College Football 2024

[PHJIrish]

#5 Georgia has beaten #1 Texas 30-15.  Another fun day of football!  And the game was played at Texas!

Edited October 20, 2024 by PHJIrish

[Bash Riprock]

USC loses to Maryland and the Army and Navy still rolling.  Makes the upcoming ND game against Navy interesting.  

How did the Wolverines fare this weekend??  

[Footballking16]

19 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

USC loses to Maryland and the Army and Navy still rolling.  Makes the upcoming ND game against Navy interesting.  

How did the Wolverines fare this weekend??  

They’re terrible lol

[Footballking16]

21 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

USC loses to Maryland and the Army and Navy still rolling.  Makes the upcoming ND game against Navy interesting.  

How did the Wolverines fare this weekend??  

 

[temptation]

30 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

USC loses to Maryland and the Army and Navy still rolling.  Makes the upcoming ND game against Navy interesting.  

How did the Wolverines fare this weekend??  

Queued up Nick Saban’s final game on the DVR last night with Queen playing in the background…

We good.

[Footballking16]

38 minutes ago, temptation said:

Queued up Nick Saban’s final game on the DVR last night with Queen playing in the background…

We good.

Hopefully Sherrone Moore is in line for an extension.

[Boilernation]

11 hours ago, PHJIrish said:

#5 Georgia has beaten #1 Texas 30-15.  Another fun day of football!  And the game was played at Texas!

Georgia's DL and DC completely abused the Texas Offense. This game would have been much worse of a beatdown if Carson Beck didn't play poorly. He was clearly Georgia's weak link last night. Jalon Walker was a monster for Georgia.

[PHJIrish]

1 hour ago, Boilernation said:

Georgia's DL and DC completely abused the Texas Offense. This game would have been much worse of a beatdown if Carson Beck didn't play poorly. He was clearly Georgia's weak link last night. Jalon Walker was a monster for Georgia.

Like!

[Irishman]

[Bobref]

9 hours ago, Bash Riprock said:

Makes the upcoming ND game against Navy interesting.  

The Irish play Army, as well, last game of the season.

[Irishman]

51 minutes ago, Bobref said:

The Irish play Army, as well, last game of the season.

And IF Army and Navy finish undefeated going into their last game, they will play each other 2 weeks in a row. 

[Coach Nowlin]

Michigan staring at 5 to 6 losses coming off the Title, that cannot be part of the plan @temptation

[First_Backer_Inside]

This might have already been covered somewhere and I've just missed it but...

What's the Big Ten going to do when Oregon, Penn State, and IU all finish the season undefeated? Obviously lots of football to be played, but with every week, we get closer and closer to this. Oregon's only ranked opponent left on their schedule is Illinois. I think they are the most likely to finish undefeated, but if Penn State and IU both get past Ohio State the Big Ten is going to have three undefeated teams more than likely. Using a tiebreaker for that is going to leave both teams and fans pretty pissed off if you ask me. Your team goes undefeated and you don't get the opportunity to play for a conference title. Poor planning on the Big Tens part to not have divisions to keep this from happening. My assumption is the Big Ten thought they had all their bases covered and some of the usual bottom feeders were an after thought(IU). Big Ten is probably rooting hard for Ohio State against both IU and Penn State.

[Coach Nowlin]

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5724387/2024/08/26/big-ten-football-tiebreaker-rules-2024-championship-game/#

 

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Here is the two-team tiebreaking scenario in order and includes only conference games:

• Head-to-head result.
• Record against all common conference opponents.
• Record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish.
• Best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.
• Highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.
• Random draw conducted by Commissioner Tony Petitti or designee.

The two-team tiebreaker also determines championship seeding.

With an 18-team league, nine Big Ten games and no divisional structure, a three-way tie for a championship slot is more complicated. Should three or more teams tie for both participating slots (say three teams have 8-1 records), the first team to qualify advances, then the others square off in a head-to-head tiebreaker.

Here are the procedures for three or more teams tying for a championship spot in order:

• Winning percentage in games among the tied teams. If a team beat the all the teams, it advances. If all teams involved in the tie did not play one another, the tiebreaker moves to another step.
• Record against all common conference opponents.
• Record against common opponents with the best conference record and proceeding through the common conference opponents based on their order of finish.
• Best cumulative conference winning percentage of all conference opponents.
• Highest ranking by SportSource Analytics (team Rating Score metric) following the regular season.
• Random draw conducted by Commissioner Tony Petitti or designee.

