College Football 2020

[Szumi]

Saban has been approved to coach on the sidelines today after a 3rd negative COVID test

[The Buscher]

What a fucking finish in Indiana!  First win against a top 10 team since 1987.

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, the last two minutes and change and overtime of that game was just insane. 

[The Buscher]

And with Ohio State looming next week it already feels like a season-ending loss for the Lions.  Fuck Penn State.

[gunnar hendershow]

Maryland is absolutely steaming garbage. Kevin Plank thought he could make them into Oregon but instead he turned them into Rutgers.

[Meacon Keaton]

Bite your tongue! Rutgers won today!

[gunnar hendershow]

6 minutes ago, Meacon Keaton said:

Bite your tongue! Rutgers won today!

Maryland is now worse than Rutgers.

[GhostMachine]

The one problem i have with this season is Ohio State's ranking. #4 (then dropped to #5) before they've even played a game and others have played 3 or 4 already. Was bullshit. Whoever gave them 2 first-place votes should have been banned from voting the rest of the season.

Even more than Alabama, I hope someone beats OSU this season.

[The Buscher]

Quinn Ewers, the #1 QB prospect in the 2022 class, has announced that he’s decommitted from Texas.

[GhostMachine]

Lane Kiffin is being fined for bitching about the officiating during the Ole Miss-Auburn game, saying they helped Auburn win. Even though they've admitted that he has a point. (The Rebels weren't given a turnover they should have received, and later lost the game.) So...if a coach complains about the officiating and is fined, even though he's right, shouldn't the offcials either be fined, or suspended the next game they're supposed to work, if their bungling affects the game's outcome?

 

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Huge news:

Trevor Lawrence tested positive for Covid. Notre Dame may actually have a shot next week.

[gunnar hendershow]

2 hours ago, Meacon Keaton said:

Huge news:

Trevor Lawrence tested positive for Covid. Notre Dame may actually have a shot next week.

I think I read he's on track to play against ND based on when the positive test was. But personally I think it's hard to see that happening

[LL!]

When did trying to avoid the Jets at all cost become a symptom of COVID?

[The Buscher]

We'll see if Lawrence really wants to avoid the Jets when it comes time to officially declare intentions in January.  Lawrence had previously said he's finishing his degree early and he intends on going pro in 2021.  There's nothing stopping him from changing his mind and staying another year in school for his masters if he really doesn't want to be a Jet.

People have joked that maybe he'll pull an Eli and try to get himself traded but that feels unlikely to happen again anytime soon.  Eli was out of eligibility and had league connections.  We'll know the final league standings by the time players have to officially declare, Lawrence will know where he's going.

[gunnar hendershow]

If I were a surefire top pick I'd always threaten to stay in school if possible, with slot money it's less beneficial to make the other team sweat but there's still something to gain. Also with slot money Lawrence can probably take a pretty hefty insurance policy out on himself with ease and play his senior year if he really, really wants to avoid the Jets without losing any money once he does go to the NFL.

[The Buscher]

There's also the market to consider.  Yes, not every player is drawn to the attention that comes with playing in a big market...but New York offers so much additional earnings potential from a marketing and endorsement standpoint.

Plus from a legacy standpoint, the Jets have such a low bar to clear with QBs in their history.  Namath's the big one and really his legacy is so heavily tied to one game.  If Lawrence lives up to the hype, becomes a multi-time Pro Bowler and at least makes the Jets into a regular playoff contender he'd become at worst the #2 QB in their history almost by default.

[Lineker]

I'd laugh if he stayed in school for an extra year only for the Jets to pick him at #1 in 2022 anyway.

[gunnar hendershow]

8 minutes ago, Lineker said:

I'd laugh if he stayed in school for an extra year only for the Jets to pick him at #1 in 2022 anyway.

I'd personally laugh more if he announces his intention to go pro in December and the Jets in line for the top pick and then they beat the Pats in week 17 to give the top pick to another team.

[Maxx]

I wouldn't laugh because I don't really want to see Trevor Lawrence toil away on the Jaguars either.

[gunnar hendershow]

16 minutes ago, Maxx said:

I wouldn't laugh because I don't really want to see Trevor Lawrence toil away on the Jaguars either.

Slim odds of a good franchise ever winding up with the top pick unfortunately.