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So many games on Thursday. Not sure I like that.
OFFICIAL 2020 COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFFSEASON THREAD
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so many trash games.
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That ISU in the Big XII CG pick is looking better and better.
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Only two of them are going to be any good.
South Dakota St and Minnesota could be interesting for a min, but Minny should be well aware of what SDSU is as a program. I doubt they overlook them.
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SDSU also has a new QB that will be managing the game. If it comes down to run games then Minnesota should pull away in the 3Q.
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The Friday slate is trash. I was looking forward to USU-WF, and then I found out they put it on ACCN 
Good idea for the AAC, there's been some talk about this coming to the B1G tho, and I'm against it and would rather stick with divisions. I'm cool with pods if we go to 16.
Good idea for the AAC, there's been some talk about this coming to the B1G tho, and I'm against it and would rather stick with divisions. I'm cool with pods if we go to 16.
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He has to prove he can get consistent separation first. He's kind of a rich mans Allen Lazard.
This WR class is super deep, Reagor and KJ Hill didn't get mentioned either.
And while I think Michigan's three guys are poised for big seasons, guys like KJ Hamler and Tyler Johnson have bigger beefs right now.
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I like watching a lot of the under-the-radar matchups to learn teams and players, but I guess breaking up the 1st week into 4 days might help that. Its just hard when the bulk all start at 4pm local time on Thursday.
Minnesota needs to romp SDSU. Or at least pull away late. Fleck will have them boys ready.
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For missing a team function
Edit: plus Terrell Lewis and Devonta Smith
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Crazy. With the Sanders injury, Bama is gonna be down to their 4th string RB. They'll be fine regardless but it is kinda wild.
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Utah a trendy pick, huh?
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i guess Waddle will run a ton of fly sweeps in the first half, maybe some walk ons get some pt
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This is a real sentence from one of the Gator 247 mods. Talk about sunshine pumping.
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Tough L man, why didn’t you come down for the game?
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Unless Notre Dame or USC comes calling
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Being in Orlando wasn't a huge draw as far as cities go and prices were nuts for where I'd prefer to sit.
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Considering they ran Lou out as soon as they could, I don't think ND would be willing to let Meyer be Meyer.
They weren't the first time around which is why he went to UF.
They weren't the first time around which is why he went to UF.
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ND def isn't putting up with urban. 
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Watching this ND/USC replay with Fowler broadcasting, man I can’t wait for games this weekend. Chris Fowler on big plays is probably my second favorite next to Gus Johnson
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In the ongoing University of Washington quarterback saga, karma is a you-know-what
https://www.cdapress.com/sports/201...ton_quarterback_saga_karma_is_a_you-know-what
Who made the decision forcing Colson to sit out a second straight year?
You’d be crazy to think it was anyone but Petersen — out of sheer revenge because Colson didn’t “stick it out,” as Petersen claimed players of his own era presumably would have.
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Meanwhile, back in Seattle, the coach was overseeing what he insisted was an incredibly close head-to-head duel for the starting quarterback position.
Petersen said repeatedly that transfer Jacob Eason — who had been the starter at Georgia as a freshman — and soph Jake Haener were just about dead even.
However…
Absolutely no one believed that.
“Everybody knew what was going on,” said Haener, who was as sure as the rest of the Husky Nation that Eason would inherit the job. “It didn’t matter what I did.”
Justice doesn’t always have to be fair.
In fact, it can be almost cruel.
Sometimes, all the individuals involved might walk away frustrated, which doesn’t seem like the point of justice at all, but…
There you go.
But hey, even in a case where nobody winds up thrilled, a little piece of satisfaction can pop up when justice really bites the right guy on the backside.
It’s worth a tiny smile when the proper dude — some master of his own universe who thinks he should get to be judge and jury in every situation — feels the teeth of fairness right where he sits down.
So…
How’s your butt today, Chris Petersen?
You wondering if karma might have caught up with you in a strange case of quarterback justice, Coach?
Did the football gods look over your act, take a peek at some recent dealings with your players and say…
“You were a jerk for no reason, Chris, and please, no whining since you brought this all down on yourself.”
HERE’S THE background to our story, in case you haven’t followed every twist and turn to it.
