2025 College Football Thread

[Dish]

Aggies came to play.

[Pakuni]

Aggies came to play.

What's Shane Beamer's current status?

[JWags85]

What's Shane Beamer's current status?

I think Beamer is a good coach who has done a nice job at what was probably a bottom 4 SEC job, even before OU and Texas joined...that being said, he may have turned in the worst coaching performance in the P5 this year.

Consensus top 15, borderline top 10 team.  Dark horse Heisman candidate at QB. Then they proceed to lose 7 of 8, including 7 straight to ranked teams (when a big part of his resume so far was knocking off ranked teams), culminating in whatever the hell this was today.

I don't think his job is in jeopardy, but if I was a Gamecock fan, I'd be getting worried about Sellers and the portal.

[jesmu84]

Arch Manning is a fraud

[Dish]

What's Shane Beamer's current status?

I certainly agree with you, I just feel kinda meh about him/South Carolina football to do it.

That fist bumping though as he left the field for halftime...you can't lose that game if you're gonna do that on the road.

[JWags85]

Arch Manning is a fraud

Nah, we've gotten to the point where he flipped from being overhyped to being overly maligned.  Hes still a good college QB, not a great one as some expected.  He was fantastic the last 2 weeks, was meh against UK, but was very good against OU in the Red River Rivalry.

Hes not been amazing tonight against a much better team in a rough environment, but outside of that pick in the first half, he's not been bad.  It's a damn good UGA defense that's strangled everyone at home.  Ole Miss put up 35, but they didn't rack up obscene yardage

[Uncle Rico]

Big day in the WIAC.  Sadly, Marquette's cause is toast, so who cares?

UW-Platteville 55 UWEC 28

UW-Whitewater 24 UW-Oshkosh 7

UW-La Crosse 52 UWSP 0

UW-River Falls 29 UW-Stout 19

[Uncle Rico]

Big 18 Results.  None helped Marquette for obvious reasons.

Michigan 24 Northwestern 22- Wolverines won despite losing the turnover battle 5-0.  No word if they posed with a flag but are now 9-2 since planting their flag in Columbus last year.

Indiana 31 Wisconsin 7- Back to the portal for Wisconsin.

Penn State 28 Michigan State 10- Sparty got a taunting penalty on offense on their last drive when down 18.  Never change, Sparty.

USC 26 Iowa 21- Lincoln Riley riding high as they head to Oregon next week.  Loser-leaves-town.  Can't wait to see how Riley parlays this into a new gig should they make the playoff.

Ohio State 48 UCLA 10- Justin Sayin is your Heisman leader.

Oregon 42 Minnesota 13- PJ Fleck's boat is leaking water as he looks elsewhere.

Illinois 24 Maryland 6- Illinois holds off their bitter rival.  Maryland can begin their coaching search in earnest.

Washington 49 Purdue 13- At least Purdue got to spend the night in Seattle.

[MU82]

From Yahoo Sports:

Team A is 10-2, didn't win a conference championship, has played the 29th-toughest schedule in the country, and owns one win over a team on the low-end of the top 25.

Team B is also 10-2, didn't win a conference championship, has played the 43rd-toughest schedule in the country, and owns one win over a team ranked in the top 10.

Based on the blind résumé, you'd probably assume Team B would be ranked slightly above Team A. You'd especially be convinced of that if you learned that when they played head-to-head, Team B defeated Team A.

But in this case, you'd be wrong: Team A is Notre Dame and Team B is Miami.

[CreightonWarrior]

Its almost as if timing of and who you lose to matters.

[The Sultan]

From Yahoo Sports:

Team A is 10-2, didn't win a conference championship, has played the 29th-toughest schedule in the country, and owns one win over a team on the low-end of the top 25.

Team B is also 10-2, didn't win a conference championship, has played the 43rd-toughest schedule in the country, and owns one win over a team ranked in the top 10.

Based on the blind résumé, you'd probably assume Team B would be ranked slightly above Team A. You'd especially be convinced of that if you learned that when they played head-to-head, Team B defeated Team A.

But in this case, you'd be wrong: Team A is Notre Dame and Team B is Miami.

Or Team C, which is 8-2 and 4-1 against teams in the top 25 - but they do have a bad loss.

