College Football 2023

[Dave1291]

Breaking out of Ann Arbor - 

Michigan football fires linebackers coach Chris Partridge

Tony Garcia

Detroit Free Press

 

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Michigan football has fired linebackers coach Chris Partridge, the program announced in a statement Friday morning.

 

"Effective today, Chris Partridge has been relieved of his duties as a member of the Michigan Football staff," read a message from team spokesman Dave Ablauf. "Rick Minter will serve as the team’s linebackers coach."

Partridge is in his fifth year as a member of U-M's coaching staff overall; he was brought back Feb. 8 to begin his second tenure with the Wolverines when he was hired to coach the linebackers. Partridge previously served as the team's special teams coordinator for four seasons (2016-19), before he became defensive coordinator at Ole Miss for three seasons (2020-22).

TRENDING:Michigan accepting Jim Harbaugh's suspension leaves more questions than answers

 

Rick Minter is a longtime coach at Cincinnati (1994-2003) and father of defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. He has served as a defensive analyst for the Wolverines since 2022.

Partridge is the second staffer to leave his position in the past few weeks, after off-field analyst Connor Stalions resigned Nov. 3 following evidence he ran an illegal sign-stealing scheme. The NCAA's investigation is ongoing.

 

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has been suspended for the final three games of the regular season as overseer of the program. The university and Harbaugh on Thursday did a 180 and agreed to accept the ban, one day before a scheduled court hearing where U-M hoped to receive a temporary restraining order against the Big Ten for its suspension, which would have allowed Harbaugh to coach against Maryland on Saturday and Ohio State a week later to close the regular season.

READ MORE:Jim Harbaugh has the chance to step up and teach us all a lesson while suspended

 

 

FWIW:  Firing an assistant coach of a 10-0 team during the season is unheard of in college football. Obviously this has to be related to the sign stealing investigation.

[Dave1291]

College football top 25 schedule, scores for Week 12

Saturday, Nov. 18

• No. 1 Georgia 38, Tennessee 10
• No. 2 Ohio State 37, Minnesota 3
• No. 3 Michigan 31, Maryland 24
• No. 4 Florida State 58, North Alabama 13
• No. 5 Washington 22, No. 11 Oregon State 20
• No. 6 Oregon 49, Arizona State 13 
• No. 7 Texas 26, Iowa State 16
• No. 8 Alabama 66, Chattanooga 10
• No. 9 Missouri 33, Florida 31
• No. 10 Louisville 38, Miami (Fla.) 31
• No. 12 Penn State 27, Rutgers 6
• No. 13 Ole Miss 35, UL Monroe 3
• No. 14 Oklahoma 31, BYU 24
• No. 15 LSU 56, Georgia State 14
• No. 16 Iowa 15, Illinois 13 
• No. 17 Arizona 42, No. 22 Utah 18
• No. 19 Notre Dame 45, Wake Forest 7
• Clemson 31, No. 20 North Carolina 20
• No. 21 Kansas State 31, No. 25 Kansas 27 
• No. 23 Oklahoma State 43, Houston 30 
• No. 24 Tulane 24, Florida Atlantic 8

[Dave1291]

Top 4 teams highlights of week 12.

 

 

 

 

 

Costly for the Noles when Heisman candidate Jordan Travis suffered a season ending left leg injury.  Saturday the Nole's face instate rivalry Florida.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2023/11/18/jordan-travis-injury-florida-state-north-alabama/71640669007/

[Dave1291]

This weeks top NCAA picks. 

 

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	Georgia	11-0	1
2	Ohio State	11-0	2
3	Michigan	11-0	3
4	Washington	11-0	5
5	Florida State	11-0	4
6	Oregon	10-1	6
7	Texas	10-1	7
8	Alabama	10-1	8
9	Missouri	9-2	9
10	Louisville	10-1	10
11	Penn State	9-2	12
12	Ole Miss	9-2	13
13	Oklahoma	9-2	14
14	LSU	8-3	15
15	Arizona	8-3	17
16	Oregon State	8-3	11
17	Iowa	9-2	16
18	Notre Dame	7-3	13
19	Kansas State	8-3	21
20	Oklahoma State	8-3	23
21	Tennessee	7-4	18
22	NC State	8-3	NR
23	Tulane	10-1	24
24	Clemson	7-4	NR
25	Liberty	11-0	NR

[Dave1291]

HUGE games on tap for the weekend.  Here ya go with the particulars on each.  Kick back and take a ride.

 

Can't-miss games in Week 13

Friday, Nov. 24

• No. 11 Oregon State vs. No. 6 Oregon| FOX | 8:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Nov. 25

 

• No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Michigan | FOX | 12 p.m. ET 
• No. 8 Alabama vs. Auburn | CBS | 3:30 p.m. ET  
• No. 5 Washington vs. Washington State | FOX | 4 p.m. ET
• No. 4 Florida State vs. Florida | ESPN | 7 p.m. ET
• No. 1 Georgia vs. Georgia Tech | ABC | 7:30 p.m. ET

Then there are the rest!

