2014 Official Random College Football Thread

[Brady-Carter]

Loss of value rider? is that a Matt Barkley clause?

 

[Lee_Land]

FSU has basically wrapped up the ACC and it's only April

 

[Silkk]

Loss of value rider? is that a Matt Barkley clause?

 

[malbaker86]

FSU has basically wrapped up the ACC and it's only April

Just for this bleacher report update and was

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

FSU has basically wrapped up the ACC and it's only April

 

[MoneyTron]

FSU ACC Champ lock. I'm sick.

Deshaun Watson isn't gonna be shyt for another year or two. Clemson wasn't going to contend but still.

Meanwhile we have to go through yet another gauntlet with Bama, Ole Miss, MSU, Kansas State, UGA all on the road. This 2014 Auburn team is more talented and probably better at most positions than 2013 but will have 1-2 more losses. That's just not fair.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Kelly probably happy he focus on his rap career now.

 

[Lee_Land]

LSU, Syracuse Finalize Home-and-Home Football Series

The LSU Tigers and the Syracuse Orange have finalized a home-and-home football series for 2015 and 2017.

I fukking hate this conference and everyone in it. Absolutely no reason why Cuse should be scheduling games vs LSU type teams. I get you wanna put a SEC foe on the schedule but why not Ole Miss/ Miss State/ Vandy???

These bottom feeder ACC teams keep scheduling top teir schools like their Southern or Jackson State and need that 300k check to cover the expenses for the year.

 

[Tide Run This]

LSU, Syracuse Finalize Home-and-Home Football Series




I fukking hate this conference and everyone in it. Absolutely no reason why Cuse should be scheduling games vs LSU type teams. I get you wanna put a SEC foe on the schedule but why not Ole Miss/ Miss State/ Vandy???

These bottom feeder ACC teams keep scheduling top teir schools like their Southern or Jackson State and need that 300k check to cover the expenses for the year.

They don't get it they need to stop scheduling like their an independent school during the mid 80's. Ending September 1-3 isn't good for business or for the conference. Miami has that same issue the fukk they doing playing road games at Toledo?

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

LSU, Syracuse Finalize Home-and-Home Football Series




I fukking hate this conference and everyone in it. Absolutely no reason why Cuse should be scheduling games vs LSU type teams. I get you wanna put a SEC foe on the schedule but why not Ole Miss/ Miss State/ Vandy???

These bottom feeder ACC teams keep scheduling top teir schools like their Southern or Jackson State and need that 300k check to cover the expenses for the year.

Im pretty sure Southern would beat Syracuse.

 

[Lee_Land]

They don't get it they need to stop scheduling like their an independent school during the mid 80's. Ending September 1-3 isn't good for business or for the conference. Miami has that same issue the fukk they doing playing road games at Toledo?

^^ this idiot thought it'd be a good idea.

Miami on the complete opposite side atleast. But yeah @ Toledo in '17 and @Arkansas STATE in '18 ducking LSU in Jerry's World in '14. The softness of the ACC has ruined this program.

Im pretty sure Southern would beat Syracuse.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

I know no one has paid attention to this Minnesota St story but this shyt is bananas

