I'm from Illinois. He won 2 state titles as a soph and junior. Won the natl title as a senior at img academy.
Definitely has the "it" factor as far as playing on no. 1 ranked teams.
Harbaugh liked to play bully ball and who could blame him with that off line and running backs.
Won't happen but if bears got him in draft, I wouldn't be too pissed off. It might be interesting to see him battle it out with Fields.
Drafting QBs is such a crap shoot, as we all know.
College football
Looks like my Cats got themselves a new head coach.
azgreg I had no idea your old coach boogied to Washington! Hope the new one can keep up the winning ways.
johnnydoom
So far everything seems great. Only lost a couple of players to the portal and Fifita and McMillian seem very happy with the hire.
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Heard in Harbaugh's deal with the Chargers he can bring in who he wants as far as assistant coaches. It'll be interesting to see if any of the other Michigan coaches go with him.
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Northern Illinois is on the verge!
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They verged! That NIU front line and number 21 running are the real deal. Down goes the Irish at home.
The Hokies are winning but good gawd their offensive line is swiss cheese. The QB is going to be sore tomorrow.
johnnydoom My alma mater gets its 15 minutes of fame. 
johnnydoom Every single year Notre Dame is the most overrated team.
USC is crushing Utah St.
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Yay! Memphis is 3-0, Florida State is 0-3. Hate to see it for former Memphis coach Norvell, but happy for the home team.
Yipsy That might be interesting, but he isn't exactly setting the world on fire at Colorado. He generated a bunch of interest, attention, and perhaps revenue, but hasn't pieced together a very good team yet. FSU historically has a bigger budget though, so it could be different there.
Neither team being ranked, that doesn't matter to me. As a Pitt alum, it was the backyard braw. Pitt was down 10 points with 3:30 left in the game and scored two TD's to win 38-34! Hail to Pitt! In successive weeks they've made miraculous comebacks! Loving the transfer portal and getting a red-shirt 5 star freshman from Alabama! Nice way to start Saturday evening!
Florida HC will be gone soon.
Bravopilot I would have said after he loses to Mississippi State next week, but it's pretty clear to me now that MS State may be one of the few easy games Florida will have this year. No matter who their coach is, they're unlikely to get through the stretch of Georgia, Texas, LSU, and Ole Miss with a win.
johnnydoom Yes, and Nick Saban called for Miss State to lose to Toledo today. So far, he is called it right.
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Bravopilot Florida State paid Memphis $1.2 million to go to Tallahassee today and beat them. Mississippi State paid the same amount to bring Toledo to Starkville and appears to be in for the same fate.
johnnydoom It is big business for some schools, especially SEC schools. They all must bring in a lot just for TV.
Bravopilot
I thought I read somewhere his buyout is about $39M.
Never seen a QB with a rating of 316!!!azgreg Not too bad
Bravopilot
Ex college coach is the best job in America.
And he got yanked!!azgreg USA Today is reporting $26M buyout and may have mitigations
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Just read that also. Not sure where I got $39M from though. Anyways, $26M isn't a bad days work either.
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Yipsy
The boosters are paying the $26M. Norvell's buyout at FSU is $65M. Yikes!
Yipsy My theory is that they saw other scores and noted that Mississippi State was getting embarrassed at home by Toledo. They thought maybe you just can't be too careful with these smaller schools.
Not really sure why Tennessee would do such a thing unless someone from Kent State was mouthing off some really stupid stuff. It is nasty as described and not warranted even if it's still only the 1st quarter.
Mixed reaction to yesterday. Memphis played fairly well and got the win against dysfunctional FSU. My adopted school (current and future school of my kids) and my state's university, Mississippi State was thoroughly trashed by a Toledo team that has been very good in recent years but shouldn't be able to come into SEC territory and win. I fear that Mississippi State has traded places with Vanderbilt.
Bravopilot Yes, and Nick Saban called for Miss State to lose to Toledo today.
He also exuberantly chose WVU over Pitt. LOL
fatshot Pitt recruited and signed the QB from the local high school where I taught. He's a senior this year....threw for 325 yards and ran for 185 last night.
Well, he may have to wait for quite some time with Holstein firmly entrenched as the starter, with years of eligibility left. I guess the letter of intent by the QB you mentioned won't mean much. He won't even need to enter "The Portal"... LOL
professor Well, he may have to wait for quite some time with Holstein firmly entrenched as the starter, with years of eligibility left. I guess the letter of intent by the QB you mentioned won't mean much. He won't even need to enter "The Portal"... LOL
Oh, I can definitely see him entering the Portal! He's been a starter since his sophomore year, and probably won't like sitting, so he'll be looking around for a better deal.....not sure why he signed at Pitt in the first place if they have an established starter who has lots of eligibility left.
fatshot .....not sure why he signed at Pitt in the first place if they have an established starter who has lots of eligibility left.
More than likely, Holstein hadn't transferred when he signed his letter of intent.