1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:05,400 Look at news, analysis, an insight from around the Big Ten Conference. 2 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:10,279 This is Big Ten Paradigm, part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:15,320 network, and here's your host, Mark Roger. Welcome back to this week's 4 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:19,679 edition of Big Ten Paradigm. Right here on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast 5 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:25,160 Network. We invite you to check out the various offerings covering the landscape of 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:30,679 college football right here on College Gridiron Coast to Coast. But here in the 7 00:00:30,719 --> 00:00:34,880 Big Ten we look back to Week two, we look ahead to an interesting 8 00:00:35,079 --> 00:00:40,439 Week three, and I say interesting in that the Big Ten in the ACC 9 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:49,200 take a page from the basketball textbook of competition with the Big Ten ACC challenge 10 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:54,200 of sorts. Nobody's called at this, but did you notice there are six 11 00:00:55,039 --> 00:00:59,560 Big Ten ACC matchups in Week three? I have never in all my years 12 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:06,159 of why watching and covering college football, have I seen six matchups in one 13 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:11,799 college football weekend between two conferences. We will preview and also, folks, 14 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:17,040 and number of quarterbacks storylines to keep you updated on and how they project for 15 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,840 a number of teams this season in the Big Ten. The quarterback is, 16 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:23,719 of course, the most important position in sports. I used to think that 17 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:27,640 that was Major League Baseball starting pitcher, but they don't pitch seven eight nine 18 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:34,239 innings anymore. So it is the quarterback in both the NFL in college football, 19 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:38,879 the most important position and the most difficult position to play in all major 20 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:45,760 sports and in the Big Ten. Before we get to the quarterback positions specifically, 21 00:01:46,599 --> 00:01:51,680 let's look back at Week two and the major storylines they sent her around. 22 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:56,079 The two time defending Big Ten champion Michigan Wolverines. J. J. 23 00:01:56,239 --> 00:02:00,519 McCarthy, speaking of quarterbacks, has the number one QBR all of college football. 24 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:07,480 He is emerging as an elite passer. Last season he was a really 25 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:14,240 good quarterback, an excellent dynamic athlete. But this season, albeit against inferior 26 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:20,120 competitions, so we will see against the likes of Penn State, Ohio State, 27 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,240 and others, most notably just those two teams in Michigan's week schedule. 28 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:30,479 But the number one QBR rating through two weeks of the season, and J. 29 00:02:30,599 --> 00:02:37,680 J. McCarthy looks rather sharp in the defense at this point, the 30 00:02:37,719 --> 00:02:40,599 best in the Big Ten. Iowa Penn State will have something to say about 31 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:46,479 that, but they've given up ten points in two ball games. Michigan is 32 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:53,680 rolling. Iowa wins back the Syhawk Trophy from Iowa State after falling in Kennock 33 00:02:53,759 --> 00:02:58,680 Stadium last year's ten to seven. This time another slugfest. Is Iowa let 34 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:04,000 its seventeen to three and held on for a twenty to thirteen win in typical 35 00:03:04,039 --> 00:03:09,400 Hawkeye fashion, although the Hawkeyes may have found another offensive weapon this one in 36 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:15,000 the run game. Jazz Patterson looked really good in combining with Caleb Johnson to 37 00:03:15,159 --> 00:03:21,919 keep the football away from the Cyclones and keep that Iowa offense churning toward twenty 38 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,639 points. Brian Ferrence, if you're keeping track at home, in his quest 39 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,560 to average twenty five points per game, including the defense, which had a 40 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,879 pick six in this game. So it's not the Iowa offense delivering the twenty 41 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:42,159 five points per game goal, it's the entire Iowa team twenty points meaning twenty 42 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:47,080 four against Utah State. That's forty four total points. So Brian Ferrence, 43 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:53,159 the offensive coordinator at Iowa, is minus six on his incentive clause. The 44 00:03:53,199 --> 00:04:00,000 Minnesota defense, phenomenal last year, phenomenal on this Saturday against Eastern Michigan, 45 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:05,319 winning twenty five to six, and Minnesota's get a matchup that has me intrigued. 46 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,319 One of the great matchups in the Big Ten. Coming up this weekend, 47 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:15,639 we will preview Northwestern. Maybe they're not as bad as we thought they 48 00:04:15,639 --> 00:04:21,240 would be. Northwestern was actually a slight, very slim underdog against UTEP, 49 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:28,759 but the Wildcats won this one going away thirty eight to seven. The defense 50 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,040 poured it on with four sacks and nine tackles for loss, and the offense 51 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:38,399 was highlighted by Ryan Helenski's eighty five ye touchdown pass to Joseph Hyman. And 52 00:04:38,519 --> 00:04:43,360 so Northwestern gets off the schneide and we were not positive that they would win 53 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:48,040 a game this season. They do so in Week two over UTEP easily thirty 54 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:53,040 eight to seven. Those are all on the plus side for the Big Ten. 55 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:59,160 On the down side, Ohio States lackluster offense. We did not expect 56 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:03,439 to say that at any point this season, even with some questions along the 57 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:11,199 offensive line and a new starting quarterback. Ohio State against young stout State never 58 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,000 really put them away in a fashion that you would expect. Ohio State, 59 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:21,160 as a million point favorite, would and typically does to those kind of teams. 