I don't see DeMeco "resting" anyone at this point who can play. It's not in his DNA. Maybe against Tennessee if the seeds are locked in
If you're able to, you want to avoid Baltimore in the first round since they're by far the most dangerous potential wildcard team, but moving up a seed doesn't necessarily mean you're avoiding them since they have the same record as Denver, assuming they don't pass up Pittsburgh
Reading the visit lists from the On3 guy, it seems that most of the programs currently in the playoff aren't lining up a ton of visits compared to those that aren't
I agree with the sentiment that MSU should have just kept Van Buren and groomed him to be a four year starter. I thought he was poised for a true freshman and had pretty good tools
If the NIL stuff is true, then I guess I get it, but I wouldn't take that intel to the bank
An update on this
"Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold
Oklahoma transfer quarterback Jackson Arnold is working on a visit schedule. He’s expected at Auburn this week, plus Mississippi State is trying to bring him in on Friday or Saturday."
I assumed that Maalik was told by Duke that they were bringing in competition, so he bounced, but hitting free agency to marginally get a better deal also makes sense, although his priority should be (1) guarantee to start and (2) situation (system, surrounding talent) more than getting an extra 25% or whatever
If he's going to rise due to lack of other options, he needs guys like Milroe, Nussmeier, Allar, Beck, etc to return to college. The tape is bad. He's ok on play-action and RPOs, but he's terrible in pure drop back in relative to NFL play
He's played like a 4th rounder, but QB inflation could always get him into the 3rd round. His best fit is a McShanahan tree guy who'd joystick him with defined reads if he's forced into the game early, and hopefully he'd develop from there
Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold
As On3 reported earlier today, Mississippi State is in the driver’s seat for Oklahoma quarterback transfer Jackson Arnold.
https://www.on3.com/news/intel-from-day-1-of-college-football-transfer-portal-kc-concepcion-eric-singleton-thomas-castellanos-jackson-arnold/
I was ambivalent on him, mostly because I don't watch gameday or his show, but since he got hilariously wasted in Ireland week zero during his show, he's leaned positive
For those interested, Draftkings has futures lines up
Texas -11.5 vs Arizona State
Clemson -4.5 vs Arizona State
Oregon -1.5 vs Ohio State
Oregon -6.5 vs Tennessee
Notre Dame -2.5 vs Georgia
Georgia -6.5 vs Indiana
SMU -5.5 vs Boise State
Penn State -12.5 vs Boise State
They currently have Texas -11 vs Clemson
Two of arguably our offense's best performances this year came after byes; OU (6.7 yards per play against a solid defense while Quinn played like shit while probably still being injured) and Florida (8.8 yards per play, the most this season against a P4)
Houston needs to draft an interior OL at some point in the first two days of the draft (and probably also add a body in free agency), but I like the idea of drafting the highest upside DT on the board, which could be any of Derrick Harmon, Walter Nolen, Kenneth Grant, or Deone Walker.. or maybe even Alfred Collins
I'd like to draft another TE too, although the first round might be too rich for that. While Stover is promising, it's a long developmental curve position and we need to get Stroud a stable of good TEs to play with for the future