Official 2024 College Football Thread

[cartman]

The season is fast approaching! The release of the first poll signals the start of the hype. The coaches poll was released today, the AP will be released next Monday.

	Team			Pts		Prev		2023 Rec
1.	Georgia (46)		1,364		3		13-1	
2.	Ohio State (7)		1,302		10		11-2	
3.	Oregon			1,228		7		12-2	
4.	Texas (1)		1,223		4		12-2	
5.	Alabama			1,077		5		12-2	
6.	Mississippi		1,019		9		11-2	
7.	Notre Dame		969		14		10-3	
8.	Michigan (1)		944		1		15-0	
9.	Penn State		889		13		10-3	
10.	Florida State		867		6		13-1	
11.	Missouri		808		8		11-2	
12.	LSU			742		12		10-3	
13.	Utah			665		NR		8-5	
14.	Clemson			657		20		9-4	
15.	Tennessee		621		17		9-4	
16.	Oklahoma		609		15		10-3	
17.	Kansas State		416		19		9-4	
18.	Oklahoma State		359		16		10-4	
19.	Miami (Fla.)		292		NR		7-6	
20.	Texas A&M		273		NR		7-6	
21.	Arizona			230		11		10-3	
22.	NC State		216		21		9-4	
23.	USC			199		NR		8-5	
24.	Kansas			186		23		9-4	
25.	Iowa			148		21		10-4	

Others receiving votes: Washington (14-1) 123; Louisville (10-4) 95; 
Virginia Tech (7-6) 64; SMU (11-3) 47; Memphis (10-3) 44; Boise State (8-6) 30; 
Auburn (6-7) 25; West Virginia (9-4) 22; Wisconsin (7-6) 17; Iowa State (7-6) 15; 
Liberty (13-1) 15; Kentucky (7-6) 12; Florida (5-7) 11; South Carolina (5-7) 10; 
North Carolina (8-5) 6; Maryland (8-5) 5; UNLV (9-5) 5; Central Florida (6-7) 4; 
Texas Tech (7-6) 4; Texas-San Antonio (9-4) 3; Appalachian State (9-5) 2; 
Colorado (4-8) 2; Nebraska (5-7) 2; Texas State (8-5) 2; Tulane (11-3) 2; 
Air Force (9-4) 1; James Madison (11-2) 1; Miami (Ohio) (11-3) 1; Syracuse (6-7) 1; Troy (11-3) 1

[sovereignstar v2]

Always has to be a couple of knuckleheads voting for Nebraska

[cartman]

The Longhorns lost their projected starting running back, CJ Baxter, to a blown knee.

[CrimsonFox]

Let the pettiness begin!....er....continue!

NCAA slaps former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh with four-year show-cause order for 'unethical conduct' - On3

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by cartman

The Longhorns lost their projected starting running back, CJ Baxter, to a blown knee.

Thats a huge blow, he is a beast

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Let the pettiness begin!....er....continue!

NCAA slaps former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh with four-year show-cause order for 'unethical conduct' - On3

Give us the title!!

[Lathum]

I honestly don't know what to expect from my Huskies. New conference, new coach, and literally a whole new team. We could go 10-2 or we could go 2-10 and neither would surprise me.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox

Let the pettiness begin!....er....continue!

NCAA slaps former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh with four-year show-cause order for 'unethical conduct' - On3

From what I understand, this is only related to burgergate, not Stalions.

[HerRealName]

Naming Harbaugh as Honorary Captain for their first game is turning full heel. This isn't going to end well for them. They have to know this by now so I guess they're just living it up while they can.

[cartman]

The AP Top 25 poll is out

1. Georgia (46)
2. Ohio State (15)
3. Oregon (1)
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Ole Miss
7. Notre Dame
8. Penn State
9. Michigan
10. Florida State
11. Missouri
12. Utah
13. LSU
14. Clemson
15. Tennessee
16. Oklahoma
17. Oklahoma State
18. Kansas State
19. Miami (FL)
20. Texas A&M
21. Arizona
22. Kansas
23. USC
24. NC State
25. Iowa

Others receiving votes: Louisville (111); Virginia Tech (77); Boise State (47); SMU (33); Iowa State (33); Liberty (32); Washington (23); West Virginia (17); Memphis (16); Nebraska (16); Wisconsin (15); UTSA (6); Tulane (5); Appalachian State (4); Kentucky (3); Auburn (2); Colorado (1)

[Edward64]

FWIW after being depressed about the Hogs last year, I am much more optimistic with Petrino back as OC. Hoping for a winning season and minor bowl game this year

So what is best streaming (and budget friendly) channel for SEC football?

