2008 National Champ

Michigan dominated 3 G5’s to start this year and no one will hold it against them. Beating bad teams is always going to be preferable to losing to good ones. The first time I see the committee give anything more than lip service to SOS, or even conference championships, I’ll start believing that it is a necessary component.

The only thing that…[Read more]

If Johnson wants an NFL career, he doesn’t need to go more than about 10 yards in either direction and play slot.

I may be misreading the market but it feels like he would have Shelley vibes in the portal. Maybe he gets a chance to QB at a G5 but the same mechanical issues will still exist. If Johnson is willing to put in the work to correct…[Read more]

It’s never too early for “Let’s go Brandon”

when it comes down to human polls winning, no matter the opponent, is always valued higher than losing to a good opponent. The #2 team per the committee has played two teams with winning records to this point, neither of which is currently ranked. Their FBS opponent records are a combined 22-36. The only thing on their resume for 2023 is that…[Read more]

7. Situation: first play of 2nd half, 1-10, down 21-3, own 19.
Formation: 11 personnel, 3×1 to field, Vele to boundary
Pre-snap: Oregon showing 4-2-5 with 2 high safeties

First play of the half, needing a good drive, time for a quick call to get ahead of schedule. Max protect with Miki and Jackson, Veles runs a 7 yard dig, Two receivers to…[Read more]

6. Situation: 3rd and 5, down 7-0, Oregon 22.
Formation: 10 personnel, 3×1 wide bunch to field, Parks to boundary
Pre-snap: Oregon showing 4-2-5 with 2 high safeties

Parks runs 5 yard dig route, Glover releases to boundary, Vele runs a 12 yard drag, McLain runs a deep in and Simmons runs a 3 yard out, all against tight man coverage. Oregon…[Read more]

Now to the successful plays. They will be 1 through 3 on the vidoes
5. Situation: 2-10, own 45, down 7-0. Time for the Vaki wheel route that Oregon won’t suspect
Formation: 21 personnel, Strong to field, 2×1 with King inline to boundary, Vele slot Parks wide.
Pre-snap: Oregon showing 4-3-4 against two back look, 2 high safeties

Jackson m…[Read more]

4. Situation: 1st and 10, down 21-3, own 39.
Formation: 12 personnel, under center, Tight 3×1 to the field. Vele Jet motion to boundary flat.
Pre-snap: Oregon showing 4-2-5 with 2 high safeties.

Miki stays in to block for play-action. 2 receiver route against man to boundary, zone to field. King runs slant, Parks vertical against double…[Read more]

3. Situation: 1st and 10, down 21-3, own 44.
Formation: 11 personnel, Strong to the field, Tight 3×1 formation, Parks to boundary with safety help
Pre-snap: Oregon is showing 4-2-5 with 2 high safeties

Starting at 0:21, backside view. Jackson stays in to block, Coner blitz from boundary, Vele slant, Miki drag, McLain releases vertical, Parks…[Read more]

2. First play after Oregon went up 14-3.
Situation: 1st and 10, own 25.
Formation: 11 personnel, Strong to the field, Tight 3×1 formation, Parks man look to boundary.
Pre-snap: Oregon is showing 4-2-5, 2 high safeties.

Matthews Jet motion to boundary, Glover and line sell run action to boundary, Parks with reverse action to field and Vele running…[Read more]

1. 2nd drive (or first if you say the Tafuna fumble recovery made it one drive).
Situation: 3rd and 13, Oregon 18.
Formation: 11 personnel (one back, one TE). Strong to the field, Tight 3×1 formation, Matthews with man look to boundary.
Pre-snap: Oregon is showing 2-4-5 look with 2 high safeties.

Oregon rushes 6 against Max protect…[Read more]

Time to throw Logan back into the mix? Because Baylor is staying as a non-con game, I don’t think they’d add an 11th P4 next year, especially after the difficulty of this year. Record matters more than SOS, regardless of what the talking heads say.

Swan is the lead recruiter so he’ll probably get the first look at LB.

For comparison, Andrews runs an 11.1 hundred. Roughly the same as Randle. Mitchell is a 10.8 guy and Stanley (got the throwback on the kick return Saturday) is a little faster at 10.75.

Team speed isn’t really an issue for Utah, should they ever want to go with a “quick”…[Read more]

The numbers Nix has put up in that offense are just too good to ignore.

At Auburn: 34 games, 628-1057-7251-39-16, 59.4%, 6.85 y/a, 11.55 y/c, QBR’s of 125, 123.9, 130
At Oregon: 21 games, 500-672-5930-50-8, 74.4%, 8.82 y/a, 11.86 y/c, QBR’s of 165.7, 178.6

What QB with one year left wouldn’t want to fill their combine audition tape with…[Read more]

I don’t know. I could see Rising running that Oregon offense at a pretty high level next year.

Lots of hype moving to a new conference so there will be plenty of eyes on him. NIL money isn’t an issue. Would be able to get up to speed against a very manageable non-con schedule with games against @ Michigan and home Ohio State down the line.…[Read more]

I’m not saying Rose can’t do the job. The truth is that I don’t have a clue whether he is capable or not.

The post I was answering made it sound like the only choices were a Rising who did not play in 2023 or an incoming Freshman. Perhaps I made the wrong assumption but I read the post as Rose, Johnson, Barnes, Bottari and Howard not having a…[Read more]

very fair. I’ve always considered the boosters, facilities, etc., everything other than the team itself that would make a kid want to go somewhere as part B and team success, coaching staff, playing time as part A on why I would choose one school over another. It makes sense to split the outside funding off from the rest as it is not guaranteed,…[Read more]

Rising and Kuithe playing but nowhere near 100% was baked into my prediction. I thought the team would be 5-3 at this point with those two playing at least half the games so far. My only miss was them winning the first two, but Baylor was this [] close to being a loss anyway.

I was skeptical about that Arizona roadie – 4th tough game in 5…[Read more]

I guess I’m considering the resources as under the school umbrella and you have them as a separate entity?