In today’s Fact or Fiction, I look at three big recent topics in college football and decide whether the statement is indeed FACT or if it’s FICTION.
1. Marvin Harrison Jr. is being wasted by poor QB play.
Farrell’s take: FACT
Marvin Harrison Jr. is No. 1 in the Big Ten with 914 yards and it’s not even close. The next closest player is Illinois WR Isaiah Williams with 693, a gap of over 200 yards. Harrison Jr. has 10 touchdowns which is tied for second in the country. And he’s still being wasted. Imagine if he had a QB like Bo Nix or Michael Penix Jr. or if CJ Stroud had stayed? Harrison Jr. would be pushing Michael Crabtree or Justin Blackmon numbers with the right QB and it’s kind of a shame.
2. Shedeur Sanders is a round one talent.
Farrell’s take: FICTION
This came up after last week’s debate about whether ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller was right or wrong (he’s wrong) to have Sanders ahead of UNC QB Drake Maye for next year’s draft. And it got me thinking — why is Sanders even considered a round-one talent? He has size and a solid arm and he’s accurate but he’s also not great going through progressions and check downs and he is a statue back there without a great clock in his head. He’s a sack machine unless he processes quicker and makes faster decisions. At the college level, it’s evident. At the NFL level, he’d be doomed. He’s a round-two talent at best for me right now and likely round-three.
3. Tyler from Spartanburg was a plant.
Farrell’s take: FACT
I joke — kinda. Dabo Swinney and his troops needed something after dropping to 4-4. Enter Tyler from Spartanburg and the infamous phone call early this week and there you have it. Dabo’s amazing (and scripted?) response, a fired-up team and fan base, and a Notre Dame victim. It all makes sense! I have no proof of this of course but the amount of time Dabo let Tyler speak, the allotment of time by the call screener and so on makes me curious.
