1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,480 College football is back, and we're so glad to be back here at Big 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:11,480 Ten Paradigm on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Network. I'm Mark Rogers. 3 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:15,320 You can find me on a regular basis every day at the Voice of College 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,039 Football on YouTube. We've got channels representing the Big Ten at Ohio State, 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:26,879 Michigan, Nebraska, and Iowa, and weekly live shows representing all those teams. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,519 Here on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Network. You can join us 7 00:00:30,519 --> 00:00:37,079 throughout the season each week talking Big Ten football. We last left you with 8 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:42,759 the thought that the Big Ten Conference was oh so close to being the very 9 00:00:42,799 --> 00:00:47,240 best conference in all of college football. We've not been able to have that 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:53,479 discussion best conference in such a long time, probably too long for most of 11 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:58,479 you to even remember, or you weren't even watching college football. You were 12 00:00:58,479 --> 00:01:03,439 probably crawling on the floor somewhere at home the last time that there was a 13 00:01:03,479 --> 00:01:07,599 conversation of this type. The SEC has ruled the sport for a long long 14 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,840 time since the mid two thousands. But Ohio State, oh so close against 15 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:19,200 Georgia, Michigan, oh so close against TCU. Just think about how close 16 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,000 we came to an all Big Ten National Championship game. But the climb starts 17 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:34,280 again here in Week one, and it may involve another Big Ten member becoming 18 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:38,640 a member of that elite group of teams across America. We're talking about Penn 19 00:01:38,719 --> 00:01:44,840 State. Penn State playing the only Power five opponent in week one. Is 20 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,560 we take you through what I would consider basically a nondescript Week one in the 21 00:01:49,599 --> 00:01:55,239 Big Ten. Nothing was really learned about this conference. We can't really take 22 00:01:55,319 --> 00:01:59,840 too much from it. But oh we've got a Week two coming. Penn 23 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,760 State is both of West Virginia rather in businesslike fashion. They led thirty one 24 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,960 seven, they pulled away. Drew Aller looked sharp to the point where he 25 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:15,280 was Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and certainly took that step way in 26 00:02:15,319 --> 00:02:20,560 advance of Kyle McCord of Ohio State in regards to Big Ten five star quarterbacks 27 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:24,240 who are starting for the first time now. Drew Aller with more experience coming 28 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:30,599 into this season, having played more meaningful snaps against good opponents last season. 29 00:02:30,039 --> 00:02:38,039 But Penn State delivers a statement at home against State decent will be kind West 30 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Virginia team that's expected to win something close to what they did last year going 31 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,560 five and seven, so not a huge win for the Big Ten. Needed 32 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:47,639 to win that game. Penn State at twenty one point favorite covered the spread. 33 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,479 Actually on the final play of the game. I think James Franklin was 34 00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:55,560 a bit annoyed that Neil Brown called a time out. Therefore he said, 35 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:00,560 you know what, let's punch it in and cover points. Perdue lost the 36 00:03:00,599 --> 00:03:06,159 Fresno State. This was probably the most entertaining game of Week one in the 37 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:10,599 Big Ten, in the debut of Ryan Walters on the sideline and Hudson Card 38 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:17,159 at quarterback. Hudson Card played well. He's a much different quarterback than what 39 00:03:17,199 --> 00:03:21,879 we saw last year with Eightan O'Connell and Ryan Walters. I believe is going 40 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,759 to be a much different head coach. Certainly his track record at his resume 41 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:30,319 much different than Jeff Brohm. He's a defensive minded guy, going to lean 42 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:35,599 more heavily on the run. Hudson Card, a running, dual thread quarterback 43 00:03:35,879 --> 00:03:39,919 who threatens the defense on the ground, very much fits the Ryan Walters style 44 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:46,479 and it was working well. After a second half kickoff went the distance for 45 00:03:46,759 --> 00:03:51,759 the Boilers, Boiler up twenty eight seventeen, but the Boilers blew it and 46 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,680 lost this one in a shootout. Forty two thirty nine Perdue goes on the 47 00:03:55,759 --> 00:04:00,360 road in the Power five, and we'll get to the Week two match ups. 48 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,159 Luke Altmeyer, another first time Big Ten starter, the Old Miss transfer, 49 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,080 pulled out a fourth and long play on the final drive for the line 50 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:15,920 I to escape a game Toledo team. So Illinois staves off the upset and 51 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:21,079 defeats Toledo to start the season. Now the line I have a major test 52 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:27,480 on the road in Week two in conference play. Nebraska very much looked like 53 00:04:28,079 --> 00:04:30,839 Scott Frost was still on the sidelines, blowing a touchdown lead with two minutes 54 00:04:30,879 --> 00:04:35,480 left, fumbling on the final drive in which they could have put the game 55 00:04:35,519 --> 00:04:42,839 away. Jeff Simms looked awful, the Georgia Tech transfer who was never an 56 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:47,480 elite quarterback. There never really a good quarterback there, but with better personnel 57 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:54,959 around him, with personnel around him that could match up better against the defenses 58 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,279 that he faces in the Big Ten, even though they're better defenses in the 59 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:02,319 Big Ten by and large than the ACC better coaching, there was hope that 60 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,879 Jeff Simms could be a better quarterback. He had a rough time at Georgia 61 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:12,360 Tech, and he had an especially rough time on this night against Minnesota's defense, 62 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:18,759 throwing three costly interceptions. And so Nebraska continues to trend under Scott Frost. 