Rutty was the only bad loss.
Yep.
That’s because you see teams showing immediate results with the portal. See Curt Cignetti and Indiana. When you have teams like this you have to make them count. Individual talent wise this team is better than 2018, which was Babers 2nd team, who turned out to be a terrible HC. Heading into this game i would have labeled McCord a top 5 QB in the country and never expected such an implosion. A lot was the OL and the lack of the run game, but Kyle also made some terrible decisions.
Curt Cignetti figured it out first time coaching at the P4 level. Very easy for programs to turn it around in a year. That was Fran’s selling point as well.
I forgot, how many 1st or 2nd round draft picks have precious teams had? This team will produce more than any prior. Indiana is having no problem in year 1 of their portal mashed team. Can name several others as well.
VT is better than Pitt. Pitt’s offense was average at best. I don’t care what their numbers say. Holstein was crappy the past two weeks. VT has more speed and a true dual threat QB.
What does this even mean?
It’s the way the game is played these days.
Cignetti may be coaching for the first time in the P4 but he is not a first time head coach, the guy has a .780 career winning percentage over about a dozen years and having that many years as the head guy means a much smoother transition to P4 than a guy who has never even been a coordinator. You are one of the most clearheaded posters on here(a low bar I know), but I think you are exaggerating the overall talent level of this team in crucial areas and underrating the learning curve of a first time head coach. I do agree that the defense certainly looked good last night which gives me hope the rest of the way. But, the OL needs to get it together and just be competent. Va Tech has a monster of a pass rusher so we gotta figure that out fast
I have kids to put through college first. I'm not a big fish like some out there. Wish I could, for sure. A buddy of mine is a medium fish in the area and gives. Interesting to hear info from him on the process.
I think the Cignetti example is unique. He brought in 12 transfers from his old school, James Madison, including starters at : WR, TE, RB, DE, NT, MLB, WLB, LCB. Plus, he picked up a good transfer QB from Ohio and a 5th year OL from Wisconsin, one of the best OL schools. Maybe taking the key players from your old team the new way in college football, but Brown didn't have that luxury.
Kyle McCord's name got ran through the mud all over social media on pages with very big followings. It wasn't good.
Our defense can’t even wrap still at times let alone the offense
Yeah no one remembers anything
Funny, as I was leaving work an hour ago a guy on day shift said "what happened to your quarterback?".
I’m not judging him as a nfl projection, i’m judging him by his production this season and i’ll die on that hill that he was producing as a top 5 QB coming into the Pitt game. Beck, Millroe, Nussmeier, Ewers, Allar. He was having better seasons than all of them.
I watched the entire game last week vs Tony White’s defense at Nebraska and i was shocked how good they looked. Even after Rourke went out at half it was total domination at every aspect of the game. I think there were 11 JMU transfers, Rourke from Ohio, and he also brought in all transfers that produced at either the G5 level, of FCS. He targeted kids that were captains, had huge numbers on offense or defense for their prior program, and i believe a few P4 transfers, but mostly guys who excelled at lower thought of schools. Also, their defense was as good as their offense.I don’t pay attention to Indiana but it seems their OLine is pretty good. That makes everything go round.
I think they brought in 32 transfers last year. This article says 30 and then they added a few more.
Indiana Football Transfer Portal Tracker
Updated Tuesday, March 26 at 4:04 p.m. ET BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The college football transfer portal is in full swing, and Indiana has experienced significant roswww.si.com
