Schadenfreude games
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All any of that means is the reality of who you play against actually is important, coupled with we are deeper into the season and teams have matured into what they truly are. Michigan was never going to be the same team. They lost everybody and they don't have a QB. Illinois is well coached but so is Minnesota. They played a close game and someone has to lose. Nebraska looks competitive and playing smarter, but they aren't quite there yet. Plus they have a freshman QB. UCLA was a mess in their first game but they have played an unbelievably difficult schedule so they got a bit of relief, more or less, in playing Nebraska. Penn State is very good but they played the monster.
One thing that the season has taught me is that Cignetti is a very clear judge of football players. No BS. He was given the ability to chase players and he brought in good ones. No politics or distractions. He went straight for a QB with a long history of winning, big arm, mobile enough and arm talent. He could have made poor judgements like many others but he didn't.
One thing that the season has taught me is that Cignetti is a very clear judge of football players. No BS. He was given the ability to chase players and he brought in good ones. No politics or distractions. He went straight for a QB with a long history of winning, big arm, mobile enough and arm talent. He could have made poor judgements like many others but he didn't.
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Looks like he took all his players from JMU and added Rourke from the MAC. There were very few Power 5 transfers. He can definitely identify talent and coach them into positions to succeed.
Yeah I just meant that I enjoyed that they all lost. That's what schadenfreude is about
James loses every big game. Nebby finds ways to look terrible after good weeks. Bert is a good Coach and he is the reason Illinois has played well for the most part. Cigs wins, I googled it, but he has a very easy Big schedule. Still think Indy is 4th or 5th best in the big.
You are right about Indiana's schedule. The scheduler is more important than a good QB. They caught UCLA as they were developing and a jet lagged Washington at home. The rest of the schedule is unimpressive except a remaining game with OSU. Oregon and OSU are better but they could beat OSU if an underwhelming OSU shows up which happens. Penn State would probably beat them. Everyone else I think they beat on most days. I love their offensive talent, skill players and OL.
4th after Oregon, OSU and the Nitwits (who are really pretty good except for their coach).
Exactly. His star quarterback and wide receiver both came from Ohio U., and a number of starters came from JMU. That's why I'm amused by those who say we don't want skill position players who have only MAC level talent.
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