[RainMaker]

I know rankings don't matter much but Miami is way too low. That team is just loaded with talent.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Edward64

FWIW after being depressed about the Hogs last year, I am much more optimistic with Petrino back as OC. Hoping for a winning season and minor bowl game this year

So what is best streaming (and budget friendly) channel for SEC football?

I've looked into this and not found any budget-friendly options. Hulu Live with ESPN+ seems to be the best, but that's still $75/month. YouTube TV is like $65/month, but it doesn't have ESPN+ built in (does have SEC Network which should have you covered).

[cartman]

Longhorns lose another RB, a promising freshman Christian Clark. He tore his achilles in practice.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

Naming Harbaugh as Honorary Captain for their first game is turning full heel. This isn't going to end well for them. They have to know this by now so I guess they're just living it up while they can.

Here's a good article (actually it's a book excerpt) if you want to know the details.

Inside Jim Harbaugh's years-long fight with the NCAA – and Michigan

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I've looked into this and not found any budget-friendly options. Hulu Live with ESPN+ seems to be the best, but that's still $75/month. YouTube TV is like $65/month, but it doesn't have ESPN+ built in (does have SEC Network which should have you covered).

Thanks for confirming what I was thinking. I’ll get it and switch it off if I get depressed again. If Petrino can’t pull us out of this slump …

[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Here's a good article (actually it's a book excerpt) if you want to know the details.

Inside Jim Harbaugh's years-long fight with the NCAA – and Michigan

This is just a Tom Mars PR piece. This is like going to the Russia Times for info on the war in the Ukraine.

[Ksyrup]

Harbaugh apparently turned it down or they cancelled it.

Coming off of the way last season ended, I have very little enthusiasm or taste for CFB right now. Not excited at all about the season. It's unfortunate, but I've conditioned myself to remove myself from situations that cause stress (be it work, family, or entertainment), and despite having rooting interests in some pro sports that go well beyond my rooting interests in college, I'm able to divorce myself from bad/negative outcomes for nearly everything but CFB.

So, I've decided that I need to put it aside - and thankfully, I guess, the way the game is changing helps with that. My daughter's unbridled enthusiasm and living/dying with every play and scrap of info is the only complicating factor in my life. It's going to be hard to navigate, because it's something that keeps us very close and I don't want to lose that. But the fact is, I just don't want to care anymore because I've found that for me, it's not fun to care about CFB. It's just not worth the stress. I hate that CFB is so different in that way. I don't have the time and energy to commit to that kind of relationship with the game anymore.

Weird? Probably. I don't know. It's something I've been grappling with as the season approaches. I've removed all of the notifications from my sports apps for scores/news, etc. Just don't want to hear about it.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

This is just a Tom Mars PR piece. This is like going to the Russia Times for info on the war in the Ukraine.

That's completely untrue - U of M people boycott the Freep. It's actually the opposite of what you're saying

[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

That's completely untrue - U of M people boycott the Freep. It's actually the opposite of what you're saying

I did a Ctrl-F on "Mars" and it came up with 58 matches. He should have been listed as a co-author.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

I did a Ctrl-F on "Mars" and it came up with 58 matches. He should have been listed as a co-author.

I'm not sure what your problem is here - I feel like I'm in political and you're trying to discredit me or something. Yes, it's from the Detroit Free Press, which is not "Russian Times for Michigan" - it's widely considered to be against Michigan. Yes, it quotes Harbaugh's lawyer a lot. He seems to be the only one willing and able to talk about this publicly. I don't get what's wrong with me posting it

[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

I'm not sure what your problem is here - I feel like I'm in political and you're trying to discredit me or something. Yes, it's from the Detroit Free Press, which is not "Russian Times for Michigan" - it's widely considered to be against Michigan. Yes, it quotes Harbaugh's lawyer a lot. He seems to be the only one willing and able to talk about this publicly. I don't get what's wrong with me posting it

I don't have a problem with you posting it at all. We can have a difference of opinion on whether it is a puff piece or not. It's cool.

[Edward64]

Anyone have news on the SEC "3 permanent rivalries"? Lots of talk about it last year but nothing new in the past several months that I've found.

Is the idea dead or is it still being discussed for maybe 2025?

[bob]

There is a website out there that is just a grid of the weekend's tv schedule and updates scores. I've lost that website. Anyone have it?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by bob

There is a website out there that is just a grid of the weekend's tv schedule and updates scores. I've lost that website. Anyone have it?

