Hoping to get some respect from the voters, the undefeated and at present No. 16 ranked Indiana Hoosiers host the Nebraska Cornhuskers in an enormous Week 8 Massive Ten Convention matchup. This recreation kicks off at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET (11 a.m. CT) on Saturday, October 19 witha reside broadcast on FOX, and streaming reside on demand.
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Indiana sits tied atop the Massive Ten rankings at 6-0 total, and 3-0 within the convention. The Cornhuskers are usually not far behind at 5-1, with their solely loss coming to Illinois in Massive Ten play. Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke has performed himself right into a Prime 5 Heisman rating. Nebraska Freshman QB Dylan Raiola received off to a sizzling begin to the season however appeared a bit shaky final week.
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I so desperately wish to be glad that Reba McEntire is again on community TV.
The nation singer and actress anchored some of the pleasant sitcoms of the 2000s with “Reba,” a few single mother who works too laborious, loves her youngsters and by no means stops. The WB present ran for six seasons and 125 episodes, with its dysfunctional however lovable Hart household on the coronary heart of each story Reba and co-stars Melissa Peterman, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Steve Howey and Christopher Wealthy instructed.
So you’ll suppose {that a} new sitcom starring McEntire and Peterman set in a Tennessee bar (hiya, “Cheers” aspirations) and with one other very dysfunctional household dynamic could be a assure of one other “Reba”-style good time. Alas, NBC’s “Glad’s Place” (Fridays, 8 EDT/PDT, ★★ out of 4) isn’t any “Reba.” It is simply one other low-rent sitcom with stale jokes, bland characters and a limp plot. It isn’t a lot that it is unhealthy, it is simply so boring, banal and blah. And that’s merely not ok for the likes of three-time Grammy winner McEntire, 69. She deserves scripts that sing simply in addition to she does.
Because the sequence opens, Bobbie (McEntire) has inherited the Glad’s Place tavern from her late father. The 2 have been shut, however after his demise, she will get to run the bar the best way she desires to with its quirky employees (together with Peterman because the overly acquainted waitress Gabby) and Tennessee espresso, aka whiskey.
However Bobbie’s world is shaken by the sudden look of younger Isabella (Belissa Escobedo), Bobbie’s half-sister, and thus co-owner of Glad’s. After a blink and a authorized doc, Isabella is now working on the bar, and Bobbie is compelled to hearken to phrases like “bussin'” and settle for enter from this strolling proof of her father’s infidelity. In the meantime, Isabella is a fish out of water amid the Southern accents and standoffish attitudes as she tries to discover a place for herself. We all know she desires to actually “discover a place” at Glad’s Place as a result of she repeats it a number of instances. (This present is something however refined.)
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As an idea, a cussed lady in her 60s who’s compelled to collaborate with a 20-something and redefine her family is a fruitful setup for sitcom plots and deep characters. However “Glad’s” decides to hurry by means of the macro-level implications of Isabella’s arrival and as an alternative strikes straight into dumb office jokes and drained generational jabs. It is seemingly seconds between the information of Isabella’s paternity and her changing into a punching bag for jokes about youngsters nowadays. The speedy plot may offer you whiplash if it wasn’t so tedious as to place you to sleep.
Along with not spending almost sufficient time on the plot, “Glad’s” avoids crafting characters price caring about. Bobbie is, effectively, Reba McEntire in a sweater. Two episodes in and there is not way more to her than her love of whiskey and hatred of Isabella’s intrusion into her life. Isabella is a Gen Z stereotype. And Gabby is seemingly modeled on Peterman’s pure over-the-top gregariousness and her solely expression is a squinty smile. Accountant Steve (Pablo Castelblanco) and waiter Takota (Tokala Black Elk) are outlined one-dimensionally: Steve is a germaphobe and Takota is stoic. None of them really feel remotely human.
Solely two episodes of “Glad’s” have been made accessible for assessment, although the very best sitcoms can run for greater than 200. However by the second episode of “Mates” you knew who the six major characters actually have been. By the second “Cheers” the tone was established. Heck, by the second “Reba,” you had fallen in love with the Hart household.
“Glad’s” might discover its footing deeper into the season, nevertheless it’s laborious to argue that anybody stick round that lengthy. Not when there is a distinct lack of happiness to be discovered to this point.
