MichiganCardinal

I think you might be thinking of USC to the Rose Bowl. That's about a 14-mile drive, same as USC to UCLA... UCLA is somewhere between a 25 to 35-mile drive to the Rose Bowl, depending on the route. I plugged it into Google Maps just now out of curiosity, and it shows as a 28-minute drive (at 9:00pm there), but I have to imagine that on a football Saturday in a bus, that timeframe can at least double. I take your point as well about the older UCLA students taking over bars, but that excludes at least freshmen and sophomores, and I'm not sure that vibe is the same as the stereotypical Big Ten campus, where the house parties and fraternity parties are much more lax about a person's age...... Granted, from my own experience, if there is a will there is a way..... In any event, I agree on both of your last points. SoFi feels inevitable, maybe even by the time they are joining the B1G. It will maybe feel marginally less empty without all the empty and covered seats?

UCLA's campus is a good 30 miles of LA traffic from the Rose Bowl. Think about the good percentage of students in Ann Arbor or East Lansing who will tailgate, realize it's 12:15, stumble into the game, get bored by halftime, leave, go drink some more, and pass out by dinner time (at home with any luck). Can't really do any of that when you factor in an hour-long bus ride to get there and an hour-long ride back... Only the most die hard of student fan is going to go to those games, unless the team gets really good. And they haven't been to the Rose Bowl (game) since 1998.

Yeah I’m not sure he’d even be promoted if Goff went down. They could very well just keep him on the practice squad and find a free agent backup. If he sees regular season action again as a Lion, I’ll be surprised.

I think if you look at the 21 starters that don’t play QB on every NFL team, the Eagles would be top 5-10 in terms of pure talent. They’ll only go so far as Hurts will take them for sure, and I am not a Sirianni fan, but we’ve seen mediocre to worse QBs lead deep runs in the playoffs before when they’re surrounded by a playoff roster.

How are we bickering already? Campbell hasn’t even won a toss and elected to receive yet!

Openers always do well. Last year against SF was by far the highest attended game. I think you add in Hard Knocks, general excitement, and an opposing fanbase that travels well and Ford Field will be popping.

Week one is always such a crapshoot. I am interested to see whether the "unorthodox" practices in conditioning and full tackling in training camp pay off for the Lions. I think they'll contain Hurts. They did a really good job last year of containing Lamar Jackson. The run though.... the Eagles 2nd and 3rd string RBs walked all over us last year. And I am not sure what has changed for us. The offense should be clicking on all cylinders... I'll predict a close, high scoring game. Eagles 41 Lions 37

A good case for why the preseason maybe shouldn't even exist. Football is too violent to be doing it without a solid reason and purpose. Vaitai was our best preseason lineman per PFF too. He would be eligible to return in week five if healthy, so the line could all play together if they stop breaking on us.

Not that I endorse it... but there are a plethora of less-than-legal streams available online as well if you trust your antivirus and don't mind semi-frequent interruptions and a couple billion pop-ups.

It's the Circle of Life.

I don't doubt there are scumbags in leadership positions, of course there are. When their scumbaggery goes public in today's day and age - particularly when it results in real-life consequences, like the death of a child (young adult), I think that we see that cost them their job more often than not... as it should!! Joe Paterno got driven out of his position and larger-than-life stature, and his statute taken down, despite ridiculous riots and rallies on their campus. Frankly, I would not have been upset to see Penn State get the "death penalty" or be removed from the Big Ten after that debacle. Comparing it to another tragic death, I think it's arguable that Kelly was more directly responsible for the death of Declan Sullivan at Notre Dame than DJ Durkin was for Jordan McNair's death at Maryland. I don't understand how Notre Dame (and now LSU) can forgive and forget the former as a tragic accident, while Durkin gets fired and blacklisted from all future jobs. Comparing it to Bo is tough because it did not become public until long after his departure and then more than a decade after his death. If the same happened with Harbaugh today, I would expect and hope he would be fired immediately.

The fact he was allowed to continue coaching after that will never cease to astonish me.

I watched the lowlights of this one earlier today. That was what I would expect from a Rutgers game, not Iowa. If they're as bad as they looked, Michigan may walk into their game against Penn State at 6-0 without breaking a sweat.

I think the Eagles might be the second best team we play all year, next to the Bills.

Football is back! One week from this moment we will be pulling our hair out again for those good ole Cardiac Kitties.

vs. Setting: 09/11/2022 1:00pm EST on FOX Site: Ford Field in Detroit, MI Weather: Climate Controlled All-Time Series Record: Eagles lead, 17-16-2 Last Meeting: 10/31/2021, Eagles won 44-6 Philadelphia Eagles (0-0) Head Coach: Nick Sirianni (2nd Season: 9-9) Projected Starting QB: Jalen Hurts (3rd Season: 9-10) Last Week: 1-2 Preseason Record (24-21 L v. Jets, 21-20 W @ Browns, 48-10 L @ Dolphins) Looking Ahead to Week #2: Monday Night Football v. Minnesota Vikings (0-0) Your Detroit Lions (0-0) Head Coach: Dan Campbell (2nd Season: 3-13-1) Projected Starting QB: Jared Goff (7th Season: 45-37-1) Last Week: 1-2 Preseason Record (27-23 L v. Falcons, 27-26 W @ Colts, 19-9 L @ Steelers) Looking Ahead to Week #2: Sunday v. Washington Commanders (0-0) Elsewhere in the NFL Primetime: Bills @ Rams (TNF), Buccaneers @ Cowboys (SNF), Broncos @ Seahawks (MNF) 1:00pm: Steelers @ Bengals, 49ers @ Bears, Patriots @ Dolphins, Browns @ Panthers, Colts @ Texans, Saints @ Falcons, Ravens @ Jets, Jaguars @ Commanders 4:25pm: Giants @ Titans, Raiders @ Chargers, Packers @ Vikings, Chiefs @ Cardinals

Oregon may very well be the best team in the PAC, but that game just goes to show the massive talent disparity between conferences at this point. I don't see any reason why Georgia doesn't return to the playoff though. Florida, Kentucky, and presumably the SEC Championship are all that's left for them in terms of tests. Win 2/3 and you're in.

Big Ten is 10-0 now in non-conference games. Doesn't say much given the average level of competition in those games, but still much better than the Pac-12's showing thus far. The SEC is 14-0, naturally.

100% He inherited not only a team, but a college football system, such that he couldn’t *not* succeed. An Ohio State team with no head coach could have done what he’s done the last two years. Here’s hoping it finally catches up to him.

I've liked McCarthy more than I've liked Cade, but it's really difficult to tell when they don't have to open the playbook past page two to put up 51. McCarthy's skill set is likely to make him look better under such circumstances too.

I hope the defensive line can look this good against a real team.

Is anyone committed to making game threads? Might try my hand at it, but don't care nearly enough if someone else "owns" that role.

Incredibly overdue in my opinion. This should *finally* add a competitive nature to the sport that it desperately needed. Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State’s fun was driving fans away from the sport, not towards it.

With the change in the tax code under Trump, scholarships and financial aid received for housing was reported as untaxed income. It’s not all scholarships, but that’s a pain for all of us receiving full aid.