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Jess from VA:
Indiana and their Heisman trophy quarterback looks unbeatable. But upstart Miami is a damn good team who barely made into the CFP and has beat all opponents. It's all the more great that Indiana only has 6 portal transfer players when every other CFP team has like 40. GO INDIANA!
I'm a lifelong college football and Michigan Wolverine fan and always pull for the Big Ten. I started at tailback in I formation triple option football in Jr/Sr Hi (and ran back all kickoffs and punts) (we only threw the ball 6-10 times a game).
I don't really follow pro football except for my Detroit Lions.
I didn't mind when Penn State was let into the Big 10, but hated it when Rutgers, MD, and especially when historical Pac 10 foes UCLA, Southern Cal, Washington and Oregon were let in. I don't pull for them. Of course all that was about money, but what math major calls an 18 team conference the Big 10????
It's kind of a pity that college football has become a paid occupation with the transfer portal. And it really irritates me when top college players opt out of post season bowl games to avoid injury for their upcoming pro football careers. Again, it's all about (big) money, and I suppose it was inevitable.
While we're on the subject, what's up with the short pants (and bare knees) in Pro and College football? When I played, I got the sh!t kicked out of me being tackled all game long and was glad to have knee, thigh and hip pads. Our little schools had crummy equipment, and my first year in Jr Hi I had to play in some ginormous lineman's shoulder pads that were way too big for me. ;D
ridingron:
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It's kind of a pity that college football has become a paid occupation with the transfer portal. And it really irritates me when top college players opt out of post season bowl games to avoid injury for their upcoming pro football careers. Again, it's all about (big) money, and I suppose it was inevitable."
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The "sitting out" of bowl games is really a bad thing for the bowl game. It means the team that played their way to the bowl game isn't the team playing in the bowl game. It hurts the quality of the Bowl game and quite often the outcome of the game. A few years ago, FSU and Georgia weren't in the playoffs for a couple reasons but both were invited to a bowl game. A bunch of the FSU players got their panties in a wad and opted out of the Bowl game. Georgia came to play and embarrassed them by winning by about 60 points and proving FSU had no right to be in the play offs.Yeah, people knew part of the reason Georgia killed them but a few years later no one will remember all the players setting out the game. Just that Georgia laid a major beat down on FSU.
Farside:
Quote from: Farside on January 10, 2026, 04:41:47 PM
:cooldude: Ok, moving on.... No college football fans here? I sill watch as I was hoping Ol' Miss was going to beat Miami but what a great game. I then watched the Oregon Duck get kicked all over the place by Indiana Hoosiers. So there Nat'l Championship game has been decided. The way Indiana is playing I don't think they will disappoint. I have no dog in the fight but I'm pulling for Indiana. I think they will win by a score of 48 - 28. :cheers:
Ok, this is a reminder..... Go Hoosiers! Pizza and beer :cheers: Go watch the GAME :coolsmiley:
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