"You mean we get paid for this?" NCAA football 2024-25

I guess Florida State thought since they were playing in Ireland that it was a bowl game and they did not need to go.

I was surprised that Georgia Tech won that one.

florida state seminal vesicles

Georgia has not fell off it seems. What I watched, Clemsons offense could not do bupkus. D played ok in first half but it looks pretty obvious they ran out of gas against the Bulldogs. Whooping.

ND and A&M could be interesting match up.

utsa undefeated so far go runners

florida state seminal vesicles

― mookieproof, Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:56 PM (one week ago)

wow notre dame

(despite some extremely questionable late-game officiating in their favor)

reigning SI sportsman of the year coach prime making nebraska (!) look good

I was called names for saying Riley Leonard looked like Tyler Buchner against TAMU. That 15 yard underthrow INT looked like high school (and it likely cost us the game of course).

I did not particularly enjoy the week when it seemed he could stumble us to the CFP with an eye black crucifix on his face.

Te'o's religiosity was understated in comparison, and Te'o was actually good at football

I'm going to frame this. pic.twitter.com/ohEVUdZ9YB

— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) September 14, 2024

looool florida state

ninth pre-season top-10 team since 1950 to start 0-3

Lol at FSU and the Gators.

This Michigan and USC game has been really good.

That was a heck of a game, best football game yet this season.

Last year, I think the Oregon/Washington 2nd game was the best.

james madison put up some remarkable numbers at north carolina (53 first-half points, among other things)

Their old coach took over Indiana and they have dropped 200+ points in their first 4 games, albeit though lesser teams.

rip dawgs

Lol Roll tide…

vandy time of possession: 42:08

The call everyone was waiting for... Legend has spoken https://t.co/3yBfrHCfBZ pic.twitter.com/mucC4qm8Mh

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) October 7, 2024

southern cal got thoroughly jobbed in overtime vs penn state

congrats to big 10 powerhouse oregon

pitt 6-0 for the first time since 1982

army and navy both now ranked

this has been your early monday morning ncaa football roundup

florida state now 1-6, still has games at miami and notre dame

IU whomped up on the Cornhuskers. James Madison is even a bit more impressive when you consider Cignetti brought 14 players with him to Indiana.

Hopefully the QBs injury is not that bad. He can toss it pretty good.

Don’t know if anyone else saw them but I thought the retro uniforms the Illini were wearing against Michigan were pretty cool.

They had the helmet painted to look like an old leather helmet.

They got good colors too, that was the reason Papa Bear brought them with him to the bears.

I am interested in watching a Thursday game between Syracuse and Pitt. This season is sick.

florida state now 1-6, still has games at miami and notre dame

― mookieproof, Friday, October 18, 2024 10:43 PM (three days ago)

one of the most important ongoing developments in america...

ohio state looks like by far the best team to me this year, but their QB isn't a stud so maybe they can be gotten. i'm looking forward to the playoff

Norvell's $64 million buyout leaching significant money away from Republican campaigns

i think even if they could afford to fire him they wouldn't because after last season the fanbase is too invested in him being the savior. they will have no choice to hit the portal hard again to be competitive bcuz their roster just isn't good, and that might work. but if it doesn't then i'll be very interested to see what happens

in spite of messy officiating, fans throwing bottles on the field, dropped balls, and interceptions, UGA/Texas was a lot of fun to watch

xp They improved each year under Norvell until this season, so he probably is a good coach. Their portal ranking has been fairly consistent, but it seems (at a glance) they took more proven players in '23 compared to '24 - more guys with T ranking > HS ranking.

Miami have been extremely entertaining this year. Every close game has at least one controversial late call. This most recent one with Louisville was clearly not a fumble, though. The hit on Fernando Mendoza was the definition of targeting, however. Cal were also screwed by the refs in South Bend two years ago, so I feel quite badly for them.

i definitely think norvell is a good coach, but he's at a school where they expect you to be better than just good. there's still a lot of evidence that you need to recruit HS at a really high level to compete for a national title, regardless of how well you portal, and norvell has never recruited high school well at FSU, even last year. recruiting people have been calling this out for years but he was able to paper over it w/ great portal additions covering the last two seasons. this year they struck out and there is no base talent level to fall back on and the result is the worst season in school history basically. i think his issue is that he's at a job that expects consistent excellence, but in order to be consistently excellent you very likely cannot be relying on the portal bringing in half your starting line up every season

This most recent one with Louisville was clearly not a fumble, though.

