At least they FINALLY found the goddamn end zone



.... but it was just negated by letting them march the other way unoppsed. The fuck?!

I get Bosa is gone for the year, but my god, he wasn't the whole D.

This is going to be a long fall from two.

Some talk of Louisville going after Brohm but I don't see them getting rid of Petrino. He's got like a $17 million buy out and they've lost alot of money through the basketball scandals.

Boiler Up!

BOILER UP

Rondale Moore Heisman

Didn't you lose to Northwestern?

Purdue has beaten 3 ranked teams now. They have a chance to go to the Big Ten Title game. Need a Northwestern loss tonight.

Lol....a non conference loss means as much as an Eve Torres women's title win in Saudi Arabia right now.

Thanks for the big dub, rp.

Hell....lose to Iowa and beat Minnesota and Illinois and you still go to Indy.

Rp

Why don't you just meet me in the middle

Uhg…..We gonna have to beat Alabama in the SEC title game. Brutal. Gonna laugh if ND or Michigan takes a L and we end up with Bama and UGA in the playoff again.

Either way I think Clemson has it on lock this year. That offense is potent.

I'm upset in the turn of events.

I can see Penn State giving problems, but a loss to Perdon't and a close game with goddamn Cornholers? The entire defense has progressively played more and more like shit as the season progresses. The potential for overcoming the upcoming showdown Sparty or not is one thing, but they'd better not lose to TTUN.

We fired Tressell for this??

That's just it: Xichigan needs to lose The Game. That would likely get Harbaugh run out of town, and that's not an exaggeration. Coaches on both sides have lost jobs over their record in the rivalry no matter how well they've played otherwise. Even if they do the unthinkable, there is the matter of the Big Ten Championship game they'd have to win as well to remain in the playoff picture.

Hopefully you Big 10 guys won't have to deal with Purdue and Jeff Brohm any more. I was against firing Bobby Petrino at Louisville but this team is historically bad and seem to have give up. It's hurt recruiting and the freshman QB just transferred out. If Bobby can't keep QBs its time for him to go.

Still doesn't excuse shitty play by the Buckeyes. They deserved to lose because their defense was uncharacteristically porous. It was nice of Perdue to play angry for once instead of laying down like so much Rutgers, but goddamnit!

Big Ten West Division Champs. Going to Indy as a travel destination in December! See you all in hell! Go Cats!!!!

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UMass 2-0 woo

Big Ten Championship refs are going to be brutal towards NU. No way the Big Ten wants NU to win that game especially if it would prevent Michigan/OSU from getting into the playoffs.

Rooting for an upset of one or both of those two, then the lower ranked of the two winning The Game.

F off, Louisville. Stay away from Brohm.

-.-

That's who they'll go after. I was surprised Bobby made it out of halftime Friday night.

Dan Dakich says they're pursuing UAB coach and Charlie Strong.

Just stay away from our Brohm :fu:

Bromh will be the first coach they go after. He's a loyal guy and might stay and I could see them going after Strong again if he does. Think you are talking about Neal Brown who is Troy's coach but I don't think he is a strong candidate.

Not necessarily. It would just mean they could fulfill the wet dream and add another SEC team to the top 4.

Ohio State is all the way out. There is zero chance they can climb back from 10 in two games to be in a position to replace that other team with a conference championship win. The committee made that mistake twice already; once by giving my beloved Buckeyes a berth when they didn't deserve it, and the following year by denying a better performing team because of the shortcomings of the previous "benefit of the doubt" ranking push. I think those two post season results should have been flipped (but I also think that a few seasons before that, Ohio State shouldn't have lost to Florida for the National Championship, because they should have played Georgia... not just because they were a team they could have beaten, but because Georgia got hosed on that final ranking.)

TTUN would have to knock off Ohio State, Northwestern, AND Alabama just to play for the National Championship, unless someone ahead of them slips up and bumps them up to #3. If the cards go that way, Northwestern could totally play spoiler by being Big Ten champs. If the schedule were how the original setup for the Big Ten to have a championship game (you know, as referenced in that error I made awhile back), this would potentially have been the year Ohio State and Xichigan would have played twice in a row in a single season.

But I'm not going to write anyone off. You know where my loyalties are, but we have to see this through one week at a time. After having a shitty time against Purdue and Nebraska, I'm totally not looking past the usually abysmal Maryland.

But, all things considered, all this still makes me a firm believer in a 16 team pool. 8 is fine, and an obvious eventuality, but 16 is only one additonal week of 8 games that would be populated by schools playing in lesser bowl games anyhow. It would lend more credibility to the entire Top 25, eliminate the "outside looking in" squads like your UCFs or Boise States or TCUs or West Virginias not getting a shot while their school is in position to be relevant for a year or two, and they get to keep their multiple SEC team fantasy alive and well.

Yeah but my whole point is that it's the Big Ten Championship with Big Ten refs so it will totally be one of these "Pssst....hey....do what's best for the conference" which would be Michigan/OSU getting to the playoffs if the situation allows. If Michigan enters this game still with that one loss, it's win and in. No way the conference wants to let them lose and leave the Big Ten out of the playoffs even though it just means they still get to go to a NY6.

What's the rule on conferences in the NY6? Is it a limit of 3 or 2? I know they've had that rule in years past.

Not sure. It would likely be a 3, but given that they have co-opted two bowl games per year as a playoff round and Notre Dame might actually forsake its above .500 bowl guarantee with an actual run at the title, I think they just start plugging teams in where they can to make a quick buck ...even though the NCAA is not a business.

Always seems weird to me when the Rose Bowl isn't Big Ten/Pac Ten though. With the extra wrinkle of it rotating as a playoff game, it is just weirder.

SU :(

Yale vs. Harvard AKA "THE GAME" went down for the 143rd time.

Harvard whoops Yale's ass 45-27 at Fenway. Which was probably quite the experience this time around.

lol thanks

Which included a called back TD due to an errant finger. Who knew we started getting "thugs" in the Ivy League? :roll:

In other news, as much of a fan that I am, I'm tired of this on the field shitshow. "Let's get behind and then play for real" nonsense has to go. Out there making Maryland look like Wisconsin from like 4 years ago. You know what way I want THE GAME to go, but it won't go down like that if OSU keeps this nonsense up... and they definitely won't make it past Northwestern.

Rooting for OSU next week. Really fear the refs if a playoff appearance is on the line for Michigan. Much less likely case for OSU in the playoffs without 3 or 4 teams ahead of them losing.

Well at least one team ahead of them is guaranteed to lose in a couple weeks, so there's that.

It would have been more of a case if Ohio State hadn't shit the bed so much this year on defense and lost to goddamn Purdue.

Really, if there were justice, UCF should leapfrog fucking everyone. They're getting the Boisie State treatment, and that's kinda disrespectful. A Michigan loss should have the Knights jump them and Georgia to get the 4th spot.

Really... and undefeated squad ranked down with 3 loss teams... shameful...

It's not shameful. The problem is that there are too many teams in the FBS. You have like 120 teams fighting for 4 spots. They need to split the FBS into 2 separate divisions. Div-1 would be the power 5 conferences and Notredame and would have their own championship, with the other group being all the mid-major conferences and what not left.

UCF is a great team....but they will get slaughtered by the likes of an Alabama, Clemson, ND etc. They go undefeated because they have a comparatively easy schedule. Any of the teams in the top 10 would go undefeated against their schedule, and probably any of the teams in the top 20 really.

In saying all that, because of the way it is set up, they DO deserve the opportunity at the playoff.....I just feel that wouldn't pan out very well. They would end up playing either Clemson or Alabama in the first round and I think they would get beaten like 63-21 and it would not be a good luck. No other smaller school would ever get a look after that lol.

It's unfortunate we don't have an expanded playoff system already. 8 teams would have them in now probably.

I hate this krOnik doofus.22+'s college football opinions

He's soooo wrong always but thinks he's more qualified via living in Georgia. Spoiler warning: ur opinions suck dude

For "strength of schedule", teams can only play who is in front of them; and games are lined up a couple of years in advance. Also funny how "strength of schedule" only seems to factor keeping unwanted teams out, but not when, say, SEC schools have multiple late season "bye weeks" against Whogivesafuck State.

