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Michigan and Notre Dame generally get who they want out of Chicagoland. But, Wisconsin and Iowa (Michigan State to an extens) have been feasting on what they don't want and have been getting some highly rated players occasionally. I think it would turn the needle towards Illinois in Chicagoland if Bielima starts producing in Champaign at a higher level than those 3. Champaign isn't as nice as Madison and probably Iowa City, but they tend to recruit Chicago well when they have a positive buzz in Champaign.

On the flip side, that was a pretty big win for Bielema in my opion. He can now go to places Wisconsin has feasted in recruiting, especially Chicagoland, and say what they had is now in Champaign. Curios to see where this goes with Bielema as I think Illinois has long been a gross underachiever.

And the ultra underachieving Mertz is still the QB. I am definately curious to see what kind of an impact Leonard could actually make this year as the CEO of the program. His auditition may be more about how he conducts himself as the CEO and less about on field success the remainder of the season.

Did you see that CBC/Chatard game? I don't know much about St. Louis area football other than East St. Louis is traditionallly a powerhouse. CBC looked like a well coached All Star team. I wouldn't be surprised if someone said the Public schools in that area aren't the greatest because schools in that Catholic league CBC is in hoard the talent. Complete team. Not just some big time studs like Detroit King. I would be amazed if Warren could go to St. Louis and keep it within 2 scores considering the way they're playing.

Good points. I'm just expecting it would be very painful to watch as a Purdue fan. Oh well, need to take the cup is a half full approach and just be happy to be there. My wife is always telling me I'm too pessimistic.

Definately enjoyed that W after the way they lost to Penn State and Syracuse. The 'Cuse was the worst for me. Can't give up 30 yards in penalties after you score the assumed game winning TD! It could be worse. At least I'm not one of the boosters who committed $95M to Mel Tucker, lol. I respect what PJ Fleck has done in Minnesota; however, his Row The Boat schtick and reading children's books to his team just really annoys me for some reason.

Of course. They have an elite coach. I think it's fair to say they're not beating Brebeuf last year with just an average HS QB. Allen was making throws in that game that were beyond next level for a HS QB.

Of course they woudl, but it would be a very unpleasant game to watch. I can't imagine, presumably Michigan or Ohio State with a CFP berth on the line, letting this Purdue team hang in the game very long. I would guess the opening line would be around -17.5 and could hit 20 if it was Ohio State in the game.

We're talking 2022. Gibson Southern no longer has a MAJOR reason they finallly broke through and won a Title and Chatard clearly isn't the Chatard of 2 years ago. I really don't care who would win a hypothetical matchup between Merrillville and say Chatard, but one thing was evident last Friday night. The speed on the perimiter for Christian Brothers was WAY too much for Chatard's defense to handle. If Justin Marshall was healthy, there's no reason to believe the Pirate offense couldn't run past Chatard as well and make it a game.

Please no. I'll gladly take the easy schedule and a padded record if Purdue can continue to win. I don't want to see an embarrassing loss to Ohio State or Michigan in the Big Ten Title.

I thought that was the case. I'm kind of out of the loop nowadays on the hot Coordinators. I know the current AD played for Alvarez. Curious to see if he sticks with Leonard or goes outside of the Wisconsin family tree.

Not sure what to think about this one. Is Leonhard considered to be a hot HC candidate this year? Seems like either: Wisconsin made the difficult decision to let go of one of their own before his downslide continued to get worse and lock in a hot commodity who happens to also be one of their own or Wisconsin just pulled a Nebraska (Solich or Polini) and things are about to get even worse in Madison.

Wow. Not often you see Chatard give up 41 points in a half. St. Louis Christian Brothers has some dudes.

Highly doubtful. It would be nice to see them at least split with Merrillville and Valpo. Preferably with the W against Merrillville. I thought Good was a pretty good hire for them. It would be great if he could turn the Indians into at least a Top 5-10 6A program.

Agreed. And it all starts with Lake Central. Enrollment and Socioeconomic wise they should be dominating the Duneland.

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This is an amazing stat. The Bears have the #2 rushing offense in the NLF with 560 yards. But, they have the 3rd worst offense in the league in terms of total yards. I don't care how bad the WR's and pass blocking are. How often Fields doesn't go through his progressions or misses open WR's in the limitied time he does throw the ball is very troubling.

Avon @ Westfield: Agreed. This is an angry beatdown that reinforces confidence type of game. It's going to be a long drive back to the westside Friday night. Brownsburg @ Zionsville: Is this a trap game for the 'Dogs? At some point I have to pick an upset correctly this year in the HCC. This could very well be the Dogs year. I'll take Brownsburg by 17 Fishers @ Franklin Central: Agree again. The lone tru game of the slate and it should be a good one. I'll take the home team Flashes by 3 HSE @ Noblesville: Ugh. 3 D1 Offensive Linemen and not a single conference win in the past 2 seasons. ONE if you count the last 3 years. Sharpe seems like a smart guy. Smart guys adapt and find new ways to succeed. I hope he spends the offseason finding a way to blend a mix of modern offense into his Power offense. HSE by 21.

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We should end up seeing Allar fairly soon. I don't think it's possible for Clifford to make it through the season without missing time for injuries. The guy looks like he takes a beating every game.

Agreed! I could be a fan of the juggernaut that is 2022 Georgia and I would still be nervous about a night game in Iowa City. Teams just go there to be tricked into dying.

Poles.

Agreed. I'm hoping they open up the offense more this weekend. If they do I can completely understand why they went vanilla against the San Fran and GB defenses to develop the run game. This is clearly a rebuilding year from Pace's viewpoint. You have to spend the rest of the season figuring out if Fields is your guy or if you need to target a QB high in the draft. Unfortunately, based on the limited attempts he has thrown the ball, the advanced analytics are completely awful and the all 22 field view is showing he's missing open WR's. The worst was I believe on the flee flicker that was a big gain. Yes, it worked out well and the Bears gained 30'ish yards. But, he completely missed that the WR on the opposite side of the field raised his hand signal that he was abondoning the curl/comeback route because he was behind the DB and was going to run a deep route. I believe it was St. Brown who did that and was behind the secondary for a TD. I heard it discussed yesterday on the radio. Can we all agree now more Packers vs. Bears in prime time? I'm sure Packers fan enjoy the beatdowns on National TV. No mas for me. Not enjoyable to watch.

Early indications are they had no faith the O-Line could pass block and game planned for the running game.

Yeah. Doesn't really matter. The Packers didn't even need Rodgers as they were able to run at will against the Bears. Oh well. It is what it is. The is clearly a rebuild year and the talent left over by Pace sucks. At this pont it's hard to even tell if Fields is the guy as his O-Line can't protect and his WR's certainly can't get open. I'm just hoping to see positives as the season progresses. For starters it was nice to actually see a strong running game last night with Montgomery.