2026 College Football Thread

[Shaka Shart]

the dude oozes short man syndrome.

Does he have a five point pass plan

[Hards Alumni]

the dude oozes short man syndrome.

Only a little.

[MU82]

Several coaches interviewed in The Athletic's piece about best portal pickups mentioned Colton Joseph, the QB the Weasels got from Old Dominion.

[Billy Hoyle]

Based on what we've seen from Diego Pavia, this appears extremely on brand.

I saw a tweet around the time of his embarrassing display at the Heisman ceremony asking (paraphrasing) "how big of a douche do you have to be to make the country root against Vanderbilt?"

[MU82]

He's the hottest football recruit in the nation — and he's never played in a game

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7136381/2026/03/23/college-football-recruiting-neff-giwa-rugby-ireland/?

Neff Giwa has never played in a football game and has only watched highlights of the sport, but over the past two weeks, the 6-foot-7, 295-pound rugby player from Ireland has become one of the hottest commodities in college recruiting.

Miami was the first to offer Giwa, who projects as an offensive lineman, a scholarship after coach Mario Cristobal saw a video posted on X just last week. Several other Power 4 conference schools quickly followed with offers.

In that post, Brandon Collier, who runs Germany-based Premier Prospects International (PPI), predicted Giwa "will be a 1st round pick one day! Remember this tweet!!!"

Over the past decade, Collier, a former defensive tackle at UMass, has helped place approximately 100 international athletes at major college football programs. Many have been former track and field athletes, soccer players, basketball players and some were even alpine skiers and tennis players. PPI produced eight players who started in the SEC last season. Valdin Sone, a 6-3, 315-pound elite shot putter-turned-defensive tackle born in Sweden, became the organization's first five-star recruit and signed with Georgia in December.

In early January, Collier received a tip from a former rugby player in England. "I got a kid you're gonna love."

[Uncle Rico]

Brandon Sorsby going in to get treatment for a gambling addiction.  Transferred to Texas Tech and was the #1 QB this past off-season in the portal.  Saw have projected him to be one of the top QBs in next years draft.

You can read about it at espn after navigating multiple gambling ads.

[GB Warrior]

Brandon Sorsby going in to get treatment for a gambling addiction.  Transferred to Texas Tech and was the #1 QB this past off-season in the portal.  Saw have projected him to be one of the top QBs in next years draft.

You can read about it at espn after navigating multiple gambling ads.

Surely not emblematic of a broader issue

[CreightonWarrior]

Brandon Sorsby going in to get treatment for a gambling addiction.  Transferred to Texas Tech and was the #1 QB this past off-season in the portal.  Saw have projected him to be one of the top QBs in next years draft.

You can read about it at espn after navigating multiple gambling ads.

is the O/U set yet on how many days he spends in rehab?

[Uncle Rico]

is the O/U set yet on how many days he spends in rehab?

I haven't checked any gambling sites but I'm sure we can find a number

[Billy Hoyle]

the internet is undefeated

https://x.com/karenehowell/status/2048773091942179061

[GB Warrior]

the internet is undefeated

https://x.com/karenehowell/status/2048773091942179061

When they go low, Diego gets the sh!t knocked out of him

[Billy Hoyle]

Brandon Sorsby going in to get treatment for a gambling addiction.  Transferred to Texas Tech and was the #1 QB this past off-season in the portal.  Saw have projected him to be one of the top QBs in next years draft.

You can read about it at espn after navigating multiple gambling ads.

The Reds have a sports book in the stadium. What could possibly go wrong?

https://x.com/On3/status/2048829617570464199

[MU82]

the internet is undefeated

https://x.com/karenehowell/status/2048773091942179061

Now that's funny.

(To all except Muggsy.)

[MU82]

Item from The Athletic:

For the first time since 1978, zero Wisconsin Badgers were drafted. Luke Fickell is 17-21 after going 4-8 last year.

[tower912]

Nobody likes Fickell-ball.   Except old people.

[MU82]

Fickelball players.

[MU82]

Former UNC QB Gio Lopez on transferring to Wake Forest:

"Back at the other school, it felt like there's no air. Here, it's fun again. They're moving us in the right direction, energized, and guys are enjoying football. It's like fresh air. It was more like work (at North Carolina). After that first game, it felt like getting through the day. You don't want to live like that, where you're up at night thinking about the next day."

[Uncle Rico]

Who the hell is Curt Cignetti?  Where is he?

[WhiteTrash]

Boy does Lane Kiffin love, love, love to burn bridges. 

[The Sultan]

Boy does Lane Kiffin love, love, love to burn bridges. 

Except this one.

https://x.com/thedudeeffect/status/2053955230694342899?s=46&t=ppua9BCUAa7dWM9-SthPmg

[Uncle Rico]

Boy does Lane Kiffin love, love, love to burn bridges. 

He's not wrong about Ole Miss or Mississippi in general.  But if he thinks Louisiana isn't a racist hellhole, well, I've got a bridge to sell him.

They just pay the African American athletes better and more grudgingly

[MU82]

A 24-team playoff seems way over the top, but I get the financials of it. And I do like the idea of scrapping conference championships in lieu of the larger CFP bracket.

[The Sultan]

A 24-team playoff seems way over the top, but I get the financials of it. And I do like the idea of scrapping conference championships in lieu of the larger CFP bracket.

FCS has a 24 team bracket for 129 schools.
FBS can certainly have the same number for 138.

[Uncle Rico]

FCS has a 24 team bracket for 129 schools.
FBS can certainly have the same number for 138.

I hope they take finals into consideration

[MurphysTillClose]

A 24-team playoff seems way over the top, but I get the financials of it. And I do like the idea of scrapping conference championships in lieu of the larger CFP bracket.

Gives the CFP an opportunity to sell those extra games to more TV partners. I'm excited for the sole fact that ESPN will no longer have a monopoly on the playoff.