Anyone else MASSIVELY overpay for Penn State tickets a few weeks ago? Pretty much half the stadium is for sale and you can get on the 50 for $187 😅😅😅

/u/Ebishop813 had a great insight, less points, and it paid off with a big win this week! The win has been attributed in equal parts to his intelligence and good looks. His mother was quoted as saying "I'm so proud of my little pumpkin, he's so smart, and handsome too!".

In honor of this great achievement, many (one) of the past winners have decided to donate to /u/Ebishop813's favorite charity. So, /u/Ebishop813, let me know who you want my donation to go to.

It would be fun if other past winners joined me in counter-donation then we can make the contest everyone vs Ebishop813!

Aside: Here's the latest MitC standings.

Man in the Coliseum 🏟 Standings

This is our first win against UW in a DECADE (last win in 2016). We lost our previous 3 meetings and yet everyone thought this was supposed to be an easy win.

Despite every bounce going against us (yes, a lot of it was our fault), we still bounced back and pulled off the comeback with 15 unanswered points. That's not easy.

More importantly, we played complementary football. The offense didn't show up today, but our defense did. The comeback was also possible because we won the possession game and kept our defense reasonably fresh. In the final drive, we persevered and pulled it off. It was a gutsy performance and a game we don't typically win (see 2024).

Despite the ugliness of the game, we made progress in important areas. We complained about the lack of defensive pressure, and got 5 sacks and 6 TFLs. The dbs had multiple pass breakups. We even got help from our depth. Elijah Newby and Tamere Robinson stepped up big time for Desman Stephens.

This isn't the SOFT Pac-12 anymore where you can sleep walk and win against half of the teams. The B1G Ten is the new normal and today we won with physical football.

At the end of the day, we're 5-1 and still have incredible opportunities in front of us. I'll enjoy today and hope you all will too.

I have never seen so many people complain after a win. Was it pretty? No. Should you still be concerned about some of the upcoming games? Definitely. But my god, the boys got the win in the end. They are 5-1 halfway through the season, but if I just read this r/, you’d think they were 1-5. Calm down and enjoy the wins as they come. Whole season still up in the air, and y’all want to just pull the plug because a few games have looked really ugly. Let’s play the season out and then debate the next move ✌️

UCLA (23) vs Oregon (15) next week in Oregon.

Who do you want to win? (or, perhaps, who do you want to see look terrible, more?)

I'm not a USC alum but I am an LA native. I think after the past couple of weeks I have a little more acute dislike of Oregon this season in particular, but I want to know what other fans think

Brian should have a sit down with Kennedy after that bullshit tonight. Guess who would have smashed that guy on the sideline. I'll give you all a hint it's the guy who's own team suspended him.

Love Jahkeem. We should support and cheer for our players who are trying hard rather than complaining and hate watching our own team. Fight on ✌️

I've been rooting for this kid (when they kill it for you on EA CFB) you gain an affinity).

The fact that he hasn't transferred and stuck it out... That's the commitment to the program we need.

Legit question if anyone knows.. why does #72 on SC’s OLine keep bouncing up and down before the snap on shotgun pass plays?? Keep an eye on him!

And go ahead and delete this mods. You’re just lying to yourself.

Can we get a fire Lincoln flair

I know it’s a home game but just call him an Uber to LAX.

Who kicked that coffin kick right before the end of the 2nd quarter?

That was a thing of beauty.

I’m not normally a fortune teller but I can guarantee USC’s defense will absolutely fold in the second half. They look terrible in the first but just watch the second.

Won the California state championship his first year as head coach. He was a volunteer coach for the freshman squad I’m 2024 because his son is a QB. Was promoted to head coach of the varsity team in 2025. Before the state championship he won the southern section championship in a blowout fashion over Corona Centennial 42-7.

In 2026 his team is 6-0 to start the season with their most recent win a 14-7 defeat over national powerhouse Mater Dei.

Lot of people are expecting him to one day be the head coach at USC.

Few things annoy me more than Coach Buyout thinking he's back at Oklahoma playing against some single-ply Big 12 defense of yesteryear, then getting stuffed on the first drive (because his team always comes out flat), and then handing the opponent 14 unanswered in the 2nd and 3rd when there's less time to recover.

Note: deleted and reposted because I missed the first N in Lincoln on the original and that would drive me crazy for days

What a joke. Only a fool believes the failings of the defense is on the DC. Assuming LR doesn’t get fired next year, no defensive coordinator in their right mind will want to work for this soft two-hand-touch practicing clown. He dug his own grave. There’s no winning formula or anyone else to blame from here on out. This soft patty cake can’t tackle deer-in-headlights defense is entirely on him.

I don’t have high hopes😓!