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  1. IMO, 3rd round to a competent organization might not be that bad, all in all. The Simms interview from earlier highlighted it: he's a first-read guy and holds the ball too long. I do not know if that was always the case, though. In the year he was recruited, QB rankings (draft year and slot in parens - or present status): Ewers (Texas by way of tosu) Caleb Williams (2024 1.1) Sam Huard (Utah, by way of Washington and Cal Poly) Drake Maye (2024 1.3) Brock Vandagriff (Kentucky QB by way of Georgia) JJ McCarthy (2024 1.10) Burrow and Herbert are exceptional, no doubt. Perhaps they are not a fair comparison, as I see them in the top-quartile of NFL QBs. Then again, the #1 QB recruit *should* project to a first or second round draft pick. That 202 draft was loaded: Burrow (1.1), Tua (1.5), Herbert (1.6), Jordan Love (1.26), Hurts (2.21).
  2. I thought self-sack when I saw it live, but the endzone replay showed he tripped. That said, it's happened a few times this season, so there may be an awareness issue.
  3. Tripped on Cam Williams' foot.
  4. This year's QB draft class is not exactly great, so it is a good year for him to go pro. NFL Draft Buzz has a QB ranking for the 2025 draft. Sanders Ward Ewers Milroe Nussmeier Beck Gabriel Altair Rourke Klubnick Dart CBS has Ewers as the #3 QB and #18 overall prospect. ESPN has Ewers as the #3 QB and #34 overall prospect. We've seen so much of Ewers that most of us would declare "he's not the 3rd best QB coming out" or "he sucks" or whatever. Sanders is the clear #1 QB (IMO). After that, it's up in the air. In 2024, 6 QBs were picked in the top-12 picks: Williams, Daniels, Maye, Penix, McCarthy, Nix. The next QB - Spencer Rattler - was not picked until the 5th round. Teams who may be looking for a QB - and be wiling to spend a high round pick on it. NYG Browns Panthers Raiders Dolphins Titans Rams Very few new mock drafts have Ewers in the first round, but many have him in 2nd round. fwiw
  5. Cignetti just got a new 8-year contract, nearly doubling his salary. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42423807/sources-curt-cignetti-gets-new-deal-indiana-10-0-start Cignetti's new eight-year contract runs through the 2032 season and will pay him an average of $8 million per year with an annual $1 million retention bonus, putting the total value of the new contract at $72 million. Cignetti originally received a six-year, $27 million contract when he was hired in December. He took the Indiana job after leading James Madison to an 11-1 season in 2023 -- when he made $677,311 -- with the goal of changing the Hoosiers' historically woeful image in football.
  6. The undercard fights were quite good. Paul/Tyson was not a good fight. In the early rounds, Paul evaded, so as to not get knocked out. In the later rounds, Paul did not seem to want to put him away. 8 rounds is good for the sponsors, etc. Roy Jones started referring to Tyson's legs in the late 2nd round. I noticed his inability (or unwillingness) to move in the 3rd or so. Tyson had a clear limp later in the match. He was injured from before the match. As has been noted, Tyson threw harder punches during his training/sparring. The stream delivery problems were extremely frustrating, as it made it difficult for non-boxing-watching folks to see a good fight, which each of the undercards were. The Taylor-Serrano fight was quality and very entertaining. A couple of additional comments: Ranallo, Perez, and Jones did not really seem to prepare for the fights, aside from watching highlights or reading a couple of twitter feeds. Ranallo was questioning whether Taylor continued to intentionally head-butt Serrano. More than once, Jones said, "She leads with her head and is left-handed, so this kind of thing happens when a left-hander fights a right-hander." Is she intentionally doing it? Not sure, but leading with her head is a tactic and her style. Then, Jones kept referring to Tyson adjusting his mouthpiece, to which Ranallo noted, "he's biting his glove. He's always done that." 2 hours in a room together preparing and they'd have been better. I've heard interviews with Paul early in his career, and he comes across as a fairly humble - yet confident - person. These days, he's a caricature of a human and comes across as a real douche. That said, he has found his money machine. Last, aside from the money, this was a no-win situation for Paul. Win by KO early and he beat the shit out of an old man. Win in 8 and he wore an old man down. Lose and he lost to an old man.
