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2023 College football thread - That's A Wrap (1 Viewer)

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Imagine having a full off-season to find a QB and settling on Graham Mertz. Oh to be in Gainesville right now.
I’m friends with a myopic gator and all summer I was like HOW is this your qb and she kept saying we’ll be fine etc. Well anyways she texted me an hour ago “3-9”

How many coaches have they had since Urbs left? Who was the best one out of those?
Coach Mac, this bozo, Mullen and Muschamp. Urban left after 2010. Not great.

Best one was probably Muschamp, which is something.
 
I haven't watched a game yet, but watched about an hour of officiating videos and an NAIA game in person.

Biggest rule changes this year:
1. No same team timeouts during the dead ball period
2. Blocking below the waist is further restricted to just down lineman and stationary backs in the tackle box at the snap. All blocks below the waist must be in the tackle box and while the ball is in the box.
3. Penalties at the end of the 1st or 3rd period won't extend the period (still enforced just move on to 2nd or 4th quarter after enforcement instead of an untimed down).
4. No stopping the clock on first downs inbounds until under 2 minutes of either half.

Biggest change is #4 and purpose is to cut a few plays out of every game by speeding up the clock.

#2 is just a continuation of the ultimate goal to completely eliminate blocking below the waist from the game.

How often does #2 really happen outside of this guideline? By stationary backs they mean what exactly?
 
Man I can't imagine being a Nebraska fan these last few years. I do think they are a better team than Minnessota but they found a way to lose again.
Nebraska has now lost 20 of its last 24 games decided by single-digits.


That doesn’t even seem possible.
 
I haven't watched a game yet, but watched about an hour of officiating videos and an NAIA game in person.

Biggest rule changes this year:
1. No same team timeouts during the dead ball period
2. Blocking below the waist is further restricted to just down lineman and stationary backs in the tackle box at the snap. All blocks below the waist must be in the tackle box and while the ball is in the box.
3. Penalties at the end of the 1st or 3rd period won't extend the period (still enforced just move on to 2nd or 4th quarter after enforcement instead of an untimed down).
4. No stopping the clock on first downs inbounds until under 2 minutes of either half.

Biggest change is #4 and purpose is to cut a few plays out of every game by speeding up the clock.

#2 is just a continuation of the ultimate goal to completely eliminate blocking below the waist from the game.

How often does #2 really happen outside of this guideline? By stationary backs they mean what exactly?
Stationary means NOT in motion.

Used to happen a lot. Pulling linemen and backs would cut linebackers regularly. Also wide relievers used to cut DBs on screen passes a lot.

Now it is a 15 yd penalty, so everyone knows not to do it and they no longer coach it.
 
Looking ahead to Week 1…the Utes roll. UF is still majorly rebuilding.
Oof…played sloppy on top of the talent issue. Napier is recruiting well now, but they need a few decent wins (UK) to avoid 5th in the SEC East and maybe losing some kids.
 
What happened with the acc mergers. That seems to have died.

Funny you should mentioned it as I came here to post that ACC has approved SMU, Cal and Stanford. Kind of perfect that the vote was 5 AM Pacific Time.

All the usual realignment news tweeps have tweeted it.

-QG
 
Wow so the vote was 12-3. Only NC State flipped - UNC was still a no.

Wolfpack knows that UNC will ditch them the way UCLA ditched Cal if the chance to jump to the B1G or SEC becomes feasible.

-QG
 
Looking ahead to Week 1…the Utes roll. UF is still majorly rebuilding.
Oof…played sloppy on top of the talent issue. Napier is recruiting well now, but they need a few decent wins (UK) to avoid 5th in the SEC East and maybe losing some kids.
They looked bad. Poorly coached, sloppy play, horrible QB and play calling. If they don't turn it around quickly, Sun Belt Billy is toast. I assume that every one of those big name recruits are getting a lot of phone calls from other coaches this morning. Unless it's a dead period, in which case, they're still receiving lots of calls from other coaches.
 
