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It was wet, and gross, and all over, and the act of trying to clean up the mess would only make things worse. The period of time was mercifully brief, but the after-effects were unpleasant. Jalen Milroe, already rattled by the winged helmet across the line of scrimmage, spent most of the game expelling objects from his person in ways no one could anticipate, allowing Michigan to limp across the finish line with a win. This Liverpool player is turning into a star under Arne Slot’s wing.

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• The programs are all-time against each other, last playing a home-and-home in 2006 and ’07, both won by the home team.
• Injuries have been a part of Williams’ story at Clemson, having played briefly in the 2020 campaign before his season ended due to injury.
• Josaiah Stewart causing USC to abandon the forward pass, if not the sideways one.
• Football and agriculture have a lot in common, especially for Caden Noonkester.

Fouls were another story of this game, a quick whistle from the referees disrupting the flow of play and giving both teams looks at the line. USC went 7/11 at the line in the first half, 3/4 from Wesley Yates III alone, who was their best offensive player in the first half. The Yates-led USC offense traded punches with Michigan for much of the first half, but the Wolverines closed well. Michigan actually had an opportunity to extend the lead further after Goldin drew a charge but a disappointing possession led to no shot going up and the visitors led at halftime.

The Orange Bowl will be a full-circle moment for Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden. It’s been superb, frustrating, maddenning, deadening, and everything in between. That’s not the best legacy for a season, but neither is it the worst. I was bored, because this team didn’t seem to have anywhere else to go. There are teams that are frustrating because they clearly have all the potential in the world but can’t put it together—this year’s basketball team is an excellent example. Then there are teams with such a hard cap on their upside that hoping for upsets is insane.

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All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling GAMBLER. Indiana played Notre Dame closer than Georgia did, technically, by the final score. One of the biggest silver linings for Georgia today was Gunner Stockton. Yes, he was sacked four times and lost a key fumble deep in Georgia territory on one of those. He also made things harder on himself by often failing to check protection on the line of scrimmage the way a more veteran quarterback like the injured Carson Beck may have.

Notre Dame is fourth all-time on the NCAA wins leaderboard, and Penn State is eighth. The programs are all-time against each other, last playing a home-and-home in 2006 and ’07, both won by the home team. Penn State won in South Bend in 1982 on its way to a national championship, while Notre Dame won in ’88 on the way to its most recent national title. Opponents, especially Miami and Chicago, which rushed for 350 and 171 yards respectively, repeatedly pounded away at the Broncos’ nickel package in the run game. Bama is looking for a bit of revenge against the team that knocked them out of the playoff last season in overtime.

After scoring 10 points in the final 39 seconds of the first half, the Fighting Irish also returned the opening kickoff of the second half for a touchdown, completing a 17-0 run in just 54 seconds of game time. Sherrone Moore is young, and vibrant, and obviously has a head coach’s knack for keeping things together when the going gets rough. He’s got a couple of scalps on the wall that will buy him goodwill and time. He’s also looking at a 2025 season where his choices at quarterback—while vastly superior to his choices this year—are a dwarven Fresno State transfer Football blog and a true freshman who won’t turn 18 until this August. The record is 8-5; the offense was #123 in EPA/pass; the best defensive tackle tandem in team history is off to the NFL draft.

The Nittany Lions defense has six interceptions through two Playoff games. It returned two for touchdowns against SMU and held Boise State’s Heisman Trophy runner-up running back Ashton Jeanty to 3.5 yards per rush, his worst outing of the season. Ike Iwunnah and Trey Pierce have shown some flashes, while Enow Etta is probably better at EDGE and the true freshmen (Deyvid Palepale/Ted Hammond) are probably a few years away. It was a fairly thin projected depth chart and thus Michigan badly needed more bodies who have played real college football at a decent level to pitch in. 2022 was a similar story for Williams, playing in most games but in a small role (139 snaps) to again middling grades.

Although football and agriculture may seem like two separate entities, Caden has found many parallels between the two that he believes will benefit him in his future agronomy career. “I’ve learned a lot about myself through playing football, including time management and attention to detail,” he said. “Football has taught me many things that not only benefit me as an individual but will also benefit me as an industry professional.” (1) Detail Orientation and Management. Football is a very detailed game, from the positions and rules to the plays and point system.

He is currently working on his master’s degree in Arts & Liberal Studies with a concentration in Ag Sales, Consulting and Innovation. Watts was everywhere in a game he opted to come back to college for last season when he was NFL Draft-eligible. He had seven total tackles, six solo, including a tackle for a loss. Even though he missed time in the second half due to an apparent shoulder injury, Watts tied linebacker Jack Kiser for most solo tackles by a Notre Dame player in the game.

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He was a touted player coming out of high school, a MaxPreps All-American and a top 100 recruit in the 247 Composite in the 2020 recruiting class. Injuries have been a part of Williams’ story at Clemson, having played briefly in the 2020 campaign before his season ended due to injury. Williams received a redshirt (or COVID-shirt) for that campaign and then played in 11 games as a RS Fr in 2021, logging 241 snaps and middling PFF grades. Clemson’s player profile of Williams states that he “battled through injuries to his foot and both shoulders”.

Perhaps Lou Esposito can teach an old dog some new tricks and squeeze a little more juice of out Williams, but if he simply reprises his 2024 performance, that’s probably sufficient. Predictions quickly rolled in and the commitment followed today, giving Michigan their second portal DT after Damon Payne. Like Payne, I don’t think Williams is really anything to get super excited about, but he’s fine in the context of a defensive tackle position that hardly ever sees impact talent wind up in the portal. We should note one distinction between the two, as Payne was listed right around 300 lbs., whereas Williams is a bit bigger, listed at ~315 lbs.