The Deuce: This is amazing performance art (re Michigan/WMU)

The Big Ten Must Be Stopped: Last Night’s Michigan–Western Michigan Montreal Screwjob Proved It

Every college football fan who wants the good old days back—when geography existed, traditions mattered, conferences were composed of schools that could theoretically reach one another by bus and the sport was actually fun—should be rooting for a Big 12 or ACC national championship. At this point, it is bigger than conference loyalty. It is a moral obligation.

The Big Ten is no longer an athletic conference. It is an organized crime syndicate disguised as a collection of land-grant universities. It destroyed the Pac-12, annexed four schools located roughly 2,000 miles from Chicago and built an 18-team, coast-to-coast protection racket funded by a multibillion-dollar television deal. It took a sport built on regional identity and decided America desperately needed UCLA playing Rutgers at noon in Piscataway before 14,000 exhausted people with absolutely no historical reason to dislike one another.

USC is apparently a Midwestern school now. Oregon is conference rivals with Maryland. Washington’s athletes have to fly across three time zones for a volleyball match because some television executive wanted another Big Ten helmet available for the 10:30 p.m. window. Nothing about this is normal.

The Big Ten didn’t expand. It acquired territory. First, it took Los Angeles. Then it grabbed Seattle and Eugene. The Pac-12 was left bleeding out behind a motel while Fox stood nearby wiping fingerprints from the murder weapon and insisting it had never met the victim.
Oregon and Washington weren’t even initially given full revenue shares. They were brought into the family as associates. They have to kick their television money upstairs, sit at a folding table outside the social club and wait until Tony Petitti decides they’ve earned their button. The Big Ten and Fox even co-own the Big Ten Network. This isn’t a conference with a television contract. It’s a television conglomerate that occasionally stages amateur football games.

The SEC briefly restored my faith in institutional integrity by suing Lane Kiffin and LSU in federal court for trying to turn college football into NFL alumni weekend. That conference may be insane, but at least it still has rules. Greg Sankey saw Lane Kiffin attempting to assemble a roster of former professional football players and responded by serving him with federal paperwork. Lane wanted to recruit guys who had already attended NFL training camps, and Sankey reacted like Lane had attempted to enrich uranium beneath Tiger Stadium. That is leadership.

Meanwhile, the Big Ten distributed a record $1.37 billion to its members and continued consolidating control of the sport like Standard Oil with marching bands. The conference has Fox, CBS, NBC and the Big Ten Network. It has nearly every valuable television market between New York and Los Angeles. It has enough lawyers, executives and replay technicians to overthrow a medium-sized government.

Its schools occupy every major television window, and a 10–2 Big Ten team can lose to the only two good teams it played and still be discussed by the playoff committee as though it survived the Bataan Death March.
And then came last night’s Montreal Screwjob in Ann Arbor.
Western Michigan stopped Michigan’s final Hail Mary. The clock showed 0:00. The pass fell incomplete. The Broncos celebrated what should have been a historic 12–7 victory in the Big House. The game was over.

Then Vince McMahon marched out of the Michigan Stadium tunnel wearing a sleeveless Big Ten quarter-zip, grabbed the referee by the headset and screamed, “PUT ONE SECOND BACK ON THE FUCKING CLOCK.” The stadium lights went black. “No Chance in Hell” started playing. Tony Petitti appeared in the end zone carrying the Big Ten’s $1.37 billion television contract in a steel briefcase and yelled, “RUN THE FUCKING PLAY BACK.”
Western Michigan was Bret Hart, standing there in complete disbelief after winning under the rules everyone had agreed upon. Michigan was Shawn Michaels, pretending to have no idea what was happening while quietly jogging back onto the field and lining up for another Hail Mary. The referee was Earl Hebner. He wouldn’t make eye contact with Western Michigan. He just kept pointing toward the replay booth and whispering, “I have a family.”
One second suddenly reappeared from beyond the grave. Not a penalty, an untimed down or a normal clock stoppage everyone noticed in real time. The Big Ten simply found another second after the game had ended, like a corrupt police department finding an unregistered handgun in the trunk of a suspect’s car.

Somewhere inside the Big Ten command center, an alarm had started flashing: MICHIGAN ABOUT TO LOSE TO DIRECTIONAL SCHOOL. Emergency procedures were activated. Phones rang in Chicago. Television executives were moved into the situation room. A black sedan pulled up behind the replay booth. Vince McMahon stood in the end zone pointing at the clock while Connor Stalions handed him a laminated sheet titled “OPERATION SECOND CHANCE.” “RUN IT BACK, GODDAMMIT.”

