2025 College Football Season

[thspfc]

Somewhat astonishingly, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen defeated the New Mexico State Aggies for their first win against an FBS team in nearly 40 years, and their first road win season opener in nearly 50 years.

Huh? Their last win against an FBS team was in 2021 and their last season opener win on the road was in 2011 . . .

[Ted$8roadFan]

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1695640191497560223?s=20

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Current win totals:

Notre Dame 1
Everybody else 0

With the amount this country spends on defense, the Navy really, really dropped the ball.

[thspfc]

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1695640191497560223?s=20

You misread the tweet (twice). It was their first season opening win against an FBS team in 40 years and their first season opening road win against an FBS team in 50 years.

It was their first win against an FBS team in 2 years and their first season opening road win in 12.

[The Ghostbuster]

I am looking forward to watching my first college football game of the new season! The Nebraska Cornhuskers will be playing the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis at 7:00 PM CST on Fox.

[bugo]

I am looking forward to watching my first college football game of the new season! The Nebraska Cornhuskers will be playing the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis at 7:00 PM CST CDT on Fox.

Standard Time doesn't start until November 5.

[Big John]

I am looking forward to watching my first college football game of the new season! The Nebraska Cornhuskers will be playing the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis at 7:00 PM CST CDT on Fox.

Standard Time doesn't start until November 5.

[NWI_Irish96]

The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add three teams, Two (Stanford, Cal) are on the Pacific Coast. The third is SMU, which apparently benefited from some lobbying by the Bush family.

As it stands now, the PAC-12 will have only two teams remaining in 2024. I expect Washington St and Oregon St to form a new conference with some members of the Mountain West and American conferences, highlighted by Tulane, Memphis, Navy, Boise St and San Diego St.

[thspfc]

New year, new coach, same Nebraska.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add three teams, Two (Stanford, Cal) are on the Pacific Coast. The third is SMU, which apparently benefited from some lobbying by the Bush family.

As it stands now, the PAC-12 will have only two teams remaining in 2024. I expect Washington St and Oregon St to form a new conference with some members of the Mountain West and American conferences, highlighted by Tulane, Memphis, Navy, Boise St and San Diego St.

WSU, OSU, Stanford, and Cal had enough collective power to form a new conference by poaching teams from other conferences, but WSU and OSU alone don't. At this point the only real option seems to be the Mountain West. The Big 12 can't be completely ruled out but it seems that they're not interested.

[JayhawkCO]

New year, new coach, same Nebraska.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add three teams, Two (Stanford, Cal) are on the Pacific Coast. The third is SMU, which apparently benefited from some lobbying by the Bush family.

As it stands now, the PAC-12 will have only two teams remaining in 2024. I expect Washington St and Oregon St to form a new conference with some members of the Mountain West and American conferences, highlighted by Tulane, Memphis, Navy, Boise St and San Diego St.

WSU, OSU, Stanford, and Cal had enough collective power to form a new conference by poaching teams from other conferences, but WSU and OSU alone don't. At this point the only real option seems to be the Mountain West. The Big 12 can't be completely ruled out but it seems that they're not interested.

Pullman and Corvallis are not the markets that Yormark, the Big 12 Commissioner, is looking to get into.

[Alps]

The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add three teams, Two (Stanford, Cal) are on the Pacific Coast. The third is SMU, which apparently benefited from some lobbying by the Bush family.

As it stands now, the PAC-12 will have only two teams remaining in 2024. I expect Washington St and Oregon St to form a new conference with some members of the Mountain West and American conferences, highlighted by Tulane, Memphis, Navy, Boise St and San Diego St.

SMU deserves another shot finally. I hope they get back to where they once belonged.

[epzik8]

Re: AR State @ Oklahoma, are college football offenses just better than NFL offenses?

[thspfc]

Re: AR State @ Oklahoma, are college football offenses just better than NFL offenses?

Is this a serious question?

[Ted$8roadFan]

Coach Prime and his Coloroado Buffalos beat TCU on the road, 45-42.

[epzik8]

Re: AR State @ Oklahoma, are college football offenses just better than NFL offenses?

Is this a serious question?

It's just that college games seem more likely to be that lopsided.

[Big John]

It is just that NFL defenses are a lot faster.

[thspfc]

It is just that NFL defenses are a lot faster.

And a lot better at literally everything else too. Not to mention that the talent gap between Oklahoma and Arkansas State is much larger than the talent gap between the Chiefs and Texans, who played each other to overtime last year despite being the best and worst teams in the league respectively.

[Billy F 1988]

Several teams today just got whacked! Take a gander a few of the games that just got so lopsided:

Lindenwood (an FCS D1 school) dropped a double 7 bucket on Wisconsin-Stevens Point. That's 77 points. An equivalent of the point guard in basketball nabbing at least 20 to 25 pts. per quarter.

Western Carolina got hooked by the Razorbacks of Arkansas when they dropped 56 on 'em.

New Hampshire stoned the Skyhawks of Stonehill with 51.

Mercer was shown no mercy getting bombed by Ole Miss 73-7

AR Baptist (I assume it's Arkansas Baptist) got dog shot by Houston Baptist University 66 nil.

North Dakota dropped the double nickels on Drake (no, not the rapper, but the D1 school) 55-7.

Colgate got orange-blanked by Syracuse 65 nil.

Cincinnati's own Bearcats got their kicks on 66 (as in 9 TD's and 1 FG) sending Eastern Kentucky packing.

But, the biggest blowout of today has to be the Vikings of Portland State getting sunk by #15 Oregon 81-7.

I mean, I know it's just the first week of the '23 CFB season, but that's an awful lot of blowouts of 3 touchdowns plus from these teams.

[tchafe1978]

Just take a look at the competition disparity in those games and it should tell you all you need to know. It's typical of the first week of the season when small schools go play the bigger schools for a money game. I mean, seriously, what business does an FCS school have playing a D-III UW-Stevens Point? D-III doesn't even give out athletic scholarships.

[NWI_Irish96]

Just take a look at the competition disparity in those games and it should tell you all you need to know. It's typical of the first week of the season when small schools go play the bigger schools for a money game. I mean, seriously, what business does an FCS school have playing a D-III UW-Stevens Point? D-III doesn't even give out athletic scholarships.

Teams play a 12 game schedule. The bigger programs want to have 7 home games. The only way to do that is to play an FCS school or a very weak FBS school who will play the road game for a cash payment other than a return trip.

Also, with every loss potentially costing you a playoff spot, coaches want to start off with an easy game while they figure out what they have.

[ET21]

Chalk up another ACC upset by NIU 

Thanks for paying the school 1.3 million to visit and beat you Boston College

[Great Lakes Roads]

Duke beat Clemson (#9) 28-7!

[US 89]

I hate Duke in all sports except women's soccer (my cousin played for them) but I hate Clemson more. So that was an incredibly satisfying game to watch.

[1995hoo]

As a Duke alumnus, I almost wish I had watched that game last night. Almost. I was more interested in finding out what happens in the book I'm reading. After all the constant blather this summer about Clemson and FSU and how superior they consider themselves in football, though, it was deeply satisfying to see they not only lost, but lost badly (it is astonishing to see how close they came to the end zone several times without scoring at all).

[Alps]

I hate Duke in all sports except women's soccer (my cousin played for them) but I hate Clemson more. So that was an incredibly satisfying game to watch.

I hate Duke in all aspects of life but I enjoy watching Clemson lose more in ACC football.