Over at Inside Texas I took the time to find a full Cam Rising game on youtube, broke down his performance in it, and then did a thorough writeup on what I saw from the 4-star signal-caller. Rising was an OU-commit and it looked like Texas had settled on 3-star Oklahoman Casey Thompson with perhaps … [Read more…]
My man @JonathanTjarks of theringer.com had an amazing column the other day on the reality of team building in the NBA in an era when LeBron James and the Warriors rule the league. The main thrust of his point is that there is value in the struggle for supremacy in the league, value in the … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I listed all of the returning talent at QB in 2017 before diving into some of the teams that will have and advantage in combating them because they return star safeties. Beyond the obvious (Derwin James at Florida State) there are some others like Damon Webb at Ohio State or … [Read more…]
I broke down the Trojan QB’s remarkable freshman year for a piece at SB Nation that just got published here. Darnold has obvious attributes that will make him attractive to the NFL after this next season assuming it goes as well as I expect it will. Lightning quick release, strong arm, great athleticism, and a … [Read more…]
The path to bringing Georgia back to national contention is honestly one of the easier ones in college football, at least in terms of the early steps. Georgia is sitting on top of a ton of talent and I’m not even talking about nearby Florida which is even more loaded. Georgia produces tons and tons of … [Read more…]
At SB Nation I previewed how Michigan will rebuild a defense that’s losing nine starters. I don’t know how shocking this will be for everyone but I think they’ll probably still be elite even despite losing so much. The up and coming DL is going to be fantastic, new DE starters Rashan Gary (former 247 … [Read more…]
I’ve suspected for some time now that a massive percentage of touchdown passes (or explosive gains) thrown in the Big 12 (or nationally) in 2016 came off the dig-post(go) route combination. Teams like to set it up in different ways but that combo is ideal for attacking deep and it seemed that many teams were … [Read more…]
I examine the issue over at Football Study Hall. * Of course it’s always possible that the NFL is simply overlooking Big 12 players that might be better than expected.
As someone that watches a ton of recruiting film I have a fairly good idea of how people that follow a game at one level tend to evaluate players coming up from the lower levels. You try to watch for raw athleticism and skill from highlights or moments from games and you don’t spend forever … [Read more…]
It’s curious that the hybrid RB that can run routes hasn’t had a greater role in the Big 12 yet. Granted it’s hard to teach a RB how to excel at reading blocks, picking up blitzes in pass protection, AND running crips routes outside but there’s sure a lot of upside if you can. Christian … [Read more…]