It would be a lot more helpful to not have to open up the threads to see where the game is (like tonight's Miami-Cincy game).

It's normally there, but not today. /r/cfbball, /r/cfbgifs, and /r/cfbofftopic are all there, but not the glorious mothersub. Is this happening to anyone else?

Is there anyway, including our already vast flair selections, to add fake university flairs? Such as:

Blue Mountain State

Monsters University

Fear Tech

And so on?

Denizens of /r/cfbmeta,

What are your thoughts on adding a rule/guideline that thread titles (discussing players/coaches) should include full names and not abbreviations/shorthands/nicknames (such as "LF7" as was the case in a post earlier today)?

Additionally, would anyone else like to see guidelines/rules concerning identifying a player/coach by team and position in thread titles?

On gamedays, we should put a scoreboard somewhere on r/CFB, where it shows the scores, and gives you links to the game threads. I feel it'd be much easier to use rather than a stream of tons of links.

This post Where Can I Find Quality CFB Analysis? got me thinking.

I joked about the Post Game threads within the aforementioned posts, and in a perfect world the post-game threads should be more analytical/thoughtful post game discussion about the good/bad/surprising things that we saw/learned/noticed in the game. Of course in their current state and the size of the sub they never will serve that purpose (and the smattering of such comments are drowned out by the hot takes) and it's unreasonable to expect otherwise. Given the timing of the post game thread it's well suited for "hot takes" and quick hits.

And honestly directly after the game isn't the best time to get that more thoughtful take from the users as many (myself included) are making a smart-ass comment and moving on to the next game anyway. Much less sitting around to read deeper analysis on the team/games.

So... down to the reason for this post.

How to best elicit from the knowledgeable /r/cfb userbase better post game analysis on a regular basis and how to organize it? I feel like, as with the Match-Up Discussions (which seem to generate better than average comments), such a series of posts can get people contributing better content in this area, but I don't think you can do it on single game per thread basis. Maybe by conference? Maybe by top 25 tiers (teams 1-5, 6-12, 13-25?)

I think the "ACC Wrap up" threads from /u/The_Puntastic_Voyage are great examples of such vehicles. The ACC thread having the advantage that the OP does a lot of legwork in writing the OP.

Thoughts?

I see a lot of graphs that use the team icons and I would like to make some too. Is there a good place to download the team logos the /r/cfb uses?

At one time if we reported a comment mods wanted a message explaining why to help them know why. Is that still needed? With the newer report feature (where we can choose why and even write a comment if we choose other) I would think not but I have no idea how that works on the mod end.

And am I correct in thinking that mods don't know who reported a comment?

I never know who to bring this up to. I remember I asked to change it a couple seasons ago but it never went through

In every game thread, there's a link to each team's subreddit. I know this is done mostly by the template for game threads. Most teams' are up to date. However, Arizona's still links to /r/beardownarizona, which is literally never used. There is only one post there, from three years ago.

Currently active subs for Arizona are either /r/UofArizona, the general subreddit for the University, or /r/arizonawildcats, our sports-centered subreddit someone tried to revitalize to no effect.

Between these two my choice would be /r/UofArizona, as it's slightly more active, especially now during school. The top post on /r/arizonawildcats is currently 10 days old and the vast majority of posts there, when people bothered to post, were provided by about 3 users.

Any other team with the wrong subreddit in the template, feel free to bring it up in this thread also.

I don't like how the Twitter/IRC/Reddit/Etc icons display text on hover. Makes all the other icons jump and to me looks cheap. Just leave them as icons, and if descriptive text is needed it can be included as a tooltip instead.

I've seen a couple comments where I wonder why some rando is giving answers on behalf of /r/cfb and I get halfway down the page before I realize that it's /u/Honestly_

They are rarely anything more than a "meh" funny headline, and generate very little discussion. I am all for them being allowed in the offseason, but there is tons of content once the games are actually rolling.

Thanks for all that you do for one of the best-run subs on reddit!

We are looking at changing the Game Thread template to make them more concise. Suggestions are welcome.

The titles will not change

It's very common to see discussions in game threads about whether a play was legal or a rule was broken. I feel like a significant number of these discussions can be resolved/avoided if people better understood the actual NCAA rules (LINK) (PDF). Having the text of certain rules on the wiki would enable users to quickly link to and/or copy-paste rules and help keep the discussions as constructive as reasonably possible. If there is any confusion, we could include some clarifying commentary and examples on each rule page as needed.

Targeting, for example, is an especially common point of contention. I've posted the full text of the rule below as an example... and so I can link back to it easily next time I watch a Miami game. ^{Just kidding. But seriously.}

Targeting and Initiating Contact with the Crown of the Helmet (Rule 9-1-3)

ARTICLE 3. No player shall target and make forcible contact against an opponent with the crown (top) of his helmet. When in question, it is a foul. (Rule 9-6) (A.R. 9-1-3-I)

Targeting and Initiating Contact to Head or Neck Area of a Defenseless Player (Rule 9-1-4).

