2025 College Football Thread

[MU82]

Minnesota 24 Nebraska 6 - Matt Rhule looks ready for Happy Valley

Yeah, how about that? Quite a nice result for his resume.

[Uncle Rico]

I honestly don't know.  Maybe IU is that good but I have my doubts.  I hope they do well because it's a better story....notwithstanding the B18. 

Indiana would be favored over every SEC team on a neutral field

[Billy Hoyle]

Who in the SEC is currently better than Indiana?

Bama. Simpson is the Heisman frontrunner at this time.

Im not sure about Georgia and their defense so I'll but them behind IU.

[MuggsyB]

Indiana would be favored over every SEC team on a neutral field

Okay.  I hope you're correct. 

[Pakuni]

Indiana would be favored over every SEC team on a neutral field

Current national championship odds suggest otherwise.

Ohio State +250
Alabama +650
Indiana +800

[Uncle Rico]

Current national championship odds suggest otherwise.

Ohio State +250
Alabama +650
Indiana +800

I'd take those odds.  Don't buy Alabama at all, though Simpson is the real deal.

S+P has Indiana well ahead of Alabama, further ahead of them than they're behind Ohio State.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Who in the SEC is currently better than Indiana?

Ahem

[Uncle Rico]

Ahem

Boo this man

[Billy Hoyle]

I'd take those odds.  Don't buy Alabama at all, though Simpson is the real deal.

S+P has Indiana well ahead of Alabama, further ahead of them than they're behind Ohio State.

Alabama has as many wins against ranked opponents this season as the following teams COMBINED:
-Tennessee
-Ole Miss
-Texas
-LSU
-Auburn
-Mizzou
-Arkansas
-Kentucky
-South Carolina

[Pakuni]

I'd take those odds.  Don't buy Alabama at all, though Simpson is the real deal.

S+P has Indiana well ahead of Alabama, further ahead of them than they're behind Ohio State.

S+P also has Texas as the 11th best team in the country and Utah six spots ahead of a BYU team that beat them last night.
And it believes Oklahoma (best win is at home over currently unranked Michigan) is the cream of the SEC.

[Uncle Rico]

S+P also has Texas as the 11th best team in the country and Utah six spots ahead of a BYU team that beat them last night.
And it believes Oklahoma (best win is at home over currently unranked Michigan) is the cream of the SEC.

I'm sticking with S+P

[The Sultan]

I think Georgia would beat Indiana pretty soundly.

[Billy Hoyle]

Ahem

I haven't seen TAMU play once this season, so I do not have an opinion on them. Going into ND and winning is a great win but giving up 42 points to Arkansas is a red flag. They have the meat of their schedule coming up, we'll know more about them in the next two weeks.

Thanks to the Big Ten expansion, Indiana has faced the meat of their schedule. The rest of their conference schedule is weaker than a Georgetown non-conference schedule.

[Shaka Shart]

Results from the WIAC that certainly will help Marquette's cause:

UW-Oshkosh 28 UWEC 21

UW-Platteville 38 UW-La Crosse 21

UW-River Falls 52 UWSP 7

UW-Whitewater 34 UW-Stout 2

Whitewater game a scorigami???

[Pakuni]

I'm sticking with S+P

Hopefully not for gambling.
SP+ vs ATS in FBS games this weekend was 11-19.

[tower912]

Random philosophical question.  Two point conversion nearly always involve some sort of roll out option for the QB.   Why would you ever choose to place the ball on the hashmark on the side the QB is rolling to?  Why would you not place it on the opposite hashmark, giving maximum space for the offense and maximum space for the defense to cover?

Yes, I saw this again yesterday at the game I attended.

[Billy Hoyle]

Random philosophical question.  Two point conversion nearly always involve some sort of roll out option for the QB.   Why would you ever choose to place the ball on the hashmark on the side the QB is rolling to?  Why would you not place it on the opposite hashmark, giving maximum space for the offense and maximum space for the defense to cover?

Yes, I saw this again yesterday at the game I attended.

I asked a friend who was an FBS football coach (not HC) that question, as I have wondered the same. His answer was that running short side allows the offense to block more effectively. The "space" on the wide side (according to him) gives the defense a greater opportunity to have a player free and stretch out the play, making the offensive player run horizontally. I don't agree but that was his answer.

Either way, on a fourth and short or two-point conversion, I've always thought a play action handoff and roll out, especially with a mobile QB, is more likely to succeed than a run into the line.

[Uncle Rico]

Hopefully not for gambling.
SP+ vs ATS in FBS games this weekend was 11-19.

I'm an evangelical Christian, so I only gamble with my kids college fund

[Pakuni]

Either way, on a fourth and short or two-point conversion, I've always thought a play action handoff and roll out, especially with a mobile QB, is more likely to succeed than a run into the line.

Unless you're out of timeouts with 8 seconds left in the half, in which case the defense is keyed in on the play action rollout pass, picks it off and returns it for a 98-yard touchdown.
Looking at you, Josh Heupel.

[Billy Hoyle]

Unless you're out of timeouts with 8 seconds left in the half, in which case the defense is keyed in on the play action rollout pass, picks it off and returns it for a 98-yard touchdown.
Looking at you, Josh Heupel.

He didn't roll out, though; he just lofted it up from the pocket. Had he rolled out, the defender would have likely made a move off the receiver and toward Aguilar.

[Uncle Rico]

Billy Napier out.

Rumors out of Madison are Chris McIntosh met with the team last week and told them Luke Fickell will be back in 2026.  Supposedly, more money will be allotted to the coaching staff and NIL for players

[Pakuni]

He didn't roll out, though; he just lofted it up from the pocket. Had he rolled out, the defender would have likely made a move off the receiver and toward Aguilar.

Correct on the lack of roll, but disagree on the defender having to move off the receiver. If you watch the reply, there's a Bama linebacker (#42) spying Aguilar and a second defender (#96) unblocked between Aguilar and the goaline. Either would have had a clear path to make the tackle.
Now maybe the corner gets undisciplined there and leaves his man, but the defense played it about as well as you can. Probably because it was obvious that Tennessee wasn't going to run in that situation.

https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1979721645137986020

[PointWarrior]

Billy Napier out.

Rumors out of Madison are Chris McIntosh met with the team last week and told them Luke Fickell will be back in 2026.  Supposedly, more money will be allotted to the coaching staff and NIL for players

If true, holy continued crap show. 

[Uncle Rico]

If true, holy continued crap show. 

I think he needs another few years.  In favor it, actually.

[Pakuni]

I think he needs another few years.  In favor it, actually.

Five years to judge.TM