College Football: 2024 Season

[kjb]

Bill Belicheck has interviewed twice with UNC. It was very surprising and they say his interest is real. Supposedly he wants his son Steve to be named the coach in waiting. He wants to coach next year and we have to see what happens. At 1st I thought was a publicity stunt to draw more interest to the job but if INC was able to pull this off that would be quite the coup for the school and the ACC. This may not happen but we have to wait and see

 

[JohnBM01]

Some musings coming up.

* Congratulations to the 10th-ranked Boise State Broncos on winning the Mountain West Championship! They won 21-7 against 20th-ranked UNLV Rebels at home.

* Congratulations to the 24th-ranked Army Black Knights on winning the American Athletic Conference Championship! In their first year in the American, Army continued their lovely season by smashing the Tulane Green Wave 35-14.

* Georgia and Texas went at it again. This time, for the SEC Championship. Georgia won the last time these two met. And... they won again over the Longhorns. Regulation solved nothing, though. So it was 19-16 in Overtime, Georgia over Texas.

* Jmup_ace's Oregon Ducks remain undefeated by defeating CommanderBond's Penn State Nittany Lions 45-37 for the Big Ten Championship.

* SMU had an excellent regular season campaign in the ACC. Unfortunately, it was the Clemson Tigers that bested the SMU Mustangs 34-31 on a game-winning field goal for the ACC Championship.

* Easy money for Arizona State. The Sun Devils smashed the Iowa State Cyclones 45-19 in the Big XII Championship.

* Easy money also for Jacksonville State for the Conference USA Championship. The Gamecocks easily toppled the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky 52-12.

* An all-Ohio affair for the MAC Championship came down to the Ohio Bobcats and the Miami University (or Miami-OH) Redhawks. Not even Ben Roethlisberger could save Miami-OH on this day. Ohio won 38-3 in Detroit.

* The Sun Belt Championship goes to the Marshall Thundering Herd over the Louisiana-Lafayette (or just Louisiana) Ragin' Cajuns 31-3.


The final College Football Playoff rankings will be revealed on Sunday. Get ready for that!

 

[Jump_Ace]

That was a fantastic game tonight. Penn State earns that #3 rank for sure.


Jerome

 

[JohnBM01]

One last time... Who's in? Well, we been imagining the Playoff brackets since last month. Now, we have the final College Football Playoff standings. So let's see how the final playoff bracket goes...

! - currently secures 1st Round Bye

--- College Football Playoff Rankings (as of: December 8, 2024) ---
01: Oregon (1st in rankings)
02: Georgia (2nd in rankings)
03: Boise State (9th in rankings)
04: Arizona State (12th in rankings)
05: Texas (3rd in rankings)
06: Penn State (4th in rankings)
07: Notre Dame (5th in rankings)
08: Ohio State (6th in rankings)
09: Tennessee (7th in rankings)
10: Indiana (8th in rankings)
11: SMU (10th in rankings)
12: Clemson (16th in rankings)
--- FIRST TWO OUT... ---
13: Alabama (11th in rankings)
14: Miami-FL (13th in rankings)


--- College Football Playoff Seeding (as of December 3, 2024) ---

1st Round:

• #12 Clemson at #5 Texas
• #9 Tennessee at #8 Ohio State
• #11 SMU at #6 Penn State
• #10 Indiana at #7 Notre Dame

Quarterfinals:

• #4 Arizona State vs. (5/12 winner)
• #1 Oregon vs. (8/9 winner)
• #3 Boise State vs. (6/11 winner)
• #2 Georgia vs. (7/10 winner)

That's it. Now we know Who's In. These are all of the Playoff contenders in NCAA FBS this season. Twelve teams have a chance to win the National Championship. Who will win the National Championship in the 2024 season? We'll find out together!


Respond, react, discuss... whatever you wish.

 

[kjb]

I am glad Bama didn't make it. Get they beat Georgia but they had a bad loss to Oklahoma and SMU deserved to make it. I don't feel bad for Miami either. They have to look at their coach. They had a chance at the end of the Syracuse game to win it. On 4 & 15 and time winding down they could have went for it but decided to kick the FG and trust a defense that up to this point in the season hasn't proven they can stop anybody. Glad to see Boise St got a bye they deserved it. The only team they lost to was No.1 Oregon and it was a close game. Anyway this will be interesting

 

[JohnBM01]

I don't think Alabama got screwed out of a National Championship opportunity. This was not one of the dominating or empowering seasons of Crimson Tide football. I do feel a bit surprised SMU got in and not Alabama. The only way you feel Alabama got screwed is if you have a mentality like it's your birthright to make the postseason. It would be like if people complained that Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Indiana, UCLA, or Gonzaga fail to make March Madness despite having crap seasons.

