2023 College Football Thread

[fatnslow]

They gave that game away on their last drive by giving up on the running game

0 points scored by the Huskies in the 2nd half

Move DJ to TE, put in Chile's as QB!

If I was Chiles I would be looking for the next landing spot. Beavs don't even have a schedule for next season. DJ proving over and over he's not elite.

[lowsparkco]

Crystal ball time..... (mostly what I want to happen, not necessarily the most likely)

tOSU beats Michigan and wins out.

UGA beats Bama.

Oregon upsets Washington in Las Vegas.

This leaves a 1-4 of:

1) UGA
2)tOSU
3)FSU
4)Oregon Ducks!

The U of O and Georgia square off in a high scoring fast paced game that simply sees Oregon's defense on the field for too much time, Dawgs win by 10.

tOSU wipes the floor with the Seminoles wins by 30. - Georgia beats tOSU by a touchdown in Houston giving lowsparkco another splendid birthday present becoming the first team since the Golden Gophers in '36 to three peat.

[fatnslow]

Crystal ball time..... (mostly what I want to happen, not necessarily the most likely)

tOSU beats Michigan and wins out.

UGA beats Bama.

Oregon upsets Washington in Las Vegas.

This leaves a 1-4 of:

1) UGA
2)tOSU
3)FSU
4)Oregon Ducks!

The U of O and Georgia square off in a high scoring fast paced game that simply sees Oregon's defense on the field for too much time, Dawgs win by 10.

tOSU wipes the floor with the Seminoles wins by 30. - Georgia beats tOSU by a touchdown in Houston giving lowsparkco another splendid birthday present becoming the first team since the Golden Gophers in '36 to three peat.

Ducks are favored right now to win PAC12, the loss in Seattle was more a coaching loss than anything from the players in my opinion where the next one is in Las Vegas at a neutral site. Huskies have not looked dominant the last 3-4 games where the Ducks have been trending up but obviously beating Oregon State in the potentially last civil war game will be a test of mental toughness for both teams. I like Oregon's chances and they look like they can compete this year against the potential championship pool.

[XavierD]

Ducks are favored right now to win PAC12, the loss in Seattle was more a coaching loss than anything from the players in my opinion where the next one is in Las Vegas at a neutral site. Huskies have not looked dominant the last 3-4 games where the Ducks have been trending up but obviously beating Oregon State in the potentially last civil war game will be a test of mental toughness for both teams. I like Oregon's chances and they look like they can compete this year against the potential championship pool.

eh, Lanning made the right call to go for it pretty much every time save maybe the last play of the first half. Oregon's players just couldn't get the yards they needed when they needed them.

[lowsparkco]

Ducks are favored right now to win PAC12, the loss in Seattle was more a coaching loss than anything from the players in my opinion where the next one is in Las Vegas at a neutral site. Huskies have not looked dominant the last 3-4 games where the Ducks have been trending up but obviously beating Oregon State in the potentially last civil war game will be a test of mental toughness for both teams. I like Oregon's chances and they look like they can compete this year against the potential championship pool.

I’ve stated it a couple times, but as a Georgia alum and life long dawgs fan, married to an Oregon Duck and living in Oregon - Ducks are scary this year. Mature, older, confident QB is a weapon. They always have speed on the corners, both sides of the ball. Between the tackles will get tested by the Beavs. Ultimately if they win out I think it’s a travesty if they don’t get the 4th spot as Pac12 champs that gave an undefeated Huskies team a close game at home and their only loss on neutral ground.

Bama’s always scary. I have no personal like for Saban. I think his arrogance is an incredible turn off, but he may be the greatest college football coach of all time.

Whomever gets the 3rd and 4th spot is going to have their hands full this year. Like Michigan and TCU last year, we may prove that the four team playoff can field an imposter or two. If tOSU and UGA play as competitive of a game as last years BCS matchup, I can’t complain whichever way it goes.

[Toadman]

If I was Chiles I would be looking for the next landing spot. Beavs don't even have a schedule for next season. DJ proving over and over he's not elite.

If you were any Beaver player, you would be looking to leave. I mean Damien could play for any SEC team. All the Power 5 schools would or probably will be making overtures to a number of Beaver starters. That program is going to look like a yard sale after the season is over.

And agreed on DJU. He is very inconsistent. I noticed in the Stanford game he goes thru his progressions very slowly. (Was at the game) He keeps waiting for the down field play to hopefully come open. He reminds me a lot of Dak Prescot. Every now and then he gets hot and throws dimes, then he goes on a cold streak.

[SumJongGuy]

Ain't no fucking way any other one loss team has a better quality win than beating Bama IN Tuscaloosa. One loss Texas > all other one loss teams.

[The Reverend Floater]

Ain't no fucking way any other one loss team has a worse loss than losing to Oklahoma. One loss Texas < all other one loss teams.

FIFY

[The Reverend Floater]

Also, I wouldn't be shocked if Louisville beats FSU. They've got momentum right now and FSU is missing Davis. Just sayin'.

[The Reverend Floater]

Another fun game: Who will the Ducks QB next year?

A. Ty Thompson (wrong)
B. Cam Ward
C. Jaden Daniels
D. Donte Moore
E. Other_____________

[fatnslow]

If you were any Beaver player, you would be looking to leave. I mean Damien could play for any SEC team. All the Power 5 schools would or probably will be making overtures to a number of Beaver starters. That program is going to look like a yard sale after the season is over.

And agreed on DJU. He is very inconsistent. I noticed in the Stanford game he goes thru his progressions very slowly. (Was at the game) He keeps waiting for the down field play to hopefully come open. He reminds me a lot of Dak Prescot. Every now and then he gets hot and throws dimes, then he goes on a cold streak.

