Desert_Power
Footballguy
BOB sweated but his team never really did.
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2024 College Football Thread: Ohio State advances to play unbeaten hypothetical SEC team (4 Viewers)
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HellToupee
Footballguy
Things are ugly in Tallahassee
Desert_Power
Footballguy
SVP stealing my shtick.
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Are you a Boston College fan? Was wondering if we had any around here.
bagger
Footballguy
bigbottom
Footballguy
Pretty much a lock to make the playoffs though.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Most fraudulent college football programs
1. FSU
2. ND
3. Penn State
4. Texas A&M
5. Clemson
1. FSU
2. ND
3. Penn State
4. Texas A&M
5. Clemson
Desert_Power
Footballguy
I’d trade for that schedule every day and twice on Saturdays
Nigel
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
FSU and Clemson have 5 combined titles in the last 31 years lol
kupcho1
Footballguy
You've been
Beef Ravioli Part 2
Footballguy
Is @Dan Lambskin claiming fraudulent for this year or historically?
MAC_32
Footballguy
It's either this year or schtick. Assuming this year...
*Fla St and Clemson right now, oh yeah.
*I'm giving TAM some post Jimbo time.
*They won, but the Irish passing game didn't pass the eye test week 1. Schedule may be cake, but need to see more out of them or they're going to be ripe for some upsets.
*I think you're going to be wearing some egg on your face with Penn St, but they obviously need to show it in the middle of their schedule. I expect them to be an untested 5-0, but October will tell their story.
Related thoughts:
*I don't think Michigan wins this week, but if they do then Texas belongs on this list.
*Oregon didn't look good- I'm taking Boise and the points and am considering a sprinkle at them on the money line.
*I'm surprised Florida was sparred your wrath, but maybe that's just a kicking them while they're down thing.
Capella
Footballguy
I mean to be fair it’s pretty hard to tell nowadays.You've been
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Sorry didn’t mean historically, I meant in the current climate
No chance of of those 5 win a natty in the next 25 years
No chance of of those 5 win a natty in the next 25 years
Capella
Footballguy
ok kupcho was right
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
FSU is in shambles and I doubt they ever recover
ND pretty sure their last title came when Reagan was still president
PSU - does this one really need any comment
A & M - basically the PSU of the SEC
Clemson - used to be a trash program then lucked into a couple of NFL QB.
which one you think is winning a title any time soon?
Capella
Footballguy
If you’re being serious, fsu was 13-0 and one Jordan Travis injury from having a legit chance like 10 months ago.
bigbottom
Footballguy
Re: Oregon, I didn’t watch the game live, but in reviewing the highlights, it seems that aside from a couple breakdowns, their defense was solid (held Idaho scoreless in the first half). QB play seemed solid. In fact, the reason the offense struggled seemed to come down to O-line play. Get that fixed and they should be fine. Boise State allowed Georgia Southern to score 45 on them, so Oregon offense should do just fine. And Oregon’s solid D should hold Boise State and Jeanty at least somewhat in check. Idaho only had 49 yards rushing (and 217 yards of total offense). 19 points isn’t enough in my opinion.
MAC_32
Footballguy
That is exactly the problem I saw. They inconsistently moved the ball, but broke down at the wrong times. To only score 24 on Idaho is embarrassing. I expect Jeanty and Gaines to limit Oregon possessions, which will shrink their margin for error. I can't imagine the Ducks net much more than 30 and this Boise offense won't be held under 20. I usually don't bet this early in the week, but I expect this line to move to ~16 by week's end so I'm considering breaking tendency.
Oregon was missing 2 offensive lineman and supposedly they will be back this week. The score was very deceptive of the stats and how the game was played. Ugly for sure.
Oregon matches up great with Boise State as the strength of their defense is the run defense. Add in the crappy way they played last week I expect them to be fired up and blow out Boise State. If I had to bet I would lay the 20 points.
bigbottom
Footballguy
So Georgia Southern scores 45 but you think Oregon won’t net much more than 30?
General Malaise
Footballguy
If you want to save on vig, I'll take Oregon and lay the points in this one. PM me how much and I'll take it up to a C-note max with you.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Can play that the other way too. Oregon only scored 24 against Idaho, but you think they will net a lot more than 30 against Boise? If the OL gets their **** together they will control the game, but based on how they played in the opener there's valid reason to doubt it will happen this quickly.
