Official 2024 College Football Thread

[Kodos]

But you're going by your eye test, which told you that Georgia would destroy Notre Dame. Which, as you saw last night, was not the case at all. You can try to wave it away with "they weren't motivated," but that is beyond lame. What team that has any pride would just not bother to show up in a do-or-die game? Kirby Smart sure was reacting like he wanted to win pretty badly. He protested every little thing he could last night.

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by dubb93

Basically the old BCS. Oregon vs Penn State and Georgia vs Texas. Basically the SEC and B1G championship games again.

THESE are what needs to go. If you are going to have a playoff, you don't need conference championship games unless they are part of the playoff, or part of what determines who gets into the playoff. Right now they are neither.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

THESE are what needs to go. If you are going to have a playoff, you don't need conference championship games unless they are part of the playoff, or part of what determines who gets into the playoff. Right now they are neither.

I think a 14 team playoff (which is coming no matter if we want it or not, ESPN is ALL IN on it) where the winner of the two major conference championship games get a bye and the losers aren't punished in seeding is something that could become a sort of compromise.

[cuervo72]

I still feel like overall that's too valuable a week to have on the schedule to not really determine anything other than seeding though. I'd rather see an extra conference game that week. I get why conferences and networks might feel otherwise though.

edit: I mean, this year would you have preferred to have been Ohio St, with a bye in the conf championship week and an 8 seed (or for that matter, Indiana and the 10), Penn State, with no bye and a 6 seed, or Oregon with the bye in the first playoff week? It might make sense if ONLY the conf game loser makes it in, but not if the #3 and #4 do as well.

[HerRealName]

I'd like to see an extended Conference Championship week. Give an extra bye week, dump a gimme non-conference game, all Conferences play 9 games in Conference, and then the 12th game would be 1 vs 2 for the Championship, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, etc.

[dubb93]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

I'd like to see an extended Conference Championship week. Give an extra bye week, dump a gimme non-conference game, all Conferences play 9 games in Conference, and then the 12th game would be 1 vs 2 for the Championship, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, etc.

That’s such a good idea that it will never happen.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Kodos

What team that has any pride would just not bother to show up in a do-or-die game?

What player with any pride would quit on their team when there was a game to play? But we see opt-outs by the hundreds now. Character is clearly hard to find in today's athlete, why would pride be any different?

If you're looking for logic amongst today's crop of players then you're going to be looking for a long time.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

all Conferences play 9 games in Conference,

But why would all do that when the selection committee made it clear that strength of schedule really isn't that big a deal to them?

For some mystifying reason I get that people outside the business would like to turn college football into just another run of the mill pro league but that doesn't mean that conferences and programs have the same desire when it isn't to their benefit.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I prefer the playoff. More teams get a real shot and results are determined on the field. The format can improve, but the idea is right. Oregon got hosed having to play a team like Ohio State this early. They were likely to eventually get whipped by Ohio State, but it should have been later. The top 4 conference champs automatically getting the top 4 seeds is a flaw. Rank the top 12 teams (or 14 or 16 or 8), then set up the bracket with 1 v 12, 2 v 11, 3 v 10, etc, and reseed after each round. All games played at home of higher seed, except for the championship game. That gets played at the site of one of the top 3 or 4 bowl games on a rotating basis.

Away teams should get X% of tickets for each game. Maybe 30%? So home team has an advantage, but not as big as we saw in the first round.

Yeah, I don't get the hate. Your options are the best teams in college football playing each other over the course of a month or getting into arguments over who had the prettiest dress and deserves to be in the ball.

I'll take the best teams playing each other. Football is football.

[cuervo72]

Man, there must have been a lot of tickets available for this mayo bowl.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

But why would all do that when the selection committee made it clear that strength of schedule really isn't that big a deal to them?

For some mystifying reason I get that people outside the business would like to turn college football into just another run of the mill pro league but that doesn't mean that conferences and programs have the same desire when it isn't to their benefit.

I would argue that the push to professionalize college sports by the conference and schools themselves under the guise of amateurism has been a great benefit to the conferences and schools. It seems pretty clear to me that as far as the folks that run college football is concerned, the sooner they can become the mini NFL without having to share the spoils with the NFL, the better for them.

[JPhillips]

This is crazy.

The #8 QB, who was committed to Cal and then switched to Oregon and signed a few weeks ago, is expected to enter the transfer portal. He had moved to Eugene and traveled with the team to the Rose Bowl.

First time I've heard of a guy transferring before his first semester.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Source - Georgia QB Jaden Rashada entering portal again - ESPN

His next program will be his 5th "commitment" since being the #31 prospect in the 2023 recruiting class.

He also attendended three high schools, playing for two.

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Source - Georgia QB Jaden Rashada entering portal again - ESPN

His next program will be his 5th "commitment" since being the #31 prospect in the 2023 recruiting class.

He also attendended three high schools, playing for two.

It's too bad Marvin Mitchelson never got to experience the NIL age.

