I was pretty bearish on Mario Cristobal’s Oregon team heading into 2019. Justin Herbert never really convinced me he was elite, the offense seemed overly focused on running the ball behind the offensive line, and the strategy of building Oregon around the offensive line always struck me as a dubious method. Every school is always … [Read more…]
Chris Hummer of 247 recently did an interesting writeup on some states in our Union that, per NFL draft results, tends to end up producing more talent than high school recruiting services would have suggested. Some of the usual suspects show up here, such as the state of Wisconsin which I’ve discussed repeatedly in this … [Read more…]
Not the state, who’s approach to the COVID pandemic under Gov. DeSantis was one that had a sizable chunk of citizens and commentators projecting disaster up until recently. I mean the football program coached by Dan Mullen that is returning their quarterback, four starters on the offensive line, and star “space force dreadnought” Kyle Pitts … [Read more…]
These three schools all share the common trait of being fairly distantly removed from the biggest metro areas of the Big 12. Those major metro areas and talent hubs are, in order by population: Obviously D.C./Baltimore and Pittsburgh are irrelevant for everyone in the B12 save for West Virginia but they very much matter for … [Read more…]
…by hiring Chris Klieman of North Dakota State. I’ve been watching North Dakota State for several years now and have lots of notes from some of their showdowns with FBS schools, rival South Dakota State, and their title game bouts with James Madison. I broke down some of Klieman’s strategies and how they translate to … [Read more…]
Texas Tech has officially fired Kliff Kingsbury. AD Kirby Hocutt described the decision as being largely based off Texas Tech’s inability to field good defenses, which limited the positive impact from Kingsbury’s amazing offenses. Kingsbury’s offenses over the last several years were frankly astounding. He’s one of the best, perhaps the best, Air Raid coordinator … [Read more…]
My man Bill Connelly (@SBN_BillC) has made it to the upper tiers of the 2017 Big 10 in his annual preview of every single team in college football. If you don’t track this series every year I don’t really know what’s wrong with you because it’s a fantastic, ongoing stat-based historical of every team in … [Read more…]
I’m slowly starting to begin my breakdowns of every 2017 Big 12 recruiting class. Normally I haven’t even begun it yet so we’re ahead of schedule so far. There’s often a lot of late movement and additions but JUCO signing day is over and early enrollees are increasingly prevalent so many teams have already made … [Read more…]
A lot of stories I’ve been tracking in college football came to a head recently. I did a profile on Fleck at SB Nation just a few weeks ago, detailing the program building job and offensive strategies he’d shown at Western Michigan. I didn’t think Minnesota was the kind of job he’d end up with … [Read more…]