College Football Thread

[68Hoosier 657]

On 1/11/2025 at 8:41 AM, RoadRage said:

But we were suppose to quit playing and accept our defeat since Notre Dame had the game won with 5 minutes left in the game! Truth is, if we had caught the 2 point conversion, we could have got another onside kick and tied the game, but how dare our team try to win a game that Notre Dame had declared to be over!

I was thinking about that the other day as well.  Didn't Ohio St score on us with like 5 sec. left in the game.  So that score shouldn't count, and the margin of loss was less.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,952]

 

[Brass Cannon 24,955]

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

 

Seems like a lateral move at best.  

[Pagoda 1,068]

19 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Seems like a lateral move at best.  

Wow.  I'm surprised he would move down from the B1G to the ACC -- playoff spots, media rights, everything is worse.

Must be a nice pay bump.  Maybe the fit with PSU wasn't good?  Again, surprising.

[AZ Hoosier 7,878]

4 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Wow.  I'm surprised he would move down from the B1G to the ACC -- playoff spots, media rights, everything is worse.

Must be a nice pay bump.  Maybe the fit with PSU wasn't good?  Again, surprising.

Spreading LEO across the nation...

[Artie86 2,181]

https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/article/penn-state-defensive-coordinator-tom-allen-leaving-clemson-job-244071053/

[Brass Cannon 24,955]

18 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Wow.  I'm surprised he would move down from the B1G to the ACC -- playoff spots, media rights, everything is worse.

Must be a nice pay bump.  Maybe the fit with PSU wasn't good?  Again, surprising.

My guess is he wasn’t a fit. I doubt if Penn State wanted him they would be losing him to Clemson. 

[Brass Cannon 24,955]

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[maharkn 1,798]

23 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

My guess is he wasn’t a fit. I doubt if Penn State wanted him they would be losing him to Clemson. 

I'll call it he knew Penn State wasn't playing IU so would go there for a year.

[RoadRage 2,124]

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

 

His son Thomas, is a defensive analyst at Penn State, I would assume Clemson would be hiring both of them?

[Pagoda 1,068]

He reduced his IU buyout $5M in exchange for no buyout offsets.  He got the best of that deal.

[rayl456 514]

Running backs Singleton and Katron Allen announced they are returning for their senior year at PSU.  

[RoadRage 2,124]

From what I saw of Penn State this season, I'd say CTA did a very good job!

[Brass Cannon 24,955]

6 hours ago, RoadRage said:

His son Thomas, is a defensive analyst at Penn State, I would assume Clemson would be hiring both of them?

Perhaps there was some tension with that and he took a step down so his sons career wouldn’t be impacted 

[BtownStrength 1,288]

From what I can gather from PSU message boards, maybe the fit wasn't great. Tom did well, but he did not mesh with James Franklin. On the other hand, his attitude and religious beliefs seem like a perfect fit with Dabo. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,952]

Potential changes to the football portal if the NCAA approves.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/fbs-coaches-vote-to-shrink-transfer-portal-window-to-10-days-implement-recruiting-dead-period-in-december/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 85,952]

[DChoosier 8,870]

4 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart 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.

[Lebowski 2,822]

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

Can't wait to see IUFB hit these numbers baby!!!!

[Pagoda 1,068]

This is a bit of a wrench in the rev share.  Schools were planning to send around 75% of the $22M/yr rev share to FB, which is consistent with the settlement to former athletes.

I would guess schools figure out some way to get FB most of the rev share — just has to work that way in the end when FB is the sport generating most of the revenue to begin with.

https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/1880024679500714243?s=46&t=zoBJGD5TXRBDk1ODyOZqlg