[PilotMan]

NDSU in a fight for the National Championship. We're the underdogs, but you'd never know it listening to the ESPN announcers. Montana State is undefeated, and the announcers have spent at least 70% of the time talking about them. It's annoying.

[sovereignstar v2]

Run and take a safety

[sovereignstar v2]

Boom

[PilotMan]

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO! CHAMPS BABY!!!! 10X FCS CHAMPS!!!!

[JonInMiddleGA]

So, wait ... did Montana State actually manage to do the dumbest thing possible on (what turned out to be ) the final play?

[Edward64]

Ready for some football !!

Rooting for PSU. I figure it's been enough time to forgive them for their transgressions.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

So, wait ... did Montana State actually manage to do the dumbest thing possible on (what turned out to be ) the final play?

So you call the 11-man punt block. And I see why you do that. Then as soon as the ball is kicked and the coach realizes he has no one back there . . . "Oh shit."

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Ready for some football !!

Rooting for PSU. I figure it's been enough time to forgive them for their transgressions.

I'm Catholic, so rooting for Notre Dame is a pretty easy way to rack up some heaven points on my ledger.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I'm Catholic, so rooting for Notre Dame is a pretty easy way to rack up some heaven points on my ledger.

Just so I can maybe try it also ... on a scale of 1-100 where 1 is Heaven and 100 is Purgatory, how many sin/bad points are taken off by rooting for ND?

[Brian Swartz]

Gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think God is particularly invested in who wins a college football game.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by Edward64

Just so I can maybe try it also ... on a scale of 1-100 where 1 is Heaven and 100 is Purgatory, how many sin/bad points are taken off by rooting for ND?

About 3.50

[Bobble]

Originally Posted by Brian Swartz

Gonna go out on a limb here and say I don't think God is particularly invested in who wins a college football game.

Gonna disagree (sorta). I think God is extremely interested in everything about each of us but, like I think you mean, he isn't rooting for one team to win like a fan would be.

[Danny]

Originally Posted by Bobble

Gonna disagree (sorta). I think God is extremely interested in everything about each of us but, like I think you mean, he isn't rooting for one team to win like a fan would be.

Sorry but God is clearly a fan of Tom Brady, unless hes playing his homeboy Eli

Only thing thst gives me hope for the Raiders.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

The decision has become easier. Beck has declared for the draft.

Not so fast my friends. It seems Carson Beck has now put his name in the portal. I heard someone say this morning that he had been getting a 3rd round or later grade, and he probably decided he could make more money on the open market in the portal than he could holding a clip board in the NFL.

[bronconick]

Penn State fans wearing Jesus vs. JoePa whiteout shirts. That's certainly *a* choice.

[Ghost Econ]

Originally Posted by bronconick

Penn State fans wearing Jesus vs. JoePa whiteout shirts. That's certainly *a* choice.

I mean, they're both supposedly OK with others diddling kids.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Not so fast my friends. It seems Carson Beck has now put his name in the portal. I heard someone say this morning that he had been getting a 3rd round or later grade, and he probably decided he could make more money on the open market in the portal than he could holding a clip board in the NFL.

He didn't look great this year but this draft is so weak at QB that I still think he'd find a way to sneak into the first round. Way too many teams need QBs.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

He didn't look great this year but this draft is so weak at QB that I still think he'd find a way to sneak into the first round. Way too many teams need QBs.

You would think, but that wasn't the feed back he got. I think that along with his recovering from surgery and not being able to work out for teams made it smarter for him to return for another year.

[Ghost Econ]

"Drew Allar has all the tools you could want in a QB."

He's 4/12 and this drive was entirely runs.

[Edward64]

That was an impressive TD drive by PSU.

ND couldn’t stop the run

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

"Drew Allar has all the tools you could want in a QB."

He's 4/12 and this drive was entirely runs.

"That boy hands the ball off so good."

[Ghost Econ]

A Penn State - Texas final would mean the championship game would be between teams who didn't beat any of the other top 4 teams in in their own conference with a combined 4 losses against those teams.

[bob]

Three of the four teams remaining each lost their two biggest regular season games, and the other lost to a MAC team.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

"Drew Allar has all the tools you could want in a QB."

He's 4/12 and this drive was entirely runs.

You just had to shake your head when he said that.

[bob]

[JPhillips]

Definitely feels like the weaker side of the bracket so far.

[bob]

I don’t know how you miss both of those WR holds

[bronconick]

Aller getting bailed out by laundry

[bob]

And the refs throwing a flag again on an interception

[Edward64]

Entertaining game. Can’t ask for more

[JPhillips]

What a terrible decision by Allar there.

[GrantDawg]

Neither of these quarterbacks are great at the throwing.

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[larrymcg421]

That's the dumbest interception I've seen since Favre threw it over the middle against the Saints.

[JPhillips]

The only thing I don't like about Marcus Freeman is the painted on hairline.

[RainMaker]

They should do a 30 for 30 on how the hell Northern Illinois beat Notre Dame

[sovereignstar v2]

Allar fucking sucks