Re: General college football thread 2023

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 9/3/2023, 10:46 pm

I’m find myself rooting against him sorry if that makes me a bad sd4l :(

by **NigelUno** 9/3/2023, 10:47 pm

It's the end of the world as we know it.

And I don't feel fine.

by **kingstonlake** 9/3/2023, 10:48 pm

I love watching Brian Kelly lose.

by **Heat Miser** 9/3/2023, 10:49 pm

kingstonlake wrote:I love watching Brian Kelly lose.

silver lining.

by **Trapper Gus** 9/4/2023, 8:20 am

With social media in the mix, aka that million-dollar gymnast, wherever she is, if a player thinks they can make a splash they have to try, but as noted we don't have to cheer.

by **GRR Spartan** 9/4/2023, 10:13 am

Watching Brian Kelly’s defense and offense wilt are guilty pleasures.

L$U still’s got Bama and TAMU plus Ole Miss and MS State.

3 losses don’t cut it in Cajun Country
.

by Pervis Muldoon 9/4/2023, 10:23 am

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Am I a dick to say that it's okay not to "cheer" for MSU guys that have transferred?

The landscape has changed. NIL, etc- I don't wish them bad, of course, but we're not a JV team.

If you don't wanna be at MSU, fine. Find somewhere else to play. I don't have to celebrate it.

I felt the same way when Morten Andersen transferred to the New Orleans Saints.

by **NigelUno** 9/4/2023, 11:06 am

GRR Spartan wrote:Watching Brian Kelly’s defense and offense wilt are guilty pleasures.

L$U still’s got Bama and TAMU plus Ole Miss and MS State.

3 losses don’t cut it in Cajun Country
.

They did lose to FSU in Game 1 last year also.
Lost to Tennessee. Beat Bama. Lost to A&M.
Still made the SEC Championship.

Don't play Tennessee this year.

But, yes...this does put them in a hole to start the year.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 9/4/2023, 8:19 pm

Pervis Muldoon wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:Am I a dick to say that it's okay not to "cheer" for MSU guys that have transferred?

The landscape has changed. NIL, etc- I don't wish them bad, of course, but we're not a JV team.

If you don't wanna be at MSU, fine. Find somewhere else to play. I don't have to celebrate it.

I felt the same way when Morten Andersen transferred to the New Orleans Saints.

yeah, that was fucked up.

by **NigelUno** 9/4/2023, 11:15 pm

DUKE

Football School.

by **kingstonlake** 9/4/2023, 11:28 pm

What’s Dabo’s contract look like? lol!

by **DWags** 9/5/2023, 10:07 am

Yeah, I'm more and more thinking I'm getting close to not sitting in the stadium. I have to tell you, the MSU decision bto place how many minutes and seconds are left before we return from selling the cars on t.v. on the scoreboard makes it more aggravating sitting in the stadium. You look up and it says 3:29 till we return. fuuuuuuuuucccc.....

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by **Travis of the Cosmos** 9/5/2023, 10:24 am

Ditch the season tickets, buy games for only the ones you want to go to like Michigan or Ohio state using the money you saved by not paying for Richmond. The stadium will be half empty for the Richmond game and I do not believe the powers that be care about that all that much and neither should you. This is the way.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 9/5/2023, 12:53 pm

my thoughts after week 1 (you can thank me later):

- the TCU/Colorado game was fun but I'm already sick of the slurping of Coach Prime. I ain't pulling against him, but I'm not ready to anoint him the next Knute Rockne, either. They have to travel to Oregon and Utah, USC at home. Hell, I bet Nebraska shows up this weekend for a while, at least until they decide to give the game away in the 4th quarter. Still a good win on the road for a team that went 1-11 last year.

- a lot of good QB's in college football this year. Penix, Maye, Williams, Nix, Sanders, Travis at Florida State - all of these guys are capable of putting up some big numbers pretty much every week. Milton from Tennessee, heck even the kid at Duke looked impressive.

- as much as I hate to say it, the relative 'sudden' success of some teams makes me a little fidgety about MSU and Tuck. Despite what I said above, Colorado, a team that was 1-11 last year, go on the road to beat TCU, Duke with a 2nd year coach takes down #9 Clemson. I'd be willing to be that the Spartans would've struggled mightily against both TCU and Clemson in year 4 of Tuck.

