NCAA Football 2024 season

[Pyperkub]

Interesting. The oddmakers have ND as a 1.5 pt favorite currently (OSU is a 6pt favorite over TX). As indicated above, I think Penn St is a bad matchup for ND (tho I do think Allar will turn it over at least 1x, and that could be the difference). I just like the Penn St D vs ND O a bit more than I like ND's D v PSU's O - enough more that even if ND's special teams make a play, I still think I like PSU's offense to make plays.

[Scuzz]

I remember seeing Allar earlier in the season and not being impressed at all, but the last couple games he has looked pretty good. I don’t think he will lose the game for Penn State.

[Pyperkub]

So Milroe has declared for the NFL draft. I imagine DeBoer is fine with that. Milroe can’t really believe he will play quarterback in the NFL.

He reminds me of the other Jalen at Bama. Jalen Hurt, he had the same issues, yet he has developed into a decent NFL QB. Some NFL team will think they can do the same with Milroe.

Alternatively, he'd probably be a really good guy for the Ravens to pick up as a backup in case Lamar gets injured.

[Jaymann]

Those were some bizarre scoring plays by OSU. Looks like a Midwestern showdown for the championship.

[Unagi]

Everyone needs to stop scheduling games vs. ND next year.

Their conference-free money-grab will start to feed an NIL engine.

[Scuzz]

Everyone needs to stop scheduling games vs. ND next year.

Their conference-free money-grab will start to feed an NIL engine.

I think teams in a conference make money off every team in that conference that makes a NCAA or CFB playoff. So if the SEC has 2 teams in the conference gets 2 shares. There is some weird formula at play so it’s not easy to figure but I know it works that way in basketball so I assume football is set up that way. So while ND may score big from time to time they get nothing other schools performances.

[dfs]

I remember seeing Allar earlier in the season and not being impressed at all, but the last couple games he has looked pretty good. I don’t think he will lose the game for Penn State.

That aged.

[Pyperkub]

I think that's how it works now, but the CFP contract runs out next year, and I think the B1G/SEC will definitely try to make sure they get the Lion's share of the next iteration.

[Scuzz]

I remember seeing Allar earlier in the season and not being impressed at all, but the last couple games he has looked pretty good. I don’t think he will lose the game for Penn State.

That aged.

There is a reason I don’t gamble.

[Pyperkub]

I remember seeing Allar earlier in the season and not being impressed at all, but the last couple games he has looked pretty good. I don’t think he will lose the game for Penn State.

That aged.

TBH, I also underrated Riley's ability to make plays (as well as the PSU defense's ability to fall down!).

Riley made some great throws, Allar didn't make any tough throws all night. Otherwise, PSU ran the ball a bit better, and was so close to running away, but ND came out in the second half and did a much better job on the LoS. I didn't think they could, but they proved me wrong. Even so, it was a great game, as was the second.

[Lassr]

I have a feeling we probably saw the true National Championship game with Ohio St vs Texas. I could be wrong and Notre Dame finds a way to hang around and win, but I think Ohio St would have to play a really bad game to lose.

[ImLawBoy]

I saw somewhere (don't remember where) that ND might be the type of team that could pull a Michigan on OSU. They play a similar style of football (albeit with a somewhat functional QB) and if they're able to drag down OSU the way Michigan did, they could have similar success.

Anyway, go Team Giant Meteor.

[LawBeefaroni]

Everyone needs to stop scheduling games vs. ND next year.

Their conference-free money-grab will start to feed an NIL engine.

Schedules are decided years in advance. Being independent, ND already has most of 2030 decided.

[Isgrimnur]

Y'all ready?

[Skinypupy]

Y'all ready?

Meh, don't really care.

Schedules are decided years in advance. Being independent, ND already has most of 2030 decided.

True, but future schedules don't mean all that much. Those games get bought out all the time.

[Jaymann]

Y'all ready?

Don't look now but we may have a contested game.

[Isgrimnur]

I disagree with counting playoff statistics as season achievements.

[Scuzz]

Y'all ready?

Don't look now but we may have a contested game.

Nah.

[Skinypupy]

Oh hey, the team with the largest NIL collective just won the National Title. What a shocker!

[ImLawBoy]

That's silly. Michigan didn't have the largest NIL collective!

[Scuzz]

Oh hey, the team with the largest NIL collective just won the National Title. What a shocker!

They were beatable during the season though. I just don’t think this was a year with any great teams. And I don’t think either Howard or Leonard are future NFL starters.

[Lassr]

Oh hey, the team with the largest NIL collective just won the National Title. What a shocker!

They were beatable during the season though. I just don’t think this was a year with any great teams. And I don’t think either Howard or Leonard are future NFL starters.

I don't think we will see many years with great teams since you cannot develop players (or team chemistry) anymore, they trasfer too much, and in a few years the NFL will start feeling the degrading talent too...
Rare will there be a team that can afford major injuries since the backups will be inexperienced and young with the better backup transferring to starting positions on other teams.

Need to just make this semi-pro with contracts and salary caps and do it quickly.

[Pyperkub]

Oh hey, the team with the largest NIL collective just won the National Title. What a shocker!

They were beatable during the season though. I just don’t think this was a year with any great teams. And I don’t think either Howard or Leonard are future NFL starters.

Ohio St **became** a great team. They weren't early, and they had to overcome a TON of OL issues, and like many great teams, needed that one awful loss to truly come together, but they pretty much blew out all comers when it counted. Sure, they had to make some late plays after they coasted too much or committed too many penalties (Texas), but they became what I thought they would be after hiring Kelly with all of that talent. I always thought they'd lose at Oregon and then beat them later (tho I did think it would be in the B1G championship, not the Rose Bowl quarterfinal).

[JCC]

I would expect multi-loss national champions will become the norm going forward due to the changes we have discussed before about freedom of player movement and players being paid to play. Undefeated champs will likely become the infrequent exception.

[Pyperkub]

I would expect multi-loss national champions will become the norm going forward due to the changes we have discussed before about freedom of player movement and players being paid to play. Undefeated champs will likely become the infrequent exception.

Also the longer season. See the lack of an undefeated team in the NFL since '72.

[Apollo]

Early predictions before I start reading about teams and the new season:

SEC Winner: Texas (or maybe Georgia)
National Champion: Ohio State (or maybe Georgia)

That is all.

As a final comment on this past season, I would like to point out that I correctly predicted the two teams in the SEC championship game and the eventual National Champion. Oh sure, I really went out on a limb picking Ohio State to win it all but did anyone else in this thread? No! Therefore, in OO NCAA Football preseason predictions, I am the new King.

I'm thinking Arkansas and Wisconsin next year, but we'll see...

[Pyperkub]

Uh, yes.

Personally, I think tOSU is the team to beat, and it's all about getting Chip Kelly. I fully expect them to have the top rushing attack in the country, by far (save for the option service academies).

[Apollo]

Uh, yes.

Personally, I think tOSU is the team to beat, and it's all about getting Chip Kelly. I fully expect them to have the top rushing attack in the country, by far (save for the option service academies).

OK, well next year will be the tie-breaker.