2018 College Football Thread

[USUC]

Hey! That was uncalled for.

With Riley and Herman coaching, this will probably be the two teams in the championship game for the foreseeable future. Herman emphasizing defense will be good for the league.

[Babs]

Kyler deserved better than this, but at least there’s the Dr. Pepper commercials with Boz as sheriff.

[Uncle Ted]

Lower bowl were selling for $10 and uppers for $6 as of 3pm.

The Pac12 is a dumpster fire, run by an idiot... https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...he_pac-12.html

"The late time slots the Pac-12 is playing in, if you live on the East Coast you have to commit to watching a game," Neuheisel said. "You have to put on a pot of coffee and want to hunker down. Who knows how much that costs a guy like Christian McCaffrey and Gardner Minshew?

"That might cost them a Heisman."

What about the Pac-12 football fanbase? Pac-12 fans don't show up 80,000 strong on any given Saturday, helping the conference print money. That's fact. But late-night kickoff times and poor television distribution haven't helped that cause, either. Allowing its network to set kickoff times, sometimes as little as six days before the game, has made it difficult on Pac-12 fans.

Reporters continue to ask the Pac-12 Conference about the lack of transparency. Some fans lost faith and wonder how many other games were affected by similar meddling. And while conference coaches are deterred from speaking publicly by fines, some of them have privately wondered if the conference is trying to steer the outcome of games to protect its most valued programs.

In text messages, WSU coach Leach - who has a law degree from Pepperdine - ripped Dixon, Coleman and Scott. He accused Scott of being a hypocrite when it comes to player safety, he blistered Coleman, and he attacked Dixon's credibility in the texts, which emerged in a public-records request by Yahoo Sports after Leach's post-game remarks.

"Why can't I help wondering, if you're trying to manipulate wins and losses?" Leach texted Dixon.

Dixon shot back: "Mike don't ever again accuse [me] of manipulating wins and losses. Please show this text to your AD and have him give me a call."

It was a revealing exchange.

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...ficiating.html

Hill knows. He worked 31 years at Utah before retiring last spring.

The Pac-12 Conference distributes less revenue ($31 million each) annually to its members than other major college conferences. Far less than the SEC ($41 million) and Big Ten (soon to be in excess of $50 million). As a result, it makes sense that Pac-12 athletic directors would act with more fiscal responsibility than their peers when it comes to spending on coaches, facilities, nutrition, strength programs, recruiting, and assistant-coach pools. They're cash strapped.

A notable exception: Oregon.

Phil Knight's financial support and Nike's backing turned the Ducks into an outlier in a conference that was rapidly falling behind in major college football. Uniforms, facilities, and branding helped put the Ducks in the national championship game twice in the last decade. Having financial support and a visionary leader is a lethal combination in college athletics. But Kelly left for the NFL. His departure, and Oregon's subsequent falloff, was proof that money alone doesn't equate with winning.

Said one former Pac-12 AD: "There are lot of well-funded disasters. Think USC."

Also, why Scott, who makes $4.8 million annually, went all-in on the conference-owned Pac-12 Network. It occupies 90,000 square feet of high-priced downtown San Francisco office space, and employs 170 full-time employees. The network signed on at one point to broadcast 850 annual events, mostly in those minor peripheral sports.

AT&T announced this week that its U-Verse service would no longer carry the Pac-12 Networks. It drops the total number of estimated households the network can reach to 17.5 million. The Big Ten Network, by comparison, reaches 60-plus million households. The SEC Network also reaches more than 60 million households, and is even available on the International Space Station.

[Donuthole]

2018 College Football Thread

What a gutsy blitz call. For a split second I worried they were going to negate the safety for a helmet to helmet, because football is getting ridiculous like that.

[BigPiney]

What a gutsy blitz call. For a split second I worried they were going to negate the safety for a helmet to helmet, because football is getting ridiculous like that.

In the NFL they would have called roughing the passer since his hand hit him in the helmet. Would have been a really stupid penalty.

[Babs]

The officiating has been abysmal, as usual.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Congrats babs. OU made all the big plays down the stretch. Great game.

[Moliere]

The officiating has been abysmal, as usual.

LOL! It’s been fine. In fact, I’d say it’s actually been good. Congrats on the Sooners going 1-1 against the Horns.

[Babs]

Congrats babs. OU made all the big plays down the stretch. Great game.

Tom’s first-Q strategy pissed off OU’s team and the coaches. Officiating was a mess. I look forward to commentary from Hegar.

[USUC]

Tom’s first-Q strategy pissed off OU’s team and the coaches. Officiating was a mess. I look forward to commentary from Hegar.

Now you have to root for Bama? How does that make you feel? Well, I guess you could also root for Pitt.

[Walter Sobchak]

at least there’s the Dr. Pepper commercials with Boz as sheriff.

this. and Twin Peaks' Leland Palmer.

[Babs]

Now you have to root for Bama? How does that make you feel? Well, I guess you could also root for Pitt.

We don’t have to root for anyone. They’re not putting Bama and Georgia in two years in a row. Best bet would be pull for Northwestern but it’s not necessary.

[USUC]

We don’t have to root for anyone. They’re not putting Bama and Georgia in two years in a row. Best bet would be pull for Northwestern but it’s not necessary.

You seriously think they would leave Alabama out if they lost to Georgia?

[Jeff Lebowski]

this. and Twin Peaks' Leland Palmer.

I love the Dr Pepper ads.

[Babs]

You seriously think they would leave Alabama out if they lost to Georgia?

Possibly. Committee won’t take them both. If the Tide wants in, it should find a way to win.