The World of College Football

[GP1]

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2025/11/24/2025-mac-football-championship-game-tiebreakers.aspx

MAC tie breakers. 

[Reslife4Life]

I do not understand the Lane Kiffin thing at all. First of all failure on the ADs, NCAA, everyone for allowing these coaching changes to happen before the season is over. What if Jared Embick just said he is going to coach somewhere else right now? 
Second, why would the coach of the #6 ranked team in the country leave his job to go coach a team that went 3-6 in conference play this year? Even if the answer is money how is Ole Miss not putting up the same amount of money to keep him? P4 football is a disaster, ruining the soul of college athletics

[kreed5120]

14 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

I do not understand the Lane Kiffin thing at all. First of all failure on the ADs, NCAA, everyone for allowing these coaching changes to happen before the season is over. What if Jared Embick just said he is going to coach somewhere else right now? 
Second, why would the coach of the #6 ranked team in the country leave his job to go coach a team that went 3-6 in conference play this year? Even if the answer is money how is Ole Miss not putting up the same amount of money to keep him? P4 football is a disaster, ruining the soul of college athletics

 

It's an entirely crappy situation. Same with the only portal window being in January when teams are still playing their postseason. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

Akron should find another 5-7 team to play a game in Hawaii or Alaska to get to 6 wins and push for bowl eligibility, or just call the 13th game the bowl game. 

Edited Tuesday at 08:56 PM by Let'sGoZips94

[AkronAlumnus]

56 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Akron should find another 5-7 team to play a game in Hawaii or Alaska to get to 6 wins and push for bowl eligibility, or just call the 13th game the bowl game. 

S/o Vandy!! They deserve to be in the playoffs.  My wife's alma mater and our cities home team.

[Let'sGoZips94]

College football is an unsustainable, dying entity in its current form.

Edited Tuesday at 10:41 PM by Let'sGoZips94

[catdaddyp]

9 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

College football is an unsustainable, dying entity in its current form.

100%. Im still waiting on the day ESPN reports on the declining graduation rate from all the transferring and acts like no one saw this coming.

[kreed5120]

It doesn't help they have the highest paid coach in the Big 12 despite him only having a 16-21 record...

[LZIp]

19 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

It doesn't help they have the highest paid coach in the Big 12 despite him only having a 16-21 record...

I assume not anymore with BYU’s coach getting paid.

 

The PSU situation is a disaster (which I personally enjoy).

 

Ohio’s coaching situation is looking pretty juicy as well…curious what’s going on there.

[kreed5120]

20 minutes ago, LZIp said:

 

The PSU situation is a disaster (which I personally enjoy).

 

Financially they escaped the deal without eating too much money.

 

I thought it was a dumb firing when it happened. It would have only made sense if they had an Urban Meyer or Nick Saban lined up to take the job. Virginia Tech was the real winners there.

[Blue & Gold]

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, kreed5120 said:

It doesn't help they have the highest paid coach in the Big 12 despite him only having a 16-21 record...

 

The only reason these numbers are being reported is because it involves Deion. All but ~10-15 programs are subsidized by other avenues of revenue. 

[kreed5120]

6 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

The only reason these numbers are being reported is because it involves Deion. All but ~10-15 programs are subsidized by other avenues of revenue. 

 

At the P4 level it's driven by delusions of grandeur by ADs and University presidents. Not everyone can be an Alabama or OSU. I imagine it's programs like Iowa who understand this that are doing well financially.

[Let'sGoZips94]

16 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

At the P4 level it's driven by delusions of grandeur by ADs and University presidents. Not everyone can be an Alabama or OSU. I imagine it's programs like Iowa who understand this that are doing well financially.

 

According to this, Iowa's athletics lose money. 

[kreed5120]

3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

According to this, Iowa's athletics lose money. 

Well those numbers are also from 2020 so they wouldn't reflect revenue from the new B1G TV deal signed in 2022, which increased TV revenue ~150% for the conference, nor revenue from the expanded playoffs. The TV revenue alone for the conference went from $440 million to north of $1 billion annually. That adds 10s of millions of more revenue per school. They could very easily be at a profit now considering they were near breakeven before.

 

Even if they're still losing $4 million, it's still well worth the cost given the marketing athletics provides them. They couldn't buy the publicity they receive at that cost. I'd say they're still spending responsibly. It's the programs like JMU, Florida State, Rutgers, etc that make you scratch your head wondering WTF are they even doing.

