2025-2026 College Football Thread

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by supersix4

I know ... I'm just saying if it were truly about education the loudest message to send would be that. But we all know its not.

Too much money dude. There is a ridiculous amount of money involved with college football.

[Josh]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Supposedly the NCAA rules normally only allow violations to be punished within a 4 year statute of limitations too. But I've seen multiple reports today indicating there ae exceptions to that and Miami will probably fits into that exception. So Miami could possibly be punished for incidents dating all the way back to 2002.

If the NCAA can prove that there was systematic failure to identify and report the infractions, they can go back more than 4 years. I think they will find enough evidence to support that.

Miami should get the death penalty for this, but its difficult when they are locked in pre-negotiated television and radio deals involving all ACC teams. The NCAA is going to have to walk a fine line with this one. If they are preceived to be too lenient, you could see a bunch of teams walk away - there are enough that aren't happy about the BCS deal that this could form their own organization to sanction sports. Small conferences who are dwindling in numbers as larger conferences expand would be quick to jump into their own, equal share design. If the NCAA is too harsh, they could scare away lucrative TV deals.

But of course, when faced with losing small teams or big money, the NCAA is likely to pick big money. They'll go lenient on Miami, take the heat, lose the teams, and march forward.

You know Texas A&M is loving all this attention stealing negativity. After their failed move to the SEC, this has definitely taken the spotlight off them.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by Josh

You know Texas A&M is loving all this attention stealing negativity. After their failed move to the SEC, this has definitely taken the spotlight off them.

I don't think it's failed, unfortunately...just delayed.

[Moviefan1203]

Source - http://espn.go.com/college-football/...arrants-issued

LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Joshua Johns are turning themselves into police, their attorney, Nathan Fisher, said Friday.

Police had issued arrest warrants charging Jefferson and Johns with second-degree battery for a bar fight that injured four people last week.

LSU promptly suspended Jefferson and Johns indefinitely, the school announced.

Baton Rouge police Sgt. Don Stone said in a statement Friday that investigators contacted Fisher and LSU coach Les Miles, and asked for the players to turn themselves in.

Jefferson and Johns, a linebacker, face felony charges for their alleged roles in a fight outside Shady's bar in Baton Rouge on Aug. 19.

A police report says a 19-year-old woman named Victoria Long said she witnessed several LSU players beating one of the alleged victims and saw Jefferson kick that man in the face.

No. 4 LSU opens its season against No. 3 Oregon at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 3.

College football can't get any good publicity right now unfortunately. By the way, is the Big XII really going to replace Texas A&M with SMU? Nothing against the Mustangs, June Jones has them respectable for the first time since their death penalty, but they won't beat very many Big XII teams. SMU is the very reason the NCAA should never again hand out the death penalty. When it takes a school twenty five years to start playing in the postseason after the death penalty, that's a travesty. That's not a punishment, that is killing a program. I hope they continue to rise, it's nice to see them playing good football again.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

College football can't get any good publicity right now unfortunately. By the way, is the Big XII really going to replace Texas A&M with SMU? Nothing against the Mustangs, June Jones has them respectable for the first time since their death penalty, but they won't beat very many Big XII teams. SMU is the very reason the NCAA should never again hand out the death penalty. When it takes a school twenty five years to start playing in the postseason after the death penalty, that's a travesty. That's not a punishment, that is killing a program. I hope they continue to rise, it's nice to see them playing good football again.

SMU would be about the Big 12's 6th choice if Texas A&M leaves. Before they invited SMU they'd go after Notre Dame, BYU, Louisville, Houston, and TCU. Notre Dame definitely wouldn't join and BYU would be unlikely. TCU is about to join the Big East but the Big 12 makes more sense geographically so depending on the costs involved with leaving the Big East they could be an option. Louisville has said they're comfortable in the Big East but it's not out of the question they'd consider the Big 12. Houston almost certainly would join.

SMU wants to join but they don't bring enough to the table. The Big 12 already has a big fan base in the Dallas area with Baylor nearby and plenty of Texas and Oklahoma fans. SMU's basketball team is horrible and makes the league worse. Last year SMU only averaged about 23,000 fans at football games even though their stadium holds 32,000.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

SMU would be about the Big 12's 6th choice if Texas A&M leaves. Before they invited SMU they'd go after Notre Dame, BYU, Louisville, Houston, and TCU. Notre Dame definitely wouldn't join and BYU would be unlikely. TCU is about to join the Big East but the Big 12 makes more sense geographically so depending on the costs involved with leaving the Big East they could be an option. Louisville has said they're comfortable in the Big East but it's not out of the question they'd consider the Big 12. Houston almost certainly would join.

SMU wants to join but they don't bring enough to the table. The Big 12 already has a big fan base in the Dallas area with Baylor nearby and plenty of Texas and Oklahoma fans. SMU's basketball team is horrible and makes the league worse. Last year SMU only averaged about 23,000 fans at football games even though their stadium holds 32,000.

