2024 -25 College Football and College Football Playoff Thread

[jesmu84]

Your characterization of this continues to be gross.  The only thing in this article that matters at all is the alleged secret witness that can testify that the phone sex was consensual.

Our poster, Hermain Cain/mufny/tex/whatever else, stated that he intentionally gets women drunk in an effort to have unprotected sex with them.

So..par for the course?

[Pakuni]

Is Herman actually Clay Travis?

No, but I'm sure he had a story about that time he met Clay Travis.

[Herman Cain]

Cornhuskers got a much needed win against Illini for  their program rebuild.

[Uncle Rico]

Cornhuskers got a much needed win against Illini for  their program rebuild.

Garbage program plays garbage team in garbage game

[tower912]

That Dr. Pepper commercial about fans losing their minds and making outlandish statements after the first play of the game rings true.

[MU82]

ND about to go down again. Playoff chances next to nil.

Freeman made a panicky decision to go for it on 4th-and-11 from his own 30 with ND down 11 and nearly 10 mins to go.

They were VERY lucky to beat Duke last week, or it would be 3 straight Ls.

[real chili 83]

ND getting kicked to the curb.

The #10 team in the nation.

That is all.......

[real chili 83]

The announcers.....

"ND has played two ranked teams in a row.  That has drained their bandwidth."

REALLY!!!!

ND SUCKS

[Herman Cain]

Solid win for The Badgers today versus Rutgers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQglKd4YwU

[MU82]

Holy Joe Pisarcik!

Miami loses because the coach calls a running play instead of taking a knee. RB fumbles and Georgia Tech goes about 75 yards in 20 seconds to win.

Wow. What a dope.

[Pakuni]

Holy Joe Pisarcik!

Miami loses because the coach calls a running play instead of taking a knee. RB fumbles and Georgia Tech goes about 75 yards in 20 seconds to win.

Wow. What a dope.

Nothing new from Mario Cristobal. Great recruiter, terrible coach.

[MU82]

Just take a knee and mark down the W! Even dumber than ND having only 10 men on the field for TWO straight plays to lose to Ohio State? I'd say yes.

Meanwhile ...

USC barely escapes at home against Arizona, with Williams completing only 12 passes all night (though he still makes plays, mostly with his feet). Terrible clock management at the end of regulation almost doomed USC.

[The Sultan]

Lincoln Riley needs to cut bait on his defensive coordinator, who he initially hired at Oklahoma.

[MU82]

Just saw this on The Athletic:

"We should've taken a knee." - Mario Cristobal

No shyte, Sherlock!

Also, he lost a game the exact same way when he was at Oregon. What a dope.

[The Sultan]

Just saw this on The Athletic:

"We should've taken a knee." - Mario Cristobal

No shyte, Sherlock!

Also, he lost a game the exact same way when he was at Oregon. What a dope.

Not the exact same way. Oregon had a three point lead, but could not have run out the clock and would have had to punt. He ran on 2nd and 2 - so two yards from victory and two plays to get it. If they knelt, they would have had to punt with about 15 seconds to go.

IMO that's at least defensible.  Still probably not the right decision.

But yesterday was absolutely the wrong decision. No question.

[WhiteTrash]

ND about to go down again. Playoff chances next to nil.

Freeman made a panicky decision to go for it on 4th-and-11 from his own 30 with ND down 11 and nearly 10 mins to go.

They were VERY lucky to beat Duke last week, or it would be 3 straight Ls.

Not that it matters but ND's playoff chances were nil after the Ohio State game. They were playing the season out for a New Years six bowl.

[The Sultan]

Not that it matters but ND's playoff chances were nil after the Ohio State game. They were playing the season out for a New Years six bowl.

The Marcus Freeman experiment has not gone well.

[WhiteTrash]

The Marcus Freeman experiment has not gone well.

I tend to agree but sometimes it takes times to come together for a first time HC. Kelly didn't set the world on fire to start, although he never won a NC either.

Based upon ND's track record, Freeman will get 5-6 years. It looks like ND haters will get a few years of enjoyment.

[The Sultan]

I tend to agree but sometimes it takes times to come together for a first time HC. Kelly didn't set the world on fire to start, although he never won a NC either.

Based upon ND's track record, Freeman will get 5-6 years. It looks like ND haters will get a few years of enjoyment.

Brian Kelly replaced Charlie Weis and was in the championship game by year 3.  Freeman took over a team that went 11-1 in its last season under Kelly.  Unless there is a level of improvement, he won't be getting 5-6 years.

[Uncle Rico]

Solid win for The Badgers today versus Rutgers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQglKd4YwU

11 point home win over a garbage program isn't solid.  But it helps Marquette's cause

[Uncle Rico]

I tend to agree but sometimes it takes times to come together for a first time HC. Kelly didn't set the world on fire to start, although he never won a NC either.

Based upon ND's track record, Freeman will get 5-6 years. It looks like ND haters will get a few years of enjoyment.

Notre Dame's days of winning national championships is over

[WhiteTrash]

Brian Kelly replaced Charlie Weis and was in the championship game by year 3.  Freeman took over a team that went 11-1 in its last season under Kelly.  Unless there is a level of improvement, he won't be getting 5-6 years.

I 100% agree Freeman is not doing a good job. I was only pointing out the ND has a long history, even a point of pride, of giving bad coaches a very long runway.

[MU82]

Not the exact same way. Oregon had a three point lead, but could not have run out the clock and would have had to punt. He ran on 2nd and 2 - so two yards from victory and two plays to get it. If they knelt, they would have had to punt with about 15 seconds to go.

IMO that's at least defensible.  Still probably not the right decision.

But yesterday was absolutely the wrong decision. No question.

Thanks for the correction. Totally agree with your conclusion.

Not that it matters but ND's playoff chances were nil after the Ohio State game. They were playing the season out for a New Years six bowl.

Disagree. Win every other game and it's quite possible a 1-loss ND team (whose only loss was a nailbiter to OSU) would have had a shot at the playoff. But yes, it no longer matters.

The Marcus Freeman experiment has not gone well.

Agree, but after his 0-2 start (which included a home loss to Marshall), he did go 13-2 over his next 15 games before losing to Ohio State. So it hasn't been totally horrific - but that's a pretty low bar.

And some of the ways they have lost their two games this season, and almost lost Duke, combined with the fact that ND is always supposed to be great (at least in their own mind), and it definitely hasn't gone well.

It will be interesting to see how much time ND's boosters give him.

[JWags85]

I 100% agree Freeman is not doing a good job. I was only pointing out the ND has a long history, even a point of pride, of giving bad coaches a very long runway.

Like who?  Willingham was over his head and got canned after 3 years.  Davie had a bad year but then followed it up with a nice year and finished in the top 10, had another bad year and was canned.  I mean, Gerry Faust I guess?  Maybe Weis got a year longer than he should have.  I guess I don't see the history of coddling bad coaches with pride

[Pakuni]

Like who?  Willingham was over his head and got canned after 3 years.  Davie had a bad year but then followed it up with a nice year and finished in the top 10, had another bad year and was canned.  I mean, Gerry Faust I guess?  Maybe Weis got a year longer than he should have.  I guess I don't see the history of coddling bad coaches with pride

Bob Davie and Faust each got five years, which was probably two more than each deserved.
After three seasons  Davie was 21-16 with no major bowl appearances and a peak ranking of 22nd.

Faust after three years was 18-15-1 with no major bowls and no ranking.