Well now you’re making my point for me. In modern CFB you have to have to bring in elite difference makers — on both the roster and staff — every year. Head coaches have to adapt rapidly, and do it at a high level. MF seems two steps behind.
Totally fair. But, I think the new norm is turnover at key positions every year. OSU, Bama, Texas, Oregon, are all playing with either a new QB, new OC, or both. Staying elite on the fly is now the standard, I think.
Agree with all. To me it’s really a question of whether MF the ability to adapt quickly — which is the new reality in the NIL era. For three seasons it has been essentially the same product on field — very solid defense with above average athleticism; on offense, QB play that cannot take...
It’s possible. But, right now USC is likely our only chance for a win over a ranked team. A two loss Penn St, Oregon, Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, or Texas — to name a few — will all have stronger claims.
Unless NIU goes undefeated it probably does take us out, and it should. Losing at home to an unranked MAC school is really too much to justify. Every two-loss SEC and Big 10 school just moved ahead of us.
This is where the fails in recruiting show up. I don’t see a single player on either side of the ball that is definitively better than NIU talent. Games like this are cakewalks when you just overwhelm the opponent with talent. We can’t do that.
I feel like I am stating the obvious, but can’t we just admit that this kid is not a fit at ND? Not the right temperament, not the right game, not the right priorities. I wish him all the best, he seems like a decent — albeit very impressionable — kid who has a lot of maturing to do. You can...