MANKATO, Minn. -- The players at Minnesota State, Mankato, refused to practice for their former coach on Wednesday, greeting his reinstatement by an arbitrator by demanding that the interim coach keep the top job.
Todd Hoffner returned to campus for the first time since the arbitrator ruled he was fired unfairly last year in the wake of a child porn investigation that ultimately cleared him.
Mavericks players came out for spring practice Wednesday afternoon but were not in uniform, The Free Press of Mankato reported. They issued a statement saying they were unanimous in wanting Aaron Keen to remain as head coach.
"We've all become outstanding community members, students and athletes in the last year and a half since the removal of Todd Hoffner," said the statement, which junior safety Sam Thompson read aloud. "Throughout this process, we have been silent. It is time our voice is heard."
Thompson said the players "want answers, because this is our team," according to the MSU Reporter, a student publication.
"As a unit we have decided not to practice because of the change-up in the coaching situation," he said.
Keen gave a brief statement saying the program was bound by the arbitrator's ruling and that Hoffner is the head coach.
Athletic director Kevin Buisman said in a statement that players had "shared their concerns." He said a meeting was scheduled for Thursday among the players, Hoffner, Keen and the rest of the coaching staff.
With Keen as coach last season, Minnesota State finished 11-1 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II tournament. But the team was also successful under Hoffner: 34-13 in his four seasons (2008-12).
Hoffner was arrested in 2012 over images of his children on a university-issued cellphone. Although he was eventually cleared by a judge who described the images as innocent pictures of children acting playful after a bath, the school subsequently suspended, reassigned and fired him for reasons that weren't made public at the time. The arbitrator's report said Hoffner was accused of viewing porn on his work computer and letting his wife use the device, and neither charge was proved.
Hoffner, 47, accepted the head-coaching job at Minot State in January, and the arbitrator's order that he be reinstated forced him to choose. He said Tuesday he would go back to Mankato, saying it would "help heal that injury."
His supporters said the school overreacted in the wake of the sex abuse scandal at Penn State, noting his high-profile arrest came just months after retired Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child sex abuse.
The university said in a statement Tuesday that it welcomed Hoffner back and also apologized to him.
Earlier Wednesday, Hoffner told the Free Press it felt refreshing to be back on campus. He said he got a big hug from senior tight end Darius Clare as he walked into the football offices before practice.
"That made me feel good. I don't know if every person will feel that way," Hoffner said, sporting his Minnesota State jacket.

 

[Silkk]

I know no one has paid attention to this Minnesota St story but this shyt is bananas