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Anna Kendrick is aware of what was lacking. “Within the parlance of the web, I feel I used to be often called kind of quirky and relatable,” she tells me. She says these final two phrases with intentionally exaggerated theatre-kid pep, a tacky grin falling on the precise aspect of annoying. If solely simply. “However in that, there’s not numerous room for disappointment and worry.”
It’s disorienting to see Anna Kendrick unhappy. It’s a bit like seeing a pal in tears, or an injured pet with a plastic cone round its head. The actor’s default mode is a can-do squirrelly-ness, deployed generally with a music. Consider her Pitch Good motion pictures, with their musical, Insurgent Wilson-filled pluck. Or her efficiency as an eager-beaver HR worker in Up within the Air, which earned her an Oscar nomination. That spark-plug vitality does are inclined to masks issues on display screen – a sliver of insecurity, normally, or some pained want for validation from an elder or peer – however unhappy or fearful she’s usually not.
At this time, the 39-year-old sits within the stark white kitchen of her Los Angeles dwelling. Her hair is sandy brown; she gnaws at her mouth. “Sadly, I do know that second the place you’re in a room with somebody and questioning: ‘How is it that 10 seconds in the past I assumed all the things was going positive, and now I’m not protected?’” Kendrick pulls the cuffs of her sweater over her fingertips, clutching them to her face. “And I feel that’s one thing lots of people know very well. Particularly ladies.”
In 2022, Kendrick started to talk publicly about her relationship with a person whom she has described as “for all intents and functions my husband”. They had been collectively for simply over six years, throughout which – she has alleged – she skilled “emotional abuse and psychological abuse”. Due to the themes of her directorial debut Girl of the Hour, which is streaming on Netflix, and people of her most up-to-date film, Alice, Darling – a few girl in an abusive relationship – it’s arduous to speak about Kendrick’s work with out speaking about her private life, too. She agrees, even when part of her hates it. “For a second, I did assume that interviews for this movie would simply contain me being requested about each member of the solid and the crew, and I’d simply gush about them and…” She trails off, sing-songily. “However to this point, nobody’s requested me in regards to the sound crew.” She says this with amusing, however I can’t assist however wince a bit of. It’s that spark-plug vitality. It’s good at masking issues.
Girl of the Hour revolves round a collection of killings dedicated by Rodney Alcala, a smooth-talking predator who charmed at the least eight younger ladies within the Seventies, took their {photograph}, then murdered them. The true extent of Alcala’s crimes is unknown – some counsel he might have been liable for 130 murders. Kendrick’s movie primarily focuses on a surreal episode in Alcala’s spree: his 1978 look on the US TV present The Relationship Recreation, the place he served as certainly one of three bachelors trying to woo a younger girl named Cheryl (performed within the film by Kendrick).
The script got here to her across the identical time because the script for Alice, Darling, which was launched final yr. Cheryl, in Girl of the Hour, is struggling demise by a thousand cuts – an aspiring actor so used to being the goal of dismissive remarks and latent misogyny that she barely flinches when it occurs. “It does really feel like probably the most revealing piece of labor I’ve ever completed,” says Kendrick. “It created a window into my thoughts.” It’s left her feeling weak. Slightly frightened. Actually extra anxious than regular.
I used to be about to say that I must forgive myself for ever feeling doubt or disappointment, however that suggests that I’m doing one thing fallacious
The parallels between Kendrick and her two motion pictures additionally make dialog about them – and the ladies she performs in them – barely difficult to unpack. Concepts blur. Topics cross over each other. Anna is Alice is Cheryl is Anna once more. “Generally probably the most torturous factor isn’t simply the disrespect or mistreatment, however the truth that everybody’s appearing prefer it’s not taking place,” Kendrick says. “Which then convinces you that one thing’s not taking place. It makes you query whether or not you’re making all of it up, or if you happen to’re being paranoid or too delicate.” She’s speaking about gaslighting. “You sound loopy. You’re dismissed. ‘He brushed your hair off your shoulder – that’s nothing.’ And but if you’re there, you possibly can really feel the menace that’s hanging within the room.” Kendrick speaks speedily and clearly. Each syllable is enunciated. If we had been speaking in a theatre and never over Zoom, you’d hear her from the again of the rafters.
