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Category Archives: News
What We Learned: Week 11
Michigan State’s Defense is Good. This isn’t really something new we learned, but we have confirmation. The Spartans did such a good job on Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes that Ohio State players were complaining about the playacting and ball distribution after … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged Arkansas, Big Ten, Ezekiel Elliott, Georgia Tech, Les Miles, LSU, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, Pac 12, Stanford
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Big XII Left Out Again?
The possible playoff participants are dwindling in number. The Pac-12 doesn’t have any viable candidates. The ACC and SEC are down to two each; the Big Ten has three. The conference with the most candidates is the Big 12, with … Continue reading
What We Learned: Week 9
The ACC Doesn’t Have Anything for Clemson. Saturday was the last chance for the Tigers to stub their toes. Florida State is the only team in the ACC who has the talent to play 60 minutes with Clemson. The Seminoles … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged AAC, ACC, Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, Houston, Iowa, LSU, Memphis, Ohio State, Oklahoma State
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What We Learned: Week 8
How did UNC lose to South Carolina? After Thursday night’s win over Pitt, people wanted to know how this North Carolina team lost to that South Carolina team. Short answer: South Carolina is better. Their 3-5 record doesn’t look as … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged ACC, Clemson, Duke, Georgia, Houston, Kentucky, Miami, North Carolina, SEC, South Carolina, Strength of Schedule, Tennessee
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ACC Bows to Howls of the Mob
So, the ACC has decided to suspend the officiating crew who blew the ending of the Miami Duke game. After what I wrote earlier this week about officials and accountability, you might think I’m all for the suspensions. You’d be … Continue reading
Key Plays: Georgia Tech v Florida State
Everyone saw the Block Six in the Florida State – Georgia Tech game, but the Seminoles would never have attempted the field goal if the Yellow Jackets hadn’t tied the game on the previous possession. On that possession it appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, News, Schemes
Tagged Florida State, Georgia Tech, Key Plays, wheel route
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What We Learned: Week 8
Think Twice Before Kicking that FG. For years we’ve all known that in a tie game there’s virtually no downside to kicking a field goal as time expires. If you make it, you win; if you don’t, there’s overtime. Auburn’s … Continue reading
Chaos Theory: the What Ifs
During the BCS Era, the nightmare scenario was always 3 undefeated teams remaining for two spots. In mid-October people would begin to speculate what was going to happen with all the undefeated teams. Some people rooted for an unsolvable problem … Continue reading
The Pride and The Shame: Week 7
The Pride. Iowa. Where did these guys come from? The Hawkeyes demolished Northwestern and are almost certainly going to be in the Big Ten championship game. It’s not even November and it’s tough to see a normal scenario where Iowa isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ACC, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas State, LSU, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Out of Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Cal, Utah
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Footnote: Cincinnati Kicking
“College kickers” is a popular refrain on social media whenever a college kicker misses a field goal. The phrase is meant to be a reminder of how unpredictable kickers are in the college game, especially in comparison to the NFL. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Schemes
Tagged Cincinnati, field goals, formations, kicking
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Third Down Draw 