OT: D1

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Neck Rolls, Full cage facemasks, pads up and down your arms and huge shoulder pads, those were the days ... sigh

I'd love to see modern players put all that clunky crap on and try to play. They essentially don't even wear pads today. Those were the RoboCop days.

[Big__Tasty]

I'd love to see modern players put all that clunky crap on and try to play. They essentially don't even wear pads today. Those were the RoboCop days.

I've tried to get my son to wear all the old school cool stuff. He has no interest. Wears black cleats, no visor, no gloves, no nothing. In fact, he wears the same shoulder pads I bought him 9 years ago. He sent me a text the other day and told me they're starting to fall apart. I told him to pick out a new pair that he wants, send the link to me and I'd order them and have them shipped to him at school. He said, "nah, I'll finsh out the season with these ones and then we can order new ones."

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I've tried to get my son to wear all the old school cool stuff. He has no interest. Wears black cleats, no visor, no gloves, no nothing. In fact, he wears the same shoulder pads I bought him 9 years ago. He sent me a text the other day and told me they're starting to fall apart. I told him to pick out a new pair that he wants, send the link to me and I'd order them and have them shipped to him at school. He said, "nah, I'll finsh out the season with these ones and then we can order new ones."

I bet they smell great LOL

[IUPNation]

Meatchicken drops out of the rankings..cos they really lost.

[Bart]

MAC appeals.

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2026...ball-game.aspx

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I watched Stephen A. and his buddy Finebaum talk about the LSU clobbering of Clemson.

Highly entertaining. I hadn't watched those two in a long time. It almost felt like an SNL skit.

They lit Dabo on fire.


I did watch the SMU vs FSU game last night. SMU tried to give that game away about 12 times and FSU still couldn't beat them.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

MAC appeals.

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2026...ball-game.aspx

Watch Jim Rome's rant on the topic. Very interesting and entertaining.

[Chuck Norris]

MAC appeals.

https://getsomemaction.com/news/2026...ball-game.aspx

It took them multiple days to figure out that the B1G can’t just use a mystery clock that only their replay officials can see. Very competent leadership.

[Fightingscot82]

A lot of Maize M fans saying that Michigan still had to convert the gifted play to win and they did. However, I can't imagine many of those WMU players were able to focus appropriately in those waning seconds. Its not like Ohio State upset Michigan then had to do an extra play.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Doesn't Oklahoma -5.5 seem like a gimme bet?

Of course, those guys in Vegas are pretty good at odds making.

[Ram040506]

Doesn't Oklahoma -5.5 seem like a gimme bet?

Of course, those guys in Vegas are pretty good at odds making.

I didn't watch much of the Michigan game, but is their defense pretty sound? Oklahoma's QB is pretty 1 dimensional in the run game and not a great passer, so I think that will keep the score down.

[Fightingscot82]

I didn't watch much of the Michigan game, but is their defense pretty sound? Oklahoma's QB is pretty 1 dimensional in the run game and not a great passer, so I think that will keep the score down.

Hard to tell. Western Michigan was voted to win the MAC this year and the top MAC team is usually ranked within the top 15-20. Michigan's defense did hold them to 4 field goals, but Western Michigan held the Wolverines to just two touchdowns (some would say just one touchdown).

[Chuck Norris]

Doesn't Oklahoma -5.5 seem like a gimme bet?

Of course, those guys in Vegas are pretty good at odds making.

Oklahoma beat UTEP so it’s hard to say how good they are. I’d expect a pretty spirited effort from Michigan after they’ve been trashed all week. On the other hand it looks like Bryce Underwood absolutely stinks and is the most expensive swing and miss of the NIL era so far, so it might not matter how fired up Michigan is.

[Ship69]

Oklahoma beat UTEP so it’s hard to say how good they are. I’d expect a pretty spirited effort from Michigan after they’ve been trashed all week. On the other hand it looks like Bryce Underwood absolutely stinks and is the most expensive swing and miss of the NIL era so far, so it might not matter how fired up Michigan is.

The Underwood experiment might be over soon with another tepid performance. The Michigan coaching staff has indicated he's on a short leash. Maybe some of these schools will stop throwing big NIL money at players who haven't even proven themselves effective at the college level yet, but that's probably expecting too much.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The Underwood experiment might be over soon with another tepid performance. The Michigan coaching staff has indicated he's on a short leash. Maybe some of these schools will stop throwing big NIL money at players who haven't even proven themselves effective at the college level yet, but that's probably expecting too much.

Well, Directional Michigan just may be pretty good.

The Wolverines look much different today.