Miami was the least impressive team in the conference last week. And I don't think thats hyperbolic.

For a 32 year old, Gabbert sure didn't look very composed against what will likely be a 5 win team.

My bedroom office rankings...

1> Toledo - I think they go undefeated, they're clicking even when they're not. Dequan Finn and Peny Boone should've stayed. They could find themselves in the playoff, and wow I hate them. :)

2> Central Michigan should be moved up somewhere between 2 and 4 - They're gonna be tough to beat this year. Yes, it's only Central Conn, but they almost hung 70 on them. That's insane to do at any level. Joey Labas - the kid most of us wanted, looks every bit the part of the best QB in the conference.

3> Miami - heres hoping the train has come off the tracks for them.

4> BG - I have no idea. They're in the OU category for me, with WMU, and NIU. Could be good. Could be mid. They blasted Fordham, but they aren't exactly the Fordam that gave us trouble. Bazelek is just good enough to give you hope, but not good enough to win you games.

5 - 6 > WMU or OU - I'd probably move OU down, maybe not below all the teams who ran through FCS teams, but outside of Tyus... not a great game for the Bobbies. Not a terrible game. But had some tough injuries, and a lot of the things that plagued us last season... play calls, clock mgmt continue. Can we throw? Can we get back into games?


The MAC is still hard to project, but the rest of the teams is a mid-off. NIU pummeled the worst team in FCS, but the QB looked like a video game.

Brilliant about the age

I know it's early and Penn State should win. But boy if BG somehow pulls it out....they go straight to the top.

I just wish BG would Zone blitz Drew Allar more. He looks so confused when he gets blitzed. Looks like an All-American when he has time or man-to-man.

BG RBS

Johnson 3 carries 46 yrds 1TD

Patterson 10 carries 45 yrds


Why has BG stopped giving it to the speedster Johnson?

Sometimes college play calling is crazy🤪

The one that will leap to the top in NIU.

IF NIU runs the table, they are in the playoffs.

Only folks stumbling at Kent is Kent

If you're looking for some positives...

Kentucky is currently LAST in the SEC in total passing yards (210 yuck), offensive yards pg (250), and points pg (18).
2nd to last is South Carolina who just beat them 31-6.

And this is their schedule:

#1 UGA
OHIO
@ #5 Ole Miss

I don't necessarily believe in trap games, maybe excat can elaborate more if teams truly look ahead too far, but the pickens are RIPE for a home SEC win.

On the flip side, they're only giving up 40 yards rushing a game, so we're gonna have to throw it.

*edit*
And their QB is former all-word recruit Brock Vandagriff

+1

I've always questioned this "conventional wisdom". Never seen any evidence.

According to the National Trainer’s Association, “Football had the highest game injury rate of all sports (36 injuries per 1,000 athlete-exposures) due to the collision aspects of the game. Due to the large numbers of participants, football had the largest absolute number of knee ligament and ankle sprain injuries.” According to Dr. Benjamin Domb, “In general, the offensive lineman positions are found to sustain the highest number of injuries while the individual position with the highest rate of injury is the running back. Other dangerous positions include the linebacker and wide receiver positions.” Interesting article too about the break down of injuries https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2022/04/27/study-coll... /, which covers the 2021 season.

I have to admit that I can’t find any specific studies YET on the claim that smaller colleges playing Power 5 (or what people are now calling Power 4 teams) specifically exist. I suspect that is partly because who wants to fund a study such as that since the Big Time schools get to pad their schedules with wins and the smaller schools get to pad their bank accounts, while giving their players the Big Time experience that many of them have dreamed about. I think it is naive to think that there is not a greater injury risk against bigger and stronger players, especially when there is more than one of them. This is why Boxing and College Wrestling have weight divisions.

However, perhaps, you guys are right, and I look forward to the Ohio Bobcats not only running the table and making the College Playoffs, but beating the daylights out of the likes of Alabama, USC, and Ohio State en route to a National Championship. Go Bobcats!!!

I was thinking too that it might be worthwhile to do a study about the mental brain capacity of Mid-Major Fans vs Power 4 conference fans to see if a general lack of reasoning might be contributing to the one-sided results of games involving Mid-Majors and Power 4 conferences, though hats off to Ball State for doing the thought to be impossible and beating Notre Dame this past weekend.