2024 -25 College Football and College Football Playoff Thread

[Billy Hoyle]

The amazing thing is so many years ago, The Spartans and their Board of Trustees  did not want to pay Nick Saban top dollar so he left to go to LSU and the rest is history .

First, that was 1999, a very different time with coaching contracts. And, the bigger issue was Saban felt he'd always play second chair to Izzo on campus.

If it hadn't been LSU it would  have been someone else. He was interviewing every year.

[MU82]

First, that was 1999, a very different time with coaching contracts. And, the bigger issue was Saban felt he'd always play second chair to Izzo on campus.

If it hadn't been LSU it would  have been someone else. He was interviewing every year.

Yep, different landscape when it came to coach's pay. Plus, back then, he was hardly NICK SABAN! He had four .500-ish years at MSU before going 9-2. He was considered a good college coach, but nothing close to what he's become.

[The Sultan]

Yep, different landscape when it came to coach's pay. Plus, back then, he was hardly NICK SABAN! He had four .500-ish years at MSU before going 9-2. He was considered a good college coach, but nothing close to what he's become.

I remember when his interim successor, Bobby Williams, won the bowl game that year and a fair number of MSU fans were insisting that he was a more than adequate replacement for Saban.  He wasn't.

[Herman Cain]

Rooting for The Vols today.

[PointWarrior]

Watching Badger game on Fox - weird, they have shown Mel Tucker on camera 46 times to showing Jim Leonard twice. 

[Uncle Rico]

Watching Badger game on Fox - weird, they have shown Mel Tucker on camera 46 times to showing Jim Leonard twice.

Tuck leaks inside info like a sieve. 

[MuggsyB]

Have you ever seen that??  Nice play by Tennessee. 

[MuggsyB]

What in the F is the Michigan St. coach doing?

[MuggsyB]

BAM!!

I'm no expert but Wisky is not a good football team. 

[Billy Hoyle]

I remember when his interim successor, Bobby Williams, won the bowl game that year and a fair number of MSU fans were insisting that he was a more than adequate replacement for Saban.  He wasn't.

He was the players choice. MSU honored the team at a hoops game and on the mic advocated for him being hired and got the crowd chanting for Williams. Then the team marched to the MSU President's house to rally. The admin buckled to the pressure and the guy was an unmitigated disaster.

[withoutbias]

He was the players choice. MSU honored the team at a hoops game and on the mic advocated for him being hired and got the crowd chanting for Williams. Then the team marched to the MSU President's house to rally. The admin buckled to the pressure and the guy was an unmitigated disaster.

People who remember MU as the Warriors are "old timers" but you remember Saban's exit from MSU clear as day. 🤔

[MU82]

Another fine performance by the Flailing Irish.

ND and Madison losing the same day is always fun. Maybe they'll meet in the Weed Eater Bowl.

[Billy Hoyle]

People who remember MU as the Warriors are "old timers" but you remember Saban's exit from MSU clear as day. 🤔

People who remember the First Warrior and Bleauteaux, which I referenced, are old timers - before my time at MU. I had no affiliation or ties of any kind with MU when we were Warriors. The Williams thing happened in 2000.

[Billy Hoyle]

Another fine performance by the Flailing Irish.

ND and Madison losing the same day is always fun. Maybe they'll meet in the Weed Eater Bowl.

Both need to get to six wins first.

How long is Freeman's deal?

[Dickthedribbler]

Continuing to enjoy the Wisconsin football season immensely. Embarrassing blowout losses ( Ohio St  and Illinois) mixed in with nail biting losses to bad teams ( Wash St. And Much St.). A little something for schadenfreude  enthusiasts of all stripes.

[MuggsyB]

Continuing to enjoy the Wisconsin football season immensely. Embarrassing blowout losses ( Ohio St  and Illinois) mixed in with nail biting losses to bad teams ( Wash St. And Much St.). A little something for schadenfreude  enthusiasts of all stripes.

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Yes.  I was told Mertz was a surefire top 15 NFL pick DTD.  Lucas called him the prototypical NFL QB.  This seems.....ummmm...  wrong? 

[Uncle Rico]

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Yes.  I was told Mertz was a surefire top 15 NFL pick DTD.  Lucas called him the prototypical NFL QB.  This seems.....ummmm...  wrong? 

He was overhyped because he was the highest rated QB the Badgers ever got on campus.  That and his all-star game.  Not all 4* QBs hit.  Doesn't help his skill players are average at best. 

[MuggsyB]

I've been alerted that quite a few weasel/rodents are transferring from the Wisky program.  It sounds like utter chaos to me. 

[Uncle Rico]

I've been alerted that quite a few weasel/rodents are transferring from the Wisky program.  It sounds like utter chaos to me.

According to the Shopko Badgers, it's a sign of Jim Leonhard getting rid of the locker room malcontents

[The Sultan]

It really isn't that surprising with a coaching change and immediate eligibility.

[Herman Cain]

Cuse up on Clemson 3rd quarter

[MU82]

Cuse up on Clemson 3rd quarter

A week after mocking those who suggested that Clemson's offense might run better with a QB change, Dabo Sweeney benched his QB for a ballyhooed freshman.

Meanwhile, Syracuse had a 3rd-and-25 play stopped but took an idiotic personal foul penalty. That saved a Clemson drive, and they were deep in Cuse territory as the 3Q ended, trailing 21-10.

[PGsHeroes32]

ACC higher ups have made the call

Clemson gotta take this one

[MU82]

ACC higher ups have made the call

Clemson gotta take this one

The one was a bad no-call, but Cuse has a pretty big role in giving this game away.

[MU82]

Well-earned loss by the Orange.

Terrible clock management, stoopid penalties, under-use of their excellent RB, 0 points in 2H, etc.