An example would include a three-way tie for second place with 8-1 records between Penn State, Oregon and Iowa this fall. All three would have lost only to Ohio State (9-0) and not played one another. The tiebreaking process then would start at the third step. For instance, if Michigan finished with the next-best Big Ten record at 7-2, Oregon’s win against the Wolverines would elevate it to the Big Ten title game.

 

 

[hondo17]

2 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5724387/2024/08/26/big-ten-football-tiebreaker-rules-2024-championship-game/#

 

 

I still think they should go to divisions but split it up better

Division 1

USC. Michigan. Rutgers. Purdue. Washington. Iowa.  Northwestern. Ohio State. Minnesota. 

Division 2

UCLA. Michigan State. Maryland. Indiana.  Oregon. Nebraska. Illinois. Penn State. Wisconsin. 

Pretty even, both divisions have 2 teams on West coast, two teams on the east coast. All big rivalries can continue. 

[temptation]

5 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Michigan staring at 5 to 6 losses coming off the Title, that cannot be part of the plan @temptation

Not hopeful.  Quarterback play is everything in this sport and Michigan doesn't have it.

[temptation]

52 minutes ago, hondo17 said:

I still think they should go to divisions but split it up better

Division 1

USC. Michigan. Rutgers. Purdue. Washington. Iowa.  Northwestern. Ohio State. Minnesota. 

Division 2

UCLA. Michigan State. Maryland. Indiana.  Oregon. Nebraska. Illinois. Penn State. Wisconsin. 

Pretty even, both divisions have 2 teams on West coast, two teams on the east coast. All big rivalries can continue. 

Go to 20 teams.

4 divisions of 5 teams.

You play each of your division rivals (4 games), a protected rival from one other division, and 3 other teams (one from each division) for a total of 8 conference games.

At the end, the 4 division winners play semi-finals.

Two winners of that play for the overall conference title.

East:  Rutgers, Maryland, Penn State, ?, ?

Midwest:  Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, 

Central:  Illinois, Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa

West:  USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska

 

These would obviously shift around depending upon who is added.

 

 

[Muda69]

Texas fined $250K, apologizes to Georgia, officials for fan behavior: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41904999/texas-apologizes-georgia-officials-sec-fan-behavior

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The Texas Longhorns, after issuing an apology earlier Sunday, were fined $250,000 by the Southeastern Conference for fans throwing trash onto the field after a controversial pass interference call during Saturday's 30-15 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday night.

The SEC said the fine was for "interrupting the competitive opportunity for both teams and endangering contest participants." It also requires Texas to "use all available resources" -- including security, stadium and television video -- to identify those who threw trash onto the field or at the Bulldogs -- and prohibit them from attending Texas athletics events for the remainder of the academic year.

The SEC said it would not suspend alcohol sales privileges for Texas, but the conference reserves the right to do so if requirements are not met.

"The throwing of debris and resulting interruption of play that took place Saturday night cannot be part of any SEC event," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said.

Earlier Sunday, Texas issued an apology to Georgia, the game officials and to the SEC for the behavior of its fans.

"While we deeply appreciate the passion and loyalty of our fan base at The University of Texas at Austin, we do not condone the unsportsmanlike conduct that was exhibited by some individuals throwing objects onto the field during last night's game and sincerely apologize to the University of Georgia players, coaches, and fans, as well as the Southeastern Conference and officiating crew," said a statement from Texas Board of Regents chairman Kevin Eltife, UT president Jay Hartzell and athletic director Chris Del Conte.

"This type of behavior will not be tolerated."

Trailing 23-8 in the third quarter, Texas safety Jahdae Barron stepped in front of Georgia's Arian Smith and intercepted a pass, returning it 36 yards to the Georgia 9 and giving Texas new life. Officials called pass interference on Barron, however, and the 15-yard penalty was marked off.

Texas fans booed the call while watching multiple replays on the stadium's videoboard, and trash started streaming down onto the field from near the student section, stopping play for a few minutes. While Texas coach Steve Sarkisian walked all the way to the 10-yard line to tell fans to stop, staff members and security cleaned up the bottles as officials conferred again.

"I understand the frustration," Sarkisian said after the game. "We all were frustrated in the moment. But, you know ... all of Longhorn Nation, I know we can be better than that."

The call was overturned after the stoppage, which raised concerns that the behavior actually helped the Longhorns.

