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Yeah, we're busy moving towards the World Series. We're busy tonight. We got two games or two games going on for Monday Night Football. And it's been a busy day, a busy weekend, and in college football as well. We've had some upsets.
Indiana knocking off Oregon at home. You're not supposed to do that. Arch Manning, are people giving him a little bit of a break? Bill Belichick is like, I'm not going anywhere. James Franklin gets the boot.
There is a lot to discuss. And right now, it's time to have a conversation with a senior writer who covers all things college football for Yahoo Sports. Welcome back to the show. Dan, welcome. Dan, we appreciate the time, man.
Hey, what's up? I'm hanging in there. I got nothing to complain about. Fans in Penn State, they've had a lot to complain about. We know James Franklin is out.
Are you surprised with the timing? I know three in a row, he gets the boot. Are you surprised they cut him loose now? Yeah uh not necessarily. Look.
It had been a simmering situation. the last two weeks, the way it had gone, I think if you're an administration and you're thinking about making a change. You do it now because there was clear opportunity to do it, and they took advantage of it. Um There was no real way that Penn State, even if they continued to win games could save this season. It was effectively over.
And so at that point, once they took that third loss, Two in a row to teams that Penn State clearly should beat. They were 20 plus point favorites in those games. Like You just make the move now. You you go ahead and start the search. The portal window is going to be coming open.
In January, if you want to get your coach lined up, you can maybe give him a little head start.
So That's just the way these things go. Once the decision's made, you you might as well pull the trigger.
Well, Dan, we know that well, Matt Ruhl, obviously his connection having played at Penn State, knowing the athletic director. Matt Ruhl is having success at Nebraska. But all things considered, do you think it's inevitable that at some point in time he makes the leap over?
Well, not necessarily. I I still think it's a little early to discuss that for you know, in concrete terms, I know that um Matt Rule likes it in Nebraska. He's got a good relationship with the administration there. And We'll see how it all plays out. I I think there's gonna be other people In the mix, obviously.
Kurt Signetti is going to be the name that everybody in the country is going to want to talk to. Uh Penn State included. But yeah, like if the search ends up with Matt Rule being the lead candidate, I don't think that would be surprising given all the connections. there, but at the same time I think it's tricky, it's complicated. I don't know that I would necessarily default to that.
Uh there's a lot that's gonna be Talked about between now and December when that could even be a possibility. And we'll also have to monitor how Nebraska's. season goes Rule has improved that program, but they haven't really broken through yet.
So, um We'll we'll see how the course of the season Where it takes everybody involved in this, but I think it's still very fluid. I don't think. Penn State is locked in on one candidate at this point. Dan Wolkin covers all things college football for Yahoo Sports. He's here with us on the JR Sport Reef Show.
You talk about Kurt Signetti and what he's been able to go out here and do with Indiana. beating the ducks at home, ending that eighteen game home winning streak. You're not supposed to do that. How has he been able to turn things around? And then when you look at Fernando Mendoza, has he not made himself into one of the top QB prospects in in college right now?
Yeah, well, Signeti from day one has obviously. Done one of the greatest coaching job turnarounds we've ever seen in the sport. And that's obvious by the results and the way they play. They're even better this year than they were last year. They were in the college football playoffs last year at Indiana, which is just incredible and m almost mind blowing to even think about when you consider the history of the program, which has been terrible for decades and decades.
So how has he done it? you know He's just a great coach. He came in there, he brought in a lot of guys from James Madison. This year they've improved the roster even more. I I thought the Oregon game was revealing because they won the line of scrimmage.
on both sides of the ball. They were dominant in that game. Mendoza Was a good quarterback at Cal, and he has proven to be even better given the talent around him. In Indiana. You know, I don't know what the secret sauce is.
That's what everybody wants to know, and that's why. Kurt Signetti is going to get whatever he wants, either at Indiana or elsewhere, because this has just been. Truly remarkable. Uh the difference that his that he's made basically overnight. Dan, you talk about QBs and Mendoza.
