2024 College Football Thread

[Danno]

possibly, but the winner was a dude named Ricky Williams in an absolute landslide fresh off breaking the career rushing record so i'm gonna go out on a limb and say unlikely.

You set up your hypothetical bowling pins and you hypothetically knock them all down. It's a turkey! Remarkable accomplishment!

[stealurface831]

Don't forget the part about playing 2 full games each week against guys who are much fresher, gunning for you specifically while you beat them with speed and athleticism every play, and avoid injury while playing double the snaps of anyone else. Hunter had a target on him each and every play- he was getting the opponents best on every down, on both sides of the ball, (literally) the whole game. Its a pretty amazing accomplishment.

thousands of high school players do it every friday night. we'll see more of it going forward in the college ranks and the luster of Hunter's season will dull with hindsight.

[The Nuclear Option]

LOL!

thousands of high school players do it every friday night. we'll see more of it going forward in the college ranks and the luster of Hunter's season will dull with hindsight.

[Danno]

He bowls another strike!

[stealurface831]

He bowls another strike!

[californiagrown]

This also applies because Peter Weber was the model for what CFB weight room coaches would become.

[BmillsSkier]

Pete fuckin' Weber. Love how this place can put a bow on a conversation that you just never saw coming.

[Conundrum]

1. Kirby Smart, Georgia - $13,282,580
2. Dabo Sweeney, Clemson - $11,132,775
3. Steve Sarkisian, Texas - $10,600,000
5. Ryan Day, Ohio State - $10,021,250
12. Josh Heupel, Tennessee - $9,000,000
13. James Franklin, Penn State - $8,500,000
14. Dan Lanning, Oregon - $8,200,000
28. Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame - $6,687,754
49. Curt Cignetti, Indiana - $4,250,000
56. Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State - $3,950,000
66. Rhett Lashlee, SMU - $2,360,640
81. Spencer Danielson, Boise State - $1,135,008

[shank]

Idaho public education funding at the bottom of another list, smh

[lowsparkco]

Champ Bailey would have been a top 5 receiver had he logged more snaps.

Champ is a phenomenol athlete but his success on the offensive side was limited. He's so fucking quick it was like he couldn't slow down to wait for the football and that often resulted in dropped passes. Not saying it to argue, as I'm a big fan and wish it were true.

I got to know him a little in college, played some basketball with him. He could casually dunk from flat footed just standing in the paint, but couldn't dribble. Once again, he just moves real fast.

[The Reverend Floater]

More reasons to root for BSU or Oregon (lol at tOSU and Penn State)! From the Athletic:




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[The SnowShow]

^^that is fucking insane!

[BmillsSkier]

LOL. All that money just to have Ryan Day lose to Michigan 5 years in a row.

[SkiCougar]

1. Kirby Smart, Georgia - $13,282,580
2. Dabo Sweeney, Clemson - $11,132,775
3. Steve Sarkisian, Texas - $10,600,000
5. Ryan Day, Ohio State - $10,021,250
12. Josh Heupel, Tennessee - $9,000,000
13. James Franklin, Penn State - $8,500,000
14. Dan Lanning, Oregon - $8,200,000
28. Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame - $6,687,754
49. Curt Cignetti, Indiana - $4,250,000
56. Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State - $3,950,000
66. Rhett Lashlee, SMU - $2,360,640
81. Spencer Danielson, Boise State - $1,135,008

thats nothing, the guy who coached sam houston, a small texas college that was fcs until 2 years ago; was making 815k yearly before sam houston went fbs. an fcs coach making 815k ? college football is semi pro ball, anyone telling you its got something special over the nfl now is delusional.

[SkiCougar]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/19/coll...aluations.html What the top 75 college sports programs are worth

[lowsparkco]

Care to be Padded Room famous?

Predict your upset here before the action starts tonight.

One of my good friends and I have a real grudge match betting college football. I've looked at this bracket a hundred times and come away with very little insight each time. I could honestly see the whole thing going as seeded down to the last game.

Tonight's action I think is very indicitive of the major themes of the whole season. Two team with a lot of wins who have played very little competition. Notre Dame has a slightly better strength of schedule, but they had that early season slip up. Indiana has beat everyone they "should" beat and lost to big to the only ranked rival they've played.

Seems the Big10 everyone dominated nobody and the SEC beat their brains against each other and muddied the water. Screams parity which is really what we're after, but who wins?

If I had to pick upsets I think I go with Indiana and Tennessee for the first round, confidence zero. Home field is tilting both of those back the other way.

[seano732]

Just chiming in to say I hope ND curb stomps Indiana. IRISH.

[shank]

No rooting interests this weekend but asking Santa for the jolly holiday cheer of a home upset. Trying to decide whether penn state or Ohio state would be funnier.

[lowsparkco]

Just chiming in to say I hope ND curb stomps Indiana. IRISH.

Got your wish!

Your reward is New Years day in New Orleans against a team that has won 2 of the last 3 Nattys.

[The Reverend Floater]

I’m going with Tennessee. I think tOSU is better but their o-line is very injured which poor timing. I think Penn St rolls as does Texas.

ND very well could beat Georgia. Just depends on which Georgia shows up.


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[seano732]

Got your wish!

Your reward is New Years day in New Orleans against a team that has won 2 of the last 3 Nattys.

I’ll be there to see the Bulldogs backup QB shit the bed as well. IRISH.

[bearcub69]

lets go lions

[stealurface831]

I’ll be there to see the Bulldogs backup QB shit the bed as well. IRISH.

careful what you wish for. considering how Beck has been playing, this Stockton boy might be an improvement.

[RShea]

No rooting interests this weekend but asking Santa for the jolly holiday cheer of a home upset. Trying to decide whether penn state or Ohio state would be funnier.

So unless SMU has a huge turnaround and quits making so many mistakes, you hopefully did not put money down on a Penn St loss and home playoff game upset. Penn State blowing a 4 score lead would be a huge collapse for sure in the 2nd half. Ohio State is still to be determined...

[shank]

No financial entanglements here, just rooting for a hearty chuckle. James Franklin playing the hits in another big game would have done it for me, as would Ryan Day getting himself fired. Texas is too much of a random event generator to feel the same schadenfreude if they bite it imo.