Naturally, Michigan used its court-ordered extension of reality to throw a 47-yard touchdown and win 13–12. The Big House exploded. Jim Harbaugh rappelled from the scoreboard. Connor Stalions disappeared into the crowd wearing a Western Michigan polo and fake mustache. Shawn Michaels sprinted onto the field holding the Paul Bunyan Trophy for reasons nobody could explain.
Michigan had not won a football game. It had successfully cashed in Money in the Bank. Western Michigan had defeated Michigan under the commonly understood laws of time. Unfortunately, it had failed to account for Big Ten maritime law. The Broncos didn’t lose. They got booked into a wrestling angle without being shown the script.
At Survivor Series 1997, Bret Hart never submitted. Vince McMahon simply ordered the bell rung and declared Shawn Michaels the winner. Last night, Western Michigan never surrendered another play. Vince Petitti simply ordered another second placed on the clock and declared that Michigan’s first failed Hail Mary had been a rehearsal.
The only difference is that Bret Hart got to spit in Vince McMahon’s face afterward. Western Michigan had to shake hands, attend a press conference and praise the resilience of its players.

Then came the investigation. The Big Ten reviewed the conduct of Big Ten officials, using Big Ten replay equipment at the home stadium of a Big Ten member, and concluded that the Big Ten had acted correctly. Case closed.

It was Vince McMahon investigating the Montreal Screwjob and releasing a statement that Bret screwed Bret. The Big Ten’s official position was essentially: “Western Michigan screwed Western Michigan by failing to defend a play that should never have existed.” The MAC accepted the explanation, presumably after its commissioner woke up beside a horse head wearing a winged helmet.
Big Ten defenders will insist the decision was technically correct because a Western Michigan player touched the ball with one second supposedly remaining on the synchronized stadium clock. Of course they will. Every criminal organization has accountants. The books always balance when the person conducting the audit works for the family.

Maybe the replay booth really did locate one second. Maybe the official explanation is technically defensible. But if Western Michigan had needed that second, Tony Petitti would have personally swallowed the game clock, declared time a social construct and had Michigan Stadium demolished before sunrise.

Western Michigan did not merely have to beat Michigan. It had to beat Michigan, the Big House, 110,000 people, the replay booth, the stadium clock, Fox, NBC, CBS, the Big Ten legal department, Vince McMahon, Earl Hebner and the linear progression of time. That is a difficult nonconference road environment.

And the larger operation is becoming increasingly obvious. Ohio State wins the national championship. Michigan gets its scheduled turn. Oregon will receive a rotation once its probationary period ends. Penn State is permitted to remain nationally relevant so long as it loses the exact game everyone expects it to lose.

And Indiana—Indiana!—has somehow been admitted to the family as a made man. Nobody saw that coming. Indiana spent most of modern history treating football Saturdays as a pleasant outdoor waiting room for basketball season. Now it is a national power with a 17-game winning streak, sitting at the table beside Ohio State and Michigan while Nebraska waits outside in the rain holding a Blockbuster membership card.

The rest of the country exists to provide television inventory. The Big 12 is expected to produce six consecutive one-score games involving teams with identical 7–3 records, then apologize for not having enough helmet logos the playoff committee recognizes. The ACC is permitted one undefeated team, provided ESPN spends the entire season asking whether it has “really played anybody.” The MAC exists to accept a check, nearly pull off a historic upset and then discover that the laws of physics remain subject to conference review.

The Big Ten, meanwhile, has the money, the networks, the brands, the replay booth and apparently the sovereign authority to manufacture additional time whenever one of its protected programs requires emergency liquidity.
This is not conference realignment. It is racketeering with fight songs. It started by destroying a century-old West Coast conference. Then it absorbed the most valuable remaining assets. Then it secured the television markets. Then it spread its games across every available broadcast window. Now it is creating additional seconds whenever Michigan needs them.

Where does it end? Today, it is one second in Ann Arbor. Tomorrow, Ohio State misses a field goal in the national championship and the Big Ten replay center announces that the uprights were temporarily misaligned. Penn State loses a conference game and receives a letter the next morning explaining that the result has been reclassified as a “strategic tie.” Oregon loses at Rutgers, but the conference rules that the result is invalid because its players’ circadian rhythms were not given due process.
By 2030, Oregon will be playing Arsenal in Dublin at 5:30 a.m., Rutgers will have been relocated to Abu Dhabi and Ohio State will receive an automatic playoff semifinal berth by papal decree. Ryan Day will be handed a sealed envelope containing three complimentary timeouts, diplomatic immunity and the home address of the playoff committee chairman. Vince McMahon will stand at midfield before the national championship, tear both quadriceps simultaneously and still manage to yell, “RING THE FUCKING BELL.”