MAC_32
Footballguy
I'll do $50 at +19.5
General Malaise
Footballguy
Done your way, Cowboy. Witness?
SFBayDuck
Footballguy
The O-line was so bad for Oregon on Saturday that a post claiming that they were all hungover has been flying around Duck Twitter and message boards.
And with four pre-snap penalties from them, one of which killed a drive that ended in a missed FG and, and a hold that took a TD off the board and led to settling for a FG, something was definitely off! Should have been 14 points there but ended up with just 3, that would have changed the perception of the game a bit. And they allowed three sacks, after the Ducks only gave up 5 the entire 2023 season.
I'd anticipate they play a lot better this weekend, but if there was an area of concern coming into the season it was that position group (along with secondary depth). So it'll be interesting to see if they can open up some lanes for the running game and keep Gabriel clean, or if they continue to struggle.
And with four pre-snap penalties from them, one of which killed a drive that ended in a missed FG and, and a hold that took a TD off the board and led to settling for a FG, something was definitely off! Should have been 14 points there but ended up with just 3, that would have changed the perception of the game a bit. And they allowed three sacks, after the Ducks only gave up 5 the entire 2023 season.
I'd anticipate they play a lot better this weekend, but if there was an area of concern coming into the season it was that position group (along with secondary depth). So it'll be interesting to see if they can open up some lanes for the running game and keep Gabriel clean, or if they continue to struggle.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Yeah, that kid I coached in soccer/hoops 14 years ago was......not very good. He didn't misfire any snaps but I have to think he was the reason why Gabriel was under center for much of the game. I also saw a center who was slow getting back up for pass protection and not firing well on run blocking. In short, he looked like a guy making his first career start. Easy for me to say. But unless I'm wrong, he wasn't one of the OL who got a penalty, so that's good!
massraider
Footballguy
Clearly they miss Mario Cristobal.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Florida may go 4-8 this year.
Ignoring that Miami might be decent enough to make the playoffs I do find it weird that one of the 3 state of Florida teams isn't better than they are collectively over the last 5-10 years - given all the talent in the state.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Boy, if Oregon stumbles again and Mario wins another in impressive fashion, I'm going to have to delete a Twitter account or two.
massraider
Footballguy
I was really hoping for a Cristobal slam job, this was a very disappointing post.
Boy, if Oregon stumbles again and Mario wins another in impressive fashion, I'm going to have to delete a Twitter account or two.
HellToupee
Footballguy
No , really have a strong dislike for them
General Malaise
Footballguy
I was really hoping for a Cristobal slam job, this was a very disappointing post.
Boy, if Oregon stumbles again and Mario wins another in impressive fashion, I'm going to have to delete a Twitter account or two.
Sigh.......they looked really good. Really really good.
That said, Mario will commit a boneheaded decision at a critical juncture and cost his team a win, of that I am certain. He's not what I would call a great game caller under pressure.
How is Clemson fraudulent? That makes no sense. In the last decade, they’ve got 2 National Championships, 2 losses in the National Championship and 1 loss in the National Semifinals. Last 3 years have been not fun as a fan, but that’s what happens when you go from Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence to two QBs who may have been the worst ACC QBs.
Putting them in a list with teams that combined have done less than Clemson in the past decade is an egregious recency bias reaction to this past weekend. At least we got pummeled by the team who’ll win the Championship this year.
Boston
Footballguy
No one outside of BC alum likes BC...the good news is many of them will tell you just how awesome they are right after they ask you what you do for a living.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I’m talking now not historically. You don’t hear me bringing up wolverine titles from the 1900s
Dabo will not use the portal, and they aren’t a good enough of a program to pull top recruits without him
They’ll be Baylor soon
Capella
Footballguy
You still haven’t answered why Florida State, a team who was 13-0 10 months ago who lost their qb, can’t ever win a title again.
massraider
Footballguy
If Clemson doesn't wanna play ball, no way they compete.
They'll become a feeder club.
They'll become a feeder club.
WDIK2
Footballguy
Teams are either **** (miss the playoffs) or not **** (make the playoffs - until they lose in the playoffs, then they are **** again). This year 11 teams will go from not being **** to being **** in a matter of a few weeks. That's just the way it is.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Word. Just know you're from that region so was curious. Hope you're well.
