2024 CFB Talk Thread: Home of the Mega Blue Bloods & FSU

That is not a rule in college

 

You’re right, but I do think they consistently call it that way most of the time.

And while they might not change the wording of the actual rule, and emphasis on how those plays are called need to be altered moving forward.

 

a lot of talk LSU hasn't been competitive in NIL and thus not attracting the talent they should

 

That’s just announcers being morons. Almost always when they don’t turn around it’s bc contact is made

 

I wonder why he wouldn’t have full support though. They spent a lot to bring him in

 

Spent a lot to bring him in. Sees this:



I can see why they put the checkbook back in their pocket.

 

Hit me with a full scope of LSU from 1999 until now please. I'm very interested in the recruiting numbers.

 

only have recruiting back to 2010 (start of 247 composite), but here you go





and here is 2000-04 (Saban), 05-16 (Les), and 17-24 (Ed and BK)

 

This doesn’t seem good



Or this

 

UGA?

 

Id like to hear more before passing judgment

 

Lacy is done for.

 

I hope that nobody is dumb enough to have him on their draft board.

 

These two are in the back of the room not paying attention

 

somebody who can do a photoshop should re-tweet these with "WANTED" and "PISTOL WHIP" on there the way On-3 has been doing all their graphics lately.

 

a nationwide ref corporation with open and public rules and a grading process with published grades. Any ref below a certain grade gets tossed. week to week financial audits of refs to prevent match fixing. assignments at random to prevent any kind of familiarity bias. the ref corporation also subject to strenuous records keeping and transparency requirements.


but none of that will be done and jim phillips will continue operating the acc as a matchfixing and money laundering operation.

 

This sounds great, but at this point I’d simply settle for them having postgame media availability to discuss call rationale.

 

>every single ACC postgame

 

There’s too much money involved at this point for it to not be fixed. Vegas will actually push for it so hard that it might get done.

 

Vegas knows which refs are in the tank for who. it's a huge edge for them.

 

There's no need for that level of corruption. People willingly throw away their money

 

if we use my talent acquisition ratings for 2021-24, the team who acquires talent at a better rate has won 9 of 10 CFP games with the lone outlier being ND over Georgia (who was missing their starting QB)

shocking, stars still matter

#9 ND over #51 IU
#5 Texas over #6 Clemson
#13 Penn St over #53 SMU
#2 OSU over #17 Tennessee

#2 OSU over #8 Oregon
#5 Texas over #52 Arizona St
#13 Penn St over G5 Boise
#9 ND over #3 Georgia

#9 ND over #13 Penn St
#2 OSU over #5 Texas

Spoiler: more recruiting rambling at 8am

6 of the 8 teams in the Quarters ranked (by Talent Acquisition)

#2 Ohio St
#3 Georgia
#5 Texas
#8 Oregon
#9 Notre Dame
#13 Penn St

and #6 (Clemson) and #17 (Tennessee) lost in the 1st round

so 7 of the 12 teams in the playoff were top 15, 8 were top 20. talent matters and despite NIL, the portal, and so called parity, there is still a very clear bar to clear to compete for titles

btw, the top 9 in talent acq all cleared 60% blue chip over the 4 year period 2021-24. there's that new threshold I hypothesized about all off season. it's not 50% anymore. more games mean you need more depth

meanwhile, OSU is #1 in the portal 2021-24

Texas #3
UGa #4
Oregon #6
ND #11
PSU #12

meanwhile Tennessee was #20, SMU #46, ASU #57, Indiana #62, Clemson #70, and Boise is G5

now remember, my rankings/stat tracking focuses on AVERAGE PLAYER signed. not cumulative where volume drives score or BC% where not all BC rates are the same because my players can still be way better than yours

so this would say, yes, the portal is hugely important. but it's important about the quality you get, not the volume in which you use it

I said before, 6 of the 8 in the Quarters were top 15 in talent acquisition which is a combo of HS and Portal. but those 6 were also

#2, #3, #7, #8, #12, and #13 in HS recruiting. you have to have it all and you have to sign the high end future NFL guys. and for as much as people want to hate on 247/On3/Rivals/etc or complain about this new era and claim recruiting is a dinosaur and the game has changed...it hasn't. those with the best players still have the highest ceiling and only a 6 to 12 teams a year truly acquire enough talent to legitimately win a title in a given year. half will step on their dick. half will make the playoffs. and more than likely one of the big bad boogeyman we have come to know will emerge and hoist the trophy just like it has always been

 

I thought the, which starting QB has the hotter girlfriend, metric we were using in the Cotton Bowl thread seemed pretty accurate.

 

Will is absolutely the real winner in all of this. without a doubt

 

and tbf the Notre Dame-Georgia game the only CFP where the winning side had less than 50% postgame win expectancy.

 

I believe him yo

 

#Clemson Tigers #Penn State Nittany Lions

 

too many unrepentant heathens in Pennsylvania smdh

 

Not enough Jesus in central PA for him. Shrug.

 

All of my Penn state insiders are saying this is the biggest loss they’ve ever suffered in the modern era. They don’t know how they’ll recover.

just passing along #insiderinformation don’t shoot the messenger

 

Probably hated having to recruit.

 

Can confirm. They offered to double his salary but the opportunity to work for Dabo was impossible to pass up

 

Lots of smoke around Carter passing up the NFL to play one last year for Dabo

 

dabo sais no, no transfers

 

ND beat the fear of god into those heathens it would seem

 

Dabo learned how to putt

 

Nick Singleton back for PSU #Penn State Nittany Lions

 

This is surprising. They must be paying him a lot

 

Kaytron Allen also coming back.

 

With the way that the NFL has deemphasized the position, I wonder if NIL is leveling the disparity in money for RBs.

If you have a 3-5 round draft grade, getting a nice NIL package with revenue sharing gets you pretty close to NFL money.

The NFL obviously pays more, but NIL can tip the decision guys looking to improve their draft status.

 

We are going for it in 2025

 

I’m not sure how I feel about this enthusiasm. It’s not right.

 

They just need a QB and a coach now

 

or at least a receiver or three who doesn't have dicks for fingers

 

This we will not have unfortunately

 

but seriously, I like y'all to go 10-2ish and make the field again. right now I'd probably have y'all in that 7 to 11 range. top 10 in talent acquisition 2022-25, return Allar, Allen, and Singleton. the defense is always reliable

and the schedule is favorable with just Oregon and OSU as the big names on it. and nothing dangerous OOC

11-1 absolutely on the board, in fact it's the 2nd most likely outcome I have right now