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This will be my final response to you on the matter. I have no agenda, because that's stupid. All I said is that it makes no sense to point out technological advantages Johnson has over his predecessors, because technology is always improving, and the guys he's competing against have the same...

The link I produced was written before the link you provided. It would be quite unique for something written before another thing to cite that other thing. Someone here is being undermined, but it's not me.

There's someone here who is struggling to understand, but it's not me.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/fewer-kids-are-playing-football-but-mark-cuban-might-be-wrong-about-why/

But comparing them to one another makes no sense, unless you want to talk about conversion rates. They aren't competing with one another (obviously). The other issue I'd take with what you wrote is that you mentioned the population increase in the south without mentioning that fewer kids are...

It's not an advantage if all of your competitors have it, too.

Dude, that was actually exactly the script! It's just so rare for things to go that according to plan.

One thing I notice is that Oregon is #42. They have insane facilities, so I'm wondering if this includes spending on those items, or if that was a donation from Papa Phil.

I think identifying the goals of a program are far, far different than a strategic vision. It's one thing to identify that which you seek to become; it is another thing entirely to identify the means by which you achieve that goal, and that's impacted by a lot of different variables...

You missed the point. Alabama's success is remarkable specifically because they haven't been very lucky.

Dude, I walk past y'all's tailgate right in front of the Presbyterian Center every game. All the nicknames on the Winnebago crack me up.

Not to nitpick, but Ball wasn't at Tech Gailey's first year. I believe A.J. Suggs and Demarius Bilbo were the starting QBs that year.

I have no idea who we should hire, and I don't know that we should fire anyone. Firing a man to scapegoat him reflects poorly on the boss. Similarly, keeping someone who is a problem because he's a friend reflects poorly on the boss. The only scenario in which a termination is appropriate...

I agree that every position should be open, but I doubt very seriously that Thomas should be replaced