2025-2026 College Football Thread

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

I can't imagine Randy Shannon will keep his job unless they win out.

I agree Randy Shannon needs to be fired, but the loss today was bad luck. Once Harris got knocked out, I knew it was very unlikely for us to win. Having said that, we may have ourselves something special with Stephen Morris. Once he settled down, he started to play well. Seeing as the kid is a true freshman Jacory Harris might have a bit of competition for the job next year.

Originally Posted by supersix4

Terp city

Until you run into the 'Canes!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Until you run into the 'Canes!

Careful we'll put 47 on you and its only the 3rd quarter!

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Notre Dame is just terrible. They're only leading an average CUSA achool Tulsa 20-18 at halftime in South Bend. They'll be lucky to finish 6-6 this year.

And the ND football staff is probably liable for the death of that student who died from a 50+ foot fall this week trying to film their practice. I can't believe they let that kid operate a lift 50 feet in the air with winds of over 50 mph.

Tulsa won due to horrible ND playcalling. For some reason they were throwing the ball down 2 and in easy field goal range and threw a pick. ND quarterback Dayne Crist is out for the year with a knee injury.

[Slec]

Originally Posted by Spurrier Sucks

Thank you Kyle Parker and the entire O line for stepping up and playing a great game today. What a joke!

Blame the play caller... I think its about time this experiment ends. We need a seasoned O.C.

[fatediesel]

Auburn has no defense. This should be a shootout, less than 10 minutes into the game and it's already 14-14.

[ChadFL]

Oregon is playing another typical game. Over 700 yards of offense and 75 points between Oregon and USC through 3 quarters. Looks like Oregon is going to remain undefeated though.

I was hoping the undefeated ranks would thin a little more but Utah held on to narrowly defeat Air Force. Utah and TCU still play head to head this year though so one of them will drop a game.

[ChadFL]

The Longhorns lost at home for the 3rd time this year, falling to 4-4. There's gotta be a lot of panic in Texas over this season. That team still has a few tough games ahead and they're now in 5th place out of 6 teams in the Big 12 South. Mack Brown is lucky he has a national championship in the bank.

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Not sure why fatediesel isn't more impressed with Iowa, if they keep it up I will be shocked if they're not in the top 5 in the BCS standings at the end of the season.

Not possible: they have two losses (both against ranked opponents).

[supersix4]

Montana should have been QB he'd have won it with a game winning drive with 00 left on the clock

[ChadFL]

Hah. I had no clue till I just saw on my local news but there's an undefeated I-AA college football team in my city. The small traditionally black Daytona Beach college Bethune-Cookman is 8-0 with an average margin of victory of 31 points. I can't remember them ever really having a good team before. They're up to #12 in the latest I-AA rankings. Not bad at all.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...okman-wildcats

[ChadFL]

If I had to take a guess I'd say the new BCS rankings will look like this.

1. Auburn - Still with a big lead due to strength of schedule
2. Oregon - Another blowout win
3. Boise St.
4. TCU
5. Alabama - Bama is closing in fast thanks to more undefeateds falling
6. Utah - Barely beat Air Force but they'll move up thanks to other teams losing.
7. Oklahoma
8. Wisconsin
9. Ohio St.
10. LSU

The only undefeated teams from major conferences left are Auburn and Oregon. I'd be very surprised if Auburn actually wins out. They still have to play @Alabama. There's also a pretty good chance Oregon drops a game. We're facing some potentially odd scenarios for the national title game.

1. Obviously if Oregon and Auburn win out they will be playing for the national title.
2. If only one of those two win out we're in a real mess. If for example Alabama wins out (beating Auburn in the process) would it allow them to still finish ahead of Boise and the winner of the TCU-Utah game? Possibly.
3. If Oregon and Auburn both lose a game either Boise St. or the winner of the TCU-Utah would almost certainly make the national championship. And there's a slim chance you could have a TCU vs. Boise St. title game. But more likely it would be one small conf school vs. a 1-loss major conf school like Alabama.

Bottom line: Ditch the BCS so we don't have this nonsense anymore!

[toxsic]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

If I had to take a guess I'd say the new BCS rankings will look like this.

1. Auburn - Still with a big lead due to strength of schedule
2. Oregon - Another blowout win
3. Boise St.
4. TCU
5. Alabama - Bama is closing in fast thanks to more undefeateds falling
6. Utah - Barely beat Air Force but they'll move up thanks to other teams losing.
7. Oklahoma
8. Wisconsin
9. Ohio St.
10. LSU

The only undefeated teams from major conferences left are Auburn and Oregon. I'd be very surprised if Auburn actually wins out. They still have to play @Alabama. There's also a pretty good chance Oregon drops a game. We're facing some potentially odd scenarios for the national title game.

1. Obviously if Oregon and Auburn win out they will be playing for the national title.
2. If only one of those two win out we're in a real mess. If for example Alabama wins out (beating Auburn in the process) would it allow them to still finish ahead of Boise and the winner of the TCU-Utah game? Possibly.
3. If Oregon and Auburn both lose a game either Boise St. or the winner of the TCU-Utah would almost certainly make the national championship. And there's a slim chance you could have a TCU vs. Boise St. title game. But more likely it would be one small conf school vs. a 1-loss major conf school like Alabama.