He waits and if he throws it's 50/50 on accuracy.

[fatnslow]

eh, Lanning made the right call to go for it pretty much every time save maybe the last play of the first half. Oregon's players just couldn't get the yards they needed when they needed them.

He left 6 on the table and lost by 3....The other thing nobody talks about is what does that say to your kicker ??? Should he start going for 2 everytime and hope for 75 % success rate leading to 50% more points over kicking extra point ? Analytics would say sure but there is always a flow to a game and passing up easy 3 generally leads to bad things playing someone similar in output.
I'm a big Lanning fan but I don't drink the cool aid.

[Northway]

He left 6 on the table and lost by 3

Why don’t ducks fans ever talk about the 4th and goal huskies didn’t convert instead of taking the easy 3? Makes the narrative less convincing?

[Adolf Allerbush]

If you were any Beaver player, you would be looking to leave. I mean Damien could play for any SEC team. All the Power 5 schools would or probably will be making overtures to a number of Beaver starters. That program is going to look like a yard sale after the season is over.

i could see a lot of the Beaver players heading for CU. Round out that offensive line, boost the defense, etc. They'd be competing in a power 5 conference that's not nearly as difficult to win in as the PAC12 is/was, SEC, Big10, etc.

[The Reverend Floater]

Why don’t ducks fans ever talk about the 4th and goal huskies didn’t convert instead of taking the easy 3? Makes the narrative less convincing?

Because it would be weird to talk about what the other team didn't do in their win?

Husky fans are the most awkward in CFB by a long shot.

[SumJongGuy]

Ain't no fucking way any other one loss team has a better quality win than beating Bama IN Tuscaloosa. One loss Texas > all other one loss teams.

FIFY
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Ain't no fucking way any other one loss team has a worse loss than losing to Oklahoma. One loss Texas < all other one loss teams

Louisville lost to Pitt.. You still stand by your edit? Neither Washington NOR Oregon has beaten anybody worth half a shit at this point in the season. OK beat TX at a neutral field, TX beat Bama at BAMA. PAC still sucks and will always suck.

[XavierD]

He left 6 on the table and lost by 3....The other thing nobody talks about is what does that say to your kicker ??? Should he start going for 2 everytime and hope for 75 % success rate leading to 50% more points over kicking extra point ? Analytics would say sure but there is always a flow to a game and passing up easy 3 generally leads to bad things playing someone similar in output.
I'm a big Lanning fan but I don't drink the cool aid.

Eh, at the end of the game it was a 3 point difference, but its looked like it was going to be a boat race before Penix got hurt mid third quarter and Washington's offense stalled out and it turned into more of a defensive game. Game flow for the first 40 minutes was different than it was for the last 20.

[fatnslow]

Louisville lost to Pitt.. You still stand by your edit? Neither Washington NOR Oregon has beaten anybody worth half a shit at this point in the season. OK beat TX at a neutral field, TX beat Bama at BAMA. PAC still sucks and will always suck.

How much cool aid can one drink in Jamestown(Norman) before croaking ? You seem to be many gallons in.
"We beat them and if they win more and get to natty we be gooood"

[lowsparkco]

It's the same thing every year, if you don't have a lot (or any) important out of conference games, it's nearly impossible to ascertain competitiveness across conferences.

Smaller conferences and some leadership from the NCAA as far as scheduling the power conferences against each other would have proved an equitable solution, but alas we've gone the other way of "super conferences" and a longer playoff. I think ultimately this was enabled by NIL money for the athletes. The argument by sensible people for decades has been that extending the season for these "student athletes" was unreasonable. Now that they're semi-professional and the season has crept longer anyways, the 3 round playoff has become acceptable.

I haven't watched Texas a lot, they clearly had a great 4th quarter against Alabama. Alabama has struggled with other middle tier opponents, like the first half of October, close games with both Texas A&M and Arkansas. Once again, we have to wait until the conference championships to really see who is legit.

It's kind of ridiculous to get very bent out of shape about any of it. Ultimately, these are 19-23 year old kids, anything can happen. There's a ton of parity in my opinion at this point in the game, so a bad week can see a top 15 team knock off a top 5 team and vice versa, a top 5 team can absolutely dominate a similarly matched team when they have a great day and the opponent doesn't. We're all in the same boat of hoping we don't have a bad week until this thing is over. Texas nor Oregon can really complain that they didn't dictate their own fate considering they each have a loss.

[Toadman]

i could see a lot of the Beaver players heading for CU. Round out that offensive line, boost the defense, etc. They'd be competing in a power 5 conference that's not nearly as difficult to win in as the PAC12 is/was, SEC, Big10, etc.

Definitely. Just sign some sponsorship deals and take the money and run.

[The Reverend Floater]

Twitter saying Jonathon Smith is interviewing at MSU.

[XavierD]

Twitter saying Jonathon Smith is interviewing at MSU.

He can, and should, do better.

[billyk]

Texas nor Oregon can really complain that they didn't dictate their own fate considering they each have a loss.

Yeah, I agree with that. I’ve pretty much accepted that Texas will probably miss out this year, although there is a small chance depending on how things play out. Got to take care of business.

One other point I’d make is, if a 1 loss team is selected to round out the playoff, we really don’t need to see a team that has already played another team in the playoff and lost to it. We’ve already seen the result of that game.

[Toadman]

Twitter saying Jonathon Smith is interviewing at MSU.

Michigan State U?

[SumJongGuy]

How much cool aid can one drink in Jamestown(Norman) before croaking ? You seem to be many gallons in.
"We beat them and if they win more and get to natty we be gooood"

I did my grad work in the U Texas system. UT is also "we" for me. Especially dug it when WE beat my dad's grad school USC Trojans for the natty.

Carry on losers..