2025 College Football Thread: Coach previously left at airport sparking bidding war amongst states with lowest SAT scores (15 Viewers)

[Chadstroma]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

 

[Moe.]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

You mean last week? Western Kentucky and Coastal are not FCS btw.

 

[Moe.]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

 

[Chadstroma]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

 

[Instinctive]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

Eh. Idk who's FCS and who's just a crappy FBS team.

Big state schools are always gonna play little guys in state or in the area I imagine. It's too useful politically for reasons beyond football.

ETA are temple or Kent State or illinois state an FCS school? I assume one or two are?

 

[WDIK2]

Nobody watches the bowl games.

Have we already forgotten the Beef O'Brady's Bowl!?! I watch bowl games.

 

[Moe.]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

Ok. Are you sure you know which schools are FCS schools? I’m just trying to figure out the issue - is it the timing of these games, the opponent, or both? Not sure why this is an SEC issue specifically, unless it’s just a timing thing. Every school that’s going to make the playoff (probably) except for ND played an FCS school this year. There were more of these than usual due to the conference reshuffling though.

I take it you’re good with LSU playing Western Kentucky (Western Kentucky is in Conference USA just so we’re on the same page) last week but not Clemson playing Furman. In your opinion Indiana should be the most ashamed of anyone since they played two FCS schools and the committee should take that into consideration when they place them in the bracket.

 

[Chadstroma]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

Eh. Idk who's FCS and who's just a crappy FBS team.

Big state schools are always gonna play little guys in state or in the area I imagine. It's too useful politically for reasons beyond football.

ETA are temple or Kent State or illinois state an FCS school? I assume one or two are?

Kent State is not, it is a MAC school. Illinois State is a FCS.

85 scholarships vs 63 scholarships makes a big difference.

 

[Chadstroma]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

Ok. Are you sure you know which schools are FCS schools? I’m just trying to figure out the issue - is it the timing of these games, the opponent, or both? Not sure why this is an SEC issue specifically, unless it’s just a timing thing. Every school that’s going to make the playoff (probably) except for ND played an FCS school this year. There were more of these than usual due to the conference reshuffling though.

I take it you’re good with LSU playing Western Kentucky (Western Kentucky is in Conference USA just so we’re on the same page) last week but not Clemson playing Furman. In your opinion Indiana should be the most ashamed of anyone since they played two FCS schools and the committee should take that into consideration when they place them in the bracket.

Yes, Indiana should be ashamed. But they also canceled their home and away series with Virginia so they could schedule more FCS. A big reason why it is hard for me to respect Cignetti. The playoff committee should come out and say that they would give any school trying to get into the playoffs a negative mark for scheduling FCS teams.

 

[bagger]

I'm already sick of the "The Game" commercials. They are on this game hard!

Biggest rivalry in sports. Those commercials do feel a little oSU* slanted though, but i like the counter, 2186 days as of today. That's a LONG time.

Slow down there.

 

[bagger]

College Football should scrap the Bowl Games for the teams that miss the playoffs and hold an NIT type tournament. Like a Toilet Bowl for the rest.

- Take say the next 18 teams that missed the cut. Invite only, determined by sponsors and the network that holds the tournament's.
- Teams that accept the invite have to pay an entry fee, say $1 million. This money goes into the kitty with the sponsorship money. Think like WSOP. You have to earn an invite but it ain't fee to play.
- Opening round winners secure a fraction of the pot for their NIL and play for a bigger slice the next week. Losers go home empty handed.
- Champion receives the bigger monetary prize for their NIL and the runner up does well too.

Nobody watches the bowl games. But people would watch this. Force teams to put some skin in the game if they participate. Not mandatory. Could create some solid momentum for winning teams going into the next season. Fans starved for more football have more to watch and the gamblers are happy too.

Make it happen.

Better than the Air Friar Bowl.

 

[General Malaise]

Nobody watches the bowl games.

Have we already forgotten the Beef O'Brady's Bowl!?! I watch bowl games.

What if that bowl game actually meant something like advancement to another bowl next week and a bigger paycheck for winning the Beef O Brady?

 

[WDIK2]

Nobody watches the bowl games.

Have we already forgotten the Beef O'Brady's Bowl!?! I watch bowl games.

What if that bowl game actually meant something like advancement to another bowl next week and a bigger paycheck for winning the Beef O Brady?

Oh, I'm not saying your idea is a bad one, just the no one watches bowl games comment.

Pretty sure Nebraska won a basketball tournament like this last year.

 

[Capella]

The bowls are fine. Have we not ruined this sport enough.

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

The bowls are fine. Have we not ruined this sport enough.

I wish we could get the top 10 ranked non-playoff teams to play each other in five bowl games and create better matchups instead of having conferences aligned to bowl games.

