2025 College Football Thread: Jordon leaves Belichick for Sonny Dykes (16 Viewers)

[Sparky Polastri]

And there's the difference.....OSU has WRs that can bail out ****ty throws and decisions by a young QB.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Great catch

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Ohio State banning Portnoy from coming into the stadium for Big Noon Kickoff. Is this because he's a Michigan guy or something else? Weird.

https://x.com/On3sports/status/1960158779300798612?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

I don’t think OSU decision. I’m guessing Fox decision and they are leaking to stir up controversy to try to gin up ratings.

If it was oSU* vs Bowling Green maybe, but vs Texas in their opening game of the year? I have my doubts Fox would need to drum up ratings like this. This has Ryan Day's fingerprints all over it.

Not ratings for the game, but for the pre-game show. They are trying to kick off some redesigned kickoff show against Corso’s last College GameDay.

OSU AD is saying that it was a Fox decision: https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/1960315503244702158?s=61&t=H_x9QHHtveqmaMK5HnP2AA

Yeah, i meant pre game too, but in the world we find ourselves living in who knows what's true.

Portnoy is awful and between himself, oSU*, and Fox that's quite a line-up of potential suspects.

I'm just glad college is back and Saturday can't come soon enough. The sideshow has been fun and all, but time for the main event.

I really wish Portnoy was a fan of any other college football team.

But then Bryce Underwood would be at LSU.

 

[General Malaise]

Kill shot. Ball game.

How far does Texas drop?

 

[massraider]

It really is best all around if the hype slows down a touch.

 

[Capella]

Everything he throws is late

 

[Sparky Polastri]

It really is best all around if the hype slows down a touch.

It's really never made any sense outside of name recognition. The objective data in front of us told us he wasn't good enough to beat out Ewers. Sucks for the kid. No win situation with all these hype machines and hot take soundbytes.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

 

[Sparky Polastri]

Everything he throws is late

and his feet are rarely under him to step into throws.

 

[Sparky Polastri]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

Whoever puts stock in these stupid rankings at the beginning of the season should suffer a similar fate. Neither one of these teams look like a top 5 team right now

 

[msudaisy26]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

Whoever puts stock in these stupid rankings at the beginning of the season should suffer a similar fate. Neither one of these teams look like a top 5 team right now

Except like the last 8 nationals champs have all been ranked in the top 10 preseason. So there is that.

 

[dickey moe]

Gahbage

 

[ChiefD]

I’m thinking Arch’s mom might be the better QB.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Now that one was a good throw, gotta bring that in. Arch has been bad but these WRs are doing him no favors. Zero separation and not doing anything extra in traffic.

 

[GregR]

Arch is looking like a poor man's Riley Leonard today.

 

[Summer Wheat]

Everything he throws is late

Late and low..missed too many open receivers to kill drives.

 

[Sparky Polastri]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

Whoever puts stock in these stupid rankings at the beginning of the season should suffer a similar fate. Neither one of these teams look like a top 5 team right now

Except like the last 8 nationals champs have all been ranked in the top 10 preseason. So there is that.

Not sure that demonstrates what you think it does.

 

[irish eyes]

Arch is looking like a poor man's Riley Leonard today.

Unimpressive & not good.

 

[msudaisy26]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

Whoever puts stock in these stupid rankings at the beginning of the season should suffer a similar fate. Neither one of these teams look like a top 5 team right now

Except like the last 8 nationals champs have all been ranked in the top 10 preseason. So there is that.

Not sure that demonstrates what you think it does.

To help you out it means the rankings aren't as bad as you claim they are.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

TD was a nice throw, right on the money. Better drive overall. It's not over just yet, but neither of these teams look like they should be #1.

 

[Sparky Polastri]

3 runs coming

 

[dickey moe]

is OSU going to butcher this?

 

[ChiefD]

God help us all if Arch comes back and wins this.

 

[Sparky Polastri]

Whoever voted Texas #1 should have their voting privileges permanently revoked

Oh and Arch Manning blows.