(as a miami fan) the thing that was annoying about this is that, in reality, a call wasn't even made. that was standard practice in these exact situations now -- the refs "call" it a touchdown bcuz the rules still stipulate that a call has to be made on the field, but in reality the refs are doing nothing and just waiting to consult the video. the call was always the correct one, which was an incomplete pass. nothing was actually "overturned"

yes, I agree they would have ruled it an incomplete pass in the moment if video review weren't an option.

I know it's been said, but ESPN's FPI rankings are insane

1. Ohio State (5-1, loss at #8)
2. Texas (6-1, loss to #4)
3. Alabama (5-2, loss at #6, loss at #42)
4. Georgia (6-1, loss at #3)
5. Ole Miss (5-2, loss to #41, loss at #12)
6. Tennessee (6-1, loss at #31)
7. Notre Dame (6-1, loss to #83)
8. Oregon (7-0, beat #1)
9. Penn State (6-0)
10. Miami (7-0)
11. IU (7-0)
12. LSU (6-1, beat #5)
13. Clemson (6-1, loss to #4)
14. TAMU (6-1)
15. USC (3-4)
...
19. Iowa State (7-0)
...
30. BYU (7-0)

i honestly love it

i think georgia and ohio state are still on a different level than anyone else in terms of talent and physical attributes of their players. but their QBs are not that great, or in the case of beck haven't been playing that great. teams like miami and oregon have lesser overall talent but still enough talent to beat them when combined w/ superior QB play. having to beat both ohio state and georgia would be tough for any team though.

I am interested in watching a Thursday game between Syracuse and Pitt. This season is sick.

― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, October 21, 2024 11:06 AM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

for surprising reasons, this was indeed an interesting game

worried that florida state might cover the 21.5-point spread

but not that worried

lol

duke actually hung with miami for 45 minutes and then . . . the smushing

yikes pitt

That new run punt option that Boise State is running with the Australian rules football guy is very fun. I hope that catches on.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5082219/james-ferguson-reynolds

This is the guy.

god bless florida state (1-9) coach mike norvell for firing both of his coordinators after a 49-point loss #accountability

The Seminoles rank last among 134 FBS teams in scoring with 13.3 points per game and are 101st in scoring defense, surrendering 29.8 points per game.

After flirting with Alabama's vacancy once Nick Saban retired in January, Norvell agreed to a 10-year extension at Florida State that will pay him more than $84 million through the 2031 season.

do we believe in indiana y/n

I believe whatever Google tells me

love indiana and hope they succeed but their performance vs michigan doesn’t make me think much of their protection or run blocking. the osu dl might eat em up.

rourke is legit tho, ball placement is nearly perfect

I very badly want to see an ND vs IU playoff game in Bloomington

oops!

Four-star Florida State quarterback pledge Tramell Jones pulled his commitment from the Seminoles on Thursday morning, marking the sixth departure from Mike Norvell's 2025 class amid the program's 1-9 start this fall.

offensive plays run: LSU 92, FLA 43
first downs: LSU 25, FLA 13
time of possession: LSU 41:48, FLA 18:12

score: LSU 16, FLA 27

Michigan is a bit better than their record. Their QB play is really bad, that guy in the Indiana game couldn’t hit anything over like 8 yards.

Their O-line was great last year too.

Wisconsin up by 7 on #1 Oregon :o

i dunno, even an aussie rules guy is eventually gonna get murdered at that run-punt and it’ll be over?

Yeah it could happen, but this is a punter that grew up kicking on the run. Probably won’t work except for guys that can still somewhat bang it when kicking on the run.

It kinda just bamboozles teams a bit on how to handle it when he kicks it on the run.

bama on the brink

Yeah just saw the pick wtf is going on there

wow brutal call

that's a lot of overtimes

lol buckeyes

Et tu Brutus?

