# The official 2019 SDMB NCAAF thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 2, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576 "2019-09-02T01:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 9, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/21 "2019-09-09T01:37:45Z")
Seems to me that when even good schools play the service academies, they often have trouble defending the option. Whatever happened to the glory days of the wishbone? Why has it largely been abandoned? Seems like it should at least be in the appendix of the playbook, ready to be pulled out when nothing else seems to work. ---
**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 9, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/22 "2019-09-09T02:01:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Seems to me that when even good schools play the service academies, they often have trouble defending the option. Whatever happened to the glory days of the wishbone? Why has it largely been abandoned? Seems like it should at least be in the appendix of the playbook, ready to be pulled out when nothing else seems to work. I don’t disagree with this, but the issue is that _any_ time spent learning/practicing the veer is time taken away from practicing the primary offense. NCAA teams are already time-limited for practice and some of them have playbooks as (or more) complicated as NFL playbooks. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/23 "2019-09-09T19:41:25Z")
Nebraska lost to Colorado in a de facto home game (over 50% of CU’s stadium was red). Looks like Rome won’t be built in a day, and we had such high hopes. Can we blame the evil national media for _raising_ our expectations too high? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/24 "2019-09-11T00:32:34Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > It’s really too bad, he came in saying all the right things and with so much excitement after the complete dickhead moves by Jimbo on his way out the door\*\*. He recruited well at Oregon and I was worried they would be good with him, then he hired a strength coach with a full 21 hours of training (online) that put 3 players in the hospital. And the amazing thing: he brought that coach with him to FSU. Clearly not really a person that knows what he is doing. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/25 "2019-09-15T00:10:44Z")
I really hate this damn ACC network. Even though I pay for ESPN plus, I still can’t see the FSU game. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/26 "2019-09-15T03:12:45Z")
Taggert’s resignation needs to be on the desk tomorrow morning. 4 personal fouls in the 4th quarter? I’m not sure FSU could beat Tallahassee Community College right now. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/27 "2019-09-15T03:20:50Z")
Not normally a fan of replacing the coach mid-season but Taggert unfortunately qualifies. I agree: he needs to go now. There must be an assistant on the team who can at least stop the bleeding. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/28 "2019-09-15T04:02:46Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Not normally a fan of replacing the coach mid-season but Taggert unfortunately qualifies. I agree: he needs to go now. There must be an assistant on the team who can at least stop the bleeding. I agree, normally a college coach should only be replaced mid-season if there are ethical issues or health issues. It’s. It’s not the losses that bug me as much as the fact that he doesn’t have control of this team. I have never seen so many stupid penalties, especially cheap shot penalties, from an FSU team as I have with FSU under Taggert. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/29 "2019-09-15T12:02:49Z")
In other news, it looks like the Chip Kelly experiment isn’t paying off the dividends that Bruins fans had hoped for. Two losses to Cincinnati and SD State. Cincinnati was good under Brian Kelly but they’re hardly a scary team now, and neither is SD State. I didn’t expect UCLA to beat Oklahoma but I would expect a PAC12 team to put more than 14 points on the board against a defense that typically allows others to score. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/30 "2019-09-20T13:13:14Z")
Tulane ruins Houston’s night in spectacular fashion, coming back from being down 28-7 after the _first quarter_. This was the winning play: [https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1](https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1) This was the fake kneel that set up the winning play: [https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1](https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1) Houston is not going to be happy this morning. ---
**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 20, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/31 "2019-09-20T15:19:41Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Tulane ruins Houston’s night in spectacular fashion, coming back from being down 28-7 after the _first quarter_. > > This was the winning play: [https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1](https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1) > > This was the fake kneel that set up the winning play: [https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1](https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1174887868239474689/video/1) > > Houston is not going to be happy this morning. Not much of a fake kneel there. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/32 "2019-09-20T15:22:13Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Not much of a fake kneel there. :smack: Sorry. Guess that copy-paste didn’t work. Try this one: [https://twitter.com/CBSSportsHQ/status/1174889358710792193/video/1](https://twitter.com/CBSSportsHQ/status/1174889358710792193/video/1) #11 played it perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/33 "2019-09-21T17:37:53Z")
Michigan is getting murdered. Just five years ago Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly were the hottest names in coaching at any level. In 2019, it’s a serious question as to whether they’ll be coaching this time next year. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/34 "2019-09-21T17:46:25Z")
I remember when the Tennessee vs Florida game used to be a thing. This is embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/35 "2019-09-21T18:38:49Z")
Two crappy “targeting” calls against Wisconsin. Both times the Michigan players were going down and lowering their heads in the direction of the defender, and both times it’s the Wisconsin player that gets faulted for headbanging. Now I really want Michigan to get blown out. ---
**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 21, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/36 "2019-09-21T19:53:34Z")
Good news: MSU offense has a decent day and handles Northwestern easily. Bad news: Michigan is a fraud. Wisconsin stole their lunch money, ate their lunch, and then shat it out right in their faces. I think Michigan State has the hardest two game stretch in the country, going to Columbus in two weeks and then Madison the following week. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/37 "2019-09-21T21:03:07Z")
FSU finally winning a game, but embarrassing seeing all those empty seats. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/38 "2019-09-22T00:54:23Z")
Well, there will be no debate about UCF being playoff-worthy this year. Very exciting one-point victory for Pitt this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/39 "2019-09-22T01:09:21Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Good news: MSU offense has a decent day and handles Northwestern easily. > Bad news: Michigan is a fraud. Wisconsin stole their lunch money, ate their lunch, and then shat it out right in their faces. > > I think Michigan State has the hardest two game stretch in the country, going to Columbus in two weeks and then Madison the following week. From what I’ve seen so far, Wisconsin’s playing the best football in the Big 10. Not saying they’re better than OSU just yet, but they’re playing the best on both sides of the ball, and they might be as good as any team in the nation for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576/40 "2019-09-22T01:11:21Z")
On the bright side, my Tigers offense are playing like a Big 12 offense. On the bad side, they’re playing like a Big 12 defense. Not good. Especially when Alabama’s the same old Alabama. I don’t care if they have injuries. This is the same school that turns out DBs in the NFL draft year after year. It’s the one position LSU gets right, and now they’re all crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-2019-sdmb-ncaaf-thread/839576.md?page=3)