As wild as that two-headed player named Smith’s stars would be, Ashton Jeanty has 126 carries for 1,248 yards (9.9 ypc) and 17 TDs. 

When my old man was 21, he was fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima. I don’t need your smug ass to remind me of that.

In most jobs, if someone hasn't produced the desired results in 3 years, well...

You’re generous. For managers and above, I typically allow two years:

• 6-month “honeymoon” to get acclimated, learn the culture and people, and come up with ideas
• 6 months to implement them
• 6 months to gauge impact, team morale client feedback
• 6 months to take action (PIP, reorg, etc.)

That’s not a hard and fast rule because there can be extenuating circumstances but if you don’t know after two years if they’re making a positive impact and moving the needle in the right direction, they probably never will.

That’s a good one. If they can have a universal system for making make nuts and bolts the same size, why not clothes? I’d add a rider that Costco must have changing rooms to try on clothes in the store instead of having to go home and then bring them back if they don’t fit.

When I was 22, my most difficult decision was whether I should go to class or ask to borrow a classmate’s notes. It certainly wasn’t managing the final nerve-wracking seconds of a nationally televised football game in front of a raucous crowd and 10 million more watching on TV. We like to think this is an experienced team and compared to most college teams, it is but we also seem to forget they’re still 18-23 and the seniors who make NFL rosters next year will most likely be rookie backups. The pressure on these guys to win—$20M roster, “natty or bust!”—was only going to mount as the season progressed. That kind of pressure can force teams to play tight, as if there’s no margin for error and if they make a mistake, panic can set in. There’s something to be said for being humbled and knocked down a peg. They know they’re not invincible. From Day down to the managers and water girls, they’re all going to have to work harder. I hope they’re approaching this loss positively but not naively.

I don’t really like bye weeks, either, but this one has come at a fortuitous moment in terms of being able to regroup, refocus, and work Zen Michalski into the rotation.

Enough of this nonsense of the zebras deciding games. When I run for POTUS, the first pillar of my campaign platform will be that every penalty in a football game’s last 2:00 must be reviewed. They may be upheld but at least they’ll need to justify it rather than just keep going as if there’s no accountability.

The Isley Brothers were from Lincoln Heights in Cincinnati. Their first big hit was “Shout!” of Animal House fame.

The first round games will be Friday, December 20 and Saturday, December 21. Playing Tennessee at home in December and Miami at a neutral site would be fine by me. I’m just hoping Ross Bjork didn’t listen to Gene Smith’s nonsense about playing in Indianapolis. Best antidote to that idea is the Colts play at home on Sunday, December 22 at noon. It would be yeoman’s work to get Lucas Field turned around in time if the Buckeyes played on Saturday.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: all penalties in the last two minutes of a game should be reviewed. Not only might this one been properly sorted out but also the onside KO offsides penalty against Minnesota vs Michigan, which occurred with 1:37 to play. That’s just one other example. There are likely dozens, possibly hundreds of penalties that might have been overturned if a 2:00 auto review rule was in place.

So you’re saying the game has passed Day by because he’s not Jim Harbaugh and cheats? 

No doubt an extra man gave them an unfair advantage on the field and the five-yard penalty was less important than increasing their odds of stopping the play and burning time off the clock. Did Lanning know it? That’s a decent “second shooter” conspiracy theory. But he would have had to gamble that, if McGrind and LawClub are correct, the officials would call the wrong penalty.

Let me see if I’m following:

• It can’t be pre-snap because the 12th man could’ve come off the field or Oregon could’ve called timeout.
• It’s post-snap because once the ball is hiked, the defense has caused an infraction and it’s technically a free play for the offense and the clock doesn’t reset?
• Example: If the defense is offsides and the offense gets a free play, the game clock does not get reset to the time prior to the snap. The play proceeds as normal, and the offense can choose to accept the result of the play or the 5-yard penalty for offsides. The game clock will reflect the time taken up by the free play.

If that’s it, it’s a stupid rule. On third and 20 with :10 remaining, four seconds was more crucial than five yards. It’s not like getting a first down would’ve helped. In my opinion, the rule book provided a legal loophole for Oregon to purposely commit a penalty where its outcome was more beneficial to them than us—12 men to our 11 gave them an unfair advantage and giving us five yards was less important than taking four second off the clock.

I confess I don’t know the rule book by rote. My question is when Oregon was flagged for having 12 men on the field, why wasn’t the clock reset from six seconds to 10? It’s recorded as a no play. If it wasn’t a play, why did we lose four seconds that after Howard’s slide, we could’ve called timeout and set up for the GW FG? They gave us five yards from Oregon’s 43 to the 38 but why not four more seconds? How do you lose time for a play that wasn’t a play? Here’s the play-by-play:

3rd & 25 at ORE 43

(0:10 - 4th) Timeout Oregon, clock 00:10

3rd & 25 at ORE 43

(0:06 - 4th) No Huddle-Shotgun Howard,Will pass incomplete short left to Smith,Jeremiah thrown to ORE30 broken up by Muhammad,Jabbar PENALTY ORE Illegal Substitution (Caldwell,Jamaree) 5 yards from ORE43 to ORE38. NO PLAY.

3rd & 20 at ORE 38

(0:00 - 4th) Will Howard run for 12 yds to the ORE 26
(0:00 - 4th) End of 4th Quarter

Purdue goes for 2, gets sacked and loses, 50-49.

They’re going to OT.

Purdue and Illinois also headed to overtime, 43-43.

He’s a PSU grad. The fix is in…

Pitt now 6-0. 

Is that from Ozark?

Too bad one side isn’t yellow and the other brown so they can resemble my underwear.

At the beginning of the game, Danielson cited some record that Allar holds going back to 1957: 500+ career pass attempts and only three interceptions. He’s had two today. Way to jinx him, Gary.

No white out for us. And a big nooner.

I wasn't aware they’d announced the time. Every site I’ve been on says TBD.

Officially, Penn State’s whiteout will be against Washington but they’d be fools not to make it an unofficial whiteout against Ohio State, especially if it’s a night game. That’s what Franklin encouraged their fans to do against Illinois.

Just saw a guy in the ND stands wearing an Ohio State hat. Buckeye Nation—we’re everywhere!