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FYI—Out of ACC teams or teams we played, the FEI defense rankings were 3. Clemson 5. Notre Dame 10. FSU 13. UGA 17. Louisville 20. NCST 27. Duke 29. Ole Miss 30. SMU 36. Pitt 37. Miami 39. Cal 49. Bowling Green 62. UVA 65. VT 67. Syracuse 69. Wake Forest 70. UCF 74. UNC 77. GT <— US 111. BC...

Here are some numbers from last season Raw “total defense” https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/22 FEI Defense https://www.bcftoys.com/2023-dfei There are others, of course Last year, Michigan, Penn State, and Ohio State were the top three in total defense. For Penn State...

Lots of people that watch the ACC are high on LaMiles Brooks. I’m sure he was getting votes at safety

ESPN is part of a publicly traded corporation. Decision makers will say nothing until the ACC network is renewed or not. Otherwise, they’re facing lawsuits, fines, and other financial impacts.

Team USA’s bench would start for most countries. Maybe all of them. Loved watching Jose play. Romero is a baller.

Why do you think they’re losing money? They’re making about three billion dollars in profit on revenues of about sixteen billion dollars. They’re pinching pennies because they aren’t growing at the same rate they used to be, but they’re healthily profitable...

We need professional wrestling managers and commentators.

Here’s the conference announcement. https://theacc.com/news/2024/8/1/football-miami-paces-all-acc-preseason-team-with-five-selections-cam-ward-picked-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx There were 170 media voters. I would think there were a lot of North Carolina-based members. Who the voters saw...

It’s been around for a while. They claim to be a professional scouting service, but I don’t get that vibe. https://www.ourlads.com/about/

Haynes King fifth in “player of the year” balloting though. No second or third teams—just a “starting” lineup. GT, Duke, Pitt, BC, and UVA had no players on the list.

Athlon ranks is #47 out of 134 teams (UNC is #45, for example). https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-top-134-team-rankings-2024 The gist of the article Last season was successful This season has a brutal schedule, and Athlon thinks we probably won’t be bowling Offense...

Cal Berkeley got two first place votes—I didn’t expect that

How do you even create such a list?

UGA knows who Faulkner is—better than Thacker, even.

If you look at some of the defenses of the offense-heavy AAC and Big12 of the last decade, they were more concerned about getting turnovers than controlling yards or points. Forget the little plays, and make it up with more big plays. The defense might concede first downs, if they give the...

I’ll go back and look—and, yes, I was one of the people giving that rating. if I remember correctly, the 2022 defense was top 40 in FEI—and some other advanced composite rankings. They were somewhere around 80th in SP+ (a different composite rating). A big reason why was turnovers—FEI weighted...

It wouldn’t be scheme—we flipped the defensive staff. There’s a lot to like about Thacker. He wasn’t ready for the DC spot yet, but that doesn’t mean he’s not talented. I’m surprised he didn’t find a good landing spot last year—this should give him time to find a new home

Kirby Smart seems to be taking over Nick Saban’s “rehab coaches as advisors” halfway house program

Well, I got the joke…

Maybe it was Elko, but O’Leary was a DC, and his defenses as a head coach weren’t great. It’s not hard to find good DCs that didn’t make a similar defensive impact as head coaches. There are some head coaches that keep their previous units performing at a high level, but it’s often hard to tell...