Irishman

I don’t remember seeing if IU has named a replacement for the DC position. Seeing that Mark Hagen is looking for a job as of today, I think he would be a great fit in that role. He has already been in a co-coordinator role with IU.

Part of the problem....NBC has a two hour show that replaced the All American Bowl......the Declaration show. The hype the last decade plus around national signing day, and now this puts these kids on a pedestal they have not earned.

Get over your BS with ND dude...wow While IU did not deserve to win, they blew the opportunity. The last few play calls were not good at all. They had a nice drive going and lost it. Allen was too late calling for time out, but I thought I heard a whistle at the snap. It even looked like Tuttle let up thinking a whistle had blown. Defense could not get off the field, and could not stop the Ole Miss offense. I was surprised too that IU did not even try a series with Williams at QB. He is a dynamic athlete. You had some time to prepare for a series. When Penix went down, it really is something they should have been doing any way. Not doing so really bit them, as it was obvious that Tuttle was hurt late in the first half. Bad showing by IU overall though.

IU offense is too inconsistent. Tuttle has not looked good most of the 2nd quarter. Defense makes a couple good plays, but then gives up a big one that keeps drives going. They are lucky to be down just 10 late in the first half. i delayed posting as it is looked like Ole Miss would get more points at the end of the half. Wake up Hoosiers

Jeff George Jr is a grad transfer at Alabama as well. I am not sure where he is on the depth chart, but pretty cool experience for him.

I tried editing it, but a 49 second clip is too large to upload here......All bets are off though because the ball was caught behind the line of scrimmage. There are 3 different views in the original play and the two replays. Fast forward to about the 5:22 of this link. https://youtu.be/5Vjr7AMEWls

Dabo’s staff is just getting outcoached. I am not sure what what Venables’ plan was from the first snap. There was a LOT of confusion in where LB’s should line up, and they were not ready at the snap. He also is sitting back in coverage and not really getting pressure on Fields. My thought is that seeing Fields is injured, bring the heat. You cannot let this kid sit back and just pick you apart. Olave is just finding ways to get open. Looking at what Northwestern did, and what OSU is doing, maybe the B1G is better than anyone thought? I think this actually makes IU look better. Just hope they can play well tomorrow.

I think he is being overly dramatic. While Bama controlled the game, I would not use the word “demolish” to describe the game result. Clemson is actually getting beat worse than ND did. Just like when Clemson beat ND in the semifinal a couple years ago, they beat Bama worse than they did ND. I think ND is on the brink. They are just one or two players away now. I was surprised Book played as well this year as he did. I was NOT confident in his ability. He showed some of his old habits at times this year, but he is not a game changer. I am told that they have a QB commit that could be....we will see. I think they need to build up the secondary on defense. The strengths are the O Line is deep. They are deep at TE. The D Line is deep too, and they have steadily improved their run defense. As far as the money that ND rakes in....we can see that most of it goes toward the school itself.

Ok 3.....I could not fully respond to that because I could not see what you quoted me saying. The top 3 has been mentioned before though, and the gap between them and the rest.

I NEVER expected to see this. It is an impressive game for OSU.

While the final score against Florida may have been closer, it really was not that close. Head to head matters too. It’s a bad look to have Bama beat Florida in the SEC Championship and then play them again two weeks later in the CFP. And yeah, when a team loses THREE times, the committee will and SHOULD give more weight to losses. There is no circumstance where a 3 loss team will EVER get into a 4 team playoff.

Love seeing the IU uniforms will NOT have the Big Ten logo on them. Great response.

While the Irish showed up better here than they did in the ACC Championship, there is still a gap....a significant one. One thing ND was able to hide for all but the two games agains Clemson and this game is that the secondary was really subpar. The defensive front played ok for a good part. Bama was never threatened in this game, so ND has some catching up to do. As I said before, is the school willing to take some risks to get over that hump? The odds that Bama does this in the championship game as well? The secondary for both Clemson and OSU will have the same struggles. You cannot say their record and schedule for this year should not have had them in this game. Should A&M have been here? Cincinnati? No way to either of those. This is more about the gap between both Bama and Clemson and the rest of the field.

He has rejected teams in the past. I think he stays at Northwestern until he retires. Why leave? It’s a great job, great kids, great environment, expectations will never be too high, and think of all the great places to eat in Chicago. 😁

The kid is still on twitter defending himself...lol really sad actually.

Bakhtiari tore his ACL in practice today......That hurts but I like that Elgton Jenkins is likely the guy to step in that spot.

Congrats to Ball State for the win today. It did look like during the post game hand shakes that someone from San Jose State was not too happy with the result and was looking for trouble. I know some don't think Bowl games really mean anything, but the Mountain West is a higher profile conference than the MAC, and to win this way is a big deal. It was also a GREAT time slot on network TV for them to play. Mike Neu has done a great job building this program. Of course when you talk about Ball State having this kind of success, hanging on to the coach comes into question. It helps that Neu is an alum, but BSU is a bare bones athletic program; so keeping him there could be difficult to do. There was a nice moment during the game where Brad Nessler talked about the Hoosier State and they showed the 3 teams that are in a bowl game; definitely a rare football moment for this State.

I was watching highlights of the Army West VA match up in the Liberty Bowl. The announcer said that Army was a replacement team. Tennessee had to back out due to covid issues on the team. Army is 9-2 and got stuck without a bowl game to play. Several 3-3, 4-1 teams are in bowls but a 9-2 West Point team was stuck. I am glad they got to play, but damn........yes there are too many bowl games. That is what happens when the NCAA allows other entities control their post season.

yep...Dan Dakich posted the video on his twitter

Yep

Ball State seems to have stopped playing giving up 2 TD's in the 3rd quarter.

Add to it ...now there is video of the kid who kicked the Tulsa player in the chest, bragging about it while watching the video on a phone, and laughing with teammates as well.

There was a mixup before the game as well.....http://www.espn.com/video/clip/clip?id=30629504

NEVER want to see a game end like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpvEk35sIrA But seeing this happen before the game is just almost as bad. http://www.espn.com/video/clip/clip?id=30629504

Miss. State 1 yard punt....lol https://twitter.com/YahooSportsCFB/status/1344731433638785024?s=20