 

Friday, Nov. 24

• No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 16 Oregon State | 8:30 p.m. | FOX
• No. 7 Texas vs. Texas Tech | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
• No. 9 Missouri at Arkansas | 4 p.m. | CBS
• No. 11 Penn State at Michigan State | 7:30 p.m. | NBC
• No. 13 Oklahoma 69, TCU 45
• No. 17 Iowa 13, Nebraska 10
• No. 23 Tulane vs. UTSA | 3:30 p.m. | ABC

Saturday, Nov. 25

• No. 1 Georgia at Georgia Tech | 7:30 p.m. | ABC
• No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Michigan | 12 p.m. | FOX
• No. 4 Washington vs. Washington State | 4 p.m. | FOX
• No. 5 Florida State at Florida | 7 p.m. | ESPN
• No. 8 Alabama at Auburn | 3:30 p.m. | CBS
• No. 10 Louisville vs. Kentucky | 12 p.m. | ABC
• No. 14 LSU vs. Texas A&M | 12 p.m. | ESPN
• No. 15 Arizona at Arizona State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
• No. 18 Notre Dame at Stanford | 7 p.m. | Pac-12 Network
• No. 19 Kansas State vs. Iowa State | 8 p.m. | FOX
• No. 20 Oklahoma State vs. BYU | 3:30 p.m. | ABC
• No. 21 Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt | 3:30 p.m. | SEC Network
• No. 22 NC State vs. North Carolina | 8 p.m. | ACC Network 
• No. 24 Clemson at South Carolina | 7:30 p.m. | SEC Network
• No. 25 Liberty at UTEP | 3:30 p.m. | CBSSN

Thursday, Nov. 23

• No. 12 Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7

[JohnJ]

And my boys finally made it into the list. Ah heck.

[Dave1291]

High noon Saturday in Ann Arbor.  All the talk, hype, sanctions will sort one way or another.  Post up your hype video if you want.  Here's mine.  It's ALWAYS the #1 game of the regular seaso it seems.  SOMEone's gonna win it!

GO BUCKS!

[JohnJ]

Tigers will get a bowl game out of this ho-hum season.

Maybe next decade

[JJkizak]

Did they terminate Daily yet?

JJK

[Dave1291]

Read 'em and weep sports fans!  The results are in whether you like it or not!  Changes to the Top 4 are coming for sure!

College football top 25 schedule, scores for Week 13

Saturday, Nov. 25

• No. 1 Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
• No. 3 Michigan 30, No. 2 Ohio State 24
• No. 4 Washington 24, Washington State 21
• No. 5 Florida State 24, Florida 15
• No. 8 Alabama 27, Auburn 24
• Kentucky 38, No. 10 Louisville 31
• No. 14 LSU 42, Texas A&M 30
• No. 15 Arizona 59, Arizona State 23
• No. 18 Notre Dame 56, Stanford 23 
• Iowa State 42, No. 19 Kansas State 35
• No. 20 Oklahoma State 40, BYU 34
• No. 21 Tennessee 48, Vanderbilt 24 
• No. 22 NC State 39, North Carolina 20
• No. 24 Clemson 16, South Carolina 7
• No. 25 Liberty 42, UTEP 28

Thursday, Nov. 23

• No. 12 Ole Miss 17, Mississippi State 7

Friday, Nov. 24

• No. 6 Oregon 31, No. 16 Oregon State 7
• No. 7 Texas 57, Texas Tech 7 
• No. 9 Missouri 48, Arkansas 14
• No. 11 Penn State 42, Michigan State 0
• No. 13 Oklahoma 69, TCU 45
• No. 17 Iowa 13, Nebraska 10
• No. 23 Tulane 29, UTSA 16

 

 

[Dave1291]

Let's see what I can come up with since all I did yesterday was stare at the screen.  Crazy!

 

 #1  Georgia/Ga Tech?  

 

#2 Ohio State #3 Michigan?  ALWAYS a battle and the most watched game with the added NCAA violations hype this year?  HUGE game for both teams.

 

As a Buckeye I'm just like most people.  You support your team but as I've said all year we've got a young offensive like and a new QB.  THAT you can't overlook, it's fact.  No way out of it but even with the late game antics the Buckeyes couldn't pull it off.  A good watch none the less imo.  Hats off to blue with the win.

 

Another thing to think about is the NCAA investigation of blue.  One "tiny" thing to remember when it rolls out since they're now looking at the past 3 seasons.  The ramifications to the program  remain to be seen. 

 

1 hour ago, JJkizak said:

Did they terminate Daily yet?

JJK

Coach Day isn't going anywhere unless he decides to go somewhere imo.  His record is stellar and even though OSU fired John Cooper years ago for not winning the big ones the University would be stupid to even think it.  Coach Day never got to play blue when they had Brady Hoke (the Harbaugh boys fishin buddy) and the weaker coaches they had years ago.  Yes, Lloyd Carr was one along w/Rodriguez.

