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If you go back and read the first post in this topic, you’ll see this kid’s name mentioned. A lot of people think he may be The Chosen One to lead us back to a national championship. He’s formally in the fold now. 6,000 yds. of total offense and accounted for 81 TDS as a junior! So, let it begin. https://www.si.com/college/notredame/recruiting/notre-dame-football-signs-tyler-buchner TYLER BUCHNER PROFILE Hometown: La Mesa, Calif. High School: Helix Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 2019 Stats: 4,474 passing yards, 1,610 rushing yards, 53 passing touchdowns, 28 rushing touchdowns IB Grade: 4.5 (Top 50 caliber player) Upside Grade: 5.0 Offers: Notre Dame, Alabama, Georgia, USC, Michigan, Oregon, Nebraska, TCU, Utah, UCLA, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, Yale, Columbia, Penn Recruited By: Tommy Rees, Chip Long SI99 Rank: No. 55 overall ESPN: 4-star - No. 39 overall 247Sports: 4-star - No. 88 overall Rivals: 4-star - No. 111 overall Composite: 4-star - No. 65 overall FILM ANALYSIS Buchner is an advanced passer that still has plenty of room to improve from both a physical and technical aspect. Buchner does not have a bazooka for an arm, but it still grades out. What makes his arm talent elite is that his arm strength is enhanced by an incredibly quick release. Not since Jimmy Clausen signed has a Notre Dame quarterback prospect showed the advanced feel for playing the position that Buchner displayed as a junior. His anticipation and timing are excellent, and there is snap after snap on film where Buchner is releasing the ball before his receiver is out of his break. His ability to throw receivers open is on the level you’d expect from a college quarterback, not a high school junior that missed all but one game the previous season. Buchner is incredibly diverse, which is part of the reason is intangible grade is so high. He can play a clean game from the pocket, he can be a gunslinger that changes his arm angles and throws on the run, and he look like a run-throw quarterback, evidenced by his 1,610 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns on the ground. The altered throwing motion he displayed during the summer and him not playing as a senior due to California canceling the high school season give me cause for some slight concern, but Buchner has immense physical talent and he’s a high character young man. NOTRE DAME FIT First and foremost, Notre Dame wants a quarterback that can go through progressions and beat teams from the pocket. Buchner has the arm strength, release speed, accuracy and intelligence to become that kind of player. Buchner has the athleticism and running talent to do damage when plays break down, and he can make plays out of the pocket. He can do all the things that Ian Book did in the last month, but Buchner is bigger, more athletic, more dynamic and has a much better arm than Book possessed at the same age. He and Phil Jurkovec were the two highest graded quarterbacks to sign with Notre Dame in the last decade. While Jurkovec had better size, was far more productive in high school and had a stronger arm, Buchner has a more concise throwing motion and is a bit more comfortable playing from the pocket.

I guess I should read the whole article. This is the kid from Avon, IN, not Avon, OH. So, there should be a lot of people knowledgeable about him.

Irish pick up a big time OL recruit from my old stomping grounds, Avon, OH. https://www.si.com/college/notredame/recruiting/notre-dame-football-signs-blake-fisher

The TV angle was less than optimal.

You could have 50 unsportsmanlike penalties for people running onto the field. It wouldn’t matter. Once they ruled the fumble had been recovered by the prone player, everything that happened after that was irrelevant.

So, your objective is top 10 in the nation. That’s a bit more specific than “doing fine.”

The player was lying face down on the turf when he reached out and possessed the loose ball. It became dead at that point.

That’s great ... if “doing fine” is your goal.

The ultimate ruling was that there was an illegal forward pass and, after that, there was a fumble recovered by a prone player, so the play was over at that point. Rendered everything sort of moot. No TD. BSU wins.

A question that has occurred to me a few times this season: has the importance of getting 5 star recruits right out of high school diminished due to the ease with which student athletes can transfer - especially grad students - and the ability to regularly supplement your roster that way?

