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2025 College Football Thread: Coach previously left at airport sparking bidding war amongst states with lowest SAT scores (10 Viewers)

Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.

Tech has one ok-ish win, a loss with a backup QB to a pretty mid team and nothing left on the schedule. How can anyone establish if they are good or not. This is a problem taking Texas/OU out of that group. You can get someone that is maybe ok-ish good in the playoffs where they would have had to play Texas in th regular season and get beat by 30 and we forget they exist for another decade.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.

Tech has one ok-ish win, a loss with a backup QB to a pretty mid team and nothing left on the schedule. How can anyone establish if they are good or not. This is a problem taking Texas/OU out of that group. You can get someone that is maybe ok-ish good in the playoffs where they would have had to play Texas in th regular season and get beat by 30 and we forget they exist for another decade.
It's a problem with big conferences and small sample sizes with schedules. Texas Tech looks good to me, for whatever it's worth. Your post is the 25 year SEC marketing scheme of them beating each other are quality wins but someone dominating another conference just proves that conference sucks.

Texas Tech plays an undefeated top 10 BYU team this week so kinda weird to claim there's nothing left on their schedule too.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.

Tech has one ok-ish win, a loss with a backup QB to a pretty mid team and nothing left on the schedule. How can anyone establish if they are good or not. This is a problem taking Texas/OU out of that group. You can get someone that is maybe ok-ish good in the playoffs where they would have had to play Texas in th regular season and get beat by 30 and we forget they exist for another decade.
It's a problem with big conferences and small sample sizes with schedules. Texas Tech looks good to me, for whatever it's worth. Your post is the 25 year SEC marketing scheme of them beating each other are quality wins but someone dominating another conference just proves that conference sucks.

Texas Tech plays an undefeated top 10 BYU team this week so kinda weird to claim there's nothing left on their schedule too.
BYU has an even less impressive schedule. Again, because they can't play any of the P2 for political reasons.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
 
The weekly CFP rankings are content fodder but I can’t help but pay a little bit of attention. I’m very curious to see how they rate Texas Tech - I’d have them in the top 5 but I’m expecting somewhere around 10.
5??????
Have you watched them at all? I still haven’t kicked my old Big 12 viewing habits so I’ve seen quite a bit - they are destroying teams. They are passing the eye test (my own personal one) way more than Georgia, as an example. This week is obviously huge for them but I expect a dominant performance.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
Depends on how the person doing the rankings qualifies "Best". The AP voters keep pushing Texas up into the rankings. Oregon, the feather in IU's cap, hasn't looked all that good, especially given their struggle to beat a flailing Penn State who is now circling the drain. No matter how you dice it, OSU and IU will be the top two, IMO. It's a coin flip. But if you go by ESPN's metrics, I think OSU will be #1 and IU #2.


MetricOSUIndiana
Record8-09-0
SOR (ESPN FPI)1112
SOS (ESPN Resume)3339
AP Poll#1#2

The Buckeyes have the better SOS and are more efficient on both offense and defense. The Hoosiers have flashy wins against inferior opponents, but still hang their hat on that Oregon win that seems to be degrading a bit as they continue to move down the polls, while Texas continues to rise - all thanks to that fun SEC bias :D
 
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The Buckeyes have the better SOS and are more efficient on both offense and defense. The Hoosiers have flashy wins against inferior opponents, but still hang their hat on that Oregon win that seems to be degrading a bit as they continue to move down the polls, while Texas continues to rise - all thanks to that fun SEC bias :D

I agree with nearly all your analysis except the bolded. Oregon was #8 in the AP two weeks ago, #6 one week ago, and #6 this week. In the Coaches’ poll they’ve been #6 the last three weeks. Oregon isn’t continuing to move down the polls.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
Depends on how the person doing the rankings qualifies "Best". The AP voters keep pushing Texas up into the rankings. Oregon, the feather in IU's cap, hasn't looked all that good, especially given their struggle to beat a flailing Penn State who is now circling the drain. No matter how you dice it, OSU and IU will be the top two, IMO. It's a coin flip. But if you go by ESPN's metrics, I think OSU will be #1 and IU #2.


