# 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:** 6
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/101 "2025-11-08T18:42:39Z")
The Hoosiers are up 17-7 at halftime. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/102 "2025-11-08T19:01:16Z")
Yep, PSU gifted them a TD right before halftime via a fumble with about a minute to go. Right after they allowed the previous drive to continue with a terrible defensive holding call. But I guess that why they’re 3-5. And now they just threw an interception. This game will be out of hand very soon. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/103 "2025-11-08T19:50:06Z")
Nope. Penn State broke a big run and, a couple of plays later, ran it into the end zone. 20-17, Hoosiers. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/104 "2025-11-08T19:57:59Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This game will be out of hand very soon. My powers of prognostication continue to be lacking. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/105 "2025-11-08T19:58:30Z")
FUCK and the Hoosiers got intercepted! And Penn State got a touchdown! They lead now, 24-20, with 6:27 left. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/106 "2025-11-08T20:29:40Z")
Unbelievable catch! ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/107 "2025-11-08T20:30:17Z")
That was one heckuva catch for the go-ahead TD. Not to mention an incredible drive down the field. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/108 "2025-11-08T20:33:41Z")
Still time for another twist? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/109 "2025-11-08T20:39:10Z")
My exact words at the end of the game saved here for historical accuracy: **"YEAAAAAAAAH! _YEAAAAAAAH!_ WOOOOOOO! OH, MY _GOD!"_** ---
**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:** [November 8, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/110 "2025-11-08T20:44:52Z")
My thoughts exactly. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KunlhbBHNUU/maxresdefault.jpg "REACTION TO INDIANA GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN VS PENN STATE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KunlhbBHNUU) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/111 "2025-11-09T20:16:55Z")
On Thursday, Wisconsin’s athletic director, Chris MacIntosh, stated that, not only would head coach Luke Fickell finish up this season, but that he’d be returning for 2026 (much to the chagrin of Wisconsin fans). Yesterday, they snapped a 6-game losing streak with a huge defensive effort, and upset #24 Washington. The Badgers won, despite only had 48 yards of passing – and half of that came on a fake punt. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/112 "2025-11-11T16:05:48Z")
I’m at the point where I want Michigan State to lose the rest of its games so they can fire Jonathan Smith. He seems to be a nice enough guy, but he’s neither a great recruiter nor a great strategist. We’ve had John L. Smith and he sucked, now Jonathan Smith and he’s just as bad. No more John Smiths! I’m glad to see Indiana finally have a great season, but they could lose 1 game and be bounced out of the CFP and 2 losses would certainly do it. In the college football caste system, they are certainly not in the favored caste. The committee would take a 5 loss Alabama over a 2 loss Indiana. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/113 "2025-11-11T18:19:08Z")
USC bending the rules just a tad. > **[USC should've been penalized after QB wore punter's jersey number on fake...](https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/college-football/usc-ve-penalized-qb-wore-punters-jersey-number-fake-punt-big-ten-says-rcna242916)** > > Third-string QB Sam Huard in Friday's game lined up in the punter’s spot wearing jersey No. 80 on a fourth-and-6 play, the same number as regular punter Sam Johnson, who punted for the first time in the next possession. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/114 "2025-11-11T18:22:29Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m glad to see Indiana finally have a great season, but they could lose 1 game and be bounced out of the CFP I don’t really think so. They weren’t last year. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/115 "2025-11-13T23:51:56Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m at the point where I want Michigan State to lose the rest of its games so they can fire Jonathan Smith. He seems to be a nice enough guy, but he’s neither a great recruiter nor a great strategist. We’ve had John L. Smith and he sucked, now Jonathan Smith and he’s just as bad. No more John Smiths! > I’m glad to see Indiana finally have a great season, but they could lose 1 game and be bounced out of the CFP and 2 losses would certainly do it. In the college football caste system, they are certainly not in the favored caste. The committee would take a 5 loss Alabama over a 2 loss Indiana. Michigan State has to vacate all 14 of its wins from the 2022, 2023, and 2024 seasons after it was discovered that six recruits had some of their expenses for “unofficial visits” (which are differentiated from the far more controlled “official visits” in that the athletes pay their expenses) paid for. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/116 "2025-11-14T00:00:45Z")
Yeah, MSU sure has picked some doozies- Tucker and then Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/117 "2025-11-15T18:44:23Z")
Wow, unranked South Carolina is utterly smashing No. 3 Texas A&M, 30-3. In College Station, no less. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/118 "2025-11-15T19:41:35Z")
A&M are certainly fighting back like the #3 team. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/119 "2025-11-15T20:06:40Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > A&M are certainly fighting back like the #3 team Yep…just scored their 4th second-half TD to take a 31-30 lead. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628/120 "2025-11-16T04:02:47Z")
Longhorns prove themselves trash yet again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-college-football-season-thread/1022628.md?page=7)