B1G New Additions Offseason Thread

[FearlessF]

Ohio St. and Michigan seem to fare well when it comes to scheduling

[Brutus Buckeye]

Simple geography, really. 

Michigan State got a mild hosing, ranked among the teams from the plains. 

[FearlessF]

always Michigan State and rarely Michigan

with the hosing

[Temp430]

always Michigan State and rarely Michigan

with the hosing

 LOL

[CatsbyAZ]

To draw from the same article quoted above regarding the cancelling of marquee cross-conference matchups:
“Unfortunately, this is a trend that seems likely to continue across the sport. Conferences will have sights set on landing as many at-large bids as possible in the new 12-team playoff setup, meaning losses need to be at a premium for the league as a whole.”

A Trojans beat writer hypes the importance of USC Vs LSU by elaborating on the above point, specifying the 10-win mark as the threshold for playoff likelihood for SEC and Big Ten programs thanks to expanding the playoffs to twelve teams:

“The big point to remember about the shift to a 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024 is that if a team can go 10-2, that should be enough to make the playoff from the Big Ten or the SEC. Teams from one of the toughest conferences in the country can now lose twice and still have decent odds of making the playoff. In the four-team playoff era, USC or any other team from the Pac-12 needed to go 12-1 in 13 games to have a good chance of making the playoff. Pac-12 teams with two losses simply did not get into the four-team playoff. It’s different now with USC facing a rough schedule in a 12-team playoff format. A 10-2 record will get the Trojans into the playoff. Therefore, if they beat LSU, the Trojans could go 9-2 in their remaining 11 games and still make the playoff. It really puts the LSU game into perspective.”

No wonder Riley wanted out of this matchup so badly.

[CatsbyAZ]

I figured all the negative, mocking, offseason criticism of Lincoln Riley would only play out on fan blogs and message boards like ours. But no, Paul Finebaum has decided Big Boy College Football Media will get in on the act too. At last week’s SEC media days, likely the most replayed soundbite was Finebaum’s haranguing, scorched-earth assessment of Lincoln Riley:

“I thought last year was one of the worst coaching jobs I’ve ever seen. Quite frankly, had I been the athletic director at Southern Cal, I would have fired Lincoln Riley because he’s yet to show, after many years as a head coach, whether he knows anything about defense. He’s gone through defensive coordinators. And now things are going to be five times worse in the Big Ten. On top of that a number of his top players are bailing out. This was a guy who owned LA for about half a minute. Next year at this time I think he’ll more than likely be an assistant in the NFL if he’s that lucky.”

Then earlier this week Finebaum goes on ESPN’s First Take and after reiterating his anti-Rileyism, says the answer for USC moving forward is...

...wait for it...

...Deion Sanders.

Now it makes more sense why Big Boy College Football Media might be turning on Lincoln Riley – they want Prime in the Los Angeles market. Never mind Colorado losing 8 of their last 9 games to finish the season; it’s all about the hype. Finebaum goes on to promote “Prime in Tinseltown” as “one of the great combinations in history.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGXJgeOszA

[utee94]

I've found that completely ignoring Finebaum is a "best practice" for living life to the fullest.

[MrNubbz]

Actually I didn't mind last season as he and his hordes were waylaying into the fighting hairballs for their um "indiscretions"

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/davidadamcone/status/1816161114633142505?t=jOxTb4JaV3OxJov98AKucQ&s=19

[847badgerfan]

Holy crap.

[OrangeAfroMan]

If nothing else, couldn't he default to a pitch he'd give to a recruit?  Something?!?

Give me 'Guys that have never been a head coach and are overwhelmed' for $200, Alex.

[betarhoalphadelta]

If nothing else, couldn't he default to a pitch he'd give to a recruit?  Something?!?

Give me 'Guys that have never been a head coach and are overwhelmed' for $200, Alex.

Are you kidding? *I* could have given a better opening statement than that!

Yeah, I'd get roasted once they start asking questions, but I have an excuse for that: I'm not even a football coach. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

That was worse than when Luke Fickel held his introductory press conference as OSU's interim HC. 

[847badgerfan]

https://twitter.com/bigten/status/1819387933209903384?s=46&t=XdrGkNvHkY7K2L9Yz7UOfA