College Football Thread

[Rico 2,916]

17 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

If it’s any consolation, Maryland is almost certainly worse than us. Definitely so if Tuttle can play. 

So you are saying there is a win on the horizon?  Suhweet baby Jesus!

[Naturalhoosier 15,359]

32 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

If it’s any consolation, Maryland is almost certainly worse than us. Definitely so if Tuttle can play. 

So you’re saying there’s a chance. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

33 minutes ago, Naturalhoosier said:

So you’re saying there’s a chance. 

Always a chance when you’re playing against a Mike Locksley team. 

[Alford Bailey 12,259]

Tuttle day to day according to Allen

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,151]

20 biggest spenders on the football recruiting trail.  Suffice it to say we're not one of the 20.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/LongFormArticle/College-football-recruiting-Georgia-leads-biggest-spenders-Alabama-Clemson-Michigan-Arkansas-173848072/#173848072_1

[Pudman 208]

On a similar topic to spending, I created a dashboard using the College Athletics Financial Information Database to assess college athletics revenue for all FBS schools. The data is aggregated for all sports, I could have broken down by sport, but I haven't yet. The dataset includes expense data too, which, again, I could have done and probably will, but I haven't yet visualized it yet.

https://public.tableau.com/shared/N6XWMGDST?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

I use this data in a course that I teach on data visualization and the students have to create a dashboard similar to the one above in class. They find it incredibly interesting, especially those who love college sports!

[Rico 2,916]

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

20 biggest spenders on the football recruiting trail.  Suffice it to say we're not one of the 20.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/LongFormArticle/College-football-recruiting-Georgia-leads-biggest-spenders-Alabama-Clemson-Michigan-Arkansas-173848072/#173848072_1

A few of those schools have little to show for their "effort."

[Southside 1,914]

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

20 biggest spenders on the football recruiting trail.  Suffice it to say we're not one of the 20.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/LongFormArticle/College-football-recruiting-Georgia-leads-biggest-spenders-Alabama-Clemson-Michigan-Arkansas-173848072/#173848072_1

we're 29th and spend 859K per the report that 247 used.

here's the source

https://www.athleticdirectoru.com/articles/an-analysis-of-football-recruiting-costs/

IMO, the overall spend is a drop in the bucket for most top teams as boosters likely foot most of the bill. The article talks about the value of "loaned" transportation counting lol.... 

Not sure but I think teams are only allowed to pay for a limited number of visits per year, so I'm sure many schools would love to spend more if they could. 

[Demo 17,495]

Terrible overrule of a strip sack fumble TD in the Mich-Mich St game. I hate replay so much now. Supposed to be clear and obvious. Has become let’s re-officiate the play from scratch based on what we sort of think may possibly have kind of happened. No visual evidence necessary. Freaking hate it. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

I wish someone would just put Cincy out of its misery for everyone’s sake. They’d be such a waste of a CFP spot. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I wish someone would just put Cincy out of its misery for everyone’s sake. They’d be such a waste of a CFP spot. 

I'd rather see them than a 2 loss Alabama or Ohio State that can't win their conference title. Or even Oklahoma. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

You'd figure the coaches son would know better. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

7 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'd rather see them than a 2 loss Alabama or Ohio State that can't win their conference title. Or even Oklahoma. 

I’m good on seeing them get beat by 40. I want to see the best 4 teams. Cincy isn’t in the top 10. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

I’m good on seeing them get beat by 40. I want to see the best 4 teams. Cincy isn’t in the top 10. 

But they are #2. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

But they are #2. 

Do you think they’re the 2nd best team in the country? Because that’s what the CFP committee is supposed to base it on. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

FINALLY A HUGE PLAY!!!!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Do you think they’re the 2nd best team in the country? Because that’s what the CFP committee is supposed to base it on. 

That's completely subjective. Someone could say 4 SEC teams. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

That's completely subjective. Someone could say 4 SEC teams. 

So, you don’t think they’re #2 then? The entire CFP process is subjective. Even the BCS was subjective because it took polls into account. There isn’t an objective way to do it unless you do automatic qualifiers for all spots. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,231]

4 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

So, you don’t think they’re #2 then? The entire CFP process is subjective. Even the BCS was subjective because it took polls into account. There isn’t an objective way to do it unless you do automatic qualifiers for all spots. 

I think Cincy belongs if they go undefeated. No 1 loss team should go ahead of them. 

[Hovadipo 52,983]

Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I think Cincy belongs if they go undefeated. No 1 loss team should go ahead of them. 

I don’t disagree with that. I just hope they lose so one of the 3 CFP games isn’t them getting boat raced. From your first response, I personally would much rather see 2 loss Bama or OSU in a semifinal than undefeated Cincy, but I agree that *shouldn’t* happen.