College Football 2016 Week 2 running thread

Like you, your "would-haves" are weak.

 

LOL. OK buddy. Iowa in '85 could go 10-1/7-1 in the regular season and get a Rose Bowl bid, and Iowa in '15 could go 12-0/8-0 in the regular season and not get a Rose Bowl bid, but there's no structural difference to account for in comparing eras. Indeed.

Here's another one for you: In 2002, Iowa went 10-2/8-0. Tied with Ohio State for the Big Ten championship. Ohio State went to the Fiesta Bowl, which was the BCS title game. Iowa went to ... the Orange Bowl? Yep, so Washington State could play Oklahoma.

I guess you would count that as something Ferentz's 8-0 team didn't do that a couple of Fry's 6-2 teams did do.

 

Anyone else like a Louisville/Maryland teaser tonight?

 

In honor of the Battle of Bristol, ESPN asks coaches about their first cars, which is how we get to hear the story of Bill Snyder's 46 Mercury.

Coaches' first cars: A 1946 yellow convertible, the UDANCE-mobile and more

 

The Big Ten was also very different during Fry's apex in Iowa City.

Ohio State and Michigan were very good, not a juggernaut, and the conference was also in a down stretch, nationally. Penn State (which was almost always good for 9 wins in an 11 win season) wasn't in the conference yet.

Wisconsin was a doormat, Michigan State was usually 6-5 or 7-4. Northwestern was 1-10 every year. Now they're consistently much better.

That bring said, the Big Ten is deeper now but only in the East. Ferentz should be in the top 2 or 3 every year in the West.

Fry's Big Ten was easier back then to win but Ferentz's is easier to win the West Division. It's complicated I admit.

 

I couldn't even finish typing a Syracuse attendance joke before Louisville scored a touchdown.

 

Holy fuck. Louisville has run five plays on offense and just scored its third touchdown.

 

Hope the fans smuggled in some alcohol...Louisville smashing Syracuse 21-0 with 10:17 left in the first. Quarter, that is.

 

Syracuse used to be at least George Chuvalo good. You were going to win, but you had to work hard for it. What happened?

 

Lack of institutional control by the head coach

 

Straight parlay would've worked out well, too.

 

So so day for college football......Evening/night/latenight games will be better.......

Watching 140,000 drunks at Bristol should be fun, Tech @ Arizona State may go til 4am, and always entertaining Oregon at 9:30 cst.