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If we didn't "go for it" on 4th down (instead of kicking a field goal) in the 4th quarter against both Duke and Purdue you may very well be right. BB has rescued this program. But when your defense is your weakness, you take points every time you can get them and make the opposition start from...

Need to let that play out. But defensive coordinator is not our largest deficiency no matter what the 30 something "experts" write.

The two (Football NIL and Basketball NIL) are not related, donations don't have a split they are specified. Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, UNC, Michigan and (at least this year) UCLA don't seem to have any issues creating competitive ro$ters in both sports.

Our performance against Michigan in 2022 was horrible?

What makes you think they are going to change anything? All of these guys coached 3-5-3 at Montana. I can only go by what I have heard from BB. And some of it is BS. But unless you have Buddy Ryan and 13 defensive players the Bears had - for any defense to be successful what they do has to fit...

Who is replacing Hauk?

While I agree with you - I will say it again - the poorest coaching job in Duke game was Bret. And Bret has a personal spotter in the press box. If we have 9 players on the field, we call time out. And that particular play is on the head coach, not the defensive coordinator.

He didn't miss. Go back and watch the play, his feet were never in position to make the tackle. Which is why he reached for the shoulder pads. It wasn't for Thomas to make the play (he was chasing from an outside block). It was up to Barna and Barnett to help clean up. Go back and look - neither...

Why is it "unacceptable?" Are you saying that Cameron Thomas was dogging it? I would like to see you beat Ian Moore to the outside an tackle Sayin in one step. we missed the opportunity to cover Sayin up, but it wasn't due to lack of effort. Yes, but Thomas was never in position to make the...

Why is it "unacceptable?" Are you saying that Cameron Thomas was dogging it? I would like to see you beat Ian Moore to the outside an tackle Sayin in one step. we missed the opportunity to cover Sayin up, but it wasn't due to lack of effort.

Very good observation. My largest curiosity on this is why no O - line depth? That would be the one area where we should be able to recruit and retain.

No - the defense a made number of big plays and the missed sack in the first half changed the complexion of the game. This goes to time of possession and the fact that offensively we strike quick. Our offense is not a ball control offense. The defense is clearly getting better. Even I could see...

While Krushdad's reply covers the reality of the Gies and how most benefactor relationships work, I will add a slight tangent. The only way to extract market value is for a market to exist. In this case, it was $100mm or nothing. There is no market. You may want to go to the new post section...

No players chose to leave. No Montana players were recruited by University of Illinois. That's probably the reason. The one player that would have helped is Peyton Wing (LB) but had Illinois recruited him, they would have lost Kreutz, Kante or Beerman. And then of course, there is the money issue.

Completely agree - it wasn't really the play selection - it was "What can we run without 2 O - lineman" Duke recognized it right away and that is why they went cover 3. They knew if they could apply enough pressure in the A and B gaps, Katin couldn't look downfield. And in a cover 3 if the...