NCAA Football & Basketball Thread
 

Haven't seen a college football thread and don't know if a lot of people even watch it but if you do here's the place to talk about it. The season kicked off last night as Michigan lost to Utah in Harboughs return to the college game. #2TCU was winning last I saw against Minnesota.

My favorite team is the Louisville Cardinals, 2nd year in the ACC and they could drop off a bit from last year.

Tell your favorite team and how you think they will do this season to get things going.

I don't really follow much minor league football but I'm going to try a bit more this year. MSU plays tonight, woo go Spartans

<font color=goldenrod>UConn beat Villanova. What a powerhouse.</font>

RA SCHOOL POINTS
1. Ohio State (61) 1,525
2. TCU 1,428
3. Alabama 1,322
4. Baylor 1,263
5. Michigan State 1,256
6. Auburn 1,192
7. Oregon 1,156
8. Southern California 1,085
9. Georgia 991
10. Florida State 959
11. Notre Dame 873
12. Clemson 862
13. UCLA 698
14. LSU 675
15. Arizona State 605
16. Georgia Tech 588
17. Mississippi 563
18. Arkansas 410
19. Oklahoma 394
20. Wisconsin 393
21. Stanford 347
22. Arizona 311
23. Boise State 240
24. Missouri 219
25. Tennessee 114
Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 100, Texas A&M 61, Oklahoma State 46, Virginia Tech 42, Utah 36, Penn State 20, Louisville 12, Cincinnati 8, Nebraska 6, Kansas State 5, Florida 4, NC State 4, Texas 3, Michigan 2, BYU 2, Northern Illinois 2, Western Kentucky 1, California 1, West Virginia 1.

SPARTANS, FUCK YEAH! They get tested by Oregon next week I believe it is.

21 Stanford upset by Northwestern 16-6.

Louisville and Auburn kicking off.

And with 2 QBs on the field they throw a interception on the first damn play.

Damn, lost 24-31 if not for a botched handoff in the first half that got taken back for a TD might have been a different outcome. But Lamar Jackson is going to be a star.

Pay them salaries.

Why they are college students? Did you get a salary in college? They go to school for free what more do they need?

They don't all go to school free. Nor are they given enough time to actually benefit from school. Big Ben graduated like 10 years after his college football days were over.

I'm rooting for Wisconsin to pound Alabama but even if Bama loses they'll still probably be in the playoff

That's on him plenty of guys graduate early. Still don't see the point in paying them. If they did pay them they should make them pay tuition with partof their salery. That way it teaches them how to handle money before the get that big money.

The big money is an illusion to keep them from trying to unionize. Only a fraction of them will get anything like it.

Them unionizing is silly to.

BYU beat Nebraska on a hail marry to end the game.

PAC-12 looking like hot garbage right now.

10 SEC teams in top 25. Most ever.

Nothing ever changes lol

My college (Sacramento State) is going to face the Huskies this week. We are going to get shit stomped.

Something had to changes if that's the most ever. its just week 1 though the SEC will beat each other up, I dont see them getting 2 teams into the playoff.

Damn. Louisville loses to Houston 34-31. Missed a field goal with 49 seconds left. Freshman QB Jackson just made to many mistakes.

SPARTANS, BITCHES! WOO!!!

Thank your lucky stars you don't have to play THE NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS this year.

so stupid how the players would go for degree especially big ben? he's set for life lol no need to still get degree

They're not going to play for life and getting a degree is a lot of peoples goal in life. If someone wants to get a degree that's good for them, its not stupid.

It's not needed. Ofcourse there not going to play for ever but they are making millions $$ i can live off 1 million dollars supporting me im a full time mma fighter wtf.

Yea they make millions, and slot of them go through it quick taking care of family and friends. Also living extravagant lives and living in big houses and driving fancy cars. Its more of a NBA problem. A lot of kids get there degree in football because they have to stay 3 years before going pro.

Well I've been in talks with the ufc and bellator about a 2 or 3 fight deal fights will probably be around 30-50k each fight not counting bonuses

Louisville playing Clemson tonight. 3 weeks 3 different starting QBs.

