College Football 2015 Week 13 thread

What I imagine thousands of frustrated LSU fans were thinking watching that:

 

CYA time for the WWL:

 

Decision was made by the decision makers. Got it.

 

Oh, come on. For all of them to meet during the third quarter of a game to decide the coach's fate is pretty unusual.

You're trying too hard to be critical. There's plenty of opportunity without hunting for it.

 

I love the idea of the LSU Illuminati meeting in the bowels of the Tiger Stadium dorms during a game to determine Les Miles' fate.

 

I wonder if Schad heard that anecdote from the same "source" who was telling him all week Miles was getting fired.

 

Of course it's unusual. That doesn't make "decision makers" any more than useless jargon. Who was it? Administrators? Boosters? The president of the university? Illuminati?

He should ask his "sources."

 

Les Miles post-post-game presser, after Alleva and Company stuck their tails between their legs.. http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CU9AUYLWEAA4_UU.mp4

 

I wonder if they were playing Rock Paper Scissors.

 

Now that Thanksgiving weekend is a full slate, those neutral site games for the Big Ten in particular make the most sense.

Illinois-NW at Chicago. That's a good move. Hope that stays.

Indiana-Purdue should be at Lucas Oil every year, too. I imagine 75 percent of the alums of those schools who live in Indiana are within 25 miles of the stadium.

On Minnesota-Wisconsin, a thanksgiving weekend game at Minnesota will never be a home field advantage for the Gophers. Wisconsin always has about 10,000 Minnesota natives enrolled at Madison and they love nothing more than "traveling" 10 miles or less from their parents house to watch Bucky play. Minnesota never received the same "pull" on the tuition reciprocity deal.

 

There's really no "neutral site" that works for Wisconsin-Minnesota.

Ford Field is no good for Michigan-MSU because it's 15,000 seats smaller than either stadium. If they'd kept the Silverdome (80,000) open, it might have made some sense.

I think the conference may discourage either IU or PU playing regular season games at Lucas Oil to preserve its status as a neutral site for the league championship game. Not that either team is any particular threat to make the title game in any of our lifetimes.

 

Also, Wisconsin and, somewhat, Minnesota - along with Michigan State and Michigan - also have superb football atmospheres for a Thanksgiving weekend. Illinois/Indiana/Purdue/Northwestern (NW strictly because it is much smaller than the others) are very lacking on a Thanksgiving weekend. Why not make it easier for the fan bases to get to the games if they're in Chicago and Indy anyway?