College Football Thread

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

As it's going right now ....

 

1. Georgia

2. Michigan

3. TCU

4. USC

[LIHoosier]

lol aTm fans rushing the field

[DChoosier]

Watching Penix throwing ropes again tonight.

Hard to believe he was our QB and that he and CB play the same position.

[LIHoosier]

David Shaw resigned from Stanford.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

31 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

David Shaw resigned from Stanford.

As he should. That program has become a joke. 

[Demo]

Not sure if this is the job for Fickell, but this is the time. He’s taken Cincinnati as far as it’s gonna go, Big 12 move or not.

[Demo]

49 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

David Shaw resigned from Stanford.

There must be some serious burnout or something non-football related at play here. Zero chance that guy got pushed out.

[Hovadipo]

Whatever ends up happening at Auburn, someone - whether it be G5, FCS, etc. - needs to get Cadillac Williams on the phone yesterday for a head gig. He had more than just the interim coach bump going the last couple months. The guy is electric and half the battle in CFB is finding a coach that can connect with kids. I’d love to see him get a shot somewhere. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

28 minutes ago, Demo said:

Not sure if this is the job for Fickell, but this is the time. He’s taken Cincinnati as far as it’s gonna go, Big 12 move or not.

I definitely wouldn't take that job. Cincy will be a better job soon. With divisions going bye bye and USC/UCLA joining. Wisconsin gonna be way behind. 

[Hovadipo]

11 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I definitely wouldn't take that job. Cincy will be a better job soon. With divisions going bye bye and USC/UCLA joining. Wisconsin gonna be way behind. 

Depends if they’re willing to spend to support him. Wisconsin is one of the richest athletic departments in the country and they’re supposed to be building a $300million facility at some point in the near future. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Depends if they’re willing to spend to support him. Wisconsin is one of the richest athletic departments in the country and they’re supposed to be building a $300million facility at some point in the near future. 

But is that going to keep you competing with Ohio State, Michigan and USC? They'd really be battling for 4th best probably with UCLA and Penn State. And the random year Iowa gets. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

19 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I definitely wouldn't take that job. Cincy will be a better job soon. With divisions going bye bye and USC/UCLA joining. Wisconsin gonna be way behind. 

I think it’s debatable whether he should take the Wisky job or hold out for a better one, but I think it’s definitely a better job than Cincy. Wisky is in the PSU/MSU tier of job, imo. The Big 10 and the SEC are going to be the two premier conferences and everyone else will be a step or two down. I’d rather coach a top half of the Big 10 job than a top 3-4 job in the Big 12. 

[Alford Bailey]

Fickell will be a good hire for Wisconsin.

[Hovadipo]

8 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

But is that going to keep you competing with Ohio State, Michigan and USC? They'd really be battling for 4th best probably with UCLA and Penn State. And the random year Iowa gets. 

He doesn’t have a chance to compete with the big boys if he stays at Cincy. I think Wisconsin is much more stable of a job too. The B1G is pretty solid in its standing in the country, but the Big 12 is still kind of up in the air. It should be a competitive and exciting conference, but it’ll look much more like the current AAC than the current Big 12 when the dust settles vs being at an upper half program in one of the 2 major conferences. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

He doesn’t have a chance to compete with the big boys if he stays at Cincy. I think Wisconsin is much more stable of a job too. The B1G is pretty solid in its standing in the country, but the Big 12 is still kind of up in the air. It should be a competitive and exciting conference, but it’ll look much more like the current AAC than the current Big 12 when the dust settles vs being at an upper half program in one of the 2 major conferences. 

If the field expands to 12, he will have a better shot of reaching the playoff at Cincy and definitely winning Big 12 championships. 

[LamarCheeks]

Seems as if I've read a lot of "experts" say Day would be a good fit in the NFL, and over the past couple years, his name has come up when pro jobs would open. 

I sorta thought Fickell was waiting for that to happen -- and the OSU job to open back up so he could return to Columbus. Maybe he just got tired of waiting. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

He doesn’t have a chance to compete with the big boys if he stays at Cincy. I think Wisconsin is much more stable of a job too. The B1G is pretty solid in its standing in the country, but the Big 12 is still kind of up in the air. It should be a competitive and exciting conference, but it’ll look much more like the current AAC than the current Big 12 when the dust settles vs being at an upper half program in one of the 2 major conferences. 

Sometimes just going to the "bigger" program isn't a good choice. 

[Hovadipo]

2 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

If the field expands to 12, he will have a better shot of reaching the playoff at Cincy and definitely winning Big 12 championships. 

True, but does a watered down Big 12 title and likely still getting pounded in the playoff anyway appeal to him vs. a place with better resources to compete with the best?

[LIHoosier]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

True, but does a watered down Big 12 title and likely still getting pounded in the playoff anyway appeal to him vs. a place with better resources to compete with the best?

More of the issue is that Fickell at Cincinnati is making the same $$ as Chryst was at Wisconsin. Wisconsin as you stated may be sitting on a pile of money, but they ain't sharing.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

True, but does a watered down Big 12 title and likely still getting pounded in the playoff anyway appeal to him vs. a place with better resources to compete with the best?

Does a better chance at the playoff and winning a conference title mean more than not winning a conference title and a less likely chance to make the playoff?