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Brendan Sullivan CHOKE JOB at the Music City Bowl

I understand I’m contributing to the Sully talk right now, but we should really retire the Sully talk. He’s done nothing to change the track record he established at NU: a gamer who is capable of playing some Big Ten QB, but definitely not one who approaches power conference average or is worth guaranteeing a starting job to. As much as his quitting the the competition and pouring out the door at NU was unimpressive, he doesn’t play without grit on the field. Kid was a tough nosed battler for NU and in that bowl game. It’s why he gets hurt so much!

We have Preston Stone now and are much better off for it.
You said the same thing about Johnson.

And Hilinski

And Wright

But maybe Stone will be different.

Maybe the bye in the playoffs isn't an advantage.

2 of the byes were given to teams that were heavy underdogs, and one of them took their opponent to double overtime.

The other byes went to a Georgia team missing their QB (which made them an underdog on most books by a point instead of being a multiple point favorite as they would've been).

And Oregon which was a 2-3 point underdog to an Ohio State team that caught fire last week.

All the teams with byes were actual underdogs in this tournament. The problem was that they gave 2 teams (Boise State and Arizona State) byes which they either shouldn't have gotten or should have been reseeded based on the original standings.

So I don't think the bye has anything to do with this (in terms of rust), the problem was the seeding.

Oregon should have faced the winner of #8 Indiana vs #9 Boise State for example. Or if it was reseeded based on rankings, they would have faced Arizona State even though both got byes with Arizona State the lowest ranked team in the second round.

Having a fixed bracket with fixed seedings and giving byes to two of the lowest ranked teams was the problem.

Rashawn Slater heading to the Pro Bowl

I bought the NFL Ticket just to see the Chargers & Lions games. I watch Slater on every offensive play. His footwork and technique are exceptional.

I saw on one site, he was rated #2 in NFL , behind Trent Williams but in another he was # 9 OT , even behind Penei Sewell , who plays right tackle

Without the package, I would be stuck with Jaguars, Falcons or Panthers

Lions center, Frank Ragnow, also made the Pro Bowl. Ragnow is another Kurt Anderson disciple, having played for him at Arkansas.
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