College Game Day Open Thread

College Game Day is in Boise for Oregon State versus Boise State.

November 14th, 2026 at 9:07 AM ^

Did McAfee really just say that?

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 9:15 AM ^

I think that horse must have kicked him in the head.

Of course, what would be different if he did?

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 9:41 AM ^

Utah is going down tonight.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 9:46 AM ^

Reporting from Tucson ... I hope so, for two reasons: (1) because more chaos in college football is going to be fun**; and (2) Arizona football normally isn't very good, but they have a chance to make a signature season with a win, so "Go Wildcats!"

** One possible downside: a Utah loss would give the playoff committee one more reason to elevate another SEC team higher.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 9:55 AM ^

I dunno that Utah head coach is doing something right. I wish we had Utah’s head coach…

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:16 AM ^

No, you wish we have Utah’s QB. Beck 100% rode that kid’s coat tails. There is a reason why Dampier gave a hell no when asked about coming along. They’ll fall back to their mean next year without him.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:04 AM ^

100%

People really need to go watch Utah games with Dampier at QB.

Utah's success in 2025 and 2026 is totally predicated on Dampier playing heroball.

Any decent defense that puts a spy on him and swarms hats will shut him down.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:27 AM ^

Yep, 100%. I suspect strongly that when Whittingham decided to take Beck along the plan was that Dampier would come along. But then he didn’t. It’s never been reported that way, but it was more or less admitted in the Big Noon segment they just did on Dampier. What would have been different? A lot this year. Next year (stuck with still having Beck?), probably in the same spot. To me, the big failing by Whittingham was not seeing that Beck’s success was predicated almost solely on Dampier.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 12:05 PM ^

Even with Dampier, Texas Tech - the only really good defense Utah played last year - dominated Utah. They only scored 10 points even with Dampier.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 12:45 PM ^

Yeah, watched it. It’s sort of like Ohio State is finding out this year: having elite players masks a lot of systemic issues (eg Patricia’a defense without Caleb Downs).

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 1:13 PM ^

What Texas Tech did is even more impressive when you realize they were flagged 14 times for 122 yards, half of which were false starts due to crowd noise in Utah's stadium.

We know false starts kill drives which leads to points kept off the board.

Also note that Utah only received 2 penalties for a measly 10 yards in that game!

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:08 AM ^

Serious question for the board, beat OSU and Whitt stays or get blown out and he’s fired?

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:12 AM ^

If, somehow, he wins out - I still want him gone. He's clearly lost it, and there is no way in a frozen over hell that he's winning out. So win or lose against whatever is left on the schedule, I don't care. He needs to go. Should have been gone after Indiana because he had a chance to make changes after Minnesota and still gave us that shit show against IU.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:24 AM ^

Agreed although, I thought Sherrone was done then 2024 OSU happened. Hopefully the new AD doesn’t make the same mistake.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:32 AM ^

Sherrone's 2024 was way better than Whit's season. His only.losses were to top 15 teams except for Washington. He was nowhere near as close to losing to the bottom of the Big Ten or to a Group of 6 team. And his offense, outside of Loveland, Mullings and Edwards, and I think maybe Henderson was still on the line from 2023 were all first or second year players except first time starter Davis Warren.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:18 AM ^

Wink messed up the defense in 2024 about as badly as Beck messed up the offense, but when you have Graham/Grant/Stewart/Johnson/Barham, "messed up" takes you from other-worldly to merely good... at least until 13-10.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:13 AM ^

He is done either way. Beating a neutered OSU team (while nigh on impossible because we can’t score points) won’t save him. Unless we go 3-0 to close the year with convincing wins and then annihilate someone in the bowl game there is zero chance he stays. Your have to be able to clearly point to it all being Beck to save this team, keep any of the roster, and recruit. That ain’t happening.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:41 AM ^

Yes it would take going 3-0 convincingly and showing a complete turnaround in offensive efficiency and culture to keep him around, in my opinion.

But I don’t see any realistic way that actually happens.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 2:06 PM ^

Braun would look pretty good in a block M hat

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:20 AM ^

He'd have to put a 42-27 style beating on Ohio State to stay, a game where everybody says "holy f, that was a masterpiece."

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:23 AM ^

He has to be taken out of the program no matter what happens to finish the year at this point. He's either lost and negligent or actively destroyed the program.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 1:33 PM ^

However disappointed I have been so far, the sweetest possible end for this season would be for Whittingham to beat Ohio State in Columbus and then retire, going out on top.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:36 AM ^

Not sure I’ve ever heard a coach talk about fit and alignment better than Jake Dickert just did. Whoever gets that guy next is going to have a great run. Unfortunately, someone like him will never work at Michigan. Too bad.

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 10:59 AM ^

That kid that just hit a 30 yarder for $1M - bring him in for a tryout in Ann Arbor. That was a good kick!

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 11:54 AM ^

Desmond predicting an M loss today hurts

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Log in or register to post comments November 14th, 2026 at 12:19 PM ^

ha ..suck it OSU..an int doinking off Chris Henry's helmet with him looking lost is funny.

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