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*** Official 2015 College Football Thread *** (3 Viewers)
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wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
Florida State (tough to repeat but favorable schedule this year)
Alabama (may lose one during regular season but bounce back to win SECCG)
UCLA (get Oregon, USC and Stanford at home)
Oklahoma (get Texas and Baylor at home...only semi-tough games on an otherwise easy schedule)
Alabama (may lose one during regular season but bounce back to win SECCG)
UCLA (get Oregon, USC and Stanford at home)
Oklahoma (get Texas and Baylor at home...only semi-tough games on an otherwise easy schedule)
NIU Kicker
Footballguy
Bama
LSU
USC
Ohio St
LSU
USC
Ohio St
Moe.
Footballguy
Texas is in Dallas as always. @ TCU should be the toughest game this year. They will destroy Baylor at home like always.
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wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
Yeah forgot that...but OK will be looking for payback from last year on Texas.
Can beat both Tech and TCU...giving them the benefit of the doubt this year to pull it off.
Moe.
Footballguy
I agree with you, it's a pretty easy schedule. They are as safe a pick as any to make the playoff. Having said that they probably can't afford a loss, and going undefeated is tough even with an easy-ish schedule.Yeah forgot that...but OK will be looking for payback from last year on Texas.
Can beat both Tech and TCU...giving them the benefit of the doubt this year to pull it off.
Is Tennessee supposed to be any good this year?
Andrew Butcher thinks Tennessee is better than Bama.I agree with you, it's a pretty easy schedule. They are as safe a pick as any to make the playoff. Having said that they probably can't afford a loss, and going undefeated is tough even with an easy-ish schedule.Yeah forgot that...but OK will be looking for payback from last year on Texas.
Can beat both Tech and TCU...giving them the benefit of the doubt this year to pull it off.
Is Tennessee supposed to be any good this year?
gump
Footballguy
Not supposed to be...still re-building their top level talent and depth.Is Tennessee supposed to be any good this year?Yeah forgot that...but OK will be looking for payback from last year on Texas.
Can beat both Tech and TCU...giving them the benefit of the doubt this year to pull it off.
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
Premier
Footballguy
/tags FDAS
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I don't remember the details there... Was Florida State on the power play during that return? It seemed like Auburn was skating a man or two down.Premier said:
Premier
Footballguy
Auburn can count all their fake national titles but can't count 11 men on the field SMH
Quez
Footballguy
Swap Alabama for FSU and that would be my 4. I think it's going to be hard for any team in the SEC to go undefeated, and I think the other 3 have a great chance of running the table. Ohio State did it last year, and the Big 10 is weak, so they likely do it again. If DGB is allowed to play for Oklahoma they could be undefeated as well. I don't know much about the PAC, but a returning Mariota has to make them the best team in the conference. That leaves FSU who has a harder schedule than last season, but they will be heavily favorited in every game. I realize it I highly unlikely, bit I could see all 4 of these teams being undefeated by selection time.gump said:
I don't think a committee would put a 1 lost SEC team in over any of those schools if they go undefeated.
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
OK, I know I'll miss one of the home games. Still hoping to work out a trip to Vandy though.
wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
psychobillies
Footballguy
I love that this thread is active every day again. So close...
psychobillies
Footballguy
I heard that Jesse Palmer just picked MSU to win the LSU game, so obviously it isn't that far fetched. MSU played LSU tough for three quarters last year, then just packed it up in the fourth. It should be a good game, but MSU has only won at LSU something like 4 times in the past 55 years. It's gonna be fun.I'd take one big win at this point...he really doesn't have one. Too many close ones we've been on the wrong end of, lsu auburn and Arkansas in 2010 then auburn last year.I can definitely see MSU making a run sooner than Ole Miss. A lot of good things going on there. And not buying Freeze yet...but Mullen REALLY needs some big wins.Translation = AWWWWWW How Cute!I like the optimism in Stark-vegas!
trust me, these are all extremely tempered expectations. Its better than hoping to win 6.
