Looking to see Julian put yesterday’s game behind him and get back on track vs. da Hoosiers.

To me, he looked very unsettled, unsure, and lacking in confidence in the pocket too many times yesterday. Was glad to see him tuck it and run on a few occasions. Hopefully, we’ll see him take that next step here.

Still cant believe we let Archie Boy direct 3 4th quarter touchdown drives. Shoot me

Many thanks DUBBS....don't you ever sleep??

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Also had an offsides penalty on a kickoff and punting inside the 10 continues to be atrocious

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Punting inside the 10 is really driving me insane and heading into today it was FG kicking. The penalty doesn't help either. But punting inside the 10 is really bad and I flip the channel (or just watch whoever our opponent is) and just about everyone else seems to be capable of it in a fairly regular basis. Sure, a few are going to bounce inside the endzone but where we're at is really bad. We might as well just go for it if we're not inside our own 35 at this point if we can't do better, we're not improving our field position by a lot by punting (I'm only halfway joking).

Sure hands and seems to make the right decisions. First line punt return responsibilities.

Let this be a warning to the Bucks. Michigan may limp into Ohio Stadium, but they could polish their turd of a season with a win.

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I'm going with Iowa, but I really think Nebraska might get it.

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Yay!
Points!!

I wonder if the Cardinals are slow-playing this, hoping other teams come in with a bigger offer?

From the above article about Jose - "Build the f---ing statue," reliever Erik Sabrowski screamed of Ramirez's performance.

Maybe they can melt down the Thome statue and use it as the base for Jose's.

Bowling Green 38, Sacramento State 10​

Following the win, the Falcons took aim at their opponents' hornet moniker, posting a brown and orange Bowling Green-branded can of wasp and hornet spray -- a bottle with the potency to "kill the entire nest," according to its description -- with a caption of "Hornets BeGone."

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Oklahoma State had one of the wittier mascot trolls of the week. In its caption of Oklahoma State's final-score post, the Cowboys referenced the weaponry of choice for Pistol Pete and UCF's Knightro: "Brought a sword to a gun fight."

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Arizona took aim at the Mountaineers' staple song in the Wildcats' postgame jab, as Arizona posted a graphic showing its school mascot, Wilbur, performing a karaoke rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at Milan Puskar Stadium, with the words "Take me home" highlighted on the stadium scoreboard.

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On Friday, Duke's official account posted a pregame hype video captioned "The revenge tour continues." After the win, the Yellow Jackets had a simple response: "Tour ends here."

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Any report if he is ok? Looked like he had a injury to his neck.

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He was in on at least one more drive after he went into the tent

College football's backup quarterback talent drain​

Ole Miss' coaching staff searched all over the country and could not find a No. 2 quarterback.

In December 2024, the Rebels flew in Mikey Keene, Beau Pribula and Anthony Colandrea for visits. The sales pitch was clear: Bet on yourself. Come in and compete. Lane Kiffin will play the best guy. If you don't win the job, you'll get developed and get good tape in the blowout wins.

They all knew deep down, no matter how the staff tried to spin it, that Austin Simmons was going to be Ole Miss' starter. All three chose better offers elsewhere. Pribula and Colandrea landed starting opportunities at Missouri and UNLV, respectively, and Keene went to Michigan to try to beat out Bryce Underwood.

"Everyone was excited and said it wasn't about money -- until it was about money," one former Ole Miss staffer said.

The Rebels eventually found their guy four months later, a Division II transfer who looked like he was heading to Temple for $300,000 until the Rebels doubled the offer. Within three games, Trinidad Chambliss was QB1. And the rest is history.

Neat story, right? At pretty much every other major college football program, that's not really how it goes these days. Finding, signing and keeping a quality No. 2 quarterback has become one of the trickier aspects of this constantly evolving era of roster building.

Oklahoma, Texas A&M and others are struggling early on this season with experienced starters who have not played up to expectations. Brent Venables and Mike Elko are in tough spots and both decided against benching their QB1 last week. They must coax better production and confidence out of their guys because they don't have alternatives.

When a reporter asked Elko how challenging it is to recruit quarterback depth behind an established starter like Marcel Reed, the head coach didn't mince words.

"Oh, I think it's impossible," Elko said. "I don't think anybody anywhere is recruiting depth out of the portal. I don't think there are SEC-level players in the country that are trying to go places where you have an established starter. I don't think that's a real thing."

General managers and front office staffers surveyed by ESPN generally agreed with Elko's take. In the NFL, there's no shortage of veterans such as Case Keenum who can be called up at a moment's notice for heroic cameos. In college, if they're not starting, they're leaving.

