# College Football 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [March 1, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326 "2024-03-01T18:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/41 "2024-09-14T22:17:43Z")
I think that would be really fun. At least give it a go for a few seasons. I think they could figure out a way to decide who moves up or down. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/42 "2024-09-15T00:45:55Z")
UCLA getting slapped by Indiana. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to get back in the Pac 12. My Spartans at the top of the Big Ten standings. Next three weeks are at Boston College, home vs Ohio State, and at Oregon. What could go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/43 "2024-09-15T01:53:35Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > UCLA getting slapped by Indiana. I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to get back in the Pac 12. Were I in charge of the Pac-12, I’d think long and hard about that. You might say I’m not real pleased about the two schools that started the Great Emigration. ---
**Author:** ![Gretzky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gretzky/32/6682_2.png) [@Gretzky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretzky)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/44 "2024-09-15T03:19:30Z")
Florida St. is 0-3. They’ll go 0-12 this year and make the playoffs. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/45 "2024-09-15T12:45:22Z")
Yeah, Don’s listed problems are fairly simple things that could be resolved if the will (but mostly money!) was there. Need I remind anyone that somehow UCLA is now in the B1G and Cal is in the ACC? Maybe both of those programs would consider belonging to a two-tiered western regional league instead – and at least get to play conference games with each other and old foes Oregon State and Washington State. Unlikely? Sure. But it would indeed be great fun to watch the promotion and relegation angst and being entertained is what’s most important to me. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/46 "2024-09-15T13:23:08Z")
BTW, kudos to our fantasy pro/rel member Washington State for their win over arch rival and defending national finalist Washington yesterday. In Seattle, too. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/47 "2024-09-15T16:34:38Z")
UCF with a stunning last minute win at TCU. The later will definitely be ranked by the end of the season and may wind up with the most efficient passing offense in the BCS or whatever it’s called now. FSU looking like it has a five-month hangover from its playoff snubbing. Florida is awful so it’s too early to say that Miami is legit. UCF might be the best team in Florida again. ---
**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 15, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/48 "2024-09-15T16:41:58Z")
Arch Manning came in for an injured Ewers. He threw just 12 pass attempts, but gained 223 yards passing and 4 passing TDs on just those twelve alone. Also ran for a 67-yard touchdown. Lots of people promptly teased Peyton and Eli Manning on social media to ask them why they could never run that fast. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/49 "2024-09-15T16:46:30Z")
Does Texas have a QB controversy? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/50 "2024-09-15T16:51:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The later will definitely be ranked by the end of the season Oh I doubt that. ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/51 "2024-09-15T17:10:43Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Does Texas have a QB controversy? Not as far as I can tell. The consensus of everyone seems to be that this is still Ewers’ year but Manning will take over in 2025 after Ewers has left for the NFL. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/52 "2024-09-16T20:41:16Z")
My Nebraska Cornhuskers are off to a pretty good start. First 3-0 start in forever and people are getting excited in Lincoln. Especially with our frosh QB Raiola, who appears to be living up to the hype. Quieting the Sanders was very satisfying. The schedule upgrades with ranked Illinois coming to town on Friday. But I’ll be watching my “other team”: my daughter’s college Mizzou for her sorority dad’s day. It will be my first SEC game and am terribly excited to fly out and visit Anya. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/53 "2024-09-16T21:57:50Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > The schedule upgrades with ranked Illinois coming to town on Friday. And that’s the key. In recent past seasons, Nebraska wasn’t good enough to beat their early-season non-conference tune-up teams, so this season is a demonstrable improvement. But it still doesn’t say anything about facing quality opponents, which the conference is lousy with. ---
**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 21, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/54 "2024-09-21T20:33:15Z")
James Madison beats North Carolina by a score of 70-50. How is there enough time to score that much??? ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/55 "2024-09-22T12:31:05Z")
I was curious, too, so I checked the scoring summary. There were _two_ punts blocked and returned for scores (one by each team) and a pick six. That still leaves almost 100 points scored by the offenses and that’s pretty amazing. And in testament to me rarely winning a modest bet on college football, the Dukes had put up a modest 13 points last week against _Gardner-Webb_. ---
**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 28, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/56 "2024-09-28T17:40:23Z")
That Miami-Virginia Tech was a refereeing screwup on multiple levels. The Hail Mary shouldn’t have been ruled a touchdown for VT in the first place, but once it was, there wasn’t incontrovertible evidence to overturn it, either. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/57 "2024-09-29T01:43:38Z")
How could it be ruled incomplete? Either it was complete or an interception I’d think. The only way it’s incomplete is if the defensive back takes it away, but is out of bounds I guess. But if he’s out of bounds is he allowed to take it away? Is it only offensive players who can’t participate once they go out of bounds? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/58 "2024-09-29T02:58:59Z")
FSU. FSU. FSU. All hope built up last week is gone. Uigalelelei is still struggling with his throws and his snap timing, we apparently don’t have a receiver who can catch a ball two times running, the penalties are ridiculous, and the defense is a fucking sieve. I know we lost a lot of players from last year’s team, but come the fuck on. It’s like Norvell discovered pot during the off-season and has forgotten how to coach a damn football team. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/59 "2024-09-29T03:21:10Z")
Georgia went from being blown out by Alabama, 0-28, to actually coming back and taking a temporary 34-33 lead. Trailing again now, though. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/60 "2024-09-29T10:53:06Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Second, the scheduling issue - the teams that switch suddenly have to change their entire conference schedule on nine months’ notice. This is a biggie. Unreasonable logistics involved. It takes 4 months transition for POTUS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326.md?page=4)