College Football Playoff will avoid New Year's Eve games starting in 2018 The College Football Playoff has abandoned a plan to play its semifinals on most New Year's Eves after television ratings tumbled last year, moving the dates of future games to ensure they will be played either on a Saturday or a holiday. The changes will start with the 2018 season. The TV ratings for last year's games played on Thursday, Dec. 31, dropped 36 percent from the semifinals played the season before on New Year's Day. This season's semifinals are still set for Saturday, Dec. 31. Next season's playoff is scheduled to be back on Jan. 1. After 2018, the games initially scheduled to be played on New Year's Eve, will now be played Saturday, Dec. 29. The 2019 games will move to Saturday, Dec. 28. "We had a healthy discussion with a lot of people who love college football and we concluded that making these changes would be the right thing to do for our fans," College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock said. The first College Football Playoff set ratings records for ESPN after the 2014 season. The semifinals were played at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, with the first game kicking off at about 5:20 p.m. ET. The semifinals moved to New Year's Eve last season, which is when they were scheduled to be played eight times throughout the 12-year contract the CFP signed with ESPN. The Rose and Sugar bowls are locked into those time slots on New Year's Day, so when the semifinals rotate to the other four bowl sites (Cotton, Fiesta, Peach or Orange) they would be played on Dec. 31 unless it landed on a Sunday. College football officials said they were going to start a new tradition on New Year's Eve and that people would incorporate watching big games into their party plans. The initial returns showed that was not happening. Not only did the games have to compete with parties at night, but much of the country was still working when last season's games kicked off at 4:30 ET. That was 3:30 local time in Oklahoma for the Sooners matchup against Clemson in the Orange Bowl.
Will--I saw this a few weeks ago. yeah, Dec 31 is not a party for everyone. I wanna see the damn games.
Ohio State tops AP's all-time Top 100 I just posted the Top-12... the whole list is here---> http://www.foxsports.com/ohio/story...college-football-all-time-top-100-list-080216 The Associated Press has been ranking the best teams in college football for the last 80 seasons. Since the first Top 20 in 1936, 1,103 polls have been taken and 164 schools have been ranked. Minnesota was the first No. 1 in 1936. Western Kentucky was the last team to make its poll debut (in the final poll of the 2015 season). In between, Muhlenburg, NYU and Colorado College have made appearances. To determine an all-time Top 100 for the first time, the AP counted poll appearances (one point) to mark consistency, No. 1 rankings (one bonus point) to acknowledge elite programs and gave a big bonus for AP championships won (10 points). The results are here and below: --- No. 1 Ohio State (1,112 points) Total appearances: 852, 77.24 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 105. Championships: Five (last 2014). Best full decade: 1970s appeared in 92.57 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1940s appeared in 55.68 percent of polls. Poll point: There have only been three seasons during the 80-year history of the AP poll in which the Buckeyes were not ranked at least once, the fewest poll-less seasons of any program. --- No. 2 Oklahoma (1,055 points) Total appearances: 784, 71.08 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1938. No. 1 rankings: 100 1/2. Championships: Seven (last 2000). Best full decade: 1950s appeared in 94.83 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1960s appeared in 28.57 percent of polls. Poll points: The Sooners have been top-five in percentage of poll appearances in five decades (1950s, `70s, `80s, 2000, `10), most of any program. --- No. 3 Notre Dame (1,042 points) Total appearances: 766, 69.45 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 98. Championships: Eight (last 1988). Best full decade: 1940s appeared in 96.59 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 2000s appeared in 45.18 percent of polls. Poll points: The Fighting Irish were ranked at least once every season