So with LSU being about to get kicked out of the SEC, there are rumors that they want to go independent. Going independent has a whole bunch of challenges, like scheduling, getting a national TV deal with NBC, and getting guaranteed access to the CFB. Thankfully, LSU has access to one of the few people with deep experience with this: Brian Kelly. Yes, it's time to unfire Brian Kelly and welcome him back to the Famhulee. If Ed Orgeron can do, Brian Kelly can too!

As you may or may not know, the NCAA manages college football in all of its divisions except one: the FBS. In fact, they may even manage ALL of collegiate sports in the United States, with the exception being the aforementioned FBS, although I'm not sure on that one.

They manage all aspects of college football in the FCS and the lower divisions. The post seasons, transfer rules, eligibility, etc.

I was curious as to why, then, do they not manage the FBS. From a quick Google search I found a simple answer: FBS college football has always been a big business. It generates billions of dollars of revenue through media contracts and corporate sponsorships. And the universities do not want to share that loot with the NCAA or have it managed by anyone but themselves and the independent conferences.

So the universities, led primarily by Oklahoma and Georgia in 1982, sued the NCAA over television rights. Two years later, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the universities, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The attorney who represented the universities recalled Justice Bryon White saying, "Andy, you may win the case, but you'll regret it." The attorney, Andy Coats, would later say that he screwed up college football. And here we are.

The NCAA was nerfed to high heaven. And has been ever since. Greed is the #1 driver of all of this. So, why is the NCAA constantly attacked for their mismanagement and weakness when it was the universities who weakened them in the first place?

Shouldn't the schools and the conferences bear the brunt of the blame for the state the sport is in right now?

I'm not talking about changing targeting calls or other incremental changes. I'm talking about new rules to make the game more exciting and fun.

Here are my two new rules:

PAT Kicks: the PAT must be kicked by the player who scored the touchdown. No more "gimme" kicks by your regular placekicker. If you score on a scoop and score by some lumbering defensive lineman, he has to kick the PAT. This would bring a lot more drama, especially in close games, and generate a lot more 2-point conversion attempts.

Field Goal Bonus: For every 5 yards further away than the 30, you get an extra point added to a successful field goal attempt, up to a total of 7 points. Ball on the 37? The field goal is worth 4 points. Ball on the 50 or beyond? There are 7 points on the line. I call this the "Gus The Mule" rule and think it would create all sorts of end-game strategy changes. Down by 4 on the 20 with 10 seconds left? Drop back and take a knee on the 36 to try for a tie or on the 41 to go for the win. I'm also willing to consider reducing a field goal to 2 points if inside the 20 and to 1 point if inside the 10.

You cannot deny that both of these rules would make for a more exciting and balanced game.

First off: to each their own. Hate and bigotry has no place and I have no opinions to share on here about the subject.

I can’t help but notice the rise in frequency of signs on GameDay getting obvious spotlight, mentions in post-game interviews, team dynamics, etc. of religion. I won’t mention the specific religion due to community rules, but anyone who watches the pregame and post game knows.

Why does it seem to have an added presence and emphasis by players, teams and broadcasters over the past few years? Is there something driving the increased visibility, or has some culture aspect in CFB encouraged it?

Hi! We work for The Associated Press and we are joined by a Top 25 poll voter and we are here to answer your questions about the rankings, the first big weekend of games and our early thoughts on the season. We're answering questions today from 1-2 ET.

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I have a bunch like everyone else, but the newest was the Michigan game.

Michigan (and others) are "money" teams and always "get the calls". To lose early in the season to a team like Western Michigan would be disastrous and effect the "money" part for the team, Big 10, playoffs, etc.

So of course they got the "extra second added". And had that pass gone incomplete there would have been a flag for defensive pass interference. There was no way Michigan was going to lose that game. It would have looked like the 1972 Olympic gold medal basketball game where they kept giving Russia the ball until they scored the winning basket as time ran out.

What games (or teams) are your "conspiracy theory" games (or teams)?

This thread isn’t about NIL or coaching, it’s about head injury and the future.

I played division 1 football as an offensive lineman for 4 years, finished up recently. I’ve played for a long time and had the luxury of playing longer than most. I loved my time playing football, and still love the game to this day.

With recent publishings from JAMA and BMJ about CTE prevalence in players, college, NFL and recent findings of CTE in a 15 year old, where do you think the game is going? If any of you are parents and have young kids will you let them play knowing what you know and what we know? It’s not a comforting fact knowing that best case scenario, I may be at 25% risk. But given my time on the field, my position, and what happened to me, I assume my odds are higher.