That team is Alabama, who is ranked behind Notre Dame.

The committee is once again doing the dumb thing and punishing teams for bad losses more than crediting them for multiple good wins. It's ridiculous.

[MU82]

Or Team C, which is 8-2 and 4-1 against teams in the top 25 - but they do have a bad loss.

That team is Alabama, who is ranked behind Notre Dame.

The committee is once again doing the dumb thing and punishing teams for bad losses more than crediting them for multiple good wins. It's ridiculous.

Agreed.

And for the record, I don't feel sorry for Miami. Coach well and/or get good quarterback play against Louisville and SMU, and they're already guaranteed a spot in the playoff.

[JWags85]

Agreed.

And for the record, I don't feel sorry for Miami. Coach well and/or get good quarterback play against Louisville and SMU, and they're already guaranteed a spot in the playoff.

Yea its not feeling bad for Miami, its yet again the absurd kiddie gloves that ND gets every year.  Give them an automatically high preseason ranking, and then let them cling to the top 20 when they lose, then let them climb up beating middling P5 teams while other people lose.

If Purdue or Kentucky had their resume, nobody is talking about them as a top 10 team

[MU82]

Yea its not feeling bad for Miami, its yet again the absurd kiddie gloves that ND gets every year.  Give them an automatically high preseason ranking, and then let them cling to the top 20 when they lose, then let them climb up beating middling P5 teams while other people lose.

If Purdue or Kentucky had their resume, nobody is talking about them as a top 10 team

Oh, that's certainly true. They so desperately want ND to be in the playoff every year. It's sickening.

[Uncle Rico]

Oh, that's certainly true. They so desperately want ND to be in the playoff every year. It's sickening.

They don't need Notre Dame in.  They'll get huge ratings regardless.

However, like Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama or any other huge college football name, they'll always have an advantage in these rankings over the lesser programs.

[WhiteTrash]

Until college football takes competitive balance seriously (never will happen), I don't take these arguments seriously. The CFB system is as fair as a Russian election. The other pro football, NFL, does it right.

It's like Bezos bitching that Gates paid 1% less in tax. It maybe valid, but I just couldn't care less.

 

[WhiteTrash]

So it looks like LSU may fire Kelly. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47049415/lsu-formally-moves-fire-brian-kelly-response-lawsuit

WTF?

[Scoop Snoop]

So it looks like LSU may fire Kelly. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47049415/lsu-formally-moves-fire-brian-kelly-response-lawsuit

WTF?

Easy! The AD fired Kelly but didn't have the authority to fire him, so technically Kelly was not fired even though LSU allegedly said he was fired due to the poor performance of the team. Now LSU wants to refire (or really, really fire him this time) for cause 'cause of the AD's mistake who didn't really fire Kelly for cause 'cause he didn't think of it in time when he didn't fire him.

Honestly, I have no idea why you posted WTF.

[WhiteTrash]

Easy! The AD fired Kelly but didn't have the authority to fire him, so technically Kelly was not fired even though LSU allegedly said he was fired due to the poor performance of the team. Now LSU wants to refire (or really, really fire him this time) for cause 'cause of the AD's mistake who didn't really fire Kelly for cause 'cause he didn't think of it in time when he didn't fire him.

Honestly, I have no idea why you posted WTF.

[The Sultan]

Easy! The AD fired Kelly but didn't have the authority to fire him, so technically Kelly was not fired even though LSU allegedly said he was fired due to the poor performance of the team. Now LSU wants to refire (or really, really fire him this time) for cause 'cause of the AD's mistake who didn't really fire Kelly for cause 'cause he didn't think of it in time when he didn't fire him.

Honestly, I have no idea why you posted WTF.

Not to mention the governor claimed he was fired, and then fired the AD who probably knew about the "for cause" deadline.

I'm no fan of Kelly, but he should get every $$ he is due because the governor managed this like numbskull.

[Scoop Snoop]

Not to mention the governor claimed he was fired, and then fired the AD who probably knew about the "for cause" deadline.

I'm no fan of Kelly, but he should get every $$ he is due because the governor managed this like numbskull.

I think the governor should be fired for cause.

[Uncle Rico]

I think the governor should be fired for cause.

Louisiana is killing it in education and poverty.