2024 -25 College Football and College Football Playoff Thread

[Uncle Rico]

The Iron Bowl ending was absolutely nuts.

The SEC is so much more entertaining than the Big Ten it's not fair. 

[Herman Cain]

David Braun for Big Ten Coach of year . Wildcats go to 7-5 and win the Land of Lincoln trophy back from The Illini .

[Herman Cain]

Gators up 15-14 3:59 in the 3rd. Rivalry game at The Swamp

[Lennys Tap]

The SEC is so much more entertaining than the Big Ten it's not fair.

Better athletes + better coaches = better games.

[The Sultan]

Mark Stoops to A&M seems like a terrible idea.

[Herman Cain]

Wolfpack mauling Tar Heels

[JWags85]

Mark Stoops to A&M seems like a terrible idea.

Great for Stoops.  He's about hit his ceiling at UK.  He's a really good coach.  But he's gonna deliver a lot of 8-4s and unfortunately A&M thinks they should be Bama or Clemson, so they won't be happy.

Good hire for consistent winning New Years Day bowl contending football.  Not a good hire for National Championship expectations, which A&M fans believe they deserve

[The Sultan]

Great for Stoops.  He's about hit his ceiling at UK.  He's a really good coach.  But he's gonna deliver a lot of 8-4s and unfortunately A&M thinks they should be Bama or Clemson, so they won't be happy.

Good hire for consistent winning New Years Day bowl contending football.  Not a good hire for National Championship expectations, which A&M fans believe they deserve

And I guess it's not happening.

[Uncle Rico]

And I guess it's not happening.

It's a terrible and unrealistic job.  They think they're Alabama and in reality, they're a rich man's Arkansas

They haven't won a conference championship since 1998, a division championship since 2010.  You take the job because you get paid a crapload of money

[Pakuni]

Holgerson out at Houston and Tom Allen out at Indiana.

[Uncle Rico]

Holgerson out at Houston and Tom Allen out at Indiana.

Tom Allen's buyout is bigger than the Charlie Weis buyout at ND.  Amateurism sure pays well for some

[JWags85]

It's a terrible and unrealistic job.  They think they're Alabama and in reality, they're a rich man's Arkansas

They haven't won a conference championship since 1998, a division championship since 2010.  You take the job because you get paid a crapload of money

A&M Cultists are hilarious.  They are currently fighting and arguing with people on Twitter saying its a top 5 job.  Also saying its a better job than UGA was before Kirby Smart 

They've had only 3 10 win seasons in the last THIRTY years.  They've never been a consistent year to year top 10 team except for a flukey period under RC Slocum in the early 90s when the Southwest Conference was historically bad (no other top 25 teams and UT in the wilderness under Mackovic)

[The Sultan]

Trying to figure out what is great about the Elko hire that wasn't great about the Stoops one.

[Uncle Rico]

Trying to figure out what is great about the Elko hire that wasn't great about the Stoops one.

Younger and has stronger ties to Texas high schools.  Not a sexy hire, but might be the best hire. 

Stoops has recruited Ohio well for a Kentucky coach

[Pakuni]

A&M Cultists are hilarious.  They are currently fighting and arguing with people on Twitter saying its a top 5 job.  Also saying its a better job than UGA was before Kirby Smart 

They've had only 3 10 win seasons in the last THIRTY years.  They've never been a consistent year to year top 10 team except for a flukey period under RC Slocum in the early 90s when the Southwest Conference was historically bad (no other top 25 teams and UT in the wilderness under Mackovic)

Outside its willingness to pay exorbitant salaries, is A&M a Top 5 job in the SEC?
Bama, Georgia. LSU and Florida are better. Tennessee and Auburn have cases to be 5th ahead of A&M.  Add in Texas and Oklahoma next year, and the Aggies are struggling to be a top 8 job in the conference.

[JWags85]

Younger and has stronger ties to Texas high schools.  Not a sexy hire, but might be the best hire. 

Stoops has recruited Ohio well for a Kentucky coach

Yea, I think the history at A&M is the biggest part for them, IMO.

I do find it funny that A&M fans were gnashing their teeth cause Stoops didn't beat anyone at UK and only beat decent SEC teams.  Yet Elko's 2 years at Duke, they have one good win, Clemson to start the year which looked far less impressive as the year went on.  Last year they had a soft schedule and lost to anyone decent they played.  This year, post Clemson, they got smacked by all the ranked teams they played and lost to UVA.

That said, I think its still probably about the best hire they could get.

Outside its willingness to pay exorbitant salaries, is A&M a Top 5 job in the SEC?
Bama, Georgia. LSU and Florida are better. Tennessee and Auburn have cases to be 5th ahead of A&M.  Add in Texas and Oklahoma next year, and the Aggies are struggling to be a top 8 job in the conference.

Oh I totally agree.  It wasn't a top 5 job in the conference then, much less now

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

When you fire a head coach for doing a terrible job, only sensible thing you can do is hire that same coach's former #2 to replace him!

[Pakuni]

Arkansas bringing back Bobby Petrino as OC.
Hide the motorcycles. And interns.

[JWags85]

Arkansas bringing back Bobby Petrino as OC.
Hide the motorcycles. And interns.

OC for a lame duck coach who has been pretty mediocre? Ole Bobby gonna be back door scheming for that promotion. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Arkansas bringing back Bobby Petrino as OC.
Hide the motorcycles. And interns.

https://twitter.com/AYSSPORTS/status/1729842822314971181

[MU82]

Neon Deion is Sports Illustrated's Sports Person of the Year.

I think I'd have picked either Jokic or Djokovic, but I get it. The award isn't always for the "best" or the "most successful" in a given year. Who was talked about most? Who was influential? Etc etc. Sanders definitely was up there.

[The Sultan]

Neon Deion is Sports Illustrated's Sports Person of the Year.

I think I'd have picked either Jokic or Djokovic, but I get it. The award isn't always for the "best" or the "most successful" in a given year. Who was talked about most? Who was influential? Etc etc. Sanders definitely was up there.

It's like they voted in September.

[PGsHeroes32]

Oregon with absolutely no idea there is a championship game being played

[CreightonWarrior]

Oregon with absolutely no idea there is a championship game being played

Setting up for a fun finish

[PointWarrior]

Huskies win - fun to cheer for a good UW.