The NFL needs to figure out a better way to spot the ball as it’s clearly not working to have the refs do it. To put that as a first down is bad. To put that as a yard beyond the line to gain is egregious and makes you wonder why the hell are we spotting the football this way with these morons for refs.
I knew USC recruiting was hurting, but when you take a look at the teams that have commits higher ranked in California than them right now (Bryant is CB'd to them), it's unbelievable:
Oregon
Alabama
Clemson
Georgia
Utah
Washington
ASU
Ohio State
Stanford
Oklahoma State(!)
Michigan
How in the world can USC recruit that bad?
It's why I think the criticism against him has been overblown, especially when we've had Orlando fuck around with alignments/players. We talk about needing coaches that can coach players, and Giles has been fantastic on two occasions doing exactly that. His recruiting this year, even if it being helped by others, indicates that he isn't the liability that some people make him out to be.
I really, really hope the Giles + Okam pairing actually happens as that would be a great combination of coaching and recruiting at a key position.
So did i. And you've got that right. Same for Pueblo, but Runyon Field was fun.
I know this is slightly heretical, but I kind of like Pueblo (and Greeley) despite them being shit on by most of the rest of Colorado. Pueblo has an actual vibrant Hispanic community that Denver isolates as well as easy access to the Sangre de Cristos / easier access to the San Juans, and Greeley has the best brewery in Colorado.
Anyways, went back to the in-law's farm in Central Texas after living in downtown Denver. It's very crazy the difference in life and how things out in the country definitely move much slower. Quite the contrast.
Because we never act like we should and just hire the best people. The conversation to get Herman should have started with who he wanted on his staff, and when he mentioned that he would be bringing the gang from UofH instead of upgrading, we should have stopped. We should have realized that he was in over his head when he demoted Beck and then forgot to actually hire someone else. We should have realized that when we left Warehime on staff when he was an abomination.
We need to have a coach that is willing to put his ego aside and find the best candidates for whatever system he wants to run and not his fucking cronies or people he went to a strip club together a decade ago.
Sadly, we'll have a decent season next year without a conference championship and be stuck with Herman for another year when it all goes south post-Sam and with diminishing recruiting that puts whoever we hire next into a shit situation.
TLDR: We don't have the balls to actually make the decisions that matter until it is too late, and then we fuck it up because we are desperate.
It's going to be a hell of a game. It'll be interesting to see how Riley does a year after getting blown out by them.
On a different note, I think I'm going to go and see the top division in Colorado's state championship game this weekend. Will be fun to compare to what I remember from playing/watching in Texas.
Yup. Tech isn't a good team, but switching to 4 down and allowing them to rush was kind of a glimpse of the future. Will be nice not to see Ossai dropping back to cover nearly as frequently.