NIU Kicker
Footballguy
I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
psychobillies
Footballguy
I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
The kid is dealing with really high expectations, but the LSU O line should be dominant this year. Fournette won't start, but LSU is gonna run a lot in this game giving him plenty of opportunity to make his mark.
Moe.
Footballguy
You shut your mouth.Alabama v USC, Cowboys Classic to open '16 season.
Hopefully LHucks is un-banned by then.
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
You should be banned for this post.Alabama v USC, Cowboys Classic to open '16 season.
Hopefully LHucks is un-banned by then.
gump
Footballguy
I could see a Yeldon-esque debut...with some exciting carries, but limited as a backup.I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
Joe T
Footballguy
This. is. awesome.Alabama v USC, Cowboys Classic to open '16 season.
Hopefully LHucks is un-banned by then.
Just reserved my tickets.
Miles/Cameron do a good job of playing the fresh RB. I doubt he'll receive 80% of the carries, but he will be a factor for sure.I could see a Yeldon-esque debut...with some exciting carries, but limited as a backup.I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
gump
Footballguy
Yeldon had 11 carries for 111 yards and 1 TD vs Michigan back on Labor Day, '12....that was of 42 team carries.Miles/Cameron do a good job of playing the fresh RB. I doubt he'll receive 80% of the carries, but he will be a factor for sure.I could see a Yeldon-esque debut...with some exciting carries, but limited as a backup.I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
The Ref
Footballguy
Every top RB prospect in the country who thought about going to LSU in last years class passed because they knew Fournette was going there this year. It was easy to hold off Yeldon when you got Lacy+Richardson and other 5 star recruits in the stable. McGee and Hilliard aren't going to keep LFIII off the field this fall and talent will take care of the rest. I guess they may hold him back a little in games 1-5, but come @ Auburn and @ Fla in weeks 6-7 he will get as many carries as he can handle.Yeldon had 11 carries for 111 yards and 1 TD vs Michigan back on Labor Day, '12....that was of 42 team carries.Miles/Cameron do a good job of playing the fresh RB. I doubt he'll receive 80% of the carries, but he will be a factor for sure.I could see a Yeldon-esque debut...with some exciting carries, but limited as a backup.I agree with this.week 1
I think Les tries to phase him in but the Kid just starts to destroy people alla Adrian Peterson did his freshman year.
Keerock
Footballguy
Wait... there are tickets for the LHucks un-banning?Joe T said:This. is. awesome.Alabama v USC, Cowboys Classic to open '16 season.
Hopefully LHucks is un-banned by then.
Just reserved my tickets.
gump
Footballguy
Chase Goodbread
College Football 24/7 writer
The problem of underclassmen declaring for the NFL draft in increasingly alarming numbers might continue to elude a solution, but at least part of the answer might have been discovered by the Texas A&M athletic administration.
Aggies offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi, a projected first-round draft pick had he turned pro early, was in part swayed to stay in school for his senior season by a rule allowing Texas A&M to pay for his loss-of-value insurance policy. In fact, according to FOXSports.com, Ogbuehi said he likely would have entered the 2014 NFL Draft had the Aggies not paid more than $50,000 for the policy that protects him financially from an injury- or illness-related slip in the draft.
And believe it or not, it's perfectly legal in the eyes of the NCAA.
The NCAA allows for what is known as a Student Assistance Fund, under which institutions can help student athletes with various forms of financial need. The fund itself is nothing new -- when a tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 2011, for instance, Alabama was able to help some of its displaced student-athletes with its fund -- but Texas A&M's use of the fund in Ogbuehi's case is most definitely new territory for its application.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000365666/article/texas-am-dips-into-special-fund-for-cedric-ogbuehi?campaign=Twitter_nfl_cb
College Football 24/7 writer
The problem of underclassmen declaring for the NFL draft in increasingly alarming numbers might continue to elude a solution, but at least part of the answer might have been discovered by the Texas A&M athletic administration.