63 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,959 That moves into the Matt rule era. Let's not blame rule yet. 64 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:30,079 Cultures and habits are tough to change, and that Smatt rules first and foremost 65 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,240 priority to bring a winning culture to the Nebraska football team. Let's also understand 66 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:41,199 the Huskers were a seven point favorite on the road taking on the Minnesota team 67 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,079 that won nine games to pass two seasons, so a difficult place to play. 68 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,800 Minnesota tough, defensively, tough minded. Ethan kalki manis, of course, 69 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:55,480 first time starting quarterback at Minnesota, although he played extensively in relief of 70 00:05:55,519 --> 00:05:59,360 tan Or Morgan last year. Ugly, ugly, Big ten Western Division game, 71 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,759 Minnesota win. It's a key game in the division. On the final 72 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:06,439 play of the game, thirteen to ten, Red Curs over Northwestern twenty four 73 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:12,079 to seven, and pretty much what we expected. I picked this game at 74 00:06:12,079 --> 00:06:15,959 twenty four to nine. This one played the script. Northwestern could do nothing 75 00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:25,199 on offense. Rud Curs offense was workman like. We'll give him that confidence 76 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,839 boost, Gavin Wimsad at quarterback and Red Curs just such a more advanced team. 77 00:06:30,879 --> 00:06:34,519 And we can't say that for rud Curse on Red Curs behalf against anybody 78 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:39,120 else in the Big Ten, but against Northwestern this could be an indication of 79 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:44,040 what is to come for the Wildcats in a rough, rough supposed season. 80 00:06:44,199 --> 00:06:46,879 Here d Curs wins at twenty four to seven at home on a Sunday in 81 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:53,480 the Big Ten on CBS. Ohio State over Indiana twenty three to three. 82 00:06:53,639 --> 00:06:57,560 And how many teams get bassed for winning conference games on the road by three 83 00:06:57,759 --> 00:07:01,439 scores. Well, Ohio State looked bad on offense for the most part, 84 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:10,879 couldn't run the ball consistently, Colemcord, couldn't find plays downfield. Marvin Harrison 85 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,759 and ameca Abuca, two of the best wide receivers in college football, only 86 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:20,759 five nondescript, non impactful receptions for a total of thirty six yards. More 87 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:25,920 to come on the Ohio State Buckeye situation, but the Buckeyes do win the 88 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:30,040 opener twenty three to three. The games are getting bigger and better in the 89 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,480 Big Ten by the week, and as they do, you'll want to see 90 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:39,160 them in person using Ticketsmarter dot Com or the mobile app for the get in 91 00:07:39,279 --> 00:07:45,279 price. 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People had wondered the entire offseason. 107 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,679 Will this Wisconsin team be completely new on offense, speed and space, 108 00:09:11,759 --> 00:09:16,759 throwing the ball all over the field air raid or would they be the old 109 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:24,000 Wisconsin big offensive line, big running backs pounded between the tackles. Well, 110 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,960 they are going to be both. Luke Fickle is too smart to try to 111 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:37,399 transition this roster and transition this offense immediately, so they're still going to rely 112 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:41,200 on what they do well and what their personnel is equipped to do, and 113 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:46,559 that's Braylan Allen and Chess Molusy pounding away for three hundred and fifteen yards to 114 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,320 lead this rushing attack to a thirty eight seventeen win over Buffalo. So expect 115 00:09:52,399 --> 00:09:56,600 the concepts to develop in the passing game. There to be more passing as 116 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,039 there was in Week one, but still this team will win running the football, 117 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,320 and it's going to be an interesting test at Wazoo because Wisconsin's a better 118 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:11,519 football team. They're more physically talented and stronger football team. Six point favorite 119 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:15,759 at Wazoo, but a difficult place to play in Pullman, and they've got 120 00:10:15,759 --> 00:10:20,120 the revenge factor if you believe in that. Purdue goes to Virginia Tech. 121 00:10:20,159 --> 00:10:22,919 Of course, the Boilers again coming off of forty two thirty nine loss to 122 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:28,559 Fresno State. Virginia Tech won its opener against the old Dominion. Ryan Walter's 123 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:33,519 team looked good outside of the mistakes, really could move the ball against Fresno 124 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,000 State and make big plays. The defense has to get much better as they 125 00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:41,279 go to Blacksburg, one of the more difficult places to play in all of 126 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:46,440 college football. Iowa goes to Iowa State in the Battle of the Psyhawk as 127 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,919 a four point favorite. Hawkeyes lost this game as a favorite last year at 128 00:10:50,919 --> 00:10:56,399 home ten to seven, and in true Iowa fashion, scored its only touchdown 129 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,320 off an interception brought back inside the red zone. Kay McNamara, of course, 130 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:03,840 making his Hawkeye debut, looked really good in the first quarter, leading 131 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:09,879 two quick touchdown drives, and this team will rely on McNamara a running game, 132 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,080 of course, with Caleb Johnson only running for about three yards per carry, 133 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,600 so couldn't move the Utah State defense in a ten point win twenty four 134 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:24,919 to fourteen. Now, Luke, Lasche and Eric all provide the best tight 135 00:11:26,039 --> 00:11:31,240 end duo in the conference, and Iowa will rely on the tight end. 136 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:37,279 Big surprise there again, it's Iowa. Iowa State Cyclones coming off a win 137 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,519 over Northern Iowa as a seven point favorite, won that game thirty to nine, 138 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,519 only produced two hundred and fifty yards of total offense. Doesn't bode wealth 139 00:11:45,639 --> 00:11:50,399 to them moving the ball and scoring against against this Iowa defense. The over 140 00:11:50,639 --> 00:11:54,960 under is thirty six. Here's part of our discussion with Corey Brata from The 141 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:00,879 Hawkeye of the Storm and lead by Stevenson from Widewright Natty Light earlier this week 142 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,320 on Hawkeyes Live. The facts are that both offenses did suck last year. 143 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,039 That's a fact. Okay, Well, you can find data that proves that. 144 00:12:07,159 --> 00:12:11,200 However, nobody's gonna argue with that. Yes, However, let's also 145 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:16,639 look at the facts that Iowa upgraded at quarterback. Okay, they kind of. 146 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,919 I mean, he got three quarters of one right now, he's pretty 147 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:26,399 hurt. He played Kirk today just ruled out QBI sneaks and bootlegs, which 148 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,000 is like, what I mean, that's that's what he was. And what 149 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,480 are you guys gonna call him third down now that you can't QB sneak. 