College Football
- c/cfb Week 4 Poll Results
| Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement | - | - | - | - | - | |1|Texas |100 | 4 | - |2|Georgia |92 |0| - |3|Tennessee |82 |0| +2 |4|Miami (FL) |75 |0| +3 |5|Alabama |74 |0| +2 |5|Ohio State |74 |0| -2 |7|Oregon |69 |0| +3 |8|Ole Miss |67 |0| +1 |9|USC |66 |0| -4 |10|Missouri |60 |0| +2 |11|Oklahoma |56 |0| - |12|Kansas State |51 |0| +2 |12|Penn State |51 |0| -8 |14|Oklahoma State |35 |0| +2 |15|Notre Dame |31 |0| +3 |16|Northern Illinois |28 |0| +1 |17|Utah |28 |0| -4 |18|Illinois |20 |0| +5 |18|Michigan |20 |0| - |20|LSU |19 |0| +2 |21|Louisville |17 |0| -6 |21|UCF |17 |0| NR |21|Washington State |17 |0| NR |24|Georgia Tech |16 |0| NR |25|Maryland |14 |0| NR |25|UNLV|14|0|NR
Dropped out: Boston College(3), Clemson (10), Florida State (9), Nebraska (8)
Others receiving votes: South Carolina (13), Pittsburgh (12), Virginia Tech (12), Iowa State (11), Clemson (10), Florida State (9), Texas A&M (9), Nebraska (8), Arizona State (7), Kentucky (5), Boston College (3), California (3), Indiana (2), Michigan State (2), Boise State (1)
Link to the results spreadsheet HERE
Link for next weeks poll HERE
Link to submit your CFP bracket prediction for the contest HERE
- GET YOURSELF SOME NEW BEER KOOZIES WITH c/cfb's INNAGURAL CFP BRACKET PREDICTION CONTEST!!! Details and bracket link inside
Admittedly, the middle portion of a Venn Diagram with fedi users and cfb fans is about the size of a mosquito dick. But by golly we have fun with it, and we're going to try and promote some engagement. Last year was more or less our first year, but everyone knows that it's really years kinda 2-4 where a program's identity really gets defined. In an effort to try and make this second year a growth year for us c/cfb is running a CFP bracket prediction contest to help encourage some users to come out of the woodwork and join our small community in earnest. Details about the contest can be found below (copied straight from the details on the submission form, which can also be found below)
Rules:
Bracket predictions are due BEFORE the first official cfp ranking (7:00 pm EST 11/05), so you need to be able to predict some chaos for best results.
To be eligible to win you must submit at least 3 ballots in the weekly polls (can be done after the CFP rankings are unveiled, but still must be done before the conference championships). Users interested in wining the contest should be sure to post proof of ballots in the form of a comment on the weekly poll posts.
Contestants will be awarded 1 point for each team they correctly predict making it into the CFP, and 3 points for every team they correctly seed.
As it stands, I am planning on just the seeding being the competition, correctly predicting the first round may be used as a tie breaker if the need arises.
Awards:
- 1st - $100 gift card to online retailer of the user's choice
- 2nd - $50 gift card to online retailer of the user's choice
- 3rd - $25 gift card to online retailer of the user's choice
- [Discussion] Thoughts on the 2024 season so far
With all the talking heads on TV proclaiming that this season is unlike any other, I'm curious how the community feels. Totally new landscape of CFB or just more of the same? How do we all feel about:
- Helmet communication (for only 1 player on the field per team except on free kicks)
- Tablets on the sidelines (up to 18 per team)
- The 2 minute timeout
- Corporate logos on fields (no longer requires the stadium to be named after the sponsor)
- New homes for Arizona, ASU, Cal, CU, Oregon, ou, SMU, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington
- Expanded playoff (probably too early to tell on this one)
- New TV deals (SEC on ABC, B1G on CBS)
- Current season of Fansville (Ewers could be a Heisman candidate but he sure won't be winning any Oscars)
For reference, here are the P4 vs P4 records so far:
- ACC: 6-8
- B1G: 5-5 (or 5-6 if counting ND)
- Big XII: 5-6
- SEC: 8-5 (or 8-6 if counting ND)
- Horns' Manning to get 1st start as Ewers recoverswww.espn.com Horns' Manning to get 1st start as Ewers recovers
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said injured QB Quinn Ewers "has made great strides," but he'll rest for at least one more week as Arch Manning gets his first start.
