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Absolutely incredible shooting. It felt like NBA Live video games on Sega or Nintendo 64, and Purdue had Reggie Miller, Chris Mullen and Tom Gugliotta. I could almost hear Parliament Funkadelic playing Mothership Connection (Star Child)

Back to Back playing against road games Have the feeling the Huskers know they blew an opportunity against Iowa, and will be really focused against Purdue. I'll bet the Huskers have something to prove (to themselves). Should be a good game. Cannot wait

A week ago Portnoy mentioned the B1G has replaced the SEC as the better conf. He then doubled down on the rant. He got a lot of SEC crazies pushing back on him. Calling him delusional and Michigan homer. He said he was just talking ball, but said he's still right. I wonder what the 4 team playoff would look like if the 12 team wasn't until next year. I'm going to guess the four teams would be - Oregon, Georgia, South Carolina, Ole Miss (or Alabama). Maybe replace one SEC team with who knows.

Wonder if it's because everything lines up perfectly? Raiders have #6 pick and could trade up Raiders need a QB Top QBs in Draft - Cam Ward, Shadeuer Sanders Vegas is a fun town Raiders are Black & Silver - lots of bling opportunity Raiders have sucked so you can only get better, not worse Vegas plays in a warm new beautiful stadium Vegas - gambling, MMA, Boxing, Hockey, and soon MLB And .....

Time for me to eat some crow! Ohio State won, straight up, fair and square. Congrats to OSU.

Pink slips. Sounds like Fidone got one too, perhaps. There will be a lot more to come. Roster is huge. Coaches got to have these tough talks. "Appreciate your hard work for 4-6 years, but this is were we are at today".

Agreed and you just have to live with a 50/50 call like that. If PSU won, I would not have faulted that play. It was equally competitive for 4 quarters and I enjoyed watching it. Really enjoyed ND winning, but regardless a good game. And, the backup QB that stepped in and went 6-7 for 60 yards to get that FG before first half was highly overlooked. That made it a 7 point game going into half - anybody's game and somebody was going to find a way to win. I know Feeman laughed at it (the PI) because those same officials kept throwing flags against them anytime they made a big play the week before against Georgia. 3 times to be exact, and wiped out ND's big momentum plays and backed them up instead, forcing punts.

Wow will you look at that? That's so ridiculous. Hook 'Em It will be close for sure. But Texas will beat Ohio State. The whole nation will come to a hault, and tears will be shed. Experts and everyone across the land that thinks or bets or says OSU will beat Texas will kick dirt and not talk about it. But they will bring up Ryan Day. Okay tears won't be shed or anything like that. I added that stuff for Friday entertainment value. The Buckeyes are a pretty good team. I personally think Texas is better than Ohio State and will win. Others just want Texas to lose.

No he did not. Where? Look at his hip and legs. 44 fell on his own a$$ backwards.

So basically, it was a incorrect officiating call and not interference. Let me explain. If defensive player looks back toward the ball, he can grab the intended receivers jersey, make contact, and it usually isn't called PI because he is playing the ball too. That is in most cases we see in every game. But, PI can be called if official thinks he is interfering with grabbing and holding. If defensive player does not look back to the ball and makes contact with the receiver, 99% of the time it is called PI. Including if defensive player puts his hands up and makes contact. PI. Key words - hands up, doesn't look back at the ball, and makes contact. If defensive player puts his hands in the air against a receiver, doesn't look back, and doesn't make contact - he can do that all game long because he is not "interfering". He is just defending. No PI. This last scenario is what happened. And the receiver creates very little contact with the defender. It should not have been PI. Instead of a 4th down and long, it was a first and goal - pass interference.

12 completions on short passes to RB or TE. Maybe one mid range pass to 44/TE. Against Boise State, he kept throwing sky balls 25 yards downfield and missed badly. Maybe 7 or 8 times. And he puts more air under his throws than Dylan Raiola. It's like he's trying to hit the Goodyear Blimp. But he is just 20 and should def return next year.

Missed a good ol fashion physical game. Got a bigger game tonight. If you can, watch in Skyview (no commentators) or ESPN Gamecast (split screen). Both give you a diff perspective.

Thing of beauty. Also wearing brace, hurt knee against Georgia and wasn't sure if he'd play.

Same thing for Brian Kelly

Sooo true ! I guess @JJ Husker and I just haven't mastered those risks like, "Purdue under 8.5 first quarter points" and then calling it a day/victory. That's because we are out here on the streets, risking everything on a full four-quarter game

That sounds like a fun night on one hand, and an obnoxious zoo on the other (Heavyweight fight in Vegas). Yeah, I like doing real cheap ones with college football. Usually under $2 bucks a game just for fun/entertainment and a dash of pride/ego. Even $1.38 or something silly. Only when I am super stubborn on a can't-miss pick do I splurge a few pizzas and a 2 litre on a game. I like to keep enough in my sports-bank to keep playing. I have some fun but nothing worth bragging about ever, and I am still super terrible (and I do mean awful) with parlays over 3 teams. It never works for me. I mean, getting 5 right out of 7 sounds nice in theory, but with a parlay you still have to tear up your ticket.

Pretty sure you mentioned it and I responded. Not a big deal to me, just adding to a convo. Yes, all things are considered absolutely. Ohio State, Indiana and Tennessee did not have to play in a conference championship game. Their conf record was not good enough to play for it. Does not matter if their conference has a game, they did not qualify to play in it. Currently the Semi's (Final 4) have two teams that did play in a CCG and both lost in those games. Notre Dame didn't have one as an Independent. And Ohio State finished 3rd or 4th in the big ten. Having a CCG is helpful, but not necessary to be considered for playoffs. And in a few years, it is possible for an expanded playoff with more teams. There are only 4 power CC-Games.

I think I finished below .500 or near it. @teachercd wins the Weak Award once again. Lately I have been thinking and forming a few new betting strategies. Just need to do some tweaks. I'm also considering going out to Vegas for the first 4-5 weekends of college football season. RN being patient and watching the fuel situation and waiting to pounce on cheap flights. Fly Friday there / Sunday back. Repeat 4 or 5 weeks in a row. I've always wanted to do that. The idea is to go big in Vegas. Win big or lose big, and get a 2nd job to cover the huge losses for being so stupid. But man, what a fun time to be had !

Happy New Year ! This year is flying by so far

Did he play with Diego Pavia at NMSU in 2023? I wonder what influence Vandy could have / offer? Having said that, this would be a great plug-n-play addition for NU.

Quoted for truth. I am just seeing this but I mentioned very similar in the Huskers Transfer portal in/out thread. Listen to the bama experts about pass protection being a QB-Milroe problem that made it difficult for the lineman. And another reason why they wanted Milroe gone. Dylan is a pocket guy. And steps into the pocket. Milroe is happy feet guy and runs around his OT's like a first time QB would. So pass pro ineffectiveness and stats should not be placed ALL on their line. To me this is a great get of need.

Agreed. Both had wins slipped away. Iowa got hot from outside, made FTs and we went cold. And I have no clue how it's always against Iowa, or so it seems. Iowa somehow seems to be a 4th quarter / 2nd half team of destiny against NU. It's beyond crazy.

Agree with you for sure.