Going to have to take exception to this, at least under NF rules. For this to be illegal participation, the people crossing the sideline would have to touch the ball, hinder an opponent, or “otherwise participate.” I didn’t see this. It fits much more closely with 9-8-1,“Being on the field except as a substitute or replaced player.” That makes it unsportsmanlike conduct. It makes a big difference because if the foul on BSU is unsportsmanlike, the live ball foul for illegal forward pass against WMU is enforced and, because its penalty includes loss of down, the period is not extended, the score is canceled, and the game is over. On the other hand, if you call it illegal participation, it combines with the WMU foul to create a double foul. By rule, a double foul during a down in which time expires requires that the period be extended by an untimed down. 3-3-3b. The down would be replayed at the previous spot.

Dude, after 4 yrs. at Notre Dame, I found a lot that made Bloomington desirable when I went to law school. 😉

If the Hoosiers can “get it turned around,” anyone can. Question is, what does it mean to “get it turned around?” Does it mean getting to the championship game? Does it mean having a winning record in conference? You can’t draw a road map without having a destination in mind. it would take a massive influx of resources to get UI to the point where it was challenging for B1G supremacy. But it would take comparatively little to make them respectable. I really believe it starts with the coach. There are Tom Allens out there. The trick is finding them. If I was the President at UI, and was asked by my Trustees and boosters to get the football program respectable, I’d call up my AD and tell him when he hires a new football coach it better be someone good, or he’s next.

Spot on. The IHSAA’s bylaws never mention recruiting. They talk only about “undue influence.”

That’s a template for how to do it. So, your issue isn’t that the coaches aren’t trained in proper technique (and supervised to make sure they employ it in practice). It’s that kids don’t like to block the right way. ‘Twas ever thus.

Does your league require youth coaches to undergo some type of training, or obtain some sort of certification beforehand?

I doubt he’s too worried about that. Nor should he be. Too bad the good of the country doesn’t “trump” vindictiveness.

Let me make clear once again that I voted for neither Trump nor Biden last month. I’m not a Republican or Democrat. But I am an American, which qualifies me to have an opinion on this subject. I think the time has come for Mr. Trump to recognize that his chances of getting the relief he wants are so infinitesimal that the harm being done by attempting to undermine the election results doesn’t justify further efforts. Time to think of the country first. Pack it in. Issue a bunch of pardons. Suck it up and be the bigger man. Then take a long vacation after Jan. 20.

Good luck to you.

Go and re-read the purpose of this thread.

Man, I saw some outstanding officiating yesterday. I was camped in front of the TV most of the day, switching around. We hear about it all the time when somebody throws a phantom OPI flag that "costs Purdue the game." Let's hear it for some outstanding plays: In the Tennessee - Vanderbilt game, Sarah Fowler became the first woman in history to score a point in a Power 5 game when she kicked an extra point. The deep wing official on the Vanderbilt sideline had the presence of mind to retrieve that ball, and work his way through the crowd that was congratulating her on the sideline and give her that football. You know that's something the crew talked about beforehand. That's just a great piece of officiating. In the Florida - LSU game, on Florida's final drive that ended in the missed field goal, the attempt was set up by a 30+ yd. pass play in which Trask threw a bullet to a crossing receiver and, somehow, the Umpire avoided getting hit by that ball. You could see he was anticipating it, and at the last second he turned like a matador as the pass went by like a speeding bullet. Missed him by inches. Great game awareness. Of course, the best bit of officiating goes to the crew in the Ball State - Western Michigan game. If you didn't see the craziness that ensued at the end of that ballgame, you're missing something. Watch the crew on the play. Totally disciplined, staying in their assigned areas, flowing as necessary. Then the calm and very clear way the Referee explained why the game was over. Great work in a real pressure situation, as the winner of that game advances to the MAC championship game. Chime in with some outstanding officiating that you've seen recently.

I suppose stranger things have happened. But not outside an episode of The Twilight Zone.

Because of all the attractive features causing people to move move to Terre Haute? 😆😂🤣

OK would-be officials. The play was ultimately called back. But let’s suppose that flag didn’t get thrown. How would you handle this? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiaw8nS68rtAhUDxVkKHZg-D2kQtwIwAXoECAMQAg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxLIBgfoZ-fQ&usg=AOvVaw3vq-vZuGpiKeoDjl1yOgZI

And you call yourself an Oiler!