60 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:26,120 That's an FCS team. Ohio State destroys teams in the Big Ten. 61 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:30,120 But maybe this is a different year in Columbus. Ohio State lackluster on an 62 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,759 offense for a second consecutive week, this time against Youngstown State Notre Dames in 63 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:42,279 two weeks. Then we've got Nebraska blasted by Colorado. Big thumbs down for 64 00:05:42,319 --> 00:05:46,160 the Big Ten. Right there? The defense, Hey, how much can 65 00:05:46,199 --> 00:05:51,600 you blame them? They held down Shooter Sanders and company into the third quarter, 66 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:56,720 but their backs were going to break at some point because the Nebraska offense 67 00:05:56,879 --> 00:06:04,360 was desmal atrocious. Jeff Simms maybe working on the worst two game stretch of 68 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:12,199 quarterback play in college football and Illinois where that top five defense from twenty twenty 69 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:19,360 two go. We know that it largely went to the NFL as Illinois flooded 70 00:06:19,399 --> 00:06:24,079 the draft on that side of the football, but also had a number of 71 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:29,279 returnees, especially in the front seven, to forge an impressive defense on paper. 72 00:06:29,399 --> 00:06:33,959 But they just flat out on defense. We're too slow and we're outflanked 73 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:39,680 and out of place against Kansas, giving up five hundred twenty three yards of 74 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:45,519 total offense trailing thirty four to seven before putting on a mini comeback. They 75 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:49,680 had a thread of hope in the fourth quarter, but not really. Illinois 76 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,519 loses in a like seated game between the Big Ten and the Big Twelve. 77 00:06:54,839 --> 00:07:00,639 I like to measure conferences based on like seated games. This is one that 78 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,199 did not look good for the Big Ten. Illinois goes down in this one 79 00:07:03,319 --> 00:07:09,600 thirty four twenty three, and then the ultimate downer for the Big Ten and 80 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:15,319 the reputation of the conference, the reputation of Michigan State, the reputation most 81 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:24,360 notably and specifically of head coach Mel Tucker, charged with sexual harassment. We 82 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:30,720 dove deep on this topic during a live stream on Sunday at the Voice of 83 00:07:30,759 --> 00:07:34,920 College Football. Check it out on YouTube, and then I delivered my response 84 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:42,480 my reaction to melt Tucker's statement on Tuesday. Check it out on YouTube at 85 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,800 the Voice of College Football. But we turn our attention to the quarterback position, 86 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,040 and there are four teams we'd like to focus on. First and foremost. 87 00:07:51,079 --> 00:07:57,800 Columbus Ohio Ryan Day on Tuesday announced that yes, indeed, Kyle McCord 88 00:07:57,959 --> 00:08:03,839 will be the starter going forward. McCord's completed sixty four percent of his passes, 89 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:09,199 three touchdowns, one bad interception, one bad decision against Indiana he is 90 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:15,160 a quarterback rating a one fifty seven a QBR of eighty four. Steve Hellwagon, 91 00:08:15,439 --> 00:08:18,560 Tony Gerdiman, and Kevin Noon joined me each and every Wednesday at eleven 92 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,639 am Eastern Time for Buckeyes Live on the Voice of College Football. Please join 93 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:28,120 us then, Steve, Kevin, Tony and I discuss Kyle McCord as the 94 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,679 Buckeye starter. Yeah. I think this was an important move. You can't 95 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:39,039 be dragging this on into the bulk of your season. This is your final 96 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:45,600 quote unquote tune up game prior to Notre Dame. Thank You really need to 97 00:08:45,639 --> 00:08:48,120 have somebody getting the first team reps. And like all of the first team 98 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:54,879 reps, things mechanically maybe a little bit different. Where we know that it's 99 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,960 going. It's not going to be a case of trying to get Devin Brown 100 00:08:58,039 --> 00:09:01,559 in the fourth series or the fifth series. I mean, certainly the plan 101 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:07,080 is when when the game permits to bring Devin Brown in, But Ohio State 102 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,000 is going to have to be more effective on offense for that to be a 103 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:15,879 case. Ohio State has not covered in either game, and while I would 104 00:09:15,919 --> 00:09:20,759 say neither game got particularly uncomfortable, Ohio States certainly didn't run away with either 105 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:26,639 of these games. But and I think we saw coming out of the Youngstown 106 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,759 State game that Kyl McCord was the guy that that Ryan Day wanted to have 107 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,679 out there. I mean most of the you know, they've been able to 108 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,519 move the ball somewhat with him. I think that in the times that we've 109 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,000 seen Devin Brown, we've seen kind of a muted offense to certain extents and 110 00:09:43,039 --> 00:09:48,320 things of that nature. I think I think it is a it's it's it's 111 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,720 a big move for the Buckeyes to have their their starting quarterback, and I 112 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:56,600 think it's one less distraction, one less thing to be talked talked about around 113 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:01,440 the teams as they're trying to advan answer to the month of September. And 114 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,799 Day even said as much when he said, now the team knows for sure 115 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:13,440 who their quarterback is and can move on and follow Kim Accord's lead and with 116 00:10:13,639 --> 00:10:18,360 McCord. I wrote about it today this morning at bucket huddle dot Com, 117 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:26,120 just the inefficiencies of the offense and how that is perhaps related to the quarterback 118 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,840 competition, guys not getting enough reps in practice. I'm not getting all the 119 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,519 first team reps to practice, but more so like during the games where you're 120 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:39,240 pulling guys in and out, and how that can stall some momentum or it 121 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,360 keeps momentum from from actually happening. Because right now, how SAD is dead 122 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:48,399 last in the Big Ten in red zone efficiency in terms of scoring touchdowns in 123 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,879 the red zone. They scored touchdowns on three of their six trips to the 124 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,720 red zone a year ago in September four games on September, they failed just 125 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,080 twice to score touchdowns the red zone there eighteen of twenty. They've already failed 126 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:07,039 more times in two games against two questionable opponents than they did all of September 127 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:09,960 last year in terms of when they're in the red zone they'd scored touchdowns. 