- [Stadium Fluff] Vandy is still working on their stadium, if anyone was wonderingwww.tennessean.com Vanderbilt football FirstBank Stadium renovation: A look inside at construction updates
Here's a look at construction at Vanderbilt football's FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Renovations began in August 2023
- Tennessee football ticket price hike in 2025 to help pay players in revenue sharing erawww.knoxnews.com Tennessee football ticket price hike in 2025 to help pay players in revenue sharing era
Tennessee announced a significant price increase on football tickets and attached donations in 2025 to fund its revenue sharing pool for players.
The newsworthy part of the article:
> The University of Tennessee will increase football ticket prices and the required donations that accompany them by an average of 14.5% in 2025 with most of the new cost going to a “talent fee” to pay players. > > ... > > Here’s the breakdown of the average 14.5% price increase of tickets at Neyland Stadium in 2025: > > - Initial average increase of 4.5% per seat on single-game tickets and season tickets plus donations. Some will be higher, some lower. That increase accounts for UT’s rising costs for construction, food, travel and other athletic department expenses. > - An additional 10% increase per seat on all single-game tickets and season tickets plus donations as a “talent fee” to fund the revenue-sharing pool for athletes coming as early as 2025. > - Season ticket renewals will begin Thursday, and the renewal deadline is Feb. 27, 2025. UT is offering a 10-month payment plan to help fans absorb the cost increase. > > UT already doubled student ticket prices from $10 to $20 this season, and they’ll go up to $25 in 2025. > > Paying Tennessee players, extra scholarships could cost $30 million > > The details of revenue sharing aren’t known yet because they’re contingent on the settlement of the House v. NCAA federal antitrust case, which is still amid negotiations. Revenue sharing could go into effect as early as July 2025. > > But generally, schools will have the option of funding up to 22% of their annual revenue, or about $22 million, to pay athletes. It could work sort of like a salary cap for college sports, but that structure is also murky. > > All SEC and Big Ten schools are expected to opt in to the revenue-sharing model, and some schools from weaker conferences will attempt to keep pace. > > Paying athletes for their name, image and likeness could still be a factor in landing and retaining top players. But NIL’s place in a revenue-sharing model is uncertain. > > The cap on scholarships also will rise as early as July 2025. Football can go from 85 scholarships to 105. Baseball can go from 11.7 scholarships to 35, and so on. > > Many schools won’t be able to fund those extra scholarships unless they drop some sports. > > For schools like UT that are opting in, it will require about $30 million annually to both fund revenue sharing and additional scholarships. That’s where UT's ticket price hike comes in. > > “It’s really a $30 million-plus math problem,” White said. “We’re not just offloading it to our fans. We are asking them to help us with a portion of it.” > > How ticket price hike will fund portion of player pay > > UT estimates the 10% ticket price increase for a “talent fee” will account for $7.5 million, or about one-third of the annual $22 million revenue-sharing pool to pay athletes. > > ...
And the whole second half of the article dissolves into fluff that is mostly blowing smoke up the AD's ass (nothing against the other UT, but being the highest paid AD in the country while asking for money is simply risible)
- USF Athletics: New On-Campus Stadium Rendering Highlights Student Sectiongousfbulls.com New On-Campus Stadium Rendering Highlights Student Section - USF Athletics
South Florida's on-campus stadium's west side will be exclusively for students.
Rendering in the article.
Kind of cool that it's exclusively a student section, but the end zone is kind of a crummy section. Although I suppose it would be foolish to try to sell premium seats in a spot with such a bad view. Gee, I don't know any program that would do that... (FWIW, I can't stand Texas's new south end zone and this one by USF is giving off the same vibes)
- SAFE Bet Act
https://tonko.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fact_sheet_safe_bet_act_3.24.pdf
https://tonko.house.gov/uploadedfiles/safe_bet_legislative_outline_3.24.pdf
I think obvious strikes and home runs, like banning advertising that shows how gambling works seems like abstinence only education. But no advertising during sports events is a slam dunk, to switch to another non football sport analogy.
