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There is no parity. There’s roughly 120 FBS teams, of which, 20 are competitive. And of those, 6-8 are *it*. This is Pareto in action. All data is skewed.

Interesting post. I wonder how relevant it is today given how much the game has changed. The SEC is passing 60% of the time so defenses are on the field longer and it's a point-slugfest compared to even 10 years ago. I looked at the same period you presented (2007-2020) and had Tech scored 30...

Tennessee is a dumpster fire because of the Haslams. Every $50 million dollar check has conditions ... “we get to pick the coach. We get get to decide the offense. We get to call the plays.” Auburn isn’t far behind. FSU made a decision to exit the arms race. They are finished as a national...

That has been the problem since 1966. Do we really think money is going to materialize?

Do you think the Hill cares? LMAO

Not really. Two sports generate money - football and basketball. Most everything else cost money. The less the better ...

Are they angry? No. Indifferent? Yes. Those sports don’t cost a lot of money.

Pretty much.

Tech won’t drop football now. They ACC money makes it too enticing to stay in. No, just do average. Seven wins in football. Do ok in the other sports, but nothing great. Just meh. And the Hill and the GTAA are happy.

This is the key problem. Eighty percent of athletic programs are break even. To even be competitive today, you have to generate at least $100M ... more if you finance via debt. Auburn has billionaire alumni that write insane checks. Alabama has fundraising operations throughout the state at a...

This year has revealed just how bad the current system is. Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State are always there every preseason and look where we ended up .. again. Recruits want to play for these teams, money flows to these teams, and the disparities get ever bigger. We may as well realign the...

Do any of our opponents in the official records get to claim an asterisk? If the coach decides to play, it’s an official game. And ... you go to war (or play a competitive sport) with the army (team) you have, not the army (team) you hope to have. Next year, I expect to see Geoff getting very...

The “Process” is a Saban term used to explain the psychology of winning. Do your best to execute every play PERFECTLY and the wins will come. We have a long way to go before we say we are executing plays perfectly.

Bill Parcells did studies on this.

I agree that the W-L record wouldn’t be great, but ... a Saban team wouldn’t finish near the bottom of FBS (124th) in Fewest Penalties and Turnover Margin (110th). To be competitive at this stage, you have to exploit everything under your control and did we? I don’t think so. I did an analysis...

I think a lot of this year over year comparisons are not very useful. I'm not dissing on your comment, but for example, how much production occurred during garbage time when the game outcome was no longer in doubt? It MAY be helpful to look at movement across quartiles, but even that is...

Geoff is certainly “style“. But everyone has their approach, so ok. I think I recall a set of stats of GT when he got here and it showed Tech dramatically in athletic capability vs peers. Does it take time to add 40 lbs? Probably more than one season. I do agree that Geoff’s pedigree is light...

I think there were a number of posts early in Geoff's hiring that predicted bad times for a period. That's one of the reasons so many were advocating hiring a coach from CPJ's tree. If (and I really don't know because he doesn't really talk about it) Geoff's system is more SEC style, with big...

There are the megadonors who are fine. But there is another layer that is less happy. My way or the highway only works if you’re Nick Saban.