# 2015 College Football Omnibus Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 30, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398 "2015-08-30T16:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/201 "2015-10-09T21:17:56Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > As a fan of a team that’s already beaten Washington and has USC coming up in 3 weeks, I view this development with a great deal of pleasant surprise and good cheer. You mean a team that squoze by Wazzu with just 42 seconds left? _That_ team? Well, good luck with USC, I think they will be needing it. > [@](#): > > Shoot, anytime USC loses is cause for celebration. No argument there. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/202 "2015-10-11T02:26:54Z")
Yikes, the QB isn’t the only problem for the Ducks. They gave up over 500 yards passing to WSU in their second home loss. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/203 "2015-10-11T03:11:56Z")
Geez, TCU struggled through most of the game, it looked like KSU might actually put them away. What a disappointment for the fans in Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/204 "2015-10-11T03:14:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Geez, TCU struggled through most of the game, it looked like KSU might actually put them away. What a disappointment for the fans in Manhattan. Both TCU and Oklahoma State were lucky to get away without a loss tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/205 "2015-10-11T06:02:05Z")
I don’t even know where to start with this weekend. Except for the drinkin’… :smack: So many loses snatched from the jaws of victory. So much Glory Unsung. And some plain Old Bullshit Grand-dad! (talkin’ 'bout Thursday night) ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/206 "2015-10-11T06:03:12Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Yikes, the QB isn’t the only problem for the Ducks. They gave up over 500 yards passing to WSU in their second home loss. I think the glory years are officially over. When you lose to a team that lost to Portland State, even the Emerald Nuts Bowl looks like a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/207 "2015-10-11T06:22:45Z")
**The Thing Fish Ratings – Week 6** After IMO an absolutely horrid week of college football, we have a new face at the top, but it still belongs to the Conference of Champions. 1. Utah 2. Stanford – didn’t fall as far as expected with the bye week 3. Michigan – bastards 4. LSU 5. Alabama 6. TCU 7. Ohio State 8. Texas A & M 9. Iowa 10. Florida 11. Northwestern? I didn’t know Wildcats could lay eggs. 12. Arizona State 13. Clemson 14. Florida State 15. Oklahoma State 16. Baylor – finally entering the rankings after pounding yet another cupcake 17. Cal – would have taken the top spot with a win at Utah 18. Michigan State – 5-0 but another close win over a crap team 19. Bowling Green 20. Boise State – big win at Colorado State brings them back in the picture 21. UCLA 22. Ole Miss – nice win over New Mexico State, guys 23. Notre Dame – beating Navy just barely keeps them ranked 24. USC – hanging by a thread after embarrassing loss 25. Georgia – see USC hello: BSU, Sparty, Baylor goodbye: Toledo, Memphis, Oklaho-hang your heads in shame-ma ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/208 "2015-10-11T13:39:30Z")
Michigan State will beat Ohio State by less than a touchdown, but would also beat William and Mary (or maybe just Mary) by less than a touchdown. Great comic relief at the end of last night’s game when the Rutgers QB spiked the ball on fourth down. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/209 "2015-10-11T16:19:11Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > **The Thing Fish Ratings – Week 6** > > [snip] > 17. Cal – would have taken the top spot with a win at Utah > … AAAArrrrghhh!! Oddly, I feel slightly better about the Bears after last night’s debacle than I did before (plus, seeing USC and Oregon burst into flames). Despite Goff’s worst game since Pop Warner, despite our best WR having 2 balls clank off his hands…we had a chance to beat #5. I don’t see anybody on our remaining schedule that we can’t beat (the Big Game against Stanford could be for All The Marbles, ie, the Pac-12 North). ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/210 "2015-10-11T23:38:16Z")
