# 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:** 4
**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 18, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/61 "2022-09-18T03:46:42Z")
Another upset: Unranked Washington defeated #11 Michigan State 39-28 at home. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/62 "2022-09-18T22:44:27Z")
The Southern Illinois Salukis of FCS (formerly named division I-AA) came to Evanston and beat Northwestern 31-24 yesterday. The same Salukis team started the year 0-2 by losing by 35 points to Incarnate Word and then lost the following week to a not-so-great Southeast Missouri State team. Good work Salukis! I was at the game yesterday, and it was fun to join the fairly large SIU fan section. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/63 "2022-09-19T03:16:54Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > But Alabama is no more egregious… Look up ‘egregious’ in the dictionary, and there is a picture of Saban with a big script A behind him. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/64 "2022-09-23T18:49:22Z")
FSU finally gets a sellout, plus we get a night game against BC. > **[Florida State home game against Boston College officially a sellout](https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-state-seminoles/news/florida-state-home-game-against-boston-college-officially-a-sellout/)** > > Florida State's undefeated 2022 team will play in front of a sellout crowd at home this week when the 'Noles face Boston College. Purely selfish of me, but getting back to night games definitely makes my Saturday better. I especially hate mid afternoon kickoffs which make it hard to plan much for a well needed day off ---
**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:** [September 23, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/65 "2022-09-23T18:53:13Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > And in other news, Texas apparently spent $280,000 in one weekend on Arch Manning’s recruiting visit (to be fair there were eight other recruits included in the festivities). Still, even at “only” $32,000 each, that’s equivalent to the cost of attendance at UT for one year, only **instead of going toward tuition and books it’s paying for luxury hotel rooms and open bars.** It should be pointed out that UT’s football program is _entirely self-funded._ It doesn’t take a dime away from the university’s academic expenses like tuition, books, etc. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, the football program actually makes so much money that it **subsidizes** the books, tuition, etc. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/66 "2022-09-24T00:11:46Z")
I didn’t mean to imply that money spent by the athletic department deprives the rest of the university – as you note, athletic department incomes and budgets are segregated from the rest of the university. I do wonder at what point universities will decide to just spin off their football programs into fully private entities, with a fat contact to use university facilities and branding. Then they wouldn’t have to worry about technicalities like athletes meeting admissions standards and complying with NCAA rules. ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/67 "2022-09-24T20:31:56Z")
Clemson escapes at Wake in double OT. Fun game to watch. Kansas beat Duke 35-27 and may appear in the Top 25 next week. And Missouri lost at Auburn in a most painful way. First, the Mizzou kicker missed at 26 yard FG at the buzzer. Then Auburn missed a FG in OT, but Missouri was offsides, so Auburn then converted the kick. Then Missouri fumbled the ball at the 1 yard line, recovered by Auburn. Auburn won, 17-14. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/68 "2022-09-24T20:40:36Z")
I dont watch the games often but I do check out the sports pages on a few schools …but trying to find a single teams box score because you have to wade through the scores of prairie techs (go plowhorses!)epic 8-6 wipe-out of eastern hillbilly hollow U (the jugheads)… 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/69 "2022-09-24T20:57:04Z")
I really hope Maryland is actually good this year, or else Michigan’s season’s gonna get disappointing quickly. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/70 "2022-09-24T21:09:17Z")
Maryland isn’t bad, but Michigan didn’t look all that great, except for the one running back. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/71 "2022-09-24T21:46:06Z")
When was the last time Kansas started the season 4-0? Was it the year Mangino took them to the Orange Bowl? ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/72 "2022-09-24T22:05:37Z")
Actually, no, it was 2009, two seasons after their Orange Bowl win. They started the 2009 season 5-0, and then lost their last 7 games. That was Mangino’s last season. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/73 "2022-09-24T22:07:46Z")
Predictions on how many TDs will be lost this year because players let go of the ball before going into the end zone? Blake Corum nearly did it for Michigan today, and UK’s Barion Brown previously almost lost a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD against Miami-Ohio when he dropped the ball at the goal line. Is it considered way cool to get rid of the ball ASAP, or is the extra half-second of celebration essential? > **[34 Times a Football Player Overconfidently Dropped the Ball on His Way to...](http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2016/09/dropping_the_ball_before_the_end_zone_a_comprehensive_guide.html)** > > On Saturday night, a pair of college football players celebrated touchdowns prematurely, dropping the pigskin just before they crossed the goal line. T ... If I was a coach this would drive me nuts. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/74 "2022-09-24T22:24:16Z")
Georgia beats a hale and hearty Kent State team by the surprising score of 39-22. The Flashes became the first team to score a touchdown against Georgia’s first-team defense all year. The ESPN article on the game suggests that Georgia may be punished by losing their #1 spot. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/75 "2022-09-25T01:07:19Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Predictions on how many TDs will be lost this year because players let go of the ball before going into the end zone? It wasn’t a celebration but Missouri’s Nathaniel Peat would have been better off if he had kept the ball tucked and tried to bull his way into the end zone instead of going for the lunge, which caused the team’s overtime loss to Auburn. [![](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/09/24/NCDT/f71ee703-7785-4324-bbba-ee36dc24661f-USATSI_19107428.jpg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=70) ](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/09/24/NCDT/f71ee703-7785-4324-bbba-ee36dc24661f-USATSI_19107428.jpg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=70) ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/76 "2022-09-25T01:10:29Z")
A ball carrier for Arkansas did somewhat the same thing…tried to leap over the pile (from about the 5 yard line) and had the ball punched away. A&M returned it 98 yards for a touchdown. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/77 "2022-09-25T05:01:58Z")
In a tight one, Trojans deny the Beavers. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/78 "2022-09-25T05:24:02Z")
I still don’t quite know how Wash St. got Ducked. What a shit-show that was. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/79 "2022-09-25T05:25:32Z")
IIRC, Bill Belichek would specifically bench players that reached for the pylon, even if they succeeded. It’s way too easy to lose - not only the touchdown - but the entire possession. A fumble out of the endzone is a touchback for the defense. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438/80 "2022-09-25T12:34:26Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I still don’t quite know how Wash St. got Ducked. My wife went to WSU, as she says they Couged it as per the usual. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2022/970438.md?page=5)