2025 College Football Season

[1995hoo]

Whoever took the over in that JMU game is happy this morning.

[epzik8]

So how will Quinn Ewers' injury affect his chances in the NFL draft?

[thspfc]

Once PJ Fleck gets fired I'll be able to point to the exact moment he was done. Running the ball up the middle with Taylor - something that yielded little success all day - on 3rd & 10 down by 10 in the second half is incredible. I was at the game, walked straight out of the stadium after witnessing that.

[SEWIGuy]

So how will Quinn Ewers' injury affect his chances in the NFL draft?

For his sake hopefully it keeps him out of Charlotte. But I don't think it's that serious.

[bugo]

in addition to Cal getting thumped at Auburn

This comment didn't age well, as California beat Auburn 14-10.

[bugo]

Yet conference realignment has already killed a lot of rivalries. Nebraska-Oklahoma, Kansas-Missouri, Washington-Washington St, Oregon-Oregon St, all now have to be non-conference games to exist. Texas-Texas A&M was on that list but now has come off.

Don't forget about the Bedlam game (OU vs OSU). That was a huge deal in Oklahoma, and now it's gone for the foreseeable future. I think they should play each other every year for one of their non-conference games.

[bugo]

I expected the Arkansas Razorbacks to be 2-2 at this point in the season, but they beat Auburn and kept up with Okie State until they choked at the end. They've done better so far this season than I expected for them to do.

[gonealookin]

in addition to Cal getting thumped at Auburn

This comment didn't age well, as California beat Auburn 14-10.

The Auburn game was a nice win for Cal.  On our return visit to that same part of the country this past Saturday in Tallahassee, we bumbled our way to an excruciating loss against a not-good-at-all Florida State team with a plethora of false start and illegal motion penalties, red zone failures and subsequent missed field goals.

Still, Cal has a good enough defense this year to be competitive in a very mediocre ACC.

[MikieTimT]

I expected the Arkansas Razorbacks to be 2-2 at this point in the season, but they beat Auburn and kept up with Okie State until they choked at the end. They've done better so far this season than I expected for them to do.

They'll get your hopes up, just to crush them.  They aren't called the Heart-Attack Hogs for no reason.  They are the cause of more than a little stress eating in the state of Arkansas.  At least the Hogs are consistently great in basketball, baseball, and track.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Nothing like a regional rivalry between Southern California and Wisconsin.

[SEWIGuy]

College football isn't about regional rivalries. As a Wisconsin fan, I would rather watch a game against USC than face Purdue every year.

[brad2971]

Nothing like a regional rivalry between Southern California and Wisconsin.

Or between Stanford and...Clemson. Which is astonishing that they're playing in 3 hours, given that Upstate SC is without electricity due to Helene.

[Max Rockatansky]

College football isn't about regional rivalries. As a Wisconsin fan, I would rather watch a game against USC than face Purdue every year.

UofM and USC had my interest during the Reno Road Meet.  UofM and Minnesota was something I only checked on a couple times during the day.

[thspfc]

A game like USC/Michigan has the novelty and prestige of an iconic matchup. Some of it will wear off as we get used to the new B1G, but it will always feel like a legit game as long as both programs are good.

Stanford/Clemson is just a fever dream that will never feel like it should exist for any reason. Thankfully the ACC's years are numbered.

[Max Rockatansky]

While something like UofM vs Penn State was once novel I wouldn't go far as to say it isn't a still relevant/compelling matchup. 

[thspfc]

While something like UofM vs Penn State was once novel I wouldn't go far as to say it isn't a still relevant/compelling matchup. 

Right, what I'm saying is that USC/Michigan will become roughly what Michigan/Penn St is now. Maybe a little less compelling just because of the massive geographic and culture difference between the two schools.

[SEWIGuy]

While something like UofM vs Penn State was once novel I wouldn't go far as to say it isn't a still relevant/compelling matchup. 

Right, what I'm saying is that USC/Michigan will become roughly what Michigan/Penn St is now. Maybe a little less compelling just because of the massive geographic and culture difference between the two schools.

I don't think in 2024 at the FBS level, geographical differences matter much at all, and the cultural differences are really minimal.  Clemson v. Stanford was largely not compelling because one team is very good and the other team isn't. But is somehow Clemson v. Wake Forest more compelling because they are geographically similar?  Is Clemson v. North Carolina because they are both public universities in the south? If Stanford was the Stanford of the Andrew Luck era, the game last night would certainly have been more compelling than either of those other two.

Its a national, television driven game now. As I said earlier, Wisconsin v. USC was more compelling to me than the 100th versions of Wisconsin v. Purdue and USC v. Arizona.

[NWI_Irish96]

Geography isn't what makes these games weird so much as just being new. When Penn State first joined the Big Ten, matchups against Ohio State and Michigan seemed weird even though those teams weren't far away.

Notre Dame has played USC 94 times and nobody thinks twice about how far apart they are.

[1995hoo]

I think part of why some of these games feel weird is that you get situations where two programs have never met other than in the Rose Bowl and now they're in the same conference. Quite different from, say, BYU and Utah landing in the same conference, given that they routinely played each other anyway.

[DTComposer]

Geography isn't what makes these games weird so much as just being new. When Penn State first joined the Big Ten, matchups against Ohio State and Michigan seemed weird even though those teams weren't far away.

Notre Dame has played USC 94 times and nobody thinks twice about how far apart they are.

It's both. Nobody thinks about USC/Notre Dame because it's one trip every other year for two teams. Now it's four trips every year for a whole bunch of teams.

[NWI_Irish96]

Geography isn't what makes these games weird so much as just being new. When Penn State first joined the Big Ten, matchups against Ohio State and Michigan seemed weird even though those teams weren't far away.

Notre Dame has played USC 94 times and nobody thinks twice about how far apart they are.

It's both. Nobody thinks about USC/Notre Dame because it's one trip every other year for two teams. Now it's four trips every year for a whole bunch of teams.

That travel is not going to have a huge effect in football when it's only 4-5 road games per year. It's the other sports where the geography is going to wear on teams.

[CtrlAltDel]

Vanderbilt wins over Alabama, 40-35.

Apparently, this is the first time Vanderbilt has even beaten a number 1 ranked team.

[1995hoo]

Vanderbilt wins over Alabama, 40-35.

Apparently, this is the first time Vanderbilt has even beaten a number 1 ranked team.

First win over a top-5 team, it seems. ESPN said they were 0–60 in such games prior to tonight.

[bugo]

Arkansas beat #4 Tennessee 19-14 in Fayetteville. This was a bad week for ranked teams.

[gonealookin]

Arkansas beat #4 Tennessee 19-14 in Fayetteville. This was a bad week for ranked teams.

Miami should have gone down too, but

https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/1842814938999328829

...because Cal's offense couldn't keep Cal's defense off the field in the fourth quarter.