College football is back!

Little Ball of Hate’s Thoughts on the first real weekend of college football.

Biggest homer call in history happened in the Big House

Of course we have to start with the big screw job by Michigan and the Big Ten officials in the robbing of Western Michigan upset bid. Where did that one second come from? Obviously the Big Ten didn’t want another conference school to lose to a MAC school, especially after Rutgers paid $1 million to lose to UMass.

And the explanation sounded like listening to Trump explain where he was on 9/11. There are two clocks? One on the field and another on the scoreboard? What?

Bottom line a crock! Pure robbery. I’m glad the MAC is protesting it.

Huskers win, I guess

NU win over Ohio. Obviously they should beat Ohio, that being said I was impressed that the recovered after being down 7-0 early. Jamal Rule looks like he is the new No. 1 RB. 15 carries, 122 yards, 2 TDs, averaging 8.1 per carry. Not to shabby. 

Again yes this should be expected, but I have seen this school blow games they should win in the last 10-20 years. I was at Georgia Southern for Christ’s sakes.

I thought QB Anthony Colandrea looked pretty good. As my friend Jon Sindt said, it was amazing to see a QB drop back see nothing open and actually run for a first down. Dylan Raiola never did that, or if he did he would slide short of the first down.

The most heated rivalry in college sports

And now for the big one. This Friday night Missouri comes to Lawrence. I hope that stadium is rocking. It’s no secret how much the Little Ball of Hate hates Misery.

If you want a brief history on why this rivalry is so heated, you have to go back to the Civil War, watch this: https://youtu.be/g228SBJZkBM?is=wQblwmauK6gNHDIX

Missouri is favored by 5.5, which is fair but we will see. Not much to take away from both teams’ first game. Missouri beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 54-14 and Kansas beat Long Island University 51-6. I do know it is a Friday night game, so the students will be rowdy and loud, so bring it on!

Season predictions for Missouri is Most Missouri football fans and analysts predict a 7-5 or 8-4 regular-season record

Best College Football team All-Time? No question 1995 NU

And in the biggest travesty from Sports Illustrated. If you don’t believe that the 1995 Cornhuskers team was the best ever, you don’t know college football.

The complete list of Sports Illustrated's 25 Greatest College Football Teams of All Time, published in August 2026, features the following historic squads: [1]

1. 2001 Miami Hurricanes (12–0)

2. 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers (12–0)

3. 2019 LSU Tigers (15–0)

4. 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers (13–0)

5. 1972 USC Trojans (12–0)

6. 1945 Army Cadets (9–0)

7. 2004 USC Trojans (13–0)

8. 2018 Clemson Tigers (15–0)

9. 1992 Alabama Crimson Tide (13–0)

10. 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide (13–0)

11. 1956 Oklahoma Sooners (10–0)

12. 2022 Georgia Bulldogs (15–0)

13. 2025 Indiana Hoosiers (16–0)

14. 2005 Texas Longhorns (13–0)

15. 1971 Oklahoma Sooners (11–1)

16. 1961 Alabama Crimson Tide (11–0)

17. 1979 Alabama Crimson Tide (12–0)

18. 1946–47 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-0-1 / 9–0)

19. 1999 Florida State Seminoles (12–0)

20. 1966 Michigan State Spartans (9-0-1)

21. 1978 Alabama Crimson Tide (11–1)

22. 1969 Texas Longhorns (11–0)

23. 1987 Miami Hurricanes

    (12–0)

24. 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide (14–0)

25. 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10–0)