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Is that a challenge? If so, you better retract it!

I think they would be fine. Remember, if we're going to pass half the time, the practice will include tons of pass blocking drills and reps and the scout teams will be simulating lots of different types of pass rushes for the OL to learn to defend against. Also, the new OL and TE coaches...

First, a down period is not mandatory. Second, recruiting for CPJ's offense does not automatically mean the roster cannot run a different offense well. Third, the defense is not precluded from playing well and winning games if the offense has growing pains. Fourth, given the volatility of...

That is the key thing for a head coach. I think Alabama got so good because Saban understood how to create a program and took full advantage of all the resources available to him. Look at Dabo and Clemson. I've never heard anyone say Dabo is a great football coach. However, it appears that...

I don't disagree. Though, in some cases I don't know that blocking high is feasible. For example, I'm not sure that the OT can reliably get in front of 3-tech DT in order to block him high, not with wide linemen splits anyway. If he tries to block high from the side, he might wind up pushing...

Seeing that Rock liked your post, it sounds like we have a difference of terminology. To me a pre-determined read is when the QB is told what to do when he would otherwise have a post-snap choice. For example, the play call is triple option, but the QB is instructed to give/keep/pitch...

In the game, sure, I think there were a high percentage of call QB keeps. But not in the gifs above. You wouldn't leave two defenders unblocked on a designed QB keeper unless you knew for sure that the defense was going to defend the dive and the pitch. Moreover, in two of the gifs, the ball...

Possibly, it could have been. I remember some people said that in Nesbitt's first year the reads were pre-determined. I've no idea if that was true of not. Might be a good question for a call-in show.

My understanding is that if the O-lineman is bypassing the D-lineman, then it cannot be a chop block even if there is incidental contact or if the D-lineman engages the bypassing O-lineman. In the past, this has been a point on which CPJ has had to educate the officials. Possibly this was also...

Except for the touchdown run, all of the gifs are option plays.

There is a play or two very much like this in the playbook. It isn't called much. I doubt it's been called more than once or twice in the past two years.

A lot of the gains are on the outside because that is where CPJ feels Thomas is more effective.

From listening to press conferences and the radio shows, I've heard CPJ talk enough that I whenever I read comments he's made I can practically hear the tone he said them with. It's rare that he says anything that is intended to be provocative or controversial. Maybe he has a position that is...

CPJ said at radio show earlier this year that the 2014 OL got a lot of credit that was actually due to the skill players. He also said at that same show that the current (i.e., 2016) OL might already be as good as the 2014 OL.

It wasn't a great attempt by any means, but I'm sure there have been worse. Eason was scrambling before the he threw it and I wonder if he threw before he was set.

CPJ said of Tevin "He got the most out of his ability". There were a few games where Tevin led a late TD drive for the go ahead score only to see the defense be unable to hold on for the win. I remember CPJ saying on a couple of occasions that Tevin was not the problem with the offense when...

I think there is some truth to this. My father and uncle were similar. My father breezed through high school and my uncle struggled a bit, but my uncle had the much better collegiate career (neither went to GT).

They are overlooked, but I think they were important. Picking up some tough extra yards with those runs.

I think Eason had an off day, though a couple of his incompletions probably should have been caught. I was really surprised by Eason's throw on the last play of the game. The ball was at least 10 yards short of where it should have been and I think he has the arm to make that throw. He had...

He definitely needs some serious consideration as the most improved player.