2020 College football thread - It's the offseason, yo. (6 Viewers)

[Desert_Power]

Edge of my seat and drinking heavily for this MAC title game.  Offense is on-point today but defense getting carved up by Ball State's offense.

Looking pretty bad right now.

Your boys just can't catch a break

 

[Desert_Power]

Tough luck GB Steve.

 

[Buffaloes]

Oregon, second place in the PAC 12 north. But 1st place in the entire pac 12.

 

[Capella]

Oregon, second place in the PAC 12 north. But 1st place in the entire pac 12.

4-2 team heading to the Fiesta. 11-0 Coastal probably going to the Cure Bowl. Ungodly amounts of stupid. 

 

[Gilroy34]

4-2 team heading to the Fiesta. 11-0 Coastal probably going to the Cure Bowl. Ungodly amounts of stupid. 

Now do Iowa St

 

[facook]

Cristoball signed an extension/raise, so Ducks fans can settle in to great recruiting and spotty-at-best in-game coaching.

Goes for it on a crucial 4th and 2, converts.....and has literally NO IDEA what to do on 1st and 10, so burns a timeout.

Glad Ducks won, but I do appreciate Mario proving my point.

 

[Desert_Power]

Goes for it on a crucial 4th and 2, converts.....and has literally NO IDEA what to do on 1st and 10, so burns a timeout.

Glad Ducks won, but I do appreciate Mario proving my point.

1st and 10 is a famously difficult down

 

[Desert_Power]

4-2 team heading to the Fiesta. 11-0 Coastal probably going to the Cure Bowl. Ungodly amounts of stupid. 

The playoffs are mostly the same teams every year and the bowls are somehow even more pointless. They're just too many vested interests involved to have a real competition where teams like Cinci and Coastal get a chance. At least with the BCS some of these teams would get a marquee matchup/payday. Just a joke.

 

[Capella]

The playoffs are mostly the same teams every year and the bowls are somehow even more pointless. They're just too many vested interests involved to have a real competition where teams like Cinci and Coastal get a chance. At least with the BCS some of these teams would get a marquee matchup/payday. Just a joke.

I never thought when the BCS went away that this could be worse, especially the playoff committee. It is, by a substantial margin imo. 
 

I think it’s made worse by the fact the playoff games are almost never even good. 

 

[Steve Tasker]

Tough luck GB Steve.

Can't win em all.  2018 hurt worse because they choked an "insurmountable" lead.  Leipold teams have a history of choking in big moments, and this one adds to the list.

That said, if they can win a bowl game, all is forgiven.

 

[need2know]

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says Irish may not play in College Football Playoff if families can't attend  https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/notre-dame-coach-brian-kelly-says-irish-may-not-play-in-college-football-playoff-if-families-cant-attend/

Well if they don't play they can't lose.   No way they win a playoff game.   Thats some legit strategy there

 

[Tiger Fan]

People must forget Kelly is the son of a Massachusetts politician - Do you really think ND would sit out?

He's painting the CFP committee into a corner - If ND wins and goes to the Rose Bowl they have this pressure to figure it out. If they lose close and don't make the top 4, it looks like retribution for these comments.

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Dabo also agrees with Kelly by the way : 

“I don’t think there’s any question that there’s plenty of venues if, for whatever reason, it doesn’t work. … There’s plenty of stadiums where you could have fans. You certainly can have families.”

“It makes no sense to me to put a bunch of kids on a plane and fly them all the way to California to play in an empty stadium,” Swinney added. “That makes zero sense.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/[...all]?all=sports&all=2020&all=12&all=18&all=brian-kelly-notre-dame-cfp-boycott

yeah i hate ND....but it's actually a good move by Kelly.  And Dabo is right as well

 

[Tom Servo]

I wouldn’t dismiss what @Jayded says out of hand. As IIRC Stewart Mandel tweeted, the Rose Bowl has very little influence here. They are contracted with ESPN to provide a venue for playing on 1/1 at 5 PM eastern. That’s it. 

 

[The Commish]

Wait, is it this Notre Dame?

Yup.  Also this Notre Dame

I would love to see them boycott the playoffs over this.  Kelly is really embarrassing himself.

He's such a doofus...would love to see the powers that be call his bluff.  He's full of it and if he actually follows through on it, he's a bigger moron than I thought and I didn't think THAT was possible.

 

[JaxBill]

@BruceFeldmanCFB: BREAKING: #Giants assistant Bret Bielema, the former #Wisconsin head coach, is expected to return to the Big Ten as the new #Illinois head coach, per sources. Bielema won 40 games in his last four seasons with the Badgers and won three B1G titles.

 

[JaxBill]

@BruceFeldmanCFB: Bielema's contract is for six years beginning with an annual salary of $4.2 million. He will begin his duties at Illinois immediately and will attend the game today's guest of AD Josh Whitman's when Illinois plays at Penn State.

 

[RUSF18]

They gave him $4.2 million a year for 6 years. Who were they possibly bidding against for an out of work coach?

