2025-2026 College Football Thread

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Fascinating fact I read today that I didn't know; since the inception of the Super Bowl Oklahoma has never had a quarterback start an NFL game. That should change once Bradford is in the pros, but you would think that at some point they would have had a quarterback worthy of at least one start. Texas has only had 2 quarterbacks start (Vince Young, Chris Simms), and Oklahoma State has only had 1 quarterback start (Rusty Hilger).
The Big 12 in general hasn't had many starters. Colorado has only had 2 starters, Texas A&M has had 3, Texas Tech has had 1, Missouri has had 3 (although they count Brad Smith, who I don't think ever started at quarterback), Kansas has had 3, Kansas State has had 4, Iowa State has had 4, Baylor has had 5, and Nebraska has had 6.

http://altoonamirror.com/page/conten....html?nav=5017

That is pretty fascinating. I wonder which school has had the most starting QBs in the NFL. Michigan? Notre Dame?

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

That is pretty fascinating. I wonder which school has had the most starting QBs in the NFL. Michigan? Notre Dame?

It talks about which schools have had the most starters lower down on the page. USC has had the most with 15 (16 if you count Mark Sanchez), followed by Notre Dame with 13 and Washington with 12. Purdue has actually had the most games started, with 704, as they have had 4 quarterbacks with over 100 starts. It's funny that Texas A&M Commerce has had more starting quarterbacks (3) than Texas, Texas Tech, or TCU.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

What game is then? I don't see any games before September 3rd.

Div 2....but im desperate:

Thursday, August 27th
DII: Northwest Missouri State at Abilene Christian 7:00 p.m. (CBSC / FSS) (HD) / FSSW

[STARSCREAM]

Next Week!!! Cannot frackin wait!!! My teams are opening up with some big ones though, OU has BYU on neutral field and Ok State has Georgia but atleast they are at home in Stillwater.

[fatediesel]

ESPN says true freshman Matt Barkley will be USC's starting quarterback.

[browndk26]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

I went to UGA and tailgating there is like you describe in Iowa (except we don't have 11:00 a.m. games. Earliest is 1:00 p.m.). Beautiful place to tailgate. For 7:45 p.m. games, we're there all day, and get back to Atlanta around 2:00 a.m. Impossible to find a hotel on game weekends in Athens, so we don't stay to go to the best college bar scene in the universe. Did plenty of that in college.

I also went to FSU. Tailgating scene there is miserable. Gravel parking lots. No shade. Yuck.

I also grew up in Wisconsin, so I tailgated at lots of UW games. Great memories. Big 10 people do it right -- especially with food.

I'll only make it to 1-2 UGA this year, unfortunately.

O-V-N,

When did you go to UGA? I was there from 80-84. The Herschel Walker era. Damn the Dawgs were good back then! In 1980 the campers could still park at Stegeman Hall.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by browndk26

O-V-N,

When did you go to UGA? I was there from 80-84. The Herschel Walker era. Damn the Dawgs were good back then! In 1980 the campers could still park at Stegeman Hall.

97-01. The dreaded Jim Donnan/Quincy Carter era. I envy you!!

Still, we had some amazing and games talent to watch: Champ Bailey, etc.

As soon as I graduated, Richt came, and it's been fun ever since.

[rebfandan]

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Div 2....but im desperate:

Thursday, August 27th
DII: Northwest Missouri State at Abilene Christian 7:00 p.m. (CBSC / FSS) (HD) / FSSW

That is pretty desperate. I went to grad school at a Div 2 school and went to about 5 or 6 home games during my two years there. It's just hard to watch after you get used to SEC games in larger stadiums. Going from watching Div 1 to Div 2 is almost like going from college games to high school (strictly IMO).

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by rebfandan

That is pretty desperate. I went to grad school at a Div 2 school and went to about 5 or 6 home games during my two years there. It's just hard to watch after you get used to SEC games in larger stadiums. Going from watching Div 1 to Div 2 is almost like going from college games to high school (strictly IMO).

Yeah, I went to a Div 3 school for undergrad and the crowds there were much, much smaller than my high school crowds. There's also a huge talent drop-off compared to Div 1 teams obviously but I still saw some decent games. But yeah, not the same experience as tailgating for hours and going to a game with 70,000+ people.

[rebfandan]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Yeah, I went to a Div 3 school for undergrad and the crowds there were much, much smaller than my high school crowds. There's also a huge talent drop-off compared to Div 1 teams obviously but I still saw some decent games. But yeah, not the same experience as tailgating for hours and going to a game with 70,000+ people.

And I hate to rip on one of my alma maters because they always have a great team (Delta State University - ranked #4 in the Div 2 preseason top 10). But you're exactly right. It's really all about the difference in atmosphere.

[rebfandan]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

ESPN says true freshman Matt Barkley will be USC's starting quarterback.