Buckeyes are useless nuts.

more like suckeyes imo

indiana narrowly missed putting up more points (66) than purdue had total yards of offense (67)

Definitely an all time a$$whooping in the Oak and Bucket game.

has this 'win a road rivalry game = planting a flag and starting a brawl' thing new or have i simply not been paying attention

acab, of course, but if you put cops in charge of security when dozens of large men in helmets and pads start fighting, them using pepper spray seems inevitable and conceivably even warranted

otoh if the home team wins the rivalry game, drunk kids storm the field and there's a fine line between 'overreacting/hating fun' and 'letting someone get injured by a falling upright'. seems like a bad gig all around

Baker Mayfield did it once at Oklahoma.

I also remember TO doing a td celebration on the Cowboys star when he was a 49er that almost started a brawl.

Jayden Maiava threw for 559 yards in the game, but 199 of them were to ND

meanwhile Riley Leonard only threw 155 yards to ND

the drives following ND scoring to go up 35-21:
* USC drive - 7 plays, 37 yards
* ND drive - 3 plays, 0 yards
* USC drive - 5 plays, 45 yards
* ND drive - 5 plays, 3 yards
* USC drive - 6 plays, 63 yards
* USC drive - 8 plays, 62 yards
* USC drive - 5 plays, 75 yards

re: flag planting, both texas and oregon did it in the big house after their wins this year and nobody started a fight ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

that's a bit like beaning an Astro in 2020, though

seems inevitable that the Big 12 champion gets Pepper sprayed this Saturday

make this stop

Oregon completed the flip of five-star Ohio State cornerback pledge Na'eem Offord Wednesday afternoon, gaining a stunning commitment from the nation's top-ranked defender hours into the early signing period.

Offord, No. 4 in the ESPN 300, had been the highest-rated prospect in the Buckeyes' 2025 class since Feb. 4. But the defensive back from Birmingham, Alabama, spent the fall flirting with potential moves to Oregon and Auburn all the way into the early signing period before flipping his pledge to the Ducks on Wednesday in a ceremony at Alabama's A.H. Parker High School.

Offord is now the second-ranked member of Oregon's 2025 class, trailing only five-star wide receiver Darkorien Moore (No. 3 in the ESPN 300), who signed with the Ducks Wednesday morning, and follows Cal quarterback flip Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele (No. 18 pocket passer) as the program's second signing day addition.

Offord visited Oregon early in the regular season and returned to Ohio State in Week 14. But Offord visited no school more frequently in his recruitment than Auburn -- most recently on Nov. 23 -- and the Tigers entered the early signing period appearing to be the most likely flip destination for the 6-foot-2, defensive back before Offord's Wednesday commitment.

here comes the judge

Tuning into the SEC championship game, under two minutes

Three point game

Disney used Steely Dan, not going into the break but coming out of it

OT

3 vs 5

game has been undeniably entertaining

Good reverse call there

crazy finish

2 goes down

That hit on the backup Georgia Qb his eyes looked like the old cartoons where their eyes would be too Xs after getting hit with like an anvil.

Oregon is just so fast, love it

after all that georgia is gonna get a bye. really too bad

7 - 7 - 7

Wow

Outstanding

Jesus

^ good summary of Dabo's postgame interview

thrilled to get the IU/ND matchup. Oregon might swap spots with Penn State if given the choice.

Tide AD to reevaluate scheduling after CFP snub

lol at this smokescreen after losing to vanderbilt and oklahoma

yeah, seems they maybe forgot that oklahoma is now in the SEC

Western Kentucky, South Florida, Wisconsin, and Mercer is not exactly a gauntlet outside schedule. They also played 4 of the bottom 8 SEC teams.

I gave up college football a few seasons ago, but I learned from my dad last weekend that the SEC doesn't even have divisions anymore? It's just one giant amorphous blob of schools that play each other whenever.

I was a Tide fan all my life, but it seems perfectly fine to me that they've come back down to earth post-Saban. Most schools don't even get one era like that, and Alabama's had two. That's plenty.

it's only a matter of time until college football fully becomes SEC + BIG10 + randoms like clemson and florida state and notre dame (and UNC, particularly if they get belichick)

this is a drake-level response

If an Ohio lawmaker gets his way, teams attempting to plant their flags in the middle of Ohio Stadium during Ohio State games will be dealing with more than just pepper spray.

Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams introduced a bill Tuesday that would classify flag planting at Ohio Stadium around Buckeyes football games as a felony.

*the* saddest losers in football

congrats to miami (OH) for crushing colorado state in the inaugural Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop

unreal peach bowl

I don’t know a lot about the college game but I did think Oregon would go all the way. Instead this was a brutal first half.

