2019 College Football Thread

[DFWJC]

Maryland is a basketball school. Sometimes I forget they are in the Big Ten.

They're a better fit in the ACC, but they have done well in "overall" sports in the Big 10

NCAA tourney Basketball 2nd rd (2 point loss to #3 LSU)
NCAA Men's Soccer National Champions 2018
NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Champions 2017
NCAA Women's Lacrosse National Champions 4 of last 6 years
Generally middle of the pack in both football and baseball standings.

 

[kwcool619]

Thank you for the sports info. I did not know that (except for Basketball).

 

[uvaballa]

The bottom 10 lol https://www.espn.com/college-footba...-10-rutgers-returns-hokies-fall-flat-new-no-1

 

[atlantacowboy]

Even though Penn State dismantled Maryland & "best game Franklin had put together in his tenure", they won't move up in the rankings.

Reason, no teams ranked in front of the Nittany Lions lost this week. That limited PSU’s potential for mobility.

Maryland isn't exactly considered a quality win. Its a rebuilding program with a new head coach who wasn't left with much talent.

 

[DFWJC]

Week 6 slate games of interest (to me) below
Comments? Others?

#7 Auburn at #10 Florida ...whoa
#6 Ohio St vs #25 Mich St
#18 UCF at Cincy
#14 Iowa at #19 Michigan
#24 SMU vs Tulsa (easy slate so far but could the ponies really go 6-0?...yep)

my homer games that nobody else cares about
East Carolina vs Temple (Go Pirates...but they are a year or two away from being decent)
North Carolina at Ga Tech (Go Heels....getting better--almost shocked Clemson--but need to recruit a year or two)

 

[jterrell]

Maryland and Rutgers were a boon to the Big 10 by adding fertile recruiting grounds but not actually bringing good football teams.
Its an even more extreme version of what SEC did in adding TAMU and Missou.
Look at the top 20 list of kids in those states the last few years and you'll see Penn ST, Ohio St all over them.

 

[Carson]

Maryland and Rutgers were a boon to the Big 10 by adding fertile recruiting grounds but not actually bringing good football teams.
Its an even more extreme version of what SEC did in adding TAMU and Missou.
Look at the top 20 list of kids in those states the last few years and you'll see Penn ST, Ohio St all over them.

Rutgers is just sad.

Long gone are the Rice and Leonard days

 

[jterrell]

Rutgers is just sad.

Long gone are the Rice and Leonard days

In 2019 the top player that stayed in the state of New Jersey was #16 overall.
Bama came in and took 1 and 5.
Big 10 non-Rutgers schools took 2,3,4.

Rutgers is trying to compete with bigger programs who are also leaching their talent base.
It's going to take a special coach to win there and start keeping those top kids home.

 

[cowboyec]

PONY-UP

 

[John813]

Over under 3 years till GT goes over .500 win percentage?

 

[cowboyec]

BOOMER!!!!!

 

[cowboyec]

Go Irish

 

[cowboyec]

usc just won't go away.

 

[Carson]

Over under 3 years till GT goes over .500 win percentage?

I’d put it at even or over.

They need their recruits to play in the new system

 

[atlantacowboy]

Big upset yesterday. Nobody had South Carolina winning that game. I am surprised UGA fell below ND. When you beat somebody, you should get the tie breaker when the records are identical.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Over under 3 years till GT goes over .500 win percentage?

Over. With the NCAA landscape changing in regard to compensating players, GT will get left even further behind. They don't have the facilities or money to compete in the ACC.

 

[cowboyec]

PONY UP

 

[Jake]

"OMG, Trevor Lawrence! Tank for Trevor!"

62% completions
11 TDs
8 INTs

He's not even in the top 50 passers this season. Good thing he's surrounded by a solid team and plays in a trash conference.

 

[cowboyec]

Illinois with a MAJOR up-set over wisconsin.

 

[Mountaineerfan]

Well at least my mountaineers are done with Texas and OU now.