What stands out with what you're seeing?

It just feels predictable.

It feels like he has plays, but he doesn't know how to use plays to set them up with doing other things.

He's just like, oh, well, I have this weekend gate play that I think will work, so let's run it out here.

But he doesn't build off of anything that they're doing.

And it's just like every single third down today, it felt like it was a screen pass.

Not even like a... like a quick, uh, screen out to the, out to the side.

And for the first time in five years, you look at this offense and just say, it's just not good.

Yeah, it's definitely been a

surprise.

Yeah.

In terms of just the amount that we heard over the summer that, Hey, don't be surprised if one of these guys is in that starting lineup and, and, and especially even competing for right tackle, even like, I think they figured out who they want to tackle and are solid there, but just with the size those guys have on the inside, maybe, maybe one of them would work at guard.

I think they're just not quite there and not quite ready yet.

Cause even, even Tommy Toffee's other snaps, I think it's, it's, it's 30 snaps.

It's, that he played against Portland state where it was basically him and a Hanacho playing that left side of the offensive line.

But I frankly have no sense that that's actually what will take place after this bye week.

But they have a little bit more to, to replace and, and work on than, than the Ducks do right now it looks like.

And I think, I think part of that continuity factor falls in with Indiana too, because, like, y- you're replacing the Heisman Trophy winner at, at quarterback, the number one overall draft pick.

That's a guy who came in and, and, a, that, from Cal.

They're, they see the same, you know, formula working with Josh Hoover for them.

But they're also at the same time, that Indiana team was so much built on the continuity they had from the year before, the continuity that a lot of those guys had from, uh, Cignetti's stop at James Madison before that.

So it's, it's a lot of...

Indiana, it's, it's a lot of, uh, now this is the proof of concept year for Cignetti, where he did this kind of insane rebuild in two years at Indiana and just brought them out of nowhere to a national championship.

Right

Is there any one thing a writer can do that gives you pause when you're reading their script? John.

Okay.

Well, I could take that question in a couple different directions, but here's how I interpret it.

I'm more interested in identifying promising writers than finding that lightning in a bottle can't miss spec.

It's kind of the same idea as giving someone a fish or teaching them how to fish.

Somebody already knows how, they're gonna go out and catch more than one fish.

That's very b- valuable in this business.

And I know that might sound a little kinda cutthroat, but this is the, this is, this is what's going on nowadays.

A lot to be excited with with this group.

I think there's the point, like with the, the, the youth that you mentioned is really important here because it's the same thing along that, the defensive line or on, on interior where it's you have those guys coming back, but you know they're gonna be gone in a year.

You know, Elijah Rushing's gonna have to step into that Mateo, that, that big, that, uh, big defensive end kind of role and stuff like that.

Um, there is, there is two very obvious positions to plug and kind of play here even though you have Mateo and Tatum back because Blake Purchase is gone.

His like outside linebacker role, that's very obviously reps for it is your W and Blue Dantzler there.

And then, um, Ashton Porter's kind of like backup big end kind of role and that's where you can get, uh, Elijah Rushing in there, Anthony Jones in there as well.

Um, there's definitely opportunity there for those guys and then there's obvious roles for them to plug and play into, and then they have body types that fill those pretty well.

I was maybe more impressed with him than Dylan.

Were you worried at halfway? Did you think you'd got enough runs?

Um, yeah.

I mean, I, I think we thought we might have got a few more by the end.

Uh, but, uh, it...

I think it was a wicket where you had to get yourself in and, you know, and, and...

But people did on our side quite quickly, and then, then did kick on well.

Um, you know, if you look at the run rates and, um, yeah, 28- 288.

forget.Lance was impressed with the England fielding

Lance kept you all busy during the, the tournament.

La- Lance was an absolutely fantastic bloke.

He's, he's a little fellow, looked like, I think he was probably a rugby scrum half.

His nickname was Jockey.

Um, he was a fantastic character, yeah.

The, uh...

And, and, you know, they, they did everything they could to make the tournament, uh, as exceptional as it turned out.

Especially if you get rained off against the wrong team, can't you? And-