"Now we've set a precedent that if you throw a bunch of stuff on the field and endanger athletes that you've got a chance to get your call reversed," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after the game. "And that's unfortunate because, to me, that's dangerous. That's not what we want, and that's not criticizing officials. That's what happened."

In a statement early Sunday morning, the SEC said officials "gathered to discuss the play, which is permitted to ensure the proper penalty is enforced."

Early Sunday morning, Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said in a post on X that he was "disappointed and frustrated" with how the call was reversed.

"Disagreeing with a singular call is natural and will happen several times in every football game. I can accept that," Brooks said in his post. "What I cannot accept is the manner in which this specific call was reversed. The official claimed he erred in the call. My question is when did he realize the error?

"If it was before the delay that occurred due to fans throwing objects on the field, what stopped him before the head official made the announcement and spotted the ball? I have faith we, as a conference, will learn from this and get better. We must, because in the SEC it just means more."

The SEC said the handling of the penalty was incorrect, but the reaction should have been prevented.

"While the original evaluation and assessment of the penalty was not properly executed, it is unacceptable to have debris thrown on the field at any time," the league said.

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Yep, Mr. Smart is correct.  So $250,000 to overturn a blown call without even using a challenge?  The SEC indeed has a new precedent.

[Bash Riprock]

2 hours ago, Muda69 said:

Texas fined $250K, apologizes to Georgia, officials for fan behavior: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41904999/texas-apologizes-georgia-officials-sec-fan-behavior

Yep, Mr. Smart is correct.  So $250,000 to overturn a blown call without even using a challenge?  The SEC indeed has a new precedent.

He may be correct in this case, even though the delay resulted in the correct call being made.  But I just think Smart is such a big whiny Baby Huey.  

[Coach Nowlin]

5 hours ago, temptation said:

Not hopeful.  Quarterback play is everything in this sport and Michigan doesn't have it.

Not been able to watch much at all, highlights here and there, a couple of early Boiler games, until my season is over, I just get snippets 

So who is qb?  new guy transfer or guy who was in the system so far?   

[temptation]

57 minutes ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Not been able to watch much at all, highlights here and there, a couple of early Boiler games, until my season is over, I just get snippets 

So who is qb?  new guy transfer or guy who was in the system so far?   

Have played three different quarterbacks in seven games, lol.

Most recently, a 26-year-old name that is familiar to Hoosier fans…Jack Tuttle.

Not making excuses, but they kind of got screwed by playing so late into January last year as McCarthy made his decision a week after the national title game and the portal was bare.

No excuse to be this bad though.

[Coach Nowlin]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

Have played three different quarterbacks in seven games, lol.

Most recently, a 26-year-old name that is familiar to Hoosier fans…Jack Tuttle.

Not making excuses, but they kind of got screwed by playing so late into January last year as McCarthy made his decision a week after the national title game and the portal was bare.

No excuse to be this bad though.

HOLY SMOKES.  Jack Tuttle is in college still.  oh my.    

Looking forward to non covid college (if we want to pretend it is that )  athletics in 2025 

[temptation]

9 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

HOLY SMOKES.  Jack Tuttle is in college still.  oh my.    

Looking forward to non covid college (if we want to pretend it is that )  athletics in 2025 

No doubt.

Oklahoma, Michigan, USC, Alabama, Nebraska just a handful of “blue bloods” who are struggling this year…not starting a portal QB.

Seems more often than not, the portal is paying dividends at the QB position.  Let a guy prove himself elsewhere and then make him an offer.

Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Miami, Indiana and Notre Dame just to name a few.

The new normal?

Edited October 22, 2024 by temptation

[Coach Nowlin]

I think some coach said something about when OSU and Oregon played that it was a game of $20 million rosters .......

"College" athletics 

 

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/jedd-fisch-faces-backlash-over-20-million-comment-about-oregon-ohio-state

 

 

[Footballking16]

1 hour ago, temptation said:

No doubt.

Oklahoma, Michigan, USC, Alabama, Nebraska just a handful of “blue bloods” who are struggling this year…not starting a portal QB.

Seems more often than not, the portal is paying dividends at the QB position.  Let a guy prove himself elsewhere and then make him an offer.

Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, Miami, Indiana and Notre Dame just to name a few.

The new normal?

Oklahoma, well more like Brent Venables, is going to regret forcing Dillon Gabriel out in favor of Jackson Arnold