128 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:16,480 And so now going with one quarterback and not worrying about anything else, you'd 129 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,600 expect, you would hope that that stuff starts to improve, the third downs 130 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,159 start to improve. The more of the common Chords sees these situations, the 131 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,879 better he'll be able to handle them. So, for as many reasons as 132 00:11:26,919 --> 00:11:31,360 everybody has already said and will continue to say, this was the right move. 133 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:33,279 For one, it was the right guy based on what we've seen. 134 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:39,399 I think everybody if you left that Youngstown State is saying, I still I 135 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,000 think Devin Brown is the guy. Nothing was going to change your mind, 136 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,200 and nothing that you have seen on the field was ever going to change your 137 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,360 mind because your decision was made off the field by something somebody told you. 138 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:52,000 I think the time was right to get this done and get it out of 139 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,720 the way. I think that commic Chord came out in the first half last 140 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,840 week, albeit against Youngstown State, and showed great comedy to the offense. 141 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,000 He was very accurate, got the ball out to his receivers, let them 142 00:12:05,039 --> 00:12:09,960 create as a special bond it seems with Marvin Harrison. But I don't think 143 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,919 it's the point where he's going to force the ball into Marvin, you know, 144 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:16,559 to prove a point or anything. So I don't look at it that 145 00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:20,559 as a negative thing at all that they played together in high school. But 146 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:26,120 I do think that this was the time to whittle down the reps and make 147 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:31,639 sure that McCord is getting most of them and get through this game, gets 148 00:12:31,639 --> 00:12:37,120 Western Kentucky, which in some regards could be a shootout, and then get 149 00:12:37,159 --> 00:12:39,799 into the Notre Dame game, which in some regards could also be a shootout. 150 00:12:39,919 --> 00:12:43,360 So I think that the passing offense is going to need to come to 151 00:12:43,399 --> 00:12:48,879 play these two weeks, and I think it's time to give hccord the best 152 00:12:48,879 --> 00:12:54,799 shot. Iola fans have been excited all off season about the acquisition of kay 153 00:12:54,879 --> 00:12:58,720 McNamara. Not that he is a dynamic player, not that he is going 154 00:12:58,759 --> 00:13:03,440 to lead a prolific offense, it just doesn't work that way at Iowa, 155 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,720 but that he would be the perfect perfect quarterback for this system, the perfect 156 00:13:07,879 --> 00:13:13,399 compliment for a defense and special teams that are near elite in college football. 157 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:18,919 Well, Cave McNamara is playing about as well as you would expect at this 158 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,960 point, completing fifty six percent of his passes, two touchdowns, one pick, 159 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,679 a QBR of forty three. That's a bit low. He needs to 160 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:33,559 play better one fifteen of a quarterback rating. But most importantly is Kave McNamara's 161 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:39,799 health. He's been dealing with a quad issue going all the way back to 162 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:45,679 summer camp, and that's been an issue through the first two games. Now 163 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,320 Here in Week three, Iowa's got a manageable game. You would think against 164 00:13:48,399 --> 00:13:54,120 Western Michigan they're a decided favorite. The defense, the special teams should be 165 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:58,200 able to take care of business. Should Deacon Hill get the call against a 166 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,200 MAC team while Kave McNamara rests up for Penn State in the Big Ten schedule, 167 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,559 I was going to win this game. It would give the backup quarterback 168 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:13,120 Deacon Hill. Allah what we've seen at other locals I e. And Arbor 169 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:18,399 with JJ McCarthy getting valuable playing experience two years ago. With Kave McNamara as 170 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:24,720 the starter, and you rest Kad McNamara, you get the win, valuable 171 00:14:24,759 --> 00:14:30,159 time for the backup. I think it's the way to go. We discussed 172 00:14:30,159 --> 00:14:37,279 with Corey Brata and Elliott Cluff on our IOWA show Hawkeyes Live every Tuesday at 173 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,399 five thirty Eastern Time at the Voice of College Football. Should Kave McNamara sit 174 00:14:41,879 --> 00:14:46,960 against Western Michigan. What he said today is that he feels the best he's 175 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:52,840 felt in a month. I think the Iowa I mean, the offensive line 176 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,480 has done a pretty good job of keeping him up right. If it was 177 00:14:56,799 --> 00:15:00,480 last year's offensive line, I think we might be talking about it a little 178 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,240 more seriously. Not that we're not taking it seriously at this point as the 179 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:09,879 media, but I think it's it's gotten better and I think a lot of 180 00:15:09,919 --> 00:15:13,440 that is because he's not he's not on his back on a on a consistent 181 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,279 basis, and you don't have to worry about I mean, I think he 182 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:20,320 