"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.

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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

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― 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

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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FLORIDA GATORS vs. NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS

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