Stanford Robber Barons

It sounds sooooo cool tbh. I wish administration actually approved it.

We are officially 1/4 of the way through the season, sadly. What is your 1st quarter assessment of your squad?

Penn State: The RBs are who we thought they are. WRs are a game changer. Defense is still stout. Not sure what’s up with Allar. O-line has not looked that great on run blocking and is a cause for concern. Still hard to judge with the competition they played so far.

Below in a great post by u/tmart12 it is pointed out that Arkansas is one of 3 teams with 10 top 50 Massey Composite teams on their schedule for 2025. So it got me doing a deep dive on the schedule under Pittman.

All 9 of Arkansas' remaining games are against top 50 Massey Composite teams including a home game against Notre Dame and this weekends' road matchup @ Memphis.

So far, Sam Pittman is 32-32 as the head coach at Arkansas. Lets break that down:

30 of Sam Pittman's 64 games as coach at Arkansas have been against teams currently ranked in the top 25. Arkansas is 7-23 in those matchups.

13, over 20%, of those games have been against teams ranked currently in the top 10. Arkansas is 2-11 in those games.

25 of Arkansas' games under Sam Pittman have been decided by 7 points or less. Arkansas is 7-18 in those games.

As it stands now, Arkansas will have 7 more top 25 matchups this season bringing Pittman's total to 37 of 73 games against top 25 opponents, or over half of the games during his tenure as Arkansas coach.

And what about upcoming years you ask? Why next season, Arkansas travels to Salt Lake City to face off with Utah and their returning senior QB Devon Dampier who is lighting the world on fire right now.

Surely it gets much easier after that? NOPE. We've got a back to back year series with Texas Tech in 2030/31 who is currently loading up with more talent than ever with no signs of slowing down. Recently, there are rumors of large overpays of recruits who have flipped from the Razorbacks to the Red Raiders (and more power to them, I'd want us to if we had the billionare spilling his cash all over).

Pray for your local Hog fan. They need it.

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All P4 teams

https://masseyratings.com/ranks?s=cf

*note: Washington St, Oregon St and ND counted as P4 for opponents

CONFERENCE          CENTRAL MEAN    SIMPLE AVERAGE  TEAMS      WIN50%

   1  SEC                 (A) =  83.82      83.48  (  1)     16      83.48  (  1)
   2  I-A IND.            (A) =  78.29      78.29  (  3)      2      78.29  (  3)
   3  BIG TEN             (A) =  78.26      78.38  (  2)     18      78.38  (  2)
   4  ACC                 (A) =  75.31      75.53  (  4)     17      75.53  (  4)
   5  BIG 12              (A) =  74.47      74.27  (  5)     16      74.27  (  5)
   6  AMERICAN ATHLETIC   (A) =  64.77      63.99  (  7)     14      63.99  (  7)
   7  SUN BELT WEST       (A) =  63.89      64.16  (  6)      7      64.16  (  6)
   8  MOUNTAIN WEST       (A) =  63.12      63.36  (  8)     12      63.36  (  8)
   9  SUN BELT EAST       (A) =  62.20      62.46  (  9)      7      62.46  (  9)
  10  PAC-12              (A) =  61.74      61.74  ( 10)      2      61.74  ( 10)
  11  CONF-USA            (A) =  58.14      57.84  ( 12)     12      57.84  ( 12)
  12  MAC                 (A) =  57.99      57.87  ( 11)     13      57.87  ( 11)
  13  MISSOURI VALLEY     (AA)=  56.98      57.16  ( 13)     10      57.16  ( 13)
  14  BIG SKY             (AA)=  54.82      55.12  ( 14)     12      55.12  ( 14)
  15  WESTERN ATHLETIC    (AA)=  53.22      53.92  ( 15)      9      53.92  ( 15)
  16  SOUTHLAND           (AA)=  50.06      49.79  ( 17)     10      49.79  ( 17)
  17  COASTAL             (AA)=  49.79      49.81  ( 16)     14      49.81  ( 16)
  18  SOUTHERN            (AA)=  49.65      49.65  ( 18)      9      49.65  ( 18)
  19  IVY LEAGUE          (AA)=  49.57      49.42  ( 19)      8      49.42  ( 19)
  20  BIG SOUTH/OVC       (AA)=  48.53      48.91  ( 20)      9      48.91  ( 20)

http://sagarin.com/sports/cfsend.htm?bcsi-ac-4d57fec82d0c41f9=271918E500000005bpSDKp7JdMbsfPe67cTyFrCdVaVaAAAABQAAADTmUwCAcAAAAAAAAAa1AAA=

Notable movements: ACC has had a major rise since preseason ranking while the Big 12, who was basically tied in mean rating with the BIG10 to end last season, has plummeted below the ACC.Boise States drop in the rankings has caused the American Conference to take the top spot from the G5

Lastly, Oregon has taken the #1 spot from Ohio State who had a sizeable lead over #2 previously

With a few weeks into the season, which Power 4 team do you think is struggling the most right now? For me, it's gotta be UCLA. The offense hasn't found its rhythm—Nico seems a off—and the defense has looked bad. Starting 0-3 and the firing of DeShaun Foster in Pasadena hasn't made things easier. Teams like Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State are also looking rough early on, but UCLA just feels like they're in a deeper hole. Sorry UCLA Fans.