Kendrick didn’t intend to talk publicly about her previous relationship, however she fell right into a behavior of speaking about it throughout interviews for Alice, Darling, saying in 2022 that it felt like “the Band-Help obtained ripped off”. After the connection got here to an finish, Kendrick instructed her brokers that she wanted to cease working, and wasn’t inquisitive about studying the comedy scripts that had turn into her bread and butter.
Trailer for ‘Girl of the Hour’ on Netflix
After I broach this, Kendrick stutters. “I feel I’d hit some extent of crucial mass, the place it felt like…” She pauses, her eyes staring on the ceiling of her kitchen. “Oh boy, right here we go,” she half-laughs. “I feel what was taking place at the moment was I used to be being pressured into a spot of efficiency and dishonesty in my non-public life.” She shakes her head. “I simply couldn’t spend one other second respiration dishonest air.” She remembers a interval of trauma-dumping on random strangers. “It’s a literal true story that, within the aftermath of this actually traumatic relationship, my plumber came visiting and requested how I’d been, and I simply instructed him all the things. I bodily couldn’t proceed performing.”
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This was notably grave, as a result of performing was all that Kendrick had actually recognized. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, she was the archetypal preternaturally gifted youngster actor – a breed of individual that evokes awe as a lot because it does slight repulsion. (As a former insufferable theatre child myself, I imagine I’m entitled to say this.) She was simply 12 when she obtained a Tony Award nomination for her position in a Broadway manufacturing of Excessive Society. “Anna Kendrick, in an element that might be insufferable, is definitely terrific,” wrote The New York Occasions, in a line that as we speak reads as oddly prophetic of virtually all the things Kendrick did within the aftermath. “She is sharp, shrewd and unfailingly self-possessed.”
Dying by a thousand cuts: Kendrick in her new movie ‘Girl of the Hour’ (Leah Gallo/Netflix)
Was Kendrick weirdly assured as a toddler? “Oh yeah,” she grins. “The issue with figuring out as a theatre child, although, is that individuals will anticipate you to know actually intense theatre trivialities and trivia. So I kind of opted out of it across the age of 12 – simply to guard myself.”
She made her movie debut at 17 in Camp, an eventual cult basic about extremely gifted theatre youngsters starring in age-inappropriate performs at a summer season camp. There adopted components in motion pictures such because the nutty thriller A Easy Favor and Edgar Wright’s anarchic comedian e-book movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and an inexplicably minor position as Kristen Stewart’s human bestie in all 5 Twilight motion pictures. (“Holy s***. I simply remembered I used to be in Twilight,” she tweeted in 2018.) She turned much more well-known for being herself, the 5ft 2in embodiment of sharp, spiky, Obama-era sass, with a preferred Twitter account and a bestselling e-book of essays, 2016’s Scrappy Little No person. Someplace alongside the way in which, although – and all theatre youngsters will attest to this being commonplace – that early confidence dimmed a bit of.
“There’s positively some formative adolescent interval the place you realise that there are individuals who know considerably greater than you do,” she says. “So that you turn into the passenger within the automobile, solely to then get instructed as you become old that your job is to show into the man within the driver’s seat. And that feels an impassable hole numerous the time.”
Relatable: Kendrick in 2012’s ‘Pitch Good’ (Shutterstock)
She developed a bent to speak herself down consequently. She’d first been hooked up to Girl of the Hour as an actor solely, and remembers giving the movie’s producers “probably the most ambivalent pitch within the historical past of cinema” when its authentic director dropped out. “I mentioned, ‘Guys, if you happen to don’t assume I can do it, I shouldn’t do it – if I’m not prepared, don’t rent me.’” They instructed her to go away, refocus herself, and pitch once more the next day. Coming again with renewed confidence, she was employed on the spot.
Kendrick, it seems, greater than is aware of her stuff as a director. Girl of the Hour is assured and visually arresting, stuffed with good approaches to depicting violence and an exquisite use of area. There may be one specific shot in the direction of the again finish of the movie, involving Cheryl strolling throughout an unlimited car parking zone, conscious that Alcala is close by, that’s so chilling in its isolation that I’m satisfied Kendrick might be an excellent horror director.
