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Ok, Georgia hail Mary...are we having fun yet?

The last 25 seconds have been like a basketball game.

These Dumbldorfs! They blew 30 seconds!

1 minute of house money for GT. We'll see if they can do anything with it other than turn the ball over deep in their own territory again.

They get to play 4 downs all the way in.

Now the fumble recovery..can they get 7? They have all the time in the world.

Well Iowa wins a barnstormer 13 to 10 against Nebraska. Jeesh.

I still remember how lights out Bryce was against Oregon State, the other hated rival he had similar game week comments on. Bryce is gonna be fun to watch Saturday.

Nebraska scored a bunch too. Our O played horrible the last 2 games. Offense takes a lot of precision, and precision takes concentration, and when you get worn out it's hard to concentrate. I'm really hoping everyone was able to rest up body mind and soul with the off-week and Thanksgiving.

I've watched some YouTube videos of Travis, and he is a genuinely good dude. Also, remember last year when that CSU player took him out with a dirty hit and was getting death threats so Travis went bowling with him and posted it over social media that they were hanging out together. He didn't have to do that. I would say it takes tremendous character to go out of your way to defend a rival who tried to hurt you. It's over the top to pose for an award you haven't received, but at the same time they don't call it a Heisman campaign for nothing. Should it really be considered a lack of character for him to campaign for himself when he is celebrating his successes on the field? I'm okay with Travis playing around on my lawn.

I didn't realize Justin has only 1 interception this year through 10 games. That's pretty good.!

I heard flags are at half staff at the ESPN headquarters!

This. I don't see us putting up a ton of points against a defense with a lot of similarities to Wisconsin. 19.5? Really?

I'm beginning to think it would be way more fun to decide to play our scout team against tOSU to have a playoff game at home against someone like Georgia or Texas from the SEC, or even ASU or SMU. How cool would that be? Certainly it would be a fantastic consolation prize if we do lose close to have a playoff game at home! The only game that would be boring to me is if we got Boise State a second time, which of course is the scenario shown in the bracket above.

#1 We have to try to beat the Huskies in case we lose in the CCG to make sure we would get home field advantage in the playoffs. #2 I have little confidence in our coaches spending as much time to figure out how to beat the Huskies as the Huskies' coaches will spend trying to beat us over this 2 week period. Our coaches will forever be distracted during the last off week of the season trying to recruit. #3 This game matters more to the Huskies than it does to us. We can only hope that the high level of transfers on their squad takes the edge off their piss and vinegar. #4 Thanks for the stats. Every stat difference between the teams except for the 3rd down percentage is within the margin of error from one game to the next. #5 The fans will show up at Autzen, that is the most predictable thing about this game. #6 Their new QB should help the offense play better than they would have with the old QB, since presumably he is a typical freshman getting better every week. We need to get him to make some bad freshman mistakes though. #7 Harper and Tez are unlikely to play much if at all, as we need them fully healthy later for the more important games that are coming later. I hope we show up refresh and ready to play our best ball of the year from the kickoff, because we may need it. We could put this game away early and really stomp them, but I just feel that given the above, it's more likely they will give us some real trouble. Those are my thoughts and concerns.

The punter went for distance rather than hang time, which is a big no-no if you're kicking it to an elite athlete like Caleb Downs. Also their entire punt coverage team looked like a mix of full anck and long snappers, not an ounce of athletic quickness among them. That's a pretty deadly combination. Also I was not impressed with the in game coaching from Indiana with exception of the time he called a time out right before the end of the quarter to ice the momentum of OSU. I don't know why more coaches don't do that when momentum is swinging against them.

Auburn over A&M. The SEC is thinning the herd. Ole Miss Bama and A&M get 3 losses, and one more fun week to go. Now the SEC is going to have to complain about their 3 loss teams not making the playoffs, and getting much less sympathy.

Dante Moore is the best passer in the roster, but he just doesn't have it. It's really tough to put my finger other than to say he is a spitten image of Ty Thompson in talent and personality. A lack of serious intensity and competitive aggression, that you'd find in any Thanksgiving backyard football game across America. He either doesn't have the focus or doesn't hate losing enough to consistently operate at a high level. I hope I'm wrong, but that's how looks to this point.

Why choose, when you can do both? Dante Moore will never be named starting QB in a healthy QB room. His just not a baller, which is all you really need at QB in this system someone that knows how to play the game and how to win. DL WILL be picking up a QB in the portal when the season is over. They could be from any level, but they will be less risky than anyone on our roster, and one or both of DM and AN will portal out. Luke Moga is the only person on our roster that hasn't yet played enough to show serious flaws. There is still a chance he could be special if he has consistency with what he's shown to date.

And another deep sack. The RB can't pass block to save his life. And another sack. Cig's OC has no adjustments to make to deal with OSU bringing it every passing down? One screen all game, no bringing in an extra TE to pass block, or rolling out the QB? This is crap coaching too. Looks like IU's ceiling is like a Penn State at best.

Man, this could still be 7-14, but for their punter. First the obvious muff, then he tried to make it up the next kick that too low and hard and outkicked his coverage. I literally said out loud as the ball came off his foot "great, now he outkicks his coverage to make up for the muff." I was also disappointed Cig phoned it in before halftime, chosing not to use his remaining 2 timeouts when OSU was first and goal with almost two minutes left. I guess he has no confidence in his team executing a two minute drill against this defense. Now he punts on fourth down at the 45. He doesn't have any confidence in his offense to pass protect long enough to go 10 yards. It pays off though with a quick OSU 3 and out.

One thing Josh Pate brought up when discussing how hard Oregon's 8 game stretch was, that tOSU will be playing their 7th game straight in the CCG, after having two tough games against Indiana and Michigan While Oregon will be in their second game after a bye week.

Which network for those windows?

There is a world where the 4 non-CCG champions end up with a higher than 50% win percentage against the 4 CCG Champions. Why? How many bowl games are there where it's been so long since their last game and they come out playing like it's spring practice? If you do that against the winner from a game a week earlier, then you're cooked, or you'd better have a heck of a second half "kick" to catch back up and outscore the opponent.

I know it's easy to forget, but there is this other B1G team lurking out there that indeed could jump the loser of the CCG - Penn State. They were at #4 last week and unlikely to move this week or next.