How many teams, do you think the Big XII would look to add? Just a replacement for Texas A&M, or would they want to go back to twelve members so they can start having a championship game again?

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

How many teams, do you think the Big XII would look to add? Just a replacement for Texas A&M, or would they want to go back to twelve members so they can start having a championship game again?

For now they'd just look to add 1 team to replace A&M, but eventually they'll want to get back to 12 teams. I still think at some point in the next couple years there's going to be some kind of conference explosion with the SEC, Pac-12, and Big 10 going to 16 teams and the remaining Big East, ACC, and Big 12 teams combining to form a conference or trying to stay in existence by bringing some teams that aren't currently in BCS conferences into their conferences.

[Moviefan1203]

Thanks for the insight, as always your knowledge is second to none.

[MaCruz]

Sticky thread until January.

[fatediesel]

Miami will officially be shorthanded Monday against Maryland. Per the link:

Senior quarterback Jacory Harris, wide receiver Travis Benjamin, defensive tackle Marcus Forston, defensive end Adewale Ojomo, and linebacker Sean Spence must all serve a one game suspension and repay their benefits. Converted tight end Dyron Dye and safety Ray-Ray Armstrong must serve a four game suspension while defensive end Olver Vernon must miss six games of competition.

The Hurricanes will play their first game of the season on Sept. 5 against Maryland.

http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs....56338/31628173

[MD-Blu]

In just 2 days the Ville will start on their journey to the BCS Championship!!!!!




Hey, a fan can dream can't they?

[ChadFL]

Looks like the punishment current Miami players wasn't as bad as expected. Most only got a 1 game suspension. The only one that might really hurt is top safety Ray Ray Armstrong suspended 4 games. And Miami's first game is a cakewalk. It's game 2 that they play Ohio St.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by MD-Blu

In just 2 days the Ville will start on their journey to the BCS Championship!!!!!




Hey, a fan can dream can't they?

Who?

[MD-Blu]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Who?

Louisville.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by MD-Blu

Louisville.

Oh ok, for some reason I was thinkignthe abbreviation was Villanova.

[fatediesel]

Texas A&M has officially told the Big 12 they intend to leave the conference on June 30, 2012 if they are accepted into another conference. Fox Sports, which signed a contract with the Big 12 worth over $1 billion in April, could void the contract with A&M leaving, which could lead to the Big 12 suing A&M and it's new conference (which will obviously be the SEC if they accept A&M).

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...new-conference

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Looks like the punishment current Miami players wasn't as bad as expected. Most only got a 1 game suspension. The only one that might really hurt is top safety Ray Ray Armstrong suspended 4 games. And Miami's first game is a cakewalk. It's game 2 that they play Ohio St.

Yeah, this is definitely a positive sign for Miami, the current players could have been punished a lot more severely. I have no doubt we'll be dealing with some sanctions, but I don't expect it to be the harsh blow so many of the haters want to see. I'm definitely breathing a little easier. I am worried for the Maryland game though, the Terps are a better team than a lot of people think and we'll be missing a lot of players for that game. Danny O'Brien is going to be a big star in the very near future.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Yeah, this is definitely a positive sign for Miami, the current players could have been punished a lot more severely. I have no doubt we'll be dealing with some sanctions, but I don't expect it to be the harsh blow so many of the haters want to see. I'm definitely breathing a little easier. I am worried for the Maryland game though, the Terps are a better team than a lot of people think and we'll be missing a lot of players for that game. Danny O'Brien is going to be a big star in the very near future.

They were VERY lucky they fired Randy Shannon in the nick of time before the shitstorm came down. Had they not done that they never would have gotten a coach as good as Al Golden. At least they seem to have the right coach. Miami should be in decent shape if their post-season ban in no more than 2-3 years. I tend to think it'll be something like 3 years plus a number of scholarships lost. Miami was going to take a few years to rebuild anyway, so I think they'll survive this. If Golden can rebuild the program back into a national power he'll forever be considered a great coach.

[Josh]

The landscape of college football is changing - and so will the BCS. The Big East and Big 12 will disappear as the other conferences expand to 16 teams each. That will leave the PAC-16 to rule the west, the SEC will cover the south, ACC gets the East, and Big Ten+6 will rule the North. There will be some bleeding between conferences, of course, but otherwise it will be very regional. I wouldn't be surprised if at that time the non-BCS conferences form their own bowl agreement.

[fatediesel]

It's finally game day, been too long a wait. It's too bad all of today's games are terrible, as evidenced by the fact that the "marquee" game of the day is UNLV (2-10 last year) at #11 Wisconsin. I don't get why ESPN wouldn't put some effort into getting a good game to open the season. I'm not saying they should try and put the best game of the week (LSU-Oregon) on Thursday but at least a game with 2 decent teams like TCU-Baylor or BYU-Mississippi. Still, I'm excited to watch real football tonight.