Oregon getting a masterful performance out of Dylan Raiola off the bench at USC was remarkable to watch, but Raiola is one of the rare exceptions among his peers as a former two-year starter at Nebraska who was willing to take a pay cut and sit behind Dante Moore for a season. Very few programs have the luxury anymore of a backup they'd trust to go win a game.

"I think in this modern day of college football, where we're at right now, that's an outlier," Venables said.

While Venables considered benching John Mateer at halftime of the Sooners' 41-13 loss to No. 2 Georgia, it's no surprise he's sticking with him in preparations to face No. 1 Texas on Saturday.

Venables had a solid backup plan for the past two years in Michael Hawkins Jr., but he waited his turn long enough. Now he's starring at West Virginia in a run-heavy offense that plays to his strengths. Oklahoma didn't bring in a transfer to replace him and its top backups this season, junior Whitt Newbauer and freshman Bowe Bentley, have played a combined 35 snaps for the program.

When asked last week what makes it so hard for everyone but Oregon to have an established backup, Venables offered a simple reply: It's the money. Quarterbacks want to go where they can play more and earn more.

"Somebody willing to go somewhere and maybe not be the guy guaranteed right away, it's a little harder [to find] than you want it to be," Venables said.

The economics of this don't make it easy, and not just because most Power 4 starters are earning $2-3 million or more. A survey of Power 4 general managers this offseason found the average pay for a No. 2 quarterback this year is more than $550,000, sources told ESPN.

Utah's Byrd Ficklin is believed to be among the highest-paid backups in the country, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN, as coach Morgan Scalley and the Utes prioritized retaining both starter Devon Dampier and Ficklin entering 2026. A few major programs such as Alabama (Austin Mack) and Tennessee (George MacIntyre) had to pay to keep two QBs going into offseason competitions, while others are heavily invested in blue-chip freshmen.

The accelerated talent drain at the position certainly looms over all this decision making. The death of the one-time transfer rule in 2024 inevitably led to more QBs making moves early in their careers. The days of keeping a QB in your building until he becomes a grad transfer are long gone.
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More physical? When have watched international ball, seems like the Europeans bang far harder (and with less interference from the refs) than anything on this side of the big water. Might also opine that the NIL is quite a bit higher than on the other side of the water as well.....

How many 'practice courts' does this edifice have? There's only two teams, so why do they need so many? And where do they put them? Daughter played tournament at UNLV, and they had six courts that were used. Anyway, just an idle musing.

Ohio State opens as 4.5-point favorite over Indiana​

Despite Indiana’s undefeated record and what happened at Lucas Oil in December, the Buckeyes open as a 4.5-point favorite before heading to Bloomington next weekend.

According to our friends at FanDuel Sportsbook, No. 5 Ohio State is a 4.5-point favorite over No. 7 Indiana (rankings pending) ahead of Saturday’s “Big Noon” meeting at Memorial Stadium. The over/under currently sits at 50.5 points, suggesting that oddsmakers expect a competitive, relatively low-scoring affair between two of the Big Ten’s best teams; think something in the 28-23 range.

Thought I saw Eddrick get involved more, and more hurries on MD QB. Isn't this his money year? Need some of this play against the better OL's that tOSU is going to face. Nothing new here, just stating the obvious.

Probably just me, but watching our DL play, see more straight ahead rushing than twists/stunts/whatever. So not certain if LJsr teaches said DL play, but certainly our OL hasn't seen much, or they'd recognize opponents DL schemes, and adjust. Sometimes the OL simply gets outrushed. Their 5* guy looked like he just tossed/slid by the LOT and knocked Sayin down. We've got some talented guys, not elite, but very serviceable. But yeah, tOSU needs better.

Do remember the old days, when tOSU always drew NW, the week before Xichigan. Now, appears that tOSU draws a run of three games that are all rock crushers. So much for the random number generator being impartial (to make the schedule). After watching, can see why the 1's are 1's, and the others when they come in are not. But must say, MD made some of our 1's appear to be not.

Maybe they read what the newsies write? Watch the point spread? Listen to the news? Could be all of the above, or none of the above. Probably not alot of anticipation, except maybe the 2's, 3's or 4's of getting some PT. A thought, maybe the coaches level of intensity.

Fungo Squiggly said:

Jeez. He looks like small-town police detective investigating a grizzly murder in an HBO mini-series.

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brodybuck21 said:

Or the murder documentary my wife's watching on Netflix

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Or the next host of Man Vs. Food …