 

The other fact that stands out is that WW Hayes LOST to blue 11 times in his career @ OSU.  IF the University does anything at all they should give Coach Day a raise just to keep him at OSU imo.  Just take a look at the head coaching contracts today.  Insanity at it's finest. 

 

Now back to the highlights of THE GAME!

 

 

Now let's look at the apple cart with the #4 Washington/Washington State biggie.

 

 

Carry on! 

[Ceptorman]

What did I miss, did Jim Harbaugh do something wrong again?!

[JohnJ]

Hello stranger, you've got him pegged. Of course he did something that they'll use a lot of words to convince gullible people isn't wrong.

[Travis In Austin]

So is Georgia for real? Struggle over GT indicative of anything?

[JL Sargent]

5 hours ago, Travis In Austin said:

Struggle over GT indicative of anything?

I don' think so. These in state rivalry games can be a real struggle sometimes. Usually the next game is back to business as usual. But, what if Alabama beats #1 Georgia in the SEC Championship game. What will the committee do then?

 

[Dave1291]

I don't have a dog in the fight but I haven't seen that much out of Ga or Bama this year but you all see more of the games than I do.  Thought it funny that Kirby said they were lucky to beat OSU last year.  lol  

 

The #knowitalls up here are calling for both Coach Day and Kyle McCord's heads on sticks.  WW lost a total of 11 times to blue and I think 4 in a row in there at some point.  This years loss is on Coach Day.  His first full recruiting class.

 

@Ceptorman the word I've heard a week ago from a friend is that the past two seasons for blue might be scrubbed by the NCAA.  Who knows at this point.  Perhaps that's why Harbs has been shopping in the NFL  Maybe nothing will happen since all NFL teams use in helmet headsets specifically to stop sign stealing. Then enter the lip reders watching the sidelines.  lol  His brother John, HC @ the Ravens, publically stated he thought sign stealing was just fine.  lol  

[JJkizak]

My understanding is that the OSU elders think beating Michigan is more important than the national championship.

JJK

[babadono]

3 hours ago, JL Sargent said:

What will the committee do then?

Punt?

[Full Range]

6 hours ago, JJkizak said:

My understanding is that the OSU elders think beating Michigan is more important than the national championship.

JJK

 

Beating Michigan is a stepping stone to the National Championship 

And because this is an audio site I will add this

Step on them Like A Rolling Stone 🤘

 

[Dave1291]

Musings!  Time to ketchup! 

 

College football programs looking for a new quarterback won't have to look too hard.

According to a new report from ESPN college football recruiting expert Tom VanHaaren, nearly 60 quarterbacks have entered the transfer portal in the past four days.

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Other B1G schools are now coming forward publically over the allegations leveled against blue.  This was reported yesterday in Columbus on 10TV the local CBS affiliate.

https://www.10tv.com/article/sports/football/ohio-state-football/connor-stalions-ohio-state-football-tickets-purchased-by-ex-michigan-staffer/530-3a7db764-bbfd-498d-bb3e-e40a03ad46c

 

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The SEC is looking into some new helmet technology this year.

Greg Sankey, the commissioner of the SEC, said on Thursday that the conference is looking into new helmet-communication devices. It comes after Michigan got accused of stealing signs during games. 

 

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College football top 25 schedule, scores for Week 14

Friday, Dec. 1

• No. 3 Washington vs. No. 5 Oregon (Pac-12 Championship Game in Las Vegas, Nevada) | 8 p.m. | ABC
• New Mexico State at No. 25 Liberty (CUSA Championship Game) | 7 p.m. | CBSSN

Saturday, Dec. 2

• No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Alabama (SEC Championship Game in Atlanta) | 4 p.m. | CBS
• No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 16 Iowa (Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis, Indiana) | 8 p.m. | FOX
• No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 14 Louisville (ACC Championship Game in Charlotte, North Carolina) | 8 p.m. | ABC
• No. 7 Texas vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State (Big 12 Championship Game in Arlington, Texas) | 12 p.m. | ABC
• SMU at No. 22 Tulane (AAC Championship Game) | 4 p.m.

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College Football Playoff Poll

Released Nov. 28

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	PREVIOUS
1	Georgia	12-0	1
2	Michigan	12-0	3
3	Washington	12-0	4
4	Florida State	12-0	5
5	Oregon	11-1	6
6	Ohio State	11-1	2
7	Texas	11-1	7
8	Alabama	11-1	8
9	Missouri	10-2	9
10	Penn State	10-2	11
11	Ole Miss	10-2	12
12	Oklahoma	10-2	13
13	LSU	9-3	14
14	Louisville	10-2	10
15	Arizona	9-3	15
16	Iowa	10-2	17
17	Notre Dame	9-3	18
18	Oklahoma State	9-3	20
19	NC State	9-3	22
20	Oregon State	8-4	16
21	Tennessee	8-4	21
22	Tulane	11-1	23
23	Clemson	8-4	24
24	Liberty	12-0	25
25	Kansas State	8-4	19