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Glad Bryce Young played and glad he played well. I absolutely don't blame kids for sitting out these also ran bowls but I love it when they man up and play.

Getting ahead of myself here but that's my concern with Caleb Williams next year. His average time to throw is slooooooow. Like slower than almost everyone in the NFL.

I'm virtually certain he doesn't end up here. He might as well put on the Texans jersey now.

Wild game. Looked like KSU was gonna run away with it early as Bama was sleepwalking. From 10-0 KSU to 42-13 Bama.

But if he struggles again versus elite competition what sets him apart from Sam Darnold? If everything has to go perfect for him in order for him to succeed we already have that in Darnold.

Honestly, if he had Trevor Lawrence's size I think he'd be viewed as the same type of prospect and Lawrence was called generational, so...

21 points in 2:04 of game time for Alabama. Wow. Has UNC's defense entered the game?

Tua is my concern. I honestly don't have any concerns about Young's ability to play in the NFL. My concern is his ability to withstand the punishment on the NFL.

This is about to get ugly.

Well damn. What a pitch and catch. If Young was a couple inches taller and 20 pounds heavier there would be zero discussion about the #1 overall pick.

Props for the onside kick attempt. I think KSU understands they need something BIG to change the tide in this game. It failed but at least they had the guts to go for something game changing.

Bingo. That's what I haven't seen from him and that's what concerns me. I mean, Sam Darnold also looks really good when everything goes right. But...

Just a forewarning... I've been pretty down on Stroud but if he plays well against UGA tonight I might be pounding the table to trade up and get him. Tonight is HUGE for that young man.

How do they not throw a taunting flag on that receiver? I mean if that's not taunting, what is?

This is over. KSU couldn't afford to come up empty at the goal line then give up a last second 98 yard TD. That was a soul crushing tide turn.

When you're about to make the manager of the Battlestar Galactica just say fug this and quit his job.

Ouch. KSU comes up empty. Howard blew that one. That dude was open. Props to the announcer. He called the play presnap.

Another clutch 4th down conversion. They gotta come away with 7 here. You can't squander two 4th down conversions on one drive.

Great play call on that 4th down. Everyone on the planet thought Deuce was getting that ball.

I'm not backtracking. You're trying to rewrite your argument. You said round drafted AND quality of play. Allen and Lawrence sucked as rookies. You're more than welcome to your opinion. I just find it comical how highly you regard it. You've never been wrong about anything and can fix any roster issue very easily and you'd draft perfectly.

This Howard kid can play. He's gonna be on NFL radars.

KSU desperately needed that conversation. Felt like Bama was really starting to dominate.

Are you really trying to pretend you didn't try to argue that you can almost certainly predict a QB's future by round drafted and (AND) how he plays as a rookie? Listen, we're all proud of our opinions here. That's why we come here and talk football. But there's none prouder than you. I'm shocked you aren't the GM of the greatest NFL dynasty we've ever seen. I mean, it's all extremely simple. You have it all figured out.

The powerhouse teams tend to be pretty conservative. They can be. They're just flat out better than the other team 95% of the time they step on the field. That's why I loved those early 2000s Boise State teams. When those teams made it to a big time bowl against a big time opponent they pulled out ALL the stops. That poo was FUN to watch.

Bama answers. Good grief, if you give a QB that long somebody is gonna come uncovered.