2024 NCAA Football Thread

posted by friendfromlowry

Can’t believe all those people on the sideline and no one is concerned that time is ticking. You get it down to ten seconds and you safely can run one play (before the FG). We see how risky it is to try for two plays. 

Don’t think it’s a very big deal. You can lose two games and still be in the playoff conversation. 

New rankings for next week:

1) Texas

2) Oregon

3) PSU

4) Georgia

5) Miami (FL)

6) Alabama

7) OSU 

8) Tennessee 

OSU and Tennessee may be switched. Tennessee needed overtime to beat a lousy Florida team at home. 

I have OSU 6, Tenn 7, Bama 8

Army and Navy crack the top 25

posted by Trueblue23

Jimbo won a natty at least.

Cooper and Weis didn't have the level of talent on the roster that Day has had.

It's Day's style/personality, it's all finesse.  You have 1st and 10 in FG range to win the game, and you call a pass??  Okay dumb moment, but you can redeem yourself.. 2nd down.. ANOTHER PASS?!  Offensive PI, you're now pushed back out of FG range.

Just bad coaching.

Clarification…

Texas A&M Jimbo: Hold my beer.

Have to admit, I was worried coming into the game because the Bucks love playing that "give them underneath stuff/bend-but-don't-break" defense with all their 5-star guys and Oregon seemed to be very good at that with a QB who completes about 75% of his passes for a little over 10 yards a completion and their top receiver is a possession receiver sort of guy who gets a bit under 10 a catch -- ie: the sort of team that is perfectly equipped to go against that sort of defensive play.

But then I figured: This team has so much hunger after last year, great personnel and all the necessary ingredients to recognize that and counter it!

They did not. And lost in a way that left me feeling a fuck-ton of deja vu. Have the lead with 6 to go. Let them drive for a field goal to regain the lead late in the game. Look like they just might respond and take the win at the very end, but fuck up, wind up with nothing and take the big, fat L.

Nothing has ever changed under Day. Take a loss in a big-time game, say all the right things about how that's unacceptable and things will be reevaluated or whatever and then watch the same shit happen in the next big-time game because they have a defensive game plan designed to let quality offenses take the air out of the ball to keep it away from your offense full of game-breakers AND that offense is good for at least one absolutely lethal mistake when it will hurt the most.

11W with the spot on take on Day:

“Some people were born on third base and think they hit a triple,” he said.

Harbaugh’s comment came to mind as I reflected on Ohio State’s 32-31 loss to Oregon, not because I now believe it, but for another reason. How Day arrived on third base doesn’t matter, but this does: Almost six years after becoming Ohio State’s head coach and three years after Harbaugh’s comment in November 2021, Day remains 90 feet from home plate.

Day is a worse version of John Cooper. The team is habitually at the top of the mountain and never can crest it. They lose every close game, they lose every big game, they are unprepared to deal with adversity. They haven't successfully negotiated a 2-minute drill in the entire time he's been at the helm. I don't know if he can manage a clock, because we haven't seen it done yet. It's coaching malpractice that a team with this level of resources cannot land high level recruits on the O-line, and can't develop the defensive recruits into pros. Bosa's aside, not a single front 7 defensive player has been an impact player in the NFL, and not a single defensive back has been impactful since Coombs left. 

In short, fire Day. We have seen where this finish line is and he's not going to get any team there.

So, it looks like Indiana is going to be a legit problem for teams.

That's what happens when you get an Ohio U. quarterback to give people something to actually cheer for!

Indiana hires a real coach. Indiana wins. Funny how that works. 

Day is 1-7 against top 5 schools. I’m beginning to see a trend

posted by Laley23

Indiana hires a real coach. Indiana wins. Funny how that works. 

Ohio U. QB. That is all. I could coach that to a Natty at this level. 

Not taking questions on this either!

Also, maybe Evers shouldn't have done that Dr. Pepper "no back up" commercial. Since I'm thinking a lot of the fan base is dreaming of Arch.

Man Texas making a comeback of sorts and just got completely hosed on an interception and return for 1st and goal. Brutal call and fans are going nuts now. Stuff all over the field 

posted by Heretic

Ohio U. QB. That is all. I could coach that to a Natty at this level. 

Not taking questions on this either!

Also, maybe Evers shouldn't have done that Dr. Pepper "no back up" commercial. Since I'm thinking a lot of the fan base is dreaming of Arch.

Rourke has been awesome (though didn’t play 2nd half today with injury).

Good to see Michigan fall out of the rankings.  This is the first time they've been out since they began cheating in 2021.  

Damn, Kyle McCord having the single worst night of his life and it isn't even halftime. Pitt is up on 'Cuse 31-0, he has four interceptions and the last one just got taken to the house. He'd been doing very good in the lower-pressure environment previously, but a road game against a tough league rival still isn't a good thing for him.

Pitt up to #15 in my biased rankings

posted by Ironman92

Pitt up to #15 in my biased rankings

Actually, after paying more attention to the game (tuned in late), in one of the more insane stats I've seen in a while, three of those first four picks were returned for scores. Think McCord finished with five, although he did eventually get up to 300 yards or so. Because the Big Brain coach on 'Cuse kept him in the entire game despite it being a blowout in which he was throwing picks left and right.

posted by Heretic

Actually, after paying more attention to the game (tuned in late), in one of the more insane stats I've seen in a while, three of those first four picks were returned for scores. Think McCord finished with five, although he did eventually get up to 300 yards or so. Because the Big Brain coach on 'Cuse kept him in the entire game despite it being a blowout in which he was throwing picks left and right.

Will he want that bottle of bubbly he sent to Ryan Day back?

McCord was bad trying to squeeze throws in that weren’t anywhere near open.

Oline was insanely inept 

Receivers couldn’t get any separation and had alligator arms

And Syracuse staff had zero answer

On the drive in the 3rd they finally scored it was a 9:34 second drive (while down 31) and were stuffed on 1st and 2nd and goal at the 1 and on 3rd down the TE CLEARLY jumped and they didn’t call it and they barely scored. 

Is Ohio State trying to throw this game?

posted by Heretic

Is Ohio State trying to throw this game?

Playing like dick