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That’s on manipulation of the foul sheet later part of the first half. Counted 3 fouls that weren’t called on clingan. not that it would have mattered, because guard play was the difference. But Clingan didn’t hold his weight at all tonight. Neither did the rest of the boilers.

Great guard play by UConn. Experience versus non experience. Purdue needs the talent at guard they are getting in this coming recruiting class, and they need the experience the young guys are getting tonight. Wish edey would have been as effective as he was at the start, but didn’t get much help. uconn made some wild shots, which really put it out of reach.

Worst officiating in a championship game I’ve ever seen. Complete manipulation of the foul sheet.

yeah I don’t like what I see. It’s a manipulation tactic, and it appears to work. But man, I’m never rewarding that as a ref. I’m making a point to shut him up.

He’s still talking to the officials like they didn’t just manipulate this game in his favor… lol. Unreal

they aren’t calling on clingon. At all. When a coach is complaining on the sideline so badly that the commentators are calling him out on it, it’s bad. Hurley has nothing to whine about, his bigs aren’t in foul trouble… they should be

Clingon can’t hold edey’s jockstrap. He’s had multiple non-call hacks and fouls on the offensive board. He’ll have 4 with 8 minutes left in this game if the officials will call it as it is. Purdue still yet to shoot a 3.

I doubt I’ll be upset if we do take him. I’m hopeful that a few players like him are taking before 15, so we have options

i agree. I feel it’s Odunze if he magically falls, bowers (or the top pass rusher on their board), Thomas or a trade back for Adonai Mitchell, one of the corners, etc.

the extent of what you were talking about was that they are painted as a one man team, to which I dispute entirely. I don’t view them as such. In fact, I don’t think Pat Mahomes wins a single Super Bowl without Travis Kelce. That’s a bold statement, but that’s how I view their offense. They removed arguably the best receiver and still won back to back without him. They wouldn’t have made the superbowl without Kelce this year. Nor would they have without Jones, Sneed and company on defense.

im not going to even address the rest of your post, but to this point, unequivocally yes. You asking this question demonstrates how little you understand about Taylor Swift and her influence. I have two swifties in my home who couldn’t care less about football until they started dating. Her influence is bigger than you can even imagine, let alone understand.

Because it takes 2 and an offensive line to complete a pass let alone 5k yards worth… I imagine people realized that when Kadarius Toney was dropping passes this season. Ball hog Mahomes couldn’t catch it for him.

Pat Mahomes throws for 5k yards. “What a ball hog.” - Doug

ever watch the Masters Doug? Remember when Zach Johnson shot +1 all weekend and won a green jacket. He looked pretty happy to me…

I’m sure you’re right Doug…

Understood. We scouted Herbert hard. Hindsight always sucks when it didn’t work out in your favor, but he would have likely been the guy had we pulled the trigger to trade up for one. Ballard’s belief at the time was that it was going to cost a lot when they had buckner on the table for that pick. And the 3 tech was viewed as the most important position of Eberflus defense. Again- hindsight is always fun when it works out. For Ballard, had he pulled the trigger and it not work out (Herbert has been injured a lot, for what it’s worth,) there would probably be a lot of pleased people on this board when he was fired a year or two ago.

You missed the point. The Texans could have moved up too. They were content gambling someone wouldn’t jump them for Stroud. Think about that… And don’t say they had inside knowledge that the Panthers were going to be the one to trade and they were going to select little man. They gambled and lucked out. Anyone could have gambled big and got Stroud.

neither did the Texans…

those women have to be watching the physicality of this game thinking, WTH?

we’re all on the clock if you want to get real deep…

I found it earlier- it wasn’t all time, it was over the past several drafts. 4 I think. Said there 10 that he projects will be starters during their rookie contracts. if we can get a mid to late round center to add and compete with French, I wouldn’t be upset. That’s a low risk, high reward pick to add depth and potential future center that times with whatever Kelly does.

I know what the sites say. I can’t find the guy that posted it, but his point was he extensively reviews o-line each year, and said there’s ten or so that are better than what ranked. Implying that the draft is either going to have value at the position or be far different than what the mock’s are showing (which we already knew to be the case.)

I know what he said recently. There’s a reason he was asked that… https://www.stampedeblue.com/2023/12/9/23994923/nfl-culture-shift-player-safety-ryan-kelly-perspective These are the comments I’m referring to. He’s had concussion problems. One more and I think he’ll hang it up. And I wouldn’t blame him one bit. Even then, drafting a center/guard that can add depth and develop under him for a few years (even if 3-4) would seem smart instead of getting caught with another surprise retirement.

I’ll be the first to apologize. The football talk on this forum lately has not been up to standard across the board. It’s been too much bickering and not enough football talk. I guess you’ve been the easy target to poke at, and it’s not fair to you.