American College Football(NCAAF) 2015-2016 Discussion Thread

[Luminesa]

Just realized Ohio State's not gonna be in the Big 10 Championship...

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And here we are in Wisconsin, laughing cruelly.

But I like both teams! DON'T LAUGH AT ME, BADGERS!!! I CHEERED FOR YOU LAST YEAR IN BASKETBALL!

[Wisconsin9]

And here we are in Wisconsin, laughing cruelly.

But I like both teams! DON'T LAUGH AT ME, BADGERS!!! I CHEERED FOR YOU LAST YEAR IN BASKETBALL!

We shall give no quarter, as none was given for the 2014 Big Ten Championship.

[Luminesa]

But I like both teams! DON'T LAUGH AT ME, BADGERS!!! I CHEERED FOR YOU LAST YEAR IN BASKETBALL!

We shall give no quarter, as none was given for the 2014 Big Ten Championship.

Well-played, my fellow Cheesehead. Well-played. Shall we engage in a duel at sunrise?

[Wisconsin9]

We shall give no quarter, as none was given for the 2014 Big Ten Championship.

Well-played, my fellow Cheesehead. Well-played. Shall we engage in a duel at sunrise?

I refuse to acknowledge the existence of such a moment, as it takes place at the unholiest of hours. How's three in the afternoon work for you?

[Torisakia]

I officially nickname this year's Iron Bowl "The BOOOOO Game"

Because the Auburn crowd wouldn't stop whining the whole game. Specifically when Will Muschamp lost his shit and called the ref a "fucking asshole".

I missed it. How bad was it?

I believe it was a little after the start of the 4th quarter. It was 2nd down and Bama dropped back to pass. Coker was being pressured and he took off to run toward the sideline. He got taken down initially out of bounds but an Auburn player came up behind him and dove for his legs after he had been pushed out, which drew the 15 yard late hit penalty (the ref who threw the penalty slipped while running and got rekt. It horrible to laugh at but it was pretty fun. He was fine though). Of course, the Auburn fans booed because they thought differently. But then, Will Muschamp came un-fucking-glued at the ref and started screaming at him, which drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. When CBS was replaying it, you could read Muschamp's lips and he clearly said "fucking asshole". And for the remainder of Alabama's drive, the Auburn fans kept booing. They didn't even cheer when Auburn got a stop. Just "BOOOOOOOOOOOOO". Alabama wound up kicking a 48 yard field goal to go up 22-13.

tl;dr Auburn got called for late hit (funnily the ref who threw it slipped and got rekt). Will Muschamp thought differently went off on another ref, and drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Auburn fans proceed to boo for the next two minutes without stopping. Bama ends up kicking field goal to go up 22-13.

[Luminesa]

Well-played, my fellow Cheesehead. Well-played. Shall we engage in a duel at sunrise?

I refuse to acknowledge the existence of such a moment, as it takes place at the unholiest of hours. How's three in the afternoon work for you?

Sounds good by me. XD

[Luminesa]

I missed it. How bad was it?

I believe it was a little after the start of the 4th quarter. It was 2nd down and Bama dropped back to pass. Coker was being pressured and he took off to run toward the sideline. He got taken down initially out of bounds but an Auburn player came up behind him and dove for his legs after he had been pushed out, which drew the 15 yard late hit penalty (the ref who threw the penalty slipped while running and got rekt. It horrible to laugh at but it was pretty fun. He was fine though). Of course, the Auburn fans booed because they thought differently. But then, Will Muschamp came un-fucking-glued at the ref and started screaming at him, which drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. When CBS was replaying it, you could read Muschamp's lips and he clearly said "fucking asshole". And for the remainder of Alabama's drive, the Auburn fans kept booing. They didn't even cheer when Auburn got a stop. Just "BOOOOOOOOOOOOO". Alabama wound up kicking a 48 yard field goal to go up 22-13.

tl;dr Auburn got called for late hit (funnily the ref who threw it slipped and got rekt). Will Muschamp thought differently went off on another ref, and drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Auburn fans proceed to boo for the next two minutes without stopping. Bama ends up kicking field goal to go up 22-13.

Will Muschamp is a loser, anyway. :/

[Bythyrona]

So... basically the analysis of this season is that after the practically brand new offense got adjusted and the defense stepped up a bit, we finished with road wins over two Top 25 teams (one of which was Top 10 at the time) and eventually finished conference play with 3 Top 25 wins. OSU more than earned their spot in the playoff.

lol no

TCU deserved to be in over OSU. OSU played like shit the majority of the year for 2014 and was frankly unconvincing as a playoff contender. The name "Ohio State", the win over Wisconsin, and the straight-up record got them their spot, not an actual analysis of what they did.