Of course you know that Chris Petersen is head coach of the football factory at the University of Washington — for which the school and its boosters hand him $4.875 million per year.
But Chris will tell you he’s a “player’s coach,” and his first obligation is to be fair to his student-athletes.
He’s big on that speech.
So back up to spring practice, and Petersen wound up with five blue-chip quarterbacks on scholarship — all of which he recruited himself and one of whom was a transfer from Georgia.
At that point, he complained about having so many QBs that they couldn’t get enough reps in practice.
The logjam might have been a problem for “player’s coach” Petersen, but it wasn’t any fun for those kids stuck in limbo, either.
At the end of spring, redshirt freshman Colson Yankoff — once a heavily pursued, nationally known recruit from Coeur d’Alene High — decided he wanted out of the mess and placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal.
Another redshirt freshman, Jacob Sirmon, did the same.
Sirmon, though, was not as much in demand as Yankoff and, taking a hint, decided to stick it out at Washington.
Yankoff ultimately transferred to UCLA, with Petersen wishing him all the best.
Right, Chris?
THE NEXT act involved the mechanics of Yankoff’s move.
“We wanted to get the paperwork started to ask for a waiver,” said Colson’s dad, Trevor. “There are NCAA, Pac-12 and university rules that say you have to sit out a year if you transfer within the conference.
“But the real decision lies with the school, so we asked UW about getting that waiver so Colson could play this year. They told us that once Colson had formally enrolled at UCLA or elsewhere, that school would send the waiver application, and it would be handled that way.
“We were pretty hopeful. Petersen had made it plain he didn’t have plans for Colson and, since the rule exists to prevent a competitive advantage, it’s worth noting that Washington doesn’t play UCLA in either of the next two seasons — so competitive advantage didn’t come into it.
“(Petersen) should have no real objections to Colson leaving. We’re talking about a coach who walked away from a five-year contract at Boise State after two years.
“It never got near a real decision, though. Colson entered the portal on April 30, and on May 17, the University of Washington (compliance office) sent us a letter saying that no waiver would be granted and we shouldn’t even bother with the process.”
In other words, the Yankoffs were told to wait to apply, and then were given an answer before they even asked the question.
Who made the decision forcing Colson to sit out a second straight year?
You’d be crazy to think it was anyone but Petersen — out of sheer revenge because Colson didn’t “stick it out,” as Petersen claimed players of his own era presumably would have.
NOW WE move to fall, and Yankoff has been forgotten on Montlake.
He’s been forced to sit out, as his dad put it this way: “In the law, there are actions that are deemed ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ That’s exactly how you would describe Petersen’s decision.”
Meanwhile, back in Seattle, the coach was overseeing what he insisted was an incredibly close head-to-head duel for the starting quarterback position.
Petersen said repeatedly that transfer Jacob Eason — who had been the starter at Georgia as a freshman — and soph Jake Haener were just about dead even.
However…
Absolutely no one believed that.
“Everybody knew what was going on,” said Haener, who was as sure as the rest of the Husky Nation that Eason would inherit the job. “It didn’t matter what I did.”
Yet Petersen continuously and strenuously denied the inevitable — until last Thursday, when he formally anointed Eason as his new No. 1.
The coach seemed to toss Haener a bone when he said the backup would get to play a bit in UW’s opener against Eastern Washington.
As it turns out, Haener won’t play in that game — or any other for Washington.
He quit the program over the weekend.
Suddenly, Petersen has just one tested QB, and if Eason twists an ankle or he’s not that good or whatever, hey…
Remember Sirmon, who has never taken a snap in a college game?
He could be quarterbacking a team that Petersen hopes to take to the Final Four.
Hey, Chris…
Isn’t karma a *****?
In fact, it can be almost cruel.
Sometimes, all the individuals involved might walk away frustrated, which doesn’t seem like the point of justice at all, but…
There you go.
But hey, even in a case where nobody winds up thrilled, a little piece of satisfaction can pop up when justice really bites the right guy on the backside.
It’s worth a tiny smile when the proper dude — some master of his own universe who thinks he should get to be judge and jury in every situation — feels the teeth of fairness right where he sits down.
So…
How’s your butt today, Chris Petersen?
