Things discussed:

Buying: Jalen Mayfield. Not buying: nice things said about the secondary.

Craig: coaches are oddly upbeat.

Pressuring Sam to talk about Runyan, he says if you've got a guy you feel confident in you can sit a veteran with a ding, with Steuber out you just go ahead and play him.

Sam: Buying Brad Hawkins's coverage ability because the players are saying it. Specifically he's saying it's an improvement from Kinnel in coverage.

That'll be good because the more you can play man behind the LBs, the more you can send them.

Lavert won't get targeted, we'll see how Gray goes.

The Mayfield/Stueber battle when it was frozen in time.

MTSU: 260-pound defensive tackles, 6'2" offensive tackles, no QB, Scott Shafer and his blitzball LBs. 

Brian can't imagine a world without a fullback. Please give us a 3rd and 1 with the Bens in the backfield.

RPOs and you. No such thing as a decoy route in this offense.

Around the country: Herbert.