was hit maybe once in the backfield against I always say I don't know that 183 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,840 he was. I don't know, I don't I don't know exactly what was 184 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,360 happening. He might it might not have been the backfield. He might have 185 00:15:26,399 --> 00:15:30,120 been trying to get away. Either way. There was only one time, 186 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,200 I think in these last two games where I went and he just got up 187 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:39,399 and jogged off. And I think there's gonna be a general soreness, just 188 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,960 like there is for anybody else after a football game. But by what he 189 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,840 has said, which taking a face value if you want, by the sounds 190 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:52,039 of it, it's it's getting better progressively, not not you know, a 191 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:56,519 drastic amount. It's not like they're loading him up with drugs in the in 192 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:00,879 the locker room or anything. But at this point in time, I think 193 00:16:00,879 --> 00:16:03,879 it's just a progressive thing. That's that's gradually getting better, or not that 194 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,559 it's ever going to be or not that it'll get to one hundred percent this 195 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,320 season, but I think it's it's progressively getting better. By what he's saying. 196 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:17,519 Not to go with a conspiracy here, but I'll throw a conspiracy out 197 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:22,000 there again. Is it possible that they're kids? If I heard the same 198 00:16:22,039 --> 00:16:26,159 thing you heard, I wasn't there like you were. But is it possible 199 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:32,399 that the decision was made by the coaches to have Cade talk about how how 200 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:37,679 far he's come along that way, The idea or the notion by the media 201 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:40,840 and by the outside world that maybe I wis should shut him down for this 202 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:45,120 week didn't get thrown out there because that was a conversation that got brought up 203 00:16:45,159 --> 00:16:48,759 the postgame show with Coach Patterson. And he's I mean again, he's not 204 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:52,200 there every day. I'm not there every day. How injured he is he? 205 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,039 Actually I thought he looked pretty dinged up on Saturday. I thought they 206 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,600 ran him a lot more out of the show, excuse me, out of 207 00:16:56,639 --> 00:17:00,240 the shotgun than they did against Utah State, which made me think, Hey, 208 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:04,960 they're trying to limit any type of movement and that bending that you have 209 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,160 to do when you're under center, and I just I almost thought that today. 210 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,079 I'm like, you know, that seems odd that all of a sudden 211 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:15,000 he's just happy go lucky. Maybe they're just trying to avoid that line of 212 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:19,920 questioning. I don't know, that's maybe totally just conspiracy, But I mean 213 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:25,200 my feeling on the situation, if he's if he is as healthy as he 214 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,599 made himself out to be today, and then fine, play him well. 215 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,000 I mean, you'll build a lead in the first half, take him out 216 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:36,960 at halftime, and Getty on up. But if he's not, then you 217 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,599 know, I agree with coach Patterson, there's no reason why I shouldn't be 218 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:45,119 able to go in that game with Joe Labis and still route Western Michigan. 219 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,200 Western Michigan is terrible. I mean, they're awful. They are absolutely awful. 220 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,039 They went on the road at Syracusan got their pants pulled down by forty 221 00:17:52,079 --> 00:17:59,160 one. So, you know, if we're talking, if we're talking the 222 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:03,559 future and going into Penn State week, get Kaid healthy. So now I 223 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:10,119 don't think that's Kirk's mindset necessarily, but if they were going to do that, 224 00:18:11,039 --> 00:18:15,079 it would have made sense for them to come Monday, you know, 225 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,359 he's listened on the depth chart and then come Tuesday speak very cautiously about him, 226 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:22,240 saying, well, he was really sore after Saturday and we're gonna gonna 227 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,160 make it a game time decision. People don't have to know if he's practicing 228 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,599 or not, but you wouldn't practice him during if you're shutting him down, 229 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,960 you're not going to practice him during the week. Because there's somebody on the 230 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,039 show after on Sunday said, well, why don't you just why don't they 231 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:37,240 just make it a game time decision. Well, the problem with that is 232 00:18:37,279 --> 00:18:40,759 that means he practiced during the week, So you don't make him a game 233 00:18:40,759 --> 00:18:44,640 time decision. You shut him down. And my guess is that just isn't 234 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,720 what I Will wanted to do. And maybe he is as healthy as he 235 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:52,400 says he is. I'm still nervous about that. But you know, he 236 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:56,640 says he's working he's working out in for game week for the first time in 237 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,839 like a year, isn't that what he said? Elliott? Yeah, so 238 00:19:00,559 --> 00:19:03,720 that's good news. I guess I hope it shows because at some point he's 239 00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:07,079 gonna have to move, He's gonna have to run. I mean, go 240 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,200 back to when Jake Rudock was here, or certainly CJ was more mobile, 241 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,000 but I think Jake Rudok is probably the more feasible comparison, there were times 242 00:19:15,039 --> 00:19:17,680 where Jake had to get up and go, and so far we haven't seen 243 00:19:17,759 --> 00:19:19,759 Kate do that because well, A, he hasn't really had to, but 244 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,720 B he can't or he hasn't been able to. So I just want you 245 00:19:25,759 --> 00:19:27,279 know if you if you're an Iowa fan, there's three and no heading independ 246 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:33,160 state. They need every little edge they can get. And if he's hampered 247 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,960 because you played him against Western Michigan, then I would say that's a problem. 