AdamOnFirst said:

Only one QB plays. That one guy gets all the snaps, fame, attention, glory, and fortune.

The other guy gets nothing.

The starting job is everything.

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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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NUCat320 said:

Rashada is back in the portal after serving as Georgia’s third stringer this year.

He transferred when ASU brought in someone to compete with him (Sam Leavitt, MSU, same class) and now is transferring because he’s behind Stockton at Georgia.

It’s a shame that so many kids don’t want to compete for a role. He could’ve spent a year handing to Skattebo, getting better as the year went on, and playing in the CFP. (Leavitt was…fine this year. Rashada could’ve competed and won, unless he was ‘asked to leave’ for being me-first.)

Oh well.

He’s gotten lots of bad advice. I still hope he wins his lawsuit.

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Leavett was fantastic - at least every time I saw him play.

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Jonny2TheP said:

Zero positive in that game. Not making that argument. But it was a tough game coming off a brutal loss. We didn’t show up. We weren’t competitive. But just a bad day. Regroup. Move on. Have a good week of practice.

It makes our margin of error smaller, but I actually feel better about this than the PSU game. Sometimes you’re just off. We have a veteran club that won’t carry that over to next weekend.

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Gello!

No Chores said:

He's had long enough to prove that he can make it, and he can't. So, now it becomes just another empty possession.

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He needs to stop shooting, the coaching staff needs to tell him to stop shooting. He has too many soft fouls too that end up in “and 1s.” Definitely a high energy guy for the Cats, but not sure why he gets the minutes he does.

hdhntr1 said:

From what I remember seeing traveling in and out of State College is a nightmare for visitors. Going down to Purdue not so bad but the PSU trip really takes it out of the players

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It's a charter flight. No biggie.

NUcats92 said:

I find it funny that the schedule gurus every year find a way to screw us Maybe I’m just being pessimist but your first four conference games got one home game out of the four.

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Illinois also have had one home game and three road games including a two game swing to the west coast.

hdhntr1 said:

He probably hits it well enough in practice and they want him to continue to attempt it thinking it will add a dimension and make it more difficult to defend allowing openings for others

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He's had long enough to prove that he can make it, and he can't. So, now it becomes just another empty possession.

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Why is it BB home venues now seem to have so much influence on game outcomes, especially in the B1G? This is not as much true in football. Even in such revered venues as the Palestra, the better teams usually win. which we saw today with the Indiana win over "home team" PSU. What I experienced in Philly was whichever Big Five team was good at the time, they won there, and not because it gave them an advantage, in spite of being an exciting venue. Something seems off kilter re NU, they need to win games in hostile territory.

You can’t fly commercial to State College?

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stpaulcat said:

the Palestra?

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Indiana should be thankful. Probably a lot easier on the players to go to Philly than have to go to State College

clarificationcat said:

It’s also not easy traveling to State College on a Thursday and then West Lafayette on Sunday afternoon. That’s a tough travel schedule.

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From what I remember seeing traveling in and out of State College is a nightmare for visitors. Going down to Purdue not so bad but the PSU trip really takes it out of the players

No Chores said:

Correct in my opinion. Hunger is absolutely awful on defense, can't jump and can't make the 3 ball, which he continues to attempt. We will need a transfer center next year.

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He probably hits it well enough in practice and they want him to continue to attempt it thinking it will add a dimension and make it more difficult to defend allowing openings for others

catcrazy said:

Yeah but I really think the swindling of a potential victory at Penn State affected the team more then you think. When they look at the tape they will see clear bias and all of those reds should be suspended without pay

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It’s also not easy traveling to State College on a Thursday and then West Lafayette on Sunday afternoon. That’s a tough travel schedule.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

I posted Ciaravino's numbers and an argument that he should be getting playing time before the Penn State loss.
And stated that Windham may have to play the point because I wasn't sure Leach could handle pressure (after seeing the Northeastern game in person)

Benching Nicholson for lethargic play early in the game is akin to quitting. The problems were elsewhere.

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CCC clearly said Jello and KJ were not in the rotation because they were not quite there defensively. He also said they are improving in that aspect and that is why they are seeing more action.

Defense has also been the table stakes for playing with CCC, even before the Wizard was hired as our main defensive voice. Do I think Jello is a good defender now, No. Do I think he will be a good defender, Yes. Do I think KJ is a good defender now, No. Do I think he is a good defender, Yes. This has played out with almost all first year players. Nick was a poor defender, now he is decent. Berry and Barney too. Even Big Matt was poor on defense his first year, now he is elite.

Who was he going to sit when we were down? Berry wasn’t contributing and Big Matt isn’t going to bring you back from 25 down. I am sure he would have been in there if we cut the lead but we didn’t. Someone goes to bench when Jello and KJ play. Leach was scoring some and our two forwards are the best scores on the team by a country mile!

NUCat320 said:

Rashada is back in the portal after serving as Georgia’s third stringer this year.

He transferred when ASU brought in someone to compete with him (Sam Leavitt, MSU, same class) and now is transferring because he’s behind Stockton at Georgia.

It’s a shame that so many kids don’t want to compete for a role. He could’ve spent a year handing to Skattebo, getting better as the year went on, and playing in the CFP. (Leavitt was…fine this year. Rashada could’ve competed and won, unless he was ‘asked to leave’ for being me-first.)

Oh well.

He’s gotten lots of bad advice. I still hope he wins his lawsuit.

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Only one QB plays. That one guy gets all the snaps, fame, attention, glory, and fortune.

The other guy gets nothing.

The starting job is everything.

TheC said:

Nah... go Bucks! They may be evil, but they're our evil.

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Everybody has an overlord, and they’re just ours. Nonuse being upset by it.

Yeah but I really think the swindling of a potential victory at Penn State affected the team more then you think. When they look at the tape they will see clear bias and all of those reds should be suspended without pay

I was pleased to see PSU lose today. Even the refs couldn't save them.

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