MetricOSUIndiana
Record8-09-0
SOR (ESPN FPI)1112
SOS (ESPN Resume)3339
AP Poll#1#2

The Buckeyes have the better SOS and are more efficient on both offense and defense. The Hoosiers have flashy wins against inferior opponents, but still hang their hat on that Oregon win that seems to be degrading a bit as they continue to move down the polls, while Texas continues to rise - all thanks to that fun SEC bias :D
In your opinion, who is OSU's best win?
 
Should also be noted, I put zero credence in the rankings that happen prior to this time in the year. They've already shown just how bad they were from the get (and they aren't going to get better moving forward. NIL and switching teams will see to that) The familiar way of doing this in the past just isn't going to work.
 
I have to say, the CFP rankings seem pretty close to spot on for me.
Pretty good for the 12... past that it gets a little choppy where good arguments can be made for teams too high or too low but the important part seems hard to really make a big argument about.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
As an IU fan, I'm perfectly OK with OSU being #1
  • Defending national champs
  • Unbeaten with no close calls
  • I don't want them angry if IU plays them in the conference title game :)
They have 5 common opponents this year (Illinois, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, Wisconsin). But the only team they have both played already is Illinois. IU won big at home, OSU won less big, but comfortably on the road.

But again, if both win out, I'm fine with OSU at #1 at the end of November.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
As an IU fan, I'm perfectly OK with OSU being #1
  • Defending national champs
  • Unbeaten with no close calls
  • I don't want them angry if IU plays them in the conference title game :)
They have 5 common opponents this year (Illinois, Penn State, Purdue, UCLA, Wisconsin). But the only team they have both played already is Illinois. IU won big at home, OSU won less big, but comfortably on the road.

But again, if both win out, I'm fine with OSU at #1 at the end of November.
That #5 spot remains the primo spot IMO.
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
Oklahoma and Alabama play this weekend don't they? Ouch.
 
No surprise here.

Reread the article, he posted a revision. It looks like the number for Wisconsin were 2024, but 2025 is down by two-thirds. The Badgers stinking are costing them in beer/alcohol sales (down $2.0M year over year).

Just when I thought this season couldn’t get any worse …
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
Oklahoma and Alabama play this weekend don't they? Ouch.

That's Nov. 15th.
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
Oklahoma and Alabama play this weekend don't they? Ouch.

That's Nov. 15th.
Oh we must have a bye this week. Carry on!
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
Oklahoma and Alabama play this weekend don't they? Ouch.

That's Nov. 15th.
Oh we must have a bye this week. Carry on!

Can you guys get your kicker to wear something other than a Speedo? So weird.
 
BYU vs Texas Tech is suddenly the biggest game of the weekend. Nobody ahead of them in the rankings has any competitive matchups, though I suppose LSU could upset Alabama now that they've rid themselves of that stain of a coach.

Oregon is going to have an opportunity to prove the committee wrong.....or prove them right? This one concerns me. Iowa is no joke at home.
Oklahoma and Alabama play this weekend don't they? Ouch.

That's Nov. 15th.
Oh we must have a bye this week. Carry on!

And you call yourself a Sooner. For shame.
 
Texas Tech is pretty good. The only loss was with the QB hurt. Ohio State seems to be a notch above everyone else and maybe Indiana but they are beatable. A&M, Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss are all good as well as BYU, Texas Tech and Oregon. After those 9, it drops off quickly. I can't think of anyone else that even deserves to be #10.

I predict the committee will put Indiana #1 over Ohio State because they do crap like that.
To me, it makes sense to put Indiana #1. They have the better wins. We know the committee will continue to hold Texas at a much higher regard than deserved. OSU's best win is against who? Washington?
Depends on how the person doing the rankings qualifies "Best". The AP voters keep pushing Texas up into the rankings. Oregon, the feather in IU's cap, hasn't looked all that good, especially given their struggle to beat a flailing Penn State who is now circling the drain. No matter how you dice it, OSU and IU will be the top two, IMO. It's a coin flip. But if you go by ESPN's metrics, I think OSU will be #1 and IU #2.


