Posted on 10/11/2025 4:41:23 AM PDT by C19fan
Yet another slate of college football came and went this weekend, and it was pretty brutal for some of the nation's most notable programs. The preseason's No. 1 and 2 teams—Texas and Penn State—both fell out of the AP Top 25 rankings after losses to Florida and UCLA.
Elsewhere, Bill Belichick and UNC were once again embarrassed to start ACC play, Kalen DeBoer seemingly has Alabama back on track thanks to a comfortable win over Vanderbilt, and the Miami Hurricanes have jumped back into the top two after taking down Florida State in Tallahassee.
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The other good Noon kickoff is 'Bama paying a visit to COMO. The Cowardly Lions are lamenting they probably let the better QB go as Beau Pribula has put up impressive numbers for Missouri. After a disastrous start, 'Bama QB Ty Simpson is now talked about as one of the best QBs in college football. Vegas has 'Bama a field goal and hook road favorite. The money has flowed to the Tigers as the line opened with Alabama a 6-point favorite
There are two games for the 3:30 ET kickoff window. We have the Cignettis heading to Eugene to face Oregon. This is a prove it moment for Indiana as Indiana has gotten blown out by top tier teams. Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza has skyrocketed up NFL draft board to potentially being the number 1 draft pick. Oregon also has one of the top QBs in the country with Dante Moore.
Now we have the annual Red River ShootoutRivalry.
AP is largely garbage, hype on manning is a prime example, but in the end it is what happens on the field. The problem with preseason AP polls is it makes it harder for good teams that are unranked or ranked low to move up and bad higher ranked teams slow to move down, but what matters is the record at the end of the season.
Looking forward to OSU game lots of hype on that one. Oregon game as well.
At 7 pm, is an interesting game as Florida pays a visit to College Station. DJ Lagway is coming off his best game of the year against Texas. The Aggies are undefeated.
At 7:30, Michigan kickoffs at USC. USC is coming off allowing over 500 yards of offense against Illinois. Looks like USC is as it always is under Riley, impressive at the skill positions especially at WR but horrible at playing tough defense. USC is a three-point home favorite
Another prime time game the oldest rivalry in the South, as Georgia visits Auburn. Auburn QB Jackson Arnold has been spending a lot of time flat on the grass as he has the horrible trait of holding on the ball too long. The days of fearsome Georgia defense has long gone. Georgia is a 4.5 point road favorite.
In a do or die game, South Carolina visits Death Valley. A lot of talk about what is wrong with LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier. LSU has failed to establish a running game. LSU is a 9 point home favorite
Texas should be a touchdown plus dog in that game.
My team is Clemson and it’s been a “building season” so far.
Florida has been up and down. That should be a fun game.
Go Ducks, Go Horns…….Texasduck
If Penn State loses to Northwestern, they will not win another game this year.
The coach, James Franklin is the most incompetent game day coach in all of college football history. He is a fraud of epic proportions.
TTU over Kansas.
Looks like Dilfer straight from HS has not worked out.
All the rumors are PSU and Franklin doing a Calipari.
You should do an AI image of a mutant combo of Puddles and Bevo.
Not to any posters.
fu si
Not to any posters.
fu si
Woohoo!! 20-3 OSU at the half.
They won but seems they lost a bit of focus and killer instinct.
Still proud of them
Agreed.
I had to look up Calipari, but I think you may be right, only I think PSU gets rid of Jim Knowles cuz his buyout is less.
Can we get rid of Napier yet?
That was pretty bad.
The coach, James Franklin is the most incompetent game day coach in all of college football history. He is a fraud of epic proportions.
Nope, Napier has him beat in that department.
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