The First Round matches I am rather interested in are Clemson at Texas and Indiana at Penn State. I don't see Tennessee knocking off Ohio State or SMU downing Penn State. I COULD see Indiana possibly upsetting Notre Dame. Clemson at Texas could be decided by no more than 9 points. However, I think Texas will hold serve in that game. At least schools like Clemson, Texas, Indiana, and Notre Dame can play to their temperatures and climates without much issues.

I'm happy for Boise State to be a National Championship contender. Boise State in football is usually seen like Gonzaga in basketball. It is that little school capable of doing some big damage in football. It would be the ultimate underdog story if Boise State somehow won it all. That is... if Oregon, Georgia, and/or Arizona State have anything to say about it.


This first-ever 12-team playoff should be fun and interesting. I sure want to see how this goes.

 

[kjb]

So UNC hired Belicheck. It was really big news in here the Triangle. The Tarheels swung for the fences and hit a home run. I think Belicheck has something to prove and I think the UNC football will benefit from it. Or it may be a disaster who knows. One of the jokes that has been floating around is Eli Manning needs to get some eligibility and come play with NC State. If he is successful it will raise the profile of the ACC where is it still considered a basketball power conference but not so much whne it comes to football. Again we will have to wait and see what happens

 

[JohnBM01]

The 2024 College Football Bowl Game season is here! Today begins the Bowl schedule with the Cricket Celebration Bowl between the Jackson State Tigers vs. the South Carolina State Bulldogs. Also today is the Army-Navy Game. Later tonight is the 2024 Heisman Trophy Ceremony, given to the best player in all of college football this season. Outside of NCAA FBS is all of the different playoffs to settle championships in over levels of NCAA Football. Back to the Heisman Trophy for a moment, though. Here are your Finalists:

2024 HEISMAN FINALISTS:

• Dillon Gabriel (QB, Oregon)
• Travis Hunter (WR/CB, Colorado)
• Ashton Jeanty (RB, Boise State)
• Cam Ward (QB, Miami-FL)

Enjoy all of today's action!

 

[JohnBM01]

GTPlanet, please welcome the newest member of the Heisman Trophy winners club:

Travis Hunter (WR/CB, Colorado)!

Yes, Travis Hunter wins the 2024 Heisman Trophy. All congratulations to not only Travis Hunter, but all of the Heisman finalists on solid seasons.


Elsewhere...

* It was 28-7 in favor of the Jackson State Tigers over the South Carolina State Bulldogs in the Cricket Celebration Bowl.

* Unranked Navy took down the Army Black Knights 31-13. The Midshipmen gave Army only their second loss of the season. Both Navy and Army have had baller seasons in 2024. Navy goes to 9-3 while Army goes to 11-2.

* Marshall opted out of their Bowl Game to Army, so Louisiana Tech will face the Black Knights in their Bowl game. Army will play in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl. Only now, Army will face Louisiana Tech and not Marshall.


How about some NCAA FCS Playoffs, y'all? Win or go home!

* The South Dakota State Jackrabbits smashed the Cardinals of the University of the Incarnate Word 55-14.

* TB's North Dakota State Bison hosted the Mercer Bears. The boys from Georgia didn't do too well as the Bison rolled to a 31-7 victory. The Bison are now 8-0 at home this season.

* This past Friday night, it was a crushing win for the Montana State Fighting Bobcats as they took down the Idaho Vandals 52-19.

* As of the time of this post, the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl basically just started. This is the Bowl Game between the University of South Alabama Jaguars and the Western Michigan Broncos.


Thanks for reading!

 

[JohnBM01]

The College Football Playoff rounds begin... tonight! We have the Indiana Hoosiers at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first of the rounds of the CFP. Either team's season will come to an end tonight depending on who wins. This game is on tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern on ABC/ESPN. The other First Round matches will happen tomorrow.

Enjoy this game (and the rest of the CFP) if you'll be watching or following!

 

[JohnBM01]

The first casualty of the 2024 College Football Playoff is Indiana. The 7th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish throttled the 10th-ranked Hoosiers 27-17 at Notre Dame. Indiana has nothing to be too ashamed of with their awesome 11-1 season heading into this game. Indiana got some quick touchdowns late, but the game was pretty much well over. The Fighting Irish will meet the Georgia Bulldogs in the next round of the CFP on New Year's Day.