2025 College Football Thread

[BM1090]

Zero chance they come to regret this.
Signed,
Texas A&M
Michigan State

(He is a good coach, but I'd be surprised if the current run of success is sustainable. That's a big pay day for a guy who's beaten two ranked teams ever, one of which is no longer ranked.)

No idea if it's sustainable, but I'm nearly certain than he's a far better coach than those other two guys.

[Uncle Rico]

The fainting couches needed in Madison after seeing this contract is unsustainable

[Billy Hoyle]

Why not if you're Cuban?  And if you're Indiana and Cuban is funding it, even more why not?

$90 million or whatever the amount is to Cuban (worth $6 billion), like what, $10,000 is to the average worker? Chump change.

[Pakuni]

No idea if it's sustainable, but I'm nearly certain than he's a far better coach than those other two guys.

Jimbo's got a national title as a head coach and two more as an offensive coordinator. And another playoff appearance as a HC.
But Cignetti won a road game at Oregon and beat up on an overrated Illinois team, so crown him.

Again, I do think Cignetti is a good coach ... but saying he's "far better" than a guy who's won national titles seems a tad premature.

[Uncle Rico]

Jimbo's got a national title as a head coach and two more as an offensive coordinator.
But Cignetti won a road game at Oregon and beat up on an overrated Illinois team, so crown him.

Again, I do think Cignetti is a good coach ... but saying he's "far better" than a guy who's won national titles seems a tad premature.

I'm with you.  But at the same time, this is the world of college athletics now.

[Pakuni]

I'm with you.  But at the same time, this is the world of college athletics now.

It's just recency bias.
Things ended badly for Jimbo at A&M, so he's a bad coach. Cignetti just beat a top 10 opponent on the road, so he's the belle of the ball.

[BM1090]

Jimbo's got a national title as a head coach and two more as an offensive coordinator.
But Cignetti won a road game at Oregon and beat up on an overrated Illinois team, so crown him.

Again, I do think Cignetti is a good coach ... but saying he's "far better" than a guy who's won national titles seems a tad premature.

Yes he does. But he did both at schools that have historically had a lot of success and resources. Cignetti is 17-2 and both losses were on the road to top 5 teams. The team he took over was 9-27 in the three seasons before he got there.

Time will tell who is more successful, but from a strictly football perspective Cignetti is more impressive IMO

[Hards Alumni]

It's just recency bias.
Things ended badly for Jimbo at A&M, so he's a bad coach. Cignetti just beat a top 10 opponent on the road, so he's the belle of the ball.

Fickell had Cincinatti in the CFP and now he is going to get fired from his new job five years later.

[MU82]

$90 million or whatever the amount is to Cuban (worth $6 billion), like what, $10,000 is to the average worker? Chump change.

More like a nickel. The vast majority of Americans would feel a $10K loss more than Cuban would feel a $90M loss.