<font color=goldenrod>UConn had the chance to kick a easy FG to go into OT and set up a potentially huge upset in Missouri. Instead they threw it away on a stupid fake FG attempt.

Like I get the whole "nobody expects us to win, so let's go for it now instead of OT" thing, but shit...just call a regular play then. Half of Missouri's defense dropped back as soon as the ball was snapped because they saw the fake coming.</font>

Really want to see Alabama lose

Damn what a play Ole Miss just shit out a touchdown lead 24-10 over Alabama.

<font color=goldenrod>Ole Miss doing all they can to choke it away.</font>

http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/22/hy...live-tv-video/

:lol: Saw the highlight of this earlier on one of ESPN's morning shows and couldn't stop laughing.

SPARTANS #2, BABY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Going to see Northwestern destroy Ball State on Saturday.

I'll be going to the Kentucky/Missouri game, probably be the only person in the stadium wearing red.

Woooo Spartans. Fuck you Chips!

Pretty cool UK beat Missouri. Love going to UK games in my Louisville gear. Get so many people to react to the red its awesome. Got to see some old friends and one got too drunk and threw up before the game but was ok afterwards.

Their main complaints against paying student athletes was a possible bigger legal mess if college sports lost its amateur status and didn't want the favoritism gap between student athletes and regular students to grow any larger.

Schools can still offer some compensation but it has to be as scholarships and not as cash.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...antitrust-laws

Ehh, I'm not on the pay them annually bandwagon but it seems like its just so the Universities trying to get the players likeness so they can cash in more. If it means the return of NCAA football video games then that would be a plus. Hate it when students athletes get punished for selling off their old jerseys and stuff like that like Ohio State players did a couple years ago. $5000 seems like enough for a scholarship athlete to survive off of for a year.

Lol. Kentucky losing to Eastern Kentucky by 14 with 7 minutes togo. Watching with 2 UK fans and both are mad as hell.

Kentucky won in OT. Guys I was watching with were happy.

Northwestern V Michigan is gonna be insane.

Maryland fires Randy Edsall.


And the State of Connecticut laughs collectively.

They're on pace to do what they did last year... choke in the 2nd half of the season after a great start... they were 5-1 last year before they reached the SEC schedule and got their asses handed to them.

They got a good chance to beat Auburn. Louisville struggled against them and it was close. If Kentucky doesn't turn the ball over they should have a chance.

Why the fuck is the Governor's Cup game (UK vs Louisville) so late in the year?

I like it there. But its there as part of the ACC-SEC in state rivalry week at the end of the season. Georgia plays GT, Florida plays FSU, South Carolina plays Clemson, and UK plays Uof L.

USC(Southern Cal) fired Steve Sarkisian. Checked into rehab a few weeks ago on a leave of absence and got fired today.

And the USC on the east coast South Carolina has announced Steve Spurrier is retiring mid season.

SPARTANS WILL, BITCHES! Don't you EVER doubt us again!

#FIGHTSPARTYFIGHT

Hey Michigan!!!!

KILLLLLLLLLLLL YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!

Go Green Go White!

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Lol someone had a heart attack at the end of the michigan game

Haha probably a pussy Michigan fan

Remember when Dantonio had a heart attack after the Notre Dame game a few years back? What a homo!

More importantly, Central Michigan beat the piss outta Buffalo 51-14 wooooooo!

IKR? Surprised that damn fairy didn't do it again Saturday. But be that as it may, he's quickly established himself on the MSU Mt. Olympus of men's NCAA Football coaches.

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Almost pulled off a Sunset flip Diamond Cutter with how it looked.

At the UK/ Tennessee game. About half drunk, trying to sneak beer in.

Got 4 16oz. Aluminum bottles in. UK lost but, still had a good time.

How is ohio state not number 1? this makes no sense they have bums who know nothing about football making the ranks its bullshit

Clemson has played better and had a tougher schedule. Ohio State should have been blowing every team they've played out of the water but have struggled on offense this year.

What the hell is up with Missouri. President resigned today and the students are celebrating. I know they're was something racist put on a wall but what the fuck is with the protest. One dude said he wasn't going to eat til something was done. Sounds like a bunch of whining if you ask me. Should have stripped the football players of their scholarships and called the police on the protesters for loitering.

