College Football Thread

[LamarCheeks]

Interesting -- Kirk Herbstreit's son commits to Michigan. 

https://x.com/UMichFootball/status/1865881161341260177

[Hoosierfan1901]

Well, ND announces the game is sold out, let’s see how the secondary market will look

[HoosierX]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

IMO? Artificial price controls suck...free market, baybeeeeeeeee!!

In other words;

• If those tickets are too expensive with fees? Those seats would go empty or sellers will reduce the price until they sell. But they clearly aren't priced too high because when the day is done, every one of those free market expensive seats will sell. 
• And if those fees are too high to enable sales? Another ticket service will undercut them on fees. But because they sell at the high prices, that doesn't happen.

I understand the price will be driven by the market. Whether stubhub charges 10% or 40%, the end price paid is likely to be the same. My issue is with the amount pocketed by stubhub, which is astronomical. A lot more money would otherwise be going into the hands of people selling the tickets.

[Brass Cannon]

37 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I understand the price will be driven by the market. Whether stubhub charges 10% or 40%, the end price paid is likely to be the same. My issue is with the amount pocketed by stubhub, which is astronomical. A lot more money would otherwise be going into the hands of people selling the tickets.

I went to school with a guy who had a ticket swapping site back before the consolidation.  Specially I think he bought tickets to sell to the swapping sites when they ran low but not 100%  Fees were a lot more reasonable. The big boys were still crushing competition. 
 

I think my issue is that you can only realistically buy tickets online yet they charge you a premium.  It’s totally backwards. 
 

The only realistic way to stop it would be for

A) A new player to enter the game with a twist on the system but given the market I’m skeptical. 
B) Governent Crackdown

c) Sports leagues crackdown. But this is unlikely my guess is the ticket sites have contracts to buy a set number of tickets extending into the future. Which insulates the leagues from shocks. 
 

Honestly if prefer if they were just honest and charged a single fee instead of making up BS terms. Don’t insult my intelligence as you fleece me

[JerryYeagley23]

A buddy of mine told me rumor has it that Carson Beck tore his UCL in his elbow and is done for the season. Grapevine stuff, so take it with a grain of salt. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

13 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

A buddy of mine told me rumor has it that Carson Beck tore his UCL in his elbow and is done for the season. Grapevine stuff, so take it with a grain of salt. 

Saw the same thing on Twitter. 

Beck was pretty mid this year so not sure how much this really hurts them. 

[rayl456]

1 hour ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

A buddy of mine told me rumor has it that Carson Beck tore his UCL in his elbow and is done for the season. Grapevine stuff, so take it with a grain of salt. 

They also lost their starting punter, who was up for the Ray Guy Award.  Having knee surgery.

[tyappleg]

3 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Saw the same thing on Twitter. 

Beck was pretty mid this year so not sure how much this really hurts them. 

He wasn't as good as he should have been.  But he still threw for 3500 yards and 26 touchdowns. 

Losing your starting QB in the playoffs is a huge loss.  Their backup has only thrown 51 passes in his entire career.  

[eddy4iu]

11 hours ago, RoadRage said:

So, how were the tickets for this game with Notre Dame decimated? Were a block of tickets made available at face value to IU, and were there some tickets made available to the general public at face value? I mean I assume Notre Dame season ticket holders were able to buy tickets at face?

Face value for tickets offered in the IU allotment of 3,500 tickets is $160 for lower level and $100 for upper level.

[LamarCheeks]

I know they're a couple days old, but just saw some more comments from whiny SEC fusspots like Nick Saban and Shane Beamer, along with more IU, SMU and Boise State bashing from the sordid SEC fan base. So, according to their formula, this is the rightful CFP field:

1. Georgia 11-2
2. Mississippi State 2-10
3. Kentucky 4-8
4. Oklahoma 6-6
5. Florida 7-5
6. Purdue 1-11
7. Michigan 7-5
8. Vanderbilt 6-6
9. Washington 6-6
10. LSU 8-4
11. Texas A&M 8-4
12. UCLA 5-7 

Those schools, according to the College Football Power Index on ESPN, have the top 12 strength of schedules. And apparently, that's all that matters. Winning games does not. 

[go iu bb]

I saw this headline and thought it might be an interesting look at the game, comparing the 2 teams and looking at how the strengths and weaknesses of each match up. Nope. More of the same just talking about schedule.

