Official 2022 college football thread: its conference realignment season. (2 Viewers)

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Gameday from Montana. It's, ahh, cold there.

Herbstreit dressed like the evil land developer from a Hallmark movie, and Corso mouth already frozen.

Who’s the guest picker?

 

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Matt Rhule to Nebraska it appears.

Things have been very quiet. It has been pretty much confirmed that Rhule and his wife visited the facilities just recently. The message boards, Twitter and Reddit jumped on that like an announcement we coming soon. As far as I know, that's the first time he would have been there. Not sure it's as done of a deal as people think, but who knows?

My NU guy says they are in the stage of negotiating buyout financials with Carolina.

 

[massraider]

Who’s the guest picker?

The punter guy who doesn't have any shirt sleeves

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

 

[MAC_32]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

Always one of these each November.

 

[gump]

Who’s the guest picker?

The punter guy who doesn't have any shirt sleeves

Ah…looked a bit like Costner from across the room!

 

[Osaurus]

Vandy was driving and then they choked up the ball. Sad.

 

[Galileo]

TCU getting ripped up by the running game of Baylor in the early going, but just answered with a nice drive...7-7

 

[BobbyLayne]

• Well obviously the MAC had to agree to it. Don’t know why espn gets all the heat here when the conference made the decision as well.

Agreed - weekday night MACtion is a win for the conference, so schedule the rivalries on a Saturday in October.

Rivalry Week doesn’t really line up the way it used to, right? IDk - been a casual CFB fan for the last 25 years. But it used to be every single regional rivalry game was the same Saturday:

• Michigan- Ohio State
• Alabama/Auburn
• Georgia-Georgia Tech
• Oklahoma-Oklahoma State
• Oklahoma-Nebraska (way back in the day)
• Florida State-Miami
• USC-UCLA
• Arizona-Arizona State
• Cal-Stanford
• Oregon-Oregon Statw
• Washington-Washington State
• Harvard-Yale
• Clemson-South Carolina
• Virginia-Virginia Tech
• Ole Miss-Mississippi State
• Minnesota-Wisconsin
• Purdue-Indiana
• Iowa-Iowa State
• Colorado-Colorado State
• Kansas-Kansas State
• Utah-Utah State

Some of those might not be YE rivalry games, couple may not even exist anymore. Realignment, conference champions, et al - landscape is way different now than when I paid attention.

But that’s the thing with CMU-WMU, Miami (O)-Ohio, Kent State-Akron, Ball State-Northern Illinois, Toledo-Bowling Green. Those have always been the classic rivalry Saturday games for those schools.

I hate that the MAC & the school ADs took that away.

/rant #getoffmylawn

 

[Osaurus]

I thought the Big 12 was known for their defense.

 

[Galileo]

I thought the Big 12 was known for their defense.

It is...just for the wrong reasons.

 

[Galileo]

Whoa. Purdue-Northwestern commentator just made a Malachi Crunch reference. That's reaching back...

 

[Galileo]

Huge INT in the endzone for TCU near end of the half.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

Something(s) weird will happen.

 

[Ilov80s]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

 

[Osaurus]

Former national champs battling it out with Navy.

 

[General Malaise]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

Well, not in the Pac-12. USC/UCLA and Ore/Utah are huge games out west. Though none of you will be awake for the latter. :(

 

[-OZ-]

At the stadium for Austin Peay / bama. Daughter was on the field for the coin flip (make a wish kid) she rocked it of course.
Watching the clip of saban walking behind her out the the field is awesome.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Though none of you will be awake for the latter. :(

I might. I'm still on my coshole2013 sleep schedule.

 

[FairWarning]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

resting up for USC-UCLA tonight.

Illinois-Mich is very interesting now, and the Mich RB is out with a knee injury.

 

[FairWarning]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Didn’t look good either.

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm guessing it's already been said but what a horrible day of games.

Well, not in the Pac-12. USC/UCLA and Ore/Utah are huge games out west. Though none of you will be awake for the latter. :(

Yeah - was going to mention that and then remembered I’m old and will be asleep

 

[Ilov80s]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Didn’t look good either.

Didn’t like his reaction, he was in immediate pain. It didn’t seem like his leg was fully planted he took the helmet to the knee, I am holding out hope it’s a nasty knee bruise and not a tear.

 

[FairWarning]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Didn’t look good either.