College Basketball starts tonight, figured I'd just make this thread for both football and basketball.

Louisville plays Samford
Kentucky plays Albany

Don't worry. Spartans will take them down a peg next week. ;):y:

Well, well, well...look who was right!

DIWN GO THE BUCKEYES, DOWN GO THE BUCKEYES, DOWN GO THE BUCKEYES!

<font color=goldenrod>UConn bowl eligible. Surprising turnaround this year.</font>

Hotty Toddy

HEY, WE WANT SOME SPARTAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!

Northwestern would smack that green dick out ya mouf, boiii

I guess we'll never know as far as this year. But we got dem ass whoopins to hand out to Penn St. next week and Iowa in the B1G Championship game.

Spartans!!!!!!!

How many couches are on fire tonight in East Lansing?

Probably a lot because it's currently 28F with snow showers beginning to exit the area.

<font color=goldenrod>Gary Patterson is a fucking moron.</font>

lol Wisconsin. Salty because the refs called the game correctly.

... fuck Sparty. :'(

Ohio State had the bestest season ever last year. I think you can deal with "only" going to a NY6 game.

Man hell of a game between Louisville and Kentucky. Kentucky got out to a 21-0 lead and Louisville came back to win 38-24

Sparty on bitches!

Iowa is gonna win the big 10 wooooo!

<font color=goldenrod>lol Memphis beat SMU 63-0

They were up 56-0 at halftime with Paxton Lynch having thrown 7 TDs on only 9 completions.</font>

Lost their coach though, Justin Fuente replacing Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech.

<font color=goldenrod>Hope Fuente at least stays with Memphis through the bowl game. Taking a promotion is perfectly fine but I hate when coaches bail right before the biggest game of the season.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>LOL Notre Dame</font>

Louisville and Michigan State play Wednesday in basketball should be a good game.

More interested in MSU vs. Iowa in a #1 Contender's match for entry into the NCAA World Heavyweight Championship Fatal-4-Way right now.

a) Yes, I can. But you know what would make it sit better with me? If they didn't play like absolute garbage against "the OTHER team up north". Their defensive front uncharacteristically shit the bed, being that Ohio State usually boasts a pretty strong D line perenially even when their playmakers on the other side aren't producing. Why they decided to take a nap on the field during the one game in the season that truly mattered* is beyond me.

b) I can, how ever, always take consolation in the fact that Ohio State not only won out last year, but did it against 1- the almighty SEC heroes in Alabamma, and then 2- against Oregon in a game that one season sooner, wouldn't have happened for the National Championship (and I still don't see how they kept voting Florida State as #1... they weren't really that good, even within in the ACC) . Without the playoffs, the two teams that didn't make it would have automatically been playing for the right to be called number one.

c) Unmentioned, but worth adding, I really hope they eventually at least do the 8 team thing. 16 would be ideal, but at least with 8, you can cover the major conference champs, and then have a couple of spots left for "outstanding" or still undefeated teams that may not make the top 4. There wouldn't be room to screw a team just so a Notre Dame can get consideration, or if you get a school on a few season long hot streak like a TCU or a Boisie State have had in the past, and "nobody" wants to play them, so they don't get the proper respect and will never get enough upvotes when onfield play could prove them right more than pundits. Yes, this would have no bearing on the Buckeyes this year, but it would be a better system overall... provided they don't always try to shoehorn extra SEC teams in those spots.



*in the bigger, immediate playoff picture, I meant. Ohio State/Michigan is still "the" game, even if both squads are winless, coaches have lost their jobs on the strength of that rivalry record in spite of managable or marginally successful seasons.

Terps gonna whip the Tar Heels

It was admittedly a slobber-knocker. It literally came down to the wire, and could've gone either way.

Big Ten fucking champs!

Clemson should win but they wont

So, Ed McCaffrey's son is awesome. #legacy

Going to the Music City Bowl in Nashville. Louisville vs Texas A&M should be a good game. Going to be the first Louisville game I've ever been to.

Louisville vs Kentucky is today. Feel like Louisville has a good chance of winning this year.