150 00:12:31,759 --> 00:12:35,480 He was asked about it specifically, and how do you so just because he 151 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:39,320 says that, I know, but I think that's sort I mean, he 152 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,519 looked he played like he was hurt. He looked I thought he looked hurt. 153 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,240 I mean he was. He's nursing a quad. I don't think he 154 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,120 He's not a guy who's gonna run away his field anyways. Anyways, I 155 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,759 will got a better QB, no doubt. No, I'm not only say 156 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,639 comparing. I'm just saying the fact of the matter is Iowa State lost their 157 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:03,039 QB and they're debuting. We're not sure that's a bad thing. Just it 158 00:13:03,039 --> 00:13:05,080 may not be. It may not be, but they certainly didn't bring in 159 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,679 a guy like Kid McNamara with his resume. They didn't. Not the Kid 160 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:09,000 mcmara is some elite guy who's gonna be drafted tie. But I'm just saying 161 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:13,200 in general, sure I didn't. I was playing experience. Yeah, yeah, 162 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:18,200 Iowa lost their best offensive player in Sam Laporta. But they arguably did 163 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,000 not take a hit in that category at all because they have no pun intended 164 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:28,080 Eric All and Luke Lache. You could argue they didn't really take a step 165 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,000 back at receiver at all, even though they were bad last year. They 166 00:13:31,039 --> 00:13:35,919 they I think they anything. They upgraded it based purely on availability and health. 167 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:39,039 And then I look over at the other side of Ia State and you 168 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:43,879 know, I was States lost. They're running back their quarterback they've lost, 169 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:50,399 isn't Remsburg is out right, he'll be back mid season. But he's out 170 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,440 for this. Yeah he's not playing Saturday. Yeah, he's out Saturday. 171 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,720 So I'm just saying, in general, I understand where you're coming from. 172 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,919 The offenses have sucked, but there is reason for Iowa fans to think that, 173 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,720 despite Brian Farrens's shortcomings, that it could be a decent enough offense. 174 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:07,320 And I'm not talking about top fifty offense. I'm talking like top eighty. 175 00:14:07,639 --> 00:14:13,759 Yeah, both teams are right now are striving to have a acceptable offense. 176 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:18,200 That's that's the fight. So you're you're correct. So Iowa, Iowa has 177 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,000 probably more knowns on offense, is maybe the best way I would describe it. 178 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:24,320 You guys, Kay McNamara has a fairly known quantity. He's not gonna 179 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,279 win your games. He's gonna manage it and he's gonna he's gonna be just 180 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,559 fine doing that. Eric All seems to be a pretty good tight end. 181 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:33,399 We'll see. And then Caleb Johnson has he's he's talented, but he's not 182 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:35,960 really producing right now. So we're gonna we'll see what happens with that. 183 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,840 But you know, so there's but I would say Rocco's played one game. 184 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,759 He looked fine, he looked he looks plenty of solid playing one game, 185 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,919 but we haven't seen a ton out of him. We saw Cartavious Norton Abu 186 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,159 Sama take some carries and he looked really good. But they haven't taken a 187 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:54,080 lot of carries. And we saw a couple we called saw a couple of 188 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,080 young tight ends take you know, make some really nice plays. Well they 189 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,919 haven't. You know, they've only caught a couple passes of peach uh Bramer 190 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,720 only caught one coup, a one thirty six yard pass, you know, 191 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:09,240 So there's just not a lot there. The in my assessment that's obviously biased, 192 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,200 but like I would argue that when pieces start coming together, I would 193 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,000 sate ceiling it is probably still higher than I would just based on the talent 194 00:15:16,039 --> 00:15:20,080 on the roster and the athleticism on the roster, because I would say it's 195 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:24,159 roster is like the offense is pretty consistently more athletic just I was as more. 196 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:26,600 I was usually a little bit stronger, and it does things a little 197 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:31,679 bit different. But you know, the talent on the roster, for I 198 00:15:31,679 --> 00:15:35,759 would state lens to a potentially higher ceiling. It's just that there's more volatility. 199 00:15:35,799 --> 00:15:39,679 It's just less likely to reach that ceiling, just because it's really really 200 00:15:39,679 --> 00:15:41,600 young. There's a new offensive coordinator, there's a new offensive line coach, 201 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:46,759 there's a new They've re arranged basically everything except the tight ends room essentially, 202 00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:50,559 so there's there's a lot more volatility, but there's a higher ceiling. So 203 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,519 it's it's tough. It's really hard to evaluate what Iowa State's offense actually is 204 00:15:54,559 --> 00:15:58,639 because they in the limited snaps they took on Saturday, they looked fine. 205 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,279 They weren't great, but they weren't terrible by any stretch. And but it 206 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,559 was against an FCIS n FCS team a good FCS team, but an FCS 207 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,639 team. So but again, we don't know that they're good FCS. We 208 00:16:11,639 --> 00:16:15,080 we don't know, I mean the program, we don't. They're they're generally 209 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,440 a good program, like they're they're they're in the A tier of the FCS. 210 00:16:18,519 --> 00:16:21,519 And I'm not saying that to take a shout out. I say, 211 00:16:21,559 --> 00:16:23,720 I think they are probably probably going to be a good FCS programs you usually 212 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,600 are. But I'd also say the same thing about Utah State. We people 213 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,519 assume that they're just going to be crap, and that I was, you 214 00:16:30,559 --> 00:16:33,320 know, when scoring twenty four on it they might be good. We do 215 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,759 We don't think they got a chance being pretty good. They one eleven games 216 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:38,279 two years ago. We'll find out, Yeah, well we'll find out. 217 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,480 There's I mean we yeah, there were literally enough in the season where we're 218 00:16:42,519 --> 00:16:45,360 doing a lot of projecting just based on the talent that's on the roster, 219 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,840 what we know, the few things we do know about the teams where you 220 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,080 really have to take make a lot of assumptions just because we're this early in 221 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,720 this season. But you know, like I said, I think I was 222 00:16:56,759 --> 00:17:00,240 floor is probably higher on offense because just generally speaking, their offensive line place 223 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,680 typically more solid. They've probably they've got a more experienced quarterback, and they've 224 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,759 got a more established running background, like they know who they're given the ball 225 00:17:07,759 --> 00:17:11,440 to. How did the Iowa State tackles look? Uh, you're like the 226 00:17:11,519 --> 00:17:15,079 offensive tackles. Yeah, Like the offensive line was they were fine. They 227 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,400 weren't like, they weren't, you know, world shattering or anything like that. 228 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,559 I think they were fine. What I saw was a lot of good 229 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,640 body positioning, they were Like, the technique wise, they were good. 230 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,119 I think they were. They had some it seemed like they had some stuff 231 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,920 that they were still kind of trying to sort out from as far as assignments 232 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,599 to go and stuff like that. But I think a lot of it was 233 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,039 a lot of stuff that I think we'll get cleaned up week one to week 234 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:40,680 two with some game film. But the what I saw last week was some 235 00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:44,480 good foundational pieces. If that make like, if that's met me make sense 236 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:48,759 for Remember, they're they're they're kind of their their technique is good. They're 237 00:17:48,759 --> 00:17:51,440 they're trying to make sure that everyone's always in the right spot type of thing. 238 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,920 So it's it's a work in progress. Well, leave you know I 239 00:17:53,960 --> 00:18:00,640 love you, but I just don't see how I was state consistently is going 240 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,400 to be able to move to football against I mean I could say the same 241 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,519 thing about Iowa, though, I mean I would say. One thing we 242 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:08,079 did learn on Saturday is that I would say it secondary might be better than 243 00:18:08,079 --> 00:18:11,559 we thought it was. It was, it was unbelievably good. Yeah, 244 00:18:11,559 --> 00:18:15,799 I'm I'm thinking we're going to see a score like either twenty eighteen or twenty 245 00:18:15,839 --> 00:18:19,839 nineteen. Nobody's scoring twenty in this game. No way this is gonna do. 246 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:22,000 This is gonna be a this is gonna be a hor No, no, 247 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,880 no, no, no, no. Last year, No, the 248 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:32,000 year twenty eighteen o eighteen was thirteen to three, right, yeah three h 249 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:34,200 I think I'll say I'll say a score at touchdown, but like and then 250 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,319 in I think any more like last year, like a ten seven, thirteen 251 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:44,119 seven type of thing. Twenty nineteen was eighteen to seventeen something in that neighborhood. 252 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,480 Yeah, I agree, And I the reason I say, in an 253 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,640 awful game, I have not been this confident, Mark, even though I 254 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,160 love you, know, I high on Phil Parker, always been high in 255 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,039 Phil Parker's defenses. Who wouldn't do. Yeah. The reason why I I 256 00:18:56,079 --> 00:19:02,119 struggled to a for CEO scenario in which i State scores like like leave, 257 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,599 I said, you know twenty or more is I look at what Nevada or 258 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:08,400 from Nevada Utah State was able to do. And I'm talking about spreading them 259 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:15,079 out. How is Iowa State going to spread Iowa out? They are loading 260 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,680 up tight ends, which which they see in and I was defense season in 261 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,039 practice every single day, they're loading them up on tight ends. They have 262 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,240 not shown any ability to get the ball down the field. They've got a 263 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,519 quarterback with a I was strongest position on the field. Is that defensive line. 264 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,279 You got a quarterback. Couple couple of things here. I don't think 265 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:37,680 they they They chucked it down field a few different times. And actually Rocco's 266 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,359 only two incompletions came on like fifty yard bombs that were about six inches passed 267 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,160 the receiver's hands. I mean they were they were they were trying to stretch. 268 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,640 I was defense out because the way you beat I was secondary age and 269 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:52,559 make them you make them defend deep. And they connected with the tight end 270 00:19:52,599 --> 00:19:55,519 on the thirty six on a thirty six yard passed. They were this close 271 00:19:55,599 --> 00:19:56,839 to connecting on a couple other fifty yard bombs. I mean they were, 272 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:02,319 they were they were pushing the ball down the field more than definitely more than 273 00:20:02,319 --> 00:20:04,720 when Tom Manning was offensive coordinator, and just more than we've seen them in 274 00:20:04,759 --> 00:20:11,440 general. And I think part of the part of the kind of the hate 275 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,319 I hate the word at the phrase X factor, but it's kind of an 276 00:20:14,319 --> 00:20:15,359 important thing about here too, is I would say, does have a new 277 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,480 offensive coordinator, and they didn't show a lot last week. One thing we 278 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:22,720 did see a few things that are different. The thirty six yard passive Ben 279 00:20:22,759 --> 00:20:26,680 Bramer came on a play action from under center actually, which is a one. 280 00:20:26,759 --> 00:20:30,599 It's easier to do play action from under center because it's just more of 281 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,960 a run tell. So it's it just looks better as a play action to 282 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:37,000 the defense more likely to bite on it as a defensive player. And we 283 00:20:37,079 --> 00:20:40,839 just saw we I think we saw some more creative passing schemes, but everything 284 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,119 was super super vanilla because one because it was a thousand degrees outside, so 285 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:48,240 nobody was doing anything. But too just there's a lot of there's a lot 286 00:20:48,519 --> 00:20:52,680 there's part of the unknown of this team is what the scheme looks like, 287 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,960 the xos and nose of it too. And right now Kirk has like almost 288 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:00,119 no almost no film on what the new offensive coordinator frywa State is trying to 289 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,279 do. So that's that's an important thing here too, is I mean, 290 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,559 they've got the athletes to spread Eyle out. One of the new guys I 291 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:11,359 think is going to get more snaps on Saturday is Bennyigoya. He's from Nebraski's 292 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,440 six four and he has a clocked time as a true freshman as a four 293 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:18,640 four flat at six four at the forty inch vertical. He's an unbelievable athlete 294 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:22,039 and he's he's right now. He's probably more of just a vertical threat right 295 00:21:22,039 --> 00:21:26,000 now. But that's a guy that if you want to try to really make 296 00:21:26,079 --> 00:21:30,000 eye will defend deep, you can send him. You know, I agree 297 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,079 with you on that. I would State's chance in this game is going to 298 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:37,200 be attacking DeShawn Lee's side of