Footballking16

Is he? He hired Walters and then signed off on all the staffing hires, none of which included a seasoned veteran to help navigate a 36 year old rookie head coach.

Do you even let Boninski make the next hire? He’s approaching 70 and would guess retirement is around the corner. I would guess the AD position is that more attractive knowing you’d get to hire the next football coach.

Lol.

His buyout at the conclusion of the regular season is pocket change compared to some of these other contracts if I read correctly ($9 million paid out in installments over the next 3 years and offset by an potential future earnings). Parting ways at the end of the season isn’t a financial constraint which seems to be one of the main reasons incompetent coaches are held onto too long. But will Purdue do it? I gather that Purdue has always taken a more conservative approach when it comes to turning and burning coaches. Hazell for example wasn’t fired until midway through his 4th season. But that was a different era. In this NIL/portal era, not sure Purdue can afford to hang onto a bad investment too long.

Correct

The INT thrown in the first overtime when all Ben Davis needed was a FG was so unnecessary.

I think Sagarin is the most accurate predictor out there.

I think you’re taking my comments too literally. I’m not suggesting there’s 100 teams better than Snider. It’s all figurative. I think Snider is in the 35-40 range based on resume.

Midway through the season is when Sagarin starts to become more and more reliable. Sagarin suggests Snider is much closer to a top 50 team than a top 25 team. What has Snider done in your opinion to earn a top 25 ranking?

I mean they’ve been outscored 45-6 against 6A competition. Snider is a fringe top 50 Sagarin team as it stands today for a reason. Warren has a phenomenal defense but not a state title contender given their offensive issues. They needed 2OT’s to beat the first team with a pulse they’ve played all year and that team (Ben Davis) isn’t very good to begin with.

Yeah, nowhere near it.

I’m not sure HSE or Fishers deserve to drop after last night. Feel like Snider doesn’t belong anywhere near this list.

Came here to say the same thing.

Westfield 21 HSE 14 F/OT Warren 24 Ben Davis 21 F/2OT

Brebeuf 28 Carmel 27

ND would never interview Urban let alone hire him.

Mike Norvell just signed a 10 year $84 mil extension this offseason. He’s owed $65 million if he’s fired this year. FSU fans going to have to suffer a little while longer.

Maryland is game 5, Nebraska is game 7 but understood your point. Given their play to start the season, it’d almost feel like a disappointment if IU weren’t undefeated heading into the Nebraska game (who also should be undefeated and a top 20 team). They’ll be favored in each of their next 3 games.

It’s gonna be a fun Fall in Bloomington. IU administration may have just gotten this one right.

I think they'll get 6 but looking at the remaining schedule, 8-4 seems to be the ceiling. They will play a ton of close games and down to competition because their offense is that brutal if I'm putting it bluntly. Not sure I'd ever put money of my Hoosiers to beat Michigan but if there was a year to do it, it might as well be this year. I'll have a better idea about Indiana come Saturday night, they should roll UCLA based on what I've seen but IU has seemingly never done well with expectations placed upon them.

Trap game for what? Notre Dame doesn't play anybody for another 2 months.

NIL, at least in its current form, is going to be greatly diminished once revenue sharing kicks in starting next season. Schools not only can, but to my understanding are obligated to share revenue with its athletes going forward.

If elite universities like Michigan and Notre Dame can’t fund top 12 competitive football teams that’s on them.

Will be interesting to see how long Michigan lets Moore go 8-4 in the 12 team playoff era. Guessing they won’t give him as long of a leash as Notre Dame is seemingly going to give Freeman. Admittedly, it’s probably a slight overreaction on my part, but rarely does promoting a coordinator at a school like Michigan work out in the long run.

Cathedral defense struggled all night. The stops they did get in the 2H were because of self-inflicted penalties by St. X. Gain 2 inches and St. X doesn’t get the ball back period. That’s the 3rd or 4th time in the last 10-15 years I’ve seen St. X go on a last minute scoring drive to win the game. But yes, special teams are a nightmare. Kick the ball in the end zone.