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I could write a dissertation on the topic and address numerous other sports, but will limit my remarks to these . . . College football: Aside from the pageantry of game day, I enjoy (albeit from a fan’s perspective) the violent choreography of it all, the Xs and Os, the clash of offensive and...

Friday, with an upset of # 7 UNC. The guys also knocked off # 21 FSU to begin the month. After a rather rough February, they're now playing better against better competition -- particularly at home...

Yes it was. Key's here, and for the team's sake I hope he's successful. That said, that particular tweet -- "didn't come home to play small ball" and "raise the bar" -- was phrased in such a way as to be easy to infer as a thoroughly unnecessary and disrespectful commentary re the previous...

Listen, or just read the transcript. http://freakonomics.com/podcast/mark-teixeira/?fbclid=IwAR1K6ebB8rrxDTRPn0I3E5dOEP5lFNqO_K4wEbYtk7DmqzDKM0RF7mjDoqs Interesting background info re how he ended up at Tech instead of going from high school to pro ball. And there's this: "Three years at...

I can't believe you people are thinking about Clemson, when our third game of the season will be one of those horrible chop-blocking "high school offense" option teams -- The Citadel. Yep, the little team that played 'Bama to a first-half 10-10 tie back in November. We probably won't have any...

Obviously you don't understand that Dabo/Clemson pulled away from Tech the past few seasons, and it was primarily because of PJ and the triple option. ;) That Clemson has pulled even with 'Bama and can boat race the Tide in a national title game is strictly coincidental -- perhaps Saban's...

I wasn't familiar with Whataburger until moving to Florida 20+ years ago. As far as fast food chains' burgers are concerned, I believe they're top-notch, particularly the artery-clogging A1 Thick & Hearty burger. That said, yep, Checkers/Rally's' "Big Buford" is very good as well. Different...

And no one has mentioned the HashBrown Bowl? Out of this world good. And lots of it. (Ask 'em to put a little sausage gravy on top, too.) Highly unlikely you'll eat anything else in the next 16-24 hours, but you'll be in a happy, gastronomic stupor.

Much thanks for the OP. Very interesting stuff. Sorry to see that Mack Brown had the gumption to go after Army's DC.

From August 2017, a Notre Dame blog review of Patenaude's offense. Interesting. https://notredame.rivals.com/news/film-room-inside-look-at-temple-s-offense And here's an interview soon after he was hired at Temple: While I'd much rather that Collins had gotten outside his familiarity zone...

Minnesota finished the year very well -- the change of DC did the Gophers a world of good. While I very much hope that Minnesota is thrown for a loop by a churning Tech offense, let's not forget that Tech has a little rust and might take a series or two to get going -- and God help us if a...

For BilldGopher -- you guys still use the "Gopher I" formation on offense? (Tech fans, it's the old "Maryland I" / stack-I / "Capital I" formation, QB under center and three RBs lined up behind the QB.) Other than Urban Meyer rarely using it in goal line situations in recent years, it's a...

In his first time at Navy, as an OC before taking the HC job at Georgia Southern, Johnson went to a different part of the playbook with Navy trailing California 38-28 in the 1996 Aloha Bowl. Johnson brought out the "triple stack" of wide receivers. Worked like a charm. I'd like to see the...

Good heavens. Army 70, Houston 14, two minutes left in game. No Army punts. Four passes attempted, all four completed. How dreadful for Army fans to suffer through 500+ yards rushing. At least Houston fans got to enjoy their Cougars' modern offense, with their QB hitting 21 of 32 passes for...

:mad: No we don't. ;)

Did someone say "get back"? (y)

Amen to the above re McCollum. Really hate it for the one-and-done coaches on defense as well, though I understand it given the impending scheme change. Yeah, I know, "it's a business" . . .

its fourth NCAA Division 2 football title, a 49-47 slugfest over Ferris State. VSU is now coached by former mid-1980s UF QB Kerwin Bell. VSU QB Rogan Wells hit 19 of 31 passes for 349 yards and 5 TDs, and he also caught a 25-yard TD pass...

Matt Canada has shown his comfort level with a very diverse offense, finding ways to attack in multiple ways and using whatever talent he has. Tech needs someone like him, or Bob Stitt, someone with a flair for -- what was the term bandied about? -- innovation. Patenaude ain't it; while I...

I believe that Taaffe was OC for Fridge the first five years at Maryland. (Taaffe was a solid offensive coach, successful using the wishbone at The Citadel as well as adapting to the wide-open offenses of the CFL, where he was twice coach of the year. I believe Taaffe was among the guys...