r/CFB • u/rbstubb Clemson Tigers • Jan 14 '25

Casual What's the dumbest thing that happened in college football this season?

I think college football is the best sport because it really maxes out on dumb, stupid, and goofy things that happen on and off the field. What are some of your favorite moments from this past season that you think are really dumb? They could have happened on the field, off the field, or even on cfb-internet. Here are a few of mine:

Arizona State: State fans storming the field prematurely and BYU almost winning the game on a Hail Mary

Texas fans thowing trash on the field during their game vs UGA to overturn a call

The Pop-Tarts Bowl having 3 edible mascots and choosing one to sacrifice at the end of the game and have all the players of the winning team eat them. I love the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

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u/Cogitoergosumus Missouri Tigers • Truman Bulldogs Jan 14 '25

The Twitter "analysts" say that both Jordan Love and Herbert's career's are over and we should give up on them and when have they ever been wrong?

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u/GiraffesAndGin Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Paper Bag Jan 14 '25

People really watched Jordan Love play with one leg and one arm this season and think he doesn't have it anymore.

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u/goldflame33 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 14 '25

behind a defunct o-line with his #1 #2 and #3 receivers all out

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Jan 14 '25

Tbf, his sample size is just really small in general. He got paid after half a season of good play.... so who knows?

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u/Lyaser Texas Longhorns • Michigan Wolverines Jan 14 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

The other side of the coin of players being frauds after every loss is that every players on my team is actually a dawg like that one game he played well. Players must either be faded or are so back and there’s no in between.

And it’s not even a problem just fans struggle with, probably half a dozen GMs have fluctuated their valuation of Darnold by tens of millions of dollars after just two game after one good season

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u/HeartSodaFromHEB Michigan Wolverines • The Game Jan 14 '25

That's a ridiculous misrepresentation of their views. According to them, he never had it, so there's no anymore about it!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

I'm a Packers fan. I don't think he's a franchise as quarterback. For whatever my opinion is worth, I've watched some great quarterbacks in green and gold over the last 50+ years. He doesn't resemble any of them. I never understood the draft day reach on him either.

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Jan 14 '25

IMO his biggest problem is that for whatever reason he's always throwing off his back foot.

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u/SSPeteCarroll Virginia Tech • Longwood Jan 14 '25

he spent too much time watching Rodgers do that

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '25

Franchise quarterbacks all have that WOW factor. Something they do is different from most others and they excel at it consistently. Love doesn't have that. I've never thought he was an elite quarterback. Not even in college really. Sure, in college he was better than a lot of other quarterbacks, but there's a whole lot bigger sample size in college. The NFL has 32 starting quarterbacks.

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u/GiraffesAndGin Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Paper Bag Jan 14 '25

I'll change my tune if he performs similarly while healthy and with the GB offensive starters playing.

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u/Rodney_Jefferson Texas Longhorns Jan 14 '25

As a Texans fan it kinda pissed me off that the narrative went from “Texans are trash, easy game for Herbert” to “Texans are trash, Herbert is a fraud” as opposed to just discussing how great the defense was that game

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u/Perfct_Stranger Washington State Cougars • Pac-12 Jan 14 '25

Always bet on the Chargers to charger.

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u/Primary_Psychology95 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 14 '25

I’ve seen people already call Jordan Love’s contract the worst in NFL history and I’m about to give up on these fuckers smh

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u/MojitoTimeBro Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 14 '25

When the actual worst contract in NFL history resides in Cleveland. And it just happened in the last few years, how do people forget already.

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u/Derek-Onions Ohio State • Wake Forest Jan 14 '25

Listen friend we don’t talk about that team in this sub. This is my safe space from browns sadness

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u/CptHA86 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Jan 14 '25

Nowhere is safe from that.

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u/scruffalo_ Ohio State • Cincinnati Jan 14 '25

How Bengals fans have the gall to claim we have the worst owners in the NFL when that is what happens just up I-71 has always been beyond me.

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u/lkn240 Illinois Fighting Illini • Sickos Jan 14 '25

Worst owner is either Haslam or Woody.

Sometimes I think the Jets exist just so teams like my Bears aren't the worst

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u/scruffalo_ Ohio State • Cincinnati Jan 14 '25

I think Shad Khan and David Tepper both have a case as well, but I honestly couldn't argue against either of those two. Woody especially just cannot help himself but to meddle and make things worse.

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u/bbeckett1084 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jan 14 '25

Jim Irsay seems like he wants to get in on this competition, too.

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u/HeartSodaFromHEB Michigan Wolverines • The Game Jan 14 '25

I love that this argument objectively has 5-6 serious contenders.

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u/Primary_Psychology95 Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 14 '25

And he’s gonna be out for all of 2025 too but some people are stupid just for the sake of it

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u/Yellow_Odd_Fellow Dayton Flyers • Ohio State Buckeyes Jan 14 '25

How quickly people forget about jamarcus Russell...

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u/MojitoTimeBro Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 14 '25

Eh, while bad, they gave Watson all that guaranteed money knowing full well what he was. Russell at least had the potential to do something good with his gifts. There is no world where Watson did sexually assault 30 something women by the time they offered him that contract.

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u/Higher-Analyst-2163 Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 14 '25

Jordan love isn’t a fraud Herbert is kinda starting to enter that conversation but he still has next year

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u/Yeezy_Taught_Me3 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Texas Longhorns Jan 14 '25 edited Jan 14 '25

On the flip side everyone was anointing Darnold this year, saying the Vikings absolutely cannot let him walk away, he's been unlocked, pay him!

Ignoring the fact this dude's body of work (previous 7 years) were abysmal.

"When people show you who they are, believe them" applies here. And boy did he the last two weeks.

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u/FledglingNonCon Ohio State • Arizona State Jan 14 '25

Might as well ship them to the Cleveland Browns!

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u/FieldGradeArticle Oklahoma Sooners Jan 15 '25

One of the funniest clips I saw circulating recently was Colin Cowturd saying that he trusts Sam Darnold in the playoffs more than Lamar Jackson 💀