Official 2025 College Football Thread

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Bama going to have a long season. Well, at least some of the coaching staff is going to have a long season.

Or a short one.

6-4 vs unranked opponents suggests that a change might not wait until the end of the year.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Or a short one.

6-4 vs unranked opponents suggests that a change might not wait until the end of the year.

That was what I was suggesting. For the handful of coaches that survive, they will have a long season.

[Edward64]

Hogs took care of business 52-7 vs Alabama A&M. Next week should be another easy one at Arkansas State.

Then #21 Ole Miss and 3 ranked teams in short order. We'll need a couple upsets to hit 6-6.

Most positive was Taylen Green. He played well and was pulled in 3Q. Defense was sloppy in 1Q but pulled it together. Hard to really tell right now, but we'll find out in 2 weeks vs Ole Miss.

[RainMaker]

Doesn't Deboer have like a $70 million buyout?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

Doesn't Deboer have like a $70 million buyout?

It's down to $63 million now I believe.

[JonInMiddleGA]

For those who watched MIA vs ND ... did y'all know CJ Carr's mom was at the game?

Holy Taylor Swift with that coverage of her

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Manning really not impressive. He can grow, obviously. Right now he looks "eh."

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I'd like to point out that Neal Brown is now special assistant to Sark and has been working with Arch. That man has never seen an offense he couldn't make worse.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

For those who watched MIA vs ND ... did y'all know CJ Carr's mom was at the game?

Holy Taylor Swift with that coverage of her

Only made me want the Canes to knock his block off even more.

[GrantDawg]

Jumbo got $76 million from Texas A&M to go away. Debeor's wouldn't even be the record.

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[bronconick]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Jumbo got $76 million from Texas A&M to go away. Debeor's wouldn't even be the record.

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Finebaum joked that the problem is that unlike A&M, Alabama doesn't have oil wells.

[GrantDawg]

People says things like that, but history has shown us if there is a will there is a way. My guess is though, they will not be firing him till the end of the season at the earliest. It will be the cordinators that will likely be losing their jobs sometime in the middle of the season if things go really south. If DeBeor loses four or more games this year, he is toast at the end of the year.

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[GrantDawg]

Dola: Just to add, there is one way DeBeor gets fired before the end of the season. If Saban even hinted he would be willing to come back, they would get rid of DeBeor if they had to stuff him in a duffle bag and shove him in a bus. Not that Saban would.

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[Ghost Econ]

I'm sad the TCU margin of victory > the Bellicheck dating age gap didn't hit.

[Atocep]

Belichick's defense looking lost against college offenses was the biggest given in week 1. It'll get better for UNC, but his hire is going to be a disaster.

[GrantDawg]

This article is hilariously ridiculous. That said, make Gruden to Alabama happen.
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/ncaa...ements-2122640

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[Lathum]

I hope DeBeor loses every game and his buyout in a Bernie Madoff style scheme.

Fuck that guy

[Danny]

I dont think what happens over the next 5-10 years is going to be kind to Bellicheks legacy.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Danny

I dont think what happens over the next 5-10 years is going to be kind to Bellicheks legacy.

This is Michael Jordan on the Wizards. We'll just kind of pretend it didn't happen.



The guy got a big payday and his son a job he isn't qualified for.

[bhlloy]

I don't disagree that at all, the only thing gives me a slight pause with the Jordan comparison is that Brady went and became the oldest QB to win a Super Bowl in his swansong. Would we view MJ the same way if Pippen went and was the star on an NBA championship team around the same time he was struggling with the Wizards... we probably would but it would at least be a footnote.

Given what we know about how that relationship ended and what we know about the personality of both, I can totally believe that's at least partly driving this ill advised comeback. I guess the money and the 24 year old girlfriend also help.

[RainMaker]

I guess it'll depend on what happens from here on out too. Not to defend the guy, but it is one game. If they have a few 8-4 or 7-5 years, it's not going to destroy his legacy. It is North Carolina after all. If they have some 3-9 seasons, well that's another story.

Still, people aren't tearing down Saban's legacy when he couldn't hack it in the NFL.

[bhlloy]

I can’t imagine banning NFL scouts from practices is going to bridge the generation gap when it comes to relating to college age players either. Just seems inevitable this thing is going to end with everyone mutually agreeing to go their own way at some point in the near future.

[bronconick]

Iowa needing a 2 minute drive to tie or win (lol) went exactly as expected.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by bronconick

Iowa needing a 2 minute drive to tie or win (lol) went exactly as expected.

