Official 2019 College Football Thread

[PilotMan]

NDSU (1) and UC Davis (4) are at the half locked in a pretty good game. Davis is making it hard today.

[PilotMan]

NDSU takes the hard win today. If the defense would not have come up big it would have been an L. Three wins, and three times they haven't covered the spread.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Thank You Pitt

[tarcone]

Remember when I said ISU was Iowa's 2nd toughest game behind Wiscy? Do you get where Im coming from.

[JPhillips]

I really expected ND to get blown out tonight.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

I really expected ND to get blown out tonight.

Still a lot of football to play unfortunately

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Still a lot of football to play unfortunately

The one area where we're close is GA/GA Tech. My father-in-law is a Tech grad and I've learned not to like GA.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Still a lot of football to play unfortunately

I hate it when I'm fucking right sometimes.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Meanwhile Arkansas has lost at home to San Jose State, thanks in no small part to 5 INTs thrown by Starkel. SJS blew a 17 point lead but needed less than 2 mins to go the distance for the game winning score. The 5th INT followed one play later.

Tick tock, tick tock.

[JonInMiddleGA]

ND is a pretender.

But they weren't the only pretender on the field tonight.

Natty is a 3 horse race: Clemson (IF Lawrence is still Lawrence)vs the winner of the SEC West. Oklahoma is the dark horse if Clemson falters.

A team with an offensive pulse will beat Georgia, soundly if they have a decent defense to go with that. They should be very wary of Auburn after this performance.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

ND is a pretender.

But they weren't the only pretender on the field tonight.

Natty is a 3 horse race: Clemson (IF Lawrence is still Lawrence)vs the winner of the SEC West. Oklahoma is the dark horse if Clemson falters.

A team with an offensive pulse will beat Georgia, soundly if they have a decent defense to go with that. They should be very wary of Auburn after this performance.

Ohio state disagrees.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Ohio state disagrees.

LOL.

[Chief Rum]

No one's probably up, but UCLA and Wazzu are putting up a fun game to watch.

[bhlloy]

There’s a reason that “Coug’ing it” is a well known phrase. That was unbelievable. Has Leach ever heard of a free safety or a running back?

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

There’s a reason that “Coug’ing it” is a well known phrase. That was unbelievable. Has Leach ever heard of a free safety or a running back?

Lol... agreed.

Whatever, I'll take a much needed win.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

LOL.

I'm guessing you haven't watched 5 minutes of an tOSU game. Fields is nasty. I would also say LSU looks pretty damn good.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

There’s a reason that “Coug’ing it” is a well known phrase. That was unbelievable. Has Leach ever heard of a free safety or a running back?

As a UW alum I love that phrase.

[lungs]

It's been a while since I've been to a Wisconsin Badger game. Glad I went yesterday! Michigan looked terrible as you all could probably see on your TVs.

Wisconsin looks like a pretty good squad. I'm not going out on a limb and predicting playoffs though, with Ohio State looming. And the Iowa game is always tough. At least Bucky doesn't go on the road to Northwestern though, as that would be a certain loss!

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

ND is a pretender.

But they weren't the only pretender on the field tonight.

Natty is a 3 horse race: Clemson (IF Lawrence is still Lawrence)vs the winner of the SEC West. Oklahoma is the dark horse if Clemson falters.

A team with an offensive pulse will beat Georgia, soundly if they have a decent defense to go with that. They should be very wary of Auburn after this performance.

ND is what they are. I don't think any ND fan thought this year's team was national title good, but considering we were 14.5 point underdogs it was a good result (false start penalties aside!) Probably the best result since now we won't potentially get blown out by 40 in a semifinal, or "choke" when in line for said playoff berth... Not sure why Georgia waited so long to start feeding DeAndre Swift.

Also Michigan should sign Kaepernick to play QB.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

No one's probably up, but UCLA and Wazzu are putting up a fun game to watch.

I guess ESPN's writer was also ready to go to bed.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Washington State will likely drop in the poll.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I'm guessing you haven't watched 5 minutes of an tOSU game. Fields is nasty. I would also say LSU looks pretty damn good.