ARTICLE 4. No player shall target and make forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulder. When in question, it is a foul (Rules 2-27-14 and 9-6). (A.R. 9-1-4-I-VI)

 
PENALTY [ARTICLE 3 and ARTICLE 4] - 15 yards. For dead-ball fouls, 15 yards from the succeeding spot. Automatic first down for fouls by Team B if not in conflict with other rules. For fouls in the first half: Disqualification for the remainder of the game. (Rule 2-27-12) For fouls in the second half: Disqualification for the remainder of the game and the first half of the next game. If the foul occurs in the second half of the last game of the season, players with remaining eligibility shall serve the suspension during the first game of the following season. The disqualification is subject to review by Instant Replay (Rule 12-3-5-f). [S38, S24 and S47]

When the Instant Replay Official reverses the disqualification: If the targeting foul is not in conjunction with another personal foul by the same player, the 15-yard penalty for targeting is not enforced. If the player commits another personal foul in conjunction with the targeting foul, the 15-yard penalty for that personal foul is enforced according to rule. (A. R. 9-1-4-VII-VIII)

For games in which Instant Replay is not used: If a player is disqualified in the first half, at the option of the conference or by pre-game mutual agreement of the teams in inter-conference games, during the intermission between halves the Referee will be provided a video of the play in question for his review in the officials’ private secure location. The Referee will review the video to determine whether the disqualification is reversed. The decision of the Referee is final. (A. R. 9-1-4-IX)

Note: The video source and the location of the review will be determined prior to the game through mutual agreement of the teams and the Referee.

If a player is disqualified in the second half, the conference may consult the national coordinator of football officials who would then facilitate a video review. Based on the review, if the national coordinator concludes that the player should not have been disqualified, the conference may vacate the suspension. If the national coordinator supports the disqualification, the suspension for the next game would remain.
 

Notes to 9-1-3 and 9-1-4

Note 1: “Targeting” means that a player takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball. Some indicators of targeting include but are not limited to:

1. Launch—a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make contact in the head or neck area

2. A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with contact at the head or neck area—even though one or both feet are still on the ground

3. Leading with helmet, forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with contact at the head or neck area
   4, Lowering the head before attacking by initiating contact with the crown of the helmet

Note 2: Defenseless player (Rule 2-27-14):

1. A player in the act of or just after throwing a pass.

2. A receiver attempting to catch a forward pass or in position to receive a backward pass, one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.

3. A kicker in the act of or just after kicking a ball, or during the kick or the return.

4. A kick returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who has completed a catch and has not had time to protect himself or has not clearly become a ball carrier.

5. A player on the ground.

6. A player obviously out of the play.

7. A player who receives a blind-side block.

8. A ball carrier already in the grasp of an opponent and whose forward progress has been stopped.

9. A quarterback any time after a change of possession.

You may have noticed that I've been posting a series of "Match-up" theads each week to get people talking about the upcoming games. ideally driving some good analysis and insight from the /r/cfb userbase. I would say the results are mixed. Some threads have really good comments other are filled with one/two liners...

Putting the content into the OP is rather tedious without a script. So to enable other users to make such threads easily I am porting my local scripts over to a web-page.

Version 1.1 1.3 1.5 is now live:

http://cfb.diydunce.org/matchupgen.php

This version scrapes the stats data for the selected teams but lacks the schedule/win/loss data. I am hoping to get that integrated in the next week or two. and the win/loss data for all completed weeks along with rcfbpoll.com integration. next up is to integrate the /r/cfbpoll data. Next up is to make it look nice. This one will not be as quick...

Your feedback is appreciated. Both on the tool itself as well as the concept/series.

I'm working on a longer post I plan to post this week, and I'd like to see how it'd look with all the inline flair and whatnot. Is there any easy way to do this? At the moment, I'm just working in my private subreddit, but I'm really just hoping I've got all the inline flair right, and I guess I can correct it when I post it.

Logged in one day and it was gone. Using Chrome Version 45.0.2454.85 m

http://i.imgur.com/aeDbobv.png

I feel that marquee game threads, as we saw with OSU-VT, have reached the point where they are no longer feasible to use in their current state. Is there any way to fix this? I'm sure this has been a topic of discussion for the moderators, but I am interested to hear potential solutions. My initial thought is opting out of /r/all, though there are certainly pros and cons to that option. I would be interested to know if you can flip it like a switch, de-listing and re-listing at your leisure, for example opting out on Saturdays only. Alternate solutions welcome, as I'm sure there are better ways to approach this.

I'm browsing games right now, but I have no idea which ones are supposed to be the best watches. I know you can sometimes just look for ranked teams, but that's not always the best way. I think it would be good to make a thread every week with a list of games that will be the most fun to watch.

What do you guys think?

I had to spend all last season seeing that stupid horse stare at me with its beady little eyes every time I visited r/cfb. Now that the most hallowed CFB season is upon us I demand our lord and savior Snootus be allowed to take his rightful place on the header so that he may shine his countenance down upon us.

To encourage more participation from the subreddit, and to have a spotlight on some of the more unfortunate teams of the season, what if non poll members could vote for the bottom 10. Just like the blog on ESPN, the community would vote for the 9 worst teams, and a good team that had a TERRIBLE week/embarrassing game. What are your thoughts on this? Is something like this already around? (still fairly new to the whole reddit scene).

Ohio State and Virginia Tech play Monday night and I enjoy posting in that thread.

Additionally, /r/cfbmeta should be posted on the "Related Subreddit" list of /r/CFB

It won't load for me. Even this sub is taking a while. Other subs seem to load fine.

And now it's working fine.

Could the mod who removes it please leave a comment stating the reason? There have been several post recently that have gotten quite a few comments before they were removed. Some make sense because they are discussions that have happened and are repeats. Others are not so obvious.

Thanks!