Whoever puts stock in these stupid rankings at the beginning of the season should suffer a similar fate. Neither one of these teams look like a top 5 team right now

Except like the last 8 nationals champs have all been ranked in the top 10 preseason. So there is that.

Not sure that demonstrates what you think it does.

To help you out it means the rankings aren't as bad as you claim they are.

Oh ok....I bet ALL of them were ranked in the top 25 right????

When you have four spots to predict and have to go out double the spots to see the story you want, you should pause.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Another nice throw. Maybe there's hope yet.

 

[ChiefD]

TD was a nice throw, right on the money. Better drive overall. It's not over just yet, but neither of these teams look like they should be #1.

First game rust for both teams, really.

 

[Capella]

Ok that was a pro throw

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

TD was a nice throw, right on the money. Better drive overall. It's not over just yet, but neither of these teams look like they should be #1.

First game rust for both teams, really.

Probably right. After all the talk i didn't expect Arch to look that bad, but he's cleaning it up

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Arch redeeming himself

 

[Corporation]

Ok that was a pro throw

It was good placement, but man his arm angle and his footwork looks unorthodox to me. I know people can be successful with their own style, but he is not what I expected thus far.

 

[Corporation]

See those aren't super catchable balls. Really fast and really behind

 

[dickey moe]

Lot of poor throws on that final series.

 

[irish eyes]

Horrible throw to wide open receiver on 3rd down.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Ok that was a pro throw

It was good placement, but man his arm angle and his footwork looks unorthodox to me. I know people can be successful with their own style, but he is not what I expected thus far.

It's like Rivers. I expected a more conventional motion too.

 

[dickey moe]

A whole new generation of Manningface.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Lot of poor throws on that final series.

3rd down throw killed them

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Horrible throw to wide open receiver on 3rd down.

Gotta be able to make that throw 100 out of 100 times. Yikes a bad miss on an easy throw in a big spot.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

What was that route? “We need 5. Go 2 yards and then sit.”

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Rough first start for Arch. Everything high and behind receivers.

Go Bucks

 

[TLEF316]

Yeah, might be some nerves in such a big game to start, but there were a lot of red flags in that performance. Just no touch. Everything was maximum velocity and usually not very accurate.

Missed some layups. Not good.

 

[Jayded]

I still remember the year Arch was coming out and then saw how his final high school game went:

8 for 21 for 96 yards, 0 TDs, 2 Ints

That gave me pause. Maybe it was his team, etc. But clear cut top QBs seemed to rarely have games like that at that level.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Horrible throw to wide open receiver on 3rd down.

Gotta be able to make that throw 100 out of 100 times. Yikes a bad miss on an easy throw in a big spot.

That's was an easy one and a big gainer from the looks of it.

Arch had 3 maybe 4 good throws all game. Not a great start.

Ohio State could coast in this one. I have no idea what they really look like after that, but I'm sticking with my PSU prediction for the NC.

 

[General Malaise]

Reserving judgement until I see Oregon play a half.

 

[timschochet]

He wasn’t good. But I think the Ohio State D, especially their secondary, deserves a lot more of the credit than Manning deserves the blame.

 

[Summer Wheat]

Well that was sure a dud of a game for all the hype. Neither team looked good.

Arch struggled and Julie did not look that good either. Texas will ride out Arch but OSU might be portal shopping for a QB for next season.

 

[massraider]

Maybe he should have been starting somewhere the last two years, instead of banking NIL and making commercials with his family.

 

[belljr]

Is there a word that's more powerful than "underwhelming"?

Gms face

 

[Joe Bryant]

Looks to me like two really good defenses from two really good teams that will be in the playoffs.

 

[whoknew]

I disagree with the "it was OSU's defense, not Arch's fault" stances. He was overthrowing balls, throwing at his receiver's feet, underthrowing, throwing behind.

I'm not saying OSU doesn't have a good D. Maybe they do*. But that doesn't change the fact that Arch was really bad today.


*Caveat - Patricia is the DC. I'm positive he will screw it up.

 

[General Malaise]

Oregon with a much better start to 2025 vs an FCS than last year's nail-biter over Idaho. Lanning didn't want a repeat it seems.