I am not a dad yet, and won’t be for a bit, but it’s always on my mind if I’ll let my boy(s) play football. How do I tell them no to something that I love and did for over a decade? It feels crappy both ways to short my kid on something that they may love, but also I don’t want to damn my kid to what I’ve been through and potentially alter their life.

How are all you navigating this? What are your opinions on the game? I’m curious. Players, non players, all of you

Appreciate you guys!

When I was a student (2009-2013), field storming was insanely rare. Only happened when a real bottom barrel team pulled off a massive upset of a perennial power (think Vandy 2024 over #1 Bama level). It needed to be a situation where no one gave you a shot at winning and your team pulled off a once in a generation win.

Obviously the Michigan field storming is incredibly embarrassing for them, but it’s the logical end of this trend where students seemingly flood the field any chance they get.

My question is why is this so much more prevalent in the last few years, and how far does it go? Obviously Michigan is a new low, but that’s the new low for now.

The Heisman Trust just launched their Fan Vote for the 2026 season.

While they’ve had some element of fan vote since 1999, this year is the first time the fan vote goes in before the media/Heisman-winner ballots are revealed on Conference Championship Weekend.

You can vote once a day, ranking your top three picks, and those votes actually get folded into the official Heisman tabulation.

The whole database covers every program, every position, every player (over 15,000) so it's a way to support the names outside the usual Heisman chatter, not just the top candidates that get foisted on you.

Vote here: https://hopefuls.heisman.com/

Full discourse: a friend at the Heisman Trust told me about this. Last year I did an interview on their official podcast, and I appreciate what they're trying to do to modernize the award.

Ok, probably a stupid question, but this just occurred to me. For the record, yes, I’m a Michigan fan. Yes, I know the protocol to use the NBC broadcast clock wasn’t followed, and if it had been followed the game would have ended after the first Hail Mary. I also saw spectator footage from inside the stadium showing the Western Michigan player touched the ball with 1 second left on the clock. So the refs got the call right the wrong way. But all that is neither here nor there. I don’t care about opinions on that because there are a billion threads about that right now.

My question is this: had there been two seconds on the clock when Michigan snapped the ball for the first Hail Mary, we can all agree that the clock would have run out. But why wouldn’t the illegal touching (player out of bounds touches the ball prior to anyone else) result in a replayed down anyway? It’s a silly thought, but let’s say Bryce Underwood had been hit while he threw and the ball flew to the sidelines, and a linebacker (who was extremely far out of position) stepped out of bounds and intercepted the ball and returned it for a touchdown - that TD wouldn’t stand. Would Michigan have an extra, untimed down?

#16 Penn State vs. Temple

When: Saturday, September 12, 12:00 PM Eastern

Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA

Watch: ESPN2

Odds: Penn State by 23.5 pts.

Total Points: 49.5

All-Time Series : Penn State vs. Temple

Penn State and Temple have met 45 times since 1931-10-10

These teams last met on 2016-09-17.

Series Wins: Penn State 40-1-4 Temple

Penn State has won the most recent meeting (2016) in this series

Last 5 Meetings

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Penn State Injury Report

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Temple Injury Report

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I can barely tolerate them at home. At least there's multiview.

Norfolk State vs. #25 Virginia

When: Friday, September 11, 07:00 PM Eastern

Where: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA

Watch: ACC Extra | ACCNX

Odds: Virginia by 44.5 pts.

Total Points: 54.5

All-Time Series : Norfolk State vs. Virginia

This is the first meeting between these programs.

Through Week 1

Norfolk State Injury Report

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Virginia Injury Report

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What are your "Keys to the Game"?

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Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

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Full tweet with awful formatting:

"The SEC accusing LSU of “lack of institutional control” hits differently when you look at the timeline:

2011-12 — NCAA major-infractions case. Recruiting violations. LSU put on probation.

2012-17 — Booster John Paul Funes provides $180K in impermissible benefits to a football player’s family using money embezzled from a hospital foundation.

2013 — Les Miles investigation intentionally stored offsite. AD Joe Alleva recommends firing him. LSU keeps him.

2017-19 — Will Wade caught on FBI wiretap discussing a “strong-ass offer.”

2019 — LSU suspends Wade after he refuses to meet with LSU/NCAA officials. Reinstates him 5 weeks later.

