Toggle sidebar

9/12-13 CFB Games thread

1

19333lion

Senior
Jan 30, 2016
298
490
63
JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws said:
Wow, UCLA is really bad this year - they lost AGAIN last night to New Mexico!

For all peoples' whining about OOC opponents, in-conference UCLA might be the worst football team we play this year.
Click to expand...

I've never understood why they can't field regularly competitive teams, if not good altogether. It is a damn good school. Maybe playing in the Rose Bowl instead of their own, on-campus stadium, is a deterrent somehow. That is a problem for Pitt and Temple.

Somehow, I've always had a heart for UCLA. I hope another Dick Vermeil comes along and rebuilds the program.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • Like
Reactions: DaytonRickster and FHSPSU67
E

Erial_Lion

All-Conference
Nov 1, 2021
3,483
4,252
113
JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws said:
Wow, UCLA is really bad this year - they lost AGAIN last night to New Mexico!

For all peoples' whining about OOC opponents, in-conference UCLA might be the worst football team we play this year.
Click to expand...
The "whining" about the non-conference schedule is because this UCLA team is terrible, and yet they'd be favored over all 3 of our non-conference opponents. That's unfortunate.
 
LionJim

LionJim

Heisman
Oct 12, 2021
13,633
19,018
113
VaDave4PSU said:
He has to have regrets. You don't leave a playoff team asking to double your pay only to have it blow up and you end up back in your home state playing for very likely the worst Big 10 team for half the NIL.

NFL chances have decreased as well. Red flags and average play don't usually jive into GMs "let's draft this guy!"

He'll take a paycheck from Netflix to discuss this in 2 to 5 years.
Click to expand...
He’s getting less money at UCLA than he would have gotten at Tennessee?
 
M

Moogy

All-Conference
Jul 28, 2017
3,852
2,664
113
Erial_Lion said:
The "whining" about the non-conference schedule is because this UCLA team is terrible, and yet they'd be favored over all 3 of our non-conference opponents. That's unfortunate.
Click to expand...
They were favored over New Mexico. By 2 tuddies. How'd that work out for them?
 
M

Moogy

All-Conference
Jul 28, 2017
3,852
2,664
113
I was hearing buzz about Temple being better this year, and how they may hang with Oklahoma and give them a bit of trouble ... not win, but keep it close. 25-0 OU late in 2Q.
 
MtNittany

MtNittany

All-Conference
Oct 12, 2021
2,908
3,995
113
I was worried about Oregon. Noon start on a field hockey field. Not so much anymore. # just seemed too low. Same with OK and Temple.
 
laKavosiey-st lion

laKavosiey-st lion

Heisman
Sep 10, 2013
16,842
12,090
113
19333lion said:
I've never understood why they can't field regularly competitive teams, if not good altogether. It is a damn good school. Maybe playing in the Rose Bowl instead of their own, on-campus stadium, is a deterrent somehow. That is a problem for Pitt and Temple.

Somehow, I've always had a heart for UCLA. I hope another Dick Vermeil comes along and rebuilds the program.
Click to expand...
1 and I college visited ucla in 2012, it’s fantastic. He also would have played lax there. We didn’t let him apply cause if he got in, I wouldn’t have been able to say no. ($70k+ per)
 
  • Like
  • Sad
Reactions: SleepyLion and LionJim
Nittering Nabob

Nittering Nabob

All-Conference
Sep 17, 2024
2,458
2,314
113
Moogy said:
I was hearing buzz about Temple being better this year, and how they may hang with Oklahoma and give them a bit of trouble ... not win, but keep it close. 25-0 OU late in 2Q.
Click to expand...
It's going to take KC Keeler a few seasons to make Temple competitive, but he's been successful everywhere he's coached.
 
Midnighter

Midnighter

Heisman
Jan 22, 2021
11,421
18,793
113
JoePaMajorCFBrecord409Ws said:
Wow, UCLA is really bad this year - they lost AGAIN last night to New Mexico!

For all peoples' whining about OOC opponents, in-conference UCLA might be the worst football team we play this year.
Click to expand...

Have to wonder why UCLA is so bad - they have so much going for them. Really though the issue for decades is lack of interest from the admin to get serious about foootball - they’re all about bball there.
 
VaDave4PSU

VaDave4PSU

All-Conference
Aug 19, 2003
2,071
2,405
113
LionJim said:
He’s getting less money at UCLA than he would have gotten at Tennessee?
Click to expand...

Supposedly. He was getting* $2m at Tennessee, asked for $4m, and UCLA gave him $1.4m.

Last I read, if I remembered anything accurately.

*whatever getting entails with NIL
 
  • Like
Reactions: LionJim
LionJim

LionJim

Heisman
Oct 12, 2021
13,633
19,018
113
VaDave4PSU said:
Supposedly. He was getting* $2m at Tennessee, asked for $4m, and UCLA gave him $1.4m.

Last I read, if I remembered anything accurately.

*whatever getting entails with NIL
Click to expand...
Thanks for taking the time. Yeah, hard to feel sorry for the kid.
 
  • Like
Reactions: VaDave4PSU
LionJim

LionJim

Heisman
Oct 12, 2021
13,633
19,018
113
Moogy said:
I thought it was mostly an engineering school. Do they offer classes on how to "make a family"? Asking for a friend.
Click to expand...
lol, my cousin was a Georgia Tech graduate, a hell of an engineer, RIP.
 
M

Moogy

All-Conference
Jul 28, 2017
3,852
2,664
113
LionJim said:
lol, my cousin was a Georgia Tech graduate, a hell of an engineer, RIP.
Click to expand...

Apparently it's a top 5 Comp Sci - AI institution, as well. My oldest has it as a 3rd tier option on his wish list (he's 100% committed to studying AI at this point). I think going down to the Atlanta area to play baseball in the summer (which he described as "playing baseball inside the sun") may have turned him off a bit. His first choice is Carnegie Mellon. I've tried to explain to him that it's in Pittsburgh (and all that that entails - none of it good), but he seems undeterred for now. His mother and I would prefer he play baseball at MIT, but he doesn't seem to want to play baseball in college any longer.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom