College Football Thread

[Pagoda]

39 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

I am no Day fan.  I think he coaches scared and not to lose in big games thus his losing record in top 5 matchups.  Also have said his talent normally bails him out because of said coaching deficiencies.

However, what is going on right now with his address being posted on X and fans overreacting is just disgusting.  OSUFB is still a good team that is likely to make the playoffs.  They may come to town and beat us.  When he lost to UM he was receiving death threats.  His kids were harassed mercilessly at school.  People really need to get in touch with reality.  It's a football game...entertainment.  These kids and coaches are real people with lives and families.  There are far worse things going on in the world that harassing a coach or calling for his head after this loss is crazy.

It's always ugly after a loss but the things that are being said about the team/Day are ridiculous.  They usually don't have this hard of schedule and seems like there is mass panic that they may lose to us/USC/Michigan and miss the playoffs.  I think it's one more loss and make the playoffs.  Too early for panic.

For sure.  With the B1G being kinda mid, their schedule isn't as daunting anymore, and it's pretty easy to see them going 11-1 or 10-2.

Right now they still have the best national title odds by a decent margin.

Huge overreaction.

[Lebowski]

2026 Week 2 takeaways. 

• Minnesota pooped the bed. 
• UCLA might be a one loss team going into Minnesota 11/7. 
• Michigan will win more than 6 games. 
• Penn State's schedule is very favorable for them. 
• SC does not have a favorable schedule. 
• Oregon might be last year's PSU?
• Va Tech will be a ranked team and in the discussion for a CFP bid.  
• IUFB's week 1 opponent, North Texas, made IUFB's win against them much more impressive. 
• Both the SEC and ACC are the top P4 conferences right now and it's up for grabs which conference follows them.

Week 3 Marquee Matchups

• Houston at Texas Tech
• SMU at UofL
• LSU at Ole Miss
• West Virginia at Virginia

Big Ten Matchups to watch

• Va Tech at Maryland
• Colorado at Northwestern
• MSU at ND
   

[Brass Cannon]

6 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

2026 Week 2 takeaways. 

• Minnesota pooped the bed. 
• UCLA might be a one loss team going into Minnesota 11/7. 
• Michigan will win more than 6 games. 
• Penn State's schedule is very favorable for them. 
• SC does not have a favorable schedule. 
• Oregon might be last year's PSU?
• Va Tech will be a ranked team and in the discussion for a CFP bid.  
• IUFB's week 1 opponent, North Texas, made IUFB's win against them much more impressive. 
• Both the SEC and ACC are the top P4 conferences right now and it's up for grabs which conference follows them.

Week 3 Marquee Matchups

• Houston at Texas Tech
• SMU at UofL
• LSU at Ole Miss
• West Virginia at Virginia

Big Ten Matchups to watch

• Va Tech at Maryland
• Colorado at Northwestern
• MSU at ND
   

Something else I will add is that UNC isn’t a complete joke.   Would be hilarious if they beat Notre Dame 

[Home Jersey]

1 hour ago, skhoosier2 said:

I am no Day fan.  I think he coaches scared and not to lose in big games thus his losing record in top 5 matchups.  Also have said his talent normally bails him out because of said coaching deficiencies.

However, what is going on right now with his address being posted on X and fans overreacting is just disgusting.  OSUFB is still a good team that is likely to make the playoffs.  They may come to town and beat us.  When he lost to UM he was receiving death threats.  His kids were harassed mercilessly at school.  People really need to get in touch with reality.  It's a football game...entertainment.  These kids and coaches are real people with lives and families.  There are far worse things going on in the world that harassing a coach or calling for his head after this loss is crazy.

AmericanFootball

 

It's always ugly after a loss but the things that are being said about the team/Day are ridiculous.  They usually don't have this hard of schedule and seems like there is mass panic that they may lose to us/USC/Michigan and miss the playoffs.  I think it's one more loss and make the playoffs.  Too early for panic.

I agree. When was the last time OSU went 1-3 in a 4 game span? Hard for me to recall. With a lot of season left it's easy to see why they're overreacting IMO... doesn't mean it's reasonable whatsoever though. 

The OSU fanbase, online anyway, act like caricatures of themselves. They want to believe their standards are better than his results... they are not. 

[LIHoosier]

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH NNNOOOOOOOOOOO

Someone new has to find the $$ to buyout Norvell now.

[American HoosierX]

30 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

2026 Week 2 takeaways. 

• Minnesota pooped the bed. 
• UCLA might be a one loss team going into Minnesota 11/7. 
• Michigan will win more than 6 games. 
• Penn State's schedule is very favorable for them. 
• SC does not have a favorable schedule. 
• Oregon might be last year's PSU?
• Va Tech will be a ranked team and in the discussion for a CFP bid.  
• IUFB's week 1 opponent, North Texas, made IUFB's win against them much more impressive. 
• Both the SEC and ACC are the top P4 conferences right now and it's up for grabs which conference follows them.

Week 3 Marquee Matchups

• Houston at Texas Tech
• SMU at UofL
• LSU at Ole Miss
• West Virginia at Virginia

Big Ten Matchups to watch

• Va Tech at Maryland
• Colorado at Northwestern
• MSU at ND
   

With Oregon, I think we might be seeing that replacing two great coordinators is difficult, and going the internal route may not be the best answer. We'll see how the rest of the season plays out.

[Lebowski]

1 hour ago, American HoosierX said:

With Oregon, I think we might be seeing that replacing two great coordinators is difficult, and going the internal route may not be the best answer. We'll see how the rest of the season plays out.

It seems Oregon is telegraphing their plays. 

 

[skhoosier2]

3 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

It seems Oregon is telegraphing their plays. 

 

Nothing new since it was known last year before the Peach bowl we had a line on their plays based on tape.  BIP on X showed video of what he saw that was a tip off of run or pass.  One of the O-line was doing something to tip it off.  Really crazy though that it has not been fixed.  Would say that means Lanning isn't self-scouting.

[Lebowski]

5 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

Nothing new since it was known last year before the Peach bowl we had a line on their plays based on tape.  BIP on X showed video of what he saw that was a tip off of run or pass.  One of the O-line was doing something to tip it off.  Really crazy though that it has not been fixed.  Would say that means Lanning isn't self-scouting.

It's only new that it's not IUFB reading the telegraph. 

[AKHoosier]

On 9/14/2026 at 10:17 AM, Lebowski said:

It seems Oregon is telegraphing their plays. 

 

Couldn't be. 

I was told we had access to their playbook after hacking into their database of plays.

[Home Jersey]

13 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

Couldn't be. 

I was told we had access to their playbook after hacking into their database of plays.

Thanks for reminding me. Their loss to Ok State makes it even more hilarious.

People were writing entire dissertations about how IU must have hacked the cloud and stolen Oregon's playbook... Meanwhile Cig was just watching tape and found obvious tells like Moore's feet pre-snap. 

[Pagoda]

This is really insightful.  IU’s number is ~$35M so they're fairly close here.

 

[Demo]

1 hour ago, Pagoda said:

This is really insightful.  IU’s number is right fwiw from what I’ve heard.

 

That Nike money on Oregon looking really, really well spent.

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Demo said:

That Nike money on Oregon looking really, really well spent.

Lots of interesting takeaways.

Auburn, Rugter, FSU, and Wisconsin appear to be overspending nightmares. Georgia and Iowa doing a really nice job with thbudget.e

[Artie86]

20 minutes ago, Demo said:

That Nike money on Oregon looking really, really well spent.

 I was at a Trader Bakers Flea Market in Madison Indiana last weekend and saw these "beauts" sitting there! Good grief, those are some ugly shoes!!!!

I couldn't resisit! lol

[Brass Cannon]

I know with Moores tell that it’s fixable. But curious with anybody in the know if it’s fixable in 2 weeks?   Like I gotta think that’s something that take a lot of reps to undo otherwise it’s something he is having to think about and honestly his decision making isn’t good enough for him to be more distracted 

[Magnanimous]

Nebraska and Notre Dame have just announced a home and home for 2032/2033.

[Home Jersey]

Miami is dropping Adidas for Nike. 

[Hovadipo]

47 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Lots of interesting takeaways.

Auburn, Rugter, FSU, and Wisconsin appear to be overspending nightmares. Georgia and Iowa doing a really nice job with thbudget.e

Kirby does such a good job recruiting elite HS players which are naturally cheaper, developing them, and most importantly retaining them.

If I’m an Iowa fan I’m terrified of the post-Ferentz era. His development program is elite. Maybe they find someone who can keep that type of machine going, but I doubt it. 

[realTomCrean]

5 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Kirby does such a good job recruiting elite HS players which are naturally cheaper, developing them, and most importantly retaining them.

If I’m an Iowa fan I’m terrified of the post-Ferentz era. His development program is elite. Maybe they find someone who can keep that type of machine going, but I doubt it. 

https://gobison.com/staff-directory/tim-polasek/192

Wisconsin/Iowa race to who gets Polasek!