I ask her if, between Alice, Darling and Girl of the Hour, she feels as if she’s reached a spot of therapeutic in her private life. Has the work been cathartic? She chews her mouth once more. “Ooh, I feel catharsis is harmful,” she says. “For me, anyway. It brings me very welcome aid, however to this point it’s at all times been a bit non permanent.” She begins to talk, earlier than doubling again. “I used to be about to say that I must forgive myself for ever feeling doubt or disappointment, however that suggests that I’m doing one thing fallacious.”
She pulls her sweater up nearer to her chin, in order that she’s now swaddled in white material.
“When these emotions do creep again in, the worst factor I can do is go, ‘Goddammit, Anna! I assumed we had been over this,’ ? I want to only expertise it extra as a impartial factor that’s taking place. That it’s one thing out of my management.” She lets out a giant sigh. “I definitely don’t get pleasure from it, however it’s not a personality failing both.”
As an alternative, it’s simply one other side to her. In different phrases, meet the brand new Anna Kendrick. Quirky. Relatable. And yeah, generally unhappy.
In recent years, the conversation around anti-aging has taken a transformative turn, with NMN (Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) emerging as a front-runner in the realm of longevity and youthfulness.
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A five-alarm brush hearth close to Interstate 580 within the Oakland Hills burned a number of properties and sparked an evacuation order on Friday.
In accordance with the Oakland Hearth Division, the blaze appeared to have began on a median of the I-580 earlier than spreading to a house.
Cal Hearth and Oakland hearth reported Saturday morning that the blaze was 50% contained. Late Friday, crews have been additionally working to place water on the affect space and tackle sizzling spots.
Oakland hearth held a information convention on Saturday morning, the place they mentioned that crews monitored sizzling spots in a single day. They added that there have been nonetheless some sizzling spots and that the winds continued to be a major concern for crews.
An evacuation order was initially issued for Campus Drive and Crystal Ridge Court docket earlier than it expanded to surrounding areas. In accordance with officers, over 500 individuals have been evacuated.
Delane Simms mentioned her husband was inside their residence when the panorama caught on hearth, ultimately getting so sizzling the entrance window exploded.
“That explosion woke him up, and he was capable of get out alive, and that’s what I’m grateful for. That’s what I’m most grateful for. I thank God for that,” Simms mentioned.
Simms’ residence is among the two that have been broken Friday.
As many as eight extra residence properties suffered much less extreme harm from smoke and water.
No accidents have been reported, in accordance with firefighters.
An evacuation heart was arrange at Burckhalter Elementary College, however officers won’t verify the variety of individuals there.
Pamela Jordan, who’s known as the Oakland Hills residence for 17 years, mentioned she by no means thought she could be somebody who must evacuate due to a fireplace.
“All people says you at all times have to be ready for a fireplace, however you will not be ready, interval,” Jordan mentioned. “I believed I used to be ready, however I simply began scrambling round, saved forgetting issues, and could not suppose straight.”
Westbound lanes of I-580 within the space have been shut down for hours whereas crews responded.
Firefighters on Friday battled a fireplace within the space of Keller Avenue and Mountain Boulevard in Oakland.
The Oakland Hearth Division mentioned greater than 120 firefighters responded to the blaze.
Frank Tijiboy, Oakland Hearth’s battalion chief, mentioned the winds impacted the speed at which the fireplace grew.
“This was a fast-moving hearth. Winds didn’t assist us. Winds unfold it very, very quickly,” Tijiboy mentioned.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and native hearth officers addressed the group and offered and replace on the Kelly Hearth within the Oakland Hills. Effectively over 500 people have been evacuated on Friday as a result of blaze.
The fireplace is underneath investigation, and incident commanders have been carefully monitoring wind patterns and sources late Friday.
In the meantime, a pink flag warning is in impact for the Bay Space as a consequence of dry and windy circumstances.
The fireplace burning in Oakland Hills on Friday got here only a day earlier than the thirty third anniversary of the 1991 Oakland firestorm.
The Oct. nineteenth hearth killed 25 individuals, injured over 100 others, and precipitated billions of {dollars} in damages.
The 1991 firestorm began as a home hearth that rapidly unfold to different buildings.
On Friday, residents mentioned they could not assist however take into consideration the anniversary and hope this hearth does not flip lethal.
NBC Bay Space Shopper Investigator Chris Chmura explains methods to pack a “Go Bag” so that you’re ready within the occasion of a catastrophe.
