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AdamOnFirst said:

This is really a shot or poisoned situation. If I just use my sports lizard brain, it’s Notre Dame. They’re distasteful and gross across a bunch of dimensions and have been an irritation for NU in recent years.

If I engage my brain I remember PSU’s fan base went apeshit when Joe Paterno was fired and they have a child rape cover up artist statue in campus.

So there’s all that.

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After going to NU and seeing how ND and NU are constantly put in the category of academic programs and seeing the constant advantages over the years. My dislike goes back to Parsegian being pilfered, ND is far ahead.

The stuff that happened at PSU was 15 years ago. doubt there is a single person attached with the program in any way that was part of it back then,. As far as JoPa, I believe he got a raw deal. He ran a clean program for decades and when the issue came to his attention he did report it,. That the people in the administration did not do what they should have done was reprehensible. But JoPa go far more blame than he was due

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Styre said:

All times CENTRAL. All games available nationally unless otherwise indicated. I will add announcers as they are assigned.

First, the NU game:

Michigan State @ Northwestern
Sunday, January 12
11:00 AM, FOX
PxP: Gus Johnson
Color: Jim Jackson

And the rest:

Monday, January 6

Wisconsin @ Rutgers
6:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Alex Faust
Color: Bill Raftery

Ohio State @ Minnesota
8:00 PM, FS1
PxP: Cory Provus
Color: Nick Bahe

Tuesday, January 7

Nebraska @ Iowa
7:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Paul Burmeister
Color: Robbie Hummel

Michigan @ UCLA
9:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP: Terry Gannon
Color: Jalen Rose

Wednesday, January 8

USC @ Indiana
6:00 PM, BTN
PxP: Kevin Kugler
Color: Robbie Hummel

Penn State @ Illinois
8:00 PM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Thursday, January 9

Oregon @ Ohio State
5:00 PM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Purdue @ Rutgers
5:00 PM, FS1
PxP:
Color:

Washington @ Michigan State
7:00 PM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Friday, January 10

Minnesota @ Wisconsin
6:00 PM, Peacock (streaming only)
PxP:
Color:

UCLA @ Maryland
7:00 PM, FOX
PxP: Tim Brando
Color: Donny Marshall

Saturday, January 11

USC @ Illinois
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Indiana @ Iowa
7:00 PM, FOX
PxP:
Color:

Sunday, January 12

Nebraska @ Purdue
11:00 AM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Washington @ Michigan
1:00 PM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

Oregon @ Penn State
3:00 PM, BTN
PxP:
Color:

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Great job again Styre! You've provided me with another very relaxing week. The Lazy Boy is operating flawlessly, and the mini-fridge is full of Celebration IPA. Life is good, thanks.

BosCat said:

Hey, don't knock Luke - he's shooting a sizzling .067 from 3 (1-15)

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This is unreal

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clarificationcat said:

NU will have to pony up to get a center in the transfer portal if next year’s team will be competitive.

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It would take a lot more than a center for next year's team to be competitive. Feels very much like a rebuilding year where we force-feed minutes to the freshmen and sophomore classes with Martinelli as the leader. The development part of being what Collins calls a development program.

BosCat said:

Hey, don't knock Luke - he's shooting a sizzling .067 from 3 (1-15)

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He has regressed and he wasn’t starting at a particularly good place.

He combines below average athleticism with bad instincts on defense. He has mastered the arms straight up while leaning in with his chest foul. He would be better off jumping to actually contest shots. He provides no rim protection. He has 1 block and 1 steal this year. That’s really tough to do in the number of minutes he has played.

NU will have to pony up to get a center in the transfer portal if next year’s team will be competitive.

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NURoseBowl said:

Absolutely. So go out and, y'know, EARN IT.

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QB is unique in that only one plays. The problem is that generally it isn't a fair competition so if the kid sees the path is blocked in any way, he needs to move to somewhere it isn't. Does not have the time to wait around because there is someone is always a bigger better deal coming in. Just look at all the NU QBs that come in never really got the chance to play

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Purple Pile Driver said:

Bert has done a good job and deserves credit. However, it is still Central Illinois!

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They have done quite well in the transfer portal they will be tough next year for sure

Sheffielder said:

Agree. I always considered Illinois to be a sleeping giant and just thought it was funny how they kept misfiring. Let's hope we haven't effectively flipped the script.

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Bert has done a good job and deserves credit. However, it is still Central Illinois!