from the first poll in 1936 through 1961. --- No. 4 Alabama (993 points) Total appearances: 745, 67.54 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 74. Championships: 10 (last 2015). Best full decade: 1970s appeared in 91.22 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1950s appeared in 18.97 percent of polls. Poll point: From Nov. 3, 1980-Oct. 26, 2008, Alabama was only ranked No. 1 once - the final poll of the 1992 season. The Tide has been top-ranked 43 times since under coach Nick Saban. --- No. 5 Southern California (974 points) Total appearances: 743, 67.36 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 90 1/2. Championships: Five (last 2004). Best full decade: 1970s appeared in 89.86 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1940s appeared in 47.43 percent of polls. Poll point: The Trojans were top-ranked 42 times from Dec. 7, 2003-Sept. 21, 2008, under coach Pete Carroll. --- No. 6 Nebraska (901 points) Total appearances: 717, 65 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 72. Championships: Four (last 1995). Best full decade: 1990s appeared in 100 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1950s appeared in 5.17 percent of polls. Poll point: Mostly under coach Tom Osborne, the Cornhuskers were unranked in only three polls combined during the 1970s, `80s and `90s - appearing in 99.35 percent over three decades. --- No. 7 Michigan (894 points) Total appearances: 806, 73.07 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1938. No. 1 rankings: 34. Championships: Two (last 1997). Best full decade: 1970s appeared in 100 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1960s appeared in 26.98 percent of polls. Poll point: The Wolverines were first team to appear in every poll over the course of a full decade, when they did it in the 1970s under coach Bo Schembechler. --- No. 8 Texas (822 points) Total appearances: 703, 63.74 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1940. No. 1 rankings: 44 1/2. Championships: Three (last 2005). Best full decade: 2000s appeared in 99.40 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1990s appeared in 47.34 percent of polls. Poll point: The Longhorns have not had a top-10 ranking since Sept. 19, 2010, the program's longest such streak since Nov. 26, 1984-Nov. 4, 1990. --- No. 9 Florida State (714 points) Total appearances: 540, 48.96 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1964. No. 1 rankings: 72. Championships: Three (last 2013). Best full decade: 1990s appeared in 100 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1950s, no poll appearances. (Florida State started football program in 1947). Poll point: From Nov. 11, 1990-Sept. 9, 2001, the Seminoles were never ranked lower than 11th under coach Bobby Bowden. --- No. 10 Florida (674 points) Total appearances: 562, 50.95 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1950. No. 1 rankings: 41. Championships: Three (last 2008). Best full decade: 1990s appeared in 98.82 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1940s, no poll appearances. Poll point: The Gators had no top-three rankings before Nov. 26, 1984. They had 95 top-three rankings after. --- No. 11 LSU (655 points). Total appearances: 575, 52.13 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1936. No. 1 rankings: 30. Championships: Two (last 2007). Best full decade: 2000s appeared in in 82.53 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1950s appeared in 25.86 percent of polls. Poll point: After being unranked for most of the 1950s, the Tigers held the No. 1 ranking 14 times in 1958 and `59 - then went 48 years before being ranked No. 1 again (2007). --- No. 12 Penn State (647 points). Total appearances: 589, 53.40 percent of all polls. First appearance: 1940. No. 1 rankings: 19. Championships: Two (last 1986). Best full decade: 1990s appeared in 95.27 percent of polls. Worst full decade: 1950s appeared in 20.69 percent of polls. Poll point: The Nittany Lions have not been ranked at any point during the last four seasons (2011-15). Since making their poll debut in 1940, Penn State had never gone more than three seasons without being ranked at least once.
Michigan at Ohio State (Nov. 26) Meyer vs. Harbaugh Part I proved anticlimactic, but the hated rivals should be more evenly matched in Year 2 -- perhaps even both in playoff contention.
