2025-2026 College Football Thread

[terp_fan99]

Oh I know it’ll never happen. I will just continue not to watch. This was the first time I’ve watched the playoffs since it’s inception. I much prefer the FCS, although North Dakota State has made that miserable the past decade.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by terp_fan99

Oh I know it’ll never happen. I will just continue not to watch. This was the first time I’ve watched the playoffs since it’s inception. I much prefer the FCS, although North Dakota State has made that miserable the past decade.

I know your team took a beating last night, and I’m very sorry about that. I was cheering for them. But you can’t give up. Keep fighting. TCU’s story is still being written.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

I know your team took a beating last night, and I’m very sorry about that. I was cheering for them. But you can’t give up. Keep fighting. TCU’s story is still being written.

At least we're at a point where a team like TCU has a shot to compete for a national title when they have a great season. in the late 2000's-early 2010's, they had several perfect or 1 loss regular seasons (yeah, in the MWC, I know) but never got a shot because the system was top-2 at the time. Their Andy Dalton led 2014 team was one of the best non-power conference teams I ever saw

[ChadFL]

As a UCF fan, it is maddening that every time we get invited to join a major conference, it falls apart just before we join. We got into the Big East many years ago, only for it to fall apart, becoming the AAC - a non-power conference. Now we finally get into the Big 12, just in time for two of the powerhouse football programs Texas and Oklahoma to ditch the conference. With the new program in and those two out, the conference is seriously watered down.

I suppose the only good part is the move to a 12 team playoff partly nullifies the weaker Big 12 UCF is joining. If UCF were to have a season similar to 2017 or 2018, it would be all but impossible to get shut out of the playoff.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

As a UCF fan, it is maddening that every time we get invited to join a major conference, it falls apart just before we join. We got into the Big East many years ago, only for it to fall apart, becoming the AAC - a non-power conference. Now we finally get into the Big 12, just in time for two of the powerhouse football programs Texas and Oklahoma to ditch the conference. With the new program in and those two out, the conference is seriously watered down.

I suppose the only good part is the move to a 12 team playoff partly nullifies the weaker Big 12 UCF is joining. If UCF were to have a season similar to 2017 or 2018, it would be all but impossible to get shut out of the playoff.

I think they’re in a better spot than the Pac-12 at the current moment. Doesn’t sound like either are in danger of losing their power 5 status at least.

[terp_fan99]

Texas has been pretty awful for a decade. TCU is 8-3 vs. them since joining the Big 12. Oklahoma is the bigger loss.

But yeah, it’s getting to a point where the Big 10 and SEC should form their own level above FBS.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by terp_fan99

Texas has been pretty awful for a decade. TCU is 8-3 vs. them since joining the Big 12. Oklahoma is the bigger loss.

But yeah, it’s getting to a point where the Big 10 and SEC should form their own level above FBS.

Yeah, I mention Texas more for brand recognition. That team is a bit of an enigma. Literally every year they have top-10 in the national recruiting class, and often top-5. Yet they somehow manage to lose between 4 and 7 losses every season going back to the late Mack Brown years.

[ChadFL]

RIP Georgia OL Devin Willock. Died in a car crash, along with a UGA staff member.


https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-die-car-crash

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

RIP Georgia OL Devin Willock. Died in a car crash, along with a UGA staff member.


https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-die-car-crash

CNN affiliate WXIA

Georgia football player and staffer killed hours after UGA championship celebration - YouTube

[emac213]

How does Jim Harbaugh get away with flirting with the NFL every off season?
How can you recruit with one foot out the door every year?

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by emac213

How does Jim Harbaugh get away with flirting with the NFL every off season?
How can you recruit with one foot out the door every year?

The tradition of Michigan kind of sells itself.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

RIP Georgia OL Devin Willock. Died in a car crash, along with a UGA staff member.


https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-die-car-crash

Let's have charges filed against the establishment(s) that served people involved that were drunk and/ or under 21...

UGA Jalen Carter left scene of fatal accident involving Devin Willock.

https://www.ajc.com/neNws/uga-star-j...GKAWLOD6DANDE/

https://www.ajc.com/news/investigati...M32USJFEQOLWU/

[Bigdog]

Deion Sanders entire Colorado team has entered the transfer portal.

