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Re: College Football
« Reply #90 on: September 07, 2022, 09:12:56 PM »
The PAC 12 has backed itself into a corner when it comes to bringing in new schools.  The conference requires all members to be Tier 1 research universities, and schools like Boise and San Diego St don't qualify.  There are Tier 1 schools in the MWC (Colo St, New Mexico, UNLV, Utah St), but they don't offer much sports wise.  There are also some Big 12 schools who are Tier 1 (Baylor, K-St. Texas Tech), but I can't see them leaving the B12 for an unstable league like the P12.

I bet the B12 is spanking themselves for admitting the four mids (UCF, Cincinnati, Houston. BYU) they accepted last year. Had they known the PAC 12 was going to be in trouble after losing USC and UCLA, they could have grabbed established Power 5 programs like Utah, Arizona St, Washington, Oregon etc. BYU is a solid get, but even schools like Wash St, Cal, or Ore St would have been better than UCF, Houston, and Cincinnati.

I still don't believe both the Pac 12 and Big 12 can survive as P5 conferences.  I think there will be some type of merger, or even schools from both leagues joining together to start a new conference. The left overs could either join the MWC, join the WAC and revitalize it as a football conference, or start a new mid major league.

I will say going to see a game at San Jose St is a lot more fun than going to see Cal or Stanford.

I like the college atmosphere much more than the pros, and for me SJS is just a lot more fun.  Cal and Stanford:  too serious.

Come to think of it, those are the only college FB stadiums I've been to, and none of them have much of a parking lot so no real pre-game atmosphere either.  At Stanford I've always parked on campus on grass between trees and bushes, sort of a free for all and a zoo trying to find your car and get out.  In Berkeley it's free street parking but you have to walk a ways, at SJS its nearby side streets with mostly warehouses and ancient business parks, all closed on Sat.

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Re: College Football
« Reply #91 on: September 07, 2022, 09:18:59 PM »
The PAC 12 has backed itself into a corner...

I think they're screwed.  A few years ago they had a dispute with, I think, Dish Network, and Dish customers couldn't get their games most or all season.  Just one example of the mismanagement.

Cal's horribly renovated stadium cost $321 million, and has a gigantic balloon payment due about 2030 or so. Good luck paying that off, even in the best case scenario.  The AD that engineered that left for Penn St, seems to me the Nittany Lions should be playing their home games here to help pay it off.

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Re: College Football
« Reply #92 on: September 08, 2022, 06:18:58 AM »
Best game I saw this weekend was Iowa's 7-3 home win over FCS South Dakota St.  Iowa scored their 7 points the hard way, a FG and two safeties.  These guys were doing some serious hitting, and outmanned SDakSt went toe-to-toe with Iowa.  Great game for those who like defense and playing field position.
Heh, Iowa. I guess their offense just shows up to give their defense a rest and to keep the opposing team’s defense busy and from scoring on a turnover, with the occasional field goal to work their fans into a frenzy. ;)
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Re: College Football
« Reply #93 on: September 08, 2022, 06:31:51 AM »


…I like the college atmosphere much more than the pros…
This. It just looks more exciting and fun, at least while watching it on TV. All the unique, many times goofy, traditions and the ties and commitment of the fans. Sure, you have some of that with the pros, but it’s just become way to “sanitized” and PC’ed for me.

This is the NFL I loved.

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Re: College Football
« Reply #94 on: October 15, 2022, 09:06:10 AM »
Week 7 Network TV Games of Interest (CDT)

11AM
IOWA @ UT ABC
PENN ST @ MICH FOX

230PM
OK ST @ TCU ABC
ALA @ TENN CBS
WIS @ MICH ST FOX

6:30PM
CLEM @ FL ST ABC
STAN @ ND NBC

7:00PM USC @ UTAH FOX


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Re: College Football
« Reply #96 on: October 16, 2022, 12:55:16 AM »
Week 7 Network TV Games of Interest (CDT)

11AM
IOWA @ UT ABC
PENN ST @ MICH FOX

230PM
OK ST @ TCU ABC
ALA @ TENN CBS
WIS @ MICH ST FOX

6:30PM
CLEM @ FL ST ABC
STAN @ ND NBC

7:00PM USC @ UTAH FOX
The game in Knoxville was fun. :) And Utah squeaks by USC.

“How No. 20 Utah beat No. 7 USC in a thriller, remained alive in the Pac-12 race“

https://www.deseret.com/2022/10/16/23398703/how-utah-football-beat-usc-remained-in-the-pac-12-race



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Re: College Football Murders
« Reply #97 on: November 14, 2022, 11:20:35 AM »
Virgina University shooting... 5 shot, 3 football players dead

Developing story...

Student suspect, former football player, in custody.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/universi...ect-custody-victims-idd-former-teammates

From the AP:
https://apnews.com/article/universi...updates-4cd9f0a64201d2460de887674fdfa02b

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Re: College Football
« Reply #98 on: November 25, 2022, 04:46:38 PM »
Where in the hell did FSU come up with those horrid uniforms?  They deserve to lose just for that.
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Re: College Football
« Reply #99 on: November 25, 2022, 05:56:41 PM »
I take that back.  ABC has a couple of cameras that are not properly white balanced.  They show the Garnett uniforms as purple.
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Re: College Football
« Reply #100 on: November 26, 2022, 07:10:22 PM »
I could have attended U of M but turned it down in favor of a much smaller school that was a better fit for me. Still, I am super stoked that the forces of good defeated The Great Satan today.

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Re: College Football
« Reply #101 on: November 27, 2022, 04:47:32 AM »
With a USC win over Utah next week, will the playoff committee stop sucking Ohio State and leave them out of the playoffs?
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Re: College Football
« Reply #102 on: November 27, 2022, 05:54:59 AM »
With a USC win over Utah next week, will the playoff committee stop sucking Ohio State and leave them out of the playoffs?
Yes. Unless, TCU loses big, if USC doesn’t lose. Georgia vs. OSU mostly likely would be a massacre of the Buckeyes. Nuts scattered far and wide.
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Re: College Football
« Reply #103 on: November 27, 2022, 05:56:11 AM »
I take that back.  ABC has a couple of cameras that are not properly white balanced.  They show the Garnett uniforms as purple.
Ah, I wondered what you were talking about.
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Re: College Football
« Reply #104 on: December 02, 2022, 05:14:11 PM »
I like chord substitutions, but the Star Spangled Banner before the Utah Southern Cal game was ridiculous
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