MetricOSUIndiana
Record8-09-0
SOR (ESPN FPI)1112
SOS (ESPN Resume)3339
AP Poll#1#2

The Buckeyes have the better SOS and are more efficient on both offense and defense. The Hoosiers have flashy wins against inferior opponents, but still hang their hat on that Oregon win that seems to be degrading a bit as they continue to move down the polls, while Texas continues to rise - all thanks to that fun SEC bias :D
In your opinion, who is OSU's best win?
Personally, I still like the TX win. First time starter against a good TX defense returning most of their starters. Arch was very overrated, but seeing how he would fare against a fairly new defense for OSU. The win wasn't flashy, but it was sound. The OSU Defense showed it's potential and slowed down both Arch and Sark, while Julian played mistake free football in his first collegiate start. The team has grown since then, but I think it answered some questions people had about them entering the season. No one wanted to put OSU at #1 preseason because of those unknowns.
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?
 
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Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?
Really? :lol:

Sounds kinda genius without seeing the play.
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?

I stand corrected. Apparently Huard has been listed as No. 80 for three weeks now. No one ever noticed and they didn’t pull the trick play until this week.
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?

I stand corrected. Apparently Huard has been listed as No. 80 for three weeks now. No one ever noticed and they didn’t pull the trick play until this week.
That changes things a little maybe. Thanks. Things can be a little shady and genius at the same time.

ETA: I did not know I was replying to BB initially. That avatar is still throwing me off. :lmao:
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?

I stand corrected. Apparently Huard has been listed as No. 80 for three weeks now. No one ever noticed and they didn’t pull the trick play until this week.
That changes things a little maybe. Thanks. Things can be a little shady and genius at the same time.

ETA: I did not know I was replying to BB initially. That avatar is still throwing me off. :lmao:

Just ten more days until the return of the Nigel Tufnel avatar!
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?

I stand corrected. Apparently Huard has been listed as No. 80 for three weeks now. No one ever noticed and they didn’t pull the trick play until this week.
That changes things a little maybe. Thanks. Things can be a little shady and genius at the same time.

ETA: I did not know I was replying to BB initially. That avatar is still throwing me off. :lmao:

Just ten more days until the return of the Nigel Tufnel avatar!
You can probably get AI to make a photo of Nigel wearing a USC jersey.
 
Did you all catch USC’s fake punt last night? USC’s punter wears no. 80. And before the game, Riley had his backup QB Sam Huard switch to no. 80, setting up the play where the QB goes in to impersonate the punter. Threw for a first down on 4th and 6.

Shady or genius?

I vote shady, but I guess it's within the rules? For now. :shrug:

ETA: Duplicate numbers are allowed, but I believe they would usually be split between offense and defense. I've seen two-way players switch jerseys if they are going to be on the field with the other. Not sure if I've ever heard of duplicate numbers playing the same position.

Doing it for a punt is interesting. Who is to say a punt formation isn't just a long shotgun snap formation?

I stand corrected. Apparently Huard has been listed as No. 80 for three weeks now. No one ever noticed and they didn’t pull the trick play until this week.
That changes things a little maybe. Thanks. Things can be a little shady and genius at the same time.

ETA: I did not know I was replying to BB initially. That avatar is still throwing me off. :lmao:

Just ten more days until the return of the Nigel Tufnel avatar!
I'm out of avatar jail tomorrow. The shame of my current has reduced my post count.....
 
My 81 year old dad got to watch his beloved Longhorns win one more game before morphine took over and he drifted off to eternal sleep. I think he drifted off when they were up big and he missed the Vandy comeback so maybe the college football gods were looking out for him.

RIP to a good man who went out watching his favorite team win.
Just saw this. Sorry to hear GM. Much love to you and your family. ❤️
 

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