Ought to make their second game against Ohio State (in the Horseshoe!) a little more interesting. He's supposed to be unbelievable, but he threw 18 picks in his HS senior year, and he's never taken a snap in a college game. I just don't know..... Colin Cowherd (ESPN Radio) commented that Pete Carroll has never benched a QB during his USC career. Could we possibly see the first? Or will Corp's cracked fibula leave them little choice but keep Barkley in even if it gets rocky?

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by rebfandan

Ought to make their second game against Ohio State (in the Horseshoe!) a little more interesting. He's supposed to be unbelievable, but he threw 18 picks in his HS senior year, and he's never taken a snap in a college game. I just don't know..... Colin Cowherd (ESPN Radio) commented that Pete Carroll has never benched a QB during his USC career. Could we possibly see the first? Or will Corp's cracked fibula leave them little choice but keep Barkley in even if it gets rocky?

Yeah..... I don't care how much raw talent a QB has.... the most important trait in a good QB is good decision making under pressure... and that is something that is only learned through experience.

[fatediesel]

If anyone question division 2 being a bit below division 1, here's a story about a division 2 team that canceled their first game because they ordered new helmets and pads but they haven't arrived yet. I'm curious why they can't wear what they've been practicing in or borrow some pads from a local high school.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4429336

[ShockWave]

O V N, have you heard if the Gator bowl will be in Atlanta down the road. Someone told me that and I can't find anything to confirm it.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by ShockWave

O V N, have you heard if the Gator bowl will be in Atlanta down the road. Someone told me that and I can't find anything to confirm it.

I really doubt it, since Atlanta already hosts the Peach Bowl (ok, the Chik-fil-A Bowl) on New Year's Eve. It won't be hosting another bowl game the next day.

I have heard, however, that there are several bowl affiliations that may be changed this year or next. One will be a new SEC-Pac 10 matchup. Despite my feelings about the rampant inadequacies of the Pac 10 as a conference, I am intrigued by that possibility.

[fatediesel]

Many of the bowls are changing their alliances after this season's games. The Alamo Bowl is losing the Big 10 for the 2nd Pac 10 team and will be played January 2nd. The Big 10 might go to the Gator Bowl and the Holiday Bowl. The Gator Bowl is also looking into adding the SEC.

On a side note, I hate how 2nd tier bowl games are being played after January 1. It used to mean something to play in a January bowl, and next year the Cotton Bowl, Alamo Bowl, International Bowl, Liberty Bowl, and Papajohns.com Bowl will all be played January 2nd.

[rebfandan]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

It used to mean something to play in a January bowl, and next year the Cotton Bowl, Alamo Bowl, International Bowl, Liberty Bowl, and Papajohns.com Bowl will all be played January 2nd.

I completely agree. I've been to the Liberty Bowl more than once (hosted in Memphis, not far from my location) and it's an absolute joke. The stadium is terrible and it's in a dangerous area of Memphis. It's simply about giving a bowl to any city and corporate sponsor who can offer up the money (hence the papajohns.com bowl) and putting it on any date available as long as it isn't the week of the national championship.

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally Posted by rebfandan

That is pretty desperate. I went to grad school at a Div 2 school and went to about 5 or 6 home games during my two years there. It's just hard to watch after you get used to SEC games in larger stadiums. Going from watching Div 1 to Div 2 is almost like going from college games to high school (strictly IMO).

Hell, I have been to De La Salle games, and San Jose State games, and I will tell you, without question, San Jose State feels like the high school

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_S...rd,_California)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jos...rtans_Football

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Despite my feelings about the rampant inadequacies of the Pac 10 as a conference, I am intrigued by that possibility.

[Teufel Hunden]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

Many of the bowls are changing their alliances after this season's games. The Alamo Bowl is losing the Big 10 for the 2nd Pac 10 team and will be played January 2nd. The Big 10 might go to the Gator Bowl and the Holiday Bowl. The Gator Bowl is also looking into adding the SEC.

On a side note, I hate how 2nd tier bowl games are being played after January 1. It used to mean something to play in a January bowl, and next year the Cotton Bowl, Alamo Bowl, International Bowl, Liberty Bowl, and Papajohns.com Bowl will all be played January 2nd.

The New Years Day Bowls used to be big, not some mythical "January Bowls"

From the inception of the BCS the New Years slots and the stature of playing in January has been trumped by the new years week and beyond.

There is no reason to play a regular season game in December and Labor Day Weekend, have the "championship game" on the damn 7th or 8th and then pretend the week after December 31 should just be for the big games. The mystique was that on your federal holiday of NYD, ratings would be enormous because everyone would sit around and watch the massive bowl matchups featuring the champions from conferences with ridiculously historical tie ins.

Now it is a joke, with a freaking Thursday night game as the "biggest" of the season at 5PM PST, and ending at midnight in the east. And then going to work the next day. Awesome.