Week 1 Other Games Thread

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A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
It’s also the home teams call… not anyone else’s…
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My understanding is the general rule is dark for home and white for road. The SEC allows the home team to pick with all conference games. But most go with dark/home, white/road unless the home team asks to switch but road team has to agree.

In this case it sounds like Tulane asked extremely late and NW said no. My guess is NW says yes if Tulane didn’t wait until the last minute to ask.
 












minnyrules11 said:
Alabama is ranked appropriately but Florida St looks really good.
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Alabama is 5-5 in their last 10 games, and that includes an FCS team

Loss 35-40 against Vanderbilt (October 5, 2024)

Win 27-25 against South Carolina (October 12, 2024)

Loss 17-24 against Tennessee (October 19, 2024)

Win 34-0 against Missouri (October 26, 2024)

Win 42-13 against LSU (November 9, 2024)

Win against (52-7) FCS Mercer (November 16, 2024)

Loss 3-24 against Oklahoma (November 23, 2024)

Win 28-14 against Auburn (November 30, 2024)

Loss 13-19 against Michigan (December 31, 2024)

Loss 17-31 against Florida State (August 30, 2025)
 

Announcers are ready to give the Cal QB the Heisman....holy crap it is tough to listen to.

Cal game is going to be interesting, they look solid and the new QB does look good. But the announcers are getting ridiculous in their praise....
 




Cal offense seems to have slowed down, Bears may have caught the Beavers off guard early on.
 


Cal QB looks legit but ORST also isn’t that great. If our DBs get healthy I think we can take them though.
 


Unregistered User said:
Alabama is 5-5 in their last 10 games, and that includes an FCS team

Loss 35-40 against Vanderbilt (October 5, 2024)

Win 27-25 against South Carolina (October 12, 2024)

Loss 17-24 against Tennessee (October 19, 2024)

Win 34-0 against Missouri (October 26, 2024)

Win 42-13 against LSU (November 9, 2024)

Win against (52-7) FCS Mercer (November 16, 2024)

Loss 3-24 against Oklahoma (November 23, 2024)

Win 28-14 against Auburn (November 30, 2024)

Loss 13-19 against Michigan (December 31, 2024)

Loss 17-31 against Florida State (August 30, 2025)
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What does last season have to do with this one? Close losses to good teams and Vandy. Did you watch Florida St today? Did you watch Texas and Ohio St today? All of them are top 10. Alabama was not ranked in the top 5 so ranked 8 is appropriate. Perhaps they are playing quality opponents. Who impresses you? Iowa St who would get crushed by the Tide but hope they beat Iowa next week. Indiana would lose to Bama and probably Illinois? Everyone complaining about rankings put out your own.

Florida St and Utah. Who else impressed today? It’s week 1. In the words of Mike Tice Calm down.
 


Just watched some Cal tape. It’s really tough to tell what to make of that team but I’m significantly more nervous than I was before. Is ORST really just that bad? Does Cal have a run game or did they just choose not to? Can they play D? Is there a WR1 or does it even matter?

Thank goodness PJ and DC are smarter than me.
 


Cal looks tough, they can score, but I put more stock in our defense than Oregon State (yes I'm biased). Should be a good game, I think Gophers can get a W out of it.
 


minnyrules11 said:
What does last season have to do with this one? Close losses to good teams and Vandy. Did you watch Florida St today?
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Not surprised by their bounce back; the stink last year, but we’re 13-1 in 2023, the year before then (after losing their stud QB to injury at the end of the season IIRC) and 10-3 in 2022. Norvell com coach and us being paid just south of $10M a year, do the talk early in the thread about his seat being hot seems premature.
minnyrules11 said:
Did you watch Texas and Ohio St today? All of them are top 10. Alabama was not ranked in the top 5 so ranked 8 is appropriate. Perhaps they are playing quality opponents. Who impresses you? Iowa St who would get crushed by the Tide but hope they beat Iowa next week. Indiana would lose to Bama and probably Illinois? Everyone complaining about rankings put out your own.

Florida St and Utah. Who else impressed today? It’s week 1. In the words of Mike Tice Calm down.
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So far my call that Arch Manning will be a 3rd day draft pick by the time it’s all said and done looks good.

He’s a 3 star talent who would be at Tulane or something if he last name was Smith
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
Not surprised by their bounce back; the stink last year, but we’re 13-1 in 2023, the year before then (after losing their stud QB to injury at the end of the season IIRC) and 10-3 in 2022. Norvell com coach and us being paid just south of $10M a year, do the talk early in the thread about his seat being hot seems premature.
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Norvell gave back a large chunk (like 4.5mil) of his salary for revenue sharing as part of restructuring after last year. He can earn large parts back by winning. His buyout will be the issue from firing him, but he absolutely would not survive if they sucked again which is why I think he was comfortable giving salary back knowing he can earn it back and it gives him Better chances to remain in the job.
 

upnorthkid said:
Norvell gave back a large chunk (like 4.5mil) of his salary for revenue sharing as part of restructuring after last year. He can earn large parts back by winning. His buyout will be the issue from firing him, but he absolutely would not survive if they sucked again which is why I think he was comfortable giving salary back knowing he can earn it back and it gives him Better chances to remain in the job.
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I'd hire Norvell in a second. Did great at Memphis. Been great at FSU except for last year when everything went wrong. Didn't have a qb, and I think a bit of a despirited squad after they got screwed by selection committee in 2023. You can, I suppose, put some of that on him for not moving them on from that.
Anyway, I predict a really good season for the Seminoles.
 

TNGophfan said:
I'd hire Norvell in a second. Did great at Memphis. Been great at FSU except for last year when everything went wrong. Didn't have a qb, and I think a bit of a despirited squad after they got screwed by selection committee in 2023. You can, I suppose, put some of that on him for not moving them on from that.
Anyway, I predict a really good season for the Seminoles.
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I agree. Think he’s a very solid coach they’d be silly to fire, but down south they don’t care if you aren’t winning to give someone time
 

After yesterday’s game I got a text from my son, who just started at Ohio State as a freshman, that said “That was the coolest experience I’ve ever had. The Shoe was insane.” Adding to the college experience is why college sports is such a unique and wonderful thing, even with all the recent changes.
 

IceBoxGopher said:
Cal looks tough, they can score, but I put more stock in our defense than Oregon State (yes I'm biased). Should be a good game, I think Gophers can get a W out of it.
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Interesting looking at the stats. Oregon St had more 1st downs. Cal was only 2 of 13 on 3rd downs. Cal had 7 plays of 19+ yards. The other 53 plays resulted in just 180 yards.

The key will likely be to control the ball and not allow big plays.
 

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