Irishman Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I admit I googled if offseason was one word. 🤣 For many of us as fans, the offseason is now here, so might as well start a topic, right? This will be an offseason unlike any one prior. The whole landscape of the college game is changing drastically now. It's been mentioned before, the NCAA has done nothing with regard to the transfer portal. To me this is a problem; reaching out to kids who are not in the portal. https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3494966/washington-state-qb-cam-ward-reportedly-has-up-to-10-seven-figure-offers-to-transfer?fbclid=IwAR2yYDdsNHU8_WwRQQW7K72Cx2FRLudeuobnOyJ4OptEdLXOiirk_feNiDI One simple fix....scholarships go back to what they were; multi year commitments. Might as well just call them contracts now. The NCAA, if they survive this, could even allow a rookie contract, so a player could decide whether to stay or not after year one on campus. Then programs can get them to sign 1, 2, or even 3 year contracts, with 4th and 5th year options if there is a red shirt or injury year, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Can’t wait for the 12 team playoff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 It’ll take some of the meaning out of regular season games but I can’t want to see on campus playoff contests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 I am looking forward to the playoff as well. The talk in the pregame shows about the Michigan osu game was that the game will have less meaning, but I don’t think it will. I think teams will still fight for a higher seed, especially the first 4 since they get a bye. The biggest change besides the playoff will be bowl games. I guess they can tag some of the playoff games with those bowl names, but I don’t think they should be neutral site games. Potential problem with neutral sites. Say osu is a 5 seed playing a 12 seeded LSU. But the Superdome/Sugar Bowl already had been guaranteed the 5/12 matchup, it could hardly be called a neutral site. I am ok with the championship game being a neutral site though, but all others should be home games for the higher seeds. Another potential problem conferences need to consider is whether to continue the conference championship games. A team may reach that game but only been ranked around 10th in the CFP Poll. Losing the conference championship game could cost them a spot in the playoff while someone else in the same conference could miss playing for the conference championship but make the playoff. I know this one is an extreme thing, but it’s definitely not an impossible scenario…..Michigan and osu go into the last regular season game tied for first in the conference. The loser could still finish in 2nd place, setting up a rematch the following week in the conference championship game. Add to it, based on seeding, they could see each other again in the playoff. Crazy, huh? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Irishman said: I am looking forward to the playoff as well. The talk in the pregame shows about the Michigan osu game was that the game will have less meaning, but I don’t think it will. I think teams will still fight for a higher seed, especially the first 4 since they get a bye. The biggest change besides the playoff will be bowl games. I guess they can tag some of the playoff games with those bowl names, but I don’t think they should be neutral site games. Potential problem with neutral sites. Say osu is a 5 seed playing a 12 seeded LSU. But the Superdome/Sugar Bowl already had been guaranteed the 5/12 matchup, it could hardly be called a neutral site. I am ok with the championship game being a neutral site though, but all others should be home games for the higher seeds. Another potential problem conferences need to consider is whether to continue the conference championship games. A team may reach that game but only been ranked around 10th in the CFP Poll. Losing the conference championship game could cost them a spot in the playoff while someone else in the same conference could miss playing for the conference championship but make the playoff. I know this one is an extreme thing, but it’s definitely not an impossible scenario…..Michigan and osu go into the last regular season game tied for first in the conference. The loser could still finish in 2nd place, setting up a rematch the following week in the conference championship game. Add to it, based on seeding, they could see each other again in the playoff. Crazy, huh? 🤔 Great points on all accounts. Edited November 29, 2023 by temptation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Kind of a head scratcher. UCLA has not been relevant in a long time, so maybe get out before being forced out? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39492371/ohio-state-hires-ucla-chip-kelly-replace-bill-obrien-oc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 20 hours ago, Irishman said: Kind of a head scratcher. UCLA has not been relevant in a long time, so maybe get out before being forced out? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39492371/ohio-state-hires-ucla-chip-kelly-replace-bill-obrien-oc O’Brien leaves OSU undefeated against Michigan… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boilernation Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) On 2/10/2024 at 6:29 PM, Irishman said: Kind of a head scratcher. UCLA has not been relevant in a long time, so maybe get out before being forced out? https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39492371/ohio-state-hires-ucla-chip-kelly-replace-bill-obrien-oc Pretty wild a sitting Big Ten HC would leave his post for an OC posiiton at another Big Ten school and presumably take a big paycut. It makes sense though. All I've ever read or heard about the guy is he just likes to scheme and coach. Not a fan of recruiting at all. Maybe he looked at it as he rather coach O only with his friend from New Hampshire and the Eagles than deal with the NIL / portal era at a school that doesn't have unlimited resources (1 of 10 UC system schoools) like USC, Oregon, Ohio State, Michigan or Penn State. Hartline is the big gun offensive recruiter at Ohio State. They won't need much out of Chip. Edited February 13 by Boilernation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Lincoln Riley knows… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39563282/cfp-unanimously-approves-5+7-model-new-12-team-playoff Quote The College Football Playoff board of managers unanimously approved a model that will guarantee the five highest-ranked conference champions' inclusion in the expanded 12-team field this fall, along with the next seven highest-ranked teams, the CFP announced Tuesday. After months of delay at the behest of the dwindling Pac-12, the decision was made Tuesday morning in a virtual meeting of the 10 FBS commissioners and the Notre Dame president, Rev. John Jenkins. The vote had to be unanimous for the 5+7 format to be approved, and the Pac-12 had either previously abstained or asked for a delay as it worked on determining its future following sweeping conference realignment. Washington State president Kirk Schulz, who represents the Pac-12 on the board, told ESPN last week he would confer with Oregon State president Jayathi Y. Murthy and "be ready to