Willyville Guy

Say what you will about Ryan Day as a coach, but he understands the human/family side of college football.

Dave Biddle and Jonah Booker had an interesting discussion about the defense this past week on the Bucknuts Morning 5. They said after the Oregon game (and public criticism from Saban), Ryan Day made it clear that Jim Knowles is completely in charge of the defense--including LJ's line--and that's that. Since then that side of the ball seems to be much improved. Penn State said the defense did some exotic things up front in that game that were not on tape. Yesterday's shutout is obviously positive. Hopefully the defense continues this trend through November, December, and into January (please). It could also be an indicator that LJ is coming to the end of his time in Cbus.

What a game — go bucks.

Franklin has to be thinking that this is finally his moment.

Finkes had a harsh assessment of the atmosphere yesterday.

At least the defense looked good? 😭

We are ground up and in the freezer!

Pain. Tough loss on the road against a very good Oregon team in a wild environment, and a game with a bunch of weird bounces that was still there to be won at the end. OSU will likely still be in the playoff and may get a shot at redemption in Indy -- and if it happens I think they probably win based on what I saw last night. Still, wtf. I'm seeing nothing great from Knowles or LJ, and now I'm wondering once again if those two are on the same page. Burke is the only player on the roster who talks smack outside of games, and he got absolutely targeted and torched. Clock management at the end was obviously bad -- although I'm not sure why 12 men on the field before the snap isn't a dead-ball penalty? Day moving to 2-6 against top 5 teams.... Lots of questions, but the team is still stacked and this train rolls on. Go Bucks.

#2 v #3 LFG!!

It‘s rare for a true freshman to get this much playing time at a skill position. Clarett is the last one I can recall.

Feeling pretty good heading into conference play. The offense looks absolutely explosive. Judkins seems as great as advertised -- runs like an animal between the tackles and has the speed to break away. Last week he reminded me of Clarett or late-2019 Dobbins. Henderson looks great in space and seems to be running a little harder this year than maybe we've seen in the past. The counter he took to the house last week was a thing of beauty. The new OC is definitely making his mark on the run game. OL seems to be improving week to week - still need to get the right side situated. And then these receivers.... The defense looks good to me too, although I don't understand why they still don't get sacks or interceptions in Knowles's third year. It's been pretty vanilla so far and maybe they have more looks coming as the season goes on, but I feel like we should be seeing more big plays with the talent on that side of the ball. Tyliek being out last week had a bigger impact than I expected -- he's critical. Ransom is a stud. I haven't heard Downs's name called very often, but it seems like he's holding down the entire back end by himself so that Ransom can be a heat-seeking missile out there. BEAT SPARTY

Juuust a bit outside.

Did they really just show alltime sack leaders without listing Bruce's 200?