Willyville Guy

And, of course, they each played a big role in finally getting the Clemson situation under control.

Olave coming out of absolutely nowhere to torch TTUN as a freshman will stay with me forever. Wilson changed the course of the OSU and Texas programs before he even arrived on campus, and he's lived up to the hype. Tough to see them go, but looking forward to seeing the next group thrive with JSN, Egbuka, Fleming, and Harrison. First things first though: I am out of mind excited to see these legends write the end of their stories.

Good win. Great to see Wilson back and peaking. Love covering in November. Love Meatball hammering out yards when called upon. Defense may still be an issue but hopefully they’ll be “good enough” down the stretch. BRING ME THE WHOLE STATE OF XICHIGAN!!

Same. I used to love DTV and the customer service, but after the AT&T deal it all went downhill. Looking forward to moving on.

Not feeling great about Ohio State’s chances to cover a 21pt spread over Purdue.

Don't I know it - nine overtimes! It was a bad loss even with Clifford playing hurt and the team maybe looking ahead to Ohio State the following week. That team has good talent though and played a very good game on the road against Ohio State...which are the primary reasons I think they are underrated. Also, Wisconsin and Auburn are three-loss teams that are ranked... and PSU beat both of them. They deserved to be ranked in my opinion.

Penn State is underrated. That was a good team we saw.

Committee doesn’t seem to value head to head, except in the case of OSU-Oregon. In any event, one of the things I like about the rankings so far this year is that the committee seems to love the B1G for whatever reason.

Well, like you said elsewhere, can’t count the Tide out until they’re eliminated.

My view is that this year's Buckeye team is not as good as last year's team. I'm really surprised to see the interior OL struggle as much as they are in run blocking, and the defense has been a extreme work in progress all season. As for the rest of the country, it's just chaos out there. Wake Forest leading the ACC tells me that conference is having a down year. Oregon beat the Bucks, but I do believe that if OSU's current defense played that day the result would be different. The rest of that conference looks like a mess-- we'll see what happens when Oregon goes to Utah. The Big 12 looks like it's having a down year with an undefeated Sooners team not getting the national respect I would expect to see in any other year. As for the B1G and SEC, it's harder for me to tell how those conferences are really doing until the end of the year. So, with all this uncertainty, I'm hoping the Bucks can "survive and move on" each week like Day says and see what happens.

Every game will be tough from here on out.

Stumbling against Purdue today would be very on brand for Michigan State.

Garrett Wilson will not play today. Apparently he has concussion-like symptoms following some tough hits by Penn St. Hope he’s okay. It will be interesting to see how Day handles Fleming and the rest of the WR group with Wilson out.

Seems to me that it is built for one hell of a classic college football debate about whether to put in a one-loss OSU team with far better wins and a far better loss, or a one-loss Oregon team with a head-to-head advantage. As an OSU fan, I'd rather avoid that debate even though I think it should be and would be resolved in favor of my team.

Putting in Oregon with a loss to Stanford is questionable, but I guess I get it. Would have preferred to see Cincy recognized in that spot. Surprised and delighted to see OSU at 5 -- thought they would be more like 7ish. I guess that means the Buckeyes should be in if they beat Mich. St. and win the rest of their games.

That’s impressive.

Absurd— weapons everywhere

Go Bucks, Chris Spielman. Legend.

Also, Garrett Wilson’s moves at the line before running his routes are turning CBs into pretzels.

Checking in with a few bullet points (did I just make that up? no chance): The Buckeyes are back. I love this team and the rest of these highly ranked B1G teams better watch out. The offense is absolutely electric. Stroud looks like a different person than who we saw in the first three games. He credits his shoulder's God-given, supernatural ability to heal quickly. He's spreading the ball around and keeping a lot of talent fed out there. At one point I was watching him and "system QB" came to mind. But some of those passes against Maryland -- the 4th down TD to Wilson, third and long to Njigba -- man they were dimes. Having Henderson right now is like catching lightning in a bottle -- who knew he could even catch passes like that out of the backfield? He makes it a whole lot easier to watch some recruits who got away like Bijan Robinson run wild elsewhere. The defense appears to be "good enough" and maybe even better! Everyone out there is playing with great energy and toughness, which is really all I ever really need to see out of the silver bullets. Mixing up the personnel, the coaches, and the looks appear to be working. Massive kudos to Day for jumping on that and not waiting around until after the season. With an offense like OSU's, the defense doesn't need to be No. 1 in the nation -- they just can't be the worst like they were in the beginning of the season. Even if they end with the number 15 or 20 defense, then I think the Bucks have a great shot. The comments from Kerry Coombs yesterday about sticking with and loving the brotherhood even during a public demotion that he didn't like or really think he deserved... that man is one of a kind.

Is that good?

Well, that was awesome.

Meanwhile, one of the many things that stood out on Saturday was the play of Evan Pryor. He seemed much quicker and more comfortable than I remembered, and he would probably be on the field a bunch at H-back if the last guy was still here. Day had this to day at his presser today: Day says Evan Pryor has done a good job of not trying to compare himself to anybody else, and that doing so would not be a "recipe for success." Day says "I think you're gonna see a very good player here in the future." Could be getting ready to break out. Then again, could be another Demario.