Someone has to stop this.

A Big 12 or ACC national championship is no longer merely a sports preference. It is an act of resistance. It is a vote for regionalism, chaos, tailgating, irrational hatred between neighboring states and the radical proposition that a football game should end when the clock reaches 0:00.
We need a champion from outside the cartel. We need a program with history, an actual regional identity and fans deranged enough to withstand the full institutional force of the Big Ten machine.

College football does not need another Ohio State coronation broadcast simultaneously across four networks. It needs the couches of Morgantown burning brightly enough to be seen from Big Ten headquarters in Chicago.
Save the sport. Root for the Big 12. Root for the ACC. Root for anyone still operating within the traditional constraints of geography, arithmetic and time.

The Big Ten must be stopped.

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CFB Week 1 Game Thread - assassin September 3, 2026, 17:43:44

I wonder if last night will finally break replay, or result in even more complicated rules - Blazer 34 minutes ago
This is amazing performance art (re Michigan/WMU) - ATL 2 hours ago

I refuse to believe what I saw and will believe this instead. Online news is never wrong... - Wotcher 2 hours ago
dawts.. - LeatherneckIllini Today, 04:36:59
- Who should be more upset by being screwed in a fb game against scUM? - TarheelIllini 7 hours ago
  - WMU and it's not even close. While ours were totally wrong, replay didn't exist to fix or not fix - illini222 5 hours ago
I think maybe the camera shot of the clock was not quite synced to live action - ECEIllinois Today, 01:14:15
- Where can I get a camera that is ahead of live action?* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 01:15:26
  - the live action isn't literally live* - ECEIllinois Today, 01:22:29
Dabo must be so happy that his game got overshadowed by the Michigan game* - ECEIllinois Today, 00:59:01
- No one in the south cared about the Michigan game* - bjl63 Today, 01:11:45
- I doubt it did in South Carolina…* - assassin Today, 01:05:45
Cal’s uniforms are absolute fire * - bjl63 Today, 00:10:47
- This game is a 10/10 uniform matchup* - Herman Blume Today, 00:11:29
Statement is out. Not convincing. Just raises questions why things aren’t synced. - assassin Yesterday, 23:57:07
- Let us hear the audio w/ word salad live that got it to that. There's a reason the B1G will never - illini222 5 hours ago
- Turrible - jdl 7 hours ago
  - Ultimately this will end up EVS vs Hawk-eye. And the public will tune out. - tvillini 6 hours ago
    - Your last paragraph sums it up. This isn’t what replay/technology is for. There was no clear and - ATL 5 hours ago
      - I hope this simplifies the scope of replay in the future. - tvillini 4 hours ago
- Tacitly throwing NBC under the bus. - tvillini Today, 07:01:04
- Now show us the previous play from this angle: - Chuck Woodaby Today, 00:49:51
- If they’re synced why did they show separate times? This is what they should be explaining* - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 00:39:37
- wow. MAC accepts the B1G's explanation - ECEIllinois Today, 00:28:31
  - Fucking pussies* - bjl63 Today, 00:33:40
I still apparently have no idea what targeting is* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 23:53:40
Yikes this UCLA guy isn’t moving * - assassin Yesterday, 23:49:25
- Oh good. He’s up and probably thinks he’s in France. * - assassin Yesterday, 23:51:33
This Mich coach won’t succeed* - cpsteine Yesterday, 23:48:27
@UCLA possibly our 3rd toughest game. They look good, JMU just churning out coaches* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:52:33
- That’s a loss IMO. We’ve never played well out west* - bjl63 Yesterday, 23:02:02
It’s been 45 minutes, it’s pretty damning that no statement has been given * - OB25 Yesterday, 22:39:19
- Most likely scenario is that it was judged to have taken 8.5 seconds - assassin Yesterday, 23:52:34
- Usually you can’t just reverse a blown call but this is literally like the one time you could* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 22:43:00
  - File suit in Kalamazoo. Courts rule CFB nowadays * - bjl63 Yesterday, 23:06:41
    - Probably a lot more Cooley law grads in Michigan state courts than Umichngrads* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 23:19:35
- Monday apology coming. As is tradition* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 22:42:40
Is there a chance the ball crossed the endline before it hit 0:00 - Orangeillini Yesterday, 22:20:08
- The Athletic seems to think that the refs determined the ball was touched by an out of bounds player - ATL Yesterday, 22:58:04
  - There is proof that did not happen* - bjl63 Yesterday, 23:03:15
  - But that didn’t happen. Not even possible with the trajectory of the ball. - OB25 Yesterday, 23:02:06
    - I don’t think the explanation is a good one, and I’m not sure that The Athletic does either. - ATL Yesterday, 23:07:16
- If that’s the rule, not a single person that covers the sport is mentioning it. - OB25 Yesterday, 22:22:39
  - And if that's the rule it's never once been enforced in the history of football at any level - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 22:41:02
  - If I am standing inbounds in the end zone, I extend my arms out and catch a ball that is - ATL Yesterday, 22:27:27
Hopefully UCLA-Cal is a banger to get my mind off of that travesty* - biclops Yesterday, 22:18:53
ooo - ATL Yesterday, 22:11:26
- So the only other plausible explanation is the one roughy is saying, 00:00 isn’t 00:00 - tvillini Yesterday, 22:44:32
  - There has never, in the history of football, been a claim that tenths of a second exist - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 22:47:30
    - If it exists then add it to the clock. Otherwise, 00:00 means it’s over-* - bjl63 Yesterday, 23:04:25
- I think what we’ll hear is ‘it’s when the ball crosses the line’ and Hawk-Eye (which is Sony)… - tvillini Yesterday, 22:16:55
  - The ball isn't out of bounds until it hits the ground or is touched* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 22:20:44
    - This. They said the same on the broadcast. Clock didn’t stop until it hit WMU guys hands* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 22:22:35
  - How can that be the rule? Ball could be catchable even after it crosses out of bounds?* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 22:19:36
    - I’m only going based on like punts… they’re out and stopped when they cross that barrier. - tvillini Yesterday, 22:26:57
      - There is a very clear rule about when a ball is determined to be out of bounds - UIHuskie Yesterday, 22:36:28
        