- c/cfb week 4 Polldocs.google.com c/cfb Poll Season II
Make sure that you haven't repeated any teams! Honor system 1 ballot per voter per week (I don't want to collect email addresses to limit it on my end)
Again if you're interested in the bracket prize, please post a comment with your ballot for verification purposes.
- AP Top 25 Poll - Sep 15, 2024apnews.com NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll
The official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.
- Texas (+1)
- Georgia (-1)
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Ole Miss
- Tennessee (+1)
- Missouri (-1)
- Miami (+2)
- Oregon
- Penn State (-2)
- USC
- Utah
- Kansas State (+1)
- Oklahoma State (-1)
- oklahoma
- LSU
- Notre Dame (+1)
- Michigan (-1)
- Louisville
- Iowa State (+1)
- Clemson (+1)
- Nebraska (+1)
- Northern Illinois (+2)
- Illinois (new)
- Texas A&M (new)
Others receiving votes: Memphis, Boise State, Syracuse, UNLV, Boston College, Washington State, Arizona, Iowa, Cal, Liberty, Toledo, UCF, South Carolina, UNC, Arizona State, BYU, Pitt
Dropped out: Arizona, Boston College
- [Discussion] Billy Naiper vs Mike Norvell
Whose seat is hotter? Who isn't surviving the season? Could this get any funnier for Miami fans?
- CB Daniel Harris becomes latest Georgia player arrested for traffic violationssports.yahoo.com CB Daniel Harris becomes latest Georgia player arrested for traffic violations
At least 25 people from the program have been arrested or cited for driving violations since a fatal crash in January 2023.
From the article:
> According to Rivals’ UGA Sports, Harris was cited for numerous offenses, including having no proof of insurance, materials that reduce visibility on his windows or windshield, driving without a seatbelt, having an unregistered vehicle and reckless driving. He was released shortly before midnight after posting the $10 bail on each charge. > > Per the incident report obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald, Harris was cited for going over 100 MPH while passing two other cars in the rain. > > ... > >Harris is also at least the sixth player to be arrested for a driving offense in 2024. > > ... > > Harris has seen significant playing time through the first two weeks of the season. The sophomore has recorded four tackles in the wins over Clemson and Tennessee Tech, and it’s unclear how Thursday night will affect his status for the team’s game against Kentucky on Saturday.
- South Alabama defeats Northwestern State 87 - 10.www.espn.com South Alabama 87-10 Northwestern State (Sep 12, 2024) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the South Alabama Jaguars vs. Northwestern State Demons NCAAF game, final score 87-10, from September 12, 2024 on ESPN.
Yes you read that correctly. 87 point. In a football game.
- c/cfb Week 3 Poll Results
| Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement | - | - | - | - | - | |1 |Texas |99 |3|+1 |2 |Georgia |97 |1|-1 |3 |Ohio State |83 |0|+1 |4 |Penn State |71 |0|+6 |5 |Tennessee |70 |0|+8 |5 |USC |70 |0|+4 |7 |alabama |69 |0|- |7 |Miami (FL) |69 |0|-2 |9 |Ole Miss |66 |0|+1 |10 |Oregon |56 |0|-5 |11 |Oklahoma |52 |0|-3 |12 |Missouri |50 |0|+2 |13 |Utah |40 |0|+1 |14 |Kansas State |33 |0|+6 |15 |Louisville |28 |0|+5 |16 |Oklahoma State |27 |0|- |17 |Northern Illinois |26 |0|NR |18 |Michigan |23 |0|-6 |18 |Notre Dame |23 |0|-15 |20 |Boston College |22 |0|+4 |21 |Clemson |21 |0|NR |22 |LSU |20 |0|-3 |23 |Florida State |18 |0|-3 |23 |Illinois |18 |0|NR |23 |Nebraska |18 |0|NR
Dropped out: Georgia Tech (17), Kansas (NV), SMU (NV), Iowa (NV)
Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech (17), Iowa State (17), SMU (16), Vanderbilt (13), Michigan State (11), California (8), Texas A&M (8), Maryland (7), UCF (7), Arizona (5), South Carolina (5), UNLV (5), Kentucky (3), Syracuse (3), Virginia Tech (3), Arizona State (2), Boise State (1)
Link to the results spreadsheet HERE
Link for next weeks poll HERE
Link to submit your CFP bracket prediction for the contest HERE
- Sources - Boise State among four schools set to join Pac-12 - ESPNwww.espn.com Boise State among 4 joining Pac-12 for 2026-27
Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State and Fresno State will join the Pac-12 in the 2026-27 academic year, they announced Thursday.
The other three schools are Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. Reports of the Pac-12's demise were greatly exaggerated.
- Iowa State football kicker Kyle Konrardy wins 54 boxes of Pop-Tarts for kick vs. Iowawww.desmoinesregister.com Iowa State football kicker Kyle Konrardy wins 54 boxes of Pop-Tarts for kick vs. Iowa
"54 boxes for 54 yards" Iowa State football kicker Kyle Konrardy won Pop-Tarts ‘Crazy Good’ Play of the Week for game-winning kick against Iowa.
> In Iowa State football kicker Kyle Konrardy's case, "the spoils" are 54 boxes of Pop-Tarts. On Tuesday, the Football Writers Association of America named the redshirt freshman's last-minute 54-yard kick to beat Iowa the Pop-Tarts "Crazy Good" Play of the Week. > > As a prize for Konrardy, the Pop-Tarts Bowl, which annually features a team from the Big 12 taking on a team from the ACC, sent Konrardy plenty of pastries to keep him and his teammates fueled throughout the upcoming bye week. > > The Cyclones (2-0) also changed their profile picture on X. Instead of a celebration shot from the team's Cy-Hawk win over its biggest rival, they opted for something more subtle. Now, whenever Iowa State football posts something, followers are greeted with a photo of Konrardy staring at the camera, holding about 13 boxes of pop tarts.
- Deion Sanders Banned Colorado Band From Playing Fight Song After Shedeur Touchdowns So That His Rap Song Could Playbrobible.com Deion Sanders Banned Colorado Band From Playing Fight Song After Shedeur Touchdowns So That His Rap Song Could Play
The Colorado Buffaloes marching band is not allowed to play the school's fight song after Shedeur Sanders touchdowns, and it has Deion Sanders to thank.
Got nothing against rap, but if I were a Buff this would be enough for me to automatically call for Dieon's head. The pageantry of CFB is what sets it apart from the sterile Sunday games
- AP Top 25 Poll - Sep 8, 2024apnews.com NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll
The official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.
- Georgia
- Texas (+1)
- Ohio State (-1)
- Alabama
- Ole Miss (+1)
- Missouri (+3)
- Tennessee (+7)
- Penn State
- Oregon (-2)
- Miami (+2)
- USC (+2)
- Utah (-1)
- Oklahoma State (+3)
- Kansas State (+3)
- oklahoma
- LSU (+2)
- Michigan (-7)
- Notre Dame (-13)
- Louisville (+3)
- Arizona
- Iowa State (new)
- Clemson (+3)
- Nebraska (new)
- Boston College (new)
- Northern Illinois (new)
Others receiving votes: Illinois, Boise State, TAMU, Syracuse, Memphis, Washington, Iowa, Kansas, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Liberty, Wisconsin, UNLV, UNC, Cal, BYU, UCF, TCU
Dropped out: Kansas, Iowa, Georgia Tech, NC State
- [GAMEDAY] Friday Sep 6th (BYU @ SMU, WIU @ IU, Duke @ NW)
Probably won't be super active in this one, so feel free to make jokes at my expense
- c/cfb Week 2 Poll Results and Link to Week 3 Poll
| Place | Team | Points | #1 Votes | Movement | - | - | - | - | - | 1|Georgia|100|4|- 2|Texas|88|0|+1 3|Notre Dame|82|0|+4 4|Ohio State|80|0|- 5|Oregon|65|0|-3 6|Miami (FL)|64|0|+7 7|alabama|62|0|+4 8|Oklahoma|60|0|- 9|USC|59|0|+9 10|Ole Miss|58|0|- 10|Penn State|58|0|-4 12|Michigan|51|0|- 13|Tennessee|42|0|+3 14|Missouri|37|0|+2 14|Utah|37|0|+4 16|Oklahoma State|36|0|-3 17|Georgia Tech|27|0|NR 17|Kansas|27|0|+6 19|LSU|24|0|-10 20|Florida State|22|0|-15 20|Kansas State|22|0|+3 20|Louisville|22|0|NR 20|SMU|22|0|-2 24|Boston College|20|0|NR 24|Iowa|20|0|-2
