2019 College Football Thread

[Pooker]

21 minutes ago, DMN said:

Don't worry, that loss won't matter at the end of the season.

The Bruins are gonna beat both of ya! 🤪

Wouldn't surprise me. Every time I start thinking the Utes are going to become elite and win the Pac-12, they lose to some crappy team. UCLA would fit that bill this year.

[Meacon Keaton]

1 hour ago, GhostMachine said:

I'm glad Georgia beat Florida. 

Right now, I'm watching Tennessee vs. UAB. UAB was Conference USA's champion last season, so I have a question: Have the Blazers gone downhill that bad since last season, or does Conference USA just suck? So far, the Vols have had 1 fumble recovery and 3 interceptions caught. All 3 interceptions were caught by the same player, Bryce Thompson.

It's college football so last season's success means little to nothing to this years. Just look at Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book.

For real though, if it's not a Clemson/Alabama/Ohio State type thing, teams like Conference USA champs vary every year. UAB was 6-1 after beating Alabama State (FCS), Akron (0-8), South Alabama (1-7), Rice (0-8), UTSA (3-5), and Old Dominion (1-8). And they lost on the road to the one above .500 team they played, Western Kentucky (5-4). So UAB's record was very inflated, and them being the defending CUSA champions has absolutely nothing to do with them getting smoked against an improving, but still not so great against actual Power-5 conference, Volunteers. 

[Taxation is Theft]

SMU is getting rocked. Bummer. 

[Meacon Keaton]

I bet on Memphis but I almost took SMU, just because literally everyone was on the Memphis Upset watch. They're about to make it look a lot more respectable with a garbage touchdown, but yeah they've not really ever been in this one. 

[gunnar hendershow]

I'm glad Memphis is having its moment in the sun but sad it had to come at the expense of SMU.

[gunnar hendershow]

Florida State has fired Willie Taggart in the middle of his 2nd year.

A shockingly quick hook given where Jimbo left the program. Apparently their attendance was downright dismal this year though.

[Meacon Keaton]

So they paid Oregon the $3 million buyout when they hired him and just dropped $20 million on a buyout to fire him. Maybe someone should be taking a nice look at the AD and asking if they’re worth keeping around.

[GhostMachine]

I've always believed that unless a coach is a complete fuck up (turns a team that had a winning record the previous season into hot garbage or drives off a lot of players into transferring) or does something non-football related that deserves giving him the hook, they should be given at least three seasons.

The first season, he's learning things and doesn't have any players he recruited. - If the coach is an assistant or other coach already on the team promoted to the head coach position, this first year goes bye-bye as far as the three years is concerned.

Second season, he's got his first batch of recruits, but most of the team will be players he didn't recruit. 

Third season, he's got a decent amount of players he helped recruit. 

 

 

[gunnar hendershow]

I completely agree. I actually think 4 years is safe because that's a whole freshman-to-senior class. But those days in college might be behind us, coaches are just going to have much less of a chance to get it right.

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, I agree 3 or 4 years should be the minimum. And I think it is at MAC type schools. But a school like FSU thinks they're suppose to be in the playoffs every year and until they realize they have to step back and reassess where they are in the college football world at the moment, it's going to be a vicious cycle of coach-in, coach-out. 

[DMN in the House]

4 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

Florida State has fired Willie Taggart in the middle of his 2nd year.

A shockingly quick hook given where Jimbo left the program. Apparently their attendance was downright dismal this year though.

Trying to get a jump on USC for coaches. Helton won't last the year, at this rate I'll be surprised if he makes the UCLA game, let alone wins it.

[Meacon Keaton]

1 minute ago, DMN said:

Trying to get a jump on USC for coaches. Helton won't last the year, at this rate I'll be surprised if he makes the UCLA game, let alone wins it.

Sounds like USC is going Meyer or bust. If FSU has a lick of sense, they're finding out how much it costs to steal PJ Fleck from Minnesota. 

[DMN in the House]

14 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Sounds like USC is going Meyer or bust. If FSU has a lick of sense, they're finding out how much it costs to steal PJ Fleck from Minnesota. 

I don't think Urban is coming out here to save Trojan football, so good luck to them with that. They'll end up with Jack Del Rio and like it.

[Meacon Keaton]

We can hope. 

[DMN in the House]

I will accept Jeff Fisher as a substitute.

[gunnar hendershow]

How can Jeff Fisher coach in college if he can't go 8-8?

[MalaCloudy Black]

We will take Willie Taggart in exchange for Chad Morris.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Cheyenne O'Grady is out at Arkansas. He was suspended for Saturday's loss vs. Mississippi State, and then met with Chad Morris on Sunday. 

 

[GhostMachine]

On 03/11/2019 at 23:33, damsher hatfield said:

How can Jeff Fisher coach in college if he can't go 8-8?

Relax. He'll be the Dallas Cowboys' next coach. Assuming Jason Garrett doesn't keep the job until Jerry Jones passes away, that is. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Chase Young is likely facing an indefinite suspension due to something from 2018. Details aren't completely clear. If I'm him I'm almost grateful since he's already a lock for first non-QB drafted this year and risking it all as an unpaid player who can get a massive injury at any time is just not worth it.