11/08/25
October 19, 2025
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
(leaving a trail of broken hearts and promises in his wake)
and motorcycles
posted by NoMich at 12:44 PM on October 19, 2025
Just how chaotic can a college football schedule get? Virginia is 3-0 in the ACC and 6-1 overall. That one loss was to NC State, fellow ACC-founding team.
posted by NoMich at 12:48 PM on October 19, 2025
Thinking of firing the coach - Billy Napier's gruesome Gators beat Miss. State, making it a bit tougher to pull the plug
He gone.
posted by tommybiden at 02:36 PM on October 19, 2025
That one loss was to NC State, fellow ACC-founding team.
NC State was the best team Franklin ever beat at Vanderbilt. The rest of his resume was mostly softies.
Virginia is winning with a QB who wanted to play for Belichick at UNC but Heels GM Mike Lombardi said hell no.
I should have held off on mentioning Napier until after the Gators GM finished his Sunday breakfast.
The Gators were smart to announce the Napier firing when they did on a Sunshine State media timeline, because it looks and feels like Tua, Mike McDaniel and Chris Grier are going to be given travel vouchers in Cleveland and told to find their own way back to Miami. What wheels there were have just totally come off that team. Lake Erie weather conditions or not.
posted by beaverboard at 03:52 PM on October 19, 2025
Fire the coach -- Okie State still awful (and likely to be for a little while)
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:10 PM on October 19, 2025
Fire the coach - UCLA wins its third straight game after going 0-4 and letting De Shaun Foster go
Fire the coach - lowly UAB upsets #22 Memphis after canning Trent Dilfer *
Fire the coach - Oregon State wins its first game of the season after dumping Trent Bray
Fire the coach - Arkansas damn near beats #11 Tennessee and #4 TAMU after ditching Sam Pittman **
Fire the coach - Penn State damn near beats Iowa with a backup QB after ousting James Franklin
Thinking of firing the coach - Billy Napier's gruesome Gators beat Miss. State, making it a bit tougher to pull the plug
Thinking of firing the coach - Luke Fickell's 2-5 beleaguered Badgers get humiliated by Ohio State, making it a lot easier to pull the plug
Rent a coach - Temporary HC Frank Reich's Stanford group beat national enigma Florida State
Don't hire our coach - Clark Lea's Vanderbilt squad beat #10 LSU, a bigger win than James Franklin ever had at Vandy
Don't hire our coach - Eric Morris' UNT team is bowl eligible two weeks before Halloween
*Former Bama whiz kid and UAB interim Alex Mortensen has a bright future in the coaching profession
** National scoundrel and Arkansas interim Bobby Petrino has an assured future in the coaching profession (leaving a trail of broken hearts and promises in his wake)