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This. He missed half the season and even during most of the season he played, he was hurt. In addition, Duke's offensive talent around him was BAD.

Tobias, I could see, considering his poor sophomore showing. But James? That doesn't make sense at all.

I'm not one to subscribe to the Driskell gossip train, but the one thing that makes me lean towards believing it is the fact that they chose now to cut ties with Stuckey. When Freeman took over and had to prep for the Fiesta Bowl, he kept Del and Quinn on for bowl prep and then moved on from...

That would be a massive pickup. Dude is a stud and fills that Rover/Nickel spot with Harper gone. He also was recruited and coached by Freeman.

Parker wasn't a first year OC. He just had a few underwhelming years as an OC.

IIRC, he was on track to be a major part of the rotation at NT going into '22 and was opening eyes during bowl prep and the offseason workouts. Then he tore his ACL at the beginning of spring and pretty much lost his entire '22 season. That set him behind guys like Rubio and Onye. Sucks, but...

It would, but the issue is that while Tyree has speed, he isn't particularly agile and isn't great at making plays in space, which you want in a slot receiver. He also is very short and isn't a particularly crisp route runner or has the best hands, which you want in a perimeter receiver. I...

Key difference is that these guys all have SIGNIFICANTLY more receiving talent. UGA: Brock Bowers, Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint UW: Rome Odunze, Ja'lynn Polk Oregon: Troy Franklin, Tez Johnson FSU: Keon Coleman, Johnny Wilson Texas: Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell Ohio St: Marvin Harrison, Emeka...

Eh, I don't think you can blame Parker for that. His targets were low, because he missed several easy catches. If you drop the ball and make mental errors, you're not going to get as many targets. I also don't think Hartman trusted him, so even if he was open downfield, Hartman was probably...

Uh, I think we may be forgetting how bad the OL was in '21. It was an even bigger trainwreck than last year. The only reason it's probably remembered more fondly is that the OL's poor play only resulted in 1 loss. That's mainly due to heroics from Jack Coan, whereas in '22, you had Pyne and...

I don't think people were expecting all the injuries they suffered and expected Merriweather to take the next step, instead of slumping like he did. But overall, ND should be significantly better at receiver just by freshmen being more experienced and being healthier. For ND to be this unlucky...

Yeah, and it's also important to point out that Duke had no talent on offense. Their OL was pretty awful and their receivers are really unimpressive.

Elko is temporary. Go-Karts are forever.

Doesn't change the fact that Correll is too small and gets consistently worked by better DT's, which they'll be facing in College Station most likely.

Problem is that while Tyree has 4.3/4.4 speed, he isn't all that shifty and doesn't have great balance. He doesn't really make plays in a phone booth. Tyree is a slot and only a slot. Which is cool, but Faison, Greathouse and Thomas are also slots. And frankly, Greathouse and Thomas are ahead...

Faison was already splitting reps with Tyree at slot. Faison is still a true freshman and he just has more versatility. He's already a better route runner than Tyree, and he'll only get better. He's also shiftier. And he's going to get better. Tyree is that awkward combination of top-flight...

I have to agree. Right now, he might be the 4th best actually. Thomas, if healthy, then Faison and Greathouse. ND ironically has a logjam at slot receiver, while having terrible numbers overall at receiver.

Yeah, none of that screamed "Parker is back 100%". Could still happen, but something tells me that MF changed up the OC dynamic after the complete sh*tshow that was the Clemson game.

Matt Campbell has more winning seasons than Iowa State has had over the previous 40 years. 7-5 at Iowa State is overachieving.

I don't think Kelly would've had much choice. What other options were there? Colzie and Thomas were hurt. So, sans the freshman, you only had Merriweather and Tyree.