ESPN shows the station broadcasting the game and updates the scores and stats. If you select FBS (DIV-1A) from the dropdown it will show all games.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ard/_/group/80

[bob]

Thanks - that will be an ok fallback if I can't find the other one.

The one I am talking about had the weekend split up by day, then by channel (ABC, Fox, etc). But it was a grid that showed you know 12 - 3:30 was game A and then 3:30 - 7 was game B.

I just realized I didn't have that link anymore on my new phone.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Anyone have news on the SEC "3 permanent rivalries"? Lots of talk about it last year but nothing new in the past several months that I've found.

Is the idea dead or is it still being discussed for maybe 2025?

Still TBD afaik. Last I've seen is that Bama was pushing for going to only one permanent rival but the conference membership as a whole was very against that idea.

I suspect with Saban now gone the three perms will be the model ultimately, but it's still unconfirmed best I can tell. (Saban was leading the charge for 1 perm and a 9 game slate)

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Still TBD afaik. Last I've seen is that Bama was pushing for going to only one permanent rival but the conference membership as a whole was very against that idea.

I suspect with Saban now gone the three perms will be the model ultimately, but it's still unconfirmed best I can tell. (Saban was leading the charge for 1 perm and a 9 game slate)

Why was Saban so against playing Tennessee?

[dfisher]

Originally Posted by bob

Thanks - that will be an ok fallback if I can't find the other one.

The one I am talking about had the weekend split up by day, then by channel (ABC, Fox, etc). But it was a grid that showed you know 12 - 3:30 was game A and then 3:30 - 7 was game B.

I just realized I didn't have that link anymore on my new phone.

Was it this one?

Matt's College Sports on TV

[sovereignstar v2]

Here is another schedule site I'm pretty sure I got at FOFC

Just a moment...

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Why was Saban so against playing Tennessee?

The feeling in Tuscaloosa was that Bama's likely trio - Auburn, UT, LSU - was unfairly difficult compared to the trios that some other teams would get.

(It was the LSU thing he objected to, I think, more than UT, but definitely didn't want both)

As one article noted, either Bama or Florida was gonna get the shorter end of the stick than most ... and the league was ready to lock in Bama games with UT & LSU rather than Florida rivalries with the same two.

[RainMaker]

Florida's schedule this season is something else.

[GrantDawg]

I would have thought Bama's three would have been Auburn-Tennessee- Ole Miss.

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[sovereignstar v2]

This is the year Nebraska turns that corner

How Long It’s Been Since Each CFB Power 4 Program Has Qualified For A Bowl Game 🏟️ pic.twitter.com/YdyEWtUIFe

— College Football Report (@CFBRep) August 18, 2024

[cartman]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

This is the year Nebraska turns that corner

Not until the Solich curse is lifted

[sovereignstar v2]

Kirk Ferentz got dinged for a recruiting violation. The NCAA is suspending their punter for the first three games as punishment.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by sovereignstar v2

This is the year Nebraska turns that corner

Last time hogs were in a bowl game was Jan 2022 (for the 2021 season). So, it's been 2 seasons.

[bob]

None of those sites are the ones I’m talking about, but thanks for sharing.

If I ever find it I’ll post it

[cartman]

[bronconick]

The one I have tagged for CFB on TV always was

College Football TV Schedule

[GrantDawg]

Started the season official by watching College Gamday. I didn't know Ben E Lou sang in the opening.

[GrantDawg]

Someone needs to adjust the pursuit angles setting on this game because both defenses are allowing too many big run plays.

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[GrantDawg]

I had heard Tech was going to take a step up this year, and it definitely looks like they have. The over under for wins this year at the betting sites is 4.5, and that seems so low. If I gambled, that would be something it would be hard not to put some money on.

[Ghost Econ]

I never noticed how much Jesse Palmer sounds like Jason Bateman from Dodgeball.

[Atocep]

DJ Uiagalelei is not a good QB.

[larrymcg421]

GT QB is making some great throws under pressure.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

GT QB is making some great throws under pressure.

He has really been impressive. Not just throwing, but running the ball. He has just carried the team on his back several times in this game.

[bhlloy]

Run it up the middle and potentially win the game? Nah.

[bhlloy]

DOLA - to be fair, to come back and show that kind of composure on the next play is impressive

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

DOLA - to be fair, to come back and show that kind of composure on the next play is impressive

Yeah, it was a bad time to make a mistake. But that is their game, all the motion and fakes. Thankfully, it didn't cost them.