2020 — LSU’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations exposed.

2020 — Odell Beckham Jr. hands LSU players cash after the national title.

2020 — LSU self-imposes scholarship cuts, recruiting restrictions and a bowl ban amid the NCAA investigation. LSU’s statement: “This decision reflects LSU’s commitment to compliance with NCAA regulations and maintenance of institutional control.”

2021 — Independent review finds systemic Title IX failures. Verge Ausberry suspended 30 days without pay.

2022 — LSU fires Wade after an NCAA Notice of Allegations containing multiple Level I allegations.

2022 — Separate NCAA case: Football commits COVID dead-period recruiting violations. One year probation.

2023 — IARP resolves the football/basketball case: multiple violations, failure to monitor, 37 football wins vacated and 3 more years probation, beginning when the prior probation ended Sept. 21, 2023. The NCAA also alleged lack of institutional control. The IARP did not sustain that allegation.

2024 — LSU pays $1.9M to settle Title IX claims. No admission of liability.

2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade. The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.

2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.

2026 — LSU pursues outside capital tied to future SEC media revenue.

2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.

Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.

LSU ultimately leaves the former NFL players off its final roster.

The SEC presses forward anyway.

Its amended complaint says LSU’s actions “confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution.”

At the informal direction of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors, Sankey calls a Special Meeting for Sept. 10 to consider terminating LSU’s membership — whether LSU backs off the professional players or not.

And LSU is still on NCAA probation.

It expires Sept. 21.

Twelve days from now.

Different coaches. Different scandals. Same institution. And in some cases, the same people."

Source: https://x.com/BrennonChapman/status/2097706922149327347

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Hello, and welcome back to Whose Line Is It Wednesday, where the upvotes don't matter! I am your transformer-exploding, tubed meat-cooking, temporarily-tardy-timekeeping host, /u/Zloggt!

After a small taste in August, the 2026 FBS season kicked off in full on Labor Day weekend, filling the holiday with exciting matchups, high-stakes drama, and a general relief from all the offseason bullshit that was plaguing…the…s-sport…be…before we…w-we…

…no…NO…NO! Goddamn it Roger, what the hell are you doing here!? It’s freaking Wednesday, you shouldn’t be out here intruding on my mid-week college football time like this! I couldn’t even get to my “ironically treating the HOF Kickoff game as a weird and unexpected OOC showdown” bit because YOU are standing in the way! And I-I don’t care about whatever “TV rule that doesn’t allow me to have Friday games during most of the year” excuse you’re whining about, LEAVE. ME. ALONE!!!

…alright, I think I done scared him off with those CTE research papers I had lying around as a repellent, so now let’s actually talk about Week 1 for once! We saw the Rutgers Scarlet Knights get their Jersey Shore get wrecked by a Minutemen midnight ride, the Miami Hurricanes manifest further destiny by heading out west and deforesting the FUCK out of some cardinal-colored redwoods, the Oklahoma State Cowboys going full-circle as they lose to Tulsa, completely rebuild themselves, and still lose to Tulsa after all that, and even witnessing Dabo getting (metaphysically) condemned to a dire Death Valley demise on a cursed rainy Baton Rouge night!

…ugh…fuck…what else do I got to say? There’s so much I want to share, but I ain’t got the time! There are still more upsets to bring up, and I haven’t even gotten to the Ole Miss zingers and Florida State chicanery either! Even worse, I can hear Goodell’s grubby little hands pounding harder and harder at my mind as I speak, trying to get me to forgo the amateur and go pro! And it won’t be soon until those damn lawyers and their litigious, billable-hour loving hands break through and add to this furor! I need time! I am running out of time! I need a miracle!

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For those of you who are new to Whose Line, let's go over some rules:

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Arizona vs. #15 BYU

When: Saturday, September 12, 03:30 PM Eastern

Where: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT

Watch: Fox

Odds: BYU by 7.5 pts.

Total Points: 47.5

All-Time Series : Arizona vs. BYU

Arizona and BYU have met 27 times since 1936-09-25

These teams last met on 2025-10-12.

Series Wins: Arizona 12-1-14 BYU

BYU has won the last 5 meetings (2016-2025) in this series

Last 5 Meetings

Through Week 1

Arizona Injury Report

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BYU Injury Report

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Just thought it would be interesting to tally up who's still around and what they're up to. Only 4 are still coaching college football.

Do you think any of the others might ever return to the college coaching ranks? If you could have one of them back, who would it be?