OFFICIAL 2015-2016 College Football Season Thread

 RedditCFB ‏@RedditCFB  1h1 hour ago
Fmr OkSt RB, Tyreek Hill enrolls @ D2 West Alabama: for his student ID they used a mugshot (via @brett_rhoades) 
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 Campus Rush ‏@SI_CampusRush  3h3 hours ago
Inside Read: Heir apparent? O'Korn finds new home with @UMichFootball  http://trib.al/ZoN9TEn  
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Can defense be saved in college football?

Nearly three years ago, after Alabama's defense struggled to get off the field against Ole Miss' fast-paced offense in a 33-14 victory, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban lamented the proliferation of spread offenses and their effect on where college football was heading.

"I just think there's got to be some sense of fairness in terms of asking is this what we want football to be?" Saban told reporters during a teleconference in October 2012.

Despite the efforts of Saban and other coaches, such as Arkansas' Bret Bielema, little has changed about how college football is being played heading into the 2015 season. No-huddle offenses are snapping the ball faster and scoring more quickly than ever before, leaving opposing defenses huffing and puffing to keep up with the game's frenetic pace.

"The hardest thing to do in college football right now is to play defense," Arizona State coach Todd Graham said, "and it's the most important thing."
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http://espn.go.com/college-football...llege-football-coaches-dissect-demise-defense
 
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Jewbacca2 said:
Only a matter of time before TCU is irrelevant again 
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Oooh burn. Come talk to me if you ever win your conference again. Or win anything notable.

Theyve finished in the top 5, what, once in the last 20 years? Most delusional fan base in college sports. But oh yay, we have a big stadium and helicopters....

dreClark said:
They haven't been irrelevant in like a decade lol
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If 3 BCS bowls and 4 top 10 finishes since 2008 is irrelevant, Ill take it.
 
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 Cripes! ‏@GetBack2Fundies  2h2 hours ago
We’ve identified defensive trends to can catch up to RPO offenses http://brophyfootball.blogspot.com/2015/09/overcoming-advantage-of-run-pass-option.html … @alexjkirby @theduece02 
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Faced with the choice of trying to climb once again the same mountain he has mastered on many occasions or taking care of unfinished business — like the spots Saban used to obsessively remove while washing cars at his father’s filling station — Saban could choose a return to the NFL.

Sure, Saban was miserable in Miami, leaving after only two seasons. But he was miserable because the salary cap and the draft kept him from stacking the deck the way that his recruiting skills allow him collect as many first-round picks as he can convince to come to Tuscaloosa. What if he were hired by a team that already had a stacked deck at the most important position in the game?

Bob Kravitz of WTHR recently wrote that the pressure is indeed on Colts coach Chuck Pagano  in 2015. Adding to the pressure has to be the reality that the presence of quarterback Andrew Luck  would allow owner Jim Irsay to lure any coach he wanted to town. If Irsay wanted Saban, would Saban listen?

Saban would want control over the operation, which means that G.M. Ryan Grigson would have to be fired, or at least neutered. An effort by Irsay to hire Saban  in 1998 (the year Peyton Manning  was drafted) went nowhere because G.M. Bill Polian wouldn’t have given up his authority.

With Luck running the offense and Saban crafting his NFL-style defense, it could work, and it could work well.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/02/could-saban-return-to-the-nfl/

 
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I'm not trying hate to on TCU, I respect what y'all have done.

But are we just going to ignore the 7-6 and 4-8 in the 2012 and 2013 and act like TCU is some perennial powerhouse now?
 
I can't take the TCU Mountain West years seriously. Sure, they did beat some good teams, but it isn't like week in battle of being in a tough conference 
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TCU went 4-5 and 2-7 in their first two big12 seasons. There's no doubting the year they had last year and the talent they appear to be bringing back this year. 

You can't expect Texas and OU to be down for long. They'll be back in the second tier of the conference sooner rather than later. 
 
Didn't know this was here.....

Power 5 Winners

Ohio State

SC

Bama

TCU

GA Tech

GT gets left out.....

State wins 11 

Miami wins 7
 
Jewbacca2 said:
 
I can't take the TCU Mountain West years seriously. Sure, they did beat some good teams, but it isn't like week in battle of being in a tough conference 
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TCU went 4-5 and 2-7 in their first two big12 seasons. There's no doubting the year they had last year and the talent they appear to be bringing back this year. 

