I found it interesting that Day and Co. were using alot of younger kids very early in the game. On one of the first TD passes, none of the starting 3 WR were on the field. They started a true freshman DT which I don't ever remember seeing before. Alot of new personnel groupings in the first half on defense along with some new alignments/schemes. They seemed to be testing a alot of depth and new stuff as early as the 1st quarter. Potential 17 game season is a helluva grind, teams without quality depth need not apply for the CFP grind and we're already barely scraping by on the Oline. Glad to see him do it.....next week at Wrigley Field!
Bama looked very impressive, quality win in a tough environment. They seem to have found their game. Don't sleep on the Tide, they look to be gearing up at just the right time. I wouldn't be surprised to see them make a run at the title
Based on the eye test, Alabama’s athleticism is still elite. Their defense appeared to be its Achilles heel early in the season but they looked like the 85 Bears in their performance against LSU.
I watched most of the Utah/BYU game and there was some awful officiating, but it hit both sides. In the 1st half BYU was hosed several times by the refs. But the incident the Utah AD is going off about was late game and game changing. It seems to me that officiating is getting worse and not better. A lot of people claim it's because it's conference based and that the refs protect the better teams to make sure they make it to the playoffs or get high bowl bids. Not sure if some sort of national ref organization not tied to conferences would even be better. Utah AD fined $40K for criticizing Big 12 officials The Big 12 fined Utah athletic director Mark Harlan $40,000 and issued a public reprimand in the wake of his disparaging comments about officiating after Utah's home loss to BYU late Saturday. Harlan said the game was "absolutely stolen" from Utah and he was "disgusted by the professionalism" of the Big 12 officiating crew. Harlan took the podium in the interview room after the game specifically to address the officiating, a rare move for an AD.
Big repercussions for the commenters but apparently nothing done about the officials. Are they even counseled about the quality of their performance? They get to make mistakes and no one can even talk about it.
I imagine Utah fans appreciated that their AD went public with his comments. I know on ND Forums when ever the fanbase feels we were really screwed that they want the AD to go public with criticism. The protocol is for schools to submit their claims/protests to the League office and eventually they will either get a "get used to it" or "we're sorry, but you still lost" type of response.
I very seldom hear either of those responses from the conference officials. Nor do I hear of any sanctions on the referees involved. I understand missing a call here and there but sometimes there is no good explanation. For example, was there ever an explanation of the reversal of the PI call in the Georgia/Texas game?
Like a lot of modern record breaking, it's not really an apples to apples thing. More games played for one, more years played, etc, different rules, different style of play. To be fair to Case Keenum he did it in 4 years, Gabriel has played 5 years. But Case attempted 2200 passes and Dillon so far has 1900.. any way Dillon has had a great career and deserves his recognition. Hank Aaron played in significantly more games than Babe Ruth and had significantly more AB's...but he's still the record holder. Dillon Gabriel's touchdown pass to Gernorris Wilson early in the second half of Oregon's 39-18 win over Maryland on Saturday broke Case Keenum's NCAA record for total touchdowns. The 3-yard scoring pass gave Gabriel 179 total touchdowns for his career. Keenum set the previous record for touchdowns responsible for (155 passes, 23 rushes) at Houston from 2007 to 2011.
Texas certainly took us to the cleaners. Congratulations. Hope we can be more competitive in the future.
Didn't seem to help USC, but it'll cost them. The NCAA announced Tuesday that enforcement staff and the USC Trojans have agreed to violations and penalties from a Level II violation stemming from analysts providing on and off-field instructions. USC has been placed on one year of probation — from November 12, 2024 through November 11, 2025. And the university has been fined $50,000. In addition, USC will have to restrict various analysts involved in the issue for six consecutive days during this season. USC self-imposed a penalty to reduce countable athletically related activities for the football program by 25 hours during the season. The Trojans also added a full-time athletics compliance staff member dedicated to football monitoring responsibilities.
I think this has to do with fearing to lose Lagway if Napier is fired. Other than that he would have likely been fired already. I have mixed emotions.
My feeling is that the extra year has to do with the QB Lagway who has a very bright future ahead of him. Fear that he would leave if Napier was fire. Many of our fans on GatorCountry just want him gone no matter.
I sent the SEC shorts video to my friend in New Orleans (big LSU fan) and he said that the only thing in the funny video that he objected to was the depiction of the drunk LSU fan..."It was a gross understatement of the reality."