Writing off young Ohio State? 2014 is a reminder why that's a bad idea COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The reasons to write off Ohio State aren?t particularly hard to find, and the temptation to actually do it might even be understandable. The roster looks too young. The team is perhaps a year away from contending. Too much talent must by replaced in critical spots, even with a veteran quarterback returning. But the Buckeyes have heard those arguments against their national-title hopes before, and all they did was methodically tear them apart week after week while growing into the machine that claimed the first College Football Playoff crown. And while previous experience dealing with those doubts certainly doesn?t ensure anything, there?s an even more ominous reason for opponents or skeptics to be careful before overlooking Urban Meyer?s team this fall. Rather than trying to temper expectations, he?s openly embracing all the similarities to 2014 -- which should be causing warning signs to go off around the country. ?I see that potential,? Meyer said. ?I see it, and I think 2014 was the template that everybody wants. J.T. Barrett was buried in the depth chart, Darron Lee, Eli Apple, [Ezekiel] Elliott, [Michael] Thomas -- those guys were no-names. ?They became very good throughout the course of 2014.? That development didn?t happen right away, of course. And the comparisons between the two rosters obviously aren?t going to be perfect, most notably because the Buckeyes are replacing a staggering 16 starters during training camp this month -- the highest total in the country. But it?s easy to forget now just how Ohio State was perceived at the start of the championship campaign knowing how it turned out by the end. There was uncertainty about the ground game with Carlos Hyde gone, four starters on the offensive line had to be replaced and the defense was dealing with the early departure of first-round picks Ryan Shazier and Bradley Roby. On top of that, Ohio State took a major hit when quarterback Braxton Miller was lost to a season-ending injury in August. And they were almost completely removed from the national picture when the Buckeyes were upset at home in September by Virginia Tech. But once all those touted recruits found their footing, there was no slowing the momentum as they steamrolled to the Big Ten title and stormed through the postseason despite having to turn to another guy buried on that depth, third-string quarterback Cardale Jones. And while the Buckeyes may not be equipped to deal with a spate of injuries at the most important position on the field this season, just about everything else points to a team with more top-end potential than just about everybody in the country. And if Barrett stays healthy, they might unleash it even earlier than the 2014 squad did since he was one of those youngsters dealing with the learning curve back then. ?I've been answering a lot of questions about a young team,? Meyer said. ?The issue would be if it was a non-talented young team. And that's not the case at all. ? ... If it gets tough and hard and they just don?t like it and turn around and look for guys like Taylor Decker and Darron Lee and Josh Perry [who are gone], we?ll be average as anything. If you see some guys step up like we did in ?14 and last year, then we have a chance to be special because athleticism is not an issue. I?m counting on about Practice No. 12 being that line of demarcation where I?ll tell you what kind of team we?re going to have.?
as long as Urban Meyer is there, i never count him out. he's got more tricks up his sleeve than Houdini.
Florida State suspends QB Malik Henry indefinitely Florida State freshman quarterback Malik Henry has been suspended indefinitley for violating team rules, coach Jimbo Fisher announced Saturday. Fisher would not reveal what exactly the suspension was for or how long it would last. Henry, a talented four-star prospect out of California, is said to have maturity and character issues and has transferred schools multiple times. The suspension is a big blow to FSU's depth at quarterback, as Sean Maguire is out with a broken bone in his left foot and will miss at least 3-4 weeks. Redshirt freshman Deondre Francois is expected to start for the Seminoles until Maguire returns, with J.J. Cosentino and walk-on Jake Rizzo as the only remaining back-up options.
Six Notre Dame football players reportedly arrested in two separate incidents Cornerback Ashton White, safety Max Redfield, wide receiver Kevin Stephenson, running back Dexter Williams and linebacker Te'von Coney were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, while Redfield, Stepherson and Williams also were charged with possession of a handgun without a license. And that wasn?t all. In a separate incident, The Observer ? Notre Dame?s student newspaper ? first reported that cornerback Devin Butler was arrested early Saturday on charges of battery against a police officer and resisting a police officer. That incident happened at a bar near the Notre Dame campus. It remains to be seen whether any of the players will be suspended for the Fighting Irish?s opener against Texas on Sept. 4. The university released this statement Saturday morning: ?Any student arrested on a felony charge also faces dismissal from the university. The university will determine if additional sanctions should apply to any or all of the students charged.?
Currently he is hoping he has a killer recruiting class like he did at Florida the year he got Aaron Hernandez.
Idiots! I'm glad Notre Dame did the right thing and dismissed one of these guys from the team and another one is suspended indefinitely.
butler was suspended indefinitely and redfield was dismissed from the team! i love being an Irish fan! this was redfield's 3-4 incident, so he's done. as for the rest...thanks for nothing assholes. FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
NCAA Football kicks off tonight. Two ranked teams in Tennessee and Louisville have games starting at 7pm et.
RIP, Dee Dowis. Former Air Force star Dee Dowis, who set an NCAA career rushing record for quarterbacks and finished sixth in Heisman Trophy voting in 1989, was killed in an automobile accident in suburban Atlanta on Monday morning. http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...force-falcons-qb-dies-two-car-accident-age-48 If you never got to see this guy play back in the day, he was awesome...so much fun to watch.