That they would be "slaughtered" is a huge assumption, and pretty much the reason why games are played on the field. A great anecdote on that is, ironically, the Ohio State national championship. If the BCS were still in the pre-playoff days that season, the game would have most likely been Alabama dismantling the highly suspect Florida State, who was somehow ranked #2 in spite of being absolute ass that year. This whole "just hand X the trophy (currently X = Alabama) is a thing I don't agree with. Teams don't become dominant overnight, nor do they stay on top in perpituity. Even a dynasty as powerful as the one in Tuscaloosa right now won't remain. And even as the Tide rolls ever literally, there could be that one team that is able to step on their neck that they weren't ready for, or, in fact, had an answer for them.

This year's mid major can be a national heavyweight a few seasons from now, or even right now if they have their stars aligned and a special group of guys on the field. However, just prejudging on name brand recognition can cause that shit to be overlooked. When Oregon started getting major Nike money to the point of having more uniform choices a season than games, that started attracting players who wanted to get in on some of that swag (and I mean both swagger AND free clothes interchangably). They got written off before that. Now, it's no surprise to have them periodically jump to the top of the Pac 12.

You get used to hearing about the same handful of teams, and you start buying into other teams never being good enough. However, there is a little more parity now than there ever was, with collegiate football being such a big cash cow and students looking to be standouts are going more for the "lesser" schools to be able to get playtime instead of riding pine for three years at a perennial powerhouse.

But we will never know how any of those will stack up if they never get the shot to. TCU shows flashes every few years. Boise State crawled up from being 1-AA around '98 to being a 1-A school nobody wanted to risk their records against in 2008. Hawaii gets shot in the foot a lot because of geography. Hell, how much of recent history has Notre Dame been an utter joke? The biggest difference is that ND has some name recognition that Central Florida does not. Who knows: UCF might kick the everliving shit out of Notre Dame if they played... but they'll never play. They won't get the boost. The fact that even my beloved Buckeyes are still in the conversation even after uncharacteristically janky defense, way too many close games and, again, a goddamn loss at Purdue at #10, but UCF is just written off at #11 with a better record is just a shame... because we will never get the chance to even know how good UCF is or isn't. Or any team like them that will come along.

Primary reason why I'm an advocate for a 16 team playoff. Fuck 8, make it 16. Power 5 conference champs, undefeated teams, and any at-large squads who didn't give up halfway through the year because they are only ranked #22... and quite a bit of that is still arbitrary anyway. You're only adding two more Saturdays than currently is in place. The champion plays Four extra games instead of two. About the only thing stopping that is the fact that you wouldn't be able to televise all 8 first round games nationally, unless you also add Friday or something.

... I really need to stop with the 16 team thing. I actually believe in it, but I feel like I'm saying it too much.

I think 8 is the highest it should go but think a NIT type tournament for the Group of 5 Schools should happen as well.

LOL doesn't matter when an SEC team gets a bye week against whogivesafuckstate? Jesus Christ, UCF plays whogivesafuckstate at least 10 of their 12 games.

Part of that was the whole hay made out of the thing a few years back where most of your 1-A schools would play a slack team or some 1-AA handshake game that acted as the collegic version of a preseason. This somehow hurt that almighty "strength of schedule" factor that was getting more and more weight, so a bunch of schools started having week 1 matchups with other marquee schools (this was also around the time everyone was trying to make dual division conferences with an actual championship game at the end of the season instead of declairing the team with the best schedule the winner.) Meanwhile, the SEC just started frontloading the confrence schedule and playing all the puff teams late season.

You can only play who is in front of you, though, and while UCF isn't regularly going up against teams like Texas or USC or Penn St, it isn't like they haven't earned the right to try.

There is too much "factoring" in trying to guestimate who would make a better matchup/generate more revenue. For all anyone knows, UCF could run the table and shock everyone. We'll never know, because they lack the name brand recognition for us to find out. They could go undefeated next year, too, and unless a lot of the big boys drop three games - a super unlikely scenario - they will never be able to climb into the playoff picture. They, or anyone like them, will always be just outside the threshold.

