Wide receiver Carson Grove and Hersey lit up the scoreboard, running back Dashun Reeder and Christ Church Episcopal started their title defense in earnest and the Class of 2024 is in the hearts of their senior campaigns. Check out how they all did in this week's recruit roundup.

We can't tackle worth a darn

Kevin Johns is their O Coordinator.

Their OL looks pretty good

Exciting game. Heading to OT.

Can this be done in college too?

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Looking for a positive.

I know we had a prior thread but my thoughts on some candidates:
1) Matt Campbell -- some issues at Iowa State re: gambling but no knowledge from him. He is able to get his teams to overachieve with "two star diamonds in the rough"
2) Mike Kafka -- "baggage of being a Fitz guy" but tutored Patrick Maholmes.
3 ) Sean Lewis -- has been talked about
4) former coach at Incarnate Word I think he is at Washington State now with Braun as DC. We would attract some offensive talent

We suck.

Good news! So does the rest of the Big Ten, especially the West.

Duke would be heavy favorites to win the west division so losing today was expected and frankly boring.

I’ve been struggling with the issue of having a head coach with a long term contract in place for many years and the pros and cons. For a long time we praised the stability of our football program and longevity and stability of the hc and coaching staff. Then the program seemed to be sliding downhill the last couple of years and doubts about rigidity of the staff seemed to emerge. I think one takeaway from NU and MSU’s hc situations may be that high cost long-term contracts may not be the best for the program and is no longer sustainable. Maybe some kind of periodic turnover is desirable to keep a program nimble and up-to-date and periodic change in leadership would prevent rigidity and promote innovation and new ideas. Joe Pa for example was allowed to stay around way too long and while his role as a figurehead was important to the PSU program, his competency as leader in control of the program turned out to be disastrous and the end of his career. How to weigh long-term history of success in a program vs short-term recent downturns to decide if changes need to be made. I think programs will be taking closer looks at long-term contracts but I also plead ignorance at tools used to mitigate risk like insurance and contract specifics designed to protect the university’s interests like firing for cause. It’s a bit of a conundrum.

We are wildly non-physical on both sides of the ball. It’s… a significant problem.

I hope some of you are watching the games on Peacock. There have been some mismatches but overall the games have been enjoyably brutal. The last 10 minutes of Fiji v Wales were intense. Give rugby a chance. Just remember that a tackled player must immediately pass or release the ball. There is an offsides line through the ball or the last foot of the ruck if one is formed

Nothing against Braun, he's in a tough spot. Which is the smarter school? Duke has figured it out and NU hasn't. Can the AD get it up for that? Can NU get it up for that? IMO, NU is so preoccupied with being an Ivy League-like school, that they can't see the their a** from a hole in the ground. Meanwhile, Duke could give a crap--they're just good all around. NU's Admin is as chicken-sh** as it was in the 1960's when I attended. They've just somehow managed to up the threshold to get accepted. And by god, that's their story and they're sticking to it.

Leonard consistently beat the Cats with his legs and arm. He made few mistakes, and even though the coaches called a number of plays that gave players the chance to stop him, he beat the players with the chance to stop him consistently. He is a player the likes of which NU may not see again this year.

I saw NU as a 4 to 6 win team this year, and this game did not change that.

As a side note, Braun's defensive calls gave players a chance. They were overmatched and did not cash opportunities. I really can't blame the coach

Wide receiver Carson Grove and Hersey lit up the scoreboard, running back Dashun Reeder and Christ Church Episcopal started their title defense in earnest and the Class of 2024 is in the hearts of their senior campaigns. Check out how they all did in this week's recruit roundup.

Our 2 alum stars tackles Slater and Skoronski are on opposite sides in this game. Unfortunately Peter is out for this game. Slater is back after a serious bicep injury last year. He is struggling a little against the Titans line having a holding call. Good game so far. Wish we had someone like the Titans punter for the Cats. The Titans punter boomed a 63 yd punt from the back of the end zone earlier in the game.


Skoronski, who is ruled out ahead of Sunday's game against the Chargers recently had an appendectomy, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
With the nature of Skoronski's illness now known, the rookie offensive lineman out of Northwestern could be in danger of missing time beyond Week 2, given that appendectomies typically require a multi-week recovery period. Xavier Newman is expected to step in as the Titans' starting left guard in place of Skoronski on Sunday.

..is not an NFL QB. Yes, he’s blessed with the physical tools, but is not a professional quarterback. Lacks the vision, no check down ability, no pocket presence. Northwestern almost beat him in the Bigten championship game for god sake. I’d rather have Jake Sterney at Loyola Academy starting for me. Bears never gonna win with this guy.

Here is some good news for Sunday !

Saw the thread on Slater, and figured I'd start one on his replacement

Skoronski finished as the 7th highest graded OL, IN THE ENTIRE LEAGUE, in his debut

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Also the highest graded Titan on offense.

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Wouldn't be surprised if they try him at tackle as Dillard was struggling.

Looks like not many folks care anymore. The traffic and activity here on a game day has to be a low point. Even in those crappy losses over the last four seasons, this website was on fire - yelling, crying, defending, arguing, etc.

Now? Not much. Seems like everybody checked out except the more hardcore visitors. Even the rock traffic, low as it is, appears down - suspect subscriptions must be too.

So cap and Lou, unless you get people hitting the bball board, ad revenue isn’t going to support any paid positions. I have an idea that would drive traffic up and maybe keep your lives somewhat sane: instead of paid bball, paid rant board. Bet your subscriptions would increase as would your traffic/ad revenue. And being a paywall, you only get vested players and we have some thick skin - you can largely let us be. Heck, ppd and I roll in dirt around here without crying much all the time.

We are in a crazy time and so much crazy non sports going on. People want to talk about it. I haven’t found a place with a mix of smart, nutty, informed and otherwise to banter and discuss and I have looked. I bet even a paid version would draw visit and posting numbers to rival some of the rivals paid fb and bb pages of the major teams.

Just saying it would suck to see you guys follow the footsteps of coach Roy.

Oh you ...poor sons of a bitches you've done more damage than you know. Should have given Fitz the right to fix the ship. After all he has done for NU he gets tossed before the jury comes in? I agree with Barnett. A set back of a decade and perhaps we can never recover. Should have handled it like Ioa did with Ferentz.

This is a Duke team that dominated Clemson and they look like it. All I can really conclude is that Duke is better in all phases of the game. There are some better opportunities for wins coming up in conference play, and that will define the season.

Ped State is handling ILL, even though Allar hasn't been able to throw in the general direction of his receivers. No pressure, just inaccurate. On the off chance that we are competitive with Puke today, the PSU game will say alot about our ability to hang with the lower half of the B1G

We broke Ben Bryant. He throws a super wobbly ball. Time to call this experiment over and develop somebody who can play in 2024 and behind.

Check out @lou v’s question and answer article with Richie Schnyderite of TheKnightReport.com ahead of the Rutgers game this Sunday.

Here are our takeaways from Northwestern's 38-14 loss at Duke.