Boston
Footballguy
Besides being a rabid pro-sports area Massachusetts is very different with regard to big-time college athletics...in other parts of the country whole states rally around their state schools even though they may not have attended them...that isn't the case here...first of all UMass (outside of the Calipari "refuse to lose" era in hoops) has done a horrible job marketing itself to the whole state (being in Western Mass doesn't help either) and even if they did they put in a piss-poor effort with regard to their football and hoop programs (their effort in football is embarrassing)...non-UMass fans just don't care about them and IMO UMass alumni are not overly concerned as well...secondly there are so many colleges in this area (many with very long legacies) and people have allegiance to their own schools and while they may have some regional interest/curiosity in another local school they just don't root for them outside of a few bandwagon situations like Flutie and BC in the 80's (the fact Flutie was a local kid and so were many members of that team had a strong influence as well)...as for BC it is not well-liked outside of their alumni which is a very strong group...it is an excellent school and really desirable right now (even though it costs over $80,000) but their alumni can be insufferable (and I say that having a lot of BC friends)...there is an arrogance to them that just turns many people off and due to that I don't ever see them becoming popular with non-BC alumni...I do think they may have lucked-out getting BOB as a HC because I could see him staying there for a very long time which could really stabilize the program...another issue is the school is land-locked in a very nice neighborhood and due to that they are very limited with what they can do with their stadium and game-day experience (it just doesn't feel big-time...at all)...unless you are willing to pay some solid $ you are not gonna be able to tailgate there and that is a huge negative for them...in New England the school that has the best fanbase as far as big-time athletics go is UConn...state residents who didn't attend UConn definitely have some loyalty and pride in them and outside of football they do very well in most other sports...the school has also shown a commitment to being the best they can be although outside of a solid run a few years ago they just can't get the football program to the next level...unfortunately for UConn they seem like the odd man out as far as college football is concerned although they do appear to be flirting with the Big 12 which would be very interesting if it ever happened.
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
The DC/VA/MD area is weird in regards to college sports.
For one thing, so many people relocate here due to the Federal Government and Fed-adjacent businesses. So they're bringing whatever fandom they have from elsewhere. Also, about half of the engineers around DC went to VT and a bunch of other professionals are PSU grads. Drive around the Beltway during football season and you'll see way more flags/decals for those schools than you will for UMD. UMD has one of the largest alumni bases in the country, but that program gets no traction here unless it's winning a lot. The HBCUs in the area (Howard, Hampton, etc...) have pretty rabid fanbases, but they are small. Nobody gives a crap about UVA in football, good or bad.
In hoops, MD dominates the discussion but Georgetown is in play when they're good.
DC and environs is really pro-oriented. The Commanders and Ravens rule the roost, of course. When the baseball/hoops/hockey teams are good, those fans will show up. The Caps seem to have the most stable set of fans out of the non-NFL teams.
For one thing, so many people relocate here due to the Federal Government and Fed-adjacent businesses. So they're bringing whatever fandom they have from elsewhere. Also, about half of the engineers around DC went to VT and a bunch of other professionals are PSU grads. Drive around the Beltway during football season and you'll see way more flags/decals for those schools than you will for UMD. UMD has one of the largest alumni bases in the country, but that program gets no traction here unless it's winning a lot. The HBCUs in the area (Howard, Hampton, etc...) have pretty rabid fanbases, but they are small. Nobody gives a crap about UVA in football, good or bad.
In hoops, MD dominates the discussion but Georgetown is in play when they're good.
DC and environs is really pro-oriented. The Commanders and Ravens rule the roost, of course. When the baseball/hoops/hockey teams are good, those fans will show up. The Caps seem to have the most stable set of fans out of the non-NFL teams.
Beef Ravioli Part 2
Footballguy
I am not an English/Grammar scholar but is this the longest sentence ever recorded in the FFA?
I also agree with @Boston having lived in New England years ago. If someone was a big time college fan, it was of another school in another part of the country.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
He could have saved 3,000 kilojoules of energy just by typing less periods.
HellToupee
Footballguy
We just recently moved to central Florida so my wife could be close to her mom. This place is going crazy with Billy Napier
General Malaise
Footballguy
Do they even have basements in Florida?
massraider
Footballguy
What you think? You like it?
Capella
Footballguy
Not unless you count the sinkholes
