being done by the A4 leagues, including the ACC,” per a source.

Good.  Time to enforce contracts.  Players are getting paid big money, which is great; but now they need to act like pros.

It will be nice with the House Settlement is finalized and a lot of this uncertainty ends.

[Demo 20,604]

On 1/14/2025 at 11:37 PM, DChoosier said:

The recruiting at their level is in a different universe than ours (and most programs)  I know it’s “not all about the stars” but when you stack 55 four/five stars I like your odds to have a good team. Do 4/5 stars guarantee wins?  Certainly not but the odds of success are enhanced.

For sure. Depth, competition, that’s the stuff. But I don’t think it’s just stars, it’s positional. The difference between a 4* Wr and a 3* WR is on balance smaller than a 4* DT vs. a 3* DT because there are just more small guys than big guys. I would love to see IU become OL/DL U because the cream are just schools kicking everybody’s a$$ up front. The 2 games we lost the OL got whupped. Oh, and QB U would be cool too. 

[johnsoniu 6,666]

Ohio St v Notre Dame…what a nightmare final for me. Can’t stand either of them. Thank goodness there’s FanDuel to take the edge off.

[Hovadipo 57,140]

Rooting for OSU because they expect to be here and it’s the status quo. ND winning unleashes that “fanbase” and its “fans”. No thanks. 

[Hoosierfan2017 22,138]

Could just be me, but it hasn’t felt like there’s been much buzz for the championship. I kept forgetting that it was on tonight. It’s been almost two months since the regular season ended, and we’re now deep into the NFL playoffs. 

[RoadRage 2,178]

Why do they catch it? Just let the coin hit the ground!

[LIHoosier 26,703]

The crowd booed the refs for acknowledging they're from the $EC lol
 

[LIHoosier 26,703]

16 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Could just be me, but it hasn’t felt like there’s been much buzz for the championship. I kept forgetting that it was on tonight. It’s been almost two months since the regular season ended, and we’re now deep into the NFL playoffs. 

Yeah if there were some semblance of direction in college sports they could get rid of the conf. championships (useless now); have the Rd of 12, quarters and semis the next 3 weeks then have the final on Jan. 1 every year. Run the rest of the bowls between the rounds with the best ones in the Dec 26-31 window where the NFL doesn't encroach.

[RaceToTheTop 26,711]

Uncalled holds always completely change outcomes.  First down okay at the 30 there was a huge one that you can’t miss on ND

[RoadRage 2,178]

Leonard is deceptively strong, that was one hell of an opening drive!

[Demo 20,604]

Did OSU, after getting the ball run straight down their throats for the entire drive, really line up on the 1 with a 3 man front? 

[RoadRage 2,178]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

Did OSU, after getting the ball run straight down their throats for the entire drive, really line up on the 1 with a 3 man front? 

They love Ryan Day now but if he loses tonight they will be calling for his head....again!

[LIHoosier 26,703]

That's a nice play when you have an hour to throw

[Crimson and Cream 5,847]

35 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

Why do they catch it? Just let the coin hit the ground!

I wondered the same thing, I thought the rules of a coin flip were pretty standard. I jokingly stated that these SEC refs were already cheating and the game hasn't even started yet.

[LIHoosier 26,703]

How can Lou Holtz be in a suite and on the field at the same time?

[Hovadipo 57,140]

Irish good vibes are rapidly deteriorating. 

[RoadRage 2,178]

13 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

How can Lou Holtz be in a suite and on the field at the same time?

This might explain it?

[johnsoniu 6,666]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Irish good vibes are rapidly deteriorating. 

That’s a shame