# College Football 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 27, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438 "2022-08-27T16:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/1 "2022-08-27T16:51:23Z")
And we got’sch college football! Nebraska vs. Northwestern right now, in Ireland, on FOX! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/2 "2022-08-27T17:07:31Z")
My son just pointed out that the last time Northwestern wore purple-on-purple uniforms, they set an unwanted college football record. On 10/21/2006, NU held a 38-3 lead over Michigan State with 10 minutes left in the third quarter. Sparty won the game 41-38. That is the largest blown lead in Division 1-A college football history. > **[2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Michigan_State_vs._Northwestern_football_game)** > > The 2006 Michigan State vs. Northwestern football game featured the biggest comeback in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history. The Spartans rallied to score 38 unanswered points to beat the Wildcats 41–38 after falling behind 38–3 with 9:54 left in the third quarter. > Michigan State started the game with a 66-yard drive that ended with a Brett Swenson 32-yard field goal. Northwestern's first drive ended with quarterback C. J. Bachér finding Ross Lane for a 5-yard touchdown that ... ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/3 "2022-08-27T17:54:41Z")
On my next payday, I’m going to purchase some tickets for me and my mother for the Old Dominion vs. Marshall game in November. It would be our first live college football game. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/4 "2022-08-27T18:31:39Z")
Interesting development at the Northwestern/Nebraska game in Dublin. Evidently connections to the internet are extremely spotty, so beer is being given away. > **[Aviva Stadium giving away free beer at Northwestern vs. Nebraska due to lousy...](https://dknation.draftkings.com/2022/8/27/23324714/northwestern-vs-nebraska-free-beer-aviva-stadium-dublin-ireland)** > > How’s that for some hospitality? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/5 "2022-08-27T18:38:25Z")
> And considering what two teams are playing, it may be needed for those in the stands by the end of this one. You know what, screw you; what game are _you_ watching? This is actually a pretty good game. Anyway, I’m sure the return of Ten Cent Beer Night minus the ten cents won’t _possibly_ cause problems later in the game. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/6 "2022-08-27T20:15:57Z")
Northwestern upsets Nebraska in Ireland, 31-28, in a _great_ game. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/7 "2022-08-27T20:22:54Z")
Northwestern was begging Nebraska to grab the win, but alas Nebraska refused and stayed true to it’s recent tradition of losing close games. A very dubious coaching decision by Frost set it all up too. He might not make it back to the States employed. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/8 "2022-08-27T20:35:57Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > A very dubious coaching decision by Frost set it all up too. Yeah, the onside kick was, shall we say, questionable. > [@Chingon](#): > > Northwestern was begging Nebraska to grab the win Not sure if I agree with this statement. Looked to me like the Northwestern coach was confident in his defense so he was extremely conservative on offense. And, it worked. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/9 "2022-08-27T21:14:15Z")
I hate to say, but I’m not really too excited about football right now. Too much bad shit in real life, and Goddammit! USC leaving the Pac??? They push me too far! But F1 has resumed this weekend, so I got that going for me. > [@Railer13](#): > > On 10/21/2006, NU held a 38-3 lead over Michigan State with 10 minutes left in the third quarter. Sparty won the game 41-38. Pretty sure I remember watching this game. Like a bad comedy, or a slow-motion car accident. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/10 "2022-08-28T01:44:33Z")
Nebraska’s loss to Northwestern was their 7th consecutive defeat, and their questionable choice to do an onside kick up 28-17 was a big part of what cost them so much momentum in this game. > **[Huskers' Frost on failed onside kick: 'It's on me'](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34471381/nebraska-football-coach-scott-frost-accepts-responsibility-failed-onside-kick-stunning-upset-loss-northwestern)** > > Nebraska coach Scott Frost accepted responsibility for a controversial onside kick decision in Saturday's season-opening loss to Northwestern while acknowledging he needs to do more to retain his job. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/11 "2022-08-31T18:34:57Z")
Frost will be cut on October 1st when his $15 million buyout is cut in half to $7.5 million. Unless he finds a way to win out in September, which includes Oklahoma. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/12 "2022-09-02T00:40:29Z")
Exciting game alert: Unranked West Virginia has the ball with 45 seconds in the first half, threatening in the red zone against #17 Pittsburgh, down 3, on ESPN. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/13 "2022-09-02T03:18:32Z")
Holy shit, I was right, you guys. West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh was NUTS. A blocked punt that gave West Virginia first-and-goal. A pick-six. And the final play for West Virginia on offense was originally called a catch before replay correctly ruled it incomplete. 38-31, Pittsburgh defeats West Virginia at home. It had been 11 years since the Backyard Brawl had been played. BRING IT BACK FOREVER. Pittsburgh has five pick-sixes, incidentally, since the start of last season-- most in FBS. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/14 "2022-09-02T04:06:10Z")
After I finished watching WVU vs. Pitt, I switched to Penn State vs. Purdue, which was pretty nuts, too. Seven lead changes. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/15 "2022-09-02T04:48:57Z")
At the opposite end of FBS football . . . New Mexico State, a chronically awful team, ran only 33 plays in losing to Minnesota 38-0. That’s an astonishingly low number of plays. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/16 "2022-09-02T19:02:42Z")
ESPN senior writer Pete Thamel is quoting sources saying that the CFP Board of Managers decided on a 12-team College Football Playoff. [https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1565776338103013377](https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1565776338103013377) ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/17 "2022-09-02T19:23:32Z")
That’s just too many games. I foresee games being played without the typical starters near the end of the season. There needs to be some sort of incentive to end the regular season as highly ranked as possible… perhaps a two-round bye for the top 2 teams, and 1 round bye for 3 & 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:** [September 2, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/18 "2022-09-02T20:28:17Z")
According to [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34509443/board-managers-decide-12-team-college-football-playoff-sources-say), the new format would include the six highest-ranking conference champions, plus the six highest-ranking at-large teams. Assuming (yeah, I know) that the Big 5 champions (SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC, Pac-12) would be in this group, then a champion from another conference would always make the playoffs. That group of conferences would include the American, C-USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt. No word yet on the format, but one possibility is that the top 4 teams would each get a bye. Which would mean that a playoff team could potentially play four postseason games. > [@nate](#): > > I foresee games being played without the typical starters near the end of the season. I’m not seeing this possibility, unless a team has a spot in the conference championship game locked up before the last regular-season game. Which is no different than today. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/19 "2022-09-03T11:10:22Z")
Old Dominion upset Virginia Tech for the second time in four years, 20-17 at home! GO MONARCHS! Now why doesn’t ESPNU come with ESPN+? ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/20 "2022-09-04T00:11:27Z")
Glad to see the playoff expanded, though I’m fearful that the powers that be will put 7 SEC teams in along with 5 conference champions. My Spartans got a win, impressive at times and at other times not. Western Michigan played them a lot tougher than I’d expect and I think WMU will do well in the MAC. I’m sure Mel Tucker found a lot of things to work on this week. A one-finger salute to ESPN for moving the game to ESPN2. I had to run an errand with my wife yesterday and I thought no problem, I’ll just record the game and catch up when we get back. Get back and start the recording and find… tennis. Missed about 10 minutes of the game. What a pisser. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=2)