2025 College Football Thread

[WhiteTrash]

We're getting really close to me firing off a "Penn State has fired James Franklin" post...

Anything less than PSU outscoring UCLA by 40 in the 2H is justification for some questions.

[wadesworld]

Texas really ran Quinn Ewers out of town after leading Texas to a National Semifinal appearance just to have Arch Manning throw for 63 yards in trailing Florida at the half?

[Dish]

Penn St has fired James Franklin.

[CreightonWarrior]

Nico's dad is going to hold out for more money again.

[WhiteTrash]

Penn St has fired James Franklin.

He's getting a two bedroom apartment in Cabo with Arch and Fickell. They are going to flip a coin to see who gets the single room. 

[Shaka Shart]

So many incredibly funny results today. Thank you Penn St and Texas

[JWags85]

Nico's dad is going to hold out for more money again.

Nico is gonna end up at a middling B12 program now instead of a MWC school.

[wadesworld]

This Kyren Lacy story is pretty tragic.

[Uncle Rico]

WIAC results that will certainly help Marquette's Cause:

UW-Stout 42 UWEC 17

UW-Oshkosh 21 UW-River Falls 17

UW-Platteville 52 UWSP 0

UW-La Crosse 23 UW-Whitewater 20

[tower912]

Grand Valley beat up on Davenport.  More importantly, the band performed brilliantly.

[Uncle Rico]

Grand Valley beat up on Davenport.  More importantly, the band performed brilliantly.

Excellent!  That will help Marquette's cause

[Uncle Rico]

Tough day in Ann Arbor for our boys but you can't beat the other team and the refs as well.

[WhiteTrash]

Tough day in Ann Arbor for our boys but you can't beat the other team and the refs as well.

Don't leave out the fact that Michigan had a half dozen scouts on the Wisconsin sidelines for the previous games this year.

[tower912]

They should save their cheating for good teams.

[Uncle Rico]

Don't leave out the fact that Michigan had a half dozen scouts on the Wisconsin sidelines for the previous games this year.

So, like every other team

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Texas really ran Quinn Ewers out of town after leading Texas to a National Semifinal appearance just to have Arch Manning throw for 63 yards in trailing Florida at the half?

It really was time for Ewers to move on. Poor Arch come in with a world of hype, but not much of an offensive line.

That said, he seems to lack the field vision, quick decision making, and accuracy you'd expect to see with someone as highly rated as he is.

In the fourth quarter, there was a sequence that really summed it up. Texas desperately needs to make something happen and Arch 1) sits in the pocket too long, 2) doesn't see the open receiver in the middle of the field. 3) scrambles backwards and gets sacked, losing his helmet in the process which necessitates a 10 second run off.

Arch has to sit 1 play because of the helmet thing. His back up comes in a delivers an in-rhythm square in for a nice gain. Arch comes back in an immediately screws up again.

[MU82]

Crazy weekend.

Franklin's new $3.1 million defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, gave up 435 yards to what had been the country's No. 91 offense in yards per play, according to The Athletic.
Arch is Shedeuring himself. Belichick just might not be a genius anymore. Fickell is 15-16 in Weasel Land. Boise State is just another meh non-P4 program. Maryland blew a 20-0 third-quarter deficit to fall from the ranks of the unbeaten. Franklin's buyout? A mere $50 million!

[The Sultan]

https://x.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1975196527271534849

It's amazing that BB, or anyone associated with UNC football, thinks this is a good idea. Especially after they were thrashed again by a conference opponent on Saturday.

[RJax55]

https://x.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1975196527271534849

It's amazing that BB, or anyone associated with UNC football, thinks this is a good idea. Especially after they were thrashed again by a conference opponent on Saturday.

This looks just like the Josh McDaniels tenures in Denver and Vegas. Or Patricia in Detroit. Or Joe Judge with the Giants.

Bad football wrapped in a cloak of haughtiness. Like the football regimes above, UNC and BB will end quickly with a whimper.

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1975196527271534849

It's amazing that BB, or anyone associated with UNC football, thinks this is a good idea. Especially after they were thrashed again by a conference opponent on Saturday.

UNC social media channels did, in fact, celebrate the moment.

https://x.com/UNCFootball/status/1975198435688222913

[WhiteTrash]

UNC social media channels did, in fact, celebrate the moment.

https://x.com/UNCFootball/status/1975198435688222913

Hey A-hole, cool it. We are trying to cancel people here.

[The Sultan]

UNC social media channels did, in fact, celebrate the moment.

https://x.com/UNCFootball/status/1975198435688222913

Reportedly reversed this morning.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/unc-social-media-team-directed-to-avoid-patriots-content-which-means-no-drake-maye-highlights/

[MU82]

The Washington Huskies just played Maryland, whose QB is named Washington and whose best DB is named Huskey.

[MU82]

For subscribers of The Athletic, good read from Will Leitch on Arch Manning being the biggest "flop" of the NIL era.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6694360/2025/10/07/arch-manning-texas-nfl-draft-nil/?

The lead:

Watching the seemingly endless rotation of Arch Manning Warby Parker advertisements this past weekend felt a little like watching a political ad after an election in which your candidate has lost.

The ads all seemed to be beamed from a more hopeful past when we were much more innocent, more naïve and definitely more deluded. It was a little like seeing someone wearing an ATLANTA FALCONS SUPER BOWL LI T-shirt.

Later in the piece:

Arch ... is the first college player to flop after being sold as the biggest star of his sport before most people had even seen him play. He's not the first player to have the opportunity to: Just last year, in college basketball, Duke's Cooper Flagg was the face of his sport, the obvious No. 1 pick, playing for the most well-known (and hated) college basketball brand. But Flagg did, in fact, turn out to be the best player, immediately. It was difficult to begrudge him all those New Balance ads when he was dominating on the court. This is not what has happened with Arch.

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[WhiteTrash]

For subscribers of The Athletic, good read from Will Leitch on Arch Manning being the biggest "flop" of the NIL era.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6694360/2025/10/07/arch-manning-texas-nfl-draft-nil/?

The lead:

Watching the seemingly endless rotation of Arch Manning Warby Parker advertisements this past weekend felt a little like watching a political ad after an election in which your candidate has lost.

The ads all seemed to be beamed from a more hopeful past when we were much more innocent, more naïve and definitely more deluded. It was a little like seeing someone wearing an ATLANTA FALCONS SUPER BOWL LI T-shirt.

Later in the piece:

Arch ... is the first college player to flop after being sold as the biggest star of his sport before most people had even seen him play. He's not the first player to have the opportunity to: Just last year, in college basketball, Duke's Cooper Flagg was the face of his sport, the obvious No. 1 pick, playing for the most well-known (and hated) college basketball brand. But Flagg did, in fact, turn out to be the best player, immediately. It was difficult to begrudge him all those New Balance ads when he was dominating on the court. This is not what has happened with Arch.

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Can't deny the trajectory he is on, but maybe too soon for a definitive judgment?