Odds a moment ago were Ohio -10000. Unreal

oregon rushing: 25 carries for -11 yards

ND/PS has been an old school slobber knocker game, it is very throwback in style.

Probably the college game of the year for me. I’d say that crazy Bills and Lions game was best in NFL.

So far…

Beano Cook smiles from the beyond.

That game was wild. I still can't believe Allar threw that last ball to the middle of the field.

having watched a lot of allar…i can

14 - 14

4th quarter less than 8 and a half minutes

This is it

those were not good play calls from the 1-yard line by Texas

a good goal-line stand is one of the cooler things in football

This game started early

caveman football

that was a hilarious drive, as a michigan fan i wasn’t even gonna watch but the caveman ball has won me over

hard not to root for the shiny helmets, but on the other hand the sticker helmets are pretty nice too

Yeah, I don’t really care who wins but think I'm rooting for the Buckeyes

gross

This is a beat down

Great catch

OK, this could be a fun ending

i think it's cool that players get a cut now but watching the whole thing turn into every single player being on a one-year contract is both incredible to watch and not ultimately sustainable

idk, maybe if they all go to the SEC it will be briefly sustainable

blue chippers are leaving the sec to (they think) get a bigger bag these days

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/06/06/house-ncaa-settlement/

“The agreement resolves three antitrust suits against the NCAA — House, Carter and Hubbard — all of which challenged restrictions on athlete compensation. It was hashed out by attorneys for the plaintiffs and six defendants: the NCAA, SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and Pac 12. The settlement includes almost $2.8 billion in back damages for former and current athletes (and their lawyers). It also creates a new economic model for top-tier college sports, permitting any Division I school to pay their athletes up to about $20.5 million this coming academic year. That cap will rise incrementally throughout the 10-year life of the settlement.”

lol belichick

lol kalen deboer and his incredible buyout

48-14

Semi-randomly tuned into the Vols-Bulldogs this afternoon and am jealous that the bands all have way cooler setlists now than back when I was a trombonist for the Pride of the Southland a million years ago

still too much "Rocky Top"

Lol

that is a tough loss for the vols

also, lol clemson

almost 1000 yards of offense in that georgia-tennessee game

btw no shade at all but how does one become a trombonist (as opposed to playing other instruments)?

You try out for the other ones and the band teacher in middle school decides you get to play trombone.

Presumably this is similar to how one becomes an interior offensive lineman? Idk

lol ty

There was an outside chance I could have become a drummer but that’s a bit like punter/kicker, there are very few slots

Red Sox had Buckner. ND has Buchner.

Well, ND and Nick Saban.

ha they tackled our DL from behind on the winning play

lol there is so much crazy shit going on i wasn't even aware of TAM-ND

The hold on the final play really must be seen. However, we had many chances to ice that game and blew it. Every year with a new D coordinator must start with 2 losses it seems.

But that hold will haunt me. TAMU's Bisontis does a full-body-extension, touchdown-saving shoestring tackle of Hinish, only Bistontis is on offense and that is not allowed at all.

Man that Georgia game. Good stuff

Gut punch for Vols fans, they had them beat and let them off the hook. Georgia does not look anywhere close as physically dominating as they did a couple years back. They are still good, but their d-line is nowhere close this year- and that was a big part of why they won it all.

Alabama probably feels a bit more redeemed pummeling a lesser Wisconsin team again. Then again, the Badgers are not what they once were either.

I got a feeling that Florida is going to go o-fer in their ranked running of the gauntlet. Already have losses to South Florida and LSU with Miami, Texas & AM to go. 1-5 looking pretty possible.

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I feel very weirdly conflicted seeing my alma mater pummel the in-state small school 77-0. It is nice to get a win and all, but it makes me think of Barry Switzer in coaches shorts wearing way too much hair gel and that shit is gross.

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I still feel very weirdly conflicted seeing my alma mater pummel the next door state school 63-10. It is nice to get a win and all, but it makes me think of Barry Switzer in coaches shorts wearing way too much hair gel and that shit is gross.

classic hangover game from syracuse

ND crushed the Razorbacks at home. I like seeing SEC teams get beat bad by Notre Dame, rare as it is.

IU was not on TV around here, but glad they hung on and got the win at Iowa. That can be a tough place to play, Hoosiers have not won very often there (Really anywhere usually).

