I legitimately couldn’t believe what I was reading.
While Marshall and Stanford are "unacceptable" losses...there was less panic around those. As soon as Buchner was hurt and even prior to that wasn't playing well, I think the entire program knew it would be a shaky year. There were legit concerns on Buchner coming into 2022..let alone the team having to go with Pyne. Miracle is too strong of a word but a lot of people I talked to in the program were encouraged by 2022 because of the massive limiting factor(s) under center.
Marcus Freeman.
I'm assuming arrow was implying that Luke Fickell could've been selected.
Yep. I know. Still believe/supremely confident it would have been Freeman
The "last game for many of us" comment in the locker room at Stanford really stands out in light of what then transpired.
I assume by this comment that Parker was absolutely not going to be the OC beyond that season.
I felt like this was way overblown. IMO Hammock was just taking advantage of the situation to get his name in the spotlight and try and help NIU get some publicity. All the talk of this meeting was coming from his end.
Nothing is ever "simple".
don't let Driskell read that...
Not sure anyone here is at risk. Driskell might be borderline illiterate.
I assumed that Zaire's family had Driskell on payroll
You're not far off....that relationship had run it's course.
Whatever high paying college job came calling next..or BK "retiring"....only to come back and take a job in a year or two.
Yeah..the more I've gotten away from it, the more I've come around the BK fake "retirement" angle after 2021 rather than hanging around..and then coming out of retirement a year or two later. 2021 was a such a weird season.
Sorry, missed this part of your question:
I remember watching the Irish docu-series that year & when BK looked into Zaire’s eyes after the UVA game & told him he’d have his job back, I knew that was gonna come back & bite him in the ass. Hell, I may have said the same thing in the moment w/ cameras on me & not knowing what Kizer would do post-UVA but man that was the beginning of the end for 2016. And I don’t blame Zaire & family for being upset after BK promised him he’d have his job back. Thing is it was obvious Kizer was the better QB after the 2015 season. That season should’ve been the one where ND finally won a NY6 bowl but injuries & getting matched up w/ OSU was a recipe for disaster in that game. Meyer should’ve won the natty that year & probably would have in the current format.
2016 was a mess and I know people gravitate to the Kizer/Zaire deal because it's an easy example, but I think too often it gets labeled as "the" reason or the "primary reason" for 2016 going the way it did. I typically reject that.
Yep, the Back Room is a great resource for some really random requests and questions. All of the Olympic sports have a dedicated board with very passionate fans (e.g. lacrosse, women’s bball, ND baseball, etc.) and the Political board there has a lot of really smart people across the political spectrum.
I feel like Manti still hadn’t recovered from the Lennay situation and rightly so.
Eh..maybe. Teo was also more beat up than people realize....he was a human wrecking ball for four season. He was also coming to the pros when his style of MLB was falling out of vogue. If he's in the 1998 draft, he's a Top 5 pick. Even if it's the 2005 draft..he's maybe Top 15.