Seems like things are not going so hot, he is no longer in division never mattered at college never mattered. He is now at a big boy program and his first spring game, half of his team walks off and hits the portal to get away. Not a good ;look or start for him, the AD best start to brush up that resume.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Bigdog

Deion Sanders entire Colorado team has entered the transfer portal.

Seems like things are not going so hot, he is no longer in division never mattered at college never mattered. He is now at a big boy program and his first spring game, half of his team walks off and hits the portal to get away. Not a good ;look or start for him, the AD best start to brush up that resume.

I was wondering how Deion would stack up at a D1 program. Coaching for a few years at a I-AA program that did not participate in the playoffs for that division, thus not playing any real quality opponents, it was impossible to tell if he could coach or was just coasting off a few top-tier recruits. Seems like we're getting our answer. If Deion were raking on 4 and 5 star recruits to makeup for all the transfers lost it would be one thing. But Colorado's recruiting has been nowhere near as impressive as his recruiting at Jackson State.

[BizCat]

I think he will be fine.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by BizCat

I think he will be fine.

So do I. Most of the players leaving are recognizing they won’t be getting much playing time under his regime. Transfer portal has changed the way players handle getting buried in the depth chart.

[emac213]

There is a lot of smoke that schools are trying to get out of the ACC. FSU is joined by Clemson, Miami, UNC, NC State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech as the seven programs looking at what it would entail to break the Grant of Rights GOR.
Before going any further, here’s what you need to know about the grant-of-rights and why it matters: The ACC is television partners with ESPN through 2036, and any money an ACC school earns through TV revenue in that span is conference property. Basically, programs breaking the GoR would forfeit the ability to monetize a majority of its televised games through 2036 in all sports.

So dissolving the GoR isn’t an option if you want to make money via TV rights, which is something the SEC and Big Ten are doing at a superior level to the ACC right now as their programs are making about $30 million more, each, annually than ACC teams from TV alone. The GoR is thought to be ironclad from a legal standpoint, and breaking it would lead to an expensive fee(9-figures, expensive).

There is a caveat, however. If a majority of the ACC members align – so, at least eight out of 14 – in exiting the conference, there’s the belief that the GoR could be challenged and dissolved successfully in court.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by emac213

There is a lot of smoke that schools are trying to get out of the ACC. FSU is joined by Clemson, Miami, UNC, NC State, Virginia, and Virginia Tech as the seven programs looking at what it would entail to break the Grant of Rights GOR.
Before going any further, here’s what you need to know about the grant-of-rights and why it matters: The ACC is television partners with ESPN through 2036, and any money an ACC school earns through TV revenue in that span is conference property. Basically, programs breaking the GoR would forfeit the ability to monetize a majority of its televised games through 2036 in all sports.

So dissolving the GoR isn’t an option if you want to make money via TV rights, which is something the SEC and Big Ten are doing at a superior level to the ACC right now as their programs are making about $30 million more, each, annually than ACC teams from TV alone. The GoR is thought to be ironclad from a legal standpoint, and breaking it would lead to an expensive fee(9-figures, expensive).

There is a caveat, however. If a majority of the ACC members align – so, at least eight out of 14 – in exiting the conference, there’s the belief that the GoR could be challenged and dissolved successfully in court.

ACC is an anchor for both of our schools. I just think if they could have gotten out, they would have done it by now.

[emac213]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

ACC is an anchor for both of our schools. I just think if they could have gotten out, they would have done it by now.

I think everyone was fine until they saw what the SEC and B1G are going to make on their new TV deals, compared to the ACC.

Schools like Vanderbilt and Rutgers making 30 million more a year than the top ACC Schools is crazy. It was dumb to sign that contract to begin with, and now fighting to get out of it.

So from my understanding it takes 8 teams from the conference to leave to blow up the Grant of Rights. I saw on Twitter that UL is also on board so that would make 8 teams. I'm still in I will believe it when I see it stage tho. If true the ACC days could be numbered.

[Eye Candy]

In 2024, in the SEC, The Longhorns will host Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State, while visiting Arkansas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt, and being the designated visiting team against Oklahoma in Dallas.

https://texassports.com/news/2023/6/...-schedule.aspx