2024-25 CFB coaching carousel

[BitterYoungMatador2]

I dunno. Bill seems pretty happy with his current girlfriend.

 

[Neutral Corner]

First thought is that Arch would have to jump from a Top Five SEC team to UNC just as he becomes first string at UT, to join whatever UNC has. I can't see it.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Hmmm. What are the thoughts on an Arch Manning/Bill Belichick pairing?

Ewers is reportedly going into the NFL Draft after this season. So Arch will be starting at Texas next season.

 

[HanSenSE]

The TV money bubble is going to burst at some point. That will shake things up in ways we can't imagine.

And are we not hearing the same glowing words about streaming that we were hearing about cable 20-30 years ago? And now cable seems on the outs.

 

[Cosmo]

This playoff would have been fantastic if we still had six conferences vying for 12 spots. Each region of the country would have been represented. Each one of those schools, from Alabama to Rutgers, could go into a kid's home and said with a straight face that they were playing to make the College Football Playoff. But that wasn't good enough. These leagues needed more, more more and the colleges, whores that they are, were never going to turn down a bigger payday -- my school included.

One of my favorite years for college football was 2002, mainly because the Big East was finally evolving into something beyond Miami and the Seven Chumps. Imagine Pitt versus Virginia Tech on that freezing assed cold night in Blacksburg carrying as much weight as a top SEC matchup?

But hey, I'm sure Penn State and USC will become a dandy rivalry one day. I'm just not sure I'll be tuned in to care.

In the late 90s, it was Miami/VT and the six chumps, with the occasional Pitt/Syracuse/BC cameo. Hokies were pretty damn good the back half of the decade, culminating in the Vick year in '99 and the run to the national title game. Hokies actually beat Miami five straight years from 95-99.

 

[Neutral Corner]

And are we not hearing the same glowing words about streaming that we were hearing about cable 20-30 years ago? And now cable seems on the outs.

Youtube TV just went up ten bucks a month. Nearly a grand a year at this point.

 

[DanOregon]

Live sports is still the easiest way to reach a desired demographic. I'm just not sure its the most efficient use of ad dollars. And once advertisers figure THAT out - bad times for big time sports.
Just look at how podcasts have eclipsed Big Media, how the biggest acts in music this year came out of nowhere, etc.

Why is this on the coaching thread?

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

In the late 90s, it was Miami/VT and the six chumps, with the occasional Pitt/Syracuse/BC cameo. Hokies were pretty damn good the back half of the decade, culminating in the Vick year in '99 and the run to the national title game. Hokies actually beat Miami five straight years from 95-99.

NCAA also gets an assist on that one for putting Miami on probation for one of their annual rules violations. Their record from 1995-99 was a slightly above mediocre 40-19. In 1997, an average Pitt team that was coming off 72-0 and 60-6 losses to Ohio State and Notre Dame the year before defeated Miami on a Thursday night, as Miami went 5-6. You're right though. The late 1990s was when Virginia Tech became Tech under Michael Vick and Beamer. Those were fun teams to watch.

 

[Cosmo]

Live sports is still the easiest way to reach a desired demographic. I'm just not sure its the most efficient use of ad dollars. And once advertisers figure THAT out - bad times for big time sports.
Just look at how podcasts have eclipsed Big Media, how the biggest acts in music this year came out of nowhere, etc.

Why is this on the coaching thread?

The discussion turned to NIL and which schools could thrive in the new college football environment. Just a natural turn in the conversation.

 

[SixToe]

Youtube TV just went up ten bucks a month. Nearly a grand a year at this point.

Ms SixToe and I were discussing this last night after she said the Toob is now $10 a month.

Add all the other subs for Apple+, Paramount+, Hulu, Booloo, AppleCore, Th' Flix, Peacock, Amazon Prime and whatever else, and you're laying out a bunch of money for a lot of shirt you don't watch and just a few things you do. Just like cable, which everyone disliked "because we have 392 channels and I watch maybe 10." Well, now it's pretty much the same thing but on multiple streaming services.

Insane.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Same. I think this NFL season has been great. College has had its moments, but overall, the weird matchups, lack of regional rivalries, transfer portal not allowing you to get attached to any players, etc., has made the sport feel a little hollow this year. One of my co-workers, a fellow Hokie, was talking about it yesterday, and it made a lot of sense to me. You can't have "rebuilding" years if you're not rebuilding toward anything and everyone is just going to test the portal at the end of the year anyway.

I teach at a university in a big-time conference, and I can't name a single player on the football or men's basketball teams. I can name one women's basketball player, two soccer players and a volleyball player because they are in the major I teach.

 

[micropolitan guy]

I suppose this is natural progression after flaming out in the SEC.

Mulle

Ewers is reportedly going into the NFL Draft after this season. So Arch will be starting at Texas next season.

I've heard Oregon as a grad transfer. Better paycheck (which would also be true at many other of America's gooder colleges).