In reverse order: LSU's early season look is why I said SEC West winner (look back, I didn't say Bama)

re: Fields -- that's a mentally weak little bitch that has a million dollar athleticism and a ten cent mind. When things matter, he'll fold.

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

In reverse order: LSU's early season look is why I said SEC West winner (look back, I didn't say Bama)

re: Fields -- that's a mentally weak little bitch that has a million dollar athleticism and a ten cent mind. When things matter, he'll fold.

Hopefully against Iowa in the B1G championship game

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

No one's probably up, but UCLA and Wazzu are putting up a fun game to watch.

I turned it on with 8 minutes to go and watching those last 8 minutes reminded me so much of the WVU-Baylor game from 2012.

[General Mike]

Fire Ash

[JonInMiddleGA]

from espn

Alabama added ESPN 300 quarterback Bryce Young to its 2020 recruiting class, flipping Young from USC.

The No. 4 ranked dual-threat quarterback in the class, Young had been committed to the Trojans since July, 2018, but switched his decision after a visit to Alabama this past weekend.

... Of the 16 ESPN 300 recruits from California who have announced their commitment, only two are staying in-state and both are committed to Stanford -- wide receivers John Humphreys and Bryce Farrell.

In the 2019 class, 24 of the 33 ESPN 300 recruits left the state, including the No. 1 overall prospect, defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux.

[tarcone]

When you cant even make the playoffs, why stay?

And F Alabama

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by tarcone

When you cant even make the playoffs, why stay?

And F Alabama

Weather, girls, proximity to family? It's not like the SEC has some leg up, Alabama & Clemson (& LSU & Georgia & Ohio State & Oklahoma) are just dominating certain things right now. If one or the two LA schools hires the right coach idk why they can't be at least at the Ohio State/Oklahoma/ND level.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Weather, girls, proximity to family? It's not like the SEC has some leg up, Alabama & Clemson (& LSU & Georgia & Ohio State & Oklahoma) are just dominating certain things right now. If one or the two LA schools hires the right coach idk why they can't be at least at the Ohio State/Oklahoma/ND level.

Still not to the level of Iowa though.

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by jbergey22

Still not to the level of Iowa though.

Its hard to average 7.5 wins a season.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Weather, girls, proximity to family? It's not like the SEC has some leg up, Alabama & Clemson (& LSU & Georgia & Ohio State & Oklahoma) are just dominating certain things right now. If one or the two LA schools hires the right coach idk why they can't be at least at the Ohio State/Oklahoma/ND level.

You know things are bad at USC when they can't even hold on to top recruits from Mater Dei.

It's a bad look for the conference. I know many fellow Husky fans that say "Great, helps us!" but they're myopic. The talent pool out of California is shrinking as it is, and losing a growing percentage of them to other conferences is only going to accelerate the Pac-12's decline.

[Edward64]

5 SEC teams in Top 10. None in 11-25. The woes of the SEC 2nd tier (and yeah, the Razorbacks are 3rd tier) teams

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Edward64

5 SEC teams in Top 10. None in 11-25. The woes of the SEC 2nd tier (and yeah, the Razorbacks are 3rd tier) teams

Yeah, it's kinda ugly. Uglier than usual even.

[BishopMVP]

Houston QB D'Eric King will redshirt & transfer. Oklahoma an obvious potential destination.

[CU Tiger]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Houston QB D'Eriq* King will redshirt & transfer. Oklahoma an obvious potential destination.

This is "the other shoe"...KB left Clemson last year after being benched. This is a starting QB walking away from his team because he doesnt like the play calling of the head coach who didnt recruit him...

Oof.

RIP CFB.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Houston QB D'Eric King will redshirt & transfer. Oklahoma an obvious potential destination.

Apparently D'Eriq and his dad aren't on the same page. King just released a statement saying he's redshirting but not transferring.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Houston clearly does not understand how "Tank for Tua" works.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Weather, girls, proximity to family? It's not like the SEC has some leg up, Alabama & Clemson (& LSU & Georgia & Ohio State & Oklahoma) are just dominating certain things right now. If one or the two LA schools hires the right coach idk why they can't be at least at the Ohio State/Oklahoma/ND level.