the field because, like I said, and 299 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,680 I brought up twenty nineteen, that was the double pass and that was to 300 00:21:41,799 --> 00:21:47,319 DJ Johnson's side of the field, and DJ Johnson hadn't played and was I 301 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,079 think in for Matt Hankins or Bojimudi or one of those guys in nineteen it 302 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,119 was out. So that's gonna hurt. The Jamara Harris thing is gonna hurt. 303 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:00,759 If Jamari Harris was playing Saturday healthy, I would probably give Iowa State 304 00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:03,759 like a ten percent chance of winning. I probably bumped that up to like 305 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,440 twenty five percent. And this is that's a home game. And I'm not 306 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:14,319 trying to sound pompous, but I just I think I think you're probably over 307 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,839 valuing the stuff whatever we did see out of Iowa's offense last Saturday, and 308 00:22:18,039 --> 00:22:22,039 under value I would say it's defense a little bit like I would says defense 309 00:22:22,079 --> 00:22:25,039 as every bit as good as ilas it doesn't force us me turnovers as Iowa's, 310 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:29,079 but as far as just stopping offensive things, it's every bit as good 311 00:22:29,079 --> 00:22:32,559 as Iowa's when which is a compent to both because both were like top five 312 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:36,119 defenses last year. I mean, right now, the home of defense in 313 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:42,079 college football is the State of Iowa. Good. Iowa State's defense is every 314 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,920 bit as good as I was defense, no question, no question, no 315 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:51,160 question, yeah, no question. I would say it's got the better secondary, 316 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:56,519 the linebackers are probably a push. And then and then the then the 317 00:22:56,519 --> 00:22:59,680 Iowa defensive line is probably maybe a little bit better in a minute, wait 318 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,400 a minute, a minute better secondary. And then what'd you say after that? 319 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,920 The linebackers are probably a push. Linebackers are a push. And then 320 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,720 I would say I was probably maybe an I will slight Iowa lean on the 321 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,680 defensive line. I mean nobody. I don't think either team is particularly far 322 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,000 ahead at any position, especially especially not on defense. I would say, 323 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:19,279 just a little bit more heavy in the secondary, and I was, it's 324 00:23:19,279 --> 00:23:22,960 a little bit more heavy upfront. That's part of this is we're just going 325 00:23:22,039 --> 00:23:26,440 to be we're I mean, we're, we're, we're splitting hairs at this 326 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,240 point. We're also just saying our opinions of what we think, you know, 327 00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:30,200 because we have none of this has been proven yet. But I have 328 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:34,599 a hard time thinking that I would State's d line line is very good, 329 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,880 dude. So okay, here here's the staff for you on last week against 330 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:42,240 you and against you and I. But actually they were extremely good on offense 331 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:47,319 last year and they have a very good quarterback in ther Day. But last 332 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:51,279 week against you and I, they forced on they forced havoc on thirty two 333 00:23:51,279 --> 00:23:53,400 percent of plays, which is a tackle for loss, a sack, pass 334 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:59,079 break, up, interception on thirty two percent of plays. They did something 335 00:23:59,079 --> 00:24:02,960 crazy like that's that's not nothing. I mean, that's they were. They 336 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,480 were generating a ton of pressure out of a three man front, and they 337 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,279 had the linebackers were getting in. Miles Purchase had a sack. You two 338 00:24:10,279 --> 00:24:15,839 interceptions out of a state out of a sophomore safety. I mean, obviously 339 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:21,720 it is easier to generate pressure when you know your opponent is gonna throw the 340 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:26,039 football because they're behind. Obviously we recognize that, right So you and I 341 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,039 was sax. A lot of sax came in the first half though, Okay, 342 00:24:29,079 --> 00:24:32,359 oh so yeah, that could be true. I'm just saying I always 343 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:37,319 got a lot more known commodities on the defensive line and depth than and I'm 344 00:24:37,319 --> 00:24:41,240 not I'm not gonna I'm not gonna concede the death point non commodities. I'll 345 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,279 come see depth. I won't concede though, you won't can see depth, 346 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,839 No, I see. We played thirty five guts last week and twenty seven 347 00:24:47,839 --> 00:24:49,640 recorded. It's that I would say, it is like that's their thing. 348 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,920 Undep. I'm talking about they played thirty seven guys on defense. Yes, 349 00:24:55,000 --> 00:25:00,599 okay, yes they did well. First of all, it's a big difference 350 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:03,480 playing guys and I'm actually playing and meaningful snaps. So how many of those 351 00:25:03,519 --> 00:25:07,400 guys were actually playing when the game was in doubt? I think, Look, 352 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,960 I'd break it down and play by play. I mean, but twenty 353 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,640 seven of them recorded as stat And actually one thing, one thing that's of 354 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,720 note here too is that Iowa State is not terrible on special teams. For 355 00:25:18,799 --> 00:25:22,279 once they recorded, you know, they had one hundred and seventy four all 356 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:26,799 purpose you know of non offensive yards yet last weekend, which is big because 357 00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:32,039 that's one place that I would say has lost big time the last well Matt 358 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,759 campbell Ara basically is getting pounded on special teams where they just keep losing the 359 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:37,480 field position bad and they have to make it up on offense. They had 360 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:41,440 two punt returns yesterday and they averaged thirty yards of return on two punt returns, 361 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:45,000 and they had had a couple of decent kick returns and obviously had the 362 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:49,880 two interceptions. Iowa State did a good job and actually trying to create yards 363 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,440 in special teams last week and they're they're trying to do it, which is 364 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,599 great. That put them in good field position. The actually the second punt 365 00:25:56,599 --> 00:26:03,319 return set up a fifty five yard made field goal from Chase Contreras. So 366 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:08,240 that's a special team's point if that's that is a classic Iowa three points right. 367 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:11,240 There is a long point return into a fifty five yard field goal to 368 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,519 close the half. If there's ever a more classic Kirk Fern's way to score, 369 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:18,200 I don't know what it is. My favorite game of the week might 370 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,079 be Illinois at Kansas. I've been talking this game up the entire off season 371 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:26,559 as an under the radar non conference game to watch on a Friday night. 