Bottom line: Ditch the BCS so we don't have this nonsense anymore!

you're banking on bama winning out then, calling them a 1-loss major conf school. they are that, at the moment, but they've got to get through LSU/Miss. St./Auburn.

Auburn now only has Georgia/bama. if bama were to lose another game, but beat Auburn, Auburn would still play for the SECC provided we take care of Georgia, which i think we will. that would probably knock us out of the BCSCG though. but then again, you never can tell what will happen in that situation.

i still don't think anyone is going to stop our offense and the only way we lose is if we play terrible. our defense isn't great, they're a mediocre defense, but they step up when it's needed and that's all you can ask.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by toxsic

you're banking on bama winning out then, calling them a 1-loss major conf school. they are that, at the moment, but they've got to get through LSU/Miss. St./Auburn.

Auburn now only has Georgia/bama. if bama were to lose another game, but beat Auburn, Auburn would still play for the SECC provided we take care of Georgia, which i think we will. that would probably knock us out of the BCSCG though. but then again, you never can tell what will happen in that situation.

i still don't think anyone is going to stop our offense and the only way we lose is if we play terrible. our defense isn't great, they're a mediocre defense, but they step up when it's needed and that's all you can ask.

Don't get me wrong, Auburn is a very good football team. If the game with Bama were @ Auburn I'd feel comfortable with saying they'll win it. But winning @ Tuscaloosa is always tough and Alabama, while not quite what they were last year, is still a damn good team. I'd give Bama a slight edge since the game is in their house. Of course like you say, the SEC is tough. I could see Bama dropping a second game and beating Auburn too, which would kill both teams chances of a national title game.

And that's my fear. I think either Bama or Auburn would beat Boise or TCU fairly easily. Problem is the SEC teams pound each other while Boise plays a crap schedule. I'm actually rooting for Auburn and Oregon to run the table going forward so we get a decent title game.

[Batman1980]

Ohio State smoked the Gophers 51-10.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Ohio State smoked the Gophers 51-10.

There's no excuse for Minnesota sucking that bad at 1-8. The only team they've beaten this year is Middle Tennessee who I never even heard of. And they barely won that game. They need to just clean house and bring in an entirely new coaching staff.

[toxsic]

i know stats like this don't mean crap, but here's one for you, talking about bama being tough at home. Auburn is 6-1 against bama in Bryant-Denny Stadium, that one loss was in 2008, which was Auburn's worst season in a LOOOOOONG time. we Auburn fans call Bryant-Denny Jordan-Hare West.

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Don't get me wrong, Auburn is a very good football team. If the game with Bama were @ Auburn I'd feel comfortable with saying they'll win it. But winning @ Tuscaloosa is always tough and Alabama, while not quite what they were last year, is still a damn good team. I'd give Bama a slight edge since the game is in their house. Of course like you say, the SEC is tough. I could see Bama dropping a second game and beating Auburn too, which would kill both teams chances of a national title game.

And that's my fear. I think either Bama or Auburn would beat Boise or TCU fairly easily. Problem is the SEC teams pound each other while Boise plays a crap schedule. I'm actually rooting for Auburn and Oregon to run the table going forward so we get a decent title game.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

There's no excuse for Minnesota sucking that bad at 1-8. The only team they've beaten this year is Middle Tennessee who I never even heard of. And they barely won that game. They need to just clean house and bring in an entirely new coaching staff.

They already fired the head coach and the offensive coordinator that weekend I flew up to Minnesota about 2 weeks ago, doesn't seem to have done them any good yet. Wonder who our new staff will be.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

They already fired the head coach and the offensive coordinator that weekend I flew up to Minnesota about 2 weeks ago, doesn't seem to have done them any good yet. Wonder who our new staff will be.

I dunno but that program has a solid history. Looked it up and they actually have an all-time record of 641-468-44. That's a solid .575 all-time win%. They also have 6 national championships, though the last one was in 1960 and 18 conference titles. I wouldn't expect Minnesota to be a Big Ten contender anytime soon but they should be no worse than a mid-level Big Ten team if managed properly.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I dunno but that program has a solid history. Looked it up and they actually have an all-time record of 641-468-44. That's a solid .575 all-time win%. They also have 6 national championships, though the last one was in 1960 and 18 conference titles. I wouldn't expect Minnesota to be a Big Ten contender anytime soon but they should be no worse than a mid-level Big Ten team if managed properly.

Yeah they were an incredible program, long before I was born so I've only known them as a pretty good program and now a bad one. I think part of it is location and that programs across the country have gotten better so the talent pool is stretched further.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by toxsic

i know stats like this don't mean crap, but here's one for you, talking about bama being tough at home. Auburn is 6-1 against bama in Bryant-Denny Stadium, that one loss was in 2008, which was Auburn's worst season in a LOOOOOONG time. we Auburn fans call Bryant-Denny Jordan-Hare West.

Fair enough, Ididn't know that stat. In any case I really hope they do run the table. I remember being extremely disappointed back in 2004 when Auburn got royally screwed out of a national title. I really think they were a better team than USC that year with Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams at RB and Jason Campbell at QB.