 

[Instinctive]

Indiana played Kennesaw State, Indiana State, and Old Dominion OOC. In the Big Ten they’ve played two teams with a winning record in the conference. Are you knocking them down as well?

I think 8 conference games is lame - I’m glad the SEC fixed that next year. These late season patsy games are still gonna happen for some of these schools though. Clemson, with their 9 conference games this year, decided to play Furman last week. Do you have an issue there?

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

Eh. Idk who's FCS and who's just a crappy FBS team.

Big state schools are always gonna play little guys in state or in the area I imagine. It's too useful politically for reasons beyond football.

ETA are temple or Kent State or illinois state an FCS school? I assume one or two are?

Kent State is not, it is a MAC school. Illinois State is a FCS.

85 scholarships vs 63 scholarships makes a big difference.

Does it though? Any real school should absolutely beat the crap out of a MAC school. You're drawing the line at some scholarship number? North Dakota State would whoop quite a few group of five schools I think...if people schedule them it's abominable but it's fine to just beat the **** out of temple?

 

[Ramblin Wreck]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

 

[General Malaise]

Nobody watches the bowl games.

Have we already forgotten the Beef O'Brady's Bowl!?! I watch bowl games.

What if that bowl game actually meant something like advancement to another bowl next week and a bigger paycheck for winning the Beef O Brady?

Oh, I'm not saying your idea is a bad one, just the no one watches bowl games comment.

Pretty sure Nebraska won a basketball tournament like this last year.

Make Beef O Brady or Pop Tart the championship host for this toilet bowl!

 

[Chadstroma]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

Never scared. Asked a couple of times to join but Catholic hate kept them out... now there is zero reason to join a conference but at least ND has never scheduled an FCS school.

 

[bagger]

The bowls are fine. Have we not ruined this sport enough.

I won’t rest until the Poulon Weedeater Bowl is dead in the ground.

 

[bigbottom]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

Never scared. Asked a couple of times to join but Catholic hate kept them out... now there is zero reason to join a conference but at least ND has never scheduled an FCS school.

Didn’t Notre Dame play Tennessee State all the way back in . . . 2023?

But I can see why you’d have so much respect for an FBS football program who has never scheduled an FCS opponent. I couldn’t agree more. There is only one such FBS school who can make this claim. I’ll give you one guess who it is.

 

[Chadstroma]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

Never scared. Asked a couple of times to join but Catholic hate kept them out... now there is zero reason to join a conference but at least ND has never scheduled an FCS school.

Didn’t Notre Dame play Tennessee State all the way back in . . . 2023?

But I can see why you’d have so much respect for an FBS football program who has never scheduled an FCS opponent. I couldn’t agree more. There is only one such FBS school who can make this claim. I’ll give you one guess who it is.

Ah yes, forgot about that... the whole HBCU angle thing.

 

[Instinctive]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

Never scared. Asked a couple of times to join but Catholic hate kept them out... now there is zero reason to join a conference but at least ND has never scheduled an FCS school.

Didn’t Notre Dame play Tennessee State all the way back in . . . 2023?

But I can see why you’d have so much respect for an FBS football program who has never scheduled an FCS opponent. I couldn’t agree more. There is only one such FBS school who can make this claim. I’ll give you one guess who it is.

Ah yes, forgot about that... the whole HBCU angle thing.

So FCS schools are ok if they were historically black, but not if white kids went there? Getting sillier...

 

[bigbottom]

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

If the shame is too much for you, we always have room for you among the USC fan base!

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

 

[bigbottom]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

If Michigan wins, are they in the Big 10 championship, or would it be Oregon?

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

If Michigan wins, are they in the Big 10 championship, or would it be Oregon?

Here's the AI response to that question

"Yes, Michigan can make the Big Ten Championship if they beat Ohio State, but they will need some help from other games, specifically a Washington upset over Oregon OR an Indiana loss to Purdue. If Michigan beats Ohio State and both Oregon and Indiana win their games, Michigan would be eliminated because of the tiebreaker scenario that favors Oregon."

 

[bigbottom]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

If Michigan wins, are they in the Big 10 championship, or would it be Oregon?

According to the below article, it looks like Michigan needs some help to make it to the Big10 Championship game even if they beat OSU. What a crazy outcome it would be if it were OSU-Michigan two games in a row!

These 3 scenarios would get Michigan Football to the Big Ten Championship

It is still possible for Michigan Football to make the Big Ten Championship Game. In fact, there are 3 scenarios that could get the Wolverines to Indianapolis:

www.maizenbrew.com

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

If Michigan wins, are they in the Big 10 championship, or would it be Oregon?

According to the below article, it looks like Michigan needs some help to make it to the Big10 Championship game even if they beat OSU. What a crazy outcome it would be if it were OSU-Michigan two games in a row!