        Cool. Then I’m corrected. I just know when a ball crosses the vertical plane in other instances… - tvillini Yesterday, 22:40:56
      - You can't possibly believe this* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 22:32:22
        
        The rules are incredible inconsistent. - tvillini Yesterday, 22:37:13
      - The rules analyst on nbc is confounded - ATL Yesterday, 22:29:56
        
        Look, I think like most people… the optics are terrible. The B1G stole a win from the little guys. - tvillini Yesterday, 22:35:05
- ooo - ATL Yesterday, 22:16:18
lol the entire internet hates Michigan now. Delicious * - biclops Yesterday, 22:08:49
- “Now” seems superfluous. * - uofi1998 Yesterday, 22:31:15
- autofill?* - Illiniphil Yesterday, 22:14:30
So we’re just going to be told there was a different clock being used but we’ll never see proof* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:04:07
That #6 got *way* up to grab it. Helps to have great athletes* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 22:01:44
- Hawkeye so it’s not even the refs responsible. Just technology* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 22:05:57
  - Meant below OB* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 22:16:53
  - Is this the same technology that claims that the Croatian guy headed the ball?* - ATL Yesterday, 22:12:08
That crew should never be allowed on a field agajn* - bjl63 Yesterday, 22:01:01
Why is Cal dressed like Pitt?* - assassin Yesterday, 22:00:27
- Joe Roth game RIP* - Poldark Yesterday, 22:01:53
Look that’s just indefensible * - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:59:39
If Buchanan doesn’t land on the defender I’m not sure he catches that* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:59:21
There better be an explanation for the clock* - RSMBob Yesterday, 21:59:02
- There will not be* - biclops Yesterday, 22:00:09
Every story will be about the B1G office giving them the second. - tvillini Yesterday, 21:58:19
We're all worried about courts ruining college football. Hold my beer says B1G refs* - illini222 Yesterday, 21:58:15
Apparently beating WMU is their Super Bowl * - biclops Yesterday, 21:58:06
Absolute bullshit* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:56:32
The officials involved should never work another game* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:56:24
We gotta bring back guillotines. Things have gotten out of hand. * - illini Yesterday, 21:56:10
lol at rushing the field. * - biclops Yesterday, 21:56:05
bullshit* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 21:55:57
What a catch.* - nash Yesterday, 21:55:51
Fans storming the field against WMU* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 21:55:43
Straight up robbery.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:55:32
wmu got royally fucked* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:55:15
Shameful* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:55:12
So bogus. There was definitely no time* - snipes824 Yesterday, 21:55:03
Fuck you* - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:54:59
Worse than anything that happened to us va scUM in 2000* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:54:58
- all timer* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 21:56:20
Undeserved * - biclops Yesterday, 21:54:37
literally stolen. Even sports are fake in 2026* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:54:31
Absolutely robbed. Screw job of all screw jobs. * - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:54:24
lol* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:54:18
Of course * - assassin Yesterday, 21:54:16
This is some ‘72 Olympic basketball bs* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:53:53
Absolute joke* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:53:06
Did Pettiti overrule that? WTF* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:53:01
GFY sideways refs* - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:52:59
Absolute garbage* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:52:58
What a terrible call by the referees there * - ATL Yesterday, 21:52:57
That is bs. No way* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:52:50
Clock was at zero. Bullshit. * - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:52:30
That’s some bullshit. Time ran out.* - LovetheChief Yesterday, 21:52:29
No way* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:52:19
What a terrible call and joke* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:52:13
What, how????* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:52:09
HOW* - assassin Yesterday, 21:51:59
- Because it's Michigan* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 21:52:50
Need more shots of sad Michigan fans.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:51:51
Terrible use of time* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:51:32
Wasted time and threw it out of the field of play. Doh!* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:50:50
MUCK FICHIGAN* - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:50:24
Even that completed pass was a terrible throw* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:48:45
