Brass Cannon

Hey talked with some folks at work today and it dawned on me that while we have been talking a lot about our 3 backs There’s another name we should get to know https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/sean-cuono-1.html He’s going to get quite a few carries this year.

He went 1-8 against ranked teams at Vandy. If that is what VT is wanting they should be happy. But they sure seem to be paying him for more

Dude is way overpaid. His success is gonna scale down with resources.

Gotta capitalize on that new coach excitement

Whittingham is a good coach. But there’s a reason why he was getting pushed out. Over his career he wins about 2/3s of his games. Over the last 10 years. About 2/3s of his games. Last 5 years about 2/3s of his games. Yeah he’s got more talent but so do the teams he will be facing. And even if he can up his game to about 75% of his games. I don’t think that keeps them happy in AA. What he’s not going to do is get arrested.

You could pulse OSU fans and I doubt that game makes a top 25 list. WTF

Makes total sense. Honestly I think we need to sustain success beyond cig before we invest in a new stadium if that’s even in the cards. Would be a disaster if we invest in a new stadium then after cig we go back to the way things were

Yep basically their only job is to not give up huge plays. If you force them to try and march down the field the front 7 will win at some point

Thus won’t embed for some reason but somebody finally gets it

All the players we added with the new 5 year ruling have a national championship definitely going to be a trivia question I stump somebody with one day

It’s more about a certain overrated team being above us. Notre Dames cakewalk schedule could allow them to go 12-0. If they go undefeated would voters be willing to have us jump them even if we go 13-0. I’m not convinced they would. And unfortunately the committee does appear to look at rankings more than they should

6 teams a total of 7 times. With 0 being home games. Dominant

It’s also a way of keeping a defense intact during the transition.

Both teams that have won the 12 team playoff played 0 P4 teams out of conference. So teams have had trouble navigating it. Small sample size but fact remains that no body who played a P4 out of conference has ever won the 12 team playoffs

Let’s also remember that while flawed FPI had ODU ahead of at least 6 Big Ten teams. And a significant number of P4 teams. Had North Texas held onto their coach one more year they would definitely not be an easy out

Exactly.

P4 conferences should quietly ban their teams from playing non-conference opponents from weeks 5-10 just to watch their Quitting Irish heads explode

They also let us keep the playbook pretty bland. There’s a decent chance that OSU won’t get to see much of our playbook if we do what we are supposed to do the first 6 weeks of the season. There’s only so much you can learn from your 15th Khobie Martin run up the middle as a defensive coordinator

Honestly think we need to go to a playoff system where spots are allotted based on record in conference. The conferences with the prior years NC game competitors gets their top 4 teams in. 5 if from same conference. Other P4 get 3 teams in. Thats 14 spots. Leaving a spot for the next highest ranked P4 team(probably Notre Dame) and the top ranked Group of 5 team. Because it’s based on conference standing for the conference teams for the most part theres no downside to playing elite non conference opponents

People seem to be forgetting that ND originally agreed to that game when it was a cupcake. They didn’t schedule us in 2021 expecting us to have made more expanded playoffs than them. They expected a team still chasing a bowl win after several decades

Same, at least Purdue fans are delusional. Cheering so hard for Wisconsin when they play Notre dame. Do I think they will win, no. Do I desperately want it. Yes

He Has also spoken a lot about loving the work life balance. He’s got small children might be looking to keep that until they are older

Man if that’s the case some opposing fanbases are going to get so pissed when he doesn’t leave us

Yep. Would love to keep Cig on as an official GM after the transition as well

Here’s the thing. I’m not predicting this but there’s a non zero chance we don’t give up a touchdown until October