Didn't UCF beat an SEC team in a bowl game last year when they were also undefeated

I fucking hate your crap college football opinions dude. You're the problem man. The SEC isn't even remotely impressive this year, at least compared to 7-8ish years ago. We all gotta drop the perpetual sec boner, like they're somehow NFL caliber teams

"but muh bama"

fucken dipshit

I'm not saying UCF needs to be in the top 4, but UCF needs to be ahead of 2 loss LSU

Not really "fair" that any schools not in a major conference are given the message "it doesn't matter how good you are, you're actually not allowed to compete for a national title"

Obviously directed at kronik doofus, I largely agree with Tom Boddet and thank him for leaving the light on. Do not ager on a 16 team playoff at all though, I don't even like an 8 team playoff. MAYBE 6 teams ... maybe

I hate the idea of losing bowl games/especially traditional ones in favor of some march madness dream

This is why I said they should be split into separate divisions but I wouldn't expect you to read anything when you can spazzzzzzz instead.

Separate divisions

Listen to ur retarded ideas dude

Nerf why are you so angry?

Probably doesn't realize football is split into multiple divisions because there are way too many teams for them to all be lumped together. I bet he doesn't realize there are actually 4 national champions in college football every year. Or that Division-1, which we are talking about in this thread, has already had to be split once because of this same issue, which is why we have the FBS and the FCS.

The FCS (the lower branch of Div-1) has 125 teams. Their national championship is determined by a 16 team tournament. By comparison, the FBS (which is all the schools we are talking about here) has 130 teams, one of which is transitional and gets a 4 team tournament. See a problem here?

You either have to have a larger field in the playoffs, and 16 is a realistic number. That's like 13% of the teams making the playoffs which is a TINY amount compared to other sports. But since for some reason the system that works in every other division isn't going to work in Div-1; we can't have 16 teams and it'll be forever to get 8. Look how long it took to get 4 teams instead of 2 ffs. So if we aren't going to field a larger group for the playoffs, the only answer is to split the division again and have another national championship that the schools who will NEVER get a nod in the current system actually have a chance of winning.

Division-1A becomes the power 5 and Notre Dame and they can have their 4 teams playoff since they will be the smallest division. 1B is everyone else from the current FBS and the top 2 conferences from the FCS; 1C is the rest of the FCS. Those 2 groups can have the otherwise standard tournament to decide their national champions. Problem solved for everyone.

Well shit, I just looked it up, and the FCS has moved to a 24 team playoff now. Haven't honestly paid attention to FCS since the local school (Georgia Southern) moved up to FBS a few years ago.

dude you are sooooooo wrong about your college football opinions

yes lets have a a new division just for alabama and ohio state :roll:

I think it'll happen eventually. Once these conferences move to having 16 teams the top 4 will split from the rest.

Well the playoff drama is going to get interesting now. Michigan is looking like they are going to get crushed by Ohio St. That's gonna move UGA to #4, but they have to play Alabama next week, so there's another guaranteed loss from a top 4 team. Gonna be interesting to see how this shakes out.

Can't wait for UGA to beat Alabama in the SEC title game and then they both make the playoffs again. Gonna come here and watch Nerf cry about the SEC with a huge smile on my face.

So, I will not be surprised if Harbaugh is in the hot seat in spite of turning the squad around to a winning record. Dropping 4 in a row in the rivalry is enough to make some boosters grumble.

I think he will survive the grumblings this time, but if they lose again next year he will be toast.

I like Jim Harbaugh a lot. Ever since he was Captain Comeback for Indy. Feel really bad for him not getting over that hump this year.

Ohio St. vs Northwestern

I still want to know where this fire was all season, though?! There was no reason for Penn St to be so close or that loss to goddamn Perdue...

That's how I feel about UGA and their loss to LSU, who I feel is a bit overrated because of their win over UGA. Seems like we finally got the offense firing on all cylinders again after that L though, and especially the last 2 weeks.

Wish we had Northwestern in our conference championship :/

I wish he didn't get run out of San Fran. You'd think you'd put winning prominence over not dealing with an abrasive personality. What good is a cordial coach when you're perpetually in the basement?

