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2025 College Football Thread

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Idk how Mendoza will translate to the NFL, today he made a living off RPO and back shoulder throws, neither of those are high% plays in the NFL, Indiana is also a run first team. How many number 1 picks played on teams where the focus of the offense is running football with the RB.

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2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

This is the portal era. They can reload again. I mean, in terms of sheer talent they might have been top 15-20.

This guy has a completely different philosophy than most big time college coaches about the portal too.

He isn't a RAS/Stars guy, he looks at production regardless of playing level(his quote).

I don't think he will ever really struggle there because he has an eye for actual football players.

Now, all that said.....you gotta go get another QB.

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5 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

He was at Alabama for three years 

You are making my point back to me. He isn't from there, he didn't play there, it was a cup of tea as an assistant and not even a coordinator at Alabama. 

By that logic, he will go to Pittsburgh or NC State or IUP where he spent far longer.

His ties are PA and WV. Those are steps down and he's 64. What is the point of moving around at $12 mil/year and being a golden god in Bloomington??

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2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

This guy has a completely different philosophy than most big time college coaches about the portal too.

He isn't a RAS/Stars guy, he looks at production regardless of playing level(his quote).

I don't think he will ever really struggle there because he has an eye for actual football players.

Now, all that said.....you gotta go get another QB.

They have Josh Hoover coming from TCU. He threw for nearly 3500 yards and 29 TDs. Mendoza there for barely 3000 yards and 16 TDs at Cal last year.

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1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

What is Herbstreit talking about? "I've had NFL head coaches calling me asking me what's going on, how has Cignetti..." No you haven't. STFU and stop lying.

I would pay a decent amount of US currency to hear one of those phone calls. Gotta believe half of them start with a very pissed off coach asking how the F he got their number.

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1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They have Josh Hoover coming from TCU. He threw for nearly 3500 yards and 29 TDs. Mendoza there for barely 3000 yards and 16 TDs at Cal last year.

That's right, I did see that in the portal.

Also, Mendoza at Cal was much more impressive than Hoover at TCU. Not sure if you watched the Cal years but Mendoza was very good at Cal.

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2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

This guy has a completely different philosophy than most big time college coaches about the portal too.

He isn't a RAS/Stars guy, he looks at production regardless of playing level(his quote).

I don't think he will ever really struggle there because he has an eye for actual football players.

Now, all that said.....you gotta go get another QB.

Yup, a lot of these guys came from JMU which just made the jump to FBS just a few years ago.  I'm a production guy myself. Fug the RAS  over production.  Cignetti gets it.  Just because you have the fastest 40 time or can bench 400 pounds, that doesn't always translate to the football field.

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1 minute ago, 45catfan said:

Yup, a lot of these guys came from JMU which just made the jump to FBS just a few years ago.  I'm a production guy myself. Fug the RAS  over production.  Cignetti gets it.  Just because you have the fastest 40 time or can bench 400 pounds, that doesn't always translate to the football field.

If you watch a lot of these 4 and 5 star guys that go to a football factory school, accomplish nothing and then bounce, the hit rates aren't very high. It's no different than when normal NFL draft bust guy bounces around. Simmons on our roster is a great example of it. It's more often than not because, well....they just weren't that good.

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6 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Idk how Mendoza will translate to the NFL, today he made a living off RPO and back shoulder throws, neither of those are high% plays in the NFL, Indiana is also a run first team. How many number 1 picks played on teams where the focus of the offense is running football with the RB.

Alex Smith in 2005 is the only one I can think of. And that Utah team was still more of a spread offense where Alex was a threat to run too. 

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16 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Idk how Mendoza will translate to the NFL, today he made a living off RPO and back shoulder throws, neither of those are high% plays in the NFL, Indiana is also a run first team. How many number 1 picks played on teams where the focus of the offense is running football with the RB.

Him translating is a small concern. Him going to the worst run NFL franchise is the big concern. 

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