There's a QB that everybody was paying attention to before the season even got started, and that's. That's Arch Manning. Obviously, we saw Texas beat Oklahoma 23-6. Arch was pretty steady, didn't turn the football over, and then you got Matira coming back from that broken hand. He goes out there and he throws three interceptions.
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Rules and restrictions apply. Yeah. I think the biggest thing with Arch Manning is that he made sure in that game that they didn't have bad plays, they didn't have negative plays, they didn't have turnovers. They didn't put themselves in bad positions. If There was pressure, he got rid of it, there was a lot of quick throws.
And that kept them out of trouble. For the most part, and that may be the recipe for Texas because their defense is really, really good. And if they can just sort of hang in on offense, Be opportunistic when the easy plays are there. Make their layups. and not turn it over, they're going to be really tough to beat.
And I think they've sort of figured out In the first half of the season, how they can sort.
sort of navigate their weaknesses because they certainly are not great up front. They don't have the same level of receivers they had last year. And arches still developing and so it maybe looks a little different than what people might have expected coming into the season. But as long as he just doesn't make a lot of bad plays, I think they're going to be really, really competitive. And I think they could win the rest of their games if they want to.
Well, you talk about winning games. We expect to see Texas in a college football playoff. We know that Ohio State is great. Julian Sayen not getting a lot of attention. I think that's a good thing.
We see the same thing from Ty Simpson. Who are some other teams that we should pay attention to down the stretch?
Well, look, I I think Alabama, the way they've played ever since that season opening loss to Florida State. They've been really, really good. And I I don't think they're at the that dominant level necessarily that People maybe are used to in their mind thinking about Alabama, but Ty Simpson, the way he is able to make plays under duress, third and fourth down, super clutch. I think they're playing really good football on both sides of the ball. Um Right now, you know, they're right there.
Texas AM. They've been outstanding. I think they've. different than maybe what people think about when they consider the history of Texas A ⁇ M. This is a very substance-oriented program now.
It's not the flash. It's not the wide open offense, but there's a lot of substance there. They're undefeated. And they've got a pretty good schedule. I think Georgia Tech is a team you have to look at as a playoff contender.
at this point. They're undefeated and I think they're Schedule is very favorable and points to them being right in this thing. To the very end.
So, you know, there's a lot that's going to happen in the second half of the season and a lot of upsets. Uh unexpected. Results. It's just, it's a parody sport now, unlike what it has been in the past. And It's going to be tough to go undefeated for anybody, and there's going to be losses along the way, but there's a lot of teams really.
They've been impressive and are playing well and are certainly on track to get into this thing as you go to the second half of the season. Dan, you talk about teams looking impressive heading into the second half of the season. If we go to Chapel Hill, we got a team in a program that hasn't looked good, and that's obviously the Tara Heels led by Bill Belichick. He had to put out some fires today, I guess, maybe, telling everybody he's not going anywhere. Administration says he's not going anywhere.
Okay, it's it's October. Do you think Bill Belichick is going to be back next year?
Well, it would only be a guess at this point. It's obviously not gone well. I think if he wants to be back, he probably will be. But what's in his mind? What is he really thinking?
Um It's been tough for sure. And I think a lot of the speculation you saw this last week. About buyouts and all that stuff is is a reflection of just how poor They've been on the field, right? Um, but uh I I think that um North Carolina is They're not going to fire him, I don't believe. They're going to let it play out a little bit more if he wants to come back.
We'll see, but they got to get it a lot better and they got to fix the roster because that's been the biggest problem, is just the talent isn't there. Yeah, we'll see. Uh well Bill Belichick's certainly grumpy. I've been able to move that over to to college as well. Hey, Dan, we appreciate the time and your expertise.
Tell everybody where they can follow you and all your work with Yahoo. Uh at Dan Wolken on X And Yahoo Sports, uh the app, get the app, do the fantasy games and uh read all of our stuff. Hey Dan, thank you so much. We'll catch you down the line, okay?
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