require presidential approval

My first reaction was ‘whoa, that seems unusual, like when Nixon declared the national champion after the Arkansas-Texas game?’ and then I realized it’s the school president…

I don’t think it’s a bad football hire on paper (that is, I think he can achieve bowl eligibility more often than not). But he’s a PR headache. That, coupled with the fact he’s not been an HC yet (feels kind of Sam Pittman-esque to me), would have me looking elsewhere. They couldn’t get some MAC or FCS coach without baggage? Heck, if they really want to win they could’ve gotten Art Briles himself…

We could not be more excited to welcome Jeff, his wife Staley, and their children Kora and Kane to the Mississippi State family

Also, anyone who chooses those names/spellings for their children is possibly a psychopath.

By the time I even heard about the Stoops “hire” it had already been kaboshed. He may still leave Lexington though, if a certain Ferentz rides off into the sunset…

I also won’t believe A&M has a new coach until I see the preemptive natty trophy

His experiment of tanking in college which backfired by D’Eriq King transferring sealed his fate years ago. I feel like they only kept him on to smooth over the transition into the Big XII as best as possible.

Curious who he’s replaced by. I hear mentions of Traylor, but why choose Houston over San Antonio? I also heard Gary Patterson’s name floated, but I don’t think they’ll have much appetite for another Big XII retread. Maybe they can bring him on just to coach the Baylor game though…

So it came out after the firing that apparently they settled on a $15M buyout. Not sure why Allen would agree to that, but it does save them a little.

I also get the feeling that they see KU, UNC, and Duke doing well in football and they feel left out. More importantly, a lot of insiders are projecting a massive restructuring of FBS in about 5 years. If Indiana can’t demonstrate that they “add value” (barf) to the Super-Premier-TV-Fantasy League then they will be left behind like WSU and OSU.

My ballot. Computer poll. The Wolverines are stretching their sizable lead in the top spot, Oregon has settled comfortably into #2, and the muddle remains for the next 8 places.

Jayhawks and Ponies are back in the rankings. The LA schools tumble out (I accidently put the Cal-UCLA score in backwards at first and had to check everything again when I noticed the Bruins were slated to rise 6 places…)

I had a hunch this would happen, as I outlined in the firings predictions thread.

I still don’t know how he lasted 6 years. I know this is a program it’s historically hard to win at, but it should be feasible to consistently make bowl games in the current iteration of the CUSA.

As I predicted in this thread.

What I didn’t know when I made that prediction is that they would save $12M if they waited to fire him after next season. I am kind of surprised they didn’t opt to save the cash, since they’re not going to realistically achieve much with a new HC.

Cal and UCLA are playing right now and I just want to say, pour one out for the PAC-12 After Dark, everyone. I now live on the east coast and have a day job so I can’t do it anymore, but I have fond memories of staying up when I was in college to watch those games. This may be the last one as we know it, but I hope that whatever next year holds this sort of game continues in spirit.

More than just a little handsy

Commentators should not use that term to refer to players getting chippy. It sounds like something else is afoot…

Oof, crushing interception for K-State

I thought I was in for a Midwestern blizzard strugglefest, but no, Big XII gonna Big XII. No shortage of explosive plays in this one

Lol at the XP knocking snow off the FG net

Also, did they say Anthony Becht is in the house? If they showed him I missed it. Hope he’s repping the Battlehawks. Ka-Kaw!

Welp, GG Florida (caveat: that only applies to the first three quarters)

His Louisiana teams seemed fairly disciplined. Is this just a Florida thing that I’m too Texan to understand?

What a mess

Oh, ISU is down Verdon? That’s a blow, he was like the only decent defensive player against Texas last week

Second clown reference in this thread so I’ll ask: is that a generic insult or is there a story there I’m not aware of?

Man, ISU is just an explosive play generator. Tin foil hat time: it’s because the away unis are camo in blizzard conditions

FSU calls a TO to avoid delay of game… that is a mistake. I will die on the hill that you should almost never use timeouts on offense. They need to be saved for defense and/or the end of the game

Can’t say I’ve heard spitting called as a penalty before, but this is the team that brought us the cleat yeet so they are always a wild card

Oh, that PI flag wasn’t picked up? No way it was catchable

Mertz is wearing a really sick cap. I hope that’s for sale, love old school style merch like that

Well, an 18 second scoring drive and we have a “How do you do?” already

This isn’t Farmageddon, it’s an Icepocalypse! Love snow games

I found the botched fake amusing, but was amazed so many players continued to play through sustained whistles. Seems dangerous to me. I wonder if anyone had made tackles if that would have resulted in penalties

I was distracted by other games so rewound this to watch the TD. I would have expected FSU’s defense to be better

So Sanders goes 1 and 7 down the stretch, with the last loss possibly being the last PAC12 Network game. But hey, maybe a whole dozen people might have watched it.

Aw nuts. Really thought he might pull that FG. Sigh. Where am I going to get the chaos for Texas to sneak into the playoffs?

Oh snap, this game is still going?! I got distracted with the Iron Bowl and a 2OT BYU-OSU game. Still tied, huh?

Ah, gutted for BYU. Really thought they might pull off the upset, and almost convinced myself Texas would get a shot at revenge against ou in the CCG.

Well, congrats, Pokes! Looking forward to a VERY orange CCG next week!

Same! Beating Alabama was the best individual game for me, obviously, but pound for pound this week has delivered with the craziness so far.

I had this one on upset alert a couple weeks ago, but ironically I think the injury improves FSU’s chances of winning…

But I have been saying all day to never go against 5-6 teams at home. Plus, Swamp Voodoo^TM. Go, orange team!!!

We have OT!!!

They’re working overtime keeping these balls dry

A real quote from this game

LOL, tackling the white hat ref. Surprised flags didn’t fly

Oh man. Well, they better get a field goal and get to OT.

How do you mess up the punt return like that?!

Wow, the close call gets confirmed just before half. Okay, tied ball game!!!

Wait, I just realized they paint both the UW and Wazzu logos on the field. I guess they always do that in this series?

I dunno. I think I would throw up if I saw ou or A&M’s logo painted on Texas’s field