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My main concern is finding a way for our current OL to be successful in a different style of offense. My hope is that we’ll be pleasantly surprised by pass protection given that they will likely be learning different techniques and not focusing so much on the run. The loss of Braun really...

Steak is the absolute worst. He plays the same game as the rest of the local AM radio losers, but he’s such a dirt bag. He should have never been allowed back on the air after the bit on 790 that got him fired. He seems to have taken CPJ’s comments personally because he was absolutely...

If I’m remembering correctly, Collins had already left for UF for the bowl game. Not that that would have anything to do with tackling technique.

That might turn out to be true. The extent to which we can build our brand nationally, and recruit nationally to find players who want to do school at a high level along with football will be a factor. Of course that will take $$$$, we’ll see if the institute really wants to support that. I...

I don’t think consistent top 20 classes is that far-fetched. Recruiting with Iowa or either of the MSUs should be well within reach. Under CPJ (who I am a huge fan of) I didn’t care about the rankings because he was successful recruiting certain types of players that didn’t necessarily fit...

I still can’t understand what happened with Will. He was such a good player and versatile enough to play guard and tackle. I suspect if he had been allowed to stay at guard things might have ended differently, but he was needed at tackle, so he did what was best for the team. Then he...

Could this have to do with the coaching transition? I don’t know how this works, but maybe coaches lobby for their players to get invites? ASA does seem like the only obvious snub, and he’s not exactly an all world player, so maybe our one guy just didn’t make the cut.

I agree we enjoyed our most consistent success under O’Leary. Although mid season rankings reflect perception more than results. I also think he was going against overall weaker competition. If you look at beating top 10 teams, without looking it up I would guess Johnson would be the leader...

I get it. Like I said, I realize he’s selling, but...

I know he’s just trying to sell the program, but it’s some pretty interesting revisionist history when he tells Rome about how we were a top 10 team competing for ACC championships in the late 90’s, as if there’s such a big contrast between our success under O’Leary and Johnson. I was a student...

I thought this might happen since he’s graduating. When you hire a staff that is 180 degrees from the previous staff, this is to be expected. He’ll be starting over with a new offense regardless, so he might as well get to choose coaches he wants to play for. There’s also no telling what role...

Of course the two are not mutually exclusive, and I didn’t say a coach couldn’t be good at both recruiting and coaching. To win big at GT you have to be great at both. At this point, I believe we have some great recruiters, but I’m less convinced of their coaching chops. I hope they turn out to...

How is this an upgrade? He has very little coaching experience. I like having the GT alums on staff, but this group was already strong on GT ties and recruiting with some uncertainty when it comes to actual coaching ability. Honestly, I’m not sure what to think of this, but the other guy...

That would be nice, but they’ll start the year with 5 teams ranked in the top 10, so even a team with a loss will probably “prove” they deserve a playoff spot by beating those other top 10 teams.

Hewitt didn’t have trouble recruiting NBA level players. If he could have coached them to inbound the damn ball or run offense that had any sign of coaching we might have had something.

I’d give an A to some of the hires, but overall I’d say B+. I can see a lot of potential, but for me that’s true every off season. I do like that Collins has worked with pretty much every one of them extensively, so he knows what he’s getting. I also like all the GT connections because they...

Predictable sports narratives: Key to GT—Saban didn’t want him anymore. Kentucky OC turns down uga—the offer must have been a rumor.

We’ll probably need some lucky bounces to have a chance, but I think playing them first might be an advantage in a coaching transition year. There won’t be any tape on how the new staff will use our personnel, so Clemson’s coaches and army of analysts will have a difficult time predicting what...

Every quote in that article makes me think he is coming. All typical things a coach would say in this situation.

To be fair, the gap between those 2 teams and almost all the rest of college football has gotten wider. The difference between us and them right now has a lot more to do with them.