248 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:41,279 Much like Kyle McCord at Ohio State, Drew Aller entered this season with 249 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:48,799 little experience, although he has played meaningful stabs against good opponents in limited time 250 00:19:48,599 --> 00:19:53,079 this past season in twenty twenty two in relief of Sean Clifford. However, 251 00:19:53,160 --> 00:20:00,279 he's the man now as a former five star. He was spectacular in Week 252 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:07,200 one against West Virginia Penn State square thirty eight points, drew Aller through for 253 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:11,400 three fifteen and was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. In 254 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:17,720 total after a demolition of Delaware and sixty three points on the scoreboard last week, 255 00:20:18,079 --> 00:20:21,759 Aller has completed seventy eight percent of his passes four touchdowns. He has 256 00:20:21,839 --> 00:20:26,519 yet to throw and interception. His QBR is eighty three. His Quarterback Rating 257 00:20:26,599 --> 00:20:32,680 is one eighty three. Marty Leap of Rivals joined us on our Big Ten 258 00:20:32,839 --> 00:20:36,440 Live show that we present it for you each and every Monday at six pm 259 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,839 Eastern Time to talk Penn State and Drew Aller. You know, if you're 260 00:20:41,839 --> 00:20:45,200 a Penn State fan, I think for the first two games, I mean, 261 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,720 as you said, you kind of got to think some of this are 262 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,559 the Grand Assault, because, like you said, they played Delaware and a 263 00:20:49,599 --> 00:20:56,000 bad West Virginia team. But what you wanted to see most was to see 264 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,680 Drew come out and just control this offense, and that's been the case. 265 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:07,920 I think what is most encouraging to me with him is especially against Delaware. 266 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,480 And again it was Delaware, but delawrein's a three three five, which you 267 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:14,920 don't see a lot of that can be confusing to decipher. And his pre 268 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:18,160 snap reads and checks were so good. That was the one thing Sean Clifford 269 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,880 always excelled at. Now, once the ball was snapped, you never knew 270 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,759 what you were going to get from Clifford, but pre snap he was phenomenal, 271 00:21:25,079 --> 00:21:26,640 and you can tell Drew definitely learned a lot from him last year, 272 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,359 So that's what's most encouraging to me. And then just I mean you anyone's 273 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,480 watched in this year. You can see the arm strength that touchdown throw against 274 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,720 West Virginia in the first drive of a game, The way he stepped up 275 00:21:37,759 --> 00:21:40,640 in the pocket and just with East flicked that ball forty yards down to field 276 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:45,079 to Kianary Lambert Smith. It's special. There's a lot of special talent there 277 00:21:45,079 --> 00:21:48,559 with Drew and you're starting to scratch the surface of it. And you know, 278 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,160 big test this weekend, first career roads start against and against the Big 279 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,240 ten team too. But yeah, if you're anybody so Smith, pendencedy, 280 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,039 you've got to be tickled pretty with what you've seen from Drew Laar so far. 281 00:21:59,279 --> 00:22:03,200 Matt Rule is only two games into his Nebraska career and there's a bit 282 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,640 of a limited crisis on hand. He needs a quarterback he apparently does not 283 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:12,480 have one. Jeff Simms has been a starting quarterback in the Power five going 284 00:22:12,519 --> 00:22:18,039 back to the first game of twenty twenty at Georgia Tech, and aside from 285 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:22,960 injury, he has started every game. This would be as fourth year as 286 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,279 the starting quarterback in the Power five, moving from the acc to the Big 287 00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:33,680 Ten, causing Nebraska to jettison in a sense, Casey Thompson to Florida Atlantic, 288 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 a quarterback who led the Big Twelve in touchdown passes in twenty twenty one, 289 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:45,720 who led Nebraska this past season in twenty twenty two as the starting quarterback, 290 00:22:45,759 --> 00:22:51,200 and Jeff Simms won the job over Casey Thompson. But he has been 291 00:22:52,519 --> 00:22:59,440 incredibly awful in two games against Minnesota and Colorado. His three interceptions led to 292 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:04,359 multiple scores by Minnesota, and he could not hang on to a touchdown leave 293 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:10,000 with two minutes left and Nebraska lost to Minnesota at the gun, and then 294 00:23:10,039 --> 00:23:17,279 it all just came off the rails against Colorado twice in the first half, 295 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:22,000 Jeff Simms did not catch the snap. Now, if you watch college football 296 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:26,799 quarterbacks, you see them repeatedly catch bad snaps, whether they feel them like 297 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:30,039 a shortstop or able to pluck them out of the air with one hand. 298 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,319 Jeff Simms had two that were aimed right at his belt buckle that he just 299 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:41,039 flat out dropped. He also had a missed exchange with the center that resulted 300 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,519 in a fumble because the snap hit off the hip of the man in motion. 