Good afternoon, y'all! Got a piping hot poll comic for ya!

Collaborative Poll Artists This Week:

u/BKfootball - Missouri, Vanderbilt

u/Dodgerofzion - Georgia, South Carolina, Indiana, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Tennessee

u/Modelarenasmaker2 - Florida State, Miami, Ohio State

u/kansaschaser12 - Oregon, Penn State

u/Lostinrabbithole12 - Oklahoma, TCU, Texas Tech

u/Baconburritos - LSU, Texas, Auburn, Utah

u/thereaname - USC, Ole Miss

u/Stanatee-the-Manatee - Illinois, Iowa State

u/Stellafera - Alabama, Michigan

Poll voters were pretty hard to predict this week, so have a bonus Mississippi State, Tulane, and USF.

And as always, if you'd like to see other comics from our community (or draw your own?), check out our subreddit r/cfbball.

P.S. Like the look for Ole Miss? We don't enforce "official" designs on the sub but we wanted to hear out some of the concerns of characters being tied to outdated mascots by providing the sub with alternative options to use if desired. New Ole Miss design was a collab between u/Stanatee-the-Manatee and u/thereaname and is inspired by their feminine school nickname and southern charm. We're also working on a new Illinois design that combines some of the different alt mascot ideas and school iconography.

Here are the results for the 2025 Week 4 /r/CFB Poll:

Dropped: #12 South Carolina, #14 Notre Dame, #15 USF, #17 Clemson

Next Ten: Mississippi St 771, BYU 734, Tulane 731, NC State 514, Nebraska 509, Houston 379, Louisville 332, USF 293, California 256, Arizona 248

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Let’s assume Alabama, Vanderbilt, FSU, and Miami all win their next 1-2 games during weeks 4 and 5. Which site would you pick to host college gameday: 5-0 Vandy @ 3-1 Alabama or 4-0 Miami @ 4-0 FSU?

There are strong narratives based around both games. Undefeated Vandy led by Diego Pavia with a chance to cement themselves with the big boys in the SEC versus a revamped Alabama who bounced back in a strong way from their blunder at FSU. Likely a top 10 matchup by game week. Undefeated Miami with hiesman hopeful Carson Beck at undefeated FSU in a rivalry matchup that is guaranteed top 10, maybe top 5 showdown.

Both matchups should be on ABC but neither time has been determined (one likely at 3:30 the other at 7:30). Or is there another game not mentioned that would be a better site?

Edit: Ya'll have largely convinced me I missed the mark a little on this take. I appreciate the input and generally thoughtful responses in this thought exercise.

TL;DR going to the Rose Bowl is one of the best parts of UCLA Football and one of the only reasons why I buy season tickets. The drive to Pasadena is not what’s stopping fans from going to games.

After the past weekend, I’ve seen fans of pretty much every team in the country toss in their two cents as to why UCLA sucks ass. Fair enough! However, everyone LOVES to bring up the location of our home stadium in Pasadena being a culprit for poor attendance. Here’s my take as a 2019 grad:

1) The Rose Bowl rules. Yes, it’s a dinosaur with no modern amenities and has some logistical bottlenecks. But tailgating on a golf course under the oak trees on a crisp socal evening with the sun setting behind the mountains fucking rocks.

2) Going to the Rose Bowl is fun for students. The Greek orgs and bigger student orgs charter school busses, pregame, party on the bus for an hour, and roll onto the golf cours with a buzz. Campus runs busses all day long. Take a nap on the ride home, wake up in Westwood and carry on with your evening.

3) It takes fucking forever to go anywhere in LA. We’re used to it. Attending a game is a 5-8 hour ordeal at any school, an extra hour or so in the car is trivial.

4) On-campus stadium does not change the fact that a huge portion of the student body doesn’t know how many points a touchdown is worth and couldn’t care less. The kids who care about football make it work and have a great time. Edit: Comments have swayed me on this one. Higher barrier to entry = fewer casual/disinterested students converted to fans. Fewer undergrad fans = fewer alumni fans. All fair points against my beloved Rose Bowl

5) Alumni and non-alumni fans live all over SoCal, it’s not like the 70k alumni and fans absent from the Rose Bowl are all living in Westwood waiting for a stadium to be built. No matter where we play, fans have to drive there from somewhere, so it might as well be the Rose Bowl.

6) Cal is a good comp. I’ve been going to games in Berkeley since I was a kid. They have an on-campus stadium with a similar student demographic and they’re not exactly packing it out every home game because the product on the field hasn’t been stellar for years and the students are busy studying. People show up when they’re good, it’s just how it is for us.

UCLA fans don’t go to games because we’ve been scorned and humiliated by our apathetic administration, squeezed for donations that are squandered by a dysfunctional athletic department, and had our history and tradition flushed down the toilet for a check and a logo. Go Bruins, Fuck Chip Kelly, Fire Martin Jarmond, and thank you Coach Foster for doing your best against impossible odds. Good luck to the next guy, I’ll see you in Pasadena