week 7

[bradshaw2ben]

The bloom is off the rose with Mason Heintschel.

Still, kid has some talent.

[Steeldrama]

• Sign me up for life in Eugene, Oregon. Looks like a GREAT college town.

• C’mon Game Day, get your shit together. Less Saban on the telestrator, less McAfee taking his shirt off, WAY less Stanford Steve (Should’ve never let Bear bail for Fox) and more Jess Simms doing whatever the fuck she wants.

• I can’t escape Joe Tessatore. Last week Georgia, this week on the call for Bama. STFU! STFU!!!

• I’m far from an offensive wizard, but I think if Kaden Proctor touches the ball more than Ryan Williams there’s something amiss.

• Big loss for Georgia losing Damon Wilson to Mizzou. Kid’s a helluva edge rusher.

• Arvell Reese, proud carrier of the Bad Motherfucker wallet. Give the Buckeyes 10 points and its game over.

• Don’t look now but Nico playing well winning two in a row for the Bruins and Rick Neuheisel’s strange looking son.

• Today's Oregon helmets were wicked cool.

• Dante Moore got his first taste of an NFL pass rush today. I don’t think he’d enjoy the Pat Meyer experience.

• After Lamar gets him shitcanned, Todd Monken can reunite with Dan Lanning and win another Natty.

• "Fuck a duck" No thanks, but Oregon’s big DT Amari Washington can play on my team anytime.

• Big win for the Hoosiers. Elijah Sarratt a helluva player.

• Friendly reminder that while Sark and Arch may suck, LB Anthony Hill does not.

• Dig that Wisner kid too. Fast, Shifty fella carried the Horns offense today.

• I’m guessing Florida State qb Tommy Castellanos is not an NFL prospect, but dude made an off platform throw where he uncorked a 30 yard completion with an arm angle parallel to his ankle.

• Time to brush up on your golf game, Mike Norvell.

• Pitt RB Desmond Reid a fun little player Tomlin would have no idea what to do with.

• I still fire Narduzzi. ARROGANT PRICK.

• Back in the saddle. Another ARROGANT PRICK, Bobby Petrino, took the governor off B2B’s boy Taylen Green in a shootout on Rocky Top

• Ummm Wazzu? Really Lane?? Be better ya ARROGANT PRICK.

• Whoever signed Franklin to that TEN year contract is a special kind of stupid. Enjoy your life of luxury, James.

• Speaking of James Franklin, is it a prerequisite for football coaches to be SMUG, ARROGANT, PRICKS??? High School, college, NFL. Even my son’s pee wee coaches were some of the most ARROGANT PRICKS I’ve encountered in my now 54 years of life.

• That season ender might be a blessing in disguise for Drew Allar. Playing qb for James Franklin and Mike Tomlin in the same lifetime not something I’d wish on anybody.

• Could Penn State pry Coach Cig out of Indiana (KC and Smith say NOOOO)???

• Crash for Carr? Race for Carr?? I know the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh and all, but hopefully Rooney doesn’t reach (again) for a QB. I’m holding out another year or two for the Notre Dame kid (or another stud TBD).

• Longest 1st half ever in another bizarre chapter of the South’s oldest rivalry. Go Dawgs-ish.

• Mike Tomlin eases into football games. Kirby Smart says, “Hold my beer.”

• CJ Allen is HIM

• Jackson Arnold is NOT

• Tale of the tape. I’d like to see a stat showing how many more commercials ABC shows over the other networks. The Red River Shootout especially brutal.

• “The Dude” went and got old. Jeff Bridges looks horrible in those awful T-Mobile commercials.

• Speaking of awful. While kicking in the NFL has never been better, college kicking has never been worse. All day long, miss, miss, miss!

P.S.

Charles, how was Toledo vs Pudge the Cat?

[jebrick]

Jayden Maiava, QB USC, enters the conversation

Mendoza should be QB #1 or #2. Again, it is a gimmicky, 1 read offense but man he throws a pretty pass.

Ty Simpson is also on the list.

Allar bows out to day 3 where I always saw him. Perhaps he will take the transfer portal and got to a finishing school to learn to be a real QB

tOSU is showing some very good defenders after losing 8 draft picks last year. Avrell Reese could be EDGE/WLB #1

Crash for Carr? Race for Carr?? I know the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh and all, but hopefully Rooney doesn’t reach (again) for a QB. I’m holding out another year or two for the Notre Dame kid (or another stud TBD).

I hope they lock AR2 in a closet for the draft. The QB class in 2 years( or so) will be pretty good with Ryan Puglisi as well. Maybe manning??

[bradshaw2ben]

Jayden Maiava, QB USC, enters the conversation

Mendoza should be QB #1 or #2. Again, it is a gimmicky, 1 read offense but man he throws a pretty pass.

Ty Simpson is also on the list.