Are Andrew Garfield and Amelia Dimoldenberg written within the stars? In the end, the Oscar nominee went on a rooster store date with the British comic and presenter, the place the pair hashed out whether or not there’s an opportunity they might truly discover romance off digicam.
Dimoldenberg and Garfield’s rooster store date was a very long time within the making. The pair first went viral two years in the past, when Dimoldenberg interviewed Garfield on the crimson carpet of the 2022 GQ Males of the 12 months Awards. They met once more on the 2023 Golden Globes a number of months later. The We Reside in Time star and Dimoldenberg had a cheeky change and subsequently set the web on fireplace with their flirty chemistry.
Two years later, Garfield lastly went on Dimoldenberg’s well-liked YouTube collection, the place she interviews large stars like Billie Eilish, Paul Mescal, SZA, and Jennifer Lawrence at a rooster store (to not be confused with the opposite chicken-related YouTube interview collection, Scorching Ones). Dimoldenberg wasted no time giving the folks what they needed, jokily warning Garfield: “Don’t, like, deliver out a hoop or get down on one knee. I’m not within the temper—at the moment.”
Garfield, after all, was greater than able to flirt proper again. The actor instructed Dimoldenberg that he believed there was an opportunity he might have gone on a date along with her—if neither of them had been well-known. “Do you suppose this has fucked up the truth that we truly might have gone on a date in some unspecified time in the future, possibly?” he asks Dimoldenberg. “I truly consider possibly we might have—with out all of this,” he continued.
The 2 did extra than simply flirt throughout their rooster store date. Dimoldenberg requested the two-time Oscar nominee when he was going to really win the award. “Can I be trustworthy with you? That entire factor has meant one thing to me prior to now, and I believe I wanted that, after which after I didn’t win a few instances, I used to be like, I suppose possibly I ought to quit on that dream,” Garfield answered. “Most likely once you cease caring, that’s when it is going to occur,” stated Dimoldenberg.
She then instructed Garfield that she had given up on the potential of romance between them. “I’m purposefully giving up, as a result of then one thing surprising will occur out of nowhere,” she stated. And one thing surprising did occur: Earlier this week, information got here out that Garfield reportedly broke up together with his girlfriend, Dr. Kate Thomas. Wow, possibly the entire “giving up” factor works.
Spoiler alert! We’re discussing plot factors within the new Netflix film “Girl of the Hour” (streaming now), so beware if you have not watched it but.
Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Girl of the Hour,” has an implausible plot that, sadly, is ripped proper from the headlines.
The film stars Kendrick as Sheryl, a really shut stand-in for Cheryl Bradshaw, a 28-year-old girl who in 1978 went on a well-liked TV present referred to as “The Relationship Sport.”
The present’s premise was easy: The bachelorette would ask a number of scripted questions of three bachelors hidden behind a big wall, and he or she would finally choose one for a paid mini-vacation collectively. Bradshaw selected Rodney Alcala, unaware that he was not solely a convicted intercourse offender who had already served time in jail but in addition a serial killer.
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“I can perceive why it could be stunning to people who this may be one thing I might select to do as my first time being a director,” Kendrick says. However what intrigued her in regards to the grim story was the chance to twist a well-worn police procedural drama that centered on males.
“On paper, this story was prepared for Hollywood, with an emphasis on possibly a younger detective who lastly takes on this case, and a decided prosecutor who retains the felony behind bars,” she says. “However whereas these issues are details on this case, it felt emotionally dishonest if I had included that in my movie.”
Kendrick selected as a substitute to middle “Girl of the Hour” on the numerous ladies who fell sufferer to Alcala.
We evaluate the details of this true-crime drama:
Was Rodney Alcala in ‘Girl of the Hour’ actually a serial killer?
Sure, Rodney Alcala, who was born in Texas, was lastly caught in 1979 and subsequently convicted of homicide. Over his 10-year spree, Alcala is believed to have assaulted lots of and presumably killed greater than 100 folks.
Alcala was arrested in July 1979 after police discovered earrings belonging to one in all his victims in a Seattle storage locker he had rented. He was sentenced to loss of life however died of pure causes at age 77 in 2021.
Did Rodney Alcala attend NYU and research with Roman Polanski?
