The OFFICIAL 2017 College football RANDOM THOUGHTS thread

[JBoy]

what's with all the pac 12 teams traveling to group of five schools, got Zona playing at UTEP, UCLA heading to Memphis, and the most random of all Oregon at Wyoming

 

[ELESDEE616]

Ya'll didn't play 2 top 10 teams every year like FSU did. Ya'll couldn't handle us. You really think ya'll could handle playing UF and UM back in the 90's

Ya'll have a losing record against us. That's all that counts with me So live vicariously thru Bama if you want.


Only an idiot would say losing your first game means your season is over. OSU lost to garbage VT and still went to the playoffs.

Youre an idiot. Ohio State had a top 5 team every year just like we did. Throw in Penn State and Notre Dame when they were still elite.


But you dont know shyt anyway so no point in arguing.


Just know yall popped. enjoy going 8-4

 

[Rigby.]

More transcendental talent that'll secure Gus's job for another season :aubieblessed:

Spoiler

 

[Rigby.]

Those who commit will be champions

 

[CarltonJunior]

More transcendental talent that'll secure Gus's job for another season :aubieblessed:

Spoiler

Gatewood already bushed?

 

[QuintessentialBM]

It's not just when they started letting black people play. The big shift happened when TV started airing every college game. You gotta remember back in the day there were only 3 channels (ABC, NBC, and CBS). So only the biggest name schools were ever on TV (i.e. Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Alabama, etc.) For schools like Notre Dame and Nebraska that don't have a strong in-state talent pool, the fact they were on TV allowed them to get whatever players they wanted anywhere in the country. However, in the last 20 years because everyone is on TV, kids don't have to travel across the country to play on TV and be seen.

Recruiting is a lot more local now. Basically if you are a school located in a state that produces a lot of talent, you became a power. That is how the Florida schools and the SEC rose to prominence the last 20 years. They are located where the players are. And its also why schools like Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Tennessee fell off in recent years. They were schools that relied on the high profile that came from being one of the few schools on TV to attract kids from across the country to their school. Tennessee for example has risen back to national prominence the last few years in recruiting in large part due to the fact the in-state talent pool in Tennessee has improved DRASTICALLY. Tennessee is now approaching Louisiana when it comes to elite instate talent pool.

In-state talent pool now matters more than ever. If you don't have a strong in-state talent pool, then you need an amazing coach like Urban Meyer that can trick kids from the south to come to your school or be like Oklahoma where you play in a weak conference and winning it every year attracts kids to your school.

 

[Rigby.]

Gatewood already bushed?

Why cant you have both?
In many systems, the passing gap between those two would make it a no competition
but Gatewood is so elite a runner, that in Gus's offense they'd both be incredibly viable

 

[GREENandYELLOW]

 

[Rigby.]

Is he wrong? One of the myriad of reasons they're going to be folding pretty soon lol. Hell even when they routinely had top 15 teams littered throughout earlier this decade, they weren't getting love. Once Texas, then KSU, then the other Texas squads fell off, the levees broke

 

[malbaker86]

It's not just when they started letting black people play. The big shift happened when TV started airing every college game. You gotta remember back in the day there were only 3 channels (ABC, NBC, and CBS). So only the biggest name schools were ever on TV (i.e. Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio State, Alabama, etc.) For schools like Notre Dame and Nebraska that don't have a strong in-state talent pool, the fact they were on TV allowed them to get whatever players they wanted anywhere in the country. However, in the last 20 years because everyone is on TV, kids don't have to travel across the country to play on TV and be seen.

Recruiting is a lot more local now. Basically if you are a school located in a state that produces a lot of talent, you became a power. That is how the Florida schools and the SEC rose to prominence the last 20 years. They are located where the players are. And its also why schools like Notre Dame, Nebraska, and Tennessee fell off in recent years. They were schools that relied on the high profile that came from being one of the few schools on TV to attract kids from across the country to their school. Tennessee for example has risen back to national prominence the last few years in recruiting in large part due to the fact the in-state talent pool in Tennessee has improved DRASTICALLY. Tennessee is now approaching Louisiana when it comes to elite instate talent pool.

In-state talent pool now matters more than ever. If you don't have a strong in-state talent pool, then you need an amazing coach like Urban Meyer that can trick kids from the south to come to your school or be like Oklahoma where you play in a weak conference and winning it every year attracts kids to your school.

You spew a lot of b/s at times but no lies were told here...

 

[UserNameless]

Low key... might wanna pay a lil attention to NC A&T v. UNC Charlotte.

early in the year there has been a trend of HBCU's upsetting larger PWI and non HBCU schools. Howard over UNLV. Tenn. St. over Georgia St.

trend could continue today. Mind you, Charlotte hasn't won a game yet this year, and its football program doesn't have much history, but the trend could still continue with an A&t win. A&t is #1 in the HBCU polls and #21 in the FCS polls. Beating a Conference USA team is still a good look.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I seriously did not know what the Buckeyes were ranked after losing to Oklahoma. I was scared to even find out. I was thinking 12th.

Just saw that the squad is 8th

 

[RammerJammer]

Good morning brehs, it's Gameday

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

breaking down uniforms on SC..really? smh

 

[smitty22]

Good morning brehs, it's Gameday

And their coming, to your cittttyyyyyy :Bombaye: