I tuned back in about halfway through the 4th. Absolutely wild ending.
I kind of thought Georgia wasn't as vaunted as they were made out to be going into this one, so the yuuuuge lead Alabama built up felt like proof of that. But with the script flipped in the second half, now I don't know what to make of Bama. Maybe they're both really good, or maybe they're both slight imposters. I think the October 19th games (Bama @ UT and UGA @ UT) will actually tell us how legit these 2 teams are
Alabama is just eating Georgia's lunch right now. I don't think either team is really built to come back from a big deficit, so this could become a blowout
I HATE TAKING POINTS OFF THE BOARD.
This might be my biggest pet peeve in football. You kick a FG and get 3 points. Why accept the offsides penalty and try going for it on 4th? I've seen it fail way more than it be successful. Just keep the points! All you're doing is giving momentum to the other team
Also love the stat that Texas is one of four programs to have yet to trail this season (the others being Tennessee, Indiana, and Army). Really looked like that was in jeopardy but we held them to another field goal. Gotta get more points soon though
Why is Louisville-ND on Peacock? This is not going to get people to subscribe to Peacock. NBC would certainly get more eyeballs and ad money if it were on broadcast TV
Texas is allowing just 5.5 points per game
I love that stat. We've always been able to play offense, but we have struggled with defense for so long. Coach K has really been transformative to our program
Exactly how they drew up that play, lol. The exact same kind of TD happened earlier in the NIU-NC State game and I thought "huh, that's neat"
Well, special teams giveth and taketh away, I guess
OK, that might be the most I've been impressed by a field goal unit ever. 2 seconds on the clock (no timeouts) when the hail mary was caught near the goal line and they're able to get on the field and snap the ball for the FG going into half. Outstanding coaching by PJ Fleck
That was a really impressive interception. Defense looking fantastic, which helps a lot when the offense is kind of one dimensional
That was an impressive turnover. Looked like the Minnesota player had the ball pretty secure but Michigan still was able to rip it out. Michigan smashing indeed
Did I hear that one of Ole Miss's defenders goes by the nickname "Poo"? I swear every week I hear an even more bizarre nickname in a random game. I'm starting to feel like a lot of these players are playing practical jokes on the sportscasters
Gus Johnson just mentioned that Michigan's punter was a 5 star recruit. Yeah, most punters are -- it's a different scale...
I tuned into NIU @ NC State for a second and the Huskies just fumbled the ball into the end zone and managed to fall on it. Probably not how they drew up that play, but 7 points is 7 points
I hope it's restored soon! I guess it's a good thing the Gamecocks have a bye this week so you won't be missing them
Battle for the Little Brown Jug
Oh man, no Will Johnson in this game? He is so fun to watch
I genuinely don't know what the correct call is here. I don't really think it was a TD but I don't know how you overturn the call on the field based on this video evidence
Love the fake FG attempt! Maybe would have loved it more if it was a successful 4th down conversion, but props to Miami's defense for staying sharp
Nor did I for a minute believe he was going to make the 58-yarder just before half. Kudos to the kicker. Kind of bails out the coaches for the bad play call on the preceding 3rd down
The main area of downtown Boone, not far from the campus of Appalachian State, was completely flooded Friday after Hurricane Helene made landfall.
Game will not be rescheduled.
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
- Georgia
- Ohio State
- Alabama
- Tennessee (+1)
- Ole Miss (-1)
- Miami (+1)
- Oregon (+1)
- Penn State (+1)
- Utah (+2)
- Missouri (-4)
- Michigan (+6)
- USC (-2)
- LSU (+2)
- Louisville (+4)
- Notre Dame (+1)
- Clemson (+4)
- Iowa State (+2)
- Illinois (+5)
- Oklahoma State (-6)
- oklahoma (-6)
- BYU (new)
- Kansas State (-10)
- Texas A&M (+1)
- Boise State (new)
Others receiving votes: Washington State, Indiana, Boston College, UNLV, Pitt, Nebraska, Iowa, JMU, South Carolina, Liberty, Arkansas, UCF, Arizona, SMU, Navy
Dropped out: Nebraska, Northern Illinois
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)
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)
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)
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
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.
"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.
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
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
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+)
CBS Sports verified that six Big 12 schools are in favor of adding the Huskies if a vote were taken today
Details presented today to the conference members on adding UConn, and apparently only 6 schools in favor at this time (needs 12 to pass).
I've listened to a few Yormark interviews and he seems super fixated on adding UConn for some reason, even after adding the 4 corner schools. I kind of saw the appeal before the PAC-12 crumbled, but at this point it really doesn't make much sense.
MIAMI – On Tuesday, Florida International University (FIU) Athletics announced a groundbreaking partnership with international superstar and entrepreneur Armando Christian Pérez, better known as Pitbull.
From the article:
> The 10-year agreement will see FIU Stadium rebranded as Pitbull Stadium, making it the world's first-ever athletics venue with an artist possessing the naming rights.
Didn't see it in the press release but my understanding is that Pitbull basically will get to use the stadium as his own concern venue as much as he likes.
ToasterOverlord @fanaticus.social 4th and 5, the national championship on the line right here...