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M (19), Clemson (15), Wisconsin (12), Vanderbilt (11), Kentucky (10), UNLV (8), Maryland (7), Boise State (6), Iowa State (6), NC State (5), Auburn (4), Arizona (3), UCF (3), Washington (3), Virginia Tech (2), Arizona State (1)
Link to the results spreadsheet HERE
Link for next weeks poll HERE
Link to submit your CFP bracket prediction for the contest HERE
- AP Top 25 Poll - Sep 3, 2024apnews.com NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll
The official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Texas (+1)
- Alabama (+1)
- Notre Dame (+2)
- Ole Miss
- Oregon (-4)
- Penn State
- Missouri (+2)
- Michigan (-1)
- Utah (+1)
- Miami (+7)
- USC (+10)
- Tennessee (+1)
- oklahoma (+1)
- Oklahoma State (+1)
- Kansas State (+1)
- LSU (-5)
- Kansas (+3)
- Arizona (+1)
- Iowa (+4)
- Louisville (new)
- Georgia Tech (new)
- NC State
- Clemson (-11)
Others receiving votes: TAMU, Boston College, Boise State, Iowa State, Memphis, Nebraska, SMU, Washington, Liberty, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Auburn, Tulane, UNC, UTSA, App State, Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, UNLV, Colorado
Dropped out: FSU, TAMU
- Breaking: Florida State adding to its ACC lawsuits to force expansion of playoff from 12 to 112 teams this season
Doin my best dogwood maple:
- FSU is the 3rd program in the (public) history of odds making to lose their first 2 games as a double digit favorite. They lost both games by double digits
- In both of their opening games FSU was playing the only nationally broadcast game in their time slot.
- So far in 2024 FSU is the losingest P4 program in 2 different countries
- 2024 FSU is the fourth AP Top 10 team to start 0-2 in the last 10 seasons. (including 2017 FSU)
- In the 2024 season AP top 25 programs have started 18-2 against unranked opponents
- FSU is 0-2 at the end of week 1
Also remember to submit your poll to work on eligibility for the sweet $100 grand prize for our bracket prediction contest!
- [GAMEDAY] Saturday, August 31, 2024
First full Saturday of the 2024 college football season is underway. Discuss!
- It's official: goodbye SEC on CBS theme, hello to this travesty
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- [Matt Mitchell] SEC’s Most Frightening Forgotten Mascots
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- [Game Thread] August 29, 2024 - UNC @ Minnesota, NDSU @ Colorado, and others
Since the active users on Lemmy is kind of low right now, I'm just posting this one game thread for all of today's matchups. I will mostly be commenting on the only P4 v P4 matchup: North Carolina @ Minnesota, but feel free to comment on any games going on (I will be flipping through them anyway).
Other P4 teams on deck today include:
- Colorado hosting North Dakota State (ESPN)
- Arkansas hosting Arkansas-Pine Bluff (ESPNU)
- 16Missouri hosting Murray State (SECN)
- NC State hosting Western Carolina (ACCN)
- Rutgers hosting Howard (BTN)
- Illinois hosting Eastern Illinois (BTN)
- UCF hosting New Hampshire (ESPN+)
- Wake Forest hosting North Carolina A&T (ESPN+)
- 23Kansas hosting Lindenwood (ESPN+)
- 18Utah hosting Southern Utah (ESPN+)