The Official 2025-2026 College Football Random Thoughts Thread

[Whips-n-Chains]

It’s all good Finebaum, You like to forget you used to be the main one posting these as well:

Smart had legit struggles getting over the bama hump

Harbaugh's issues are known to everyone...their own fans wanted him gone multiple different times.

Their criticisms were warranted...no one actually thought Hoke was better, no one was sticking up for Richt like that either.

James Franklin is never going to win a national championship...This is HIS year to do it. OSU is retooling at the QB position. No michigan on the schedule. Home vs. Oregon.

You're behaving as if I'm saying some off the wall shyt, Franklin's criticisms are well deserved. That home game win vs. SMU ain't fooling anyone that knows ball.

 

[Silkk]

Smart had legit struggles getting over the bama hump

Harbaugh's issues are known to everyone...their own fans wanted him gone multiple different times.

Their criticisms were warranted...no one actually thought Hoke was better, no one was sticking up for Richt like that either.

James Franklin is never going to win a national championship.

You're behaving as if I'm saying some off the wall shyt, Franklin's criticisms are well deserved. That home game win vs. SMU ain't fooling anyone that knows ball.

You were doing that

This forum goes back to 2012

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

You were doing that

This forum goes back to 2012

I was doing what?

 

[malbaker86]

@malbaker86

Florida by 2-3 td’s….and we’d done it in the Coliseum too

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

Don’t hate just watch

 

[DropTopDoc]

Ryan Day is a better coach than Mack Brown...having him in the Brian Kelly tier is an insult

Harbaugh is better than Stoops...Stoops always had consistent teams but lot of underachievement and Stoops' best years were when Texas was down

James Franklin still doesn't impress me...wake me up when they win a game they're not favored in

Kyle Wittingham should be lower than coaches that have been to the playoffs

They kinda dogged tf out of Chip Kelly...but the later half of his career has been mid af

Les Miles won a title and played in another...he flamed out but I'll take him over Gary Patterson and Frank Beamer

Frank Beamer too high

Chris Peterson is not a top 10 coach of the last 25 years especially over guys that've won titles.

Lincoln Riley probably too high...but he has the playoff appearances

I think you gotta give Kyle points for stabilizing Utah as they transitioned up and kept them a force for so many years, the last couple years he’s had the worst luck of guys being healthy, that happens we look at him differently, but you gotta recognize what he did, and that’s kind of how i look at this list, given some guys resources and school they did about as good as they could

Les fell ass backwards into a title


Gary changed defense forever that alone you gotta give him his props

Frank another one he dug Va tech out the mud and made them a power, but tech would never have the money to keep doing what they did (everyone came to the dmv to hunt kids especially the tide water area) he strikes me as a tenure dantonio they basically punched up their whole career

Chris made boise a power and Washington idk how much weight that holds

Brian Kelly rebuilt a Notre Dame program that was COMPLETE trash and birthed Lester Freeman on third base just like Urban did for Day.

Brian Kelly ain’t shyt as a person but he’s won BIG in D2, Cincinatti, and at Notre Dame

Bk is an enigma because he turned water into wine his whole career til lsu. he has arguably pissed away really good lsu teams (maybe he’s gotten figured out, maybe he needs better oc/dc) idk what to do with him

Mark Richt does not belong on this list


Spurrier should be on here for what he did at South CACa LACKEY

Aht Aht mark has earned his spot

 

[DropTopDoc]

I agree but Franklin can check off the "won a playoff game" marker, even if it was after finally getting in at 10-2 in typical PSU fashion.

There are coaches on the list that with PSU's resources and talent would potentially win a title, while Franklin still can't get over the OSU hump. I'll take Mark Dantonio in a big game 10 times out of 10 over Franklin. Dantonio always fought up a weight class while Franklin cannot seem to do so.

Also, Dantonio was 4-2 vs. Franklin...so there's that good ole head to head to confirm.

