DrJacksPlaidPants

There is nothing more entertaining that the Paul Finebaum Show after an Alabama loss. The shows after the NCG losses to Clemson rank among the elite in listening pleasure. I think it's safe to say that Bama will no longer be hiring head coaches out of the state of Washington. They had a dominant run, but it seems that a few of the diehards are moving on to the acceptance phase of coping. That said, they need to accept the fact that the best of the best coaches in college football are not going to drop everything and allow themselves to be lured to Alabama. If they listened carefully to Dan Lanning's comments yesterday then they know he's not leaving a program that is willing to spend the money to compete with the Top 10 in CFB. Can Bama scrape together the money for a top flight roster? Maybe, but I don't see i happening after paying a $70M buyout. Even if they could, why would Lanning move from an environment where he basically deals with one booster and has somewhat of a patient fan base? They're never going to get Kirby Smart or Sark or Ryan Day. I'm also 99% sure that Dilly would turn them down to stay in Tempe which would be one hell of a blow to their psyche. They need to face the facts. Every program they want to poach a head coach from would consider Bama to be a step down. A lateral move at best if they're chasing Kiffin.

I think we’ll get an idea about a few of these teams after week 3. LSU is going to be tested against Florida and I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose. Miami has USF, Clemson has Ga. Tech and Notre Dame has A&M. Those should all be good tests.

Miami has a front loaded schedule with Florida, FSU and Louisville back to back to back (with a bye in between each one). However, they play six straight to end the season with road games at SMU, VA Tech and Pitt. There is ample opportunity for Mario to go off the rails this season.

They were unranked prior to Saturday's game. This is their debut in the poll.

I don't believe he was talking out of his mouth when he made those comments.

LSU’s performance was extremely underwhelming due to the fact that Clemson’s defense doesn’t come close to what they were when they were winning championships. They get Florida in a couple of weeks at home and I think the Gators will knock them off. The SEC’s worst nightmare is ending up with a two or three loss conference champion like the ACC last season. There is a decent possibility of that happening

Miami has great talent. They will probably win this game. However, that special teams screw-up is something that happens to Mario’s teams more than it should.

Gundy is pretty big on 2nd chances.

His dad was the backup QB for the 1988 OSAA state football champion Lakeridge Pacers (Lake Oswego). He backed up Mike Miadich who went on to play baseball at Notre Dame. Doug went on to earn a scholarship to the university of Idaho and was eventually drafted by the Saints. However, he only lasted a few seasons in the NFL.

I’m the opposite of the above posters. I absolutely love Gus Johnson’s crescendo. He’s so much better than the ESPN crowd. Everybody else is extremely dull.

I hope Nico Iamaleava invests well because he tanked his draft status by going to UCLA. Utah will win the Big 12 if they keep playing like they did. Could this be Whittingham’s final season? Look for the ESPN hype machine to rev back up after Texas and Bama get their first wins. They just can’t help themselves. Florida's defense held a scrub team to 80 yards total offense. That’s hard to do against any team. They’ll give SEC teams fits this season. FSU’s matchup with Miami on October 4th just got a lot more interesting. The Bama loss should push College Gameday to State College, PA on September 27th if OBD and Penn State remain undefeated. However, I’m not holding my breath. Once again, ESPN just can’t help themselves.

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I don’t know if this will be a weekly thing, but some of these are just too good. Pleas add more as you see fit.

I agree that Novo should’ve gotten more than a series. He is a redshirt Sophomore and will likely transfer if Dante comes back next year.

It looks like ESPN will have no other option than to vigorously hype FSU as favorites for the national championship.

I’m actually pulling for the son of the Lakeridge Pacer who’s under center for LSU.

I think the guy who got benched by Chip Kelly played pretty good.

Oregon scored on every meaningful possession against a top 5 FCS team. That doesn’t happen too often. I don’t care how good you are or how bad they are. So far, so good.

Exiting the Big12, bad HC hires and bad recruiting post-Solich did them in. If you hold onto a bad coach and bad recruiter for too long the results can bury a program for a long time. That’s why getting rid of Helfrich after his only losing season was so important. The key is following up a firing with a good hire. Luckily, WT and Mario were great recruiters and they got good talent to come to Eugene. Nebraska just kept making bad hire after bad hire. Riley and Frost were not known for getting great talent to come play for them, so it’s no surprise that they didn’t work out.

Our week 2 opponent did not have a very good offensive showing vs. UT Martin. I am assuming they didn’t open their playbook and Mullet Mike will have some surprises for OBD when they visit Eugene next weekend.

I noticed that in your parameters there is nothing written about taking shots at players and coaches. I am assuming anything goes within the gameday thread since they will be the targets of 99% if the venting.

I went to the Dean Dome for UNC/Zags. It was th exact opposite of Oregon Football.