Tell_Sackett said:

Dylan played well enough to win and this is in no way an indictment of his play. However, given our Oline issues, his lack of mobility is going to cause us problems all year long. Our tackles have been exposed and he cannot penalize the rush with his legs effectively enough. Ends are going to pin their ears back on us every game.

We have to establish a running game and stick with it to give him some protection. We ran the ball with some limited success early against UM, but they went away from it. A couple of other gripes....

I'm not a fan of continuing to go back to all of the empty sets given our vulnerabilities on the line.

And please.... for love of all that is pure and holy.... do not throw another fade pass this millennium.

Edit...We are a 7 or 8 win team which is what I thought after seeing us against Cincy. The two weeks of scrimmages had me wishing for 10. I hope I'm wrong.

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RedTillDead said:

I would HOPE that NU has SIGNIFICANTLY more money than IU for anything and everything related to football.

To me it looks like we are spending like that of a top CFP/5-10 team in terms of coaching salaries, support staff salaries, recruiting operational expenses, nutrition (might be the biggest budget in all of CFB), best facilities, and best recovery.

None of the above matters sadly IMO if our NIL isn’t top 15 or better YOY.

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Cornicator said:

I think you and everyone else can save yourself some heartache if you give up on the playoffs.

This isn't a playoff team.

If we could've gotten one more season to combine Ty Rob, Nash, and Bullock with 2nd year Raiola and these receivers, they might have had a shot.

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