College Football Offseason Thread Presented by Joe Mixon's Punch-Out!!

[bruin228]

I would agree with that.

 

[goblue96]

And the succession plan after Connor Cook has been a tire fire.

 

[bruin228]

Just like it was after KURT Cousins.

Big Ten title confirmed!

 

[bruin228]

The offense sucked last year, but they've never really been world beaters anyway. Lewerke and LJ Scott along with the other pieces should be enough to be serviceable. The real problem is the defensive decline. MSU was 10th, 7th, and 3rd in scoring defense and 5th, 5th, and 2nd in yards per play from 2011-2013. They ranked 28th and 22nd and 27th and 45th in those categories from 2014-2015; still solid, but definitely starting to slip. They were 65th in both categories last year. They gave up 54 to Northwestern, 31 to BYU, 45 to Penn State, 28 to Maryland, 30 to Wisconsin, and 31 to fucking Illinois.

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

AP preseason Top 25

AP top 25:

1. Alabama (52 first-place votes)
2. Ohio State (3)
3. Florida State (4)
4. USC (2)
5. Clemson
6. Penn State
7. Oklahoma
8. Washington
9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma State
11. Michigan
12. Auburn
13. LSU
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
17. Florida
18. Miami (Fla.)
19. South Florida
20. Kansas State
21. Virginia Tech
22. Best[BCOLOR=#0000ff] Virginia[/BCOLOR]
23. Texas
24. Washington State
25. Tennessee

Others receiving votes: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65, Boise St. 37, NC State 26, Northwestern 25, Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Houston 19, Colorado 18, UCLA 9, San Diego St. 9, BYU 5, Appalachian St. 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan St. 1.

I'm going to go full on hater here and say that's the highest both VT and WV are ranked this season. PROVE ME WRONG WHORES.

 

[whiteyc_77]

AP preseason Top 25

AP top 25:

1. Alabama (52 first-place votes)
2. Ohio State (3)
3. Florida State (4)
4. USC (2)
5. Clemson
6. Penn State
7. Oklahoma
8. Washington
9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma State
11. Michigan
12. Auburn
13. LSU
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
17. Florida
18. Miami (Fla.)
19. South Florida
20. Kansas State
21. Virginia Tech
22. West Virginia
23. Texas
24. Washington State
25. Tennessee

Others receiving votes: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65, Boise St. 37, NC State 26, Northwestern 25, Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Houston 19, Colorado 18, UCLA 9, San Diego St. 9, BYU 5, Appalachian St. 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan St. 1.

I would love to meet the person that thinks Michigan State is one of the 25 best teams in CFB.

-YTC

 

[goblue96]

Well Drew Sharp is dead so that rules him out.

 

[bruin228]

They just woke up from a year long coma.

Kentucky with 3 votes lol. By far the stupidest preseason hype I've seen is KENTUCKY SEC EAST DARK HORSE. They've beaten Florida and Tennessee once in the last 40 years or so.

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

They just woke up from a year long coma.

Kentucky with 3 votes lol. By far the stupidest preseason hype I've seen is KENTUCKY SEC EAST DARK HORSE. They've beaten Florida and Tennessee once in the last 40 years or so.

My father-in-law is a diehard Tennessee "The Real UT" homer and last week he said to me, in complete seriousness, "Kentucky scares me." Confused I asked "Kentucky the state? Yeah, it's a pretty scary place once you got off the interstate or anywhere outside of L-Ville and Lexington. Lots of meth and stupidity mixed in with that bluegrass" He just looked at me confused and said "no, I mean the damn Wildcats foozbawl team. Those guys are going to be a force this season, just you wait and see." This is the same guy that told me last year Josh Dobbs was going to take "UT back to the promise land" and also win the Heisman so he's definitely nuts.

 

[goblue96]

I would love to meet the person that thinks Michigan State is one of the 25 best teams in CFB.

-YTC

Say hello to Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News. He posted an explanation of his ballot online today and shared his reasoning for each team in his top 25, including MSU.

Wilner: "No reason to expect the Spartans to execute complete turnaround from three-win season, except that Mark Dantonio is a helluva coach."

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...e-spartans-football-vote-ap-top-25/588093001/

 

[bruin228]

That is a beyond shitty poll

UGA at 6? Lol

 

[Rob's FSU]

Texas at 9

 

[Brick]

Wilner is a contrarian to da extremezzz. @doh knows this. His poll is always a little bit different.

 

[coogrfan]

Texas at 9

 

[DeadMan]

Did that guy do anything besides look at team's schedules and rank them based on how easy the schedules are? Except for Florida State, though, because ... reasons.

 

[bruin228]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...nbn5a15?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

FAU is extremely desperate to win

 

[DeadMan]

This is really interesting, if you're into some advance stat stuff: https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2...ge-football-big-plays-efficiency-five-factors

Short summary: big plays are mostly random, but what really matters is how efficient your offense is. In other words, the best offenses are efficient and big plays are a result of that efficiency. I'm not explaining it well, but it's pretty interesting.

 

[Karl Hungus]

Do we actually believe this Durkin CROOTIN nonsense? Didn't they say that about the last guy too? And the guy before him?

Maryland will forever be at best an 8-4 team, even playing shitty patsies the first 4 games every year.

