In Reply to: You seem to be mistaken posted by Rubik543 on January 09, 2025 at 16:47:00
So why wasn't Loya playing or targeted?? He wasn't hurt, Garbers targeted him plenty in 2023. Our OL wasn't that great either in 2023. Only difference is Rico and Kwazi got on the team and Titus was finally healthy. Loya lost his targets and playing time to those guys.
Why do you think Jaedon Wilson is there to replace JMS? It's not a direct replacement. I said Titus, Rico and Kwazi are our top 3 WRs, transfers coming in provides depth. And you are narrowing it to a single position. We gained more as a team through the portal than we lost, not for a specific position. If you want to talk about position then we lost big time w/ Hardin because we didn't get any RB from the portal.
Jeanty routinely gets 200 yrds a game against weak competition. They gave him 30 carries, that's 3.5 yrds/carry, exactly half what he averaged per game during the season. Of course PSU stacked the box, every team BSU plays against stacks the box because everyone knew you have to shut down Jeanty to beat them. BSU had to pass late in the game because they were behind and running game wasn't working. All the interceptions came in the 2nd half, 2 of them late in the 4th when BSU got nothing to lose.
Hardin got 800 yards in 2023 while splitting carries w/ Carson Steele, 8 TDs, 5 yrds/carry behind our slightly better OL. For him to fall to 4 yrds/carry and 2 TDs, only reason is worse OL play. In OL is the direct reason why we can't score TDs in the red zone and had throw on 3rd goal.
Our worst rb is Keegan Jones, he is a speed back that can't hit holes. If you are looking for a bad RB, just watch Keegan Jones play.