Eurocat said:

Saints request interview with Giants' Mike Kafka for head coaching position

The New Orleans Saints have requested an interview with New York Giants AHC/OC Mike Kafka for their vacant head coaching position.

giantswire.usatoday.com

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Great to see. He’ll have the crappy NYG experience behind him soon just like Saquon Barkley 🤘

loyolacat said:

So the target has changed....used to be " yeah I was on the football team at Milford High and got a scholarship at State U...had a great time, meet some great friends, got a diploma, worked my butt off in two a days....in 98 we beat Better State U...great experience, great memories"....wear your jersey around the neighborhood.... Now it is I need a path to the pros..one way or the other.

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Getting to the pros pays a LOT more than it did back them.

NUCat320 said:

Right. Except there’s nothing that says the MSU transfer who hardly played as a freshman was better than the returning ASU freshman who hardly played as a freshman. Similar recruiting rankings. Dillingham was the head coach who signed Rashada.

Unless Dillingham said ‘the job’s not yours’, why not compete at ASU?

It’s pretty wild. Bad advice all over the place. Maybe the NCAA will be forced to offer unlimited eligibility as long as you’re ’making progress toward a degree’.

Rashada might be a 28-year-old redshirt freshman just trying to crack the lineup at Baylor in 8 years. Stack that paper.

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If he can get paid everywhere it can be a nice living

Sheffielder said:

Yes, I am cautiously optimistic that a completely different kind of approach to recruiting at NU - where we value player development and continuity - will yield very good returns as it historically has over typical higher-profile "hat dance" kids who wind up bouncing around four times in four years to never find what they're looking for, while those programs experience high turnover and unmet potential.

Our stated NIL strategy - to retain rather than recruit - will also hopefully help protect us from poaching and kids looking for greener pastures after a good season.

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Only if we can keep them in the fold. If they keep leaving with one or two years of eligibility remaining it does not work so well, Especially since they often are more developmental projects that take an extra year or so of development to be effective

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EvanstonCat said:

It was clear that Bielema going to Champaign wasn’t a good thing for Northwestern. They will be good as long as he is there.

Would be great if we could get good again at the same time and make the rivalry something truly meaningful.

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Agree. I always considered Illinois to be a sleeping giant and just thought it was funny how they kept misfiring. Let's hope we haven't effectively flipped the script.

Alaskawildkat said:

This is where the NCAA dropped the ball. Something like this could well have worked before all the horses left the barn. (I suggested something similar when NIL was looming but of course NCAA wasn't mining the Rivals Boards then and your idea will also likely be left wafting in the wind.

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I go back and forth on this. Yes, I 100% agree that the NCAA overplayed its hand and left ZERO goodwill to negotiate where the sport could go from ZERO compensation. But I also think, even if the NCAA had negotiated in extremely good faith and willfully opened the doors to paying players, we always would've had lawyers and legislators arguing the legality of limiting an individual player's right to do (and earn) infinitely.

The same is true for @FanatiCat 's suggestion that the money be put into a trust - probably a good idea, but you'd always have a player or a player's greedy parent/lawyer/agent challenging the legality of regulating how a (theoretically) sane, competent adult's earnings should not be restricted for any reason.

Honestly, I think the best back-door solution to nonstop transferring is placing academic restrictions on process. If you want to limit a player's ability to transfer every time he's not named the starter, then you can do it through the admissions office and audit every kid's ability to earn his degree with so many disparate credits that lead to nowhere. The main issue here is this must be decided and agreed upon by member schools with an independent clearinghouse (which, honestly, the NCAA could probably establish and operate), so when Ohio State sees a great QB they want going on his fourth time transferring, they can't just waive him through to benefit their own agenda - in this case, the kid in question might be stuck somewhere until he reaches a point where he's made enough academic progress to be viable for a degree elsewhere, or complete his degree and then transfer as a grad. Imagine that - put the "college" back into college football.

Catreporter said:

I remember Washington having a very strong game in the otherwise ugly performance against Illinois in 2022. He probably left partly because he didn't know who the quarterback would be in 2023.

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I’m excited about his career in Miami, especially now that Hill has asked out. I think he’s gonna feature a lot more next season.

Smolmania said:

Are you sure that the visit was to Clemson? I thought they went to see Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia to learn about that spread offense?

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Yes it was Clemson. Woody Danztler was the QB then. Up until then, Purdue was spearheading the spread as a passing offense (SI even ran a two-page photo showing how wide their receivers were set up across the field). Clemson was using dual threat QBs and we built off them; the visit was widely publicized and included in several articles about us as our successes mounted.