Been a while since the Rambling Wreck was undefeated this late in the season. Georgia Tech is weird as they used to be solid in both BBall and Football all the time for years and they have not been that good for a while in either. Got to figure that Atlanta talent goes to GA all now or out of town for college?

Michigan looked pretty good today. QB play is much improved this year it seems.

That Diego Pavia is fun to watch play for Vanderbilt. Seeing that short guy in #2, you kinda get a bit of Doug Flutie vibes out of him as he scrambles around. Does not have that kind of arm though, Flutie could really chuck it.

nico iamaleava is personally wrecking penn state

lmao https://bsky.app/profile/awfulannouncing.bsky.social/post/3m2f43tvkrk2m

omg penn state

The Nittany Lions became the first FBS team since 1978 to lose back-to-back games as 20-point favorites

congrats, earlnash and all IU Hoosiers! that was incredible.

Well Carson Beck has officially disappointed another fan base.

U went PU. Louisvlle played a good game. Big win for Jeff Brohm.

There was a few good trickery plays in this one, worth checking out the high lights.

Lots of references to those couple amazing games that Louisville played against Clemson with Jackson. Those were some classics.

college football is absolutely broken in a way that i cannot imagine is sustainable?

every single player is a free agent every single year!

schools keep signing coaches to decade-long contracts with insane buyouts!

i'll admit to enjoying the chaos on the field though -- and maybe the sheer wealth and greed of everyone involved will continue to heighten the contradictions unto armageddon

Microcosm of the nation. Cal playing for the title of the Atlantic Coast...

Louisville is so tricky

another classic entry in the historic oregon-rutgers rivalry

vandy!

also put a fork in clemson

He went to BK and had it his way

coaching carousel is absolutely insane

there are 136 teams in the FBS! only one can win each year!

matt rhule is 2-22 against top-25 teams in his career! why is nebraska giving him $12m a year through 2032!

also incredible that LSU fired its AD because of the fucking louisiana governor

Curt Cignetti is the only good coach

pittsburgh kid, love him

also never won a bowl game

feel like the new paradigm will involve -- *after* NIL money, of course -- coaches who are great guys whom players really want to play for

e.g. not belichick

clemson now 1-4 at home

only one of those opponents was ranked (and no longer is)

Dabo might want to check out this transfer portal thing

The not yet pros that yet are pros had a good day today. I was kinda under the weather and watched it on and off all day.

Nostradamus award to Joel Klatt for talking up something like "got to watch the Buckeyes between the two 40 yard markers, they like to take a deep shot in those situations" and then the Buckeyes bomb a 50 yard TD in the next snap. Baller move.

IU looked pretty darn good. Their backs are very fast. QB Fernando is very accurate and I kinda get a Chad Pennington vibe off him, the dude is just on the money on anything under 15 yards. Mac Jones was that way at Alabama.
Got to love the one DB who broke up the TD attempt on 4th down in the end zone against Maryland, who then mimes taking the ref's flag and putting in his pocket. That was a pretty original one.

They must have put the good sh!t in the Gator AID today as they were throwing down on Georgia. There was some nasty hitting, no penalty happening there. Going to take alot of Jelloshots to make that game go away.

UK winning like it is 1952 out there. Winning ugly is still winning.

I slept through and did not see much of the Texas/Vanderbilt game, but that is definitely a highlight one worth checking out. I got to wonder if Pavia can make it work at the next level, I kinda hope so, he is fun to watch.

kid from indiana just made an absurd catch to put them in the lead vs zombie penn state

that ending was amazing

there was another incredible catch along the sideline just before that

also the penn state punter is 6'6" 292, never seen anything like it

Yeah, he has 50 pounds on James Rendell (who is also 6'6")

gus is out of control

https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.xyz/post/3m55gmdenys2t

That IU catch was a bit like the Dwight Clark play. Incredible play, easily the craziest end to an IU game since Dave Schnell led the upset of Michigan back in '87.

Diego Pavia is a f-n legend. Definitely an athlete that seems to be totally maxing out what he can do with his physical abilities.

Oregon and Iowa was a good fugly game, a slobberknocker to use one of Madden's terms. Probably did not play too many games of that style in the PAC10 over the last few years.

just amazing how he kept his right foot up