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College Football Week 14 - Last Chance (For Chaos)
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Its going to be video game football on both sides.
I wonder what shitty bowl vs completely superior and mismatched opponent Duke will have this year.
Azwethinkweiz
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Scott is a Clemson alum and already an OC. Just think about what it would take for you to take the same job you have at Georgia at Georgia Tech.
Randolph Freelander
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I hope Clemson blows the doors off Carolina, but Carolina has been putting up some points and anything can happen. I like Clemson's defense better than Carolina's, though.
Yeah like a lot of these defensive minded coaches, a lot of their success hinges on who they get on the offensive side of the ball. That cupboard seems to be pretty bare at USCe, so going to have to do some real coaching up.
Never underestimate the power of Jimmy Sexton.
I see what you're saying. Just saying what the rumors are. I'd assume the only way he'd leave is if he's best friends with Muschamp and sees a better career path there. I know there's always been a lot of crossover between players being coaches at Auburn and UGA.
I think Ohio State would have the better loss, unless Michigan State loses to Iowa.
PlayALLtheGames
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DJ Durkin to Maryland. That's my 2nd team and Durkin did well and was well-liked by kids when he was at Florida so I'm pretty pleased. He can coach defense and special teams, no doubt. Who knows about head coach but it'll really depend on the guys around him.
The local news and weather radio station in DC called WTOP put up a Facebook post with the news, noting he's Michigan's defensive coordinator, but used a picture of him when he was a Gator. I poked fun at them but by the time I hit Enter, it said the post had been taken down by the owner. Fail.
With this news and Feleipe Franks committing to UF, I think it's pretty much guaranteed Dwayne Haskins stays committed to the Terps. It would have been AMAZING to have a kid from my former high school (The Bullis School) be at UF but I'm obviously not disappointed in landing Franks.
The local news and weather radio station in DC called WTOP put up a Facebook post with the news, noting he's Michigan's defensive coordinator, but used a picture of him when he was a Gator. I poked fun at them but by the time I hit Enter, it said the post had been taken down by the owner. Fail.
With this news and Feleipe Franks committing to UF, I think it's pretty much guaranteed Dwayne Haskins stays committed to the Terps. It would have been AMAZING to have a kid from my former high school (The Bullis School) be at UF but I'm obviously not disappointed in landing Franks.
Azwethinkweiz
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Clemson has 2 top 10 wins and Ohio state has none. And the losses would be comparable.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14273304
Good explanation about the flawed way the CFP committee looks at SOS
Good explanation about the flawed way the CFP committee looks at SOS
1. Clemson would be more recent.
2. Michigan State is more respected than UNC, while a UNC win over Clempson would mean more than a Michigan State win over Iowa, I think it would really hurt Clempson than anything.
Your guess would be wrong.
Our #2 and #3 backs:
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Derrick Henry 295 1797 6.1 74 (TD) 22
Kenyan Drake 68 333 4.9 43 (TD) 1
Damien Harris 45 155 3.4 41 1Azwethinkweiz
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I do think Ohio state would get in over Clemson, for the record. But I don't think they would be more deserving. It would be due to big 10 bias more than anything. Clemson has more quality wins, a much stronger strength of schedule, and if they lost, a comparable loss. It being more recent shouldn't matter since the committee says they don't care when the loss occurs. But again, Ohio state would still get in over Clemson because they'd be a bigger draw.
theprodigy
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I don't think the degree of "quality loss" matters when both Michigan State and UNC would be top 10 teams, also you have to wonder if the committee will penalize a conference championship game loss less than usual.
that being said we know the committee loves Ohio State too much 
BertramCooper
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Yep.
Randolph Freelander
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It makes sense in context, since it's relative to the ACC.
It isn't bias to think that the Big Ten is better than the ACC this year.
And it isn't conference bias to put osu in ahead of Clemson if they lose. It is recency bias.
Azwethinkweiz
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Ohio state lost two weeks ago, it's not that distant. And Clemson had to play an extra game since Ohio state couldn't even win their division.
Recency bias is a huge thing in this. 2 weeks is forever in college football time.
Hines Ward on Finebaum now saying he'd love to be an assistant at UGA. Hines Ward is one of the best players ever at UGA IMO, and an NFL Hall of Famer, but he needs to coach somewhere else first. There's a difference between playing and having to coach and recruit.
But maybe he could be on staff in some way in the back office as one of the support guys and work his way into an assistant role. That's something I could see.
But maybe he could be on staff in some way in the back office as one of the support guys and work his way into an assistant role. That's something I could see.
Even if the numbers were the other way, I wouldn't view them as definitive. Not all carries are equal. Change of pace backs can have higher YPC than the starter b/c they run vs lighter fronts in passing downs. College backups can have lower YPC b/c they play with other backups in obvious run situations in blowouts
Part of this is also pretty much all the preliminary talk around the playoffs is "who can hold up vs ALA's offensive line"? I haven't once heard Henry as the reason Bama will be the favorites. It's their lines
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If anything give it to UNC. They lost the first game of the year on a neutral site. Plus unlike either Clemson or OSU they'd actually be a conference champ, and neither Clemson or OSU would have as good of a win as beating #1 ranked undefeated Clemson.