 

[AAABatteries]

They gave him $4.2 million a year for 6 years. Who were they possibly bidding against for an out of work coach?

Ignoring the contract, I think it’s as good a fit as you can get at Illinois.

 

[Capella]

They gave him $4.2 million a year for 6 years. Who were they possibly bidding against for an out of work coach?

Yup. Excited to see the buyout. 

 

[gump]

Ignoring the contract, I think it’s as good a fit as you can get at Illinois.

They can’t do any worse than the last decade...

 

[Tom Servo]

Ignoring the contract, I think it’s as good a fit as you can get at Illinois.

Pretty much. 

 

[Capella]

Sheesh Northwestern’s players look like they should be writing about the game that the Ohio State players are about to play. 

 

[AAABatteries]

Sheesh Northwestern’s players look like they should be writing about the game that the Ohio State players are about to play. 

Both these games are kind of garbage - I expect 2 blowouts.  Zags-Hawkeyes until the ACCCG

ETA - I’m not giving ISU enough credit 

 

[Osaurus]

Justin Fields looked like he was having fun on that blitz. 

 

[psychobillies]

Both these games are kind of garbage - I expect 2 blowouts.  Zags-Hawkeyes until the ACCCG

ETA - I’m not giving ISU enough credit 

I took NW and the points.  I have no idea why.  

 

[DallasDMac]

Ohio State Defense looks disinterested.

 

[AAABatteries]

I took NW and the points.  I have no idea why.  

Looks good so far!

How many points?

 

[AAABatteries]

Both these games are kind of garbage - I expect 2 blowouts.  Zags-Hawkeyes until the ACCCG

ETA - I’m not giving ISU enough credit 

I may have had the wrong two games being blowouts.  

 

[AAABatteries]

These trick plays aren’t working too well for either team 

 

[AAABatteries]

LOL at Oklahoma punter  

 

[Moe.]

Frustrating because this is probably the most well-rounded team of the Riley era, but they shat the bed against a terrible KState team early in the season with a young QB so they’re out of it. Over the next couple years OU will finally have the defense to go along with the rest of it. 

 

[Moe.]

Do I need to be rooting for Northwestern here or am I getting my hopes up for no reason? A&M is garbage, they can’t actually take them

 

[need2know]

Osu doesn't deserve to be in the playoff

 

[facook]

Do I need to be rooting for Northwestern here or am I getting my hopes up for no reason? A&M is garbage, they can’t actually take them

Yes you are.

 

[Moe.]

Fair enough. Zero chance against Bama anyways 

 

[DallasDMac]

Field's is a great athlete but man, zero pocket awareness. He'll need to greatly improve there if he wants to play at the next level.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

CFP committee looking pretty good with that ISU No. 6 ranking.

 

[psychobillies]

Looks good so far!

How many points?

19

 

[Steve Tasker]

Field's is a great athlete but man, zero pocket awareness. He'll need to greatly improve there if he wants to play at the next level.

It's been pretty apparent watching Ohio State this year that Fields holds on to the ball way, way too long.  First time, you think maybe the defensive coverage has him confused, it happens.  When it's like the 4th game in a row, it's a pattern of behavior.  Still a great player and can make all of the throws, but he's gotta be able to read defenses much quicker in the NFL.

 

[psychobillies]

Do I need to be rooting for Northwestern here or am I getting my hopes up for no reason? A&M is garbage, they can’t actually take them

I can't imagine how the Aggies would act if they ever actually accomplished anything on the field.

 

[General Malaise]

Goes for it on a crucial 4th and 2, converts.....and has literally NO IDEA what to do on 1st and 10, so burns a timeout.

Glad Ducks won, but I do appreciate Mario proving my point.

Hell of a recruiter.  Jim Tomsula when it comes to playcalling. 

 

[Beef Ravioli]

From a Buckeye homer... that interception by northwestern - wow!!

Get it together Buckeyes!

 

[Osaurus]

Solid first half for Northwestern. Hope it holds up in the second half. 

 

[DallasDMac]

Osu doesn't deserve to be in the playoff

Unless they dominate the second half, the committee may well agree with you. And given what OSU is showing right now, it would be hard to fault them for it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

That was one helluva interception by the NW kid.

 

[DallasDMac]

That was one helluva interception by the NW kid.

I thought the WR effort was petty weak too. He sat back waiting to cradle it rather than going out and trying to grab it. That allowed the CB to make the play.

 

[psychobillies]

I can't imagine how the Aggies would act if they ever actually accomplished anything on the field.

No offense to anyone who might own these boards of course.

 

[gump]

No offense to anyone who might own these boards of course.

Joe’s a Vol right? Who’s an Aggie?

 

[Moe.]

Halftime line for OSU is only -7...

 

[psychobillies]

Joe’s a Vol right? Who’s an Aggie?

I thought I saw him post recently that he went to A&M.  I think you're right that he's a Tennessee guy .   I have them +14