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BTN's Comment About Cliff Choosing Rutgers

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Essentially, Cliff chose Rutgers to stay close to home during the Covid pandemic.

Making that comment while the walls were coming down yesterday, the noise level raising the roof.... after Simpson showed ELITE athleticism -seemed like sour grapes. I don't suppose any Indy players chose the Hoosers because of Covid as opposed to their history, movie, lore. Favoritism 😡!

Loved the final results with RU pulling away from Indy Whoosiers again.... seemed like a better promo for Dylan, Donnie and whomever else was watching!

Oh yeah....and WE WANT DYlan Harper!!!

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3 players who stuck out to me at the non-public state championship games yesterday

1) quincy porter, wr bergen catholic class of 2025. Imo the best player on the state. This kid is a freak.

2) derek zammit- qb depaul class of 2026. A FRESHMAN started and looked comfortable out there. I cant recall a frosh ever starting for one of the big north schools at qb. Kids gonna be special

3) Lamont Lester- edge class of 2024 don bosco. In the first half when it was actually a game he was wreaking havoc on the BC OL on pass plays and blowing up run plays. Might be too much of a tweener though at the next level.

Wasnt impressed AT ALL by dj samuels and thank god we didnt offer him. Sydir mitchell was very ehhh too. Chase bistontis is a mauler though, total stud
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The Pacheco Lesson

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Pacheco's situation tells us much about the state of RU football affairs. Much hand wringing occurs here about coaching, schemes and the many reasons RU struggled this year. Pacheco's situation should bring the issues into more clarity.

What is that situation? One year ago Pacheco started at RU as a rb and did not register a 100 yard game. Total of over 640 yards. Had many plays drawn up for him and emphasis in the offense was not the issue.

One year later, he has a 100+ yard game in the NFL. Against infinitely better competition. What does it tell us? That he is now surrounded by talent that is at or exceeds his competition-but while at RU he was surrounded by talent below the majority of the teams played. No scheming could overcome getting hit before the line of scrimmage, or having no holes. And when injuries occurred, including to the OL, there was no depth to keep things from falling off worse.

RU is playing at a talent deficiency in most games, and worse, at a depth deficiency. The latter makes games later in the season (when it was Mich MSU PSU) all the more challenging, as an already tilted talent differential, became even more pronounced.

Looking at the entire schedule I would say RU had:
- a talent advantage in 2 definite games (Temple and Wagner)
-a talent toss up against BC and Indiana (perhaps better than Indiana but close)
-a talent differential in 8 other games

A 4-8 record can be construed as winning two toss up games talent wise. Our local media and posters somehow issue predictions that presume RU has talent sufficient to win B10 games (not when pushed though) with Nebraska Iowa and MSU. It's just not so. Those would all have bene upsets. Thus, the Pacheco lesson should tell us somewhat what to expect, and should note that two toss ups were won. 4-8 with this lesson in hand is not not terribly unexpected.

Was there coaching issues that made situations worse-yes definitely. Did it tilt outcomes--can argue Iowa and Nebraska but then you have to give advantage to BC and Indiana wins so it's at best a wash.

Can make an argument that the team and coaches overperformed against Mich and PSU until the talent differential caught up (as did the experience differential at qb).

Thus, yes the offsides on kickoffs were maddening. Not pulling an upset is a bummer. But some perspective on what we are dealing with is needed. RU won the games it should have-also won two toss ups, but won none it was trying for an upset (even slight ones). Talent and DEPTH is needed to get over the hump. Yes coaching needs to re-evaluate but to ignore the obvious Pacheco lesson misses the main point. Lewis, Powell, Melton, Hamilton, Bailey, Brown, Monangai and Long are all players who can compete in B10 games. But more are needed, especially on O and especially at wr and likely OL. This is the lesson we are hit over the head with. We have talent to hang in there for awhile-but not get over the top. And coaching didnt this year tip any non toss up games. Both are needed to notch some B 10 wins, with the talent and depth clearly being the main issue.
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OT: Working Two Full Time Jobs

Mr_Sinister
A new phenomenon has taken hold in America since the pandemic. A lot of people working from home have secretly started to work two jobs unbeknownst to their employers. Who wouldn't want two paychecks, right? Ideally, this wouldn't be a problem so long as you're adequately doing both jobs, but there in lays the problem. Can you truly work two full time jobs with concurrent hours? Most employers would say no and have started firing employees whom they've caught doing this. My question to you is:
1: Do you know anyone doing this?
2: What are your thoughts on this practice in general?
3: Do you think this is fair relative to those who have to work in-person jobs (police officers, construction workers, doctors, etc) and are thus only able to work one job at a time?

The implications of this is far reaching. All of a sudden, your money doesn't go as far because someone down the street is getting paid two wages for the same number of hours. Does this mean those who work in-person now deserve to be paid more to make up this difference? Should the IRS tax these people more than the general population?
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