College Football

Sorry the game thread is late!

1. Oregon (+1)
2. Georgia (+3)
3. Penn State
4. Ohio State
5. Texas (-4)
6. Miami
7. Tennessee (+4)
8. LSU
9. Clemson (+1)
10. Iowa State (-1)
11. BYU (+2)
12. Notre Dame
13. Indiana (+3)
14. Texas A&M
15. Alabama (-8)
16. Kansas State (+1)
17. Boise State (-2)
18. Ole Miss
19. Pitt (+1)
20. Illinois (+2)
21. Missouri (-2)
22. SMU (-1)
23. Army
24. Navy (+1)
25. Vanderbilt (new)

Others receiving votes: Washington State, Syracuse, UNLV, Duke, South Carolina, Nebraska, Liberty

Dropped out: Michigan

1. Texas
2. Oregon (+1)
3. Penn State (+1)
4. Ohio State (-2)
5. Georgia
6. Miami
7. Alabama
8. LSU (+5)
9. Iowa State (+2)
10. Clemson
11. Tennessee (-3)
12. Notre Dame (-1)
13. BYU (+1)
14. Texas A&M (+1)
15. Boise State (+2)
16. Indiana (+2)
17. Kansas State (+1)
18. Ole Miss (-9)
19. Missouri (+2)
20. Pitt (+2)
21. SMU (+4)
22. Illinois (+1)
23. Army (new)
24. Michigan (-14)
25. Navy (new)

Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt, Nebraska, Arizona State, oklahoma, Washington State, Iowa, Texas Tech, Syracuse, Arkansas, Utah, Louisville, USC, Liberty, UNLV

Dropped out: Utah, oklahoma

I don't know if it's possible to override a numbered list in Lemmy markdown, so note that 11-12 and 18-21 are ties:

1. Texas (+1)
2. Ohio State (+1)
3. Oregon (+3)
4. Penn State (+3)
5. Georgia
6. Miami (+2)
7. Alabama (-6)
8. Tennessee (-4)
9. Ole Miss (+3)
10. Clemson (+5)
11. (T-11) Iowa State (+5)
12. (T-11) Notre Dame (+3)
13. LSU
14. BYU (+3)
15. Texas A&M (+10)
16. Utah (+2)
17. Boise State (+4)
18. (T-18) Kansas State (+2)
19. (T-18) Indiana (+5)
20. (T-18) oklahoma (+1)
21. Missouri (-12)
22. Pitt (new)
23. Illinois (+1)
24. Michigan (-14)
25. SMU (new)

Others receiving votes: USC, Nebraska, Navy, Army, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Washington State, Iowa, Texas Tech, Syracuse, Washington, Louisville, Colorado, Kentucky

Dropped out: USC, Louisville, UNLV

Game will not be rescheduled.

Additional details: https://x.com/CoachReedLive/status/1838925402934321156

All financial commitments for UNLV QB Matthew Sluka were completely met.

But after wins against KU and Houston, Sluka’s family hired an agent and they collectively feel that his market value has increased, per source.

https://x.com/PalomaFOX5News/status/1838802285423718419

Per source, UNLV QB Matt Sluka has been approached with more money to transfer.

https://x.com/ESPNRittenberg/status/1838948515113767100

Bob Sluka, father of UNLV QB Matthew Sluka, told ESPN that his son's agents agreed to an NIL deal with the school back in February, never received payments despite requests and never asked for any adjustments to the original deal.

"We have no idea what the hell happened."

1:03pm EST update from ESPN: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41438172/matthew-sluka-nil-dispute-unlv-hinges-verbal-offer

Sluka's agent, Marcus Cromartie, told ESPN that UNLV didn't come through on a verbal offer of $100,000 from an assistant coach. The quarterback's father, Bob Sluka, told ESPN that head coach Barry Odom later said in a phone conversation that the offer wasn't valid because it didn't come from him, but rather from offensive coordinator Brennan Marion, who declined comment to ESPN.

UNLV and Shannon Cottrell, the director of athlete engagements for the Friends of UNLV collective, also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Tennessee (+1)
6. Ole Miss (-1)
7. Miami (+1)
8. Oregon (+1)
9. Penn State (+1)
10. Utah (+2)
11. Missouri (-4)
12. Michigan (+6)
13. USC (-2)
14. LSU (+2)
15. Louisville (+4)
16. Notre Dame (+1)
17. Clemson (+4)
18. Iowa State (+2)
19. Illinois (+5)
20. Oklahoma State (-6)
21. oklahoma (-6)
22. BYU (new)
23. Kansas State (-10)
24. Texas A&M (+1)
25. Boise State (new)

Others receiving votes: Washington State, Indiana, Boston College, UNLV, Pitt, Nebraska, Iowa, JMU, South Carolina, Liberty, Arkansas, UCF, Arizona, SMU, Navy

Dropped out: Nebraska, Northern Illinois

With all the talking heads on TV proclaiming that this season is unlike any other, I'm curious how the community feels. Totally new landscape of CFB or just more of the same? How do we all feel about:

• Helmet communication (for only 1 player on the field per team except on free kicks)
• Tablets on the sidelines (up to 18 per team)
• The 2 minute timeout
• Corporate logos on fields (no longer requires the stadium to be named after the sponsor)
• New homes for Arizona, ASU, Cal, CU, Oregon, ou, SMU, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington
• Expanded playoff (probably too early to tell on this one)
• New TV deals (SEC on ABC, B1G on CBS)
• Current season of Fansville (Ewers could be a Heisman candidate but he sure won't be winning any Oscars)

For reference, here are the P4 vs P4 records so far:

• ACC: 6-8
• B1G: 5-5 (or 5-6 if counting ND)
• Big XII: 5-6
• SEC: 8-5 (or 8-6 if counting ND)