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I remember him. He was a pretty good country QB; not great at anything, but really good at everything. Especially running. I'm sorry he's gone. My sympathies with his bereaved family.

I should have also pointed out that I watched Cinncy beat the living snot out of Notre Dame last year. And, after that, I was pretty sure they would go undefeated (yep) and get into the playoffs (yep, again). This, btw, is the Johnny Vaught school of coaching. When Vaught was at Ole Miss the...

I think you just made his point. The very fact that Cinncy made it after recruiting classes in the last 5 years rated (247) at - just a minute - here you go: 2016 74 2017 63 2018 49 2019 66 2020 46 should tell us something about the relationship between recruiting and coaching.

Of course it is. What makes the difference is consistent failure or success. And we know what we have.

Of course, it is! Winning half of our games isn't -perish the thought - mediocre! That only applies to teams that win 7 games and go to a bowl. That's what defines mediocrity, don't you know! Now, you watch. We'll have people here who will say just about that if we win 5 - 6 games. I mean...

A trustee of the University of California system once button-holed Clark Kerr after a board meeting and asked, "Tell me, Clark, what is college for?" Without batting an eye, Kerr replied, "Sports for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty." He was largely right; these are...

Well … I meant college football in general. The ACC seems more set then most of the other conferences, but who knoweth? Btw, I am not, repeat not, looking forward to having ND in contention for the ACC football championship. We have enough trouble competing as it is. Btw, UCF and Cinncy just...

Looking around I think Tech is stuck in the ACC for awhile. Looking at present P5 conferences, I don't see any gaps coming open soon. When three members left the Big 12, it gave a real opportunity to switch to a conference where - imho - Tech could have had better luck competing. However, they...

I think some of the new coaches are likely to want to do the right things, but whether we have the talent to do so is, I think, still in doubt. Further, Collins will have to take his hand partly off the wheel at the very time when his job will be in jeopardy. He hasn't shown much in there way of...

Yes, my bad. I do think the Clemson team in 2015 was about the same as the Dwags this year. I was surprised when Bama beat them.

Oh. Too bad. For me, that is; I'm sure you live with it just fine.

1. You are forgetting (https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/6/8/11877066/georgia-tech-football-2016-preview-schedule-roster): "Not a single fullback played in all 12 games. Leading returning slotback Broderick Snoddy missed four games. Slotback Qua Searcy was carrying a big early...

Not to mention actually lining up in one of the spread option sets. And running the same plays. As the Chiefs at the 32 second mark (a straight dive from an over right) or the Bengals at 2:32 (a straight counter, also over right): I've actually noticed this more in this last season. Could it...

This is the crux of the problem. Way, way too many football programs in our position don't do this. We used to do it, Kansas State used to do it, Wake does it today. It is true that the top 15 or so programs don't need to do this; better athletes cancel all schemes used against them. (Usually...

If I may, it wasn't a matter of keeping Ds honest. The option did that until the very end. Passing was useful as a surprise element; that's why we had such a large YPC. I think this was a problem for some of our QBs - Nesbitt, in particular. Paul had the QB he was waiting for to replace Thomas...

Well … perhaps the last six years, yes. I haven't seen anything like 2014 since the Joe ham days. I hope I'll see another year like that, but I'm not encouraged at present. May I be wrong!!

Eggsackley. It's like Billy Bean says in the clip I've already posted here several times. He's talking to his scouts and … well, here's the clip and apologies for the one f-bomb: I sometimes feel like this board is full of the old scouts. And college football is now as unfair as pro baseball...

Glad to hear there's another Sewanee grad around here, btw.

That would be the 1899 team. All the people who played on that team were gone by the time I got there. They went 12 - 0 and only one team - John Heisman's Auburn - scored on them.

Ah. Unless you happen to be playing football when a fog bank rolls in. That happened in one of our games the year before I got there. Visibility was so poor by the second quarter that the refs were reduced to running over to the sidelines to bring the chains out on the field on every play so...