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.