301 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:51,400 Then, with the game still in doubt, with Nebraska's defense holding that 302 00:23:51,599 --> 00:23:56,720 Colorado offense in check, keeping that team in the game, Jeff Simms inexplicably 303 00:23:57,319 --> 00:24:04,279 rolled right, had a guy covered, stared him down, threw the ball 304 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:10,480 late, stared down the receiver, through it behind the receiver, and it 305 00:24:10,599 --> 00:24:15,839 was turned into a pick six. I don't know what's going on with Jeff 306 00:24:15,839 --> 00:24:18,119 Simms right now, but he does not have his head in the game, 307 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,680 and it does not look good. Fifty eight percent one touchdown, four picks, 308 00:24:22,799 --> 00:24:29,200 ninety nine is the quarterback rating. Thirty six is the QBR, but 309 00:24:29,319 --> 00:24:33,279 you would have to see it to believe it. Do you let the entire 310 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:38,240 team come crashing down? That's playing great defense by Nebraska, by recent Nebraska 311 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:44,039 standards, great defense, and it's difficult to get a read on the rest 312 00:24:44,039 --> 00:24:48,960 of the offense because the quarterback is imploding at this point. Greg Peterson, 313 00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:53,440 Justin Adams, and myself get together every Tuesday four Huskers Live on our Nebraska 314 00:24:53,519 --> 00:24:59,839 channel. That's every Tuesday at seven o'clock Eastern time. We discussed the pla 315 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,640 have won, Jeff Sims, and whether the Huskers even have an option to 316 00:25:03,759 --> 00:25:07,160 go to one of their backup quarterbacks. Yeah, well, I thought the 317 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,319 thing that was interesting yesterday is that Matt Rule said, you know, Jeff's 318 00:25:11,319 --> 00:25:17,799 our starter, and you know, if he wasn't hurt, it wouldn't be 319 00:25:17,839 --> 00:25:22,880 an issue, and the whole teams behind him. But yeah, obviously can't. 320 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:27,519 He can't put the ball in the ground like he was. I mean, 321 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:34,039 you know, he a guy that basically leads the nation in turnovers single 322 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:41,160 handedly. Obviously, Nebraska leads the nation and turnovers, and on the flip 323 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,839 side, they're tied for the lead in sacks, so it's kind of strange 324 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:52,960 you're sitting there too. Oh and two, but yeah, I was kind 325 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,640 of wondering. Two. Nobody even asked anybody today if Jeff was practicing today, 326 00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,680 so we don't know the status of them. I don't know if anybody 327 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:07,880 will have the courage to ask coordinators tomorrow about it either, so he might 328 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:12,119 have to wait until Thursday to find out from from coach Rule. I mean, 329 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,720 because you know standing orders, nobody talks about injuries except for the head 330 00:26:15,759 --> 00:26:22,680 coach. So usually you can catch a player on it. They're just you 331 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,480 know, with a casual question. Oh sorry, I lost my camera. 332 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,880 That's cool logo. I don't know why that popped in there. I don't 333 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,920 know, but uh, just it just sped for some reason. I apologize, 334 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,079 But you know, this guy's had a pattern of this coming from Georgia 335 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,279 Tech. And at a certain point, I know everybody just clamoring at the 336 00:26:48,279 --> 00:26:52,200 bit to try to get him out of there. But you know, I 337 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:59,200 mean the coaches all stand behind him, and the players all stand behind him, 338 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,599 and you know by all all signs that you know he he doesn't seem 339 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,680 bothered by it. But yeah, I mean, you just cannot turn the 340 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:15,039 ball over like that, and those horrible situations, you know, you give 341 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,519 the game away. Basically you're only down thirteen to seven or six minutes left 342 00:27:18,519 --> 00:27:22,000 of the third quarter. Yeah, disaster just always seems to strike. And 343 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:26,880 I'm sure that's what Nebraska fans just hate to see. I mean, we 344 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:33,960 all do. But he's still he's still a guy that there's there's a weapon 345 00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:41,200 obviously running the ball. But if you can't hold on to the ball, 346 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,839 you know, what good are you? And that's what they've preached about. 347 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,960 You know, you can't fumble the ball. You're not gonna play if you 348 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:52,839 don't. If you fumble the ball, so I don't know everybody's behind hiding 349 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,599 a Carberg as well. And Truble, I guess has been a little banged 350 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,319 up, but he seems to be good to go, and you know, 351 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,240 they're confident with both of those guys that they have to play. Rule did 352 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,000 say that, you know, when talking about that stuff yesterday, he did 353 00:28:07,039 --> 00:28:11,240 say that he feels like he didn't prepare them well enough for the silent accounts 354 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:15,640 for the road game. He was kind of open about that, so that 355 00:28:15,759 --> 00:28:22,640 may have been something to do with some of the issue, but also the 356 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,359 fact that he wasn't really jumping on the balls. Matt Rule said, that 357 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,480 was my issue with that first one. He tried to pick it up. 358 00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:33,519 Yeah, and he said, he said, you're at your position to get 359 00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:37,599 a field goal. He tried to pick it up and make a play out 360 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,279 of it instead of just dropping on it. Yeah. And Matt Rules said 361 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,000 the field goal, Matt, Yeah, I mean obviously, you know, 362 00:28:45,119 --> 00:28:49,880 Ron Brown had chimed in with Matt Rule and and said that we don't practice 363 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:55,599 that, coach, you know, in practice, and you know Matt Rule 364 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,000 kind of it's like, oh wow, I never thought about that. Yeah, 365 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:03,079 And he loaded to Cam Newton to the same thing, but like you 366 00:29:03,119 --> 00:29:07,680 know, to me right because Matt Rules said he was he was upset with 367 00:29:07,759 --> 00:29:12,799 him during the game and then until he talked to him about that after he 368 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:18,119 was then made to understand that, you know, we don't have him jumping 369 00:29:18,119 --> 00:29:19,279 on the ball in practice, so how can we expect him to do it 370 00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:22,559 a game. However, I don't know if part of that was due to 371 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,880 a little bit of him just protecting Sims. I feel like some of that 372 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,880 could be protecting Sims because I think I think that's an instinctible thing that people 373 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,680 do. Honestly. I just think that. I mean, if you dropped 374 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,920 the ball, if you're responsible for it, what do you do? You 375 00:29:37,079 --> 00:29:42,839 jump on it? Exactly. I mean, let's coach think you throughout throughout. 