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But I bet they all had great 40 times. I kid of course, but I am way old and I remember when the late Al Davis was running things and drafted guys like Jarmarcus Russell at #1 (well, just because).

It's hard to build a team when the ghost of Al Davis is haunting the building. I thought the Raiders would have held an exorcism before moving to Las Vegas. Raiders will still probably base their draft on 40-yard dash times and bench press reps.

Was that the "saved by a fingernail" on the blocked FG game or was that game earlier?

I loathed the late Woody Hayes, but I always got a kick out of his response when reporters asked him why his teams didn't throw more. I am paraphrasing, but his answer was "There are three possible outcomes when you pass and two of them are bad." In short, if the other team can't stop the run...

It was almost like after he tripped and his the ground that there was this interval of about a second when all of a sudden a light bulb went off and he remembered he was playing pro football and could get back up. Clearly a brain fart.

I thought Tyson would be good, but he's a better player than I thought he'd be. When I first saw him play, I thought "big guy who is a good shooter on the perimeter that will make him difficult to guard" and not much beyond that. He's a lot better than that and thus, my career as a basketball...

I wonder how long Glenn's tough-guy act is going to sell in NY. It's not just Glenn and it's not his fault that the Jets' franchise is a total clusterf*ck, but I thought his pre-season chest-thumping was a bit much. He's obviously a stellar defensive coordinator and it goes without saying that...

Simpson had a decent year, but I'm not seeing the same buzz that the draft experts (legitimate and otherwise) are seeing. If I'm him (and obviously I'm not because he is younger, more talented, and better-looking than I am), I go back for my senior year. There's always the possible downside of...

Agree, but (and maybe I'm in the minority) I don't think Becht is a top-tier QB.

I think Bryan will be missed at a level. I thought he would play better in 2025 after doing fairly well in 2024. I can never figure out why some of the receivers we recruit don't blossom. I thought Lanier was going to be a very good deep threat but it wasn't to be. Is that a miss in...

I think there is a distinct difference in raw athletic ability. I had to look it up, but Tune's Relative Athletic Score was 9.81 (out of 10). Of course, that doesn't mean all that much. Brock Purdy's was 4.51. I think Brosmer is someone who sticks around for a few years as a #3/Practice...

Max looking pretty good in the last exhibition game of the season. The Packers should actually be fined for the team they put on the field today.

Thanks for the correction. I knew it was tOSU and thought Pryor, but maybe I'm thinking of the free tattoos. Can you remember all the angst over free tattoos and a decade or so later, players are getting money enough to buy a dozen tattoo parlors.

In the vein of Terrelle Pryor, more and more guys are not going to college to play school.

Can anyone calculate a quick percentage of the number of players in the portal compared to the total number of scholarship players currently on rosters?

General College during the Warmath era was a landing spot for some of his recruits. I can remember Sid going on and on about how the elimination of General College would kill the athletics program. He also thought the U should create a sports management major like they had at Michigan. Every...

I didn't realize that Harden was a true freshman and did not redshirt.

He's listed as the 7th-best prospect in the portal on ESPN but they may have been using the Thamel tweet as an indication that he is or intends to be in the portal.

True and he was probably too busy doing research for The Rally to follow up with his source.

True at a level and he will certainly be watched more closely at a helmet school and both the good and bad will be seen an analyzed. He won't be under the radar. He's going to play safety at the next level and if he's a top-drawer safety, he won't be returning kicks. Cooper Dejean is the...