[Bythyrona]

Tennessee's main 4 rivals went 1-3 today (2-4 if you're counting Georgia and South Carolina... which I don't). Today was a good day.

lol vandy defense lolololololololol. fuck you vanderbilt, please don't ever fire mason. i love the fact you still haven't gone to an option offense even though you have the personnel for it and you're basically the wofford of the sec anyways.

lol florida offense lolololololololol. at least I can safely root for them to beat bama now.

[Minnysota]

TCU deserved to be in over OSU. OSU played like shit the majority of the year for 2014 and was frankly unconvincing as a playoff contender. The name "Ohio State", the win over Wisconsin, and the straight-up record got them their spot, not an actual analysis of what they did.

TCU's best wins were against an average Oklahoma team, an average Oklahoma State team, a Kansas State team that went winless against every good team (Auburn [who ended up not being good at all], TCU, Baylor, UCLA) they faced, and... Ole Miss, I guess. Minnesota, actually, was a good win too. You're also totally throwing their close call against an average WVU team and a very bad Kansas team out the window.

OSU had the win @ Minnesota, the win @ Michigan State, and the decimation of Wisconsin. Michigan State and Wisconsin pretty handily top any win that TCU had, and that's non-debatable. TCU had the better game against Minnesota, but OSU was also playing it @ Minnesota in frigid conditions (which, believe it or not, do greatly affect football games). TCU clearly had the better loss (against a Top 10 Baylor, even though I'd hardly considering that kind of 4th quarter win to be a "good" loss). That being said, the committee made it pretty clear that they were looking at improvement, and OSU was clearly a different team than the one that lost to VTech.

[The Serbian Empire]

So... basically the analysis of this season is that after the practically brand new offense got adjusted and the defense stepped up a bit, we finished with road wins over two Top 25 teams (one of which was Top 10 at the time) and eventually finished conference play with 3 Top 25 wins. OSU more than earned their spot in the playoff.

lol no

TCU deserved to be in over OSU. OSU played like shit the majority of the year for 2014 and was frankly unconvincing as a playoff contender. The name "Ohio State", the win over Wisconsin, and the straight-up record got them their spot, not an actual analysis of what they did.

I'd go say that both Michigan State and Ohio State belong in there over TCU. Ohio State hasn't been awe inspiring even to the level of their Michigan based counterpart who has only lost to them.

[Minnysota]

I'd go say that both Michigan State and Ohio State belong in there over TCU. Ohio State hasn't been awe inspiring even to the level of their Michigan based counterpart who has only lost to them.

We're talking about OSU getting in over TCU for the last playoff. TCU is completely out of this year's field, and OSU has something like a .000000001% chance of getting in.

[Luminesa]

I'd go say that both Michigan State and Ohio State belong in there over TCU. Ohio State hasn't been awe inspiring even to the level of their Michigan based counterpart who has only lost to them.

We're talking about OSU getting in over TCU for the last playoff. TCU is completely out of this year's field, and OSU has something like a .000000001% chance of getting in.

Dat one dere, though. XD

[Bythyrona]

The Why The Fuck Was LSU Trying to Fire Les Miles Top 25 - Week 13

1. Clemson (12-0)
2. Alabama (11-1)
3. Michigan State (11-1)
4. Iowa (12-0)
5. Oklahoma (11-1)
6. Ohio State (11-1)
7. North Carolina (11-1)
8. Northwestern (10-2)
9. Stanford (10-2)
10. Florida State (10-2)
11. TCU (10-2)
12. Notre Dame (10-2)
13. Houston (11-1)
14. Baylor (9-2)
15. Oklahoma State (10-2)
16. Florida (10-2)
17. Ole Miss (9-3)
18. Michigan (9-3)
19. Oregon (9-3)
20. Wisconsin (9-3)
21. LSU (9-3)
22. Utah (9-3)
23. Navy (9-2)
24. Georgia (9-3)
25. Temple (10-2)
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IN: Georgia, LSU, Temple
OUT: Mississippi State, UCLA, Washington State
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The Best of the Rest:
#26 Western Kentucky, #27 USC, #28 Tennessee, #29 Mississippi State, #30 Washington State, #31 UCLA, #32 Memphis, #33 BYU, #34 Texas A&M, #35 South Florida, #36 Toledo, #37 Miami, #38 Pittsburgh, #39 West Virginia, #40 San Diego State

[Bythyrona]

TCU deserved to be in over OSU. OSU played like shit the majority of the year for 2014 and was frankly unconvincing as a playoff contender. The name "Ohio State", the win over Wisconsin, and the straight-up record got them their spot, not an actual analysis of what they did.

