Footballking16

Have a strong feeling they are one in the same. Back in the late 2000s when DT was pushing to take over the GID and making it a membership forum, he used to post under the name DrivenTemptation. I don't think it's a coincidence that this new one rides the coattails.

Scott was initially recruited as a LB and then Mike Hart (IU RB coach) who hails from the same hometown as Scott convinced him to come play RB at IU.

I'm not confused about anything. Straight line speed does not always translate on the football field. Yes there are guys with blazing fast straight line speed (Tyreke Hill) who also excel on the football field, but being able to run from point A to point B in a straight line the fastest doesn't necessarily translate because football isn't played from point A to point B in a straight line. That's not how the game works. If NFL GM's, coaches, and scouts thought that's how the game works, you'd see a lot more world class sprinters in the NFL right now being taught a different set of skills.

The 40 yard dash in not an Olympic or sanctioned track event. You understand that most world class sprinters pull away once they get into meters 60-70-80, etc. Someone like Usain Bolt is capped in a 40 yard dash based on reaction/start time. A world class sprinters 40 meter interval between meters 60-100 would blow out most NFL players 40 meter interval in meters 60-100. Go back on what you initially said and find me 18 or more NFL players who run sub 10.5 100 meters.

Knock yourself out!

Less than 1% of the entire NFL are world class sprinters/could compete in a 100 yard dash with elite track athletes. I'll make that bet all day of the week.

Agree. NE is only keeping their head afloat on name recognition. They've had a losing record the last 3 years and can't seem to grab any momentum.

Aren't you the same poster who said; "speed is speed"? If you can't grasp that flat line, straight speed doesn't always equate to the football field, then I can't help you. If the key to success in football was getting the fastest guys in the world (you know the track guys) then you would see more world class sprinters on NFL rosters. Period.

Then you of all people should know that track speed (also timed-speed, that's all track is) doesn't necessarily translate to the football feed. Put Usain Bolt on the goal line with say someone like Matthew Slater of the Patriots and have them run from one goal line to the other, Bolt wins by 7 or 8 steps if not more. Put Bolt on one sideline and Slater on the other with an 11 man kick off team in-between them, want to be who gets to the ball fastest?

Pass. Not worth it, you're in over your head.

Outside their inaugural year in the B10 when they went 8-5, they've won 4, 2, 4, 1 and 2 games and it's precisely because they've cut off their NJ recruiting ties playing in a Midwestern conference and now competing against teams who have some of the largest athletic budgets in the country. I don't believe Schiano will be Chris Ash bad, but it will be a monumental uphill battle for Rutgers just to get 5-6 wins a year regularly.

Tier 1: OSU, UM, PSU, WIS Tier 2: MSU, IA, NW, MN Tier 3: PU, IU, NE, MD Rutgers is in a tier of their own. They stink.

I think Outback Bowl is giving them wayyyy too much credit. That would involve a 9, possibly 10 win season. Ain't happening in the B10 East.

Every P5 school hiring is paying their coach ~$4/mil. That's the going rate these days. This isn't 2008 anymore. Rutgers could compete in the old Big East, they are doomed in the B10.

Not disagreeing about tiers although I would put Rutgers in a tier of their own. They STINK. They aren't anywhere close to passing anyone.

Rutgers doesn't have the money/facilities/resources/fan support to compete in the B10. Rutgers will enjoy a short period uptick in recruiting (similar to that of Purdue the last couple years) by being able to offer immediate playing time until it plateaus.

Shhh. We don't want to confuse certain posters about timed-speed.

I think that's a doom scenario but there should be some major concern with the lack of development across the offensive line heading into year 4 along with a very thin, albeit talented D-line. I think Purdue fans see the uptick in recruiting, but its loaded at the skill positions and not spread across the field. Guys like Moore, Bell, and Wright are great individual talents, but not talents who single handily are going to will your teams to victory. Not going to have very much success if you can't protect your QB or stop anybody at the LOS. Most Purdue fans I interact with dismiss last season as an anomaly due to injuries, but many seem to be putting all their eggs in one basket banking on a bunch of RS freshman or injured underclassmen who have yet to see significant game action. I still think Purdue is at least two years away from really being able to "contend" for a B10 west title.

When do you realistically see Purdue becoming an 8-9 win team moving forward? Purdue's secondary is bad, their LB corps isn't great, and they are very thin on the DL and they are now replacing a defensive coordinator. I just don't see Purdue winning 8 regular season games for at least 2 more seasons and that's assuming recruiting stays on the same trajectory.

I think the point about giving him an extension is that you're paying him top 10 money. How long do you give Brohm till he actually has to live up to his paycheck. You go 4-8 at any one of the other 9 schools paying their coaches similar to Brohm you're on the hot seat. Do it again you're gone. Brohm has handcuffed the university and the only way Purdue is off the hook is off Brohm leaves voluntarily which at this point I think his value has worn off.

That St. X team was loaded. We played them a few weeks later and they beat us pretty good. I believe Kuechly was the only sophomore starter but they had a loaded junior class that sent about 6-7 guys D1.

I think at just about every FBS school everyone is on a full scholarship and would say is the case for FCS. D2 is probably 1/2 or partial scholarships. Think it's very rare to give a full-ride in D2.

Yes. 85 scholarships FBS, 63 FBS, 36 D2

I think I’ll take Belichick’s word over yours. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/09/23/bill-belichick-explains-time-speed-vs-football-speed/

Of course it’s two different types of speed. Track guys are springtime 100 to 200m in a straight line until they get to the finish line. Football players are stopping, starting, cutting, until they get tackled. How many track guys have to change their pace of direction in a race?