The OFFICIAL 2023 College Football RANDOM THOUGHTS Thread

[DropTopDoc]

The NIL money just isn't there for Colorado yet. Trust if they had the money Coach Prime would be singing a different tune.

I think a lot of these kids jumping in the portal for a pay day are going to find the bag isn't as big as they thought it would be. We are year 3 into NIL and a lot of schools are pressed for funds. Money has to be allocated to recruiting and retaining and that doesn't leave a lot left to go portal shopping for a lot of these schools. People have to understand there really isn't a ROI for these donors, so if you don't have donors that just love football and want to see their team win and no corporate NIL support that's going to dry up the well real fast.


Regarding Texas, Bama, and the playoffs. If they finish with identical records Bama can't get in without Texas getting in. Y'all can do all the mental gymnastics y'all want but that is pretty much the bottom line.

I find it funny that pretty much no one gave us a chance to beat Bama on the road. We did that, by double digits, and then everybody convinced themselves this was Saban's worst team, they win out, and now y'all are back to believing Texas can't beat Bama again.

The money not there, and isn’t there, which is why they took so long to get Carl up out the paint, and they had to iou deions contract early on, i think Deion can link some kids with some deals here and there, but that’s not everyone’s fate, as for them kids searching for a payday i honestly don’t think it’s that, i think they just ready to go, between all the hoopla and chaos they say they good

His son is getting guap. I know Travis Hunter eatin too. They probably haven't set up a collective like the big schools, but its money to be got. Just probably not up front money

That’s because Deion, Colorado don’t have money like that, so kids not gon eat like that

 

[CrimsonTider]

Utah being left out of the top-25 continues to be nonsense. They're 8-4 against one of the toughest schedules in the nation. They're one of the few squads that scheduled 11 Power-5 matchups including Florida and Baylor, all 4 of their losses were to ranked teams (2 of which are basically top-5 and another top-15), they played #3 UW to the final drive, and they've beaten three bowl teams.


Instead, the AP has SMU at #25...who is 10-2 with ZERO wins against Power-5 or ranked teams and got blown out by 5-7 TCU.

Tulane at #17 (zero Power-5 wins), Liberty at #20 (worst SOS in the entire nation), Toledo at #23 (zero Power-5 wins and lost to 5-7 Illinois), and James Madison at #24 (lost to Appalachian State and only Power 5 win is versus 3-9 Virginia) are all overrated too.

And, of course, the AP then has 8-4 Tennessee at #26, who only scheduled 9 Power-5 squads instead of 11, who only beat 2 bowl teams instead of 3, and who got blown out in all four losses including a terrible loss to 5-7 Florida (the same team Utah smashed). Their season was inferior to Utah in literally every possible way, but having "SEC" as their conference makes them #26 and Utah #29.

SMU, Toledo, Liberty and James Madison should be nowhere near the top-25. In their place should be Clemson, Utah, Kansas, and Kansas State, and all four of those squads should be ahead of Tulane too.

And I'm saying this as someone who loves when lower teams get a chance, someone who raves about the Boise States and Utahs and Central Floridas of past years. But they should earn it by actually beating someone that matters, not just by winning games in the minor leagues.

Didn’t y’all want group of 5 represented in the polls?

None of those schools should be ranked but this what y’all fought for

 

[DropTopDoc]

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“Bucks by 21” if i remember right


Nah I’m gonna stretch my legs tell Mrs Smitty i want the first batch of chicken out the fryer

 

[JasoRockStar]

“Bucks by 21” if i remember right


Nah I’m gonna stretch my legs tell Mrs Smitty i want the first batch of chicken out the fryer

Iowa aint shyt so we gotta talk about something.

 

[malbaker86]

 

[staticshock]

Best interview I’ve ever heard from a college athlete.

 

[smitty22]

“Bucks by 21” if i remember right


Nah I’m gonna stretch my legs tell Mrs Smitty i want the first batch of chicken out the fryer

Chicken gonna be full of salmonella . Eat up

 

[Ron Mexico]

 

[Numpsay]

His agent trying to drive up the price.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Didn’t y’all want group of 5 represented in the polls?

None of those schools should be ranked but this what y’all fought for

With the way things currently stand, I'm happy for Group of 5 schools to be represented when they schedule Power 5 schools and beat them, and don't have embarrassing losses.

None of the teams I mentioned have beaten anyone this year, and outside of Tulane and Liberty they all have embarrassing losses. Tulane has probably done just enough to deserve a ranking considering who they lost to, but Liberty has the most for-shyt schedule in the country and really can't be compared to any Power 5 school at all.


I posted this shyt earlier to point out how fukking weak those conferences were this year.

I just looked it up and the entire AAC is 1-20 against Power 5 squads this year. The ONLY win was Rice beating Houston in double overtime. They might as well be a fukking FCS conference at that rate.

Only three other games were even close: UTSA losing by 3 to Houston (them again), Florida Atlantic losing to Illinois by 6, and Memphis losing to Missouri by 7. ALL the other 17 losses were by at least two touchdowns and most were 20-30 points minimum.

Same goes for Conference USA. Just 1-10 against Power 5 schools this year. (That one win is New Mexico State beating Auburn 31-10 last week.)

Of the 10 losses, only two were close. Middle Tennessee losing to Missouri by 4, and Jacksonville State losing to South Carolina by 10. All the other losses were blowouts.

Those are the two conference that Tulane, SMU, and Liberty played in. A combined 2-30 against the Power-5 with only five of the losses within 10 points. They just weren't competitive.

 

[DropTopDoc]

Chicken gonna be full of salmonella . Eat up

Nope your wife would never poison her guest, and me and lil Brutus gon be sitting on your favorite chair in ya living room drinking out your prized osu cup

 

[smitty22]

Nope your wife would never poison her guest, and me and lil Brutus gon be sitting on your favorite chair in ya living room drinking out your prized osu cup

She won’t even let you walk up to the feont door

 

[DropTopDoc]

 

[DropTopDoc]

She won’t even let you walk up to the feont door

Now you know the doc is good at any doorstep

 

[malbaker86]