CLICK. CLACK.

 

[BasinBictory]

This is really interesting, if you're into some advance stat stuff: https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2...ge-football-big-plays-efficiency-five-factors

Short summary: big plays are mostly random, but what really matters is how efficient your offense is. In other words, the best offenses are efficient and big plays are a result of that efficiency. I'm not explaining it well, but it's pretty interesting.

IOW: Small successes add up to big successes. It seems self-evident, yet plenty of coaches still seem to take the "buy the lottery ticket" approach.

 

[Southpaw]

ESPN had an Asian announcer named Robert Lee set to announce the UVA and William and Mary game and pulled him from the broadcast lol.

 

[silverwheels]

the hell are they doing letting an azn be a footbaw announcer anyway?

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

ESPN had an Asian announcer named Robert Lee set to announce the UVA and William and Mary game and pulled him from the broadcast lol.

He doesn't have to watch UVa try to play foozbawl. That's a win for him and a win for the ESPN keeping the Streisand Effect going.

 

[Karl Hungus]

He doesn't have to watch UVa try to play foozbawl. That's a win for him and a win for the ESPN keeping the Streisand Effect going.

Except he gets Pitt and Youngstown State instead... Poor guy.

 

[bruin228]

That's easily a better game than anything involving UVA

 

[TonyGin&Juice]

Except he gets Pitt and Youngstown State instead... Poor guy.

The crowds at UVa games make me nervous and I'm a rich (mostly) white Jew with a professional degree. The "play" of UVa foozbawl just makes me sick.

 

[Brick]

Obligatory:

 

[NavyHog]

 

[bruin]

@cory

 

[Rutgers Mike]

That's easily a better game than anything involving UVA

He's gonna get to announce a huge minor upset.

 

[bruin228]

I was at the last YSU-Pitt upset

 

[Rutgers Mike]

 

[kella]

The only benefit of UVA playing football is Doc on the radio call tombout werewolves and shit

 

[Lightningwar]

Gata on a roll.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/mobil...ampus-housing-police-report-says/77-466986777

Robinson wasted no time getting hisself into trouble. This is the guy who got busted with weed while on his tOSU recruiting trip and was labeled trouble by many P5 programs there after. 3 weeks on campus and already in trouble. Impressive! The other guy is already suspended due to the credit card fraud situation.

 

[Skeeter]

Gata on a roll.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/mobil...ampus-housing-police-report-says/77-466986777

Robinson wasted no time getting hisself into trouble. This is the guy who got busted with weed while on his tOSU recruiting trip and was labeled trouble by many P5 programs there after. 3 weeks on campus and already in trouble. Impressive! The other guy is already suspended due to the credit card fraud situation.

Robinson was such a piece of shit on his official visit that osu immediately shut down his recruitment.

 

[DeadMan]

Robinson was such a piece of shit on his official visit that osu immediately shut down his recruitment.

And that's Urban Meyer shutting it down, too! The guy that would accept anybody, no matter their problems, at Florida.

 

[Skeeter]

And that's Urban Meyer shutting it down, too! The guy that would accept anybody, no matter their problems, at Florida.

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

 

[Wolfman21]

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

esseecee speed not necessary in the big 16

 

[DeadMan]

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

 

[goblue96]

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

 

[DeadMan]

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

Seriously, he does seem to be better than he was at Florida. So kudos to him for clearing that hurdle! But, uh, he's still not been great. And the fact that a lot of stuff seems to come out on his players after they leave OSU is not a great reflection on him, either.

 

[BasinBictory]

I think it's pretty clear that Meyer has had a different philosophy at tOSU than at Florida.

Not winning instead of winning?

 

[Skeeter]

Not winning instead of winning?

If 61-6 with a natty is not winning, what would winning look like?

 

[Skeeter]

Seriously, he does seem to be better than he was at Florida. So kudos to him for clearing that hurdle! But, uh, he's still not been great. And the fact that a lot of stuff seems to come out on his players after they leave OSU is not a great reflection on him, either.

Which power 5 school with nfl caliber talent hasnt had the same? Every guy must be perfect even after he leaves the program? Talk about impossible standards.

I'd put Meyers disciplinary record at OSU up against any school in the power 5. Even ole harbaugh is pretty soft on discipline if it might cost him a game. Meyer hasn't hesitated to bench even the best players.

 

[Skeeter]

esseecee speed not necessary in the big 16

Ask jar about that esseecceee speed. Oh wait...

 

[Southpaw]

Corch Irving Meyers

 

[DeadMan]

Which power 5 school with nfl caliber talent hasnt had the same? Every guy must be perfect even after he leaves the program? Talk about impossible standards.

I'd put Meyers disciplinary record at OSU up against any school in the power 5. Even ole harbaugh is pretty soft on discipline if it might cost him a game. Meyer hasn't hesitated to bench even the best players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

 

[Skeeter]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

 

[DeadMan]

Signs your argument is shitty:

• Everybody else does it!
• It's in the past!
• It could be worse!
• You're doing it, too!

 

[Skeeter]

@DeadMan now @StrawMan

 

[CJ_24]

Michigan and OSU fans bickering over which program is less ethical is a slightly more entertaining version of "wolfman talks braves baseball to hisself."