The College Football Thread

[BagBoy]

UNC basketball got a little bad press a few years ago.  That was then.  Then came the multiple NCAA investigations.  Then came NOTHING in terms of scandal or penalties for the BB program. 

[Thwomp!]

22 hours ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

Trust me -- that is not a problem at UM.

Didn't Michigan somehow get the Fab Five?  They'd make it work if Harbaugh could actually get a big catch.

[Thwomp!]

13 hours ago, BagBoy said:

UNC basketball got a little bad press a few years ago.  That was then.  Then came the multiple NCAA investigations.  Then came NOTHING in terms of scandal or penalties for the BB program. 

Well, yeah, but it wasn't because they were innocent of wrongdoing.  That was a huge academic scandal that should have been punished severely.

But it's the NCAA and the hockey equivalent of "Most Favored Teams".

[I-90 W]

Man, college football is the best. Promised my wife I would stop following it as juggling hockey and baseball is already enough as it is. CFB was consuming my entire Saturdays.

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On 12/11/2020 at 10:35 AM, Thwomp! said:

Didn't Michigan somehow get the Fab Five?  They'd make it work if Harbaugh could actually get a big catch.

That was 30 years ago.  Times have changed at some schools.  Michigan has only taken a few JUCO transfers in. its history.  There is a huge difference in admission standards for recruited athletes between Michigan and Ohio State.

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, freester said:

That was 30 years ago.  Times have changed at some schools.  Michigan has only taken a few JUCO transfers in. its history.  There is a huge difference in admission standards for recruited athletes between Michigan and Ohio State.

You're going to have a tough time convincing me that any big football program except ND and Stanford* isn't playing the same game.  I don't care if it's an excellent academic school (Texas, Michigan) or a crap academic school (Arizona State, Florida State) or something in between.  The big programs are all lowering standards, considerably, for football players.

 

*You can add Cal and BC to this list if you consider them to be big football programs.  I don't.

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Just now, Eleven said:

You're going to have a tough time convincing me that any big football program except ND and Stanford* isn't playing the same game.  I don't care if it's an excellent academic school (Texas, Michigan) or a crap academic school (Arizona State, Florida State) or something in between.  The big programs are all lowering standards, considerably, for football players.

 

*You can add Cal and BC to this list if you consider them to be big football programs.  I don't.

I’m not saying Michigan has the same standards for athletes as the rest of its student body, but different schools have radically different levels of tolerance for illiteracy and criminal behavior and Juco transfers. 

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7 hours ago, freester said:

I’m not saying Michigan has the same standards for athletes as the rest of its student body, but different schools have radically different levels of tolerance for illiteracy and criminal behavior and Juco transfers. 

It's a business, a really big business for some conferences. A super important business for many of the smaller schools where athletics money helps to keep the entire system afloat. Michigan's football subsidiary has been making some bad business decisions for the past 20 years. 

[Taro T]

They probably won't keep it up, but LSU is actually looking like a football team for the 1st time all year.

They have a 7 pt lead at the half against #8 Florida.  They've given up a lot of yardage, but have been coming up with big turnovers.

[Wyldnwoody44]

The dumbest penalty I've seen in a long time may have just lost Florida the game and a playoff spot.... Just wow. 

[GASabresIUFAN]

6 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

The dumbest penalty I've seen in a long time may have just lost Florida the game and a playoff spot.... Just wow. 

They weren’t beating Alabama anyway.  Love watching the Gators lose

How long until Wilson is a meme?

Edited December 13, 2020 by GASabresIUFAN

[Wyldnwoody44]

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

They weren’t beating Alabama anyway.  Love watching the Gators lose

How long until Wilson is a meme?

Probably 2 minutes ago 😂😂

It's even better because I'm in Florida right now, driving to the everglades tomorrow.... Guess I'll poke the bear while I'm out and about 😈

[Taro T]

8 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

The dumbest penalty I've seen in a long time may have just lost Florida the game and a playoff spot.... Just wow. 

Was it the shoe?  It's gotta be the shoe!

😃

[Wyldnwoody44]

9 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Was it the shoe?  It's gotta be the shoe!

😃

[Thwomp!]

Just checked that out.  Wow!

[tom webster]

9 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

They weren’t beating Alabama anyway.  Love watching the Gators lose

How long until Wilson is a meme?

But if they played Bama tough they still would have probably been final four, especially if ND loses to Clemson. Now it’s most assuredly Clemson, Alabama, ND and Ohio State if Clemson wins and Alabama, ND, Ohio State and either USC or Texas A & M if Clemson loses. All apologies to Cincinnati.

[Eleven]

12 hours ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

The dumbest penalty I've seen in a long time may have just lost Florida the game and a playoff spot.... Just wow. 

And yet I can see Vince Wilfork getting away with it and the guy retrieving his shoe while the clock ticks down against whatever team the Pats were playing.

Edited December 13, 2020 by Eleven

[Wyldnwoody44]

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

And yet I can see Vince Wilfork getting away with it and the guy retrieving his shoe while the clock ticks down against whatever team the Pats we're playing.

The Pats never ever get calls in their favor.....

 

[LGR4GM]

Flori... duhhhh 

[GASabresIUFAN]

5 hours ago, tom webster said:

But if they played Bama tough they still would have probably been final four, especially if ND loses to Clemson. Now it’s most assuredly Clemson, Alabama, ND and Ohio State if Clemson wins and Alabama, ND, Ohio State and either USC or Texas A & M if Clemson loses. All apologies to Cincinnati.

No, even if the had beaten LSU, a loss to Alabama finishes them.  They’d have two losses with the other loss to one loss A&M.  They wouldn’t  put Fla in over A&M.  
 

 

[tom webster]

5 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

No, even if the had beaten LSU, a loss to Alabama finishes them.  They’d have two losses with the other loss to one loss A&M.  They wouldn’t  put Fla in over A&M.  
 

 

Yeah, probably right.

[Wyldnwoody44]

7 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

No, even if the had beaten LSU, a loss to Alabama finishes them.  They’d have two losses with the other loss to one loss A&M.  They wouldn’t  put Fla in over A&M.  
 

 

Def true, but to give away even the shot at that because of that penalty, ouch.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Apparently the Florida Track and Field coaches have asked Marco Wilson to compete in the Javelin. When asked why, the coaches remarked if he can toss a cleat 20 yards just imagine what he can do with a javelin

Edited December 14, 2020 by GASabresIUFAN

[freester]

Sorry GASabres but IU just canceled their game against Purdue.

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, freester said:

Sorry GASabres but IU just canceled their game against Purdue.

Don't apologize to GASabres.  Apologize to the SEC commissioner.