That’s how i look at Franklin he’s really good, but i just feel like it’s some coaches who would turn up with his situation

 

[DropTopDoc]

Harbaugh should be higher than Tressel & Stoops imo. MFs completely overlook what he did at Stanford.

That tier is funny because I’m like what’s the criteria

@DropTopDoc #3 and #20 are kind of wild (the latter more so than the former). But Pete although his peak was highest of the highs, it was brief.

James Franklin at his spot is kind of funny too. I would like to hear more as to why Gundy didnt make the cut if we talking about influencing the game & whatnot. I might even slide Mullen over some of these dudes.

I guess it's not that bad overall I suppose. Once you get past dudes who won titles, it's kind of hard to figure shyt out.

I think we got spoiled by Clemson bama osu and now uga

That shyt was rare air to have a long run, (Miami Nebraska aside) but he did what we’ve yet to see since and that’s woke up the sleeping giant in southern cal,

the issue with Lincoln is the math is different California talent as a whole has dipped drastically so it’s a bigger fight for a smaller slice of the pie (still he’s got to do way better) but you can give him credit for his ou run (playoff's 2 heismans) but times running out on that he’s looking more Mullen (better oc) than Pete Carrol

 

[mozichrome]

had jimbo stayed at fsu he'd be much higher
them years wasting at a&m just brings him down
also not having another talent at qb like jameis hurt him too

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

That’s how i look at Franklin he’s really good, but i just feel like it’s some coaches who would turn up with his situation

This year is set up for PSU to win the conference and more. Oregon & at OSU are their only tough games. No SEC boogieman as of now. UGA doesn't have a real QB, Bama looking un-bama -like. OSU new QB, Oregon new QB. ND isn't built to win a title. We'll see if Franklin can take advantage.

 

[Silkk]

I think you gotta give Kyle points for stabilizing Utah as they transitioned up and kept them a force for so many years, the last couple years he’s had the worst luck of guys being healthy, that happens we look at him differently, but you gotta recognize what he did, and that’s kind of how i look at this list, given some guys resources and school they did about as good as they could

Les fell ass backwards into a title


Gary changed defense forever that alone you gotta give him his props

Frank another one he dug Va tech out the mud and made them a power, but tech would never have the money to keep doing what they did (everyone came to the dmv to hunt kids especially the tide water area) he strikes me as a tenure dantonio they basically punched up their whole career

Chris made boise a power and Washington idk how much weight that holds




Bk is an enigma because he turned water into wine his whole career til lsu. he has arguably pissed away really good lsu teams (maybe he’s gotten figured out, maybe he needs better oc/dc) idk what to do with him

Aht Aht mark has earned his spot

Maybe LSU just plays really good teams and somebody has to lose.

Joe Burrow is not walking through that door.


You steady talk about James Franklin “underachieving” to then turn around and say Mark Richt earned his spot. You a funny guy.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Richt is 12-19 all-time against top ten teams for a 38.7 winning percentage
2 SEC Championships



Surely others on the list must have a better record than that with more conference titles...

 

[Silkk]

Kirby proved how overrated Richt was. Argue with the mirror

 

[DropTopDoc]

Maybe LSU just plays really good teams and somebody has to lose.

Joe Burrow is not walking through that door.


You steady talk about James Franklin “underachieving” to then turn around and say Mark Richt earned his spot. You a funny guy.

I’m not saying Franklin doesn’t belong on the list, just his place should be lower, you kill richt but praise Franklin they one in the same

Les plan was out muscle everyone that’s cool til you meet the other teams that can do that. And for him to be such an offensive coach his offense was bland af

 

[DropTopDoc]

had jimbo stayed at fsu he'd be much higher
them years wasting at a&m just brings him down
also not having another talent at qb like jameis hurt him too

If I’m being honest the TAMU years was who he was, unless he has a capital D dude at qb (Winston) his offense is shyt, because it’s too complicated and not user friendly, and he honestly got figured out, he’d be better served being an oc