372 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:32,759 Jaitlyn Daniels in question as quarterback at Kansas, has been cleared to start one 373 00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:37,000 of the most exciting players in all of college football. Jason Bean is his 374 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:42,079 backup and former starting quarterback and a really good starting quarterback in his own right, 375 00:26:42,079 --> 00:26:47,680 but Jaylen Daniels just brings a completely dimension, different dimension to the offense 376 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,680 as a dynamic player. Devin Neil, one of the best running backs in 377 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,160 the Big Twelve, faces and presents a challenge to the Illinois defense. Great 378 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,759 defensive line front. Of course, for the LINNI in front seven, they 379 00:27:00,839 --> 00:27:04,480 lose their players in the secondary and that showed up at times against Toledo as 380 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:11,319 the line I almost didn't come back to get the victory. Intriguing matchup the 381 00:27:11,519 --> 00:27:15,680 LINI a bit of an underdog at Kansas on Friday night, and the game 382 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:25,200 that everyone's talking about because of Colorado and Dion Sanders Buffs hosting Nebraska corn Huskers 383 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:30,880 coming off that game we outlined against Minnesota four point dog at Colorado. So 384 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:37,519 the preseason offseason lines for this game were Nebraska as a fairly substantial favorite from 385 00:27:37,519 --> 00:27:42,440 anywhere from four to nine points, but because of Nebraska looking lethargic and pitiful 386 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:49,640 on offense against Minnesota and Colorado coming out with that surprising when at TCU as 387 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:56,160 a three touchdown underdog. If you did not see that game. Travis Hunter 388 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,480 might be the most skilled and just flat out the most dynamic and player in 389 00:28:00,519 --> 00:28:04,000 college football. He played one hundred and forty one snaps. Can he keep 390 00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:08,680 that up? Probably not long term, but can he duplicate that with the 391 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:12,920 help of what's going to be a raucous crowd. So normally I might think 392 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:17,839 there would be a letdown in this position. Colorado comes out. They were 393 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,880 geared up to play on the road, nationally televised Fox, Big noon kickoff 394 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:27,640 at TCU, playing a team that went to the National championship game last season. 395 00:28:30,039 --> 00:28:33,359 So they get the win, They're sky high. They come down the 396 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:40,759 next week, typical trap letdown game. However, did you see the spring 397 00:28:40,759 --> 00:28:45,720 game at Colorado? And now this team is won a game coming off one 398 00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:49,599 and eleven Dion Sanders and all that promise. Sixty eight new transfer players, 399 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:59,079 eighty eight total players new to this program. That crowd, that atmosphere is 400 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,359 going to enter gized this football team. Styles of play is going to come 401 00:29:03,519 --> 00:29:07,440 into motion. Here. We've got Nebraska. They want to limit the number 402 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,680 of plays. They want to take the air out of the football, squeeze 403 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,119 the clock, rely on the Big Ugly's Anthony Grant and Gabe Irvin at running 404 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,640 back. Irvin looked good against Minnesota. Grant had the fumble that probably cost 405 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:25,400 them the game on the final drive of the game. Facing hitter Sanders, 406 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,440 who was remarkable in his Buffalo's debut, setting the school's all time passing record 407 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,920 with five hundred and ten yards. You've got Horn and Weaver at wide receiver. 408 00:29:34,279 --> 00:29:38,440 In addition to Hunter, they had four receivers at clips one hundred yards, 409 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:44,759 including the back out of the backfield, Dylan Edwards. Ty Robinson will 410 00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:48,319 miss the first half. On defense for Nebraska pass rush that was better than 411 00:29:48,359 --> 00:29:52,920 we've seen in five or six years. But again Robinson, because of a 412 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:57,240 targeting foul, is going to miss the first half of this game. We 413 00:29:57,359 --> 00:30:03,119 sat down with Justin Adams postgame hosted The Voice of College Football to discuss Nebraska 414 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:10,000 Colorado. The major issue, the timing of the turnover became the storyline, 415 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:15,640 and I think that's what's sustracting a lot of people from the overall play of 416 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:22,799 the game and stuff like that. But the turnovers, we're pretty bad sims. 417 00:30:22,839 --> 00:30:26,279 You know, his interceptions were terrible. And then Grants, the timing 418 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:32,119 of Anthony Grants, and then the question that it raised as to why Anthony 419 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,240 Grants in the game there when he's had fumbling issues all of all camp. 420 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:41,079 And then so that stuck out in our mind, and that stuck out in 421 00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:45,920 a lot of people's mind when trying to assess how the game went. And 422 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:49,640 I think all of our focus came down to that. Just the timing of 423 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:56,839 that turnover and it's it's it's it's all emotion. And when they asked Rule 424 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,759 about it, he said that he was playing the best in that play all 425 00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:03,960 throughout, you know, camp, and every time they would run it he 426 00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:07,400 was doing he was having the most success. So they're they're even detailing down 427 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,880 to you know, which players having more success on the play, which to 428 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:18,000 me, I like that takeaway more than I'm concerned about the takeaway of the 429 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:21,319 timing of the turnover. It but it is this eight hundred pound gorilla on 430 00:31:21,359 --> 00:31:26,039 our back that the national conversation won't let off of us until we start, 431 00:31:26,079 --> 00:31:30,119 you know, pulling off a couple of these close wins, and not only 432 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,559 that, but having a couple maybe come from behind or somewhere we have to 433 00:31:33,599 --> 00:31:37,519 make a big play, you know, to end a game into one score 434 00:31:37,519 --> 00:31:41,119 game in the fourth quarter. Yeah, like I said, just kind of 435 00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:47,240 takes away from the actual storylines of the game justin I think part of this 436 00:31:47,559 --> 00:31:55,240 is that some people can't look at the context of the situation. So you've 437 00:31:55,279 --> 00:31:57,519 got a camp of people that think, as soon as a head coach takes 438 00:31:57,519 --> 00:32:01,160 over a program, every thing that's happened in the past is dismissed. It's 439 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:07,519 a fresh news start. Nothing transfers to their program. And then there are 440 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:10,519 other people that think that this culture, this whatever it is, just kind 441 00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:16,519 of stays and neither to me is true. You know, it lies somewhere 442 00:32:16,519 --> 00:32:21,640 in the middle. It's a process. Matt Rules taken over a program, 443 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,119 and he's taken over a lot of players that are used to losing games. 