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Honestly I don't see the PI in the photos. Maybe his right arm was being held down but I don't see that in the photos of Benson's left side. I do see the db is not looking back, so there is definitely no excuse of I was trying to make a play on the ball. I certainly prefer refs that don't call PI with our DBs as handsy as they are.

Excellent article. I agree that after 14 games, we've pretty much seen it all and how our team responds to each style and capability of opponent. We should not see Stein trying things that didn't work the first time or against TTU. One note. There is a type of run play that works against formidable DLs that are getting a lot of penetration. I call it action-play. It is the opposite of play action that instead of faking a run and throwing the pass, you fake the pass and have delayed hand-off or pitch inside for a run. Was this does is stretch the front seven vertically as they pass rush creating horizontal lanes to get clear of the DL. I saw multiple teams use it with success in the quarterfinals, including us, but we didn't come back to it. If there is one thing our team lack due to youth of players and coordinators is trusting in themselves. Players getting really conservative not trusting their ability to compete with similarly talented opponents. I also think we understand this time that we need to get 30 points against IU if we want to a chance to win.

It definitely feels like the outcome will be decided based on how well Oregon plays, since Indiana is so consistently good and mistaken free. I agree with the above post that both teams are better than at the beginning of the season. If I recall our only offensive touchdown was Benson getting behind the defense on a big throw, yet Stein or Moore never went back to it during to the perceived lack of time, but some of that is Moore trusting the time has actually has, trusting his eyes and delivering the ball to the open receivers. Moore has significantly improved his ability to read zone coverage since the first Indiana games. I'm worried about too much dink and dunk. It doesn't work against a disciplined 4-3 defense. Indiana's only weakness is their athleticism. That's why we can run straight at them with success, and our WRs can get open. They kind of remind me of Stanford's best teams in the 2010s with their elite discipline and execution.

Yeah I've had my eye on Montana State. I still think they were our toughest non conference opponent. Also did anyone see Robbie Ashford lighting it up for Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State? I'm glad he was able to put it all together. He looked like he had a lot of potential when he was here.

I don't see a dedicated thread for discussing the game Friday so I'm starting a new thread. I think there is broad consensus that we have to play a complete game for the first time all season to win. Our coaches need to game plan for the Indiana that played Thursday, not the Indiana that we played earlier in the year. The good news is I'm pretty sure the Rose Bowl last year taught the coaches this lesson. Also DL isn't foolish enough to believe "it's hard to beat the same team twice" having lost to UW twice in 2023. I expect full effort this week from the analysts, coordinators, and DL. It's a neutral site in the same time zone we played this week and the game time is evening and being played in a dome, so there should be little circumstantial issues for us to worry about.

NCAA.comTrack which conferences are winning the 2025-26 college f...Follow along here to track the records of conferences during the FBS bowl season. As it stands right now, the B1G is 9-4 will all 9 wins against other conferences. The SEC is 4-9 and 2 of those 4 wins are against other SEC teams. For once I'll agree with a fan base that says they beat themselves. That's pretty much all they can beat are themselves. One can dream about AP polls and coaches polls coming down to earth before next season and not ranking every SEC team with such high rankings, but I'll believe it when I see it.

They likely will be stopped simply by playing at 4:30pm instead of 9am.

Congratulations! I picked high, price is right style. I should have just bid 1 dollar for Texas Tech, but hindsight is 20:20.

The OL play was surprising. Like they had trouble waking up. Pregnon alone killed 2 drives in the 1st quarter with "what were you thinking?" missed blocks. He's literally the #1 guard in the country and he killed 2 drives. Our center who is a Remington finalist screwed up multiple snap, one that took us out of field goal range and another that blew the timing of a play for a loss of yards. He also blew quite a few blocks. Obviously there were other OL struggles just due to TTU 's amazing front seven who is likely the best front 7 in the country, better than Indiana and Iowa at least by a clear amount. Looking back at the NW game that was also at 9am we weren't as crisp. Fans that know better say the Orange Bowl at noon local time was a disaster. For those that remember, the Orange Bowl used to be the last bowl on New Year's day late into the evening with a real party like atmosphere. I think we've learned that the current playoff format does really suck, in multiple ways, and that our players can really struggle with early games (who knows that maybe it really affected Morton to play at 11am), and that our ceiling in each phase is as high as anybody, we are 14 games into the season and STILL haven't put it all together for a complete game.

DeBoer's seat get hotter with every Indiana score. Kind of feels like the 2015 Alamo Bowl against TCU with Helfrich. It was a big sign it was a relationship that is doomed. Is Finebaum going to be able to spin this SEC Trainwreck into something positive?

OC Grubb was supposed to be the secret sauce, but he went the NFL and bombed. I think this is indeed one of those situations where the players made the coach great. Jake Haener was a football god at Fresno State for DeBoer and Grubb, then Penix at UW with Peterson's recruits as others have mentioned.

You were right. The woodshed is full of crimson like a rolling tide.

The close up of the Alabama bands's faces. Oh man, they are trying to smile, but they know their goose is cooked. The game is not over, but it's over, unless Mendoza gets knocked out of the game early in the second half. Is the SEC going to end up with one out of conference victory in this year's bowl games and playoffs? Alabama isn't even competitive. I thought Notre Dame should have gotten in above Alabama. We knew the fix was in when they swapped Bama and Notre Dame on a week where nothing happened.

It's good to not to be Texas Tech fans right now. What a miserable offensive performance from their perspective. They lived on offense by short fields, deep passes down the sidelines and runs to the edges all season. We didn't give them any of those, and the 25 day break put them to sleep. The game was pretty much over after the strip takeaway. We increased our lead to 13 while injuring Morton's bicep on his throwing arm on the strip. TECH GOT WRECKED!

Morton injured his arm on the strip sack. Couldn't throw well after that.

OMG, why run to the boundary on 3rd down when you know you are going to kick a field goal?

YES!!! 16-0 with 8 minutes.

Crashed the website?! Kick the field goal Dan! 16-0 with 8 minutes left is the call.

Don't forget they no longer have to recruit Oregon players, so some amount of work being done is just a swap. Still, mental focus requires mental rest. Tests show a really tired driver can drive as bad as a drunk driver, so it's a thing.

Stands are shockingly full although I think I seeing a lot of Miami colors mixed in the the greens and reds. Black vs. white jerseys. No mental confusion on who is who.

I'm so glad we aren't playing in the Rose Bowl. I'm in San Diego and getting flash flood warning on my TV..

It's hard to beat Mami when good Carson Beck shows up and bad Carson Beck stays home. Nearly impossible with the bye week putting you in a fog for the first 25 minutes of the game. Miami won the trenches on both sides. Mario didn't screw up clock management either and seems to be letting the OC do his thing calling a really good game. They are the most dangerous team in the playoffs when they play to their ceiling like this.

I'm glad to see our list of injuries didn't get any longer with game prep (other than Evan Stewart). We've had some bad luck with that in the past.

I read an in depth article that shows TT has made their yards by deep ball boundary passes all year. Here's hoping our DBs have been getting coached on how to prevent the push offs without getting flagged. There is no question we will benefit more from refs that don't throw flags than refs that do.

The rust factor is no secret even before this first half, and how much can you do about it now? It's mental and physical and affects some more than others. There is no guarantee Tech comes out off, but it is something that could be a factor, and certainly something they have to overcome moreso than us. And seeing yet another occurrence of it makes it all the more possible it does happen to TT.