College Football offseason

[CubinNY]

Michigan gets hit with some stiff penalties and Harbaugh makes another fortune in the NFL. 

[UMFan83]

19 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Michigan gets hit with some stiff penalties and Harbaugh makes another fortune in the NFL. 

Virtually every take I’ve seen is that it’s a slap on the wrist

https://thescom/big-ten/michigan-wolverines/everyone-has-same-reaction-to-ncaas-punishment-for-michigan

[Old Style]

 

[I owned a Suzuki]

On 4/16/2024 at 6:31 PM, UMFan83 said:

Virtually every take I’ve seen is that it’s a slap on the wrist

https://thescom/big-ten/michigan-wolverines/everyone-has-same-reaction-to-ncaas-punishment-for-michigan

All of the OSU and MSU fans have me convinced that Michigan is getting their National Title stripped and will probably have to have their players(none of whom will be allowed to have a scholarship) clean up all the opposing B1G stadiums after the games are over.

I did see that NCAA has finally allowed helmet speakers.  Michigan again leaving a lasting legacy on CFB

 

[Andy]

9 hours ago, Old Style said:

 

Apropos of nothing, that officially gives USC 8 Heisman Trophies, which breaks their tie with Notre Dame and Ohio State for the most all-time.

[Andy]

Real thing

[UMFan83]

This seems like pretty big news that will once again completely reshape the college landscape:

 

 

[Andy]

12 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

This seems like pretty big news that will once again completely reshape the college landscape:

 

 

Sometimes I wonder if the people running college sports had actually treated it like an amateur enterprise - not looting other conferences for no reason other than TV money, not expanding the postseason left and right for no reason other than TV money, not paying administrators and coaches ludicrous amounts of money, etc - if the courts would've let them keep pretending it was an amateur enterprise, or if all of this would've happened anyway.

[CubinNY]

22 minutes ago, Andy said:

Sometimes I wonder if the people running college sports had actually treated it like an amateur enterprise - not looting other conferences for no reason other than TV money, not expanding the postseason left and right for no reason other than TV money, not paying administrators and coaches ludicrous amounts of money, etc - if the courts would've let them keep pretending it was an amateur enterprise, or if all of this would've happened anyway.

Greed appears to be a fundamental behavioral characteristic of humanity, if not of individual humans. 

[Derwood]

If they had just allowed schools to pay students in the first place, NIL would likely have never happened

[Derwood]

Very interesting that they aren't re-seeding the playoffs after each round. Going true March Madness style, where a busted bracket might make things easier for lower seeded teams.

For example, the #1 overall seed gets a first round bye, then plays the winner of 8 vs. 9, while the #4 overall seed also gets a first round bye, then plays the winner of 5 vs. 12. If #12 upsets #5, then the 4 seed gets to play an "easier" game in the next round than the #1 seed

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That’s how tournaments work. Reseeding is for kids. 

[Andy]

51 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Very interesting that they aren't re-seeding the playoffs after each round. Going true March Madness style, where a busted bracket might make things easier for lower seeded teams.

For example, the #1 overall seed gets a first round bye, then plays the winner of 8 vs. 9, while the #4 overall seed also gets a first round bye, then plays the winner of 5 vs. 12. If #12 upsets #5, then the 4 seed gets to play an "easier" game in the next round than the #1 seed

In a tournament where the top 4 seeds are very unlikely to be the best 4 teams (because only conference champs get them), reseeding doesn't make much sense.

[Old Style]

Yikes

[Derwood]

The two minute warning, which is one of the dumbest rules in the NFL, has made its way to NCAA football.

Why?

 

**I know why

[Brian707]

14 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The two minute warning, which is one of the dumbest rules in the NFL, has made its way to NCAA football.

Why?

 

**I know why

More commercials=More dollars

Edited July 25, 2024 by Brian707

[Andy]

16 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The two minute warning, which is one of the dumbest rules in the NFL, has made its way to NCAA football.

Why?

 

**I know why

The stated reason is that with the clock rules changing last year to only stop after first downs inside of two minutes left in the half, the 'warning' will make it easier for the people keeping the clock to make the change.

The powers that be have said there will be no extra commercial breaks from the institution of the rule, but even if that's true this year, it won't be soon.

Edited July 25, 2024 by Andy

[Andy]

 

[CubinNY]

is it a 12 team playoff this year?

[Andy]

28 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

is it a 12 team playoff this year?

Yes. The byes will go to the Power 4 conference champs (that's not codified, but that's how it will work in practice), followed by 5-12 being seeded via the final CFP rankings. First round games on campus (12/20-12/21), quarterfinals in bowls (12/31-1/1), semifinals in bowls (1/9-10) and championship in Atlanta (1/20).

[Tryptamine]

Illinois still supposed to be its perpetually terrible self this year?

[Derwood]

I'm guessing that AT LEAST half of the field will be SEC/Big 10 teams

[Andy]

9 minutes ago, Derwood said:

I'm guessing that AT LEAST half of the field will be SEC/Big 10 teams

I think that might be conservative. I don't think the ACC or Big 12 will get more than one at large team each except under unusual circumstances. But then I'm one that thinks the Florida State snub last year was a signal of how teams that aren't playing SEC or B1G schedules will be treated from now on.

[Derwood]

B1G champ
SEC champ
ACC champ
Big 12 champ

Group of Five pick
B1G runner up
B1G third place
SEC runner up
SEC third place
Notre Dame
?
?

[jersey cubs fan]

May or may not have further fallout but the Rutgers AD resigned abruptly today