They really need someone to sit down with coach and get him to accept some level of modern analytics. Two 4th and shorts they could have easily went for it and probably got it but he was more than happy to settle for the chip shots (31 and 36 yards.)

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by dubb93

They really need someone to sit down with coach and get him to accept some level of modern analytics. Two 4th and shorts they could have easily went for it and probably got it but he was more than happy to settle for the chip shots (31 and 36 yards.)

When you average only 3.4 ypc is there anything that resembles a good bet on 4th & short?

[GrantDawg]

Gators gonna Gator. Man, how can you not put together a quality team with the resources and recruiting talent they have in their own back yard year after year?

[Edward64]

Hogs up 56-14 and taking care of business.

Our QB2 had a great first series and got his first TD. Hope he gets a couple more tries. Ole Miss is next week and that’ll be the real test.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Gators gonna Gator. Man, how can you not put together a quality team with the resources and recruiting talent they have in their own back yard year after year?

When you have an HC that would likely be a downgrade at a lot of HS football programs you and I are familiar with, that's a pretty reasonable place to start.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Speaking of HCs, two games in feels like too soon to tell what sort of HC Fran Brown will be at this level but I do like his attitude

Syracuse beats UConn in OT, then runs sprints due to play - ESPN

[JonInMiddleGA]

Of all the various outcomes in college football today, the one I think probably sealed someone's employment fate is one of the least surprising: barring something very close to running the table, I don't see any way Mike Gundy is at Oklahoma State next year.

And honestly, that's a trigger that probably should have been pulled a while back.

Not _entirely_ his fault perhaps (only mostly) but the expiration date on that relationship seems to have passed IMO.

[RainMaker]

I saw the score and just assumed Oregon was playing some FCS school. Good lord.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I saw the score and just assumed Oregon was playing some FCS school. Good lord.

It was one of the only games I was able to get at that time frame that was actually between two name schools so I started to watch it. Less than two minutes in Oregon had ran 3 plays and had two very long TDs. I did the math and the game was pacing something like 560-0 so I decided I should probably go outside and clean the grill and weed eat rather than spend any more time on that game.

[Edward64]

ESPN has Hogs at #18. Pretty surprising as we’ve not gotten much loving so far … but I’ll take it

ESPN shakes up FPI Top 25 rankings after wild Week 2 of college football - On3

[sovereignstar v2]

UCLA (its in Los Angeles) and Iamaleava are off to a hot start

[HerRealName]

You know those big, fancy HS football stadiums in Texas. This is the part they don't tell you about. I took this picture about half way through the first quarter. It never got more crowded than this.

This school district paid $70M dollars for this.

https://imgur.com/a/zzkGUI3

[GrantDawg]

Clemson's secondary looks really bad.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Clemson's secondary looks really bad.

I'm not very impressed with Klubnik either. He'll put up numbers in this offense, but he misses guys and is awful under pressure.

[sovereignstar v2]

In the Tech game they are sharing audio communication when they do reviews and its kind if cool. Have they done this before or is it new?

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

In the Tech game they are sharing audio communication when they do reviews and its kind if cool. Have they done this before or is it new?

I have never seen it, but I agree that it is interesting.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

In the Tech game they are sharing audio communication when they do reviews and its kind if cool. Have they done this before or is it new?

The ACC is doing it for select games this year.

[Ghost Econ]

That... That was some weird play calling that barely worked out

[GrantDawg]

Big win for Tech. Now Clemson has two losses in three games,

[sovereignstar v2]

What a boss kicker

[JPhillips]

This has to be the last year for Dabo, right?

[Edward64]

Vols made first TD look easy

Edit: ditto for Dawgs

[GrantDawg]

UGA immediately responds. This has the making of a high scoring game, but then I have seen too many games with fast starts that then just became a slow slog after.

[HerRealName]

Going to need to get to triple digits to win this one.

[Edward64]

21-7 with 3 min left 1Q. Dawgs defense better stiffen up quick

[Ghost Econ]

So will UGA be this years Alabama, with people complaining about them getting in (but not getting in) the playoffs.

[HerRealName]

Joey Aguilar, your 2026 #1 draft pick apparently. He's such a huge upgrade and I never would have guessed that possible a few months ago.

[Edward64]

21-14. Entertaining game of far! It’d be fun if this scoring pace keeps up.