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lol… Fields has eligibility and is available, no? :wink2:

What stands out for me, after chugging through all these stats is this: Sayin should've been sacked a bunch by Texas in 2025, but he wasn't. What was it about the offense that got called for him in that game, his first start as a freshman, that helped him survive?

Yep... well said. And the stats show that the difference between Sayin and his performance and Fields was essentially Fields' legs and elusiveness even though he had a slightly higher sack rate. The getting hurt part from getting sacked a bunch of times, not so much.

For reference... Sayin's 2025 sack rate was about 3.9%. He took 16 sacks on 391 dropbacks. Much lower than 2026. And, remember that 10 of those came in the last two games against Indiana and Miami. During the regular season his sack rate was about 2% (6 sacks on 327 dropbacks). His 2026 rate is...

This is what I got from Claude... Makes sense... Sayin has the worst sack ratio among the top 10. I also looked at the top 25, curious to see if a larger population might swings things. He comes in 6th among the top 25 after Brandon at Tennessee (12.9%), Russel at Alabama (9.5%), Manning...

Seems like there's a compounding effect. The hard teams can bracket Smith, and while Sayin is trying to figure who else to throw to (in case JJ was his first read), he sputters. That's how teams with good DL get pressure on him without putting extra bodies on the line or blitzing. If Sayin...

Fields and Stroud both played hurt. Maybe it's a Day thing, keeping his QBs in there trusting that they'll manage through it, until they can't. Same happened with Will Howard. I can't remember which game. Maybe Oregon 1?

Two different things. I didn't say JJ was *always* his first read. Is he 70% / 80% of the time? Probably. But not 100%. I was saying that when teams jam up Sayin's first read, he get shaky and unsure. That's the point I was trying to make. I only brought JJ in to say there was probably...

What doesn’t show up in there directly is how the “Hard Set” was able to canvas J Smith and to limit his production. I’m not saying it’s all explained by that but maybe more about Sayin not being able to use his many other receiver options when he’s under pressure or when his first read gets...

Usually, yes. But this one came down to one play.

Not taking anything away from the players for a hard-fought game. What I don't get is some of the coaches and players after the game going around saying "we found a way to win...". No, you didn't find a way to win. Indiana found a way to lose. You can be proud that you didn't tuck and run. But...

Injury or not, we weren't going to win the NC this year with the way Sayin's been playing. I have not seen meaningul growth.

van sickle with yet another game-changing false start. taking the crown away from jb schugarts?

Sayin's pass was one step behind.