Pre-Dick-Shuns Week Uno

[Snaggletiger]

Yeah, but I named names 

Plus also, someone mentioned ass and I started thinking about that...

I'm with 6 here. That can be a distraction.

[War Damn Six]

HEY, ASSMAN!!!

You got that right!

[wesfau2]

Dramatic comeback salvages the Buff's opener.

Lost in the Deion circus is the fact that Shedeur is a pretty great QB and Travis Hunter is playing ironman football...well.

[The Six]

Dramatic comeback salvages the Buff's opener.

Lost in the Deion circus is the fact that Shedeur is a pretty great QB and Travis Hunter is playing ironman football...well.

Hunter I will give you is an exceptional athlete.

Shedeur? Besides the fact that his "great deep shots" were all fluttering ducks to wide open dudes because NDSU's defense couldn't close an umbrella, there's nothing great about the way he plays. He's backyard, go to the Buick and cut, kind of player. His OL does him zero favors either. They are terrible and that was against a FCS team (albeit, a decent one). Wait till they see a real pass rush. It's gonna be bloody.

Will that keep Deion from drafting them 1-2 when he takes over the Dallas Cowboys and trades away the whole team to get those picks? No, but there's little about Shedeur's game that smacks of greatness. He's great and making stuff up and getting clocked.

Colorado may be one of the most undisciplined teams I've ever seen.

[Snaggletiger]

Dramatic comeback salvages the Buff's opener.

Lost in the Deion circus is the fact that Shedeur is a pretty great QB and Travis Hunter is playing ironman football...well.

Here's the scenario:

Buffs up 5 with the ball and under 2 minutes to go.  Facing a 3rd and long in their own territory, Sheduer under pressure, heaves one long and gets bailed out by a defender who has his back turned to the play and runs through the receiver before the ball gets there.  Clear PI, first down Buffs in NDSU territory with 1:34 left.  The Bison have one time out.

What to do, what to do.  Hmmm....I could run the ball once, make NDSU use the final time out, which would put it down to about 1:26.  Next play, run it again and let the 40 second play clock get down to about 3 seconds before snapping it again, which would put the clock at about 45 seconds.  Take a knee, or run it again....clock is out.  Game over.  Easy peazy, right?

No!  Deion's dumb ass decides this would be a great time to take a shot down field.  Ultimate result?  The clock runs out with NDSU catching a hail Mary pass at the Buffalo 5 when time runs out.  And his only reaction is being pissed at his players for not knocking the ball down on that last pass. 

 

[wesfau2]

His OL does him zero favors either. They are terrible and that was against a FCS team (albeit, a decent one).

Agreed.  That's why:

26/34 445 4/1

Is pretty fucking great.

[Snakebite]

Agreed.  That's why:

26/34 445 4/1

Is pretty fucking great.

I would take him & Hunter at Auburn in a heartbeat. 

[jmar]

I can't hate on the kid just because I dislike almost everything about the Dad.

[Snaggletiger]

Shedeur ain't worried about haters.  Highest paid NIL athlete at $4 Mil +.

[The Six]

Shedeur ain't worried about haters.  Highest paid NIL athlete at $4 Mil +.

Source?

[The Six]

Agreed.  That's why:

26/34 445 4/1

Is pretty fucking great.

In fairness, that’ll take Thorne five games to hit

[Snaggletiger]

Source?

First one of many that popped up on Google, plus, they talked about it last night during the telecast.  sportingnews.com

Sanders is rated as the highest-grossing NCAA athlete when it comes to NIL money. The Buffaloes quarterback is the only player with an On3 NIL valuation above $4 million — putting him ahead of his teammate Travis Hunter, LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne, and Texas QB Arch Manning.

With another year of Sanders being one of the most recognizable names in college football, there's a good chance that value goes up by the time the 2025 NFL Draft comes around.

[jmar]

First one of many that popped up on Google, plus, they talked about it last night during the telecast.  sportingnews.com

Sanders is rated as the highest-grossing NCAA athlete when it comes to NIL money. The Buffaloes quarterback is the only player with an On3 NIL valuation above $4 million — putting him ahead of his teammate Travis Hunter, LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne, and Texas QB Arch Manning.

With another year of Sanders being one of the most recognizable names in college football, there's a good chance that value goes up by the time the 2025 NFL Draft comes around.

So there's a chance he becomes another Dak Prescott, overvalued and overpaid.

[chinook]

I would take him & Hunter at Auburn in a heartbeat.

 

[AUJarhead]

Shedeur ain't worried about haters.  Highest paid NIL athlete at $4 Mil +.

Before too long, he's going to be in Snags territory.

[Kaos]

Dramatic comeback salvages the Buff's opener.

Lost in the Deion circus is the fact that Shedeur is a pretty great QB and Travis Hunter is playing ironman football...well.

I disagree with a lot of this.   Sanders?  He's not a "quarterback" in any real sense of the word, unless you're counting the kids in your backyard as QBs.  He does not read defenses.  He does not set a pocket.  He just backyard balls. Zero discipline.  Maybe he turns out to be "something" at some point.  I wouldn't want him on my team. 

Hunter?  He's doing what every 1A and most 2A players in the state of Alabama do.  Even the linemen.  Deserves credit for it, I guess, but what's the point other than to be a sideshow attraction? 

Colorado and Sanders (all of them) are frauds. 

[Snaggletiger]

I disagree with a lot of this.   Sanders?  He's not a "quarterback" in any real sense of the word, unless you're counting the kids in your backyard as QBs.  He does not read defenses.  He does not set a pocket.  He just backyard balls. Zero discipline.  Maybe he turns out to be "something" at some point.  I wouldn't want him on my team. 

Hunter?  He's doing what every 1A and most 2A players in the state of Alabama do.  Even the linemen.  Deserves credit for it, I guess, but what's the point other than to be a sideshow attraction? 

Colorado and Sanders (all of them) are frauds.

I'm curious how Sanders would be behind even an average line. In 2023, he was sacked over 50 times, and the run game only averaged 2.3 yards a carry. 

[Kaos]

I'm curious how Sanders would be behind even an average line. In 2023, he was sacked over 50 times, and the run game only averaged 2.3 yards a carry.

He's TJ Finley if Finley had a KFC contract.

[Snaggletiger]

He's TJ Finley if Finley had a KFC contract.

Speaking of Finley, he starts out at LSU, transfers to Auburn, transfers to Texas State, and now he's at Western Kentucky.  He had some nice stats last year for TSU, 279/414  67%  3,439.yards 24 TD and 8 INT

In a 63-0 loss to Bama, he was 18/31 for 92 yards 0/2.  Why would you make a lateral move after decent success, and your first time being a full time starter?