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Speaking of HN popping a collective erection...

For the record, irrespective of Petras' injury status, I think you gotta roll with Padilla the rest of the way out. Reevaluate in the spring? Oh, absolutely. That's part of being a successful program. I also still believe Petras could be a *much* different player with adequate line play. But...

If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of HN collectively popping an enormous erection.

Sorry UI, didn't mean to hijack your thread, this is just where my head is right now and it sort of spilled out! To address your comments re: the Florida schools struggling...it's a major opportunity right now. As someone pointed out in another thread, if you look at that top 10 class Iowa...

I'll add that Wisconsin is surprisingly well positioned. Wisconsin high schools have produced 10 consensus All-Americans dating back to 1999. Wisconsin is, of course, the only D1 football program in the entire state so, when you look at things in that light, you see that Wisconsin actually has...

I recently did an analysis of the consensus All-America teams going back to 1999 (Ferentz's first year) looking into where each consensus All-American graduated high school. Since 1999, Florida high schools have produced 67 consensus All-Americans. Iowa has produced 5. Florida's immediate...

Lol, anyone remember ISU's Big XII North "co-championship" that they shared (but not really) with Colorado back in the 00s? I think they were both 4-4. Colorado beat ISU head to head and so got to go to the championship game. Didn't stop ISU from trying to convince everyone they won something...

FWIW, I took KF's halftime comment to mean Petras is dinged up.

What do you think of ESPN+? What kind of stuff do you use it for?

On total body of work, seems about right. As far as which direction we're trending offensively, probably a bit overrated. Ask me again next week though. I still won't have an AP vote but I may have a different opinion.

Honestly, Fitz has kinda grown on me. He doesn't drive me nuts like he used to. Fleck drives me fucking insane though. Franklin is on my watch list, I'm currently irritated with him but not sure if I'm still just wound up from the game this year.

Padilla's mobility and decisiveness helped mitigate some of our pass protection woes (which is exactly why, if I were in the coaches' meeting, I would be advocating he starts next week), but NW's DL (which I don't think is particularly good) was absolutely melting our OL at times during run...

You know, the program that won 3 Pac 12 titles in 4 years and absolutely humiliated us in the 2016 Rose Bowl? They're now last place in their division at 2-5 and just got beat at home 52-7 by Utah. All of this has occurred under the same head coach's watch. Kind of amazing.

Lol, I might print this and frame it - it's possibly the most HN post in the history of HN. "Play the backup QB and don't let the coaches anywhere near him." It's an HN wet dream.

PJ Fleck has to be the single most grating coach in all of FBS.

Padilla played wonderfully. Honestly, I'd start him. Petras has a stronger arm. Given our inability to protect long enough, I think that's a bit of moot point. It could maybe hurt situationally if we ever needed a last second heave but, honestly, I'll take my chances on Padilla keeping us...

Sounds like Petras might not be 100% based on Ferentz's halftime comment. Padilla has played very well. He's much better on the run than Petra which, with a porous OL, could be a major asset. I'd also have to say, at least on short/mid routes, Padilla seems more accurate. The main deficiency...

I would say defense because it tends to be more predictable. I don't know if anyone's ever made a serious study of this, but it seems to me it's more likely for a great offense to have an off day for no apparent reason than it is for a great defense to do the same. I think the "off day" effect...

James Franklin probably spent all week texting back and forth with USC's AD or whoever.

Honestly, it's because we often play over our head and, due to the abject insanity of how top 25 polls work, we find ourselves overrated. When we get into that rarified top 10 air and finally lose, the pollsters tend to drop us like a hot potato because, like everyone else, they knew we were...