2025 College Football Thread

[Uncle Rico]

Deion Sanders will coach in 2025 after surviving a cancer scare this summer.  Had a tumor on his bladder

[MU82]

Deion Sanders will coach in 2025 after surviving a cancer scare this summer.  Had a tumor on his bladder

In addition to wanting all of us to be healthy, I'm glad he'll be back on the sideline. He's fun for college football.

[RJax55]

Since this thread started.... Is year 3 the end for Fickell in Madison?

I don't live in WI nor do I care about the Badgers football. From my outside vantage point, it seems the heat is on. Perhaps, I'm wrong.

I know the schedule is brutal, so I wonder if he would jump at another opportunity in December if the team makes a Bowl. Save face for all parties.

[Uncle Rico]

Since this thread started.... Is year 3 the end for Fickell in Madison?

I don't live in WI nor do I care about the Badgers football. From my outside vantage point, it seems the heat is on. Perhaps, I'm wrong.

I know the schedule is brutal, so I wonder if he would jump at another opportunity in December if the team makes a Bowl. Save face for all parties.

Recruiting seemed fine years 1 and 2 but not as good lately.  Will all depend on the record and if there is momentum by end of year.  7-5 but trending?  Probably safe.  Another 5-7 year?  I think he's gone.  Doesn't have a lot of loud support amongst media and alumni. 

[RJax55]

Recruiting seemed fine years 1 and 2 but not as good lately.  Will all depend on the record and if there is momentum by end of year.  7-5 but trending?  Probably safe.  Another 5-7 year?  I think he's gone.  Doesn't have a lot of loud support amongst media and alumni. 

Are the locals still wanting Jim Leonhard? Or has that ship sailed?

[The Sultan]

I also think that AD McIntosh could be gone as well if Fickell is out. He was all front and center with that hire, and with the men's hockey coach also struggling, some people with $$$ may be looking for a change. Not to mention the current UW chancellor isn't who hired him.

[The Sultan]

Are the locals still wanting Jim Leonhard? Or has that ship sailed?

I think that's sailed. A lot of the locals never really wanted him in the first place anyway.

[Uncle Rico]

Are the locals still wanting Jim Leonhard? Or has that ship sailed?

I think he'd be in the mix?  Not sure he'd be interested anymore unless there is a change in the athletic department.

They're kind of in a pickle.  The new NIL era probably puts them behind the 8-ball with certain recruits.  They just lost a kid that  was committed to them to TCU with NIL being cited as a motivating factor.  Not sure they have a real plan in place like some schools do. 

Fickell doesn't have strong relationships in place with state HS coaches.  Alvarez had those from his days at Iowa and Notre Dame.  He pulled kids out of Wisconsin when he was at those places.  Wisconsin basically had a shield on the state for decades.  Not the case anymore. 

Hard to know what to expect this year.  They went 180 on the offense again.  Expectations aren't high nationally and that's when they usually have their best years, so who knows, but that schedule is daunting.

[The Sultan]

I think he'd be in the mix?  Not sure he'd be interested anymore unless there is a change in the athletic department.

They're kind of in a pickle.  The new NIL era probably puts them behind the 8-ball with certain recruits.  They just lost a kid that  was committed to them to TCU with NIL being cited as a motivating factor. Not sure they have a real plan in place like some schools do.

This is another complaint I hear about McIntosh as well.

[Uncle Rico]

This is another complaint I hear about McIntosh as well.

Barry would have had this wheel greased and ready to go

[MU82]

Maybe Nick Saban will ride in to save the Weasels.

Gotta at least call him ... especially now that Billy Donovan isn't available.

[WhiteTrash]

Maybe Nick Saban will ride in to save the Weasels.

Gotta at least call him ... especially now that Billy Donovan isn't available.

I'm certain Andy Reid will come as Nick's OC.

I am very far from a college football expert, but I am surprised Fickell hasn't worked (so far). Also, it looks like Illinois has done OK with their hire. 

[MU82]

Even with the standard "preseason polls really don't mean anything" caveat ... it's hard to believe that, given its history, Texas had never before been ranked #1 in AP's preseason poll.

[Pakuni]

New Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer has found himself in the midst of controversy, as screenshots of questionable Venmo transactions surfaced this week on social media.

The pictures show Mateer paying someone in 2022, with the description of the transaction being "sports gambling," and "sports gambling (UCLA vs USC)." The 2022 season marked Mateer's first year with Washington State, meaning he was not allowed to gamble on college football. Mateer's Venmo activity has since been removed or made private.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/oklahomas-john-mateer-denies-gambling-on-college-football-after-questionable-screenshots-surface-per-report/

[WhiteTrash]

Well Jim Harbaugh isn't going to be bouncing back to CFB any time soon. Badger fans can cross him of the wish list.

[MU82]

A few days ago, Archie Manning said Arch "definitely" would return to Texas for another season after this one.

Yesterday, Arch said, "Yeah, I don't know where he got that from."

Arch said he would keep all of his options open. He also said Gramps sent him an apology text.

[Billy Hoyle]

Since this thread started.... Is year 3 the end for Fickell in Madison?

I don't live in WI nor do I care about the Badgers football. From my outside vantage point, it seems the heat is on. Perhaps, I'm wrong.

I know the schedule is brutal, so I wonder if he would jump at another opportunity in December if the team makes a Bowl. Save face for all parties.

Isn't his buyout pretty massive? If Bucky can't get their NIL game going how are they going to afford to fire Fickel?

[The Sultan]

Isn't his buyout pretty massive? If Bucky can't get their NIL game going how are they going to afford to fire Fickel?

$40 million.

[MU82]

Isn't his buyout pretty massive? If Bucky can't get their NIL game going how are they going to afford to fire Fickel?

I started reading this a couple minutes after my post, and I was like: "Wait, players have massive buyouts now?"

Then I saw Bucky and Fickel ...

[Jay Bee]

$40 million.

Be careful with your sources.

[Uncle Rico]

Be careful with your sources.

State the correct number with a source.  Thanks.

[The Sultan]

Be careful with your sources.

Here is where I got that.

"His buyout currently sits at just over $40 million as it stands, further solidifying coach Fickell's place at Wisconsin for the foreseeable future."

But looking it over, his buyout is set at 80% of the remaining value, which means that I would need to subtract one season at $7.7 million to get to the remaining value. 80% of that is about $37 million.

[Jay Bee]

Here is where I got that.

"His buyout currently sits at just over $40 million as it stands, further solidifying coach Fickell's place at Wisconsin for the foreseeable future."

But looking it over, his buyout is set at 80% of the remaining value, which means that I would need to subtract one season at $7.7 million to get to the remaining value. 80% of that is about $37 million.

BadgerNotes.com, eh? Must be correct!

[The Sultan]

BadgerNotes.com, eh? Must be correct!

They very well might be wrong. I was just indicating where I found the information.

[Uncle Rico]

BadgerNotes.com, eh? Must be correct!

List another source with what you believe to be the correct data.