In “Girl of the Hour,” Alcala impresses ladies by telling them he is knowledgeable photographer who sees one thing promising of their magnificence, and he name-drops that he studied at New York College with Roman Polanski. The actual Alcala enrolled at NYU however didn’t full his research. There isn’t a indication he encountered Polanski, by then the celebrated director behind movies equivalent to “Rosemary’s Child,” on the college.
This was a interval within the late ’60s and early ’70s when Alcala was a fugitive from crimes in California and had moved to New York to dwell below an assumed title, John Berger. In “Girl of the Hour,” whereas in New York, Alcala seduces and kills a flight attendant, performed by Kathryn Gallagher, an allusion to varied crimes he dedicated within the space.
How did Rodney Alcala get on ‘The Relationship Sport’ in 1978?
Alcala made it on the air with “The Relationship Sport,” a Los Angeles-based TV present, just by making use of to be one of many three bachelors who have been featured every episode. There have been no rigorous background checks carried out; in any other case, present producers doubtless would have found his felony document.
On the present as in “Girl of the Hour,” Alcala, sporting lengthy hair and a gap-toothed grin, was launched by the present’s host (performed by Tony Hale within the movie) as a photographer “who between takes is skydiving and motorcycling.” Though Bradshaw chosen Alcala, she sensed one thing was off and finally didn’t go on a date with him, a call that doubtless saved her life. Alcala was thought to have killed a number of different ladies after her rejection.
Did the true Cheryl Bradshaw select her personal inquiries to ask the bachelors on ‘The Relationship Sport’?
No. Kendrick determined to have her character, Sheryl, buck “Relationship Sport” protocol and ignore the foolish and sometimes sexist and suggestive questions the bachelorettes are presupposed to ask the three bachelors. Her savvy queries spotlight the boys’s lack of smarts, excluding Alcala.
Says Hale: “That was an incredible gadget Anna used to indicate how this was her character’s alternative to show the tables on that sexist tradition, even when ultimately it does carry her nearer to that harmful place as a result of it leads her to choose Rodney.”
PROVO, Utah — On an evening when it felt like all had gone unsuitable for Oklahoma State, one thing lastly went proper.
However the pleasure of Cowboy receiver Brennan Presley’s go-ahead landing had a brief life.
One minute, three seconds, to be actual.
That’s how lengthy it took BYU to go 75 yards for the game-winning landing in a 38-35 Cougar victory that crushed OSU’s soul.
OSU quarterback Alan Bowman, taking part in solely as a result of starter Garret Rangel was misplaced to damage, guided top-of-the-line drives of his profession, taking the Pokes 76 yards in 17 performs, hitting Presley for the TD that put OSU on prime 35-31 with 1:13 to play.
However BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff wasn’t to be outdone.
He responded with a 75-yard, eight-play drive that wanted a fourth-down conversion and a 27-yard scramble by Retzlaff earlier than he threw to Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard landing — zipping previous three would-be tacklers on his approach to the tip zone.
OSU is now 0-4 in Large 12 play and has misplaced 4 video games in a row for the primary time since 2014.
Listed below are 4 extra takeaways from the sport:
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Oklahoma State soccer QB Garret Rangel seems to be strong earlier than damage
Making his first begin of the season, Garret Rangel badly missed on his first go try of the sport, however his day went up from there.
The redshirt sophomore led two landing drives and arrange a 3rd rating on the play that ended his night time — and possibly his season.
Rangel broke free down the center of the sphere for a 54-yard rush, however he was tackled from behind and pulled arduous to the bottom.
He left the sphere instantly, going to the locker room to have his shoulder and collarbone examined. He didn’t return to the sport.
Rangel completed 6 of 9 passing for 51 yards with a landing and an interception, dashing for 77 yards on 5 carries.
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OSU’s Parker Robertson has large day
Security Parker Robertson, who’s primarily a particular groups participant, made his first profession begin and reached his profession excessive in tackles earlier than the primary quarter ended.
With the Cowboys pounded by accidents within the secondary, Robertson was tabbed as a starter. His greatest deal with recreation was 4 earlier this season, however he had six within the first quarter and completed the sport with 11.
He additionally got here up with an interception late within the first quarter, the primary of his profession.
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New faces see taking part in time
One of many developments of OSU’s bye week was the chance to get a number of gamers from deeper down the depth chart within the rotation.