Aggies offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi, a projected first-round draft pick had he turned pro early, was in part swayed to stay in school for his senior season by a rule allowing Texas A&M to pay for his loss-of-value insurance policy. In fact, according to FOXSports.com, Ogbuehi said he likely would have entered the 2014 NFL Draft had the Aggies not paid more than $50,000 for the policy that protects him financially from an injury- or illness-related slip in the draft.
And believe it or not, it's perfectly legal in the eyes of the NCAA.
The NCAA allows for what is known as a Student Assistance Fund, under which institutions can help student athletes with various forms of financial need. The fund itself is nothing new -- when a tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 2011, for instance, Alabama was able to help some of its displaced student-athletes with its fund -- but Texas A&M's use of the fund in Ogbuehi's case is most definitely new territory for its application.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000365666/article/texas-am-dips-into-special-fund-for-cedric-ogbuehi?campaign=Twitter_nfl_cb
I'm going to UCLA-Oregon on October 11, and UCLA - Southern Cal on November 22. Both in the Rose Bowl. I also have tickets to the UCLA - Texas game in Dallas and the UCLA- Stanford game, but as of right now, I won't be there.
Yeah, they played (and beat) Alabama in 2000 and 2001, and they've played Tennessee on a couple of occasions.
But, they've got a couple SEC home and homes coming up. No Alabama on the horizon, but Texas A&M is on the schedule in 2016 (at A&M) and 2017. And, LSU is on the schedule in 2021 and 2024 (at LSU). Both should be great road trips.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Drew Willy is playing for Winnipeg right now on ESPN2. He's pretty darned terrible.
Sorry, Tasker.
Sorry, Tasker.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Not a bad game by CFL standards. Both teams are 3-0.
Somehow, Brian Brohm is 2nd-string behind Willy. I can't imagine that will last much longer.
Willy is 1-8 for 2 yards, with a pick-6 and missed another WR who was WIDE open for a 70-yard TD.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
A lot of NFL rejects. Remember former TCU QB Casey Printers? He was all pissed off that the Chiefs cut him on Hard Knocks. He went to the CFL and played for 4 years. Guys like that. You'll also occasionally notice a lot of former big names from college football, but many of these players are complete unknowns to me.
wadegarrett
FFA Legend™
gump
Footballguy
DirecTV issued a statement yesterday saying they were close...and Comcast has now reached an SEC Network agreement:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2014/07/18/comcast-signs-on-to-carry-sec-network/12831855/
The footprint is growing. In its biggest deal yet, ESPN has agreed to terms with Comcast Cable to carry the SEC Network. That means it will be available to 46 million households nationwide when the network launches Aug. 14.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2014/07/18/comcast-signs-on-to-carry-sec-network/12831855/
The footprint is growing. In its biggest deal yet, ESPN has agreed to terms with Comcast Cable to carry the SEC Network. That means it will be available to 46 million households nationwide when the network launches Aug. 14.
At $1.40 per subscriber. It pays to be paired up with ESPN.
The Pac-12 Network(s), on the other hand, is asking for $.80 per sub, the same deal they struck with Comcast, DISH, Time Warner, AT&T and Cox (each of those got a "most favored nation" clause in their contract, so the P12 can't give DTV and lower sub price). And, DirecTV is calling it outrageous.
The Commish
Footballguy
So what are the school cuts of this going to be? Guess that's hard to tell without all the various providers on board, no?
Outkickthecoverage guesstimated, assuming DirecTV is on board, each school will get $20m from TV revenue, on top of the $20m they already get now.
The Commish
Footballguy
Bowl money, advertising, kickbacks, etc.
Below is from the conference's 2011 tax filings. So, approximately 273m divided by 12 schools worked out to 22/23m per team.
TV and Other Production $163,319,999
Postseason Events $92,757,645
Sponsorship Royalties $7,137,245
Prior Year Events $4,308,926
Grants, Scholarships & Fellowships $4,245,946
Investment Income $1,293,765
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