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BoilerN said:
This has nothing to do with Purdue. Don’t bring them up and derail the thread.
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Why are you here on your rivals board?
You seem to take a contrary view of what is discussed and are generally argumentative.

I show up at my ex's Christmas celebration and I bet no one would throw me out but why would I be there and am I there to just cause problems and I wouldn't be wanted there.

Kind of like you being here.
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Backup QB

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4IUSox2 said:
Inexperienced back-up qb seems more and more the norm everywhere in the NIL era. The “if I’m not starting, I’m not staying” attitude has really put a dent in quality depth, certainly at the qb position. As far as backups go around the country, Tayven had more experience than most. Don’t fault him at all though. Let’s see how the UGA back-up does if they NEED HIM TO actually WIN the game, not just manage it vs ND…I think ND has a real chance to win this game.

Allar staying means Pribula moving on. TJ knowing someone was coming, time to move on. Devin Brown at OSU knowing he won’t be starting next season, time to go. And finally, the highly sought after ones, who were real good at their first place? Probably moving on for more exposure and more $$$$.
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ND had a chance to beat GA even with Carson Beck as QB. ND is as good or better than GA.
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Backup QB

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Inexperienced back-up qb seems more and more the norm everywhere in the NIL era. The “if I’m not starting, I’m not staying” attitude has really put a dent in quality depth, certainly at the qb position. As far as backups go around the country, Tayven had more experience than most. Don’t fault him at all though. Let’s see how the UGA back-up does if they NEED HIM TO actually WIN the game, not just manage it vs ND…I think ND has a real chance to win this game.

Allar staying means Pribula moving on. TJ knowing someone was coming, time to move on. Devin Brown at OSU knowing he won’t be starting next season, time to go. And finally, the highly sought after ones, who were real good at their first place? Probably moving on for more exposure and more $$$$.
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Rankings

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Digressions said:
The opposition scoffed at his attempt and accused him of trying to distract everyone from the Lewinsky scandal. I remember vividly.
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If by opposition you mean his joint chiefs of staff, at least if you believe Bill’s account, & he admittedly passed on the best opportunity, so I’m not sure what you mean by attempt. Nonetheless, it was his decision, & in retrospect he made the wrong decision resulting in thousands of deaths, multiple wars, & permanent changes to our lives as Americans. One could argue it’s a bit like blaming a field goal kicker for losing the game on a missed fg in the second quarter, but the fact remains…
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Bucket Getter said:
Gotta find someone with at least as much experience as Tayven, don’t we?
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I'm not sure we do. Depends on what the coaches see in practice. If they are comfortable with what they are seeing from the 2 frosh after a year in practice, you probably have to give them the shot at QB #2.

If kids are doing the job in practice and still not seeing a path to the field, they will be hard to keep. Plus it would be hard to sell an experienced QB to come in and be #2.
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Looks like Mendoza to IU.

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trailrunner said:
Assessment after review of Stanford game.
Will throw into coverage unnecessarily at times. Mobile in the pocket and can avoid sacks or run for positive yardage. Keeps his eyes downfield when scrambling and completes passes before crossing LOS. Great vision, great leader, good arm and intelligence. With a good OL would decimate a secondary. First round pick in two years. Now get him the protection and a tight end.
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Excellent assessment, he checks many of the important boxes. A stud TE would be another amazing Christmas gift, along with OL
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Looks like Mendoza to IU.

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Assessment after review of Stanford game.
Will throw into coverage unnecessarily at times. Mobile in the pocket and can avoid sacks or run for positive yardage. Keeps his eyes downfield when scrambling and completes passes before crossing LOS. Great vision, great leader, good arm and intelligence. With a good OL would decimate a secondary. First round pick in two years. Now get him the protection and a tight end.
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Merry Christmas, IU football fans

Big Red Crimson Buffalo
IUNorth said:
The more I think about IU being trashed the way it is, I both understand it, AND get more and more mad the more I hear it.

The understanding part comes from the undeniable fact that when we played against CFP/Elite level teams, we didn't handle it well. So, I think that 100% makes IU vulnerable to scrutiny, and for their inclusion in the CFP to be a conversation.

Where they lose me is the sudden shift away from the importance of winning AND losing the games on your schedule. Basically every single year, up until this year, teams that lost games like Bama did at Vandy and at Oklahoma, and the losses Ole Miss had...that's 100% disqualifying. Also...basically not even acknowledging how the rest of the games went after IU's game on Friday night. Pretty much every single one of the ESPN analysts blasted IU initially, then just lumped the entire thing together with we picked the wrong teams, its hard to win on the road against top 10 teams, etc... There was no backtracking back to include IU back in with the likes of SMU, Tennessee, Bama, Miami, etc...

Herbstreit...you pompous a-hole... its not OBVIOUS IU didn't belong. Especially after watching SMU and Tennessee struggle even more than IU did. YOU were the one that was making the argument that the Oklahoma loss for Bama was basically inexcusable. How was that loss not 100% worse than IU losing by a similar margin at ND? And what about the loss at Vandy? What about the loss to a 2 loss SEC team, that got destroyed by a 2 loss B10 team? For all of that to happen, a day or so in between to think about it...and to THEN go back in and focus on Indiana...??

Herbstreit can go to hell. Finebaum is who he is. He's from an SEC school, he's an SEC specific analyst...I get it. He's frustrating, and sounds dumb a lot of the time from his bias. Herbstreit is supposed to be above that. So to lock in on Indiana, and then keep going in on Indiana after there's tons of evidence his initial take was probably over the top... He lost a ton of credibility.

So... I do think IU, and Cignetti, played their way in to a discussion about them not belonging in the playoff. But they had to pick 7 at large teams. And Indiana's resume stacked up with all the teams being considered.
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Wait until the quarterfinal games coming up in 7 days. You are going to see more lopsided scores and that’s going to happen because that’s the history of the CFP. They’re hoping it doesn’t happen to prove their point about “belonging” but guess what? It won’t happen. And the semifinals? Same deal. That’s been the pattern in all but maybe 1 or 2 years that were anomalies.
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