- And a Hail Mary out of the back of the endzone. lol* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:50:40
If they didn’t fumble that snap I was thinking 4 down territory* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:43:10
He did not snap that at all like the QB was under center, color guy.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:41:40
Lopati time?* - ATL Yesterday, 21:36:52
- Lloyd Carr's grandson..Underwood at Ball State next year* - Poldark Yesterday, 21:40:15
- Grabbing a random fan would be an improvement * - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:37:55
You can see the fear and pain in the eyes of the Michigan coach. 0-1 and the hottest seat ever.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:33:59
Underwood cost how much?!?!* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:32:22
- Who could ever have seen that working out badly?* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 21:50:56
- $3M per year lolololol* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 21:34:12
  - Way more than that, at least double if I remember the rumored numbers correctly* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:43:19
- lol remember who paid too. cough cough* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 21:34:12
lollololololol* - biclops Yesterday, 21:32:09
Just incredibly obvious calls against Michigan being missed.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:29:51
- You misspelled “intentionally ignored.”* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:30:55
Seems like running into* - illini222 Yesterday, 21:29:50
WMU has zero respect for Michigan’s offense. Might have been a little more aggressive there though…* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:29:07
- Yeah. Play to win* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:31:04
Eagle and Blackledge are an strong pair* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:26:30
former Illini Hunter Whitenack playing OL * - Poldark Yesterday, 21:22:57
Hunter Whitenack mentioned * - ATL Yesterday, 21:22:15
GO FOR IT* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:22:05
- That seems like a terrible spot but I'm here for it.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:22:51
  - LOL, how is that upheld?* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:26:19
    - it actually looked liked a worse call in slow motion* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:27:18
Bench Underwood. Michigan 10 1st downs. 10 penalties * - Poldark Yesterday, 21:21:30
Seeing NIL turn Dabo Swinney into a pumpkin has been fun to watch* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:19:07
Utah State gonna lose to a FCS school in their first game as a Pac 12 school* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:17:38
- Sucks. My buddy’s kid just started in the marching band there * - aimlessillini Yesterday, 21:46:15
How is it possible that we seem to always have better WR’s than Michigan these days?* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:15:28
- And only one is good at his job* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:16:35
  - Oops. Meant to go below* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:21:02
Heh. Their Underwood makes more than ours. * - assassin Yesterday, 21:14:47
- Worse Ellison investment: CBS News or Underwood?* - ATL Yesterday, 21:19:29
  - Why choose?* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:21:50
Michigan losing this would be hilarious.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:09:57
- Especially considering that the MAC is terrible now* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:23:17
Holy WMU fat kicker.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:06:46
How do you miss that, he held into the facemask for an eternity* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:06:20
The hell is the line judge looking at??* - assassin Yesterday, 21:05:59
- I feel like there were three potential personal fouls there* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:08:14
- Wasn't looking at the tackle, was looking to the right for some reason* - illini222 Yesterday, 21:06:54
11 minute drive and going for WMU* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 21:04:29
- 13:40* - ATL Yesterday, 21:07:05
Mr Brightside is such a terrible tradition * - biclops Yesterday, 20:58:02
- Yeah but I also think it’s a lame song. * - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:06:18
  - Truth* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:07:11
  - Cosign - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 21:07:00
- I like the idea of having a fun beginning of 4th quarter singalong tradition but… - OB25 Yesterday, 21:04:04
  - Meh, it's not a tradition if you pick and choose when to do it - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 21:05:38
    - A lot of them feel/are forced* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:06:53
      - Wisky does a lot of jumping around while getting their asses kicked lately.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:08:08
      - You're not wrong - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 21:07:43
        
