***OFFICIAL 2014 COLLEGE FOOTBALL DISCUSSION THREAD***

[Bball1091]

Arkansas does realize they have to cover receivers down the field through all four quarters, right?

No just the first half...they tend to get the lead then forget where they are so they poo their pants

[QMany]

Ol' Mark Richt with some good language to the officials.

 

[killer cacti]

SC started the season at #9, now sitting at 4-5 & will have to beat Florida or Clemson to go to a bowl.

 

May be in poor taste, but saw a tweet that I thought was pretty funny: "On the bring of an outbreak of Nobowla in Columbia."

[Mavric]

Undefeated Teams:
SEC - Mississippi St. (@ Alabama, @ Ole Miss, CCG)
ACC - Florida St. (@ Miami, vs. Florida, CCG)

One-Loss Teams:

B1G - 3

Michigan St. (vs. Ohio State, @ Penn St., CCG)

Ohio St. (@ Michigan St., @ Minnesota, CCG)

Nebraska (@ Wisconsin, vs. Minnesota, @ Iowa, CCG)

 

Big XII - 3

Kansas St. (@TCU, @ WVU, @ Baylor)

TCU (vs. KSU, @ Texas)

Baylor (@ Oklahoma, vs. KSU)

 

SEC - 2

Alabama (@ LSU, vs. Mississippi St., vs. Auburn, CCG)

Auburn (@ Georgia, @ Alabama, CCG)

 

Pac-12 - 2

Oregon (@ Utah, CCG)

Arizona St. (vs. Notre Dame, @ Arizona, CCG)

 

ACC - 1

Duke (vs. VaTech, CCG)

 

Indep. - 1

Notre Dame (@ Arizona St., vs. Louisville, @ USC)

 

Key Games This Week:

Oregon @ Utah

Alabama @ LSU

Kansas State @ TCU

Ohio State @ Michigan State

Notre Dame @ Arizona State

Baylor @ Oklahoma

[GSG]

Leaked script from this upcoming weekend's Game Day broadcast

[QMany]

MSU 8. Jumped by KSU.

Ole Miss at 11.

Huskers at 13.

OSU at 14.

[commando]

Leaked script from this upcoming weekend's Game Day broadcast

 

+1 for posting that gem.

[Stumpy1]

http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/college-gameday-clock-west-virginia.html

 

Continuing with the Game Day theatrics about the SEC. This is pretty telling about ESPN bias toward the SEC.

[Mavric]

Kenny Hill hires Sean Salisbury as his personal coach. So I guess aTm must suck at developing QBs as well.

[StPaulHusker]

Kenny Hill hires Sean Salisbury as his personal coach. So I guess aTm must suck at developing QBs as well.

I guess their OC/QB coach sucks too

[Mavric]

 

Cal’s new athletic admissions policy will bring sweeping changes to the way its football program recruits student-athletes, making it much harder for the school to admit athletic exceptions after an uproar over recent graduation numbers that showed more than 50 percent of football and men’s basketball players were not getting degrees.

The new policy states that by 2017-18 a minimum of 80 percent of incoming student-athletes for each sport must meet the UC Berkeley standard 3.0 grade-point average for acceptance. The plan, approved by the Academic Senate on Oct. 17, will be implemented over three years, with the number of “special talent” exceptions allowed decreasing every year from a maximum 60 percent in 2015-16 to 20 percent in 2017-18.

The move to make it tougher for athletes to get into Cal comes at a time when the university is under criticism for recent graduation rates that bottomed out at 38 percent for men’s basketball and 44 percent for football. For the past two years, NCAA figures showed Cal football ranked last in the Power Five conferences — ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC — while men’s basketball has ranked last in the Pac-12.

 

Link

[StPaulHusker]

 

 

Cal’s new athletic admissions policy will bring sweeping changes to the way its football program recruits student-athletes, making it much harder for the school to admit athletic exceptions after an uproar over recent graduation numbers that showed more than 50 percent of football and men’s basketball players were not getting degrees.

The new policy states that by 2017-18 a minimum of 80 percent of incoming student-athletes for each sport must meet the UC Berkeley standard 3.0 grade-point average for acceptance. The plan, approved by the Academic Senate on Oct. 17, will be implemented over three years, with the number of “special talent” exceptions allowed decreasing every year from a maximum 60 percent in 2015-16 to 20 percent in 2017-18.

The move to make it tougher for athletes to get into Cal comes at a time when the university is under criticism for recent graduation rates that bottomed out at 38 percent for men’s basketball and 44 percent for football. For the past two years, NCAA figures showed Cal football ranked last in the Power Five conferences — ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC — while men’s basketball has ranked last in the Pac-12.

 

Link

 

And their teams already suck on top of that.

[GSG]

UAB Boosters Allege Trustees Could End Football Program

 

UAB has experienced a dramatic turnaround this year, as first-year coach Bill Clark has the Blazers on the verge of bowl eligibility. But behind the scenes, the future of UAB football doesn't look so bright.

In a letter sent today to UAB President Ray Watts, members of an organization called the UAB Football Foundation have alleged that the Alabama Board of Trustees is considering shutting down the UAB football program after the 2016 season.

The letter (which is embedded below) alleges that the board is studying the viability of the UAB football program, seeking evidence to support shutting down the program. The letter alleges this is why, unlike many of his coaching contemporaries in Conference USA, Clark was only offered a three-year contract last January — as such a deal coincides with the end of the 2016 season. UAB has zero non-conference games scheduled past 2016, which the letter also suggests is deliberate.

[StPaulHusker]

UAB Boosters Allege Trustees Could End Football Program

 

UAB has experienced a dramatic turnaround this year, as first-year coach Bill Clark has the Blazers on the verge of bowl eligibility. But behind the scenes, the future of UAB football doesn't look so bright.

In a letter sent today to UAB President Ray Watts, members of an organization called the UAB Football Foundation have alleged that the Alabama Board of Trustees is considering shutting down the UAB football program after the 2016 season.

The letter (which is embedded below) alleges that the board is studying the viability of the UAB football program, seeking evidence to support shutting down the program. The letter alleges this is why, unlike many of his coaching contemporaries in Conference USA, Clark was only offered a three-year contract last January — as such a deal coincides with the end of the 2016 season. UAB has zero non-conference games scheduled past 2016, which the letter also suggests is deliberate.

 

This will be interesting to say the least. It could be a sign of things to come with the Power 5 autonomy stuff going on.

 

I have a relative that starts on UAB's football team. He finishes next year so luckily he will not have to search for a new team if this happens.

[shyndy]

Dabo swiney looking a lot like Bo on the sideline tonight