Allar bows out to day 3 where I always saw him. Perhaps he will take the transfer portal and got to a finishing school to learn to be a real QB

tOSU is showing some very good defenders after losing 8 draft picks last year. Avrell Reese could be EDGE/WLB #1

Crash for Carr? Race for Carr?? I know the NFL draft is in Pittsburgh and all, but hopefully Rooney doesn’t reach (again) for a QB. I’m holding out another year or two for the Notre Dame kid (or another stud TBD).

I hope they lock AR2 in a closet for the draft. The QB class in 2 years( or so) will be pretty good with Ryan Puglisi as well. Maybe manning??

Maiava looks good. Much like the alien in Miami, his OL and receivers make him look a good deal better than his is in real life. Mendoza is a good prospect, but his lack of arm strength will be something that fits better for certain teams, and probably not teams in the AFC North's late-season weather. Simpson is like the "doesn't throw a bpretty ball" version of Mendoza. Both are good QBs but projecting them as great NFL starter material is a stretch.

Dante Moore has skills and he looked good vs Penn State's pressure... but Indiana's pass rush intensity was another level. Probably what we're seeing is a QB who needs to play more in CFB.

I'm afraid I'm back to where I started: Taylen Green should be a MUCH more heralded prospect than he is. He's far from a plug and play starter in the NFL like Burrow or Luck, but he has tools that could mitigate his learning curve, much like Lamar and Josh Allen. In the right system/surrounding talent, I think he's in Jordan Love/Jayden Daniels territory. In a mediocre system, he's in the Caleb Williams ballpark. Playing at Boise State and Arkansass and not being a 4-5 star recruit out of high school is always going to hurt your profile, but despite some real OL issues and an up and down skill player corps, here are his ranks:

5th ranked offense
10th scoring offense
18th passing attack
17th in rush offense (he was their leading rusher until this week, now is 20 yards behind as 2nd leading rusher)

Individually: leads the country in total offense

While he might not be polished mechanically or as quick processing as you would like, his output the past two years playing an SEC schedule is not nothing. Put that with his upside and the fact that his mobility/rush ability will ease his learning curve... even for someone down on him compared to me like @jebrick the signs are there.

It's far easier at this stage to pick guys apart than it is to find a needle in a haystack.

[jebrick]

Not sure why you think Mendoza has a weak arm. He throws 50 yards on a rope which is it's own problem. Much like Big Ben, he has a crappy deep ball because he throws it flat. I like him because he can throw with very good accuracy and into tight coverage.

I'm sure Green will fall to the Steelers if they want him. I would not trust the Steelers to develop a QB like Green. They would need Arod to stay another year so Green gets some time to adjust.

Maater would be another one. He is this year's Baker Mayfield. They brought him back too early.

Moore suffers when he throws it short which is kind of weird for me.

Beck will sneak in at some point.

[bradshaw2ben]

Not sure why you think Mendoza has a weak arm. He throws 50 yards on a rope which is it's own problem. Much like Big Ben, he has a crappy deep ball because he throws it flat. I like him because he can throw with very good accuracy and into tight coverage.

I'm sure Green will fall to the Steelers if they want him. I would not trust the Steelers to develop a QB like Green. They would need Arod to stay another year so Green gets some time to adjust.

Maater would be another one. He is this year's Baker Mayfield. They brought him back too early.

Moore suffers when he throws it short which is kind of weird for me.

Beck will sneak in at some point.

Beck is like a fart smell that won't go away.

Mateer is so very Baker. On that we agree.

I don't actually trust this braintrust to develop any QB. So why not pick a QB who can do stuff beyond the limitations they will place on him?

I think Mendoza struggles with velocity to on deep outs, for example. His INT pick 6 the other day was an example of: if he can't get his base perfectly aligned under his body, he will struggle with velocity. I think the guys with elite arms can get it there even when everything's not perfect.

I am splitting hairs. Mendoza has a better arm than most CFB QBs, but I'm specifically talking about him as an NFL prospect.

I think Mendoza is in line to go 1st overall at this point, so a purely hypotheitcal as far as Steelers are concerned.

Green probably goes after Allar & Klubnik, which there is absolutely no justification for.

[jebrick]

Not sure why you think Mendoza has a weak arm. He throws 50 yards on a rope which is it's own problem. Much like Big Ben, he has a crappy deep ball because he throws it flat. I like him because he can throw with very good accuracy and into tight coverage.

I'm sure Green will fall to the Steelers if they want him. I would not trust the Steelers to develop a QB like Green. They would need Arod to stay another year so Green gets some time to adjust.

Maater would be another one. He is this year's Baker Mayfield. They brought him back too early.

Moore suffers when he throws it short which is kind of weird for me.

Beck will sneak in at some point.

Beck is like a fart smell that won't go away.

Mateer is so very Baker. On that we agree.

I don't actually trust this braintrust to develop any QB. So why not pick a QB who can do stuff beyond the limitations they will place on him?

I think Mendoza struggles with velocity to on deep outs, for example. His INT pick 6 the other day was an example of: if he can't get his base perfectly aligned under his body, he will struggle with velocity. I think the guys with elite arms can get it there even when everything's not perfect.

I am splitting hairs. Mendoza has a better arm than most CFB QBs, but I'm specifically talking about him as an NFL prospect.

