# 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:** 4
**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 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/61 "2024-09-29T17:20:06Z")
I wish USC would play their second-half team the whole game. ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/62 "2024-09-29T22:48:07Z")
It’s surprising how often people say 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:** [October 6, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/63 "2024-10-06T00:07:33Z")
Vanderbilt? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/64 "2024-10-06T00:13:14Z")
A beauty of a game. Vanderbilt played to win, not to lose. No passiveness. Georgia must be feeling real good. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/65 "2024-10-06T00:26:09Z")
Vanderbilt! I didn’t realize I was wearing a Vanderbilt\* T-shirt today. My sister texted me “😳” at 30-21; I responded with “❓,” checked the score, and replied with “‼” while turning off the Xbox and putting on SEC Network. Both of us expected that VU would lose until they got in victory formation, of course. \*Technically Vanderbilt’s children’s hospital, which has been independent of the university for ~8 years. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/66 "2024-10-06T01:02:21Z")
I know very little about college football, but this appears to be a very unexpected result. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/67 "2024-10-06T01:33:52Z")
Vanderbilt has never beat a #1 rated team until today. They were 0-60 against top 5 teams, until today. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/68 "2024-10-06T03:00:43Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Vanderbilt has never beat a #1 rated team until today. In fairness, I would guess that most teams have never (or VERY rarely) beaten a #1 team. The 0-60 against Top 5 teams is the more amazing stat. For a while, I actually owned a Vandy hat just because I loved their David v. Goliath attitude. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/69 "2024-10-06T03:02:56Z")
My Indiana Hoosiers came into the week ranked 23rd in the nation, and beat Northwestern today. We’re 6-0 and bowl-eligible. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/70 "2024-10-06T03:04:36Z")
Okay, I’m not saying Minnesota didn’t actually score the Touchdown (I believe they did), but overturning the call on the field _WITH ZERO VIDEO EVIDENCE_ showcases the stupidity of the replay system. And I’ll toss in, _“What a stupid coaching decision”_ as someone who has never coached. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/71 "2024-10-06T03:05:37Z")
Vanderbilt led Alabama in time of possession 42-18. That’s just astounding. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/72 "2024-10-06T04:11:31Z")
In addition to Alabama a few other top 25 teams went down. #4 Tennessee #9 Missouri #10 Michigan #11 USC And #8 Miami is losing to Cal at the half 21-10. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/73 "2024-10-06T05:18:31Z")
Feeling like 2007. However, with the expanded 12-team playoff format, a loss doesn’t do anywhere as much damage to a team as it did back then. Alabama’s championship hopes are in all likelihood still perfectly alive. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/74 "2024-10-06T06:30:50Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > And #8 Miami is losing to Cal at the half 21-10. Well, that was certainly a disappointing finish. And if that wasn’t Targeting late in the 4th, they just need to quit that whole Charade. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/75 "2024-10-06T10:51:22Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > In addition to Alabama a few other top 25 teams went down. > > #4 Tennessee Yesterday at 9pm ET a Facebook friend who is a rabid Tennessee fan (of course he didn’t go there!) was v posting shit about the Bama loss. He hates Bama and UGA in a way that only a graduate of Podunk State College can. I see this morning all his posts have been deleted. I imagine by midnight the replies had gotten spicy. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/76 "2024-10-06T12:37:03Z")
A lot of guts at the very end. After Bama scored with 2:46 left, the stage was set for a Vandy fold and a miraculous Tide comeback. Instead, the Commodores banged out three first downs to get to what must have been very sweet kneel down time. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/77 "2024-10-06T12:56:37Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Okay, I’m not saying Minnesota didn’t actually score the Touchdown (I believe they did), but overturning the call on the field _WITH ZERO VIDEO EVIDENCE_ showcases the stupidity of the replay system. > > And I’ll toss in, _“What a stupid coaching decision”_ as someone who has never coached. I’ll grant the 2nd point, since a FG would have been almost as good. Postgame interview indicates a lack of confidence in the kicker, or something. I just watched it myself, and, unless the ball was _significantly_ behind his helmet or got loose and he subsequently got it back, it HAD to have broken the plane. I wonder why they haven’t put in transponders yet for this kind of thing (2 of them, one at each end of the oblate spheroid in question). ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/78 "2024-10-06T17:47:49Z")
Obviously, the reffing was very suspicious with that targeting non-call. But the other glaring issue is that Cal’s defense was absolutely gassed for the last 10-15 minutes or so, yet the Cal coach apparently felt that he preferred to keep his gassed defensive starters on the field against Miami rather than put in his fresh/rested backup defenders. Is the gap in talent THAT big between a starting player and the backup that a coach would rather have an exhausted guy than a fresh guy? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/79 "2024-10-06T19:02:52Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I just watched it myself, and, unless the ball was _significantly_ behind his helmet or got loose and he subsequently got it back, it HAD to have broken the plane. I agree, _it had to have crossed,_ but the call of the field was that it did not. There was no video evidence, so they just went with the assumption. That’s not how the system is supposed to work. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326/80 "2024-10-06T19:08:29Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I agree, _it had to have crossed,_ but the call of the field was that it did not. Is there a replay of this play available? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-2024/998326.md?page=5)