College Football 2025

[CardsofSTL]

Bobby Petrino is now the interim head coach at Arkansas. His second stint at Louisville didn't end too well, and I don't expect this one to end well for Arkansas, either.

Petrino seems to have a history of being a jackass but he keeps getting hired to coach.

Especially at schools where he's already worn out his welcome. The thing is, both Louisville and Arkansas set things up where he could step right back in. (With Louisville, Petrino was coaching right down in I-65 at Western Kentucky, and as OC for Arkansas, you knew the head coach was likely a lame duck.)

Winning is everything, and he won at Arkansas during his last stint as head coach. But he cratered Louisville's program the last time he coached here.

He never stays in one place very long; there is usually a reason for that

[CardsofSTL]

I am getting tired of this meme template but this one made me laugh anyway

[Radbird]

The Pop-Tarts Bowl celebration was delayed by a faulty toaster built into the trophy. Compelling television.

[Radbird]

[mikechamp]

I don't follow college football too closely, but I found the dynamics and complexity of this off-field situation interesting:

Will Dabo Swinney turning whistleblower be the beginning of a revolt against college football absurdity?

The way Dabo Swinney views his career at Clemson and his place in the world have long been defined by the traumatic upbringing he overcame. In Dabo’s version of his own life story, it was very much the difficulty of it all — sleeping in his family’s car, coming to terms with an alcoholic father, walking on at Alabama — that forged a national championship coach who now makes $11 million a year.

There have been times over the last five years or so where that defining ethos has worked against him. He’s been too loyal to underperformers in his organization, too stubborn to adapt to changing times. After guiding Clemson to four national championship games over a five-year span, it now looks like a run-of-the-mill ACC program on a downward trajectory. After going 7-6 last season, there’s even speculation about how long of a leash Swinney has before the school is forced to make a drastic decision about the best coach in school history.

But on Friday, it drove Swinney to arguably the most interesting place of his career. He became a whistleblower.

“If you tamper with my players, I’m going to turn you in,” Swinney told reporters, continuing, “if there are no consequences for tampering, then we have no rules and we have no governance.”

The rant included specific claims against Ole Miss regarding linebacker Luke Ferrelli, who transferred from Cal and enrolled at Clemson before re-entering the portal and landing in Mississippi. Among the accusations made by Swinney: Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding allegedly texted Ferrelli, "I know you’re signed. What’s the buyout?” while he was in class at Clemson and that Ferrelli’s agent said he would turn over to Clemson incriminating text messages from Ole Miss if Clemson agreed to add one year and $1 million to Ferrelli’s contract.

Clemson declined. Ferrelli will play at Ole Miss in 2026.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-footba ... 27022.html