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[eddy4iu 629]

5 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Would LOVE a Hemby/Beebe backfield (with Kaelon Black coming back as well).  I'll patiently await an official Hemby announcement before I celebrate.

https://x.com/redraidersports/status/1869853238096474214?s=46&t=jskleztJQ0UbJleMYbldcQ

[JSHoosier 20,215]

Hopefully that account is right about Hemby. His production isn't far off of Ellison at Wake Forest, similar yards per carry and more TDs.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,294]

Why hello

https://x.com/petenakos_/status/1870199586008019083?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

[Stuhoo 80,819]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Why hello

https://x.com/petenakos_/status/1870199586008019083?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

No connection to the Cignetti era at JMU.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,294]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

No connection to the Cignetti era at JMU.

Boooo

[go iu bb 6,020]

lol

 

[WhiteyMcSpeed 108]

Time to get a QB and an OT in the portal

[8bucks 6,451]

Cig may need to consider adding some potential along with the performance when evaluating recruits.  We need some playmakers. Other than crossing routes our receivers were completely covered tonight and could get no separation. 

[RaceToTheTop 25,789]

8 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

No connection to the Cignetti era at JMU.

I wouldn't say 'no connection'.  I'm positive he was recruited by Cig to come to JMU.

[JSHoosier 20,215]

We need to upgrade talent. Hopefully we can start adding some guys that have been productive at a P4 level like Mendoza or Hemby.

[Pagoda 325]

It's amazing what was accomplished in one year -- from a team that needs 4 OTs to beat Akron to a team that smashes bad teams and consistently beats okay teams.  Our ceiling is clearly good teams on the road.  Upgrading and developing the talent to be consistently top-15, if we can do it, will take time.  There is just no way around it.

Fingers crossed we can do that.  

 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,182]

I think I want the kid from PSU. Mendoza is my #2. 

[Stuhoo 80,819]

55 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I think I want the kid from PSU. Mendoza is my #2. 

Watching an excellent and athletic quarterback against us last night can have that effect.

[RaceToTheTop 25,789]

The announcers at the end of the game talking about Notre Dame's dominant '394 to 278 yard advantage' was funny. Notre Dame definitely was the better team but they (and some national pundits) are acting like this it was some kind of Georgia/TCU beat down.

There were four teams in the CFP with zero or one loss and two were in this matchup.  Final margin was 10 and even if you take away the late touchdown, it was a 27-11 game.  If Penn State blows out SMU today I am willing to bet there is ESPN silence on 'SMU not belonging'.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,182]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

The announcers at the end of the game talking about Notre Dame's dominant '394 to 278 yard advantage' was funny. Notre Dame definitely was the better team but they (and some national pundits) are acting like this it was some kind of Georgia/TCU beat down.

There were four teams in the CFP with zero or one loss and two were in this matchup.  Final margin was 10 and even if you take away the late touchdown, it was a 27-11 game.  If Penn State blows out SMU today I am willing to bet there is ESPN silence on 'SMU not belonging'.

Fabricated storylines to create drama, talking points for next week. 

[RaceToTheTop 25,789]

Just now, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Fabricated storylines to create drama, talking points for next week. 

I know, but as long as Nick Saban is employed on their CFP shows wearing his Alabama red suit and crying 'woo is me', it goes beyond ridiculous.

The most deserving team left out would have either been Miami or South Carolina.  Why is the CFP committee stuck on trying to sell Alabama as a team that was 'screwed' out of a spot when they had an obviously disqualifying third loss late in the year?

[DoctorP 1,070]

Fine, I’ll take Mendoza or Pribula, though I prefer the former because of his demonstrated production. Give me one of em 

[Napleshoosier 10,242]

Do we know who’s on campus today?

[go iu bb 6,020]

31 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

I know, but as long as Nick Saban is employed on their CFP shows wearing his Alabama red suit and crying 'woo is me', it goes beyond ridiculous.

The most deserving team left out would have either been Miami or South Carolina.  Why is the CFP committee stuck on trying to sell Alabama as a team that was 'screwed' out of a spot when they had an obviously disqualifying third loss late in the year?

It's not the committee which is pushing that narrative. It's the media, mainly ESPN and SEC shills who're pushing that. ESPN, who has a contract to broadcast SEC games but not B1G games.

[WhiteyMcSpeed 108]

6 minutes ago, Napleshoosier said:

Do we know who’s on campus today?

Roman Hemby - Maryland RB is visiting

 Beau Pribula - Penn State QB is suppose to be visiting, don’t know if it is this weekend