Essentially the most notable such participant was backup operating again Rodney Fields Jr., the true freshman from Del Metropolis. He rushed eight occasions for 38 yards, together with a key fourth-down conversion within the fourth quarter.
Moreover, redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Austin Kawecki rotated in at each guard positions on a number of drives. Receiver Ayo Shotomide-King noticed a bump in snaps, as did Da’Wain Lofton.
Defensively, Landon Dean noticed his most important motion of the season at defensive finish. And Poasa Utu, a redshirt freshman, additionally noticed time in go rush conditions.
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A number of Cowboy defenders miss recreation
The damage listing grew earlier than OSU bought to Utah, however bought even longer because the night time wore on.
Beginning safeties Trey Rucker and Dylan Smith didn’t journey with the workforce, nor did backup defensive finish Jaleel Johnson. Backup quarterback Zane Flores underwent season-ending surgical procedure earlier within the week and didn’t journey.
Rangel’s damage was probably the most impactful through the recreation, however not the one one for OSU.
Left deal with Dalton Cooper didn’t play within the second half, and was in a strolling boot, in keeping with a report from OSU radio sideline reporter Robert Allen.
Security Cameron Epps needed to be helped off the sphere within the third quarter, going instantly to the locker room as nicely.
The No. 2 Oregon Geese beat the unranked Purdue Boilermakers 35-0 on Friday evening in a sport that by no means appeared too anxious for Oregon coach Dan Lanning and his staff. Earlier than the sport, the Geese listed beginning tight finish Terrance Ferguson as “out” on the supply studies mandated by the Huge Ten Convention and launched two hours earlier than kickoff.
Ferguson didn’t seem to undergo an harm in opposition to Ohio State within the earlier week, so his absence was actually alarming for Oregon followers. After the win at Purdue, Lanning revealed that Ferguson underwent surgical procedure to take away his appendix.
“Within the center week, (Terrance) began to really feel his appendix, he truly needed to have his appendix eliminated,” mentioned Lanning. “We’re anticipating a fast restoration primarily based on what that appears like for him and being sensible with him. But when it was as much as him, I promise you, he would have been out on that discipline immediately, even with some stitches in his aspect. So I believe he’ll be again, you understand, comparatively fast. However we need to do what’s finest for Terrance. And he is a troublesome child, you understand, this man’s performed with plenty of accidents. This isn’t one that you may actually go play with when you have got your appendix eliminated.”
Jan 1, 2024; Glendale, AZ, USA; Oregon Geese tight finish Terrance Ferguson (3) in opposition to the Liberty Flames in the course of the 2024 Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Pictures
Ferguson has hardly missed any video games throughout his Oregon profession.
The tight finish performed in 14 video games as a freshman, 13 as a sophomore and 14 as a junior. In 47 profession video games, Ferguson has 111 catches and 13 touches. He ranks No. 2 at Oregon for all-time receptions by a decent finish, solely behind Ed Dickson. His 13 touchdowns ranks him No. 3 for tight ends.
Earlier than his appendix surgical procedure this season, Ferguson was a close to fixed presence on the sector for the offense. By way of his six video games in 2024, Ferguson has totaled 321 receiving yards on 20 receptions, averaging a powerful 16 yards per reception.
Tight ends Kenyon Sadiq and Patrick Herbert carried the load on the place for the Geese with Ferguson sidelined. Sadiq confirmed off his athleticism and big-play skill, ending with two catches for 58 yards.
Along with Ferguson, the Geese offense didn’t characteristic extensive receiver Traeshon Holden on Friday evening. Holden was not listed on Oregon’s official availability report, however it seems he was held out of the sport as punishment for his ejection from the Ohio State sport after spitting on a Buckeyes defender.
Oct 12, 2024; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Oregon Geese tight finish Terrance Ferguson (3) picks up a primary down on a go play in the course of the second half in opposition to Ohio State Buckeyes security Caleb Downs (2) at Autzen Stadium. / Troy Wayrynen-Imagn Pictures
Defensive lineman Jordan Burch missed his second straight sport with a reported lower-leg harm suffered in follow. Reporters requested Lanning concerning the depth that his staff confirmed in opposition to Purdue.
