2008 National Champ

Would you have Penn State as anything worse than a 3 point dog at home against any of the other teams expected to be in the playoff? All those good weather teams from the SEC/ACC? Heck, if Penn State wins today Oregon would be #5 and ASU shouldn’t be scared of playing in Eugene.

I’m just saying that ASU’s confidence has to be sky high right…[Read more]

That took a turn. You make it sound like Wilson was just sitting in the corner of the locker room minding his own business and reading his playbook when all of a sudden the whole season was thrown on his shoulders before he was ready and he didn’t want any part of it.

If there were negotiations and/or promises made to get him to come to Utah, he…[Read more]

Dillingham has something good going in Tempe. Any team playing with nothing to lose can do well in the playoff and he’s playing with house money at this point. It’ll be interesting to see if that win was big enough to get them a bye because then all bets are off.

Leavitt has completed a few really tough throws. Amazing what happens when a QB isn’t taught to hold on to the ball until he sees separation but instead gives his receiver a chance to make a play. And the receiver actually wants to make a play. Hope Landon King is watching

Quentin Ganther’s new title should be 4* Killer

Since Ganther took over in spring of 2022:

JaQuinden Jackson – transfer out
Jaylon Glover – transfer out
Dijon Stanley – transfer out
John Randle – transfer out

to your second #2: A lot of those bad bounces were self inflicted which doesn’t always revert to the mean. Just dropped interceptions alone cost the TCU and parochial school games. Even after the “hold heard round the world”, Calhoun dropped a pick 6 that would have iced the game. That’s execution not luck.

My guess is after this weekend is when we would start seeing movement among position coaches if it’s going to happen. Early signing is done but you still need position coaches recruiting the portal. If you’re going to make a change and your target is on a bowl team now is the time to go get them. If they are on a playoff team, you probably have…[Read more]

The game of college football doesn’t give extra credit and there’s no handicap system. It doesn’t matter whether you are an 18 year old freshman or a 25 year old 7th year senior, when you step on the field you have to produce. It’s the ultimate Darwinian process and Wilson didn’t pass the test. Any blame or credit Wilson got was earned by his…[Read more]

It’s not an either/or world any more. You’ve got to figure out a way to pay both and Whitt said during the season that he already had his spreadsheets and budgets set. Now we’ll see if Blechen / whitt are as good at Moneyball as Billy Bean was.

The only direction this team can go after this disastrous year is up.

That’s not necessarily true. I agree that I don’t think it will get worse but there is still the possibility that the end result is the same as 2024 but with different players.

A lot of what people were banking on for 2024 success was based on the relatively easy schedule.…[Read more]

but, but, but.,, the fact that players hadn’t announced yet was proof that the staff and the season weren’t problems

2023: 45.5 yards per punt (tied #21)
2024: 44.7 (tied #35)

of all the dark spots for the last 2 seasons, Bouwmeester wasn’t one of them. If the only acceptable punters are Ray Guy winners, be prepared for a lot of disappointment.

There’s plenty of room for optimism and the farther we get from game 12 of the 2024 season, the more optimistic this place will get. By next August you’ll be begging for little ole Eeyore to get the red kool-aid out of your sippy cup 🙂 I kid

Right now, the rhetoric is worse than normal for this time of year. It’s only been a week since the…[Read more]

You have to recruit out of the portal also

Surely you aren’t suggesting that the 5 minutes between officially entering the portal and committing to their new school is not enough time for kids to field recruiting calls and figure out their next destination?

Ala-damn-bama

I’m neither glass half empty or full. I just want to know why you gave me such a big glass if you weren’t going to fill the damn thing up in the first place

Jokes that are true are the best kind

800k from 1.2 to 2.0 seems like a pretty good raise to me. It’s always about the money. More money for his assistant coaches, more money for him, not working for a different boss than hired him thus greater job security so he has a better chance at earning that extra money. Easier access to west coast recruits so he can keep earning that extra…[Read more]