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  1. I think Sark, like a lot of smart dudes loses focus on things at times. That’s especially true when he doesn’t have strong motivation or strong interest in the subject. You can see it at times with the running game. It’s not his passion and he tends to gloss over the details at times; I suspect that was a part of the problem with ASU. Based on demeanor, I have no doubt Sark is focused and motivated now.
  2. NIL has resulted in serious money for top players. I suspect that one result will be a breakdown in regional recruiting for those players. Playing close to home is a minor consideration when millions are in play. Players will relocate for $$$. The SEC has had a historic advantage from sitting on top of the biggest recruiting ground for top college athletes. Most historically successful programs are located on or adjacent to major recruit pools. Geographic mobility will blunt that advantage in the future and virtually erase it at the top of the talent pool.
  3. I rate this post 8 centi-thujones. Borderline legendary on first read.
  4. Vineyard aggy
  5. I think OZ zone was chosen to fit what’s left in the RB room. We started the year with IZ as the base.
  6. Counter scheme won’t be a surprise. Texas has some of the best edge defenders in the country in any case, which is what you need to stop counter. Texas also has an elite pass rush and secondary. I like the matchup of Sorrell and Simmons v the OTs Jackson and Fryer. OSU has 2 hellacious WRs but their QB struggles under pressure and Texas is one of the best in the country at putting QBs under duress.
  7. GT Counter to the TE side from 12 personnel: UO defends with a light box. 3 down: 3 tech, 1 tech and 5 tech playside. There is a backside edge and 2 LBs. The TE is uncovered and the playside edge is defended by what looks like a nickel or corner overhang outside the box. The playside OT and OG just block down on the DL. Back side LB gets pulled away by H-back motion to the (3 WR) back side of the play. DL we’re looking inside first and easily walked off. Numbers and leverage were decisive.
  8. Texas 24, Nuts 20 389 total yards
  9. Nashville has a lot to recommend it. Vandy does have to split the sports money and fan support with a pretty full slate of pro teams. I see Vandy’s position as similar to SMU: big sports town with pro franchises, private school with money and local support base. The big difference is competition level. There are 3 teams in the ACC that SMU has to look out for. Vandy has 3 current elite programs and 5 more with historical strength or tons of money: Tennessee, Florida, LSU, OU and aggy (one in their home state).
  10. Legalization has killed a lot of business models based on breaking the rules under Prohibition.
  11. On population numbers and regional economy, you are correct. I just never saw Columbus as an innovation leader comparable to the cities I mentioned. Illinois has spun off a lot of software and IT. Wisconsin did the same with health care and IT. Athens has strong biotech and pharma for a small city, plus cultural contributions. In the NIL era, I think schools need entrepreneur boosters or a large base of moderately rich alumni. I’m seeing potential entrepreneurial wealth in Athens, Madison and Champaign. Not so much in Columbus. OSU can pursue the later path but so can many others.
  12. I think their overall point is correct. I saw a lot of Norvell in the PA passing game. But the time factor meant OSU could install only a small part of that offense. Hold the edge or penetrate playside against counter and it’s not very effective. I like our Edges and overall DL depth against counter. Texas has more tape and better personnel to stop it than UO or Tennessee.
  13. Austin is a huge advantage. Athens, GA has a lot of similarities on a much smaller scale. The closest thing to Austin would be Madison, WI and it’s not that close: 650k metro population. Of course expectations for WI football are much lower than at Texas so that setup could produce relative success in Madison. Champaign-Urbana, IL is a mini Madison. Those are also regions where football is a pretty big deal.
  14. With the Michigan loss, Day had a lot of motivation and 3 weeks to make changes. It was enough to install a couple of tendency breaking running plays, 2 variations of counter. I saw GT counter and G-TE counter. There really was no front side running variants off of those looks, I didn’t see power or anything like that. They did boot and roll the QB off the counter look: which he should be used to from KSU. Inside zone was still used but only occasionally. The bottom line for me is that 3 weeks was enough to install a few plays that caught Tennessee by surprise but not enough to change more than that. Howard already knew how to run that offense but the OL needed to change style and rep it. The change won the first round game for them. It was a less important factor in the second round. Texas has the tape and Day doesn’t have 3 weeks to install anything radical. Gap blocking is better suited to OSU OL personnel but I expect only a modest impact to their production on the ground against Texas.
  15. I’ve heard a lot of commentary about OSU looking like a completely different team in the playoffs. That is partially true. The 4th straight loss to Michigan seems to have triggered a radical change to manufacture a ground game. Ryan Day surprised me by installing a very different running attack and PA passing off of that. Day has been a zone scheme coach in Columbus. They came out against Tennessee with gap scheme blocking. This was so different that the Vols looked completely confused and there was no tape to prepare for such a radical scheme change. The result: 156 yards, 4.7 YPC and 4 TDs. That was a huge upgrade from what they did vs UM: 77, 3.0 YPC, 0 TDs. Of course that made the whole offense more effective, with the other UT defense actually having to honor play action fakes. Pearl Harbor effect in the first round. The surprise effect diminished significantly in the second round. OSU ran the ball very well here but they already had done so in the first meeting. In the playoffs: 181 yards, 5.8 YPC, 2 TDs. In their regular season meeting: 141, 4.3 yards, 2 TDs. The playoff performance was better but not a step function improvement. Frankly OSU should have won the first game but -2 in TO margin cost them the game. OSU run defense, WR development and eliminating TOs were more important factors in the CFP game than changes to their own run blocking scheme.
  16. Allar v Altar Boys i promise to stop soon.
  17. Absolutely. But what is the reason? Did someone at Texas piss off the NCAA or the refs? I had a feeling nothing was going to change when we moved to the SEC. It wasn't just the Big 12 refs, it's now the SEC refs and then the other day was Big10. That's beyond just a coincidence. I wonder if the old under the table dirty money is going to zebras now that players can be paid market rate.
  18. They still support secession though…
  19. Fear and envy are powerful motivators.
  20. Texas is not overmatched on the lines or in overall talent. ASU had the motivation edge and had multiple big gambles work. Even with a ton of drive killing penalties not called on their OL, motivation wasn’t enough to put them over the top. OSU is elite at the highest profile position: WR. Their running game can be stopped. Their defense is very good but their offense overall displayed real flaws this season. If playoff OSU has fixed those problems, they deserve to be a 10 point favorite. If the Texas Defense is on a different level than Oregon and the other UT, 6.5 is too high.
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