Didn’t like his reaction, he was in immediate pain. It didn’t seem like his leg was fully planted he took the helmet to the knee, I am holding out hope it’s a nasty knee bruise and not a tear.

He’s going to play, next week will be interesting though.

Good call GM - Ore-Utah should be a very good game also. The PAC-12 has been outstanding this year.

 

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At the stadium for Austin Peay / bama. Daughter was on the field for the coin flip (make a wish kid) she rocked it of course.
Watching the clip of saban walking behind her out the the field is awesome.

Post it if it’s public!

 

[MAC_32]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Didn’t look good either.

Didn’t like his reaction, he was in immediate pain. It didn’t seem like his leg was fully planted he took the helmet to the knee, I am holding out hope it’s a nasty knee bruise and not a tear.

...aaand, he's back out there. Bud Kilmer's doc hanging out in the locker room?

 

[FairWarning]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Didn’t look good either.

Didn’t like his reaction, he was in immediate pain. It didn’t seem like his leg was fully planted he took the helmet to the knee, I am holding out hope it’s a nasty knee bruise and not a tear.

...aaand, he's back out there. Bud Kilmer's doc hanging out in the locker room?

Only one carry this half and not in the game. The MO has totally swung.

 

[FairWarning]

Hot damn, go Illini.

 

[Osaurus]

Great game for the Midshipmen today. UCF

 

[Capella]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Nooooo. Wasn’t watching today. Seriously?

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

ILLINI Up 17-10 early 4th Q

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Don't blame the injury, Michigan has looked like crap all day.

 

[FairWarning]

Do not like seeing Blake Corum leaving the field with a knee injury

Nooooo. Wasn’t watching today. Seriously?

Yeah, hes out now, wearing a jacket and no helmet. The game swung on that play.

 

[FairWarning]

Don't blame the injury, Michigan has looked like crap all day.

The qb is going to have to make some plays, not confident he can do it.

 

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I don’t think the Michigan game means anything if TCU loses.

 

[FairWarning]

I don’t think the Michigan game means anything if TCU loses.

Big opp for USC

 

[Galileo]

TCU misses an extra point earlier in the game and just failed on a 2 pt conversion to tie. Not looking good right now.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

TCU misses an extra point earlier in the game and just failed on a 2 pt conversion to tie. Not looking good right now.

And they kick it deep with 2 minutes left

 

[Galileo]

TCU misses an extra point earlier in the game and just failed on a 2 pt conversion to tie. Not looking good right now.

And they kick it deep with 2 minutes left

With 3 timeouts, you can afford to...field position important too.

 

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Baylor can’t win this…too puckered up.

 

[Galileo]

Let's go, Frogs! Find a way...

 

[FreeBaGeL]

TCU misses an extra point earlier in the game and just failed on a 2 pt conversion to tie. Not looking good right now.

And they kick it deep with 2 minutes left

With 3 timeouts, you can afford to...field position important too.

Realistically they gained maybe 5-10 yards of field position (likely a touchback on a punt after a failed onside kick anyway).

I think kicking deep there has to be one of the worst EV plays out there. The analytics say it's ALMOST worth it to kick an onside kick on every possession. The only reason it's even a toss-up and not a guarantee is because the receiving team is close to scoring position. Your field position after the possession is almost negligible in the calculation. But in this end of the game scenario, whether the opponent is close to scoring position or not is completely irrelevant because a 1st down ends the game anyway. You're not worried about them being in FG position, because they're going to be taking knees if they get a first down, not kicking a FG.

But maybe they had some inside info that Baylor were complete cowards and wouldn't even attempt to get a 1st down. Terrible 3 plays by them.

 

[Galileo]

Holy crap...running the ball

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Holy crap...running the ball

Which team wants it less?

 

[Galileo]

WTF?

 

[The Commish]

Knew they were going to be down several starters today, but what happened to Corum? Just flipped the game on. It was going to be tough as it was.

 

[Galileo]

HOLY SH!T

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Coach got bailed out there. Jeez.

 

[Galileo]

<--- Wishing for TCU and tOSU to both win out and face each other in the playoffs. This is a tall order, especially for TCU. But if it happens, I'm making the trip to either the Peach Bowl or Fiesta Bowl to watch my alma mater vs my "home" team.

Somehow the dream is still alive...

 

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HOLY SH!T

Baylor blew it…but props to TCU for executing…firmly getting a CFP spot.