Exactly how I feel. He was great in San Fran and that team DIED as soon as he left.

Auburn v Alabama is a very good game so far, as usual. 17-14 Alabama at half.

Lot of good games tonight too. Clemson v South Cackalack. Fully expect Clemson to win by at least 3 touchdowns, but it's a rivalry game and could end up being close for a good portion of the game.

ND vs USC is the one I'm interested in though. The trojans have been pretty ass this year, but they ALWAYS show out against ND. This is one of the best rivalries in sports and with ND having an undefeated regular season on the line, it will be tense.

UConn is now the worse defense in FBS history. Set records for most points and yards allowed today.

They need to just fold up the football program once and for all.

Clemson leading South Cackalack 28-21 at half. Really exciting game. Lots of big plays, no defense haha.

ND losing 10-0 to USC like midway through the second quarter. INTRIGUE DEVELOPING.

@ClockShot Holy shit haha I just looked up the stats on UCONNs defense and that is freaking awful. They should relegate them to D-III and have them playing Downtown Portland Agricultural Community College.

Jesus ND just went for it on like 4th and 5 from the 45 yd-line....IN THE 2ND QUARTER -_-

And they didn't convert. Hope USC runs this down and makes it 17-0 real quick.

On the subject of mysterious 4th down play calling tonight, South Carolina appears to think they can't hold Clemsons offense enough and has apparently made the command decision to go for it on EVERY 4th down. They went on 4th and goal earlier and didn't convert, and then Clemson decided to be dicks on the next drive and went for it on like 4th and 8 and scored haha. It's crazy but hey, it's entertaining.

Called Clemson winning by 3 touchdowns. ND escaped USC 24-17. Was a really exciting game.

The surprise for me was LSU vs Texas A&M. 7OT game that ended with Texas A&M winning 74-72. Most points in FBS history and second most all time in all of college football. One of the craziest games I've ever seen.

You say that now, but watch what happens next week.

It saddens me as a fan. I have had to switch gears from fan (as I am a '9ers fan... sort of by circumstance: I called myself picking the farthest team away from Browns vs Steelers, meanwhile, The Debartolo Corporation is literally a few miles south of me. Their name is on a building at YSU. and when they have an east coast run, the team practices here. Local ties run deep.) to foe when he accepted his current gig.

I really wish Eddie could get the team back. The in laws have made a shitshow of his pride and joy.

But on to the rivalry.

You might be correct, Seph, in that he dodges a bullet given his history and performance, but then again, both teams have fired coaches for less. "You can go 1-10, but that 1 better be against [either team]". If everything were equal and played out exactly as history goes except Urban dropped the last 4 to TTUN, even with the playoff appearances and national championship, people would be calling for his head right now.

The statement might shift depending upon which Buckeye team shows up: the penalty ridden defensive sieve that waits until the second half to attempt to start playing halfway to potential, or the monster that just kicked the shit out of Xichigan today... because the latter is the type of team who can hang another 42 points on the almighty Alabama, and the former should just be happy to make a bowl appearance in a game that ultimately won't matter against an 8 thru 15 rank opponent around Christmas.

They'll be something like 13 point favs over NU. Maybe more after everyone looks at how much OSU beat Michigan by and how much NU beat Illinois by. Take NU. There were good reasons why it was only an 8 point win.

I'm just glad this season is over, one of the worst in Louisville history.

OSU opens as 13 point favs....line quickly moves to 14. Just like I predicted.

*droford post*

Prob going to see more and more people betting OSU so I wouldn't be surprised to see that line continue to move.

"I'd stay away from that one."

Nobody here would get the Todd N Tyler joke, but I was compelled to post it anyway. I should have posted it on the forums for Petey's NHL Blog, though...

*Almost* time to play the gaaeeeeeeemmmm

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I would really like for Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma and Ohio State to lose this weekend. Georgia obviously wins, UCF kills whoever in their conference title game, and Clemson and Oklahoma lose by 2 scores. That would create the maximum amount of turmoil for the playoff selection committee.