Lanning mentioned, “There is a lot of fellows on our staff which can be prepared for his or her moments when their moments name. Kam developing with that decide was large. You noticed some, you understand, some TFLs from a few of our younger defensive linemen there on the finish. Some guys coming in on offense, having the ability to run the ball that perhaps have not gotten the identical alternatives as others.”
The Geese have an extended week after the Friday-night victory over Purdue, however Ferguson’s standing for Week 8 in opposition to Illinois stays in query. Oregon hosts Illinois in Autzen Stadium on Saturday, October 26 at 12:30 p.m. PT.
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The No. 16 Indiana Hoosiers (6-0) will face presumably their largest problem up to now this season once they host the Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) on Saturday afternoon. Indiana has received all six of its video games by at the least two touchdowns, together with a 41-24 win at Northwestern in its most up-to-date outing. Nebraska’s lone loss got here in additional time in opposition to then-No. 24 Illinois final month, nevertheless it has responded with wins over Purdue and Rutgers. The Cornhuskers have solely allowed greater than 10 factors as soon as this season, they usually can nonetheless get again into the Huge Ten title hunt.
Kickoff is ready for midday ET at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. The Hoosiers are 6.5-point favorites, per SportsLine consensus, within the newest Indiana vs. Nebraska odds. The over/beneath for complete factors is 49.5. Earlier than coming into any Nebraska vs. Indiana picks, you may wish to see the school soccer predictions from the mannequin at SportsLine.
The mannequin simulates each FBS faculty soccer sport 10,000 instances. Since its inception, it has generated a revenue of nicely over $2,000 for $100 gamers on its top-rated faculty unfold soccer picks, and it’s a scorching 12-5 on all top-rated picks for sports activities betting over the previous three weeks of this season. Anybody who has adopted it at sports activities betting apps has seen sturdy returns.
The mannequin has set its sights on Indiana vs. Nebraska. You’ll be able to head to SportsLine to see its picks. Listed here are a number of faculty soccer betting strains from sports activities betting websites for the sport:
Indiana vs. Nebraska unfold: Indiana -6.5
Indiana vs. Nebraska over/beneath: 49.5 factors
Indiana vs. Nebraska cash line: Indiana -244, Nebraska +197
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Why Indiana can cowl
Indiana has already doubled its win complete from final season and is now returning residence for its subsequent two video games. The Hoosiers have been dominant this season, beating all six of their opponents by at the least 14 factors whereas averaging 47.5 factors per sport. Quarterback Kurtis Rourke has 14 landing passes and simply two interceptions in his first season with Indiana, racking up 1,752 passing yards to go together with the second-best QBR (91.9) within the nation.
The Hoosiers have but to path at any level this season and are permitting lower than 15 factors per sport. That is their second 6-0 begin in program historical past, so their fan base will create an electrical surroundings for his or her first residence sport because the finish of September. They’ve lined the unfold in 5 straight video games, whereas Nebraska is 4-11 in its final 15 street video games. See which crew to select right here.
Why Nebraska can cowl
Nebraska has solely been on the street as soon as this season, nevertheless it cruised to a 28-10 win at Purdue on the finish of September in that sport. The Cornhuskers simply lined the unfold as 10-point favorites, outscoring the Boilermakers 21-7 within the fourth quarter. Freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola had 244 passing yards and one landing in that efficiency, going over 230 passing yards for the fourth time this season.
Sophomore working again Dante Dowdell supplies steadiness to the offense with 334 dashing yards and 5 touchdowns, averaging 4.5 yards per carry. The Cornhuskers have held 5 of their first six opponents to 10 factors or much less, together with their 14-7 win over Rutgers of their most up-to-date outing. They’re 4-1-1 in opposition to the unfold of their six video games this season, whereas Indiana is 1-11 in its final 12 October video games. See which crew to select right here.
The right way to make Indiana vs. Nebraska picks
The mannequin has simulated Nebraska vs. Indiana 10,000 instances and the outcomes are in. The mannequin is leaning Underneath, and it is also generated a point-spread decide that’s hitting in practically 60% of simulations. You’ll be able to solely see the decide at SportsLine.
So who wins Indiana vs. Nebraska, and which facet of the unfold is hitting practically 60% of the time? Go to SportsLine now to see which facet of the Nebraska vs. Indiana unfold to leap on, all from the superior pc mannequin that is up nicely over $2,000 on its top-rated faculty soccer unfold picks since its inception, and discover out.
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