 

Purdue I suppose would be another example that I didn't think of before about being responsible, but jumped out when looking at what you shared.

 

Edit: According this this article Iowa athletics is self sufficient. It did borrow $50 million from the University during the covid year, but has been repaying that loan.

 

https://www.thegazette.com/article/hawkeye-athletics-sets-another-revenue-record-while-isu-uni-struggle/

Edited Wednesday at 03:58 AM by kreed5120

[ZippyRulz]

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/new-betting-favorite-iowa-state-matt-campbell-penn-state-head-coach

[LZIp]

12 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/new-betting-favorite-iowa-state-matt-campbell-penn-state-head-coach

Feeling for @Cykron

[kreed5120]

SEC voted to increase scholarship limit to the max 105.

 

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1996970791192219853?s=20

[72 Roo]

Does a football program really need 105 scholarships? I don't think so. The college game has been great at 85. It seems to me that the SEC and Big Ten are hell bent on spending their opposition into oblivion. I do believe that these two conferences want the rest of the D1 schools out of the big TV revenue picture. They will formalize the existing feeder system the other programs are to them and have their own national champion. A by-product of their greed will be that they kill fan interest in college football. When the fans turn off their TV's the money will no longer be there. It will take a decade or two, but I believe it will happen. For me, I'm OK will a G5 champion. The sooner the better.

[GP1]

1 hour ago, 72 Roo said:

Does a football program really need 105 scholarships? 

With NIL, why are scholarships needed at all?

[zipsrule]

Georgia seeks $390K from DE Damon Wilson for transfer damages

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47212583/georgia-seeks-390k-de-damon-wilson-transfer-damages

 

 

[72 Roo]

1 hour ago, zipsrule said:

Georgia seeks $390K from DE Damon Wilson for transfer damages

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47212583/georgia-seeks-390k-de-damon-wilson-transfer-damages

 

 

I hope UGA gets it. NIL can't only be a one way deal in favor of the athlete.  

[Let'sGoZips94]

57 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

I hope UGA gets it. NIL can't only be a one way deal in favor of the athlete.  

 

I agree with the second part,  but did you read the article? The contract was predatory and the player never should've been directed to sign it.

 

"The deal states that if Wilson withdrew from the Georgia team or entered the transfer portal, he would owe the collective a lump-sum payment equal to the rest of the money he'd have received had he stayed for the length of the contract."

 

I hope there's common sense applied in this ruling.  Make the kid pay back what he was paid, but don't rob him. Screw Georgia for going after the full amount.

[kreed5120]

32 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

I agree with the second part,  but did you read the article? The contract was predatory and the player never should've been directed to sign it.

 

"The deal states that if Wilson withdrew from the Georgia team or entered the transfer portal, he would owe the collective a lump-sum payment equal to the rest of the money he'd have received had he stayed for the length of the contract."

 

I hope there's common sense applied in this ruling.  Make the kid pay back what he was paid, but don't rob him. Screw Georgia for going after the full amount.

 

There should be a financial penalty for backing out of a contract that one signed just a few weeks prior. Otherwise it only benefits the player, not the school he signed it with as he would be free to leave anytime, but the school is committed for the length of the contract. If the situation was reversed and Georgia rescinded his scholarship and ripped up his NIL deal after he signed we would be ripping Georgia apart saying they owe him every last penny.

 

Perhaps the buyout on the players part shouldn't be 100% of remaining value, but I wouldn't be opposed to 25% or 50%. Something needs to prevent players from signing with a team, but then continuing to shop for a better deal. If the concern is about predatory contracts perhaps certified agents should be negotiating these deals instead of these random 'agents' off the streets or family friends.

Edited 1 hour ago by kreed5120

[HoopsFan03]

On 11/30/2025 at 7:33 PM, Reslife4Life said:

I do not understand the Lane Kiffin thing at all. First of all failure on the ADs, NCAA, everyone for allowing these coaching changes to happen before the season is over. What if Jared Embick just said he is going to coach somewhere else right now? 
Second, why would the coach of the #6 ranked team in the country leave his job to go coach a team that went 3-6 in conference play this year? Even if the answer is money how is Ole Miss not putting up the same amount of money to keep him? P4 football is a disaster, ruining the soul of college athletics

He can win a National championship at LSU. Ole Miss is never going to be good enough to win one. There is only 6-8 schools in the country that can win the championship in the current system.