Fort Wayne lost their season opener to Grand Canyon by 19 points. Hopefully we get a way better defensive effort in this one

pnuts34 said:

Yeah, holding a team who everyone knew HAD to run the ball in order to be any type of competitive is a great feat in my eyes. The only offensive weapons Ped St had was at the RB position, and they have decent OL as well. Not even getting 100yds bodes well for the future, IMO. But some fans skew towards the negative on a constant

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If it make anyone feel better, Iowa gave up 173 to them. And Iowa is a top 10 rushing defense, #2 total defense, and #4 scoring defense.

Allar getting hurt actually forced them to develop an identity on offense. Still bad, yes, but they no longer have the luxury of giving Singleton and Allen equal touches. Allen is the clear RB1 and if they had started opperating like this against Oregon, there’s a solid chance they only have 2 losses.

Some fans think the defense is too good to be true. No, they haven’t played an elite offense, but are any P4 offenses that far ahead of everyone else? The metrics are in love with USC and IU, but both have stumbled against the best defenses they’ve played. Georgia, Bama, and Ole Miss look the most dangerous but aren’t any better than Oregon was last year.

They won’t hold everyone under 14 points, but the defense is legit.

brodybuck21 said:

news is fast and furious

305Buck 19 minutes ago
Birm and Mick Walker saying they expect the class size to finish at 30, based on conversations they’ve been having with sources. That leaves around 9 open spots:
RB - Legend Bey, potentially someone else as Birm said previously the staff has backup options if Latimer goes elsewhere.
TE - still chipping away at Mack Sutter
OL - Kevin Brown
DL - Emanuel Ruffin, Dre Quinn, JJ Finch ideal finish
LB - Braxton Rembert
DB - Jay Timmons and CJ Bronaugh

305Buck 10 minutes ago
Another interesting note, apparently Birm said in the past Ohio State has their eye on a RB and is watching to see if they enter the portal.
The switch to taking 2 RBs this class instead of 3, could be a sign that their guy will hit the portal.

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1337buck 46 minutes ago
Any thoughts on who it could be? I assume it will be a player on a team that is not having a great season, the head coach got fired, or both?

305Buck 33 minutes ago
No idea who it could be, but multiple people have guessed Jadan Baugh from Florida:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5079322/jadan-baugh
Same size as Amari Latimer, productive two seasons at Florida. I’d watch for Ahmad Hardy at Missouri too if Drink leaves Missouri for one of these openings.

bull1214 24 minutes ago
I love Baugh! He’d be a great pickup to help in the 3 rb rotation.

1337buck 23 minutes ago
That would make sense with lock not pursuing Amari Latimer as hard as Legend Bey at the moment.
I think Baugh makes a whole lot of sense. Florida fired Billy Napier recently. He was being used completely wrong in the Florida offense. Florida constantly forced the ball down field by throwing it even when they had 5+ yards per carry from Baugh when he did run. Now that might have due to light boxes from opposing defenses knowing they were going to throw the ball 70% of the time, but he still had to find the whole and break some tackles. I would be happy with Baugh if he did enter the portal. Definitely not as good as Judkins out of the portal but by far a better transfer back than Donaldson if Baugh did enter the portal.

305Buck 25 minutes ago
I didn’t realize Ahmad Hardy is just a sophomore, I think he will be the RB prize of this year’s transfer portal. Similar path as Quinshon Judkins, 1400 yards his first year, on pace for another 1200 yards this year, already has played himself into a day 2 draft pick.
Could transfer from Missouri and protect his body along with chasing a title. Definite transfer if Drink leaves Missouri for Penn State, Florida, LSU or Auburn.

Jaxbuck said:

What was the quote from one of the tsun coaches that talked to the NCAA? "The culture was to go up to the line then push past it" or some such thing?
I agree that most coaches can get cagey with injury reports. A also don't think Harbaugh/tsun should be given any benefit of the doubt on anything.

Proven and documented culture of blatant cheating when and where they can.

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And then you have Zac Taylor. Publicly announce the benching of your team captain LB for bottom of the league rookies to drive down that trade value.

What was the quote from one of the tsun coaches that talked to the NCAA? "The culture was to go up to the line then push past it" or some such thing?
I agree that most coaches can get cagey with injury reports. A also don't think Harbaugh/tsun should be given any benefit of the doubt on anything.

Proven and documented culture of blatant cheating when and where they can.

Went to a new Ophthalmologist today. Filled out all these forms online ahead of time. What was the first thing they asked me to do, yeah fill out all the damn forms by hand.

Woody1968 said:

This kid has been playing college football since before COVID.

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I hope he is better at whatever he does for the next part of his career.

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Quality loss against the preseason #1.

news is fast and furious

305Buck 19 minutes ago
Birm and Mick Walker saying they expect the class size to finish at 30, based on conversations they’ve been having with sources. That leaves around 9 open spots:
RB - Legend Bey, potentially someone else as Birm said previously the staff has backup options if Latimer goes elsewhere.
TE - still chipping away at Mack Sutter
OL - Kevin Brown
DL - Emanuel Ruffin, Dre Quinn, JJ Finch ideal finish
LB - Braxton Rembert
DB - Jay Timmons and CJ Bronaugh

305Buck 10 minutes ago
Another interesting note, apparently Birm said in the past Ohio State has their eye on a RB and is watching to see if they enter the portal.
The switch to taking 2 RBs this class instead of 3, could be a sign that their guy will hit the portal.

GeorgiaBuck2 said:

He could set the record for yards and TDs if he makes it to the title game this year lolzzzz

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Yep. Right now he’s averaging ~7 catches, 90 yards and a bit more than 1TD a game. If they play 16, that’s 110/1440/18.

The most impressive thing is his consistency. Only 1 game over 150 and 3 over 100. It’s hard to predict big games due to how much teams focus on him, but he’s due for a few. Giving him a shot downfield even when doubled is a good sign.

Plus Henry, Jr. Turbo on steroids time for the passing game.