        It’s like those HR celebrations teams do - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:09:37
        
        In a similar vein...the TD celebrations that teams seem to be doing - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 21:18:37
- It’s so cringe. - assassin Yesterday, 20:58:49
  - You know what's even more cringe? - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:06:50
    - And even more cringe than that? - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:08:22
NW with like an 18 yard punt * - assassin Yesterday, 20:53:38
- 10* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:54:04
  - Well sure from scrimmage…* - assassin Yesterday, 20:58:13
WMU needs to somehow scheme up 1 big play and they could actually win this* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:47:18
- This has been an incredible drive * - assassin Yesterday, 21:00:08
Elzy already not making plays for LSU* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 20:43:43
- Never would have guessed he’d be that high on an LSU depth chart* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:44:12
Had to google which team was the pac 12 team between Colorado state and Wyoming* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 20:43:25
lol why is BYU playing Utah Tech* - assassin Yesterday, 20:39:35
The all Maize is a terrible look. Giving me a headache.* - Toonces Yesterday, 20:35:37
- Literally terrible* - tuffy7 Yesterday, 20:37:29
Have they made college halftimes even longer? They’ve felt like an eternity this week.* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:29:37
Someone tell Larry to donate to the schools he actually attended* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 20:09:25
Just a reminder the Texas A&M police account is hilarious… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 20:07:44
- The 12th Man is pretty wasted by all appearances.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:42:57
Maybe Underwood ain’t it* - biclops Yesterday, 20:04:11
- Maybe?* - bjl63 Yesterday, 20:49:15
What in the world is Michigan even doing throwing the ball here* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:04:04
- Yeah really, really dumb. Along with the guy taking his helmet off that he got away with* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 20:05:35
I didn’t realize NW was still playing in their temp stadium * - biclops Yesterday, 19:13:14
- Appears the new Ryan opener is October 2. * - assassin Yesterday, 19:38:50
  - Against Penn State. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:01:42
  - So weird that there haven’t been a bunch of articles about how they didn’t finish it on time* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:54:30
2 hour delay for Clemson/LSU isn’t fair with how shit this primetime slate is. - OB25 Yesterday, 19:04:54
The Michigan all yellows are gross. * - assassin Yesterday, 19:02:59
- As is the Michigan offense.* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:42:43
- Yes they are* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:18:50
Go Gators!* - ATL Yesterday, 18:51:23
Not a fan of seeing so many familiar names at new schools every season* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 18:46:57
Duke can run the ball. Hope we tackle better* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 18:43:26
I know the announcers went at them but I kind of think Baylor played this perfectly* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 18:14:27
- The way the rules are now, I think you should always do what they did. - assassin Yesterday, 18:22:27
- Baylor going for 2? Ballsy but why?* - ATL Yesterday, 18:16:37
  - Probably better odds to win it there than OT* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 18:17:47
    - That last play brought back terrible Illini fan memories.* - ATL Yesterday, 18:25:55
Tulane isn’t good folks * - ATL Yesterday, 17:46:45
- Sheppard fumbles it back * - ATL Yesterday, 17:50:09
  - Tulane very undisciplined * - ATL Yesterday, 18:00:29
Oklahoma State you idiots * - Poldark Yesterday, 17:42:18
The quarter mile walk to the locker room at Duke is kinda crazy * - ATL Yesterday, 17:23:19
- It's okay as long as you've won the game. :-) - osklister Yesterday, 17:30:18
We’ve returned to the usual scene in Oregon home games… - OB25 Yesterday, 17:14:47
- Can’t believe how small and wimpy their scoreboard is * - assassin Yesterday, 17:34:59
- Very entertaining game. Boise’s last TD was a beautiful throw and catch* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 17:17:56
- Moore over 300 yards already. Yowza* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:17:50
Debut of the new-look OK State not going particularly well* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:04:27
- Had no memory of Justin Bowick winding up at OK St.* - illini222 Yesterday, 17:16:34
Even when conservative, Tulane's uniforms still rock* - bjl63 Yesterday, 16:26:46
Immediately clear how Duke’s offense will attack us* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:07:14
- Tulane not attempting to throw downfield. - Poldark Yesterday, 17:12:51
  - Both QBs in this game are very limited* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 17:13:39
    - Not impressed at all with the Dookie QB* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:16:04
      - Just missed two wide open TD passes. We’re going to have a big advantage at QB* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 17:19:15
        
