2025 Miscellaneous College Football thread

[young guns]

Alabama always brings some joy to my heart.  Extra special when it's an unranked team.  Though it probably drops them to like 10th and propels Florida st to like 20th.

[nate82]

They look beatable but not sure if the Badgers can win that game.  Would have to be a near perfect game from the offense.  Defensively the Badgers look like they could hang with Alabama as long as the offense can sustain some drives that is.

[LouisEly]

Mike Gundy calls out Oregon's NIL "budget":

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46133353/spend-win

"I think Oregon spent close to $40 [million] last year alone," Gundy said. "So, that was just one year. Now, I might be off a few million."

Lanning: "We spend to win."

Well, Lanning isn't denying that Oregon had $40M to spend.  Reminder, Oregon is now in the Big Ten.

[wildcat83]

Texas A&M and Notre Dame was a heck of a football game!  One of the more entertaining games that I’ve seen in years.

[Underachiever]

8 hours ago, wildcat83 said:

Texas A&M and Notre Dame was a heck of a football game!  One of the more entertaining games that I’ve seen in years.

Bonus: ND lost. At 0-2, they might drop out of the top ten. Imagine!

[HarryDoyle]

Brian Kelly is an asshat, always has been an asshat, and always will be an asshat.

[LouisEly]

Well, UW hasn't lost at home to Tulsa, so things could be worse.

I hope that OSU allows Gundy to finish the season.  He's been there long enough and given enough to that program to have earned that right.  Maybe like Chryst he's just had enough of what college football has become and is half-arsing it.

[Samurai Bucky]

11 hours ago, LouisEly said:

Well, UW hasn't lost at home to Tulsa, so things could be worse.

I hope that OSU allows Gundy to finish the season.  He's been there long enough and given enough to that program to have earned that right.  Maybe like Chryst he's just had enough of what college football has become and is half-arsing it.

That is a good point.  That reminds me of Jeff Hafley, the Defensive Coordinator with the Packers.  I don't think Hafley was half-arsing it, but I think he had enough of the trans-sham-mockery college football has become.

[JosephC]

Well, this off-season I was the first guy to point out Indiana's pitiful schedule in 2024 and question how good they really were.

They have brought out the whoopin stick on ole Bert tonight.  That beating the Wisconsin got this afternoon is nothing compared to the shellacking that Indiana is putting on Illinois.  Granted, Indiana has the home field advantage.  But 49-10(?), and still in quarter number three.

So much for that top 10 ranking, LOL.

[HarveysWBs]

46 minutes ago, JosephC said:

Well, this off-season I was the first guy to point out Indiana's pitiful schedule in 2024 and question how good they really were.

They have brought out the whoopin stick on ole Bert tonight.  That beating the Wisconsin got this afternoon is nothing compared to the shellacking that Indiana is putting on Illinois.  Granted, Indiana has the home field advantage.  But 49-10(?), and still in quarter number three.

So much for that top 10 ranking, LOL.

Just flipped over from the Crew and, my goodness. Getting boat raced doesn’t even begin to describe this game.

[LouisEly]

On 9/19/2025 at 10:14 PM, LouisEly said:

I hope that OSU allows Gundy to finish the season. 

And they didn't. Losing at home to Tulsa the death knell.

[owbc]

Bielema's ceiling is a good but not great team. 

[Samurai Bucky]

Indiana doesn't have to play Ohio State nor Michigan.  Get past Oregon and Penn State and they will be a playoff team.

[yourout]

What a massive fumble by Illinois when they were going in for a score to put it away.

[Samurai Bucky]

The defense by Iowa on the last Indiana TD was so… Iowa.  

[HarryDoyle]

Well look who's back as the head coach at Arkansas.

[JosephC]

20 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

Well look who's back as the head coach at Arkansas.

Already fired 3 assistants.  Will be interesting to see who is hired.  The new mistress must have a brother and a couple cousins that are looking for work.

[homer]

Indiana with a great win at Oregon  Kind of knife in the heart to hear that Bob Bostad is their O Line coach 

[JosephC]

James Franklin = 0-3 in Big 10

[HarryDoyle]

14 hours ago, JosephC said:

James Franklin = 0-3 in Big 10

James Franklin = unemployed.

Penn State fires head coach James Franklin, sources say - ESPN

[homer]

Penn St ain't messing around.

[yourout]

15 hours ago, JosephC said:

James Franklin = 0-3 in Big 10

Luke Fickell now 0 and 7 in last seven big ten games and will likely hit at least 0 an 12.

Still employed.

[Samurai Bucky]

$50M buyout for Franklin

[LouisEly]

A tweet went out saying that Adidas drove the James Franklin firing at PSU, but PSU is denying that.

[Samurai Bucky]

Napier out as Florida head coach. $19M buyout