The Official 2024 College Football Random Thoughts Thread

[Whips-n-Chains]

Random thought

Had UChicago, who used to be a somewhat of a powerhous in the old days (2 national titles, heisman winner, conferene titles, founding B1G member), not dropped D1 Football, would they be Minnesota status today (once a powerhouse, now mid), or Northwestern (elite private school, trash athletics) or something higher up on the chain?

Their campus is one of the more dope campuses I've been on, particularly their quad.

On UChicago HC Amos Alonzo Stagg:

Stagg is credited with fundamental innovations to the way we think about football: the "tackling dummy, the huddle, the reverse and man in motion plays, the lateral pass, uniform numbers."

 

[Silkk]

Random thought

Had UChicago, who used to be a somewhat of a powerhous in the old days (2 national titles, heisman winner, conferene titles), had they not dropped D1 Football, would they be Minnesota status today (once a powerhouse, now mid), or Northwestern (trash) or something higher up on the chain?

Their campus is one of the more dope campuses I've been on, particularly their quad.

Found a vid on youtube about the death of that program I been meaning to watch for a minute. Will post when I find it.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Found a vid on youtube about the death of that program I been meaning to watch for a minute. Will post when I find it.

UChicago was founded by the Rockefellers so they had deep pockets from the jump

 

[skyrunner1]

Wasn’t nobody watching that shyt

I guess Nationally both teams are irrelevant on that stage but we have a decent number of GT fans on here @Rekkapryde @staticshock @daemonova and I am probably missing a few..

 

[smitty22]

I knew your November count down clock would lead to something good LOL. Do it again do it again

That noa response due tomorrow. . Then the crafting of the punishment begins .

 

[JasoRockStar]

It's funny cuz if any other team/fans in here was putting this much stock into a 17 yr old kid who ain't played a lick of CFB as their programs lord & savior, they'd be getting (rightfully) dragged

Shyt went from "we don't care if we get em, we'll get a portal QB" to "he's better than any prospect from the last 10 years" lmao

U scum be the main ones shytting on niccas in here posting recruits, 5* etc & all of a sudden, it's *different* now & "we about to run CFB"

We shyt on y’all posting recruits because you get all those blue chips and have nothing to show for it. Doing all this top tier recruiting while y’all last championship is currently covered in cobwebs and dust.


Last time y’all made the national championship game y’all got your shyt pushed in.

Last time y’all faced off against an SEC team, y’all got your shyt pushed in

Uh, no. We ain’t.

The fukk wrong with you?

But don’t worry.. we’ll be that team lappin your pink asses in recruiting, and then you add the development on top of that?

Man just go on and take another hit. I get it now.

Those brothers are spiraling, let’s give them grace. They thought they had the top rated QB recruit in the conference only for them to come in second place to Michigan….again. It’s triggering for them.

 

[Silkk]

I guess Nationally both teams are irrelevant on that stage but we have a decent number of GT fans on here @Rekkapryde @staticshock @daemonova and I am probably missing a few..

That NFL game last night was fire. Probably took damn near all the audience.

 

[Sauce Dab]

It's funny cuz if any other team/fans in here was putting this much stock into a 17 yr old kid who ain't played a lick of CFB as their programs lord & savior, they'd be getting (rightfully) dragged

Shyt went from "we don't care if we get em, we'll get a portal QB" to "he's better than any prospect from the last 10 years" lmao

U scum be the main ones shytting on niccas in here posting recruits, 5* etc & all of a sudden, it's *different* now & "we about to run CFB"

 

[Rekkapryde]

Wasn’t nobody watching that shyt

Negged.

 

[dh86]

That noa response due tomorrow. . Then the crafting of the punishment begins .

I don’t think Stalions getting a show cause will make much difference buddy. He did some great work at Belleville High this fall I hear

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Random thought

Had UChicago, who used to be a somewhat of a powerhous in the old days (2 national titles, heisman winner, conferene titles, founding B1G member), not dropped D1 Football, would they be Minnesota status today (once a powerhouse, now mid), or Northwestern (elite private school, trash athletics) or something higher up on the chain?

Their campus is one of the more dope campuses I've been on, particularly their quad.

On UChicago HC Amos Alonzo Stagg:

Stagg is credited with fundamental innovations to the way we think about football: the "tackling dummy, the huddle, the reverse and man in motion plays, the lateral pass, uniform numbers."

Why’d they end

 

[dh86]

It's funny cuz if any other team/fans in here was putting this much stock into a 17 yr old kid who ain't played a lick of CFB as their programs lord & savior, they'd be getting (rightfully) dragged

Shyt went from "we don't care if we get em, we'll get a portal QB" to "he's better than any prospect from the last 10 years" lmao

U scum be the main ones shytting on niccas in here posting recruits, 5* etc & all of a sudden, it's *different* now & "we about to run CFB"

Your arms are too short to box with God

 

[L. Deezy]

Damn, hopefully he gets dedicated like pat

Yooooo..lol

I swear on everything I said this dude looks fat now, while watching them against USC. Lol

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Why’d they end

"The University of Chicago (UChicago) discontinued its Division I football program in 1939 because the president at the time, Robert Maynard Hutchins, believed that big-time college football was incompatible with the university's academic focus. Hutchins also disliked the idea of athletes being role models and the popularity of football on campus"

Doubtful any black athletes were a part of those teams back in those years, but it's still sounding

They've also been purposely avant garde (for lack of a better term) regarding their academics too. They don't have a traditional engineering school opting for a pro-theoretical, anti-applied bias. And engineering is about as applied as it gets. However, they have a school of molecular engineering but only since 2011. And they of course have a medical school b/c too much money to overlook that.

To me, just seems like pure hypocrisy to say "engineering is too scientific for our elite theoretical minds, however we'll have a full on medical school, and then we'll open an engineering school if someone provides the money for it" (Pritzker family provided funding for both the engineering and med schools)

regarding academics:

UChicago is considered "Ivy-adjacent", meaning it ranks higher than some Ivy League schools. It's also considered a Tier 1 school, along with other major private research universities like MIT, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins

 

[L. Deezy]

LOL my man is geeked off that teenage boi rollin thru

Cuh said he was done for the rest of the yr for the sake of the world but that underWOOD got him byke on here acting unusual

Lol..yall wildin

Cant wait til OSU vs Mich week on here. My gawd!