I think Mendoza is in line to go 1st overall at this point, so a purely hypotheitcal as far as Steelers are concerned.

Green probably goes after Allar & Klubnik, which there is absolutely no justification for.

I thought Mendoza had someone in his face and threw a floater. He normally throws with a lot of heat.

Allar is in DND territory but he does LOOK like a QB

Season is not over so Green can rise. I think Sellers has fallen out this year and should come back.

[Charles Demarr]

@Steeldrama Great time with the family. As recent empty nesters, it's always nice to have everyone together.

With that said, Jason Candle has moved ahead of Tomlin on my coaching shit list. Rockets up comfortably 21-0 only to blow it in the 2nd half. Team Eddie George and Pudge made him look like the buffoon he is. The million dollar man has more losses than anyone in college over the past 7 years when being favored by 10+ on the road. 17! Rough year in Toledo, and the university won't pull the plug because the buyout is too big for a school their size. I'm hoping for a James Franklin level collapse the rest of the way to force the issue. He's clearly lost control. The AD got an earful from me on the way out. The pregame drinking may of had something to do with it.

Still, nothing beats game day on a college campus. Going to try to make it down to Columbus for either UCLA or Penn St.

These weekly posts are awesome....Love em.

[bradshaw2ben]

@jebrick I keep forgetting about Sellers, which is probably an indication he should come back. He just hasn't been right.

[jebrick]

@jebrick I keep forgetting about Sellers, which is probably an indication he should come back. He just hasn't been right.

I think it might get thin at QB for this draft if Nuss stays as well. Mendoza, Maater, perhaps Simpson, Beck, Allar( DND), perhaps Green, perhaps Maiava, perhaps Moore ( who makes me very nervous). Perhaps Leavitt. Not sure if Klubnik can make a comback for a day 2 pick. Iamaleava should stay in school as he is a DND in my book.

We have a lot of smaller QBs that no one is considering day1 picks. Fifita, Arnold, Moss, Daniels and Altmyer

[bradshaw2ben]

@jebrick I keep forgetting about Sellers, which is probably an indication he should come back. He just hasn't been right.

I think it might get thin at QB for this draft if Nuss stays as well. Mendoza, Maater, perhaps Simpson, Beck, Allar( DND), perhaps Green, perhaps Maiava, perhaps Moore ( who makes me very nervous). Perhaps Leavitt. Not sure if Klubnik can make a comback for a day 2 pick. Iamaleava should stay in school as he is a DND in my book.

We have a lot of smaller QBs that no one is considering day1 picks. Fifita, Arnold, Moss, Daniels and Altmyer

You could add Diego Pavia to that "short" list.

[Steeldrama]

@Steeldrama Great time with the family. As recent empty nesters, it's always nice to have everyone together.

With that said, Jason Candle has moved ahead of Tomlin on my coaching shit list. Rockets up comfortably 21-0 only to blow it in the 2nd half. Team Eddie George and Pudge made him look like the buffoon he is. The million dollar man has more losses than anyone in college over the past 7 years when being favored by 10+ on the road. 17! Rough year in Toledo, and the university won't pull the plug because the buyout is too big for a school their size. I'm hoping for a James Franklin level collapse the rest of the way to force the issue. He's clearly lost control. The AD got an earful from me on the way out. The pregame drinking may of had something to do with it.

Still, nothing beats game day on a college campus. Going to try to make it down to Columbus for either UCLA or Penn St.

These weekly posts are awesome....Love em.

Sucks that your Rockets are having some issues

But at least you had a great day of college ball with your family!

On campus for college football Saturday is such a special atmosphere

[jebrick]

@jebrick I keep forgetting about Sellers, which is probably an indication he should come back. He just hasn't been right.

I think it might get thin at QB for this draft if Nuss stays as well. Mendoza, Maater, perhaps Simpson, Beck, Allar( DND), perhaps Green, perhaps Maiava, perhaps Moore ( who makes me very nervous). Perhaps Leavitt. Not sure if Klubnik can make a comback for a day 2 pick. Iamaleava should stay in school as he is a DND in my book.

We have a lot of smaller QBs that no one is considering day1 picks. Fifita, Arnold, Moss, Daniels and Altmyer

You could add Diego Pavia to that "short" list.

and Trinidad Chambliss

[bradshaw2ben]

I think it might get thin at QB for this draft if Nuss stays as well. Mendoza, Maater, perhaps Simpson, Beck, Allar( DND), perhaps Green, perhaps Maiava, perhaps Moore ( who makes me very nervous). Perhaps Leavitt. Not sure if Klubnik can make a comback for a day 2 pick. Iamaleava should stay in school as he is a DND in my book.

We have a lot of smaller QBs that no one is considering day1 picks. Fifita, Arnold, Moss, Daniels and Altmyer

You could add Diego Pavia to that "short" list.

and Trinidad Chambliss

Absolutely. I personally don't see him projecting to the NFL, but the kid is a hell of a player and might pull it off.

[tbsteel]

I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE TY SIMPSON COMES OUT