# 2025 college football season thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 31, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628 "2025-08-31T04:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/361 "2026-01-10T01:57:21Z")
You mean Hoosiers. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/362 "2026-01-10T03:09:43Z")
It’s definitely the Indiana Hoosiers. And definitely a massacre. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/363 "2026-01-10T03:36:57Z")
So…was Indiana considered this good before the season? Michigan and Ohio State…nowhere to be seen. Indiana? On the cusp. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/364 "2026-01-10T03:39:39Z")
Indiana _did_ make the College Football Playoff last year. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/365 "2026-01-10T03:42:00Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Indiana _did_ make the College Football Playoff last year Thanks, I actually didn’t remember that. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/366 "2026-01-10T03:45:25Z")
I’m fixin’ to watch Law & Order reruns. More interesting than this …. whatever it is. Just before half-time, the on-air guys were talking about Indiana/Miami matchup. Somebody must have said something to them about it because abruptly changed the subject. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/367 "2026-01-10T03:56:34Z")
I was _sure_ the Ducks (3.5 point underdogs) would at least put up a good fight. It’s now 56 - 15. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/368 "2026-01-10T12:08:37Z")
I read this week that they were ranked preseason No. 20. Oof. What makes last night so scary is that Oregon is pretty good and the Ducks were never in it. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/369 "2026-01-10T13:37:10Z")
Interesting stat: Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza threw more touchdowns (5) than incompletions (4). It’s the 5th game this season he’s done that. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/370 "2026-01-10T15:00:54Z")
Yeah, in the college playoffs he has 8 touchdown passes and 5 incompletions (He actually went 17 of 20 versus Oregon, so only 3 incompletions last night, not 4) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/371 "2026-01-10T15:22:20Z")
Indiana opened as 7.5 point favorites over Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/372 "2026-01-10T21:06:01Z")
The first snap of the game resulted in a pick-6 for Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/373 "2026-01-10T21:52:15Z")
I did not have “Unstoppable Juggernaut Indiana Hoosiers” on my Bingo card. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/374 "2026-01-11T02:57:20Z")
Check your Basketball Bingo card. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/375 "2026-01-11T03:04:55Z")
I’ve never had any interest in college basketball. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/376 "2026-01-11T03:07:41Z")
Well, that was painful to watch as an Oregon fan. I wish them good luck against Miami, but I really don’t think they’ll need it. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/377 "2026-01-11T03:41:37Z")
Embarrassing to see on social media that many Oregon fans were calling for the coach to be fired. These youngsters don’t have the perspective one gains from watching years of crappy football. We’ve won 38 games in the last three years, when I was a kid that was a good decade for us. All of our losses in those three seasons have been to teams that reached the national championship game. Things could be a little better, but they could be SO MUCH worse. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/378 "2026-01-11T03:46:15Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > These youngsters don’t have the perspective one gains from watching years of crappy football. Oregon has been one of the best football teams in the nation for years. You just aren’t going to find anyone who is going to to be better than that. That’s an obscene amount of entitlement on the part of those fans. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/379 "2026-01-11T14:51:23Z")
I’m old enough to remember when Oregon’s program wasn’t much better than Indiana’s. Enjoy what you have, Duck fans, 38-5 would have most of college football delirious with joy. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/380 "2026-01-11T20:45:51Z")
Yeah, I can recall a time long ago when the Ducks, Beavers and Cougars were the Door Mats of the Pac-10. At least that’s how I remember it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=20)