These 3 scenarios would get Michigan Football to the Big Ten Championship

It is still possible for Michigan Football to make the Big Ten Championship Game. In fact, there are 3 scenarios that could get the Wolverines to Indianapolis:

www.maizenbrew.com

Man, i don't think my aging heart can take two in a row, but that would be something.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Max Bredeson status up in the air. Xrays showed an issue, but there's optimism he can play. Devastating to the run game if he can't go

Rod Moore is done for the season. Hoped he was gonna be able to go this week.

Ernest Hausmann Appears to be having some kind of mental health issue and is day to day. This news doesn't thrill me even if he decides to play. Hope he can get the help he needs if it is something serious.

Semaj Morgan is good to go, but i kind of hope they tell him the game is in Columbus and he takes an Uber down south.

None of it matters though. Next man up and **** oSU"

GO BLUE!!!

If Michigan wins, are they in the Big 10 championship, or would it be Oregon?

According to the below article, it looks like Michigan needs some help to make it to the Big10 Championship game even if they beat OSU. What a crazy outcome it would be if it were OSU-Michigan two games in a row!

These 3 scenarios would get Michigan Football to the Big Ten Championship

It is still possible for Michigan Football to make the Big Ten Championship Game. In fact, there are 3 scenarios that could get the Wolverines to Indianapolis:

www.maizenbrew.com

Here's the 7 scenarios for the Big 10 championship I could find.

https://x.com/ZachOsterman/status/1992701809815679470

 

[Chadstroma]

So the SEC is the clear best conference in football... but 6 of them go and play FCS teams this week.

Who did they play in week 2 when Ohio St played the Grambling Tigers? Or week 3 vs the Ohio Bobcats? This is a dumb argument. Why are we going to try and rehash it for the 100th time. Hell they get to play Minnesota, Rutgers, UCLA...lol.

Not everyone can be like OU and play all but 3 games against teams that are or were ranked at some point in the season.

Any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team. If I was on the playoff committee, I would knock teams down for that.

I would eliminate teams that are too scared to play in a conference.

Never scared. Asked a couple of times to join but Catholic hate kept them out... now there is zero reason to join a conference but at least ND has never scheduled an FCS school.

Didn’t Notre Dame play Tennessee State all the way back in . . . 2023?

But I can see why you’d have so much respect for an FBS football program who has never scheduled an FCS opponent. I couldn’t agree more. There is only one such FBS school who can make this claim. I’ll give you one guess who it is.

Ah yes, forgot about that... the whole HBCU angle thing.

So FCS schools are ok if they were historically black, but not if white kids went there? Getting sillier...

No, I forgot about playing that game. I didn't like it then but it seemed like a trend of trying to promote HBCU's a few years back. No FBS should play FCS, even more so now with the playoff system.

 

[Chadstroma]

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

If the shame is too much for you, we always have room for you among the USC fan base!

I am not a spoiled self absorbed brat so I would not be accepted.

 

[Instinctive]

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

If the shame is too much for you, we always have room for you among the USC fan base!

I am not a spoiled self absorbed brat so I would not be accepted.

You also have to pass a test to prove complete ineptitude when it comes to BBQing and grill use.

 

[bigbottom]

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

If the shame is too much for you, we always have room for you among the USC fan base!

I am not a spoiled self absorbed brat so I would not be accepted.

I think you are underestimating yourself!

 

[bigbottom]

Let me say it again... any serious FBS team should never play an FCS team.

I can stomach group of 5 teams... sure, fine. FCS teams is just absolutely ridiculous and any fan of a team thay plays one should feel ashamed.

If the shame is too much for you, we always have room for you among the USC fan base!

I am not a spoiled self absorbed brat so I would not be accepted.

You also have to pass a test to prove complete ineptitude when it comes to BBQing and grill use.

Definitely the low point of Riley’s career, and that’s saying something!!

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Looking more and more like a cold and snow game in Ann Arbor this weekend. Wouldn't that be a shame for a high flying offense. I'm sure those ohio boys are tough enough to handle a little cold and snow, they've never been soft in the past.

Any downstate fellas got a better read on the weekends weather?

 

[FairWarning]

I'm already sick of the "The Game" commercials. They are on this game hard!

Biggest rivalry in sports. Those commercials do feel a little oSU* slanted though, but i like the counter, 2186 days as of today. That's a LONG time.

The line on the game recently went down from 12.5 to 10.5 btw.

Good, now I can tease OSU

 

[AAABatteries]

Any downstate fellas got a better read on the weekends weather?

When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Michigan and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Any downstate fellas got a better read on the weekends weather?

When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Michigan and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.

Well lucky me. We're getting another almost 2ft in the lake superior region of the state.

Can confirm that though my hearth may be warm my heart is not with this forecast.