Weird news: > [@](#): > > The USC Trojans football program will be without head coach Steve Sarkisian, at least temporarily, after he was reportedly asked to take a leave of absence by athletic director Pat Haden. According to Lindsey Thiry of the Los Angeles Times, Haden met with players and asked the coach to go on leave Sunday. Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Clay Helton will fill the position in the interim… > > Wolf reported “some USC assistant coaches believed Sarkisian was drunk during the Arizona State game on Sept. 26,” which the Trojans won. Assistants needed to pull Sarkisian out of a player huddle on the sideline that night because they “believed he was not sober,” per Wolf. “His eyes didn’t look right, he was too animated,” said a USC coach, according to Wolf. > > Arash Markazi of ESPN added that a USC source said “Sarkisian likely won’t return this season.” The source didn’t know the future beyond that, although “it’s clear to all” Sarkisian “needs to get help.” > **[Steve Sarkisian Fired by USC After Taking Leave of Absence](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2578158-steve-sarkisian-takes-leave-of-absence-latest-details-comments)** > > The USC Trojans football program moved on from head coach Steve Sarkisian a day after he was reportedly asked to take a leave of absence by athletic director Pat Haden... ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/211 "2015-10-12T02:25:20Z")
Does anyone see any chance of Sarkisian returning after his treatment is over? Especially after he said he’d quit drinking after the infamous pep rally video? And how long can Pat Haden stay as AD? There are reports flying around Sarkisian was drunk during a game a few weeks ago, and that he passed out during a team flight last year. If either’s true, Haden’s credibility is totally shot. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/212 "2015-10-12T02:57:05Z")
It’s the curse of the Evergreen State. It’s just so beautiful here that leaving it drives people to drink. Sarkasian left UW in 2013, and a year later he’s drunk on his ass on the team plane. Mike Price left WSU to become Alabama’s head coach several years ago, but got fired for drinking and whoring before his first game there. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/213 "2015-10-12T04:19:44Z")
As much as I loathe USC I hate to see anybody sink this low. I hope Sark gets it together. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/214 "2015-10-12T11:23:37Z")
USC is certainly unique in that they hire despicable people to be their football coach. Pete Carroll, Lane Kiffin, and Sarkisian. They deserved the sanctions they got for the Reggie Bush fiasco. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/215 "2015-10-12T14:17:52Z")
I think Sark has coached his last game at USC, but I also think they’re doing the right thing by “suspending” him for now. Haden doesn’t want to be seen as insensitive for firing someone with a disease. The talking points are all about getting Sark well. USC goes to Notre Dame this weekend, and the Trojans will have had 4 different head coaches in their last 4 games against the Irish. (Kiffin, Orgeron, Sark, Helton) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/216 "2015-10-12T15:07:56Z")
Why did they not just hire Orgeron on a permanent basis? The team was doing fine with him, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/217 "2015-10-12T16:32:18Z")
Orgeron was just soooo bad at Ole Miss I don’t think anyone really wanted him as head coach at USC. They thought Sark would be a better fit even though it was only so-so at Washington. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/218 "2015-10-12T18:44:38Z")
After jumping out to a 2 game lead in the division, Florida QB is suspended for Performance Enhancing Drugs. The SEC East is such a mess this year… every year come to think of it! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/219 "2015-10-12T20:59:37Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I think Sark has coached his last game at USC, but I also think they’re doing the right thing by “suspending” him for now. Haden doesn’t want to be seen as insensitive for firing someone with a disease. The talking points are all about getting Sark well. Well this lasted a whole day: > [@](#): > > Steve Sarkisian is out at Southern California. > > A day after Sarkisian was ordered to take a leave of absence, athletic director Pat Haden announced that the coach as been terminated. > > “After careful consideration of what is in the best interest of the university and our student-athletes, I have made the decision to terminate Steve Sarkisian, effective immediately,” Haden said in a statement released by the school. > **[USC fires football coach Steve Sarkisian](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2015/10/12/usc-fires-steve-sarkisian-football-coach-pat-haden/73834102/)** > > A day after Sarkisian was ordered to take a leave of absence, AD Pat Haden fired him. The interesting question now is how many millions of dollars he will get. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398/220 "2015-10-12T21:06:48Z")
I do hate USC, but I almost feel bad for Pat Haden. Sark put him in a really bad spot. I think they should have kept him inactive for as long as possible before firing him, but this was inevitable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-college-football-omnibus-thread/729398.md?page=12)