  7. Netflix demonstrating they CANNOT do live sports with any level of demand at all.
  8. Good fight. Should have been split for Barrios, IMO. Split-draw. Sigh This.
  9. Roy Jones and Rosie Perez are not compelling commentators, either...
  10. Freezing intermittently for me too. Shitshow in several dimensions if Netflix and its server farm (AWS) do not figure this out.
  11. Ok. Arkansas averages 483 YPG. 687 - Arkansas pinebluff (w) 648 - OSU (l) 673 - MSU (w) For the other 6 games, they average 390. We only did 523 against MSU. I think we will be fine.
  12. Squirrel and opossum have limits or time constraints in Arkansas?
  13. EDIT: Ah Crap... @Born Burnt and I replied at the same time. FIGHT!!!
  14. Indiana has ~15 seniors and ~20 transfers on its 2-deep. 9 of those transfers are from JMU, and most of those are seniors. Other transfers are from Ohio (not St), Wake Forest, Old Dominion, Texas Tech. He's put together a good team and he's a good coach. Can he do that in another place?
  15. For some strange reason, I decided to look at the box score from that game. Hudson Card's statline in that game resembles many of his Purdue stat lines this year. Arkansas rushed for 333 yards. The top 6 rushers (QB included) all transferred from Arkansas at some point: Trelon Smith - UTSA KJ Jefferson - UCF AJ Green - Okie State Raheim Sanders - South Carolina Dominique Johnson - TCU Malik Hornsby - ArkSt That's an epic level of turnover.
  16. It can be chalked up to arrogance and immaturity, but his approach was flawed both tactically and strategically. Players tend to have really strong relationships with position coaches and the rest of the position room. Given that, the *obvious* first step is to talk to the position coach. "Hey, I am not getting reps. What can I do? What am I missing?" etc. Second steps are to work your ass off relative to the feedback from the coach. Support your team; support your teammates. Wait for the end of year assessment and make your decisions then. If the assessment is, "Hey, you are WR5 on a team who has 4 1st or 2nd round NFL players. It's looking the same next year. What do you think?" If the answer is, "I am going to stay and work my ass off" you likely are not processed. If you decide to seek a place for more PT, there is a strong likelihood that you will get help from WR coach, OC, and possibly even HC to find a landing spot. That's what good managers do: "Hey, Johntay's a team player; he works hard; he's inquisitive; we just have too many folks right now."
  17. I have watched Indiana a bunch this year. They are a very good football team: well coached, very disciplined, very experienced. They have 15 or so senior starters on offense and defense. They have 20 transfer players in the 2-deep. Last season is irrelevant to this IU team, fwiw (not that you are saying that). I believe the spread will be tOSU -14. I alluded to this earlier, but I have a gut feel that tOSU will beat the spread, because of difference in athleticism and home-field. Perhaps I am giving too mich credit to that. Now - after thinking about it more, I can see it being closer and/or seeing an IU win. First, Cignetti is a very good coach; IMO better than Day. Second, IU does not make a lot of mistakes - they have 7 turnovers all year. 3rd, the discipline and experience should pay off. 4th, you can always count on Will Howard to shoot himself in the foot against good competition. I want an IU win, and big, btw.
  18. I think Indiana can name its score against Purdue. I've watched almost all Purdue games this year (2 in person) and Purdue is horribad. The game is at IU and I suspect they'll want to show something on 11/30 after tOSU crushes them the week before. I'm guessing tOSU will be a 14 point favorite and will win by around 20. IU will be a 27 point favorite over Purdue and will win by whatever score they want.
  19. Did he blame Bobo for all of the INTs?
  20. He did not play against Oregon or Illinois, so he'll only be 0-7. Picking nits, I am
  21. Per 247 - Black was 4*. #60 nationally. #7 CB, #9 overall in TX (2024) McDonald: 4*, #51 nationally, #2 Ath, #7 overall in TX (2023)
  22. Iron Maiden in SA on Sun seems interesting. Never seen them. Recommend?
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