Ranking CFP first-round games: Why Indiana-Notre Dame has potential to be best matchup

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2024/12/08/ranking-cfp-first-round-games/76852522007/

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

I know they're a couple days old, but just saw some more comments from whiny SEC fusspots like Nick Saban and Shane Beamer, along with more IU, SMU and Boise State bashing from the sordid SEC fan base. So, according to their formula, this is the rightful CFP field:

1. Georgia 11-2
2. Mississippi State 2-10
3. Kentucky 4-8
4. Oklahoma 6-6
5. Florida 7-5
6. Purdue 1-11
7. Michigan 7-5
8. Vanderbilt 6-6
9. Washington 6-6
10. LSU 8-4
11. Texas A&M 8-4
12. UCLA 5-7 

Those schools, according to the College Football Power Index on ESPN, have the top 12 strength of schedules. And apparently, that's all that matters. Winning games does not. 

Our wins against Michigan and Washington are Meaningless I tell you.  Meaningless

[DChoosier]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

I know they're a couple days old, but just saw some more comments from whiny SEC fusspots like Nick Saban and Shane Beamer, along with more IU, SMU and Boise State bashing from the sordid SEC fan base. So, according to their formula, this is the rightful CFP field:

1. Georgia 11-2
2. Mississippi State 2-10
3. Kentucky 4-8
4. Oklahoma 6-6
5. Florida 7-5
6. Purdue 1-11
7. Michigan 7-5
8. Vanderbilt 6-6
9. Washington 6-6
10. LSU 8-4
11. Texas A&M 8-4
12. UCLA 5-7 

Those schools, according to the College Football Power Index on ESPN, have the top 12 strength of schedules. And apparently, that's all that matters. Winning games does not. 

And in the crazy scenario you laid out Alabama still wouldn’t be in the playoff!!

[Brass Cannon]

48 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

And in the crazy scenario you laid out Alabama still wouldn’t be in the playoff!!

Nick Saban would now like to suggest Alphabetical order 

[HoosierFan1994]

Thoughts on the draw: give the road route (that should be for debate as well) this is the best possible draw. Play a Notre Dame team that relies heavily on the run. Key is going to be containing Riley Leonard. Win that, and you play a Georgia team struggling on offense right now. Their OLine isn't great, run game has been inconsistent, and most likely their backup QB. Their defense is very good. Probably best of the possible teams left. What's odd is Georgia got the Sugar Bowl (NOLA) and not Peach Bowl (ATL). Then, semifinals would be SMU/Penn State or Boise State. You could argue that game would be the least challening. 

OSU game might be somewhat of a blessing. Listening to Cig on ESPN talk about things he would do differently this time. 

[Hardwood83]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

And in the crazy scenario you laid out Alabama still wouldn’t be in the playoff!!

Exactly. Anyone that is arguing for Bama should be ashamed. I watched the OU game and they got absolutely bent over (with no lube) in that game. A .500 Oklahoma team dominated them in every facet and it wasn't nearly as close as the score. They also dropped a game to an average Vandy team. I don't care if they beat the '85 Bears, they are disqualified. In fact, their program should get the death penalty for a couple of years to think about what they did. So freaking over the SEC worship. 

[DChoosier]

20 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Exactly. Anyone that is arguing for Bama should be ashamed. I watched the OU game and they got absolutely bent over (with no lube) in that game. A .500 Oklahoma team dominated them in every facet and it wasn't nearly as close as the score. They also dropped a game to an average Vandy team. I don't care if they beat the '85 Bears, they are disqualified. In fact, their program should get the death penalty for a couple of years to think about what they did. So freaking over the SEC worship. 

Not only did Bama get drilled by Oklahoma it was after a win over Mercer and before their final game against a very mediocre Auburn.  They can’t cry about the SEC meat grinder, that they always whine about, when the game prior to Oklahoma  was at home against MERCER.

PS. We played 4 of the teams, in the list of 12 toughest schedules, and went 4-0. According to Bama/Finebaum criteria we should be the #1 seed with a bye. 

[TheWatShot]

Anybody else with Bama's results isn't sniffing the CFP. It's like people just can't grasp how Bama doesn't own college football anymore. 

[CSP]

7 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Anybody else with Bama's results isn't sniffing the CFP. It's like people just can't grasp how Bama doesn't own college football anymore. 

This! I'm not even sure what the discussion was about? One of Bama's "ranked" wins is Missouri... yawn! 

[DChoosier]

Instead of 12 teams next year maybe the committee should rank every D1 team and then decide how many teams to include in the playoff based on how Bama does.

3 examples:

If Alabama is the 15th ranked team then the playoff will have 15 teams with Bama getting a bye.

If Alabama is the 22nd ranked  team then the playoff will have 22 teams with Bama getting a bye.

If Alabama is the 38th ranked team then the playoffs will have 38 teams with Bama getting a bye.

Seems like a simple, fair solution.