        Big time. It’s going to be a fascinating game* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:20:02
      - Their RB Sheppard is good* - ATL Yesterday, 17:18:41
- Tulan'e front 7 is undoubtedly better than ours and they had their way with them* - bjl63 Yesterday, 16:27:20
  - That’s a bit too much grizzle, Tulane’s front 7 is not “undoubtedly” better than ours.* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:53:48
    - Fair point. Didn’t see anything on Thursday to give me much optimism - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:01:59
  - How can you be so sure of the premise?* - ATL Yesterday, 16:53:13
    - I am sure ours isn’t very good* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:04:59
      - I think they should probably have tackled more in camp * - ATL Yesterday, 17:16:59
        
        I think they should have spent their money better.* - bjl63 Yesterday, 17:19:01
Man, NIU is absolutely horrible* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:55:44
what is targeting for 100 alex…. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 15:54:02
- What is the defender even trying to do?* - ATL Yesterday, 16:04:36
  - ram man * - biclops Yesterday, 16:25:46
Boise State whipping Oregon on LOS - Poldark Yesterday, 15:53:40
That’s a playcall you run if you’re going for it Boise. Come on* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 15:52:39
NIU is really bad. Tough way to enter the MWC* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 15:50:39
Baylor/Auburn really testing the ‘bad football is better than no football’ motto - OB25 Yesterday, 15:49:59
Somethin brewing at Autzen* - assassin Yesterday, 15:32:03
DJ Lagway. Woof* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:12:06
Heck of an opening drive by Boise* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 14:49:45
If you would have told me in 2013 that Golesh would one day be the HC at Auburn I don’t think - biclops Yesterday, 14:48:28
Fire Eddie George * - Poldark Yesterday, 14:45:50
It is unbelievable how bad these CW Sports productions are* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 13:31:42
SCOUTING: Tulane at Duke 2:30 PM Philo Time ACC Network * - Poldark Yesterday, 13:31:13
North Texas is moving the ball pretty decently vs IU* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 13:29:11
Nebraska playing dumb* - biclops Yesterday, 12:29:55
- Their game has gone similarly to ours. - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 13:38:40
- Their QB doesn’t look like much of anything * - assassin Yesterday, 13:05:18
Matt Rhule is a tremendous fraud. He isn’t building anything over there.* - OB25 Yesterday, 12:02:57
Keelon Russell looks great for Bama. Ryan Coleman-Williams sucks* - bjl63 Yesterday, 11:51:01
Nice to see my visceral hatred toward IU has returned. * - illini Yesterday, 11:20:21
- Are they a perennial powerhouse now? - Sounder Yesterday, 12:26:26
  - Cig is 65 so that might limit things - assassin Yesterday, 12:40:17
Way to start the season, Nebraska* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 11:07:03
- We’ve got our first offsides + vomit of the season* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 11:25:00
  - And he stayed in the game lol* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 11:50:37
- Go Cats.* - Toonces Yesterday, 11:10:54
IU’s mascot is a Bison? Get the fuck out of here.* - Toonces Yesterday, 11:04:45
- A bucktoothed redneck wouldn’t be culturally acceptable* - AintHatin Yesterday, 11:30:13
  - They have no interesting wildlife of their own. Their state animal is probably a varmint.* - Toonces Yesterday, 11:48:06
LSU not chancing it in week 1, did not put the NFL guys on the active roster for tomorrow* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 22:36:20
- HOT TAKE: Diatractions will prove too much and Clemson beats LSU - bjl63 Yesterday, 08:56:52
Go Toledo* - UofIL6 September 4, 2026, 21:35:01
- Oof, college kickers* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 21:58:20
- That looked like a terrible roughing call * - larue33 September 4, 2026, 21:42:22