You wondering if karma might have caught up with you in a strange case of quarterback justice, Coach?
Did the football gods look over your act, take a peek at some recent dealings with your players and say…
“You were a jerk for no reason, Chris, and please, no whining since you brought this all down on yourself.”
HERE’S THE background to our story, in case you haven’t followed every twist and turn to it.
Of course you know that Chris Petersen is head coach of the football factory at the University of Washington — for which the school and its boosters hand him $4.875 million per year.
But Chris will tell you he’s a “player’s coach,” and his first obligation is to be fair to his student-athletes.
He’s big on that speech.
So back up to spring practice, and Petersen wound up with five blue-chip quarterbacks on scholarship — all of which he recruited himself and one of whom was a transfer from Georgia.
At that point, he complained about having so many QBs that they couldn’t get enough reps in practice.
The logjam might have been a problem for “player’s coach” Petersen, but it wasn’t any fun for those kids stuck in limbo, either.
At the end of spring, redshirt freshman Colson Yankoff — once a heavily pursued, nationally known recruit from Coeur d’Alene High — decided he wanted out of the mess and placed his name in the NCAA transfer portal.
Another redshirt freshman, Jacob Sirmon, did the same.
Sirmon, though, was not as much in demand as Yankoff and, taking a hint, decided to stick it out at Washington.
Yankoff ultimately transferred to UCLA, with Petersen wishing him all the best.
Right, Chris?
THE NEXT act involved the mechanics of Yankoff’s move.
“We wanted to get the paperwork started to ask for a waiver,” said Colson’s dad, Trevor. “There are NCAA, Pac-12 and university rules that say you have to sit out a year if you transfer within the conference.
“But the real decision lies with the school, so we asked UW about getting that waiver so Colson could play this year. They told us that once Colson had formally enrolled at UCLA or elsewhere, that school would send the waiver application, and it would be handled that way.
“We were pretty hopeful. Petersen had made it plain he didn’t have plans for Colson and, since the rule exists to prevent a competitive advantage, it’s worth noting that Washington doesn’t play UCLA in either of the next two seasons — so competitive advantage didn’t come into it.
“(Petersen) should have no real objections to Colson leaving. We’re talking about a coach who walked away from a five-year contract at Boise State after two years.
“It never got near a real decision, though. Colson entered the portal on April 30, and on May 17, the University of Washington (compliance office) sent us a letter saying that no waiver would be granted and we shouldn’t even bother with the process.”
In other words, the Yankoffs were told to wait to apply, and then were given an answer before they even asked the question.
Who made the decision forcing Colson to sit out a second straight year?
You’d be crazy to think it was anyone but Petersen — out of sheer revenge because Colson didn’t “stick it out,” as Petersen claimed players of his own era presumably would have.
NOW WE move to fall, and Yankoff has been forgotten on Montlake.
He’s been forced to sit out, as his dad put it this way: “In the law, there are actions that are deemed ‘arbitrary and capricious,’ That’s exactly how you would describe Petersen’s decision.”
Meanwhile, back in Seattle, the coach was overseeing what he insisted was an incredibly close head-to-head duel for the starting quarterback position.
Petersen said repeatedly that transfer Jacob Eason — who had been the starter at Georgia as a freshman — and soph Jake Haener were just about dead even.
However…
Absolutely no one believed that.
“Everybody knew what was going on,” said Haener, who was as sure as the rest of the Husky Nation that Eason would inherit the job. “It didn’t matter what I did.”
Yet Petersen continuously and strenuously denied the inevitable — until last Thursday, when he formally anointed Eason as his new No. 1.
The coach seemed to toss Haener a bone when he said the backup would get to play a bit in UW’s opener against Eastern Washington.
As it turns out, Haener won’t play in that game — or any other for Washington.
He quit the program over the weekend.
Suddenly, Petersen has just one tested QB, and if Eason twists an ankle or he’s not that good or whatever, hey…
Remember Sirmon, who has never taken a snap in a college game?
He could be quarterbacking a team that Petersen hopes to take to the Final Four.
Hey, Chris…
Isn’t karma a *****?
Basically, all of the QBs who were on the roster before Eason transferred in are openly pissed at Petersen and think he did them dirty.
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Some of this comes of
like an infowars article
