College Football Thread

[Demo]

6 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

Nah man, they were a lock. No way in hell they would create a mess of leaving out a one loss Big Ten school in a 12 team playoff. No way in hell. Not a chance. The likely discussions with IUFB was more about hosting a game. 

You give the committee way more credit than I do because I see no universe in which there would have been any even semi-serious conversation about putting IU ahead of UT, OSU, ND or PSU. I think they got the best draw they could have reasonably gotten because I love them against ND. 

[rayl456]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

Glad to hear Davis bring up IU in the SMU/Bama conversation because I’d be willing to bet my house that there was a decent segment of that committee that wanted to keep SMU in because of the championship game piece and Bama because of SOS and leave IU out. I don’t think IU was close to a lock here. 

And f**k Joey Galloway and his big mouth trying to say IU’s schedule was not equal to PSU’s because we didn’t play Oregon.  He’s a blatant ahole.

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

And f**k Joey Galloway and his big mouth trying to say IU’s schedule was not equal to PSU’s because we didn’t play Oregon.  He’s a blatant ahole.

Pretty confident we could have lost to Oregon and gone 11-2 as well lol.  Their best win was a 1 point win over minny. What a joke. 

[DChoosier]

8:00 PM in South Bend.

Could be a very chilly game.

Who does that help/hurt ?

[Demo]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

As an avid Purdoo ‘rooter-againster’, I am very happy with their choice.

Seems like a guy with a proven track record of not a high ceiling. Apparently he currently has a hot OC. If that guy doesn’t come with him I’ll like this even more. Odom is likely just another guy, and they are now financially committed to both him and the remnants of Walters.

I think it’s pretty uninspired. He was pretty mediocre and unpopular at Mizzou. But there is kind of a poor man’s Mallory element to it in that if he comes in and does a solid job he can stabilize things for a long term because he’s not gonna get poached. Given the Brohm deal and the gamble on Walters I would think they put a lot of stock this time on the possibility of stability. 

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

8:00 PM in South Bend.

Could be a very chilly game.

Who does that help/hurt ?

Weather models (something I track out of nerdiness, but know nothing about) actually have a pretty consistent warm/dry spell through the end of the year. 

If that doesn’t hold though, ND has no pass game to take away so I’d assume anything impacting the passing game works in their favor. 

[Home Jersey]

I like Cignetti vs Freeman. A lot. 

A lot.

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Weather models (something I track out of nerdiness, but know nothing about) actually have a pretty consistent warm/dry spell through the end of the year. 

If that doesn’t hold though, ND has no pass game to take away so I’d assume anything impacting the passing game works in their favor. 

So you’re saying we want good weather?  

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

So you’re saying we want good weather?  

We proved that we can throw it in bad weather last week so I’m not too worried either way. Just saying ND can’t throw the ball when it’s sunny and 75 so some cold or precipitation wouldn’t do much to them. 

[DChoosier]

IU will forever be the answer to a trivia question….

Name the two opponents in the first ever 12 team CFB Playoff.

[DChoosier]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

We proved that we can throw it in bad weather last week so I’m not too worried either way. Just saying ND can’t throw the ball when it’s sunny and 75 so some cold or precipitation wouldn’t do much to them. 

So cold might not matter to a great extent but hopefully it is dry. 

[Stuhoo]

Not windy would be good.

[go iu bb]

IU are ~1 TD dogs (+7.5)

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-odds-games-lines-texas-ohio-state-notre-dame-penn-state-sizable-home-favorites/

[Hoosierfan1901]

Tickets are too much…

[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Tickets are too much…

Yeah.  I’ve always preferred to watch at home anyway. Thankful for that 

[Hoosierfan1901]

3 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yeah.  I’ve always preferred to watch at home anyway. Thankful for that 

Hopefully they drop, would love to go to it, should’ve gotten ticket’s earlier this week

[DChoosier]

I’ll bet TN isn’t thrilled with a night game at OSU. I can’t stand OSU but hate the SEC more. 
Go OSU!!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

I’m going to spend so much GD money on tickets. And it’s going to be worth it. 

[LIHoosier]

The full bowl slate for those 'other' teams. I'm still disappointed we didn't make the Pinstripe Bowl lol.

https://bowlseason.com/sports/bowl/schedule/2024-25

[TTT]

Boise State with blue football field advantage waiting on the winner of Penn State vs SMU makes the Playoff bracket look like a comic strip.  Big winner is Penn State except Penn State has coach Franklin..