2025 College Football Thread

[Pakuni]

You can't have a transfer portal open up a few weeks into the second semester. It just wouldn't work for the student athlete.

<Not sure if serious meme>

[The Sultan]

I am. You need student athletes to enroll in classes. And at most places those classes start in mid to late January. They can't enroll weeks into the semester.

[The Sultan]

Pat Fitzgerald returns to coaching at Michigan State.

[Pakuni]

I am. You need student athletes to enroll in classes. And at most places those classes start in mid to late January. They can't enroll weeks into the semester.

If only the NCAA had the authority to do something about this.

The student athletes need to enroll in classes by mid to late January only because the NCAA requires it. The NCAA  - which is, after all, just the schools - could create an exception allowing late enrollment with makeup work either during the semester or summer. We're talking about a relative handful of students and the only thing preventing it is the NCAA itself.

[BM1090]

I guess. Florida is just a really bad loss though.

For sure. Need to win that game. But if they schedule Western Michigan instead of OSU. They're 10-2 with 2 top ten wins and another top 15 win.

Why schedule a team like OSU if it's going to knock you out if you lose? Vandy is ranked in front of them despite a H2H loss and zero top 15 wins because they chose not to play a top 10 team out of conference.

It is what it is, but that part of the system is broken when scheduling games we all want to watch can penalize you that severely.

[WhiteTrash]

Pat Fitzgerald returns to coaching at Michigan State.

Didn't even know MSU was needing a new HC. I suppose Pat's, "turn a blind eye" philosophy fits well in EL.

[The Sultan]

If only the NCAA had the authority to do something about this.

The student athletes need to enroll in classes by mid to late January only because the NCAA requires it. The NCAA  - which is, after all, just the schools - could create an exception allowing late enrollment with makeup work either during the semester or summer. We're talking about a relative handful of students and the only thing preventing it is the NCAA itself.

The schools require it. Regardless, changing the window wouldn't change anything. Recruiting starts long before the window opens.

[The Sultan]

Didn't even know MSU was needing a new HC. I suppose Pat's, "turn a blind eye" philosophy fits well in EL.

It will be interesting to see if this works. He wasn't great toward the end of his career at NW.

[CreightonWarrior]

The schools require it. Regardless, changing the window wouldn't change anything. Recruiting starts long before the window opens.

that's the irony about ripping on Lane for quitting. Half these kids already have a foot out the door. Only difference is they haven't told their current team yet so they're still playing.

[Pakuni]

The schools require it. Regardless, changing the window wouldn't change anything. Recruiting starts long before the window opens.

If only athletic departments held any influence at the schools, maybe things would change.

[WhiteTrash]

It will be interesting to see if this works. He wasn't great toward the end of his career at NW.

Good point. I'd guess MSU doesn't have a lot of great options, as the luster has come off that program itself.

[The Sultan]

If only athletic departments held any influence at the schools, maybe things would change.

So you think athletic departments should change the requirements for registration to impact just a "relative handful" of students? Just to solve a timing problem with the hiring of football coaches?

Yeah, that's not happening.

[WhiteTrash]

If only athletic departments held any influence at the schools, maybe things would change.

The overwhelming perception is that the school presidents have mismanaged the NCAA for decades, so I think the president truly don't care that much at the majority of schools.

[The Sultan]

The overwhelming perception is that the school presidents have mismanaged the NCAA for decades, so I think the president truly don't care that much at the majority of schools.

Absolutely.