TCU's best wins were against an average Oklahoma team, an average Oklahoma State team, a Kansas State team that went winless against every good team (Auburn [who ended up not being good at all], TCU, Baylor, UCLA) they faced, and... Ole Miss, I guess. Minnesota, actually, was a good win too. You're also totally throwing their close call against an average WVU team and a very bad Kansas team out the window.

OSU had the win @ Minnesota, the win @ Michigan State, and the decimation of Wisconsin. Michigan State and Wisconsin pretty handily top any win that TCU had, and that's non-debatable. TCU had the better game against Minnesota, but OSU was also playing it @ Minnesota in frigid conditions (which, believe it or not, do greatly affect football games). TCU clearly had the better loss (against a Top 10 Baylor, even though I'd hardly considering that kind of 4th quarter win to be a "good" loss). That being said, the committee made it pretty clear that they were looking at improvement, and OSU was clearly a different team than the one that lost to VTech.

TCU's best win was against Ole Miss, and it was utter domination of a 9-3 SEC West team. OSU's only performance close to resembling that was the Wisconsin game, and yet, I don't remember Wisconsin beating Alabama.

And yet somehow OSU's close calls and poor performances, two of which came against lowly Navy and Cincinnati, were excusable?

That loss alone was so terrible for OSU that TCU should've been in the playoff. You get destroyed by a .500 ACC team, at home, by two touchdowns, and there's another one loss team Power Five team that's played much more convincingly? You should, under no circumstances, be in the playoff bracket over that team then.

[Luminesa]

The Why The Fuck Was LSU Trying to Fire Les Miles Top 25 - Week 12

1. Clemson (12-0)
2. Alabama (11-1)
3. Michigan State (11-1)
4. Iowa (12-0)
5. Oklahoma (11-1)
6. Ohio State (11-1)
7. North Carolina (11-1)
8. Northwestern (10-2)
9. Stanford (10-2)
10. Florida State (10-2)
11. TCU (10-2)
12. Notre Dame (10-2)
13. Houston (11-1)
14. Baylor (9-2)
15. Oklahoma State (10-2)
16. Florida (10-2)
17. Ole Miss (9-3)
18. Michigan (9-3)
19. Oregon (9-3)
20. Wisconsin (9-3)
21. LSU (9-3)
22. Utah (9-3)
23. Navy (9-2)
24. Georgia (9-3)
25. Temple (10-2)
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IN: Georgia, LSU, Temple
OUT: Mississippi State, UCLA, Washington State
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The Best of the Rest:
#26 Western Kentucky, #27 USC, #28 Tennessee, #29 Mississippi State, #30 Washington State, #31 UCLA, #32 Memphis, #33 BYU, #34 Texas A&M, #35 South Florida, #36 Toledo, #37 Miami, #38 Pittsburgh, #39 West Virginia, #40 San Diego State

YOU AGREE WITH ME!!! WHY DID THEY EVER TRY TO FIRE HIM?!

[Bythyrona]

The Why The Fuck Was LSU Trying to Fire Les Miles Top 25 - Week 12

1. Clemson (12-0)
2. Alabama (11-1)
3. Michigan State (11-1)
4. Iowa (12-0)
5. Oklahoma (11-1)
6. Ohio State (11-1)
7. North Carolina (11-1)
8. Northwestern (10-2)
9. Stanford (10-2)
10. Florida State (10-2)
11. TCU (10-2)
12. Notre Dame (10-2)
13. Houston (11-1)
14. Baylor (9-2)
15. Oklahoma State (10-2)
16. Florida (10-2)
17. Ole Miss (9-3)
18. Michigan (9-3)
19. Oregon (9-3)
20. Wisconsin (9-3)
21. LSU (9-3)
22. Utah (9-3)
23. Navy (9-2)
24. Georgia (9-3)
25. Temple (10-2)
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IN: Georgia, LSU, Temple
OUT: Mississippi State, UCLA, Washington State
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The Best of the Rest:
#26 Western Kentucky, #27 USC, #28 Tennessee, #29 Mississippi State, #30 Washington State, #31 UCLA, #32 Memphis, #33 BYU, #34 Texas A&M, #35 South Florida, #36 Toledo, #37 Miami, #38 Pittsburgh, #39 West Virginia, #40 San Diego State

YOU AGREE WITH ME!!! WHY DID THEY EVER TRY TO FIRE HIM?!

