2024-2025 NCAA Football Thread

[Tech614]

One day Oregon and other west coast teams will learn they need to play defense to win a national title.

Today is not that day.

[PhaelixWW]

Well, for the first year of the expanded 12-team format, all four top-ranked teams have been eliminated going into the semi-finals.

I guess that's a success, right?

[Tech614]

Well, for the first year of the expanded 12-team format, all four top-ranked teams have been eliminated going into the semi-finals.

I guess that's a success, right?

They weren't the top 4 ranked teams, well 2 of them where. The top 4 ranked teams was Oregon, Georgia, Texas and Penn State only 2 of them are gone. Boise State and Arizona State got byes because the top 4 ranked conference champions get the byes and the actual top 4 had 4 teams from 2 conferences.

But it already proved the need for the expanded playoff since 2 of the final 4 teams would not have been in the old format, so yes a success but it also has other issues that need addressed like the conference championship game issue making teams who make the playoff not playing in their CCG get a free bye week instead of having to earn it by winning that game. For example, OSU and ND got byes without earning them because they didn't have to play on championship week but Texas and PSU did and had to win those games to earn a bye. Texas and Penn State right now have more games played than ND and OSU to get to the same spot.

[PhaelixWW]

They weren't the top 4 ranked teams, well 2 of them where. The top 4 ranked teams was Oregon, Georgia, Texas and Penn State only 2 of them are gone.

Well, now all four are gone.

Two fantastic semi-final games later and we have a 7-8 seed final matchup.

[MCMLXXXII]

Almost every playoff game was fantastic. Maybe expand it to a 24 team playoff?

[Tech614]

Well, now all four are gone.

Two fantastic semi-final games later and we have a 7-8 seed final matchup.

Its the 5th ranked team vs the 6th ranked team and if we're being completely honest if it was the old playoff one of ND or OSU would have been in for sure, they just chose to not punish PSU for losing the CCG ranking wise when it didn't matter anymore.

Like I said the playoff has already proven to be worthwhile but I'm not convinced the NC winner would not have also been in the 4 team field to be completely honest. Texas would have probably still have gotten in, Penn State definitely does not and then it comes down to OSU with 2 losses and 2 quality wins vs ND with 1 loss to a MAC team and no quality wins I'd bet everything OSU would have gotten in. So unless ND pulls the upset, I think OSU wins this thing 4 team or 12 team.

The good thing about the expanded playoff is there is no longer any doubt at all the champion is in the field. Even though it was almost always a lock the champion was in the field of 4 there would still be years with some room for doubt and that is gone now.

[draynay]

Looking completely outmatched in the national championship is a Notre Dame tradition.

[xskarma]

Oh, this has the potential to be hilarious https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...oordinator-job

Matt Patricia hasn't been on a team that he couldn't totally ruin by his mere presence yet. It's amazing if you look at where he's been and what does teams did while he was there and after he left. Eagles made him defensive coordinator and it nearly got their HC fired, they moved on and now they won the Superbowl. Lions, went from worst team in their conference to the no. 1 seed after he left. Even at the Patriots, the year before he left there was some MAJOR hushed up drama around him, Bill Belichick and Super Bowl Hero Malcolm Butler. And then he came back and eventually weaseled his way into prominence again, and got himself put in charge of the OFFENSE and completely ruined the careers of several players and eventually, even Bill Belichick.

The stink on this guy has ruined teams for years and now OSU might hire him? Funny.

[Tech614]

Oh, this has the potential to be hilarious https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profoo...oordinator-job

Matt Patricia hasn't been on a team that he couldn't totally ruin by his mere presence yet. It's amazing if you look at where he's been and what does teams did while he was there and after he left. Eagles made him defensive coordinator and it nearly got their HC fired, they moved on and now they won the Superbowl. Lions, went from worst team in their conference to the no. 1 seed after he left. Even at the Patriots, the year before he left there was some MAJOR hushed up drama around him, Bill Belichick and Super Bowl Hero Malcolm Butler. And then he came back and eventually weaseled his way into prominence again, and got himself put in charge of the OFFENSE and completely ruined the careers of several players and eventually, even Bill Belichick.

The stink on this guy has ruined teams for years and now OSU might hire him? Funny.

The state of Michigan already hates him so I'd say he's the right man for the job! It was pretty funny when he took over an already bad eagles defense last year and made it somehow even worse with the losing 4 of their last 5 games collapse.

[xskarma]

It's official now, they hired him. buhahahaha

[AntiFascistVoter]

It's like DOGE but for just Bill Belichick.

Bill Belichick asked unc staff to copy his girlfriend on every email they send him




Also instead of preseason polls. They should just rank the teams by-payroll for the 2025 season start. It would be more honest.