- the west looks impressive early: USC, Oregon, Washington while some traditional powers/early season favorites looked a little lackluster: Georgia and Ohio State. They didn't look 'bad', but certainly didn't blow anyone's doors off. LSU got drilled, which was fun.

- not 'breaking news', of course, but the current portal and NIL situation is unsustainable. I don't have a solution, but I suspect something will be done at some point to reign in the 'wild west' format of it.

- was fun to be on campus in EL Friday, made it home to watch the game. It was warm but not 'hot'. Lots of energy from tailgate to tailgate. If we can keep injuries in check, I think the Spartans will get 6-7 wins this year.

by **steveschneider** 9/5/2023, 1:07 pm

NigelUno wrote:DUKE

Football School.

2 blocked fg, 2 forced fumbles, INT, and 2 stops on the 1 yard line.

by **NigelUno** 9/5/2023, 1:18 pm

DWags wrote:Yeah, I'm more and more thinking I'm getting close to not sitting in the stadium. I have to tell you, the MSU decision bto place how many minutes and seconds are left before we return from selling the cars on t.v. on the scoreboard makes it more aggravating sitting in the stadium. You look up and it says 3:29 till we return. fuuuuuuuuucccc.....

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I hate that clock. Make it 5 minutes so everyone can run to the trough and back.

by **Nordic** 9/5/2023, 1:55 pm

NigelUno wrote:
DWags wrote:Yeah, I'm more and more thinking I'm getting close to not sitting in the stadium. I have to tell you, the MSU decision bto place how many minutes and seconds are left before we return from selling the cars on t.v. on the scoreboard makes it more aggravating sitting in the stadium. You look up and it says 3:29 till we return. fuuuuuuuuucccc.....

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I hate that clock. Make it 5 minutes so everyone can run to the trough and back.

5 mins to pee? You might need to get your prostate checked.

by MSU addict 9/5/2023, 3:43 pm

DWags wrote:Yeah, I'm more and more thinking I'm getting close to not sitting in the stadium. I have to tell you, the MSU decision bto place how many minutes and seconds are left before we return from selling the cars on t.v. on the scoreboard makes it more aggravating sitting in the stadium. You look up and it says 3:29 till we return. fuuuuuuuuucccc.....

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I was a season ticket holder for more than 25 years. In that time I never missed a home game.

It wasn't any one thing but rather a combination of many things that made me finally decide to give them up. Missing that first game was rough but after I got by that I can tell you that I have never once regretted giving up my season tickets.

I also see that we start the season with four straight home games, I always hated those stretches.

by **NigelUno** 9/5/2023, 3:57 pm

MSU addict wrote:
DWags wrote:Yeah, I'm more and more thinking I'm getting close to not sitting in the stadium. I have to tell you, the MSU decision bto place how many minutes and seconds are left before we return from selling the cars on t.v. on the scoreboard makes it more aggravating sitting in the stadium. You look up and it says 3:29 till we return. fuuuuuuuuucccc.....

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I was a season ticket holder for more than 25 years. In that time I never missed a home game.

It wasn't any one thing but rather a combination of many things that made me finally decide to give them up. Missing that first game was rough but after I got by that I can tell you that I have never once regretted giving up my season tickets.

I also see that we start the season with four straight home games, I always hated those stretches.

Worse is only having 2 home games after that.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 9/5/2023, 3:57 pm

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Ditch the season tickets, buy games for only the ones you want to go to like Michigan or Ohio state using the money you saved by not paying for Richmond. The stadium will be half empty for the Richmond game and I do not believe the powers that be care about that all that much and neither should you. This is the way.

never been a season ticket holder, but this makes sense to me.

I grab a ticket here and there for a random game but I'm almost always tailgating and, I gotta tell ya, even that can be exhausting, and I live about 4-5 blocks from campus. As fun as it can be, making it literally an all day event would wear on me after a week or two.

by **DWags** 9/5/2023, 4:17 pm

NigelUno wrote:
MSU addict wrote:
I was a season ticket holder for more than 25 years. In that time I never missed a home game.

It wasn't any one thing but rather a combination of many things that made me finally decide to give them up. Missing that first game was rough but after I got by that I can tell you that I have never once regretted giving up my season tickets.

I also see that we start the season with four straight home games, I always hated those stretches.

Worse is only having 2 home games after that.

No, we have three home games after that. Oh….,. Wait, never mind.

by **Nordic** 9/5/2023, 10:26 pm

NigelUno wrote:
MSU addict wrote:
I was a season ticket holder for more than 25 years. In that time I never missed a home game.

It wasn't any one thing but rather a combination of many things that made me finally decide to give them up. Missing that first game was rough but after I got by that I can tell you that I have never once regretted giving up my season tickets.

I also see that we start the season with four straight home games, I always hated those stretches.

Worse is only having 2 home games after that.

Dude. Why you gotta do that to him?

by gomersbro 9/6/2023, 1:03 am

General college football thread 2023 - Page 3 _130986862_tritonlawrence

Not sure where to put this: https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/66713731
It is about the money and how college sports is changing. In Europe and UK they really don't understand the sports tied to the schools as they are all club based from an early age.

"We all love college athletics, and that's why we're so concerned about this," Buddy Carter (Congressman GA) said. "We don't want to see it ruined." wrote:

Um, I think it broke a long time ago.

by **Heat Miser** 9/9/2023, 1:18 pm

Nebby doing Nebby things again today.

by **steveschneider** 9/9/2023, 1:47 pm

Doesn’t look like the Colorado hype train is slowing down any time soon. Kind of funny if Nebraska was smart they would have hired Coach Deion Sanders!

by aualum06 9/9/2023, 2:13 pm

Nebraska runs the touchdown play

by Pervis Muldoon 9/9/2023, 2:41 pm

I only watch football for the Dr. Pepper Fansville commercials.

by **steveschneider** 9/9/2023, 3:00 pm

Coach Deion Sanders opening up a can on the Corn Huskers.

by **NigelUno** 9/9/2023, 3:06 pm

steveschneider wrote:Doesn’t look like the Colorado hype train is slowing down any time soon. Kind of funny if Nebraska was smart they would have hired Coach Deion Sanders!

Nebraska's QB is a turnover machine. And he just got hurt. Hate to see how bad their backup is.

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by **steveschneider** 9/9/2023, 3:18 pm

PSU 63
Delaware 7

#modernscheduling

by **kingstonlake** 9/9/2023, 3:21 pm

It’s going to be 107° at kickoff in Tempe tonight.

by **tGreenWay** 9/9/2023, 5:15 pm

Pervis Muldoon wrote:I only watch football for the Dr. Pepper Fansville commercials.

And grading the Spartans, right? Right?

by AvgMSUJoe 9/9/2023, 5:31 pm

"Geno Vandermark... off under his own power"... it would take a winch and/or some sort of construction vehicle to move that big boy otherwise ...

by AvgMSUJoe 9/9/2023, 5:42 pm

"With those nuggies..." (fingers walking)

Cracks me up, But I'm a simple guy.

by **steveschneider** 9/9/2023, 6:41 pm

We are up 31 pts on our cupcake and UofM is only up 28 pts on their cup cake.

by **GRR Spartan** 9/9/2023, 8:21 pm

Texas A&M is looking at a $67.5M buyout if they jettison Jimbo Fisher during or at the end of the '23 season. Losing to ACC's Miami 48-33 after a 5 win season last year.

by **GRR Spartan** 9/9/2023, 8:22 pm

Texas A&M is looking at a $67.5M buyout if they jettison Jimbo Fisher during or at the end of the '23 season.

Losing to ACC's Miami 48-33 after a 5 win season last year doesn't look good.

by Pervis Muldoon 9/9/2023, 9:24 pm

tGreenWay wrote:
Pervis Muldoon wrote:I only watch football for the Dr. Pepper Fansville commercials.

And grading the Spartans, right? Right?

No, I grade the Spartans because I watch college football. I watch college football to keep up with the goings-on in Fansville.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 9/9/2023, 11:13 pm

Thorne is on tv. Losing 3-0 to cal. I saw three designed runs for him followed by two incomplete passes, one of which was a pretty poor throw

by **kingstonlake** 9/9/2023, 11:29 pm

Coleman with a TD tonight

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