fastlax16 said:

Whole final series was bizarre. You could tell the Ravens players were ready for it to be over, especially after the injury, and then TB comes out passing, and then on the final play you have your starting QB running around like that. Kudos to Hamilton for just grabbing Baker on the final play and not laying him out, because he had a free shot on him if he wanted to take it.

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LandoComando said:

100% Allar is gone--where "experts" have them ranked now means nothing
None of the top guys this year are elite. Allar has more upside than any of them and will dominate in shorts at a combine/pro day.
You aren't going to convince him he can't go before Ward, Ewers, Beck, Sanders and Milroe. Nor should anyone try.
Remember--it doesn't make financial sense for anyone to return. Those that do are just doing it because they want to play college ball one more year. Every single player is best served by going pro after 3 years. See the insane criticism of Washington and Walker. You're either good enough or you're not--one more year isn't going to change that.

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LionDeNittany said:

Yep. Aikman was noticably upset that they were trying to pad stats at the end of the game.

The Ravens players were at risk of injury as well there.

Hand the keys to the backups and let them play. Game was over.

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bcspsu said:

Why do you believe that Allar is definitely gone after this season? He isn't listed as one of the top 5 draftable qbs, at least in the list that I saw last weekend. Based on how he finishes this season and how the qbs that are ahead of him do, I believe that there is a good chance that he returns next season.

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bdgan said:

Next year we don't have Warren, Allar, Singleton, Allen, etc. That might incent him to move on if he gets a good offer.

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bdgan said:

Next year we don't have Warren, Allar, Singleton, Allen, etc. That might incent him to move on if he gets a good offer.

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LandoComando said:

It's going to be interesting to see if how long he stays. I think when we hired him everyone expected if things went well he'd move on. This WVU article has him on the short list to replace Brown. Not sure how realistic some of those are above him. Like Cignetti isn't leaving Indiana for WVU.

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bdgan said:

I'd like to think we can stop the run with 4 DL and 3 LBs, not by bringing Reed to the LOS. Wisconsin is in trouble if we can do that.

I expect Wisconsin to copy what BGSU & USC did. Lots of quick release passes to counter the pass rush. If PSU get's too aggressive Wisconsin might find open spaces to make big gains. On defense I expect Wisconsin to focus on stopping the run. I don't think PSU is strong enough to have the same success that they had against Illinois. We'll have to mix run & pass to keep Wisconsin's defense off balance.

I expect Wisconsin to scheme to take Warren away. The questions are:

• Did Allar turn the corner at USC?
• Did the light go on for Fleming?
• Will Wallace reemerge?

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bdgan said:

PSU has a habit of moving the ball but not scoring many points in the first half. The score was tied vs Illinois until halfway through the 3rd quarter and it was still a 1 score game until 4 minutes remaining. Against USC we only had one 1st half punt but we only scored 6 pts.

I agree that PSU has the ability to come from behind but continuing to do that is bound to eventually bite you in the rear end.

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bdgan said:

PSU has a habit of moving the ball but not scoring many points in the first half. The score was tied vs Illinois until halfway through the 3rd quarter and it was still a 1 score game until 4 minutes remaining. Against USC we only had one 1st half punt but we only scored 6 pts.

I agree that PSU has the ability to come from behind but continuing to do that is bound to eventually bite you in the rear end.

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ryoder1 said:

Wait, USC is a good win for ND but means nothing for us? Not sure you can pump up Army and Navy too much. This comes down to bs politics of giving ND favored nation status over Indiana. Networks know the ratings ND gets and that is what it comes down to. If that happens and I don't disagree it could then it is just another example of the crooked, slimy process where middle aged men decide things instead of teams on the field. 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1994 say "Hi", btw.

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LandoComando said:

After USC I'm confident we can play from behind and win. I'd just prefer not to

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RickinDayton said:

I think both are possible.

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ryoder1 said:

I can see your POV especially when you add in Michigan and Ohio State at noon every year. Texas vs OU has the whole state fair thing but they actually moved away from tradition this year and started at 2:30 local time. My caveat is those games have that tradition of a noon start and are known for the noon kick.

The issue is two fold in my mind, first, the nooner takes away our White Out at night advantage. How much is this worth? Not sure but I do know we have a distinct advantage playing them in prime time with a raucous WO crowd vs at noon. Second, we don't have the tradition of those other noon games. Our tradition is actually the opposite with the big game which was usually Ohio State or Michigan being a prime time WO. Started in '05 vs OSU with an incredible environment and continued through '19. You could even say it started in '02 vs Nebraska.

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Paguy35 said:

- He laughed at the 6.5 point spread, in his words, I would be shocked if it's less that 14 points. Does not think Camp Randall, at night affects PSU.

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