376 00:29:44,079 --> 00:29:45,559 And that's why the one that's things with me is the one where he 377 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:51,200 tried to pick it up. Yeah, and there was too many other hands 378 00:29:51,319 --> 00:29:53,799 right around there for him to get it. That's roe number one. Never 379 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:59,000 never tried to pick that one and just cradled it up and you got the 380 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,240 ball and you kicked lived to play another down. That's gotta be right now. 381 00:30:03,559 --> 00:30:07,599 Yeah, But apparently you know, in practice they tell him to get 382 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:11,519 away from it when it gets dropped on the ground, which was kind of 383 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:14,960 alarming to me that it happens a lot in practice. He said it was 384 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,720 you know, he had mentioned the broken hand. I can't remember who it 385 00:30:18,759 --> 00:30:25,119 was that. Yeah, maybe to reduce injury risk because he Kerry Collins, 386 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,400 Yeah, because he did. He did mention that injury. So it could 387 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,240 be one of those things they have built in to reduce injury risk. But 388 00:30:30,279 --> 00:30:33,440 to your point, like it needs to be done in practice for it to 389 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,920 be instinctual in a habit. I think this is one of those things where 390 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,960 he went and got Jeff Sims. So I think he might feel the need 391 00:30:42,079 --> 00:30:47,440 to maybe stick with him and keep coaching him, maybe because I thought, 392 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,680 I think he brought in Sims as kind of a guy he wants to develop 393 00:30:49,759 --> 00:30:52,920 anyways, and so I think that may be part of it where he's just 394 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,160 trying to stick with this guy and develop him. Because you know, Harberg, 395 00:30:57,839 --> 00:31:00,720 for he's been in the at the University of while and he still has 396 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,799 things that he needs to polish up as well. But I just think that 397 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,079 he still feels the most confident in Jeff Sim's ability. I think he has. 398 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,319 He believes Sims has the highest upside just on the way he's talked about 399 00:31:11,359 --> 00:31:15,440 him as being, you know, he thinks he can potentially grow to be 400 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,359 a pro quarterback. So I think he has a lot of faith in him, 401 00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:23,000 and I think that's just what he sees is just the upside and Sims, 402 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,400 and I think that's part of his plan to get back. It's just 403 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,480 we have to hope that what he saw in him was a good evaluation, 404 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:37,319 because you know, it's seemingly the only thing that he kind of you know, 405 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,680 may have misstepped is maybe thinking Sims was going to be more ready than 406 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,799 he has been. So that's my take on why I think he's just been 407 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:51,039 so reluctant on changing the quarterbacks. And it's week two again. I think 408 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:56,960 Rules, I don't think Rule is as panicky as we are, because again, 409 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:00,839 he's being collected in the press conferences, So I don't think he's feeling 410 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,279 that heat that we are based off of motion and we're like switch it now 411 00:32:04,319 --> 00:32:07,680 because we want to start winning. The entire coaching staff is really calm and 412 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:14,319 cool. Yeah, I mean, no, nobody's worrying about you know, 413 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:22,119 about them falling apart or anything like that. And I think you know Jeff 414 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,440 Simms too. I think Rules sees that. I mean you can see it 415 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,640 too when when you watch all the guys together. I mean he is a 416 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:34,960 specimen. I mean he has got the most athletic ability out of any of 417 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:40,119 those quarterbacks and is the most dynamic guy that they have, especially in the 418 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:45,200 run game. So I mean that's that. I think that has a lot 419 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:50,960 to do with his coach rules hesitancy to put Hindrich Carver in there. This 420 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,319 week in the Big Ten, Penn State in Illinois jump in the conference play 421 00:32:53,400 --> 00:33:00,160 in Champagne. The Ninny Lyons are a north of two touchdown a favor it 422 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:05,359 against the ALIGNI. Penn State is rolling on both sides of the ball. 423 00:33:05,519 --> 00:33:12,759 Athletic NFL defense Drew Aller. We already discussed he's fit the role. The 424 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:17,480 double combination in the backfield of Nick Singleton and Catron Allen. Penn State is 425 00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:23,319 loaded. Illinois looked pretty mundane in its opening game at home against Toledo and 426 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:28,720 pulled it out on a last second field goal. And we talked about the 427 00:33:28,759 --> 00:33:32,519 debacle in Lawrence, Kansas, Illinois and Penn State, but This could be 428 00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:37,480 a difficult spot for Penn State emotionally, as they will ramp it back up 429 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:42,880 for a whiteout against Iowa the next week. So Penn State in Illinois is 430 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,480 the key conference matchup coming up this week. But let's look at these six 431 00:33:46,519 --> 00:33:52,799 matchups against the ACC. The Big Ten really not with many matchups at this 432 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,759 point against the Power five, winning three and losing three, and this is 433 00:33:57,799 --> 00:34:02,200 going to decide how the Big Ten fair primarily in the regular season against the 434 00:34:02,279 --> 00:34:07,320 other four major conferences. On Friday night, we've got a Virginia Maryland game 435 00:34:07,639 --> 00:34:13,079 in College Park where the Terps are a fourteen and a half point favorite to 436 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,440 Leatunka. Voloa is completing sixty eight percent of his passes. He's also thrown 437 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:22,239 a couple of dutchdown passes to West Virginia transfer Caden Prather. He has been 438 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:28,360 intercepted twice and this team only led Charlotte fourteen to nine in the third quarter 439 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,480 before pulling away Roman hemby At six point nine years per carry, Jay Shawn 440 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:38,000 Barham has two sacks on defense. It's Virginia Owen two at Maryland on Friday. 