There are just 2 college football teams...

Deboer gonna have to give his best coaching performance to have a chance in this game. Anything like what we saw against TX, it wont end well.

Johnson is good to go. His foot got stepped on in (I think) the Utah game and it has just been a nagging soreness that he is playing through ever since. Scans this past week showed nothing out of the ordinary. We will see how good he looks is all we can do. Here is a clip of Johnson from today as the team was heading out:

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Your second point, you don't predict injuries, especially with that clock stoppage rule (that I read will get a lot of attention in the upcoming meetings). It was 3rd down and you can end the game right there. Take a knee, and you still must punt on 4th down. And many bad things can happen on a punt. Errant snap. Mis-handled snap. Block. Bad shank. Even if TX had a chance to field that punt, there is that possibilty of a return for a TD. Punting is far from a sure thing, especially when you have a RB that does not fumble and don't 'expect' an injury.

I have witnessed hundreds of times a team running a play to set up for a FG. I have never seen a team run a play to set up for a punt.

Deboer is as dumb at game management as Riley is. Did these guys not watch football growing up?