You can't expect Texas and OU to be down for long. They'll be back in the second tier of the conference sooner rather than later. 
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OU is every bit as talented, if not more, than TCU and Baylor...

The issues lie with the decisions their coaches make.

Also, I pointed it out before, but TCU had incredible luck ALL year. Again, there's something to be said about capitalizing on opportunities and 50/50 balls, but they didn't look great all year and it bit them in the *** against Baylor, they very well could have (should have?) lost to Kansas, and they really didn't play well against Ole Miss (and won by 30.
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They probably won'tget all those bounces this year and OU is installing a more air raid uptempo offense. It won't be a cakewalk. I see TCU with 1-2 losses. Wouldn't be shocked if they dropped 3.
 
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Mister Friendly said:
I'm not trying hate to on TCU, I respect what y'all have done.

But are we just going to ignore the 7-6 and 4-8 in the 2012 and 2013 and act like TCU is some perennial powerhouse now?
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I never said to ignore it, but you dont seem to have a problem with A&M losing 4 or more games pretty much every year. Even when they were in the Big 12 they were mediocre. and I never said they were a powerhouse. But they have more top 10 finished than A&M in the last decade.


Jewbacca2 said:
I can't take the TCU Mountain West years seriously. Sure, they did beat some good teams, but it isn't like week in battle of being in a tough conference :lol:

TCU went 4-5 and 2-7 in their first two big12 seasons. There's no doubting the year they had last year and the talent they appear to be bringing back this year.

You can't expect Texas and OU to be down for long. They'll be back in the second tier of the conference sooner rather than later.
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Ahh. The old week in week out argument.

Yall act like other teams dont have down years. But TCU has two down years, where they were trying to figure out the QB situation, and its the worst thing ever!


Nako XL said:
OU is every bit as talented, if not more, than TCU and Baylor...

The issues lie with the decisions their coaches make.

Also, I pointed it out before, but TCU had incredible luck ALL year. Again, there's something to be said about capitalizing on opportunities and 50/50 balls, but they didn't look great all year and it bit them in the *** against Baylor, they very well could have (should have?) lost to Kansas, and they really didn't play well against Ole Miss (and won by 30. :lol: )

They probably won'tget all those bounces this year and OU is installing a more air raid uptempo offense. It won't be a cakewalk. I see TCU with 1-2 losses. Wouldn't be shocked if they dropped 3.
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Ohio State lost ot Virginia Tech and needed OT to beat a terrible Penn State team. Oregon beat a terrible Washington State team by 7 who only won 3 games last year. Whats your point?

Look, I didnt say TCU was a powerhouse. Im not even predicting TCU goes undefeated. I think they lose in Norman but still win the conference.

This wasnt even about TCU. My comment that started all of this was about A&M and I stand by it. They have been and always will be middle of the pack. Doesnt matter the conference.

Yall keep discrediting the Frogs though. We've been proving people wrong for years.
 
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You're the one who started the chirping. Talking about A&M about being middle of the pack.

Like TCU wasn't middle of the pack til last season.

There's a legit 20 programs that can rightfully chirp A&M...TCU is not one of those programs.

Like be good in a major conference for a few seasons before you start chirping.
 
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Just hope ASU doesn't wet the bed and put a wet blanket on my Playoff prediction. If you're gonna lose though, let it be your first game 
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Mister Friendly said:
You're the one who started the chirping. Talking about A&M about being middle of the pack.

Like TCU wasn't middle of the pack til last season.

There's a legit 20 programs that can rightfully chirp A&M...TCU is not one of those programs.

Like be good in a major conference for a few seasons before you start chirping.
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A&M has been middle of the pack since 1998. If were talking fans in the stands, you win. If we are talking success on the field. There are 40 other teams with better resumes.

This is the definition of middle of the pack

1997 9–4
1998 11–3
1999 8–4
2000 7–5
2001 8–4
2002 6–6
2003 4–8
2004 7–5
2005 5–6
2006 9–4
2007 7–6
2008 4–8
2009 6–7
2010 9–4
2011 7–6
2012 11–2
2013 9–4
2014 8–5

Lots of 4, 5, and 6's in that list....
 
For 2 of the 3 years, TCU has been in the Big XII, y'all have been middle of pack.

Last time TCU was in a major conference before the Big XII( SWC) yall were middle of the pack or worse .

Now after one season yall want to chirp about another team being middle of the pack? :lol:
 
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