Details nikka

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

@Silkk and see the last post

Almost 20 months after his career was derailed by charges of child pornography, Todd Hoffner is reclaiming his job at Minnesota State-Mankato. But the story may only have gotten more complicated.
Hoffner was suspended from his job as head football coach in August 2012 after naked images of his children were found on his school-issued cellphone. He was arrested several days later and faced felony charges. Even though a judge had dismissed the charges a little more than three months later, he was reassigned by the school and later fired.
In January, Hoffner was named the head coach at Minot (N.D.) State. But last week, an arbitrator ruled Hoffner had been wrongly fired by Minnesota State-Mankato and could return to the job if he wanted it.
On Tuesday, he did.
RULING: Arbitrator says school was wrong
During a news conference in Minneapolis, an occasionally emotional Hoffner said returning to Minnesota State-Mankato was a difficult decision, but that it would "help heal (the) injury" he and his family had suffered.
"I'm eager to return to the game and the program that I helped build," Hoffner said. "This is what I wanted from Day 1, and now I have the opportunity to go back, and I believe it's the right thing to do for my family and myself."
Hoffner acknowledged the situation is complicated. Although he said he didn't require an apology, his attorneys reiterated their desire for that and more. Christopher Madel said he wanted university officials "held accountable" for what happened, and added he would be watching closely to see how Hoffner is treated by the school upon his return.
"I hope it's not (complicated)," Madel told USA TODAY Sports. "I hope he just goes back to work and begins as head football coach as he was ordered to be."
In a statement emailed to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Minnesota State-Mankato welcomed Hoffner back and formally apologized.
"This has been a difficult journey for all involved," the statement said. "We extend our apologies to Mr. Hoffner and deeply regret the difficulties he and his family have experienced this past year and a half. It is our sincere hope that all concerned can now find ways to move forward for the sake of the Hoffner family, student athletes, the university and the community."
Earlier Tuesday, Hoffner said he had not received an apology from any university official. He also said he wasn't asking for any, but that he simply wanted to resume "normal working relationships" as he returned.
"I do not think I will ever understand why certain individuals did what they did or made the decisions that were made, but that is for others to sort out and to deal with," Hoffner said. "I'm not interested in revenge and I'm not a spiteful person. Despite the past two years, we know Minnesota State University is a great place. We love the Mankato community, and we want to be a part of the university and the city."
Hoffner said the decision to leave Minot State was difficult. When he took the job on Jan. 30, he told USA TODAY Sports: "I know it took Minot State a lot of guts to pull the trigger. I'm not gonna let 'em down."
Tuesday, he fought back tears and paused for almost 10 seconds while saying, "This was not an easy decision. I will remain forever grateful to Minot State. Their willingness to take a chance on me will never be forgotten."
Hoffner said he spoke Monday with Minot State players, telling them there was "a possibility" he might return to Mankato. He said since the arbitrator's ruling last Thursday, he had spoken with Minot State athletic director Rick Hedberg, university President David Fuller and "civic leaders" in Minot about his decision. In a statement, Hedberg said while disappointed with Hoffner's decision, he wished him well.
If it wasn't easy, Hoffner said the decision to return to Mankato "was simple."
"My family lives there," he said. "We have put down roots there. I helped grow the program to a national power."
During Hoffner's four seasons as Minnesota State-Mankato's head coach, the Mavericks were 34-13 and won the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship in 2011. In 2012, as an interim head coach, Aaron Keen — who had been on Hoffner's staff as offensive coordinator — led the Mavericks to a 13-1 record and reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division II playoff. In 2013, they finished 11-1 and reached the second round of the playoff.
Hoffner said Keen "should be commended for the time that he put in in my absence."
It isn't clear what happens next for the coaching staffs at either school. Hoffner said he won't make those decisions at Mankato "on an immediate basis," and said they will be made in concert with other university officials.
Dennis Hood, a longtime supporter of Minnesota State-Mankato athletics, attended the news conference Tuesday. In a phone interview, he told USA TODAY Sports he "lost a beer bet" with a buddy over whether Hoffner would return to his old job but said he was ecstatic that he had. Hood said Hoffner has "full support" in the community and "a lot of support" in the university.
"After what he's been through the last year and a half, this will be a piece of cake," Hood said.
Hoffner was pulled off the practice field in August 2012 and suspended by the school after an employee discovered three short videos of his naked or partially clothed children. He was arrested a few days later and charged with possession of child pornography and production of child pornography.
Tuesday, he called the charges "ridiculous" and recounted spending the night "in a jail cell in an orange jumpsuit wondering why. First there was shock. Then there was fear. Then there was anger, and ultimately I pulled myself together and there was resolve. And that's what you see today."
Testifying in his own defense in a motion-to-dismiss hearing in October 2012, he said: "There's nothing inappropriate in any of those videos," and explained the children, then ages 9, 8 and 5, were playing and acting silly after a bath. The judge saw it the same way, and dismissed the charges for lack of probable cause.
But Hoffner was suspended by the school for 20 days without pay, then reassigned to another role. Last May, he was fired for undisclosed reasons.
Last Thursday, an arbitrator ruled in Hoffner's favor, and said he should be rehired and repaid for the 20-day suspension and for the time since he was fired.
The arbitrator also ruled if Hoffner decided not to return to the job, Minnesota State-Mankato would have to pay the difference in salary for the life of the four-year contract it once had with him. He was making $90,000 at Minot State and about $105,000 at Minnesota State-Mankato.
"I wish I didn't have to make this decision and I hope everyone understands the timing was not of my choosing," Hoffner said, and added: "From Day 1, I wanted my job back."
Now that he has it, Hoffner said he hopes to return to the job as though nothing happened. And if it's not a completely smooth transition?
"It's gonna pale in comparison (to what I've been through)," Hoffner said. "I can handle it."

 

[Silkk]

@Lucky_Lefty Players don't want him. Intermin coach went 11-1, he need to GTFO