2025 NCAA Football Thread

[Deleterious]

That seems like a good fit for both sides.

 

[romad1]

19 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

That seems like a good fit for both sides.

 

He's probably going to Matt Patricia things after he figures out his level.  

[Deleterious]

What the hell is going on in College Station?  South Carolina up 30-3 on Texas A&M at the start of the third quarter.  

[CMRivdogs]

3 hours ago, Deleterious said:

That seems like a good fit for both sides.

 

That's been the rumor since Franklin was fired. It seems like a good fit to get him and the Tech program back on track.

I'm just not sure that is even possible in the current condition college football is in and with a league like the ACC.

 

[Deleterious]

A&M woke up in the 2nd half and are now winning by 1.  They were driving to finish it off and they did this.  Direct snap to a RB who, well yeah.

 

[Deleterious]

A&M holds on for the win. 

[CMRivdogs]

21 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

That's been the rumor since Franklin was fired. It seems like a good fit to get him and the Tech program back on track.

I'm just not sure that is even possible in the current condition college football is in and with a league like the ACC.

 

Additional thoughts. Franklin is going to cost Tech a ton of $$$. I'm not sure the returns will be worth it. I'd rather see them go after someone like Bob Chesney at JMU. He can recruit in state and has done well regionally. Tech is never going to be one of the Big Boys

 

 

[Deleterious]

ESPN reported the officer was sent home.

Texas A&M: Trooper who pointed at players relieved of duties

 

[buddha]

franklin at a place like va tech would be interesting considering how he complained that penn state wouldnt pony up the nil money he needed to compete.  will va tech match his ambitions or would he be better off at a place like florida state?  on the one hand, fsu will have many more resources.  on the other, 9-3 every year at va tech gets you a statue.  9-3 at florida state gets you fired in 4 years.

[Deleterious]

Big road win for OU.

[Deleterious]

Will Lane Kiffin get beat by the team about to hire him?

[Mr.TaterSalad]

Man, Luke Fickell has been an unmitigated disaster at Wisconsin. I really thought given his Big Ten coaching and recruitment experience that he was going to be a fantastic hire for The Badgers. Whoooooo boy was I wrong. His recruiting has been middle of the pack and he completely went away from Wisconsin's identity of running the ball and being tough up front on the offensive line.

I think Fickell should be the next college football coach to be fired. 

[Deleterious]

Pretty gutsy from Georgia going for the onside kick up 11 at the start of the 4th. 

[buddha]

3 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Man, Luke Fickell has been an unmitigated disaster at Wisconsin. I really thought given his Big Ten coaching and recruitment experience that he was going to be a fantastic hire for The Badgers. Whoooooo boy was I wrong. His recruiting has been middle of the pack and he completely went away from Wisconsin's identity of running the ball and being tough up front on the offensive line.

I think Fickell should be the next college football coach to be fired. 

wait, so you DONT want michigan to fire jim harbaugh and hire luke fickell?  lol.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

8 hours ago, buddha said:

wait, so you DONT want michigan to fire jim harbaugh and hire luke fickell?  lol.

I still contend that Michigan would not have been unjustified in firing Harbaugh after the 2020 fiasco. That said, I won't defend wanting Fickell. He's become the Rich Rod of Wisconsin. 

[CMRivdogs]

16 hours ago, buddha said:

franklin at a place like va tech would be interesting considering how he complained that penn state wouldnt pony up the nil money he needed to compete.  will va tech match his ambitions or would he be better off at a place like florida state?  on the one hand, fsu will have many more resources.  on the other, 9-3 every year at va tech gets you a statue.  9-3 at florida state gets you fired in 4 years.

Tech has said they plan to increase their sports commitment by something like $225 million over the next four years. That may be enough to get them back to being competitive in the ACC.

Franklin is going to cost them a lot $$ but I think there is something in his Penn State buyout that would offset what he would get from VPI or another school.

As a fan from a distance, I’m not sold. I’d rather see a young up and coming coach form one of the state schools get the job (Bob Cheney at JMU for example) but I think Penn State among other schools have their eye on him as well.

Va Tech and UVA are smaller versions of UM and Michigan State. Big dreams. I just don’t see it in football 

I guess we’ll find out Monday 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

This should absolutely happen.

 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

This should absolutely happen.

 

she got a point there. This is like the "the Emperor has no Clothes" moment in the story where no-one wants to admit the obvious truth that public universities have absolutely no business running professional sports teams. If they are going to turn collegiate sports into profit making ventures  - which given the interest of private equity seems a pretty incontrovertible fact, then they damn well ought to pay taxes

Edited 8 hours ago by gehringer_2

[buddha]

the california pension fund has decided to step back and re-assess its offer to the big ten in light of michigan and usc's resistance.  if its not unanimous, they dont want it.

but some other company will.

[gehringer_2]

57 minutes ago, buddha said:

the california pension fund has decided to step back and re-assess its offer to the big ten in light of michigan and usc's resistance.  if its not unanimous, they dont want it.

but some other company will.

a temporary blow for sanity I guess.

[gehringer_2]

Just for a little more economic context, when it was signed in '23, USA Today reported that the total B1G TV deal was worth "over" $1B. That sounds like a lot, but that's $55M per school and the House settlement alone commits schools to $20M in direct payments before they even turn the lights on in the gyms. That deal runs through 2030. So any bigger pot of gold is at least another 5 yrs away. For UM the annual gate is probably close to $100M, but they share something like half of that for conference games. And actually maybe less than that is shared because I imagine 'seat licenses' don't count as gate revenue for the purposes of the gate share.

In any case, that's the irony. If Petiti were to succeed in driving UM out of the conference, not sharing the Big House gates plus an independent TV deal could leave UM better off financially. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2022/08/18/big-ten-media-rights-deal-nbc-fox-cbs/10356358002/

Edited 4 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Deleterious]

I found an article that says the conference shares 35% of the gate for conference games.  But it has a cap of $1 million and a floor of $300,000.  It's from 2013 so who knows if that is still true or not.

Michigan is projected to lose $19.7 million this year due to having two less home games.  So you can estimate they make about $10 million per home game or $80 million in a normal 8 home game schedule.  

 

[gehringer_2]

25 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I found an article that says the conference shares 35% of the gate for conference games.  But it has a cap of $1 million and a floor of $300,000.  It's from 2013 so who knows if that is still true or not.

Michigan is projected to lose $19.7 million this year due to having two less home games.  So you can estimate they make about $10 million per home game or $80 million in a normal 8 home game schedule.  

 

That loss total may also include the fine they paid. $20M IIRC. 

Edited 3 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Deleterious]

39 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

That loss total may also include the fine they paid. $20M IIRC. 

It wasn't total loss, it was a line item.  Looks like I also had the number a bit off.

https://mgoblue.com/news/2025/6/12/general-michigan-athletics-projects-balanced-budget-for-fiscal-year-2026

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Michigan Athletics is dependent on home football games to provide a large portion of the revenue necessary to sustain its financial success. With a six-game schedule at Michigan Stadium this fall, revenue from spectator admissions is projected to decrease by $19.1 million during the upcoming fiscal year compared to the revenues associated with the eight home games in 2024 (fiscal 2025).