Yeah. I think NC State correctly assessed it's vulnerability compared to UNC who would be considered a hotter expansion property for the B1G or SEC down the road. (It does stink that it means that those 2 being split apart down the road is that much more likely).

For all the leverage plays ESPN/FOX have been making, this appears to be a case that is not what ESPN would want - the $ they have to pay for the additions are mandatory in the contract and the ACC has a safeguard against what would presumably be an unfavorable renegotiation if FSU/Clemson/UNC left w/o backfill in place. The ACC hasn't been the quickest actor but they have acted before it was too late.

Trying to figure out what the total dollars out the door from the networks now compared to the $30m per that ESPN offered an intact Pac 12. Seems like the networks will pay out that same amount if not a little more - so what exactly has been accomplished here is a heckuva question. When doing that calculation really need to count $87m out the door for Cal/Stanford AND SMU - since that was money that is out ESPN's door even though a small fraction is going to the actual PAC 12 teams

-QG
 
Mycah Pittman on his 3rd team now. Still hasn't amassed 1,000 total reception yards in his 5 year college career. Talk about over-hyped.

JT Daniels on his 4th team now. Seems logical.

Former USC first round LOCK Kedon Slovis is on his third team - BYU. Didn't know he was of the faith.
 
Oof. Florida looked like a Sun Belt team playing an SEC team for the first time. Gimmick play calling. Nervous penalties. Lost confidence when down 7-3. Not sure Napier survives long.

Mertz wasn't horrible but it's obvious had the 5 star kid not decommitted he'd have started day 1.

When does basketball start?
 
Oof. Florida looked like a Sun Belt team playing an SEC team for the first time. Gimmick play calling. Nervous penalties. Lost confidence when down 7-3. Not sure Napier survives long.

Mertz wasn't horrible but it's obvious had the 5 star kid not decommitted he'd have started day 1.

When does basketball start?
Florida looked unprepared. so many penalties and mistakes. just not ready for the season.
 
Oof. Florida looked like a Sun Belt team playing an SEC team for the first time. Gimmick play calling. Nervous penalties. Lost confidence when down 7-3. Not sure Napier survives long.

Mertz wasn't horrible but it's obvious had the 5 star kid not decommitted he'd have started day 1.

When does basketball start?
Florida looked unprepared. so many penalties and mistakes. just not ready for the season.

To be fair, they had to leave Florida early due to a hurricane, no telling how much that effected players and coaches. Add to it a destination that the school has never seen before in a time zone they never play in plus elevation they've never experienced. Even for Pac12 schools, that's a HARD place to play. Oregon has had its struggles there even before Utah was in the Pac12.

But yeah, they looked disjointed. That INT deep in their own territory was a nice touch.
 
F College sports.

We're now in a conference of 2 :(

Should keep it that way for next year so that Oregon State or Washington State gets an auto bid to the playoff.
Yep.....traditions, regional rivalries....it all means nothing. Student athlete? What a joke! The TV executives are ruining college sports, and we are letting it happen.

It's sad that universities are playing this game of musical chairs and making decisions based on not being the one left standing.......I mean Furd, and Cal going to the ACC? Thats insane! Cal barely has a viable AD!
 
How are you feeling about Sunday night @Capella ? I like both of these teams this year. Lots of returning players, good experienced QBs and lots of talent at the skill positions. I don't know who is going to win, but I know who I'll be betting on.
 
F College sports.

We're now in a conference of 2 :(

Should keep it that way for next year so that Oregon State or Washington State gets an auto bid to the playoff.
Yep.....traditions, regional rivalries....it all means nothing. Student athlete? What a joke! The TV executives are ruining college sports, and we are letting it happen.

It's sad that universities are playing this game of musical chairs and making decisions based on not being the one left standing.......I mean Furd, and Cal going to the ACC? Thats insane! Cal barely has a viable AD!
But the research, bro. They bring the research that the ACC so desperately needs.
 
Daughter is friends with a 5* two sport super athlete. She's also friends with the daughter of the tcu president. Was asked to bring along her super friend to sit in the president's box. Should I report this as a recruiting violation?
 
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