NCAA Football 2019 (1 Viewer)

I understand football and basketball $ driving this train. A regular season OSU and USC game will be a top tv ranking. But think of the expense conference wide of sending a track and field or volleyball team (and all the other lesser sports) from California to PA or MD for a conference meet and multiply for all the schools. But I guess that's small potatoes when you have a $10B revenue. Chris
 
One of the stranger stories is that a coach at Oklahoma has resigned after he claims to have read an "offensive" word off the iPad of a player. Wow. According to the media reports, the player wasn't paying attention and the coach picked up his iPad to read his notes aloud and it contained the offensive word. Why the coach would resign in this circumstance is unclear.
 
The 2022 season snuck up on me. Some middling games but nice to have something to watch. The transfer portal has really changed the game. I think they said Nebraska had 21 new players from the portal. They still lost, however.
 
I am having a difficult time getting into college football this year.

I usually look forward to it.
 
Panzer ace said:
I am having a difficult time getting into college football this year.

I usually look forward to it.
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I'm interested to see how much progress Lincoln Riley makes at USC. The team last year under Clay "Gomer Pyle" Helton was a disaster. Nice guy, terrible coach. Riley has Pete Carroll expectations but had to start from scratch from the ruin that Helton left. Maybe the worst SC team in one hundred years. He brought in a ton of ringers from the transfer portal. I don't expect miracles but a high quality coach, the transfer portal, NIL, and LA setting could mean a juggernaut soon.
 
So the NCAA voted to expand the football playoffs from 4 to 12 teams in 2026 I believe.

So yet another massive cash grab; most of the 1-4, 2-3 games are blowouts, now they are adding 8 more teams?

I did not read fully about this plan, but I hope it involves getting rid of bowl games or using them as playoff games.

I mean, the top 12 teams are off the table, so who wants to see two bottom tier teams play in the Poulin Weed Whacker Bowl?

12 teams is beyond comical, not to mention, the first year they roll it out, the 13th ranked team will whine about not getting in, mark it down now.
 
I did not read fully about this plan, but I hope it involves getting rid of bowl games or using them as playoff games.

Schools and NCAA make too much money to get rid of the "Weed Wacker Bowls" but I share your sentiment.
 
Some good matchups for week one: Ohio St./ND, Utah/Florida, Oregon/Georgia. Some disgraceful cupcake games as well. Alabama and Utah St. LOL. Bama is a 42-point favorite.
 
Combat said:
Some good matchups for week one: Ohio St./ND, Utah/Florida, Oregon/Georgia. Some disgraceful cupcake games as well. Alabama and Utah St. LOL. Bama is a 42-point favorite.
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Yeah, that Oregon/Georgia game was competitive....................right up until Oregon had to punt on their first possession.

Was waiting for the joke when Georgia went up 28-3, but it never came.
 
Warrior said:
Yeah, that Oregon/Georgia game was competitive....................right up until Oregon had to punt on their first possession.

Was waiting for the joke when Georgia went up 28-3, but it never came.
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Once again, proof that there is SEC football and then there is all the rest. How does a supposed #11 team trail by 49-3 with a full quarter to go? See first sentence. :rolleyes2: -- Al
 
Warrior said:
Yeah, that Oregon/Georgia game was competitive....................right up until Oregon had to punt on their first possession.

Was waiting for the joke when Georgia went up 28-3, but it never came.
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Tough weekend for the PAC 12 with Oregon getting curb stomped and Utah choking away the game in Florida. No wonder USC and UCLA are leaving. At least USC looks to have rebounded. The transfer portal may be the most significant change in college football since the forward pass. SC had possibly their worst team in a hundred years last season. This year they bring in a Heisman caliber QB and WR. Score 66 points in the first game. It would have taken years to rebuild that program absent the portal.
 
Soi Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson in the playoff then huh?

A 12 game exhibition schedule until the real football begins.

That's just all sorts of awesome.
 
Combat said:
Tough weekend for the PAC 12 with Oregon getting curb stomped and Utah choking away the game in Florida. No wonder USC and UCLA are leaving. At least USC looks to have rebounded. The transfer portal may be the most significant change in college football since the forward pass. SC had possibly their worst team in a hundred years last season. This year they bring in a Heisman caliber QB and WR. Score 66 points in the first game. It would have taken years to rebuild that program absent the portal.
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Can you or someone else explain this transfer portal gimmick?

All I heard all day long is "So and so transferred from Auburn, Harvard, Oregon, LSU, Ohio State............blah, blah, blah".............

Must have missed the latest, greatest tweak to how semi pro football works.
 
Warrior said:
Can you or someone else explain this transfer portal gimmick?

All I heard all day long is "So and so transferred from Auburn, Harvard, Oregon, LSU, Ohio State............blah, blah, blah".............

Must have missed the latest, greatest tweak to how semi pro football works.
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College players can decide to transfer to another team without having to sit out a year as they had previously been required to do. Sitting out a year was a disincentive to most elite players to transfer. Now if they are unhappy they can bolt to another team. A bit like free agents in professional sports. USC stocked up on transfers including Caleb Williams from Oklahoma who is a Heisman candidate QB. It's a way to quickly rebuild. Whether it is good or bad for college football is yet to be seen. It's certainly good for the players, though.
 
Combat said:
College players can decide to transfer to another team without having to sit out a year as they had previously been required to do. Sitting out a year was a disincentive to most elite players to transfer. Now if they are unhappy they can bolt to another team. A bit like free agents in professional sports. USC stocked up on transfers including Caleb Williams from Oklahoma who is a Heisman candidate QB. It's a way to quickly rebuild. Whether it is good or bad for college football is yet to be seen. It's certainly good for the players, though.
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I am split on this. On one hand, the transfer and endorsements (money) expose college football for what it is (Semi Pro), on the other hand it is counter to the original purpose - student athletics and the path to a degree (providing financial means).

Tom
 
Combat said:
College players can decide to transfer to another team without having to sit out a year as they had previously been required to do. Sitting out a year was a disincentive to most elite players to transfer. Now if they are unhappy they can bolt to another team. A bit like free agents in professional sports. USC stocked up on transfers including Caleb Williams from Oklahoma who is a Heisman candidate QB. It's a way to quickly rebuild. Whether it is good or bad for college football is yet to be seen. It's certainly good for the players, though.
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I saw one of the QB's for Utah State or whoever the team was that Alabama destroyed is 24 years old and this is his 7th year?

He's after Blutarsky's record of 10 years apparently.
 
tdubel said:
I am split on this. On one hand, the transfer and endorsements (money) expose college football for what it is (Semi Pro), on the other hand it is counter to the original purpose - student athletics and the path to a degree (providing financial means).

Tom
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It will hurt teams like Alabama that stack up the 5 star recruits; if say their #4 receiver barely sees the field, he can go elsewhere and be a starter and showcase his talents, which in the end helps the kid and the school he goes to but hurts the depth of Alabama due to injuries.

I guess it's a win on two of three points?
 
Warrior said:
It will hurt teams like Alabama that stack up the 5 star recruits; if say their #4 receiver barely sees the field, he can go elsewhere and be a starter and showcase his talents, which in the end helps the kid and the school he goes to but hurts the depth of Alabama due to injuries.

I guess it's a win on two of three points?
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Actually someone on another forum made a great point; it would work the other way around, a star at a second tier school would transfer to an elite school, so the rich will get richer.

Oh joy.
 
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