It won't happen that way, but IMO the winner of the ACC game should be in no matter who.
It won't happen that way, but IMO the winner of the ACC game should be in no matter who.
This might the 1st year, or at least the first since 2007, where the running is just a single running back. 2013 might have been close, as Yeldon had 1200 yards to Drake's 700 (Henry, who I barely remember playing that year, ended with 400).
07: Coffee/Grant???
08: Coffee/Ingram
09: Ingram/Richardson
10: Ingram/RIchardson/Lacy
11: Richardson/Lacy
12: Lacy/Yeldon
13: Yeldon/Drake
14: Yeldon/Henry
15: Henry
Drake's been injury maligned in 14 and 15, and you saw sporadic use of Fowler and Roy Upchurch. 14's 2nd best rusher ended up being Blake Sims.
Losing Tyren Jones (and Tenpenny RIP), put us in a bind, that Henry single handedly pushed through. Still think Bo should have seen some carries. Think he could be special in a similar way to Henry.
Randolph Freelander
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I heard Finebaum say that. I don't see it but I guess he does have to retire at some point.
So the only way to destroy Bama is to.... let them win?
Have you seen Bama's other backs run? I'm going to assume not, because Drake is simply a change of pace back and Harris has simply not been impressive at all. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry against Charleston Southern, an FCS team, with probably half of his carries coming with the first team. Our 4th string back, Bo Scarbrough, has been the most impressive of the back-ups, but he's played only sparingly, because he fucked his knee up in spring practice.
And we've hashed out the offensive line issues many times before, including yesterday or earlier today. This is the weakest offensive line Saban has had since 2008, and it's not even close.
So, no, this year there are no backs on our team who could do what Henry has done. Unless you've actually watched clips of, say, Harris running this year, your opinion that we have other players who we could plug in for Henry is baseless.
FloydtheFathead
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Cheeto, are you denigrating the legend of Trent Truck? Because I won't stand for this..
Two as MRE and Bama-GAF have shown how terrible their oline has been this year.. Henry has carried the offense for the most part. He has the stats to win the heisman and he has been productive his entire career there.
He's going to win it and he should.
Yes, we are..
Stop the roller coaster, I want to get off..
chaosblade
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People trying to talk up Bama's OL this season? Lol. If we didn't have Henry our offense would look like post-Grier Florida.
GoldenEye 007
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Schiano's gamble not looking good. He got a UCF offer but wanted to table it for Miami as he felt that interview went very well. Miami is apparently moving in on Richt.
perfectchaos007
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Richt is a nice guy accustomed to the southern folk in Athens. Dealing with Miami peeps will be an adjustment
GoldenEye 007
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What's that clown Uncle Luke up to?
He's an alum, it really fits.
Frustrated_Grunt
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Miami scored pretty well
He's going to be an analyst yet again.
I definitely have not watched enough of Alabama to definitively say that one way or the other. My comment is based off history and what other people who have watched them play say. My belief is Bama's offensive line is going to dominate their CFB opponents. We'll see, of course!
I have no problem with Henry winning. There's no really deserving candidate this year. Someone has to win and if he is the best of the available choices then good for him
Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 11m11 minutes ago
Miami under impression Mark Richt will be Miami’s coach, source said but @Mark_Schlabach reports Richt remains undecided
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Mark Schlabach ‏@Mark_Schlabach 6m6 minutes ago
Well, was just told with 100-percent certainty that Mark Richt to Miami should be finalized tonight or tomorrow.
I'm told his deal is very similar to the one he had at Georgia. Probably won't be announced until Thursday or Friday
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Mark Schlabach ‏@Mark_Schlabach 6m6 minutes ago
Well, was just told with 100-percent certainty that Mark Richt to Miami should be finalized tonight or tomorrow.
I'm told his deal is very similar to the one he had at Georgia. Probably won't be announced until Thursday or Friday
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Azwethinkweiz
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Remember when Spurrier left USCjr mid season to help them get a jump start on finding a new coach? Now all these coaches are getting snatched up and they're sitting around with their dicks in their hands.
timetokill
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Must be nice to pad 90 or so yards and 2 TDs and get to rest for half the game, is what I'm saying.
Stanford can't have Heisman-winning players, it'd just be too weird.
Anyway I haven't been as impressed with Henry as I have with McCaffrey. In general I'm more impressed with multi-talented players though.
By the way, McCaffrey broke 200 multi-purpose yards in a game NINE times this year. He was bringing it, week-in week-out.
In a related note, Pac-12 Networks put out their "All-Century" Pac-12 team. Each position has 5 players. Here's the Running Backs:
Just reminded me of that guy wondering if USC had any good running backs, lol.
Goddamn it imgur. It's the Pitbull gif with Richt's head.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...er-campbell-uncle-luke-coach-miami-hurricanes
Required reading for anyone interested in Miami football.