If NU loses, I would like for OU to win and keep Texas below Penn State in the rankings so NU has a shot at the Citrus Bowl. I guess I'd still be happy with the Holiday Bowl in a worst case scenario.

Take the purple to Pasadena tho.

Even people on the NU fan sites are moaning that they're going to get creamed. Like, ok....don't win the division and go to the fucking Motor City bowl in Detroit or whatever every year. Fuck you.

Things need to drop in NU'S favor to win because they aren't going to beat OSU on pure athletics, but there's a path.

In case you guys can't tell, I'm pretty pumped for this. Biggest game in the Pat Fitzgerald Era and I think they have a shot to crash the party.

Purdue fans are lucky. I knew Brohm was a loyal a guy and was too early for him to leave. I've heard alot of names thrown out. Pulling from Appalachian St. coach Scott Sadderfield to Bob Stoops which would be crazy. Hoping for Satterfield since UNC passed up on him.

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I don't dislike Louisville but the media down there and the never ending trolling that Brohm was a done deal got old fast.

I wish you guys well on your coaching search. I think UNC passing on Satterfield is going to bite them in the ass.

I agree, never thought Brohm was a done deal. Also agree UNC going with Mack Brown will bite them in the ass. Louisville just went through hiring a coach for the second time. I'll be happy with Satterfield but if they can pull off Bob Stoops I'd also be down for that. The the names are Luke Fickle and Troy Brown and I don't think Troy Brown us a good fit.

Believe Brohm was really torn on the the decision and it could have gone any way.

Also suck it MSU fans. Bifmg win for Chris Mack in his first year at Louisville.

I'm not holding out Brohm will stay with us long term but we're in a far better place than we were before. The last President didn't give a shit about sports and took money from the athletic department (dat BTN loot). The former AD was just riding into the sunset for retirement and went along with it. Even back to when we were winning with Joe Tiller, he couldn't keep assistants due to budget constraints.

but yeah..I think Brohm could be eyeing an eventual blue blood or NFL job if things continue to improve. It'd be much easier for him to leave us than it would be to leave Louisville in one of those situations.

Fuck Izzo. We're constantly fighting for the same recruits and he wins most of the time.

Betting line has moved to 15.5 for OSU in some books. NU.

Rooting for Oklahoma, Clemson and Georgia. I guess UCF too even though they don't get in even if everything breaks their way.

Go Cats

I dunno, I see ONE path for UCF. They have to win huge today, and Georgia, OSU and Oklahoma all have to lose. Even then it still comes down to luck. I saw analysts predict that if it broke that way Georgia would just stay at #4.

COME ON GEORGIA

oooffff. That missed FG was huge. 3 score game if he makes it.

Every shot of the Bama/UGA cheerleaders or dance team is 100% perfect 10's. The SEC is good at football and tits. All you need to succeed in this country.

.....and now its a 1 score game. Would still have room for error if the dork with the glasses kicks that extra point length FG.

It's crazy to think he is actually one of the best kickers around after that kick lol.

Pulling for your guys, Seph. Bama beats out Ohio State for #4 and I'm really worried that the Big Ten is going to call their game in favor of OSU to try to get them to the playoffs. Don't think OSU even gets to a NY6 bowl if they lose.

Thing I hate about college is no injury report. Some teams give some out from time to time but there's no incentive to do so or be truthful. NU has a bunch of guys I'd like to know about and there's no way the announcers are going to talk about it. NU's entire secondary, a starting DE, #1 WR and not one but two kickers are all questions. They've been using a punter to kick and he doesn't even have the leg to do 35 yards.

Uh oh. Tua is done. He was playing with an injured knee already and now his ankle got rolled. Not good.

Looks like he is going to be carted off from the sideline medical tent here in a second. Feel bad for him and hope it doesn't cost him the Heisman.

All I can think of is how much easier it would be to be a UGA fan to have those extra 3 points right now.

Don't need you to remind me too. The announcers won't let me forget lol

The dork with glasses who is let on to the SEC football team needs to make the bloody 30 yard kick. Look at those brauds he has access to. He needs to make those.

That was such a pretty pass over the RB's shoulder.