OT: D1

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Deion is getting curb stomped in Lincoln

[Chuck Norris]

Congratulations to Chris Villarrial. I don't know how bad Kent State is but beating a MAC team is a big deal.

If Kent State isn’t the worst team in FBS football, they’re certainly in the bottom 3. But yeah, for St. Francis, that’s a cool moment for the kids.

[Chuck Norris]

Pitt erases a 27-6 second half deficit and beats Cincy, 28-27.

I was ready to rip Narduzzi for going for 2 when they cut it to 27-19 (Duzz math, lol) but they bailed him out. That RB is spectacular, I just worry about someone that small making it through the whole season at the FBS level. It was an awesome comeback.

[Chuck Norris]

It’s wild to see a live game kicking off at 11pm on the Big Ten network.

[IUP24]

Deion is getting curb stomped in Lincoln

Couldn't happen to a better guy. Glad to see his son head off to the showers early when the going got tough. Only disappointing thing is that the Huskers didn't run it up more. Perhaps instead of buying players off Pitt's roster and making jokes about Pat Narduzzi to the media, he should coach better.

[IUP24]

I was ready to rip Narduzzi for going for 2 when they cut it to 27-19 (Duzz math, lol) but they bailed him out. That RB is spectacular, I just worry about someone that small making it through the whole season at the FBS level. It was an awesome comeback.

He is banged up now. I'm worried about his health for next week. Desmond Reid is a clone of Dion Lewis.

That's not "Duzz math." I don't agree with the decision to go for 2 there, but's a huge analytics thing now. If you watch the NFL enough, teams are doing that a ton when down 2 touchdowns after the 10 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Credit Narduzzi for adapting and diving into a new age of football. He hired a 31 year old whiz kid OC who wants to snap the ball every 15 seconds, and he's using analytics to decide games.

You can hate the call, but that's not really a knock on Narduzzi. Football is shifting that direction. To be fair though, the 2-pt try when the cut it to 27-19 was there. They just didn't hit it. The receiver was wide open.

[IUP24]

Enjoyable day in Cincy. Nippert was an interesting venue. Cool place to see a game. One of the wildest games I've seen in person.

[Chuck Norris]

He is banged up now. I'm worried about his health for next week. Desmond Reid is a clone of Dion Lewis.

That's not "Duzz math." I don't agree with the decision to go for 2 there, but's a huge analytics thing now. If you watch the NFL enough, teams are doing that a ton when down 2 touchdowns after the 10 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Credit Narduzzi for adapting and diving into a new age of football. He hired a 31 year old whiz kid OC who wants to snap the ball every 15 seconds, and he's using analytics to decide games.

You can hate the call, but that's not really a knock on Narduzzi. Football is shifting that direction. To be fair though, the 2-pt try when the cut it to 27-19 was there. They just didn't hit it. The receiver was wide open.

I feel like I watch a fair amount of NFL football and I can’t recall ever seeing a team go for two to cut the lead from 8 to 6. It makes zero sense to do.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I feel like I watch a fair amount of NFL football and I can’t recall ever seeing a team go for two to cut the lead from 8 to 6. It makes zero sense to do.

On TV they were saying it's the new trend in analytics. I don't get it.

[IUP24]

I feel like I watch a fair amount of NFL football and I can’t recall ever seeing a team go for two to cut the lead from 8 to 6. It makes zero sense to do.

Again, I don't agree with the philosophy. But there were many people loudly and vocally defending the decision on X after the game - not Pitt people either. The numbers geeks will tell you that in a scenario where you attempt a 2-pt conversation on back to back TD tries, you will make 1 of them at least 50% of the time. The teams that hit on the 1st attempt at a 2-pt try end up winning the game at an extremely high rate. The approach is that if you hit your first try, and do score a TD again, you need just an extra point to win the football game. Your odds of winning go down once you get to overtime.

Pitt obviously made neither and they still won - somehow. But that's the context for why teams do that.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Boise State came to play.

Broncos lead Oregon, 20-14, at the half in Eugene.

Ducks' defense has had zero answer.

[Chuck Norris]

On TV they were saying it's the new trend in analytics. I don't get it.

It makes a little more sense in the NFL where kicking the extra point is no longer a 99.9% certainty. But I just can’t get behind a 50/50 play that could leave you 8 points down. A lot of things have to go your way to make a comeback like that and missing that first 2 pt play just compounds the difficulty. They were fortunate. Hitting a 50+ yard explosive play for their last TD was huge. If they lose 27-25 because they didn’t have time to mount a final drive, people would be screaming for Narduzzi’s head today.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It makes a little more sense in the NFL where kicking the extra point is no longer a 99.9% certainty. But I just can’t get behind a 50/50 play that could leave you 8 points down. A lot of things have to go your way to make a comeback like that and missing that first 2 pt play just compounds the difficulty. They were fortunate. Hitting a 50+ yard explosive play for their last TD was huge. If they lose 27-25 because they didn’t have time to mount a final drive, people would be screaming for Narduzzi’s head today.

The line of thinking is they are playing for the win and not the tie.

So, you get the 8 first and then the 7 wins it for you.

Who knows.

[Chuck Norris]

The line of thinking is they are playing for the win and not the tie.

So, you get the 8 first and then the 7 wins it for you.

Who knows.

I get it. I guess I’d rather take the much better odds of getting the 7 first and then having the choice to tie or go for the win at the end.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I get it. I guess I’d rather take the much better odds of getting the 7 first and then having the choice to tie or go for the win at the end.

Agreed. The way Pitt totally flipped that game I'd have also been fine going to OT.

The old theory is never go for two until you have to.