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College Football 2024

Oregon trying to fit into the B10 with some ugly wins. Meh indeed.

Brian Kelly lost, so that's nice.
 
In times of political upheaval, it was oddly comforting to look up at the TVs at work and see Paul Finebaum slobbering all over the SEC this morning.
 
MissThundercat said:
In times of political upheaval, it was oddly comforting to look up at the TVs at work and see Paul Finebaum slobbering all over the SEC this morning.
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Justifying how great they are since Vandy beat bama. And trying to convince the world that multi loss bama is more deserving than undefeated Indiana. Forgetting that Indiana has to play OSU this weekend, and then if they manage to keep winning, they have to play Oregon. Which would make their SOS one of the hardest. And it's not their fault that Michigan is having a terrible year.

At the same time, they are all assuming Notre Dame is 100% in, even though they lost to MAC Northern Illinois.

I think Fienbaum is like Howard Stern- making you mad just to listen to the next dumb thing he says.
 
As a Hoosier fan, it’s like every analyst forgets Indiana is usually 2-8 every year against this same SOS.
 
Oof. I told my Dad right before the Indiana punter fumbled a perfect snap that there would be something like a blocked punt. Game changer. Might have cost Indiana the game. If they don’t have a strong first drive that results in points, I’m afraid it’ll be a rout. Guess we’ll see how they respond. My dad is 82. He knows he’s never seen such an important IU football game in his entire life. And at the rate Indiana has a universally excellent season, this will be the most important the rest of my lifetime too.
 
Yeah, it's headed south in a hurry.

We can't have nice things. Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Texas and Pedo State will almost always win. The arc of the moral football universe bends towards a banal evil.

At least it looks like Nebraska is dead.
 
psych said:
Oof. I told my Dad right before the Indiana punter fumbled a perfect snap that there would be something like a blocked punt. Game changer. Might have cost Indiana the game. If they don’t have a strong first drive that results in points, I’m afraid it’ll be a rout. Guess we’ll see how they respond. My dad is 82. He knows he’s never seen such an important IU football game in his entire life. And at the rate Indiana has a universally excellent season, this will be the most important the rest of my lifetime too.
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That wasn't the play. Where IU lost it was not being able to score when OSU didn't score on their first series. I think OSU scores even if the punt wasn't blocked. Other than the first series, IU has not moved the ball at all.

Well, until this drive when there's 2 min left and there's no chance for the Hoosiers to get back into the game.
 
Kepler said:
Yeah, it's headed south in a hurry.

We can't have nice things. Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, Alabama, Texas and Pedo State will almost always win. The arc of the moral football universe bends towards a banal evil.

At least it looks like Nebraska is dead.
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Same as it ever was. College football is the most non competitive sport since forever. And now instead of just having nicer facilities it is about that plus having more cold hard cash to pay players. If tOSU/Michigan/Alabama/Texas don't win every season it is a fundamental failure at those schools. Only a matter of time until the rest of the country tunes out of this charade.
 
Bronco said:
Same as it ever was. College football is the most non competitive sport since forever. And now instead of just having nicer facilities it is about that plus having more cold hard cash to pay players. If tOSU/Michigan/Alabama/Texas don't win every season it is a fundamental failure at those schools. Only a matter of time until the rest of the country tunes out of this charade.
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Since it IS the same as it ever was, is there a realistic expectation that anyone will tune out given they haven't before? Other than the massive amount of bowl games.
 
MichVandal said:
That wasn't the play. Where IU lost it was not being able to score when OSU didn't score on their first series. I think OSU scores even if the punt wasn't blocked. Other than the first series, IU has not moved the ball at all.

Well, until this drive when there's 2 min left and there's no chance for the Hoosiers to get back into the game.
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Eh, maybe that play was the difference between Indiana winning and losing, while my play was between Indiana losing close and Indiana losing big. Either way, came down to Indiana making too many mistakes, and Ohio State capitalizing with their superior players. As long as Indiana beats Purdue next weekend, this will still obviously have been the most successful season in IU history.
 
Bronco said:
Same as it ever was. College football is the most non competitive sport since forever. And now instead of just having nicer facilities it is about that plus having more cold hard cash to pay players. If tOSU/Michigan/Alabama/Texas don't win every season it is a fundamental failure at those schools. Only a matter of time until the rest of the country tunes out of this charade.
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Hopefully the factories peel off as a Premier League and stop even pretending those are students.
 
MichVandal said:
Since it IS the same as it ever was, is there a realistic expectation that anyone will tune out given they haven't before? Other than the massive amount of bowl games.
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No. The soon-to-be 16-team playoff will just make it that much bigger.

College football hasn't been a college sport since sometime in the 1920s, so it hardly matters. Even the actual colleges fielded Marx Brothers'-level fake students as far back as then. God knows who the real teams are that play the way college sports is in general. They aren't on television, that's for sure.
 
Kepler said:
No. The soon-to-be 16-team playoff will just make it that much bigger.

College football hasn't been a college sport since sometime in the 1920s, so it hardly matters. Even the actual colleges fielded Marx Brothers'-level fake students as far back as then. God knows who the real teams are that play the way college sports is in general. They aren't on television, that's for sure.
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Actually, I doubt that. Given how "popular" the early bowl games are, the playoffs will get ratings that never happened prior to the New Year. They won't be comparable to the NY bowl games, perhaps, but it will extend the interest.

But, as you then point out, it's the same as it ever was, so nothing is going to change. People will gather around their school and go to football games. If it was really changing, then the places like the Kibbie Dome would constantly be empty.

The only real change is the TV exposure may be going back a decade or so, but thanks to streaming services, I can spend money to watch any game I want.

Nobody cares about bowl games.
 
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