  - Yep, huge break, although MSU seemed to be moving fairly easily* - UofIL6 September 4, 2026, 21:45:00
Fitzee in trouble. Toledo takes lead in 4th* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 21:34:39
- I got no problem with Michigan State, but fuck Fitzee forever* - KingTalkyTiki September 4, 2026, 21:37:08
  - Looks like he's been hitting the snacks.* - SurfTheBoneyard September 4, 2026, 21:44:34
I’m very glad that the language in Mensah’s Duke contract wasn’t ironclad.* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 20:39:30
- 27/30, 400 yards, 5 TD.* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 22:38:58
- Just grabbed Miami to win the national championship at +950* - OB25 September 4, 2026, 21:18:32
  - Down to +920 on DK. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 00:13:16
Stupid Coenen playing well for MSU* - assassin September 4, 2026, 20:19:35
Colorado GT was boring as hell and then chaos. Seemed like a bad snap hold for GT* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 3, 2026, 22:45:58
- LS had multiple bad snaps * - ATL September 3, 2026, 23:27:01
A judge made all the SEC guys eligible, so now the ball is in Lane’s court. - OB25 September 3, 2026, 20:27:09
Rutgers coming back!* - bbonb September 3, 2026, 20:14:13
Fire Greg Schiano and Chris Tamas* - Poldark September 3, 2026, 20:08:43
- LOL, if anyone at Rutgers was aware there was a football game they woulda had a bonfire last night. - osklister September 4, 2026, 09:36:17
- Did they say he has 99 wins in 18 seasons? Has to be some sort of record.* - Chuck Woodaby September 3, 2026, 20:12:49
stand up for special teams* - biclops September 3, 2026, 19:58:57
UMass has an OL with a 22-letter last name.* - Toonces September 3, 2026, 19:56:14
Pretty blatant OPI* - Herman Blume September 3, 2026, 19:52:47
Comeback begins now * - assassin September 3, 2026, 19:51:51
The crazy thing is that UMass should be beating them by more* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 3, 2026, 19:46:48
This game is going WAY long * - Orangeillini September 3, 2026, 19:39:58
- Time to double check you’re logged into the Fox sports app* - biclops September 3, 2026, 19:48:49
  - excuse me. Fox One* - biclops September 3, 2026, 19:52:16
    - Oh nice. Jesse Watters idiot face * - biclops September 3, 2026, 19:54:05
This Rutgers QB is atrocious* - snipes824 September 3, 2026, 19:37:33
- how did he get a Bama scholarship* - ECEIllinois September 3, 2026, 19:40:17
The Buttgers QB might not be good. #hottake * - OB25 September 3, 2026, 19:37:32
My god. * - assassin September 3, 2026, 19:36:51
This really is the sort of stuff that’ll get ya fired* - opossum jenkins September 3, 2026, 19:32:41
Buttgers. * - assassin September 3, 2026, 19:24:19
If UMass has a Kicker who can hit from 52, seems like everyone should * - memyselfandillini September 3, 2026, 18:59:40
lmao - ECEIllinois September 3, 2026, 18:28:55
- Lol.* - Toonces September 3, 2026, 18:39:07
Do we play Rutgers this year?* - Toonces September 3, 2026, 18:21:11
- Nope* - OWWDig September 3, 2026, 18:23:36
  - Fuck me.* - Toonces September 3, 2026, 18:38:40
UMASS has genuine speed and athleticism. They’re not big, but they’re real* - opossum jenkins September 3, 2026, 18:06:58
I have empathy for Buttgers fans and the feelings they are feeling right now. - OB25 September 3, 2026, 17:55:25
- On a related note, I was thinking of this game earlier today - biclops September 3, 2026, 18:14:57
  - Some of our game 1 examples… - OB25 September 3, 2026, 18:25:46
  - 500 yards* - opossum jenkins September 3, 2026, 18:15:47
Rutgers was like 30 point favorites and they do not look it* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 3, 2026, 17:52:20
oh man. that is CLASSIC Buttgers* - assassin September 3, 2026, 17:51:54
Went to our schedule to double check if Buttgers was on it after seeing Umass shred them - OB25 September 3, 2026, 17:45:46
UMASS!!! takes a 14-7 lead * - jdl September 3, 2026, 17:45:17
- 21-7 * - jdl September 3, 2026, 17:54:39
  - what a throw* - assassin September 3, 2026, 17:55:15

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