The Official 2024 College Football Random Thoughts Thread

[Rigby.]

This SEC championship game selection is about to be a complete shyt show

Need Diego Pavia in it either way. Mexican Manziel needs one more main event spot

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

The only people worked up about LSU football right now are Tiger fans trying to figure out how to raise money for Bayou Brian's Big Buyout

Not really

 

[skyrunner1]

Left his situation to coach with his boy and about 18 months later got his walking papers.. Should land on his feet tho, that was not a good culture fit when he made the move anyway

 

[L. Deezy]

Yeah..but that Cal dude gon be working at a Fortune 500 company while he struggling to make a practice Squad..lol

 

[smitty22]

You think IGAF about a SECCG? So we can play an extra game, risk getting guys hurt and potentially lose? We here to win nattys bro but you championship starved up in CBUS so I can see why a championship game gets you so excited

No sec chip game, no playoffs, just holiday bowl in your bleek future. .

 

[skyrunner1]

like yooo

 

[smitty22]

 

[904Lurker]

We're 5-5.. I'm glad we won but this cac has lowered the standard

 

[AVXL]

No sec chip game, no playoffs, just holiday bowl in your bleek future. .

Nah no Cotton Bowl level fiascos like the “effort” yall displayed against Mizzou last season. Dawgs will be in the playoff, but you sound scared to see us breh. What’s up with that?

 

[Silkk]

Need Diego Pavia in it either way. Mexican Manziel needs one more main event spot

Weird he hasn't gotten more shine tbh


But its honestly shocking how much less coverage it feels Colorado has gotten even with how successful they are now. Not just comparing to last season but it feels like less coverage than when he was at JSU too.

 

[mozichrome]

shouldve just had a snack and got food after the game or something

 

[Drake's Tan]

Not really

Losing to sun belt billy was the breaking point

BK not coming back from that one

 

[Drake's Tan]

Marcus Freeman & Brian Kelly: A Tale of Two Tenures Trending in Opposite Directions

Marcus Freeman's rising success contrasts sharply with Brian Kelly's recent struggles. A look at how these two Notre Dame tenures differ.

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Notre Dame is trending up in 2024 while LSU has fallen on hard times​

Whether it's fair to either party or not, Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman will be linked forever because Freeman replaced Kelly at Notre Dame after Kelly left South Bend controversially for LSU nearly three years ago.

These coaches are so different in so many ways, from coaching experience length to style of coaching and personality, that it's hard to compare them. But in some ways, it's easy. All one has to do is look at now and look at then.


One would think the natural coaching arc progression at a new school that would indicate progress would be for the team's record to improve the longer said coach is at the new school and has time to settle in, get comfortable, and implement their vision.

Almost three years in, Marcus Freeman has gone from four losses, to three losses, to now one loss at Notre Dame.

Brian Kelly on the other hand has gone from four losses, to three losses and now back up to four and counting. This trend line should comfort Irish fans and make LSU fans pause and think, exactly what direction exactly are we heading in here?

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Freeman & Kelly's records vs ranked teams are also on divergent paths​

Aside from looking at overall record trends, we can dive a bit deeper by looking at Freeman & Kelly's records vs ranked teams since taking over their new and prestigious head coaching roles.

So far, Marcus Freeman is 10-4 in games vs ranked teams with the Irish. Brian Kelly on the other hand is 4-9 vs ranked opponents since the move to LSU, a continuance of his underwater record vs top teams when at the helm in South Bend.

Notre Dame and LSU are very different football operations. Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman are very different coaches at very different junctures in their careers.

This isn't meant to be an apples-to-apples comparison, but just more of a snapshot in time to analyze where some of these big-picture markers are at for two coaches who will be somewhat tethered to one another forever.

Moving forward there are a couple of trends to monitor. Can Marcus Freeman continue his impressive record against ranked teams and also prove he can eliminate the "lower level" losses he's had so far?

And for Brian Kelly, will he be able to pivot from any early mistakes he's made at LSU to turn things around the way he did at Notre Dame?

Time will tell.

 

[Drake's Tan]

We're 5-5.. I'm glad we won but this cac has lowered the standard

Yeah

I'm not gonna call for his head this week, this W give him that grace.

But we got fans acting like we won the natty for beating a LSU team that's in shambles and will likely be looking for a new coach in 2025-26.

 

[Silkk]

shouldve just had a snack and got food after the game or something

This is worse than MFs price gouging after a natural disaster. They need they ass beat.