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1. I'm not sure about that. That's because there isn't much proof that the composite ratings tell us much about the available talent. I've already cited Cinncy and Wake. By the composites they should have a hard time beating anybody. Yet remarkably … 2. Yep. I share both your sentiments and...

See, this is what is wrong with these rankings. The 2018 team won 7 games. The teams following, despite their "higher" rankings, have won 9 games in the last three years. It isn't a matter of what the overall ratings of your players are. It's a matter of whether the players suit your style of...

I thought that Mason would make it. He's everything the pros want: big, fast, he's hard to bring down, he can catch, and he can block.The only question was whether he would get on a team with a coaching staff that would recognize it. It's real simple. Give Mason the ball 20 times and, with...

I think the most uncertain aspect of this game is that both sides have new OCs. The Techster has covered the Tigger side of this, but we are in the same boat. We don't know how well Long and co. will do with a brand new team they have never led in an actual game. On top of that, except for the...

I said in another thread that the season is on Key. If the OL jells in a couple of games - we shouldn't expect miracles at first - then Tech could do better then we expect, albeit with only 3 - 4 wins. There's a lot of inexperience there, however, and we should always remember that players...

Yes! But, in this case, it would be in the right direction.

Well, we won against a favored NCSU with him at QB and looked better then we had all year in the process. But you are right: Graham was recruited as a spread option QB and he would have been dynamite in that O. Sims would have had a year to develop too boot. And I have no doubt he would have...

I don't think Clemson will either. I see your point, but I'm hoping that Long will scheme more for double options and draws for Sims. I'm willing to wager it will give the Tiggers fits if we do that. We'll see soon enough.

And no wonder. He was a QB first and foremost. One of the could-have-beens of the 2019 season is what would the team have turned out as if Graham hadn't been hurt and the OL had been able to put a consistent 5 on the field. Here's what it could have been: True, that wasn't a very good NCSU...

This has been a big topic around here so here's an article that actually puts some numbers to it. See: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-should-the-big-ten-expand-next-we-crunched-the-numbers/ Surprise, surprise. Notre Dame is the next obvious target. Problem = the Irish have like...

Yesss. Like I said, a lot of football these days is Italian soccer. They teach the players to draw the other team into penalties or to simply - holding - ignore the rules altogether. I see the safety concerns that lead to some of this, but I don't think it has improved the game one whit. And...

I bet Paul or Moncken or Calhoun could tell you what to do in a week. Changing the players might take a bit longer, but I think the active option coaches have pretty much all done that already.

One of my favorite books is Duncan Watts's Everything Is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer). (Haven't read it? Do that at once.) The main story in the book is that the kind of "common sense" arguments we hear about cut blocking and knee injuries are almost always wrong. Common sense is very...

It might. Looking at it, it depends own how the rules are enforced. The main thing is that an option team would need bigger ABs and WRs (no more Bostics or Zenons, alas, but a Godhigh would do fine), but that is already the way the academies are going due to rules already in place. OL blocking...

A lot of good football players in that photo! I especially liked Rufus Guthrie (63 above).

1962 versus Bama. Tech wins 7 - 6. That game was almost off the scale of human rage. This was a year after the infamous "Chick Graning Incident" and the entire stadium was filled to the brink with Tech fans looking for revenge. (Those not familiar with the background here can see...

We wish. Some of the guys in that photo area too far gone for that, imho. Th only thing to do is get them to slim down. However - and God help us - you get the feeling that the blubber is what Key wants. Well, it worked for Sherm Plunkett …

My observation is that every guy in that picture should lose about 15 pounds. And some 25.

You know, I just can't agree. I suppose its because I'm an old (believe it) OL. I used to relish sitting in the stands and watching our OL HIT the opposition in new and different ways on almost every play. Not waltz with them, not hug them, not push them and hope for the best, but HIT them. I...