2025 College Football Thread

[MuggsyB]

I remember when Indiana was a basketball school.

That might be the best win of the year.

Perhaps.  But keep in mind Oregon barely beat Penn St. 

[WhiteTrash]

Perhaps.  But keep in mind Oregon barely beat Penn St. 

Good point.

[MuggsyB]

Good point.

So if the Weasels lose to Iowa, is it conceivable they will finish with zero B18 wins?  How good are Wash and Minny?  I've already chalked up their other games as L's.  Ty. 

[WhiteTrash]

So if the Weasels lose to Iowa, is it conceivable they will finish with zero B18 wins?  How good are Wash and Minny?  I've already chalked up their other games as L's.  Ty. 

Lose to Iowa??? Iowa has a better chance of scoring 17 in one quarter than beating Bucky.

[MuggsyB]

Lose to Iowa??? Iowa has a better chance of scoring 17 in one quarter than beating Bucky.

What a dumb throw by the Iowa QB.  Why?

[MU82]

Arch played well today, especially in the second half. Oklahoma did Mateer no favors - and did itself no favors - by playing him when he obviously couldn't perform even close to his standard.

Bama's Ty Simpson was 23-of-31 for 200 yards and 3 TDs in a road win over previously unbeaten Mizzou ... and afterward he said he should have played better. He's already really good, and getting better.

I really like Indiana's QB, too. And their D was awesome today.

To answer Muggsy's question ... Washington is a very good offensive team, with an outstanding QB, a very good RB and two WRs who will play in the NFL. Defense isn't great, but good enough to beat the Weasels.

[MuggsyB]

Arch played well today, especially in the second half. Oklahoma did Mateer no favors - and did itself no favors - by playing him when he obviously couldn't perform even close to his standard.

Bama's Ty Simpson was 23-of-31 for 200 yards and 3 TDs in a road win over previously unbeaten Mizzou ... and afterward he said he should have played better. He's already really good, and getting better.

I really like Indiana's QB, too. And their D was awesome today.

To answer Muggsy's question ... Washington is a very good offensive team, with an outstanding QB, a very good RB and two WRs who will play in the NFL. Defense isn't great, but good enough to beat the Weasels.

Excellen

Arch played well today, especially in the second half. Oklahoma did Mateer no favors - and did itself no favors - by playing him when he obviously couldn't perform even close to his standard.

Bama's Ty Simpson was 23-of-31 for 200 yards and 3 TDs in a road win over previously unbeaten Mizzou ... and afterward he said he should have played better. He's already really good, and getting better.

I really like Indiana's QB, too. And their D was awesome today.

To answer Muggsy's question ... Washington is a very good offensive team, with an outstanding QB, a very good RB and two WRs who will play in the NFL. Defense isn't great, but good enough to beat the Weasels.

Excellent!  So we could easily see:

L
L
L
L
L
L

to close the season.

[MU82]

Ole Miss, favored by 35 and playing at home, beat a bad Washington State team by 3.

[cheebs09]

Getting blown out by Iowa might change some of the fund raising efforts for the UW AD.

[The Sultan]

Getting blown out by Iowa might change some of the fund raising efforts for the UW AD.

It's getting Wojo-esque.

[MuggsyB]

YES!!!!!  Touchdown Iowa!!!

I think they'll hold on.

[MuggsyB]

Thank you, Iowa. 

Sincerely,

Everyone. 

[Jockey]

So if the Weasels lose to Iowa, is it conceivable they will finish with zero B18 wins?  How good are Wash and Minny?  I've already chalked up their other games as L's.  Ty. 

Does it even matter how good they are?

[MuggsyB]

Does it even matter how good they are?

Perhaps I was unnecessarily concerned. 

[Uncle Rico]

Tough night for our boys but we're into the heart of academic season and the guys are grinding hard in the classroom unlike Iowa, obviously.  Hard to compete when we play school and football and the rest of the league doesn't.

[HutchwasClutch]

Tough night for our boys but we're into the heart of academic season and the guys are grinding hard in the classroom unlike Iowa, obviously.  Hard to compete when we play school and football and the rest of the league doesn't.

Let's compare team Gpa's in December and May. We'll have the last laugh still in this rivalry this year. 

[jesmu84]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/s/GZQEfCoQfH

[wadesworld]

Did Wisconsin fans wait until they jumped around after the 3rd quarter to empty Camp Randall?

[MuggsyB]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sports/s/GZQEfCoQfH

Ouch.

[MU82]

The Athletic on Penn State:

The preseason No. 2 team is 3-3, heading into four road games (including Ohio State) and two tough home games (including Indiana). With QB Drew Allar now done for the year (and thus likely his college career) due to a leg injury from this game (his backup is redshirt freshman Ethan Grunkemeyer, who has 13 career throws), a losing record is on the table. The updated goal: avoid becoming one of the most disappointing teams of all time.

And on Fickell:

Wisconsin's Luke Fickell ($27.5 million buyout in December) is 15-17 after a 37-0 humiliation against 4-2 Iowa, the Badgers' first home shutout loss since 1980. This comes after Wisconsin players famously did 42 pushups after each spring practice to atone for having lost 42-10 to Iowa last year. What's the exercise punishment for scoring zero? (Making things even more awkward, Fickell's former program, Cincinnati, is 5-1 after beating 3-3 UCF 20-11.)

[Dish]

Penn St has fired James Franklin.

For those that don't understand these, I post this when it's over for a head coach. It doesn't mean the team/college follows through, it means they have lost the team.

That being said, Penn State has indeed fired Franklin.

[CreightonWarrior]

I envy the golden parachute of the college coach.

[MU82]

See what happens when you lose at home to Northwestern?

Must be nice to have such a rich booster base that you can shrug your shoulders at a nearly $50 million buyout.

[WhiteTrash]

I'm not in favor of keeping coaches "because who knows if you can get anyone better" arguments, but Franklin has been, by reasonable measures, a very good coach who came close to a title last year. I'm not sure he can't win a title; but I'm not a PSU fan and don't follow them so maybe I'm wrong.

[wadesworld]

Somebody will be happy to have him next year. I'd think he'll do better than the Wisconsin job.