It’s been a wild offseason in college football as NIL and eligibility issues have dominated the headlines. And now they season has started and we’re back to some great football and amazing finishes. Here are some observations from week 1:
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Rece Davis sums it up pretty well here. Lane Kiffin abandoned Ole Miss and his playoff team. Sure, the calendar and rules are screwed up in college football, and anyone who is coaching a playoff team would have to abandon them if they want a “better” job. But that’s still a choice, and that’s exactly what Kiffin is doing here.
Along the way he also decided to basically gaslight Ole Miss and their fans. This notion that he could stay there and coach the team while also preparing to build a roster for their rival in the SEC is just absurd. And then he tried to lay blame on them for not letting him coach the team.
Finally, Kiffin kept referencing prayer and “God” as he made this decision. There are few things more ridiculous than using your perception of God as a justification for a selfish act. It’s pathetic.
Kiffin is a good coach, and LSU will be fun with him there. Let’s see if he’s good enough to actually win a National Championship, or if he’ll crash and burn there as well. Most people will be rooting against this cocky, self-absorbed hypocrite. But that’s sports.
Ryan Day took quite a beating last year in the media and with certain fans after laying an egg against Michigan. Of course, he shut up many of his critics as the Buckeyes played angry and went on an epic run in the College Football Playoff to win Day’s first National Championship.
Still, four straight losses against Michigan hung over Day’s head. This year, Day and the Buckeyes entered the game as the better team, just like last year. But it was clear from the beginning that Day wasn’t going to play conservatively. Julian Sayin came out throwing, but he tossed an interception on his second pass of the game.
But the Buckeyes didn’t buckle under the pressure after falling behind 6-0. Sayin threw a touchdown to Jeremiah Smith and then later threw a TD bomb to Carnell Tate. The running game was also working with Bo Jackson and the other Ohio State backs. Ohio State outgained Michigan 419-163 as they controlled the game in a 27-9 victory.
Meanwhile, Bryce Underwood, Michigan’s $10 million freshman QB, finished the game going 8-18 with just 63 passing yards!
In the fourth quarter, the Buckeyes went to the ground game as their offensive lines just dominated the Michigan defense.
After the game, the Ohio State players celebrated of course, but they didn’t bother planting a flag. They know they expect to win this game, and Day was clear he wanted them to win with humility.
Brian Kelly never seemed like a good fit at LSU, even before he made that creepy recruiting video. Kelly is a good coach, but everything always seemed to be about Brian Kelly and finding his next job. He wouldn’t hesitate to leave a program, even Notre Dame.
With jobs open at Florida and Penn State as well, along with many other programs, this should be an intersting offseason. Plenty of coaches are going to leverage this to get raises at their current jobs . . . see Curt Cignetti at Indiana.
All this hype leading into this game was around Arch Manning and the Texas Longhorns, but the defending national champions had something to say about that when it was all said and done.
No. 3 Ohio State took down No. 1 Texas 14-7 in a defensive slugfest at the Horseshoe on a gorgeous day on Saturday. This game had it all: a hyped-up quarterback debut, a suffocating Buckeye defense, and a send-off for an ESPN legend. It also had some obnoxious predictions from SEC homers like Paul Finebaum, who made the ridiculous statement that “the game wouldn’t be close” as he predicted a Texas win.
Now this wasn’t just any season opener—it was a rematch of last year’s College Football Playoff semifinal, where Ohio State beat Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Texas came into Columbus as the AP preseason No. 1, with all eyes on redshirt sophomore Arch Manning, making his first start as the Longhorns’ QB1. The hype around Manning was unreal—Heisman buzz, Warby Parker commercials, you name it. Meanwhile, Ohio State, fresh off a national title, rolled in with new quarterback Julian Sayin and a defense ready to prove it’s still the best in the country.
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