444 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,279 That doesn't mean they're bad players. That doesn't mean they're bad people. That 445 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:30,119 doesn't mean that they haven't worked hard, but they need to be taught how 446 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:35,000 to win. Now does he snap his fingers and get that done? Well, 447 00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:38,319 he came very close to doing it against a good opponent that usually wins 448 00:32:38,359 --> 00:32:44,880 eight or nine games and is at home. So you know, people aren't 449 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:51,720 really enamored with thirteen to ten because it was an ugly game, but they 450 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:57,519 did take in the moral wins. I know you're not into I'm not into 451 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:00,880 and so forth, but you have to understand there has to be a process 452 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,279 and progress made. And so there's a little bit of both. This is 453 00:33:04,319 --> 00:33:07,519 Matt Rules program. It is a new program, but he's dealing with players 454 00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:15,200 that mostly played under Scott Frost and he's trying to instill a different level of 455 00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:21,400 attention to detail, poise, execution, confidence, all those things, very 456 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,319 much to your point of how it's how it's half and half, okay, 457 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:30,799 Scott Frost. You know with those players, they have built these bad habits, 458 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,400 the players that have been with him for years. These it's almost like 459 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,480 coaching bad habits and the players. And I can use kind of coach boxing, 460 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:45,039 so I can use kind of a boxing example here, But it's if 461 00:33:45,079 --> 00:33:47,640 you come in and you have a background and some other striking let's say muytai 462 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,680 where your stance is a little different and stuff like that, it's going to 463 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,680 be harder to unbreak those bad habits so you can learn the proper good habits. 464 00:33:58,759 --> 00:34:04,519 So when you're coming in from a program that has built up a ton 465 00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:07,839 of bad habits, it's going to take even longer, and it's going to 466 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,280 be much harder to coach those things out of those guys, especially when it's 467 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,840 been coached over them for four or five years. And then finally, our 468 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,480 look at the Big Ten here on Big Ten paradigm on College Gridiron coast to 469 00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:23,559 coast focuses on Ohio State and Youngstown State, Okay, not going to be 470 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:28,480 a game, yes, but it's all about the quarterback position. In the 471 00:34:28,559 --> 00:34:34,000 offensive line at Ohio State, Kyle McCord looked hesitant, made some poor reads, 472 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,760 some bad decisions, didn't look convicted throwing the football downfield, didn't look 473 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,840 confident throwing the ball down field. Devin Brown was supposed to be given meaningful 474 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,199 snaps, but the Buckeyes didn't pull away until late into the third quarter, 475 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:52,199 so Devin Brown only really had one series, didn't throw a pass until late 476 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:57,280 in the ball game, the last ninety seconds. So Ohio State in the 477 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:06,800 quarterback situation that has to be figured out and has to be developed because the 478 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,280 Buckeyes were lying the passing game. They've got the best swide receiver room in 479 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,920 all of college football. They always throw it, throw it well, throw 480 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:19,880 it as well as anyone, and they need that component. We discussed it 481 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,360 on this week's Buckeye Live with Steve Hellwagon, Kevin Noon, and Tony Gerdeman. 482 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:29,960 Yeah. I think it was a tough day obviously for Ohio State offensively, 483 00:35:30,119 --> 00:35:35,880 and that began with comm accord at quarterback twenty of thirty three. He 484 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,760 made some good throws he missed on some other throws and some other reads and 485 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,639 just kind of an up and down day and where Ryan Day had hoped to 486 00:35:44,679 --> 00:35:47,639 get Devin Brown into the game as well. The way the game was going, 487 00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:52,559 where it was seven to three late in the first half, Indiana made 488 00:35:52,599 --> 00:35:58,960 a just an amazingly galactically stupid decision to go for it on fourth down with 489 00:35:59,039 --> 00:36:02,000 about a minute and a half to go, instead of putting the ball inside 490 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,559 the ten yard line and going into halftime trailing seven to three, they gave 491 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:12,119 Ohio State good field position. The Buckeyes went down and kicked the field goalds 492 00:36:12,159 --> 00:36:15,639 ten to three. But the Buckeyes really didn't put this game away until late 493 00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:21,000 the third quarter early fourth quarter, and so it was a fourth quarter game. 494 00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:27,039 The plan to rotate quarterbacks was scuttled because Ryan Day was simply just trying 495 00:36:27,079 --> 00:36:31,000 to get out of Indiana with more points than Indiana. Indiana had one of 496 00:36:31,039 --> 00:36:37,880 the worst offenses that we're going to see, and I made this comment on 497 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:44,119 our radio show this morning. The defense played out standing, but let's don't 498 00:36:44,199 --> 00:36:47,840 crown them just yet, like we tried to crown them last year after they 499 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:55,480 rolled through the murderers row of notating Rutger's Northwestern Iowa, Indiana, who none 500 00:36:55,519 --> 00:37:00,039 of which could get a first down, and you thought we've got something with 501 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:07,239 this defense. The defense actually looked and felt a lot better. The offense, 502 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:12,000 back to the initial question, did not look and feel a lot better. 503 00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:15,320 It was three steps backward from what we've seen Ohio State put on the 504 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:21,280 field in recent years under Ryan Day. Some of that was Kyle McCord. 