The coaching cycle in football as of late has become especially short. It devalues the integrity of a team sport.

[Commerce Heights]

So there’s going to be at least two, and probably four or five, ineligible teams that go to bowl games because there are too many bowl games not enough eligible teams. Of course, the NCAA didn’t bother to plan for this, because they’re apparently less competent than people who run fake sporting events on a Web forum. (Actually, they did come up with some very specific criteria by which ineligible teams could be selected, but there are precisely zero teams that meet those criteria.)

The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee met last Monday, when it was already apparent that reaching 80 eligible teams was unlikely, but didn’t manage to think of a solution then. Now committee chairman Bob Bowlsby says they might get to it next week if they feel like putting on their thinking caps extra tight.

I can see why the NCAA insists their competitions are amateur; they can be awfully amateurish at times.

[Bythyrona]

So there’s going to be at least two, and probably four or five, ineligible teams that go to bowl games because there are too many bowl games not enough eligible teams. Of course, the NCAA didn’t bother to plan for this, because they’re apparently less competent than people who run fake sporting events on a Web forum. (Actually, they did come up with some very specific criteria by which ineligible teams could be selected, but there are precisely zero teams that meet those criteria.)

The NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee met last Monday, when it was already apparent that reaching 80 eligible teams was unlikely, but didn’t manage to think of a solution then. Now committee chairman Bob Bowlsby says they might get to it next week if they feel like putting on their thinking caps extra tight.

I can see why the NCAA insists their competitions are amateur; they can be awfully amateurish at times.

Bob Bowlsby? Thinking? Now there's a proposition I'd love to see. It's hard to find an executive at any level of the sport as incompetent as that man is.

[The Danish Confederacy]

So, I'm ready to set fire to Techwood Drive.

[Arkinesia]

I'm honestly glad we lost to State. Florida fans have had their expectations too high this year. Treon's not ready for playoff bullshit, we're not gonna beat Bama. I'm okay with losing the next one in exchange for winning a bowl game. Coach Mac has had a fantastic season considering the offensive pieces he had left mostly sucked.

[Luminesa]

So, I'm ready to set fire to Techwood Drive.

Why?

[Bythyrona]

So, I'm ready to set fire to Techwood Drive.

Why?

Because Georgia Tech is 3-9 this year and lost by six points to an offensively forlorn UGA squad.

[Luminesa]

Why?

Because Georgia Tech is 3-9 this year and lost by six points to an offensively forlorn UGA squad.

Oops!

[Bythyrona]

And now that the regular season is all but over, it's time for Byth's Shitty Predictions That Actually Happened!

Bold prediction for the year - Kansas will go winless. They're the absolute worst team in the power conferences.

Hooboy, waiting for the inevitable heartbreak after we fail to finish off another mediocre Florida team and idiot Vols fans to start calling for Butch's head.

Man, fuck Clay Travis. ANYONE DEFENDING BUTCH JONES IS AN IDIOT LOL

Fuck that motherfucker.

-Kansas is going winless this season and Beaty stands a good chance of being fired... seeing as how he was a reach to begin with. smh jayhawks. I'm thinking that only New Mexico State is worse at this point, but that's not really news. Also, Kansas being so damn bad makes me want another NCAA Football game. Rebuilding them would be fun as hell.

-UCF going winless would be perfect penance for George O'Leary being a liar and murderer who should have been fired after killing Erick Plancher.

-Mack Brown will be a serious coaching candidate somewhere this offseason.

Also, let's all review my preseason poll for a good laugh:

The True Survivor Preseason Top 25

1. Ohio State
2. TCU
3. Baylor
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Auburn
7. Oregon
8. USC
9. Florida State
10. Michigan State
11. LSU
12. Notre Dame
13. Stanford
14. Clemson
15. Wisconsin
16. UCLA
17. Georgia Tech
18. Oklahoma
19. Ole Miss
20. Arizona State
21. Arkansas
22. Missouri
23. Virginia Tech
24. Arizona
25. Boise State
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The Best of the Rest: #26 Tennessee, #27 Miami, #28 Penn State, #29 Oklahoma State, #30 Texas A&M, #31 Nebraska, #32 Marshall, #33 Utah, #34 Louisville, #35 Cincinnati, #36 Michigan, #37 Mississippi State, #38 Texas, #39 Minnesota, #40t Kansas State, #40t West Virginia

Yes, that's Georgia Tech there at #17, Arkansas at #21, Virginia Tech at #23, Arizona at #24, Penn State at #28, and Texas at #38.