vote" on Tuesday. Neither school can qualify for an automatic bid as a conference champion in each of the next two seasons, so Schulz conceded the seven at-large bids would be more beneficial to them than the original proposal of six conference champions and six at-large teams. That format was proposed before the Pac-12 lost USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon to the Big Ten; Cal and Stanford to the ACC; and Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado to the Big 12. The Pac-12 and Mountain West have agreed to a temporary scheduling partnership in which Oregon State and Washington State will play at least six MWC opponents in 2024. "For our two schools in the Pac-12 as it's currently configured, there is no question that five-seven, with seven at-larges, is better than six at-larges," Schulz told ESPN. "... There's no question our football coaches are going to want to compete for one of those seven slots, and seven is going to be better than six." In most years, the 5+7 format will assure the conference champions from the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC a spot in the playoff, along with the highest-ranked Group of 5 conference champion. The CFP intentionally won't refer to the Group of 5 in its description of the format, though, because there is a chance that a champion from one of the Power 4 conferences finishes ranked below the top champion from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt or Mid-American Conference. In 2021, for example, when undefeated No. 4 Cincinnati was the American Athletic Conference champion, ACC champion Pitt finished at No. 12 with two losses. In the 12-team format, the four highest-ranked conference champions will receive a first-round bye. Tuesday's meeting was also an opportunity for Washington State and Oregon State to request continued Power 5 revenue and voting rights in the new CFP contract. For the next two years, the remainder of the CFP's current 12-year contract, Washington State and Oregon State will each continue to receive the full Power 5 revenue distribution, which is $5 million to $6 million per school. They are asking to continue to receive that amount in the next CFP contract, not knowing what their conference affiliation will be. According to the Pac-12's proposal, which Schulz shared with ESPN, Oregon State and Washington State are asking for "a distribution share and voting rights equal to the lowest per school pro rata share of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, or SEC conference's distribution, regardless of how those four conferences actually distribute CFP distributions to their members." "We were in a game of musical chairs and the music stopped and we had two schools standing," Schulz said. "We've invested and been considered autonomy five school and conference for decades. We just don't think that because of the musical chairs that the two remaining schools in the Pac-12 should be penalized." Mississippi State president Mark Keenum, the chair of the CFP board, told ESPN last week that none of the conferences know yet what the revenue distribution will be in the next contract. "None of us do," he said. "There's a lot of work that's going to have to entail on behalf of our commissioners and others to bring some recommendations to the board. They're not there. We're not there. I hear what he's saying, but I don't know you commit to a school." The CFP's management committee, which comprises the 10 FBS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, are meeting in Dallas on Wednesday to continue working on the implementation of the 12-team playoff for this fall, along with weighty decisions about the future of the sport's postseason in the next contract. The top priority, according to multiple sources, is coming to an agreement on a new TV deal, but they will also continue to talk about access and revenue distribution. One change they are close to agreeing on, according to multiple sources, is eliminating the contracts the New Year's Six bowls have with respective conferences in the new contract. The Sugar Bowl has a historical agreement with the SEC and Big 12, while the Rose Bowl has long been contractually tied to the Big Ten and Pac-12, and the Orange Bowl with the ACC, Big Ten and Notre Dame. While those agreements are expected to remain for this season and next, there is a desire among CFP leaders to have more flexibility in where teams are placed moving forward -- e.g., allowing Georgia to play in the Peach Bowl instead of the Sugar Bowl one year if it makes more sense. "We've enjoyed a long relationship with the SEC and to a shorter extent also with the Big 12," Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley told ESPN on Tuesday. "It's been a great partnership for the past 10 years, and while it's unfortunate if that is to go away, we understand the world around us is changing. The Sugar Bowl's position from the outset -- once the expanded playoff became a discussion -- we have pledged to our partners and the rest of the conferences that we're going be a help and not a hindrance in the process. We aim to stick by that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, Muda69 said: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39563282/cfp-unanimously-approves-5+7-model-new-12-team-playoff Sorry Notre Dame…the 5 seed is your ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 So much for “champions of the offseason”, lol. “The hammer is about to drop!” “ These violations are worth 21 points!” https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/02/27/ohio-state-football-ncaa-recruiting-violations-transfer-portal/72758292007/ Am I doing this right? No, seriously though…someone explain to me how tampering is a level three violation…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Nowlin Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 none of this is going to matter in about 3 or 4 years entire system is going to be changed, no such NCAA forthcoming, at least not in its current set up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 33 minutes ago, temptation said: So much for “champions of the offseason”, lol. “The hammer is about to drop!” “ These violations are worth 21 points!” https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/02/27/ohio-state-football-ncaa-recruiting-violations-transfer-portal/72758292007/ Am I doing this right? No, seriously though…someone explain to me how tampering is a level three violation…. I had the impression that all recruiting rules were out the window. At the end of the season; for a PAC 12 game, the discussion was about the Oregon State QB. It was said that several schools had already contacted him even though he had not entered the portal. I figured the tone in which they said was as though this was the new normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobref Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Note from the NFL Scouting Combine: There’s no doubt who stands atop the leaderboard in the “Best Hair” category. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 “Michigan expects over 150 NFL personnel for pro day today. That’s the biggest number I’ve ever heard for a pro day.“ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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