Xavier Townsend

So it comes down to can you win up front again? Anthony Smith, TJ Bush, Riley Sunroom, Nacron Crowder, uh, Carter Menz, Jackson Howard, if they dictate the terms of engagement, they are going to come away with a five on one record.

If you allow Purdue to spread you out, and then not get after the quarterback, and not tackle Femi Ejeboye in space, not tackle one of the slot receivers such as Xavier Townsend, Purdue's gonna score 28 points on you pretty easily.

Like, they've got the ability to do so.

So that means that Minnesota's gotta tackle well in space, but their defensive line has to show up more than anything.

It was Feme Ejiobo coming up big in massive spots, being a threat, being a physical presence, being someone that Illinois had to look at.

It was this receiving corps, whether it be Chauncey Magwood, whether, whether it be Jamarr Harris, Asab Waseem, Xavier Townsend, these guys stepping up in this ballgame.

Saturday was more than Ryan Brown, but Saturday doesn't happen without Ryan Brown, and that's what we have to get into.

It has to be talked about.

But this off-season, I'm not going to spend the NIL money to go after a quarterback in the portal.

I'm gonna bring in guys like Asama Waseem.

I'm gonna bring in guys like Xavier Townsend.

I'm going to bring in guys like Femi Ejiboye.

I thought I saw some good things from Xavier Scott today.

Xavier Townsend was one of their best wide receivers.

He'd barely got anything going today, and I think Xavier Scott was a big part of that.

And he got his hand on a ball and got it deflected in the air, Joey, and I thought that was a great chance for an interception.

If you were going to give us two names to really pay attention to as far as the wide receivers go, who should we be locked in on? Is it Morissette and Magwood, or is it a couple other guys?

So far this season, it's been Xavier Townsend and it's been Asad Wasim, who both were transfers.

Now they play the same position, but that position has been pretty solid.

They did play a couple of times at the same time last week, maybe out of necessity more than anything.

The receivers last year were abysmal.

They got a couple portal guys that have really stepped up, Xavier Townsend from Iowa State, Asad Wasim from FAU have been nice additions.

Some good running backs.

Although the top back, Jeremy, a kid from Minnesota, Fahmy Ejiboy, he's banged up.

You've got to find a way to make that secondary that strength.

Yeah, great points on all of it.

And I want to mention, this is a game Xavier Scott needs to show up because Purdue's, one of their top weapons is Xavier Townsend, who plays in the slot 90% of the time.

Has 24 receptions for 283 yards.

So he's got to figure something out.

And it's kind of upsetting to me because, you know, you've got Xavier Townsend.

Great.

You've got Asaba Seem.

And you know what the other big emphasis, this is something that I really... want to point out with this defense.

The big point of emphasis going into this week was limit yards after the catch because that's where Purdue made their money was yards after the catch with Xavier Townsend and all the other weapons that they had.

And Ryan Brown was just that distributor getting the ball out quickly.

with an offensive line that has plenty to work on.