2025 College Football Season

[Billy F 1988]

By my estimation, there were 46 games in week one alone that were blowouts by 3 or more touchdowns with Ole Miss and Oregon being the big strikers.

Starting week 2, Murray State got creamed by Louisville 56-0.

[thspfc]

Texas beats Bama and Wisconsin is yet again overrated by preseason polls, for the 4th straight and 5th time in 6 years. They never learn. Even Texas and Texas A&M have finished higher in polls than they started twice each since 2018. Wisconsin has done so once despite being ranked entering every single one of those seasons. Literally THE most overrated program in college football over the last 6 years.

Getting swept in a home-and-home by Washington State is absolutely pitiful considering the differences between the two in money, facilities, school size and status, and recruiting base. The program is broken and even though I'm pretty indifferent to the Badgers, it's tough to watch. The passing game showed promise tonight so it looks like Fickell is turning that around - only problem is everything else sucked.

[DTComposer]

Minor thing that annoys me: I'm not a fan of the graphics package on Fox - the scribbled lines indicating possession, the police tape/construction sign look of the penalties - it feels a little gimmicky, like it's trying for a WWE vibe.

[epzik8]

Minor thing that annoys me: I'm not a fan of the graphics package on Fox - the scribbled lines indicating possession, the police tape/construction sign look of the penalties - it feels a little gimmicky, like it's trying for a WWE vibe.

Not to mention they butchered their lower thirds across all of their sports this year.

[gonealookin]

Several teams today just got whacked! Take a gander a few of the games that just got so lopsided:
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But, the biggest blowout of today has to be the Vikings of Portland State getting sunk by #15 Oregon 81-7.

Portland State decided it is better to give than to receive.

The Portland State Vikings crushed North American University 91-0 Saturday at Hillsboro Stadium.
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Portland State scored a touchdown on each of its nine drives in the first half, building a 63-0 lead by halftime.

The Vikings (1-2) scored four more touchdown in the third quarter, rolling past the Stallions (0-3) of Stafford, Texas, who play at the NAIA level.

"I respect (North American), I respect the head coach,"  Vikings coach Bruce Barnum told GoViks.com. "It got a little out of hand, but we tried not to let it get that way."

[Billy F 1988]

So far in week 3, there have been 40 blowout games of 3 touchdowns or more, including that massive 91 point bomb on NAIA North American University. 63 I can understand by the end of the game, but 91? That's like the NBA's Portland Trailblazers dropping 30 to 40 points per quarter to equal that score in today's bomb shelled matchup.

Yeah. Looks like the Vikings took a page out of Oregon and did the same thing to an NAIA school. Not pretty at all.

[nexus73]

Portland State beat Delaware State 105-0 when Lomax was the QB.  1st quarter score was 49-0.  Just think if they had done so much for the next 3 quarters!

[Ted$8roadFan]

I get why smaller schools want the money and exposure of playing big time teams. But all of the lopsided game scores (i.e. Ohio State 63, Western Kentucky 10) makes for pathetic viewing.

[Billy F 1988]

No mercy rule in both pro and college football means that the lopsided scoring cannot be regulated. And the NCAA, along with their TV partners couldn't care less if that small school got creamed by 200 points. It's all about the $$$$.

[epzik8]

It's time for the rest of the country to start taking 5-0 Maryland seriously.

[Ted$8roadFan]

Coach Prime (Deion Sanders) and the Colorado Buffaloes are 0-2 after an eye-opening start, having lost to Oregon and USC.

[Alps]

It's time for the rest of the country to start taking 5-0 Maryland seriously.

Maryland was #26 in both polls last week, so this win will surely get them ranked. Michigan State was a good start, but let's see how they fare against #2, 4, 6.

[Hunty2022]

UVA might actually go 0-12 this season...

[74/171FAN]

UVA might actually go 0-12 this season...

Before last night, I think we all would say that they would cream VT.

[NWI_Irish96]

It's time for the rest of the country to start taking 5-0 Maryland seriously.

Would love to see them knock off at least one of Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State.

[KCRoadFan]

UVA might actually go 0-12 this season...

Well, now we know they won't - they beat William & Mary today. 1-11 could still happen, though...

[kurumi]

UConn won't go 0-12 -- they picked up a 38-31 win on the road at Rice. They fell behind 14-0 in the first quarter, but then scored 4 TDs in a row, and forced 4 turnovers overall. Nice effort.

[US 89]

Will be at FSU-Duke this evening for probably the most significant college football game I've been to in person. If not for Penn State-Ohio State also being this weekend, this would have easily been the ESPN GameDay location.

And honestly it still should have been. Obviously PSU-OSU is a huge matchup, but that game is going to be on Fox and their Big Noon Kickoff is there already.
You'd think ESPN would want to promote a game that they'll actually get revenue from. Apparently FSU games have accounted for some huge percentage of ESPN's college football TV revenue this year.

[JayhawkCO]

Rock chalk, baby!!!

[Billy F 1988]

I'm sorry, but that call against DQ Smith during the USC vs. Texas A&M game yesterday was flat out STUPID! He lowered his head, I get it. But the crown of the helmet didn't hit the upper body! He hit the receiver's stomach and that's grounds for a targeting ejection?! Really?! Smith didn't launch! He didn't thrust himself to the crown of the receiver's head! He didn't go full tilt at his shoulders! What the hell, NCAA?! I mean, that's stupid! I saw that while I has having lunch with my dad at Laughing Grizzly on Broadway in Missoula yesterday. That was a chicken shat call! Flat chicken shat!

[Ted$8roadFan]

Not sure what to make of Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh's "suspension".

[thspfc]

Not sure what to make of Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh's "suspension".

It's not going to affect them much today. They've had Harbaugh this entire week to prepare and he doesn't call plays. Ohio State might be a different story.

I disagree with the suspension at this point in time, though. Let the investigation play out and decide on punishments at the end, especially considering the new info that other B1G teams might have been breaking the rules as well.

[NWI_Irish96]

Not sure what to make of Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh's "suspension".

It's not going to affect them much today. They've had Harbaugh this entire week to prepare and he doesn't call plays. Ohio State might be a different story.

I disagree with the suspension at this point in time, though. Let the investigation play out and decide on punishments at the end, especially considering the new info that other B1G teams might have been breaking the rules as well.

If they have evidence that cheating was happening during the current season, then I agree with enforcing the penalties during the current season. Don't punish future team's when this year's team is who benefited.

[thspfc]

Not sure what to make of Michigan Coach Jim Harbaugh's "suspension".

It's not going to affect them much today. They've had Harbaugh this entire week to prepare and he doesn't call plays. Ohio State might be a different story.

I disagree with the suspension at this point in time, though. Let the investigation play out and decide on punishments at the end, especially considering the new info that other B1G teams might have been breaking the rules as well.

If they have evidence that cheating was happening during the current season, then I agree with enforcing the penalties during the current season. Don't punish future team's when this year's team is who benefited.

Again, they're now finding evidence that other teams were stealing signs as well and sharing them with each other. By acting so early, the conference is putting itself in a sticky situation if those violations turn out be anywhere near as serious as Michigan's.

And I would assume there will be more punishment to come if they find this to be serious. Hopefully it's more than just fines. If all they do is fine them, the team still likely comes out ahead overall by sign stealing due to the additional revenue they've gained by being really good the last few years. Would they have been this good anyway? Perhaps, but that raises the question of why they cheated in the first place.

[Rothman]

Sign stealing is essentially part of the game, but I thought where Michigan went awry is by sending people to games of their opponents specifically to do so.