441 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:43,679 Lucas Oil Stadium is the site as Indiana and Louisville get together. The 442 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,480 Cardinals are a ten point favorite. Tom Allen has an ounced Tavin Jackson will 443 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:52,119 be the starting quarterback for Indiana, completing nineteen of twenty six passes the first 444 00:34:52,119 --> 00:34:59,760 two outings for the Hoosiers against Ohio State and also in their victory last week. 445 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:05,119 Jalen Lucas is the guy that is one of the most exciting players in 446 00:35:05,199 --> 00:35:07,199 the Big Ten. He's accounted for one hundred and fifty two yards. The 447 00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:14,239 Hoosiers need to get him involved even more in creating explosive plays. And Aaron 448 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:19,440 Casey one of the best defenders in the Big Ten for Indiana football. Then 449 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,199 we've gotten Northwestern and Duke, and these two schools might as well just play 450 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:27,159 in the same conference. They have played now seven times since twenty fifteen. 451 00:35:27,519 --> 00:35:32,480 Duke leads the series four to two. Evan Hull fumbled in the end zone 452 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:37,760 going in for what would have been possibly the tying touchdown last season, and 453 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:44,719 that just being a microcosm of Northwestern football the past couple seasons. Duke played 454 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:49,000 a remarkable game did you see it? On Monday night of opening weekend against 455 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,719 Clemson as a thirteen point dog, winning twenty eight to seven. In that 456 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:58,639 game, Duke is loaded. They bring back all their offense. Get this, 457 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,440 I've never seen this before. All their rushing yards, every single one, 458 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:09,760 every pass reception from last season off a nine and four team that brings 459 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:16,159 back eighteen total starters ten on offense. Mike Elko is doing a remarkable job 460 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:22,960 at Duke because they had lost seventeen of eighteen ACC games going into last season. 461 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:27,920 Nobody beat them by more than one score, and Duke is rolling. 462 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:31,320 So tough assignment for Northwestern, to say the least. As they take on 463 00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:36,519 Duke, Virginia Tech and rud Curs playing in Piscataway, This game is a 464 00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:40,000 toss up. Red Curs right now is eighth in the nation through two games 465 00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:45,079 in points against defense and yards per play defense. The veteran running back Kyle 466 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:50,920 Monn and Guy scored a couple of touchdowns and ran for one hundred and sixty 467 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,519 five yards in a thirty six to seven route of Temple as rudd Curs looks 468 00:36:54,559 --> 00:36:59,760 to go to three and oh taking on a Virginia Tech team that is playing 469 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,639 the ten back to back. Of course, they lost to the Boilers last 470 00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:07,599 week at home in Blacksburg, twenty four seventeen. Speaking of boiler up, 471 00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:13,280 Purdue at home against Syracuse at one and one. This Syracuse defense, it's 472 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:17,239 only two games and not good opponents, but they're number one in the nation 473 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:22,719 in total defense right now. They blasted Western Michigan forty eight to seven last 474 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,639 week. Hudson Card's gonna have to be on his game and gonna have to 475 00:37:25,679 --> 00:37:30,760 bring his legs to this one. And of course, these two teams played 476 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:36,679 one of the most entertaining games of twenty twenty two, as Purdue had this 477 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:40,360 one in hand with just seconds to play before Syracuse pulled it out on the 478 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,239 final play of the game at the Carrier Dome. This time at West Lafayette. 479 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,679 It's Purdue in Syracuse, the Boilers a two and a half point underdog, 480 00:37:49,679 --> 00:37:54,280 and finally the game that I really want to see, Minnesota travels to 481 00:37:54,360 --> 00:38:00,519 North Carolina. The Golden Gophers playing defense once again this year the best in 482 00:38:00,559 --> 00:38:06,639 the nation, giving up just sixteen points to Nebraska and Eastern Michigan just one 483 00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:10,119 hundred and fifty two yards in last week twenty five to six win over Eastern 484 00:38:10,199 --> 00:38:15,480 Michigan. Darius Taylor thirty three carries for one hundred and ninety three yards. 485 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:20,239 That's going to have to be much of what the Gophers try to accomplish this 486 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,440 weekend against North Carolina. Keep that ball away from one of the best quarterbacks 487 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:29,199 in the country, the dynamic Drake May. It's Minnesota, North Carolina. 488 00:38:29,559 --> 00:38:32,880 The Heels are an eight point favorite, and we thank you so much for 489 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:37,679 joining us on the Big ten paradigm. Enjoy the football this weekend and check 490 00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:44,519 out all the podcasts that we provide right here on College Gridiron coast to coast. 491 00:38:44,599 --> 00:38:45,519 We'll see you next week.