505 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,599 A lot of that was the offensive line running game that was just stop and 506 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:30,159 start all day long, and a lot of reasons, a lot of things 507 00:37:30,159 --> 00:37:34,960 that go into this. So it's back to the drawing board. I think 508 00:37:35,039 --> 00:37:39,280 for Ohio State offensively, as they go into Week two against Youngstown State, 509 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:43,920 a team you know that they should beat. The two previous times they played, 510 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,480 it was thirty eight to six, forty three to nothing. So figure 511 00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:51,599 it's going to be in that realm, so to speak, and High State's 512 00:37:51,639 --> 00:37:54,760 got to get back to being a little bit more consistent on offense and show 513 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:59,960 that they're competent. I think competence would be a first a good first step 514 00:38:00,039 --> 00:38:06,159 for the d State offense. Dare a dream. You know what what Kyle 515 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,480 McCord did. I'm just looking at I jotted down his the distance the ball 516 00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:15,199 traveled through the air on all thirty three of his passes, and in the 517 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:22,360 first half he only had two passes that went only had like two or three 518 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,000 passes that went beyond ten yards until the final drive, the final minute when 519 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,960 they're throwing, you know, trying to throw into the end zone there, 520 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:34,360 and so it was a lot of short passing for him. He got more 521 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:39,280 courageous and more adventurous in the second half, but twenty of his I think 522 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:44,440 twenty of his thirty three throws were under ten yards through the air, and 523 00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:49,559 so that gives you an idea of the I think one the lack of time 524 00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:54,199 he had to throw at times, perhaps just the lack of patience first start, 525 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:59,880 since twenty twenty one, we know Ohio State runs a lot of slowed 526 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,039 developing routes, long developing routes because they like to go downfield, so you 527 00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:07,000 have to stay in there and you have to wait for it. And you 528 00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:09,880 know, he was doing a lot of short passes, like eleven of us 529 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:15,079 thirty three passes where four yards are under or under four yards, so that 530 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:19,519 they're they're going to throw some short stuff with the screen. But then in 531 00:39:19,559 --> 00:39:22,800 the second half he got You saw him going down field more and he was 532 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,079 I believe ten of sixteen for one hundred and forty five yards in the second 533 00:39:27,079 --> 00:39:30,239 half, not including the Marvin Harrison touchdown they got removed, so he was 534 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:34,519 more comfortable in the second half. I think Ryan Day needs to get more 535 00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:38,440 comfortable with him in terms of the play calling, and I think everybody needs 536 00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:42,679 to get more comfortable with the offensive line, including the offensive line. And 537 00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,320 I think it was disappointing that Matt Jones and Donovia Jackson neither one of those 538 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:51,280 two guys graded out a champion. Those are veterans, they are returning starters. 539 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,199 They should have played better than they did. So you know, we 540 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,039 could talk about and we will talk about Josh Simmons, But the fact that 541 00:39:57,039 --> 00:40:00,719 those two guys were weren't able to get any kind of push or enough push 542 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:07,880 or create enough holes for the running backs. I think that's it's not concerning 543 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:13,679 yet because as Ryan Day said, everything is fixable, but that is that 544 00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:19,280 was surprising that they weren't able to be more forceful. But it only takes 545 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:22,320 one week link in the offensive line to kind of screw everything. But I'll 546 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,320 stop there. I'll let Kevin talk and then eventually we'll start talking about the 547 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:30,920 defense again. Yeah, sorry, I'm late. I did a software update 548 00:40:30,119 --> 00:40:35,159 and I was logged out of everything, so I was trying to find passwords 549 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,880 to get here and get on the show. At risk of repeating things that 550 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:42,920 both Steve and Tony said, It's kind of a bit of a chicken or 551 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,559 egg situation. Is it a case that Ryan Day is not comfortable with Kyle 552 00:40:46,639 --> 00:40:52,400 McCord to call certain plays? Is that a case of Kyle McCord is not 553 00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:58,480 comfortable with Ryan Day or the offense to make certain passes. I think everybody 554 00:40:58,519 --> 00:41:05,400 probably was not very comfortable with the overall performance of the offensive line. You 555 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:09,960 have quite you know, honestly, the top two receivers in the nation and 556 00:41:10,199 --> 00:41:16,039 Marvin Harrison Junior and Ameca Buca and you get what five total receptions there? 557 00:41:16,079 --> 00:41:20,679 I know Marv was targeted eight times. I mean, obviously he had the 558 00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,440 one play where he was sort of kind of forced out of bounds but didn't 559 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,800 fight hard enough to get back in or whatever that was that took a touchdown 560 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:34,960 off the board. First starts, our first starts, and we can sit 561 00:41:35,039 --> 00:41:38,199 there and look back to Akron in twenty twenty one and say, well, 562 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:46,920 kamacord has already played a game. Well, yes and no. So I 563 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:52,280 went back and I looked at some numbers of quarterbacks in there in their first 564 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,920 start, and you know, we're not too far out of line. And 565 00:41:55,039 --> 00:42:00,639 generally from game one to game two, we're seeing about a sixty eight percent 566 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:05,840 increase in completion percentages. So if we take that in the middle, suddenly 567 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,679 Kyle McCord is a sixty seven percent completion rate, which is still a little 568 00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:14,239 south of the seventy that Ryan Day would like to have his quarterbacks at, 569 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,960 but I mean is certainly better. There were a lot of things that needed 570 00:42:19,039 --> 00:42:23,400 to be addressed in that game. But the good news is, to steal 571 00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:28,280 a line from somebody who spent some time in Columbus, the best part of 572 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,400 being one and ozero is the opportunity to go to and Oh and ask Plympton 573 00:42:32,199 --> 00:42:37,400 what it's like to play a conference game on the road, and you know 574 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,519 you're gonna you're gonna get a very different tone coming out of that sleepy little 575 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:45,480 town in South Carolina. Thanks for joining us right here in the Big Ten 576 00:42:45,519 --> 00:42:49,239 Paradigm, our first edition for twenty twenty three, right here on the College 577 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:55,519 Gridiron Coast to Coast Network joined College Gridiron Coast to Coast for podcasts covering the 578 00:42:55,639 --> 00:43:00,800 landscape of college football, and of course, join us every day at the 579 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,880 Voice of College Football. 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