UCLA thought it did this with Chip. Unfortunately, it appears they got NFL Chip. Maybe Saturday night will start to turn that around.

As for USC, well... what's Urban doing nowadays?

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Yeah, it's kinda ugly. Uglier than usual even.

Razorbacks are toast.

ESPN Ranks College Football's 10 Hardest Remaining Schedules

[tarcone]

PING: Jon............

Regarding Iowa running back Tyler Goodson out of sawanee who played at North Gwinnett. How did Iowa get this guy? He is fast and damn good. Really the question is how and why?

[Lathum]

How is the ref right in front of that last play in the Wisconsin game and not call defensive PI?

[tarcone]

2 of the top 6 coaches in all time B1G wins are from Iowa.

The others include Schembechler, Hayes and Paterno.

[tarcone]

Wisconsins defense has outscored every offense they have played in total this season.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by tarcone

PING: Jon............

Regarding Iowa running back Tyler Goodson out of sawanee who played at North Gwinnett. How did Iowa get this guy? He is fast and damn good. Really the question is how and why?

Too much talent in Georgia for UGA to get everyone and Tech has been fairly easy to pull kids away from in recent years.

WVU had 5 from Georgia in the '19 class including one of Goodson's teammates. They were in on Goodson, but were only taking 1 RB in the class and had Tony Mathis (also from Georgia) higher on their board.

WVU has largely moved away from recruiting Florida and into other SEC states because you can land Florida talent without the Florida drama.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by tarcone

PING: Jon............

Regarding Iowa running back Tyler Goodson out of sawanee who played at North Gwinnett. How did Iowa get this guy? He is fast and damn good. Really the question is how and why?

Iowa was pretty much the biggest offer Goodson had (or one of the two)

Only BC and Wake offered from the ACC, only Kentucky from the SEC. Colorado offered west of the Mississippi. Michigan State the other B1G offer. Everything else appears to have been non P5 (though he did have some visits, possible walk-on opportunities other places)

He was a relatively small 3* RB that was 1st team all-state as a junior, winning a title while surrounded by talent (4 1st team all-state, another hon. mention) but didn't even warrant an HM as a senior when the talent level fell around him.

He was something like the #66 prospect in state (3rd on his own team). He was, well I don't want to say "a guy" but he wasn't a top guy by any stretch. That he ends up out of state is no real surprise.

(By comparison, the state's leading rusher this year - Jahmyr Gibbs of Dalton HS - is a GT commit, so far. He's #40 in state right now, #10 all-purpose back in the country. Those are the players that the big name programs - or ones who want to be - are looking at here)

[Edward64]

Razorbacks had a good loss against the Aggies. Exciting and end in doubt until the last minute. A very small hope that we can beat a couple SEC teams this year.

[Lathum]

Elijah Molden with an incredible INT then 2 plays later Ahmed buts a huge TD run. 14 point swing. really happy for Molden. He is from the town I used to live in when we were in Oregon. His dad played at Oregon and everyone assumed he would to. Top ranked corner from the state. Was a real coup when we got him. The decision was really tough for him and a lot of people didn't handle it well. I got the whole story from his mom. I was in Safeway one day wearing a huskies shirt and this woman comes up to me and asks me how I liked UW. I told her I loved it, etc...asked if she had a kid considering it. Tells me who she is and what Elijah was going through. A few days later he commits. Glad he did

[Lathum]

USC is so poorly coached. How Helton still has a job is insane.

[Atocep]

I don't get UNC going for 2 in that situation.

[Jstraub]

I get and love the call. Too bad the courage wasn't rewarded

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Lathum

USC is so poorly coached. How Helton still has a job is insane.

I don't know if Slovis or Daniels are better, but Fink isn't that good. Which is a shame, because USC has elite receivers.

Not the prettiest win for Washington, but no win over USC is ever ugly so I'll take it. Nice to see Ahmed bust off that 89-yard TD. That sequence with the Molden pick near the goal line and then Ahmed taking it to the house a few plays later was clearly a massive momentum swing.