D-I College football thread, non-Utah edition

Yeah. 20 something unanswered in 4th is no bueno

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Gave up 567 yards to a 1AA. I thought Donko was supposed to be a defensive genius.

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I donā€™t think NIL payments in Shiny Rocks is much of an enticement to prospective players.

Maybe a new El Caminoā€¦IS THERE such a thing?

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Is it too early to say that Donko is already on the hot seat? Now heā€™s on a ā€œQuest for Ejectionā€.

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Broadcasters talked about Bronco not letting anyone have a jersey number in camp until they earned it. Classic Bronco weirdity.

Then a crowd of maybe 5000 - along with a national TV audience - saw Bronco crap his pants in his debut at UNM.

Hahaha.

Remember when we held off the Cougs in the Vegas Bowl after getting up 35-0, then a few days later Bronco bailed on them to go to Virginia? That was a quality period of BYU watching. Man, the Yners were so angryā€¦after working themselves into a moral victory in their failed comeback in the bowl, a game they bought all the tickets to, knowing for half the season they were headed to LV.

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Today the broadcasters mentioned Mrs Bronco just arrived in the ABQ because she had to sell all the horses from their ranch.

Thatā€™s another giggle, the way the game ended up.

Tonight is quiet time at the Casa de Broncoā€¦

Sister Mendenhall is probably thinking ā€œI had to endure nasty comments from the fans in Provo, and now here, there are no fans. I wonder if the AD is going to question Broncoā€™s policy of never working on Sundays. And now the horses are all goneā€.

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Relocating from Montana to New Mexico is quite a change.

There might not be 5 people in the stadium to watch games, but I am pretty sure there are more than 5 people living in Albuquerque. Mrs. Rosco may be happy for that.

Loved seeing FSU lose yesterday. There are select very few college teams that I have always rooted to lose every single game they play. FSU is one of them. Miami and USC would be the others.

Thereā€™s a few recent additions based on more current coaches or horrid situations. Penn Stateā€™s program should have been burned to the ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  ground and it will forever piss me off they got a wrist-slap. I absolutely cannot stand Dabo, Gundy, Deion, or Day, so while I will actively root against all of them now, I donā€™t particularly dislike their teams. I can shift those to neutral if/when those coaches leave.

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Seeing FSU lose was sweet. Watching New Messico lose in one of the most classic 4th quarter meltdowns ever was worth giving them status in the ā€œBottom 5ā€ forever.

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GaTech came to play, they treated Ireland to a good game. The two Haynes are really good players, both QB Haynes King and RB Jamal Haynes.

The atmosphere in Dublin was a big party, I kept waited for the announcers to get sloshed and the beeps to start appearing in the broadcast.

Alas, they didnā€™t chug the Guiness they showed in the booth, but handed one down to the cameraman below. I remained hopeful, but it wasnā€™t to be.

Moderation is the enemy of cheap entertainment, gentlemen!

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I, too, was pleased to see GT win.

I wouldnā€™t mind seeing a couple of coaches never win again, and a program or 3. Mostly for me, the programs. Deion is a piece of work. IMO he was more tolerable as a player, as a coach I think his true colors are coming out.

Penn State deserves to never win again, same for Mich State. Those that I just dislike enough to be happy to see them never win again are BYU and TU-Austin.

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In all fairness, Montana St was favored by 13. So UNM did better than expected. But yeah, giving up a 17-point lead in the fourth is bad.

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The teams that I always want to see lose are Miami, Texas, Alabama, and Southern Cal.

There are a few others that when they lose, I smile.

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That is the perfect word to sum up Bronco M.

He would have been much better off waiting for a job at Montana or Montana State. Either program is miles ahead of UNM. And he could have kept his horsies.

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Iā€™m sorry, but L-O-freaking-L

https://x.com/DSArivals/status/1828437348104773864

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thereā€™s never a bad time to ditch a greedy cable provider

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CLASSIC!!!

ā€¦.BUT THE MONEY!!! :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

ā€œIf a football game is played on the West Coast after Week 5, does anyone on the West Coast that is not in the stadium actually know itā€™s being played?ā€

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why do I have this sense that in a few years UA, ASU, BYU, CU, Utah, CAL and Stanfordā€™s President will meet in some airport lounge to have the talk?

Include Oregon St, Wazzu and SDSU? Thatā€™s not a bad 10 team regional league.

Whatā€™s Hair Thompson up to these days?

This isnt a bash the Big XII post. I just dont know how this is sustainable. Maybe Iā€™m wrong?

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Leave out byu and youā€™ve got a deal

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Youā€™re thinking too yesteryear. Presidents donā€™t make these decisions anymore, the TV executives do and tell them the outcome :wink: . Future is NIL and pay to play. Venture Capital. Itā€™s superconferences (maybe with regional divisions). Itā€™s an expanded 16 team playoff. Not happy about it, but unless you want to be a G5 conference (probably evolving into a separate division - right now, a token 1 gets into the playoff; would be like 1 FCS getting into a decent bowl game), the P4 ā†’ P2 has left the station.

Edit: Or it all blows up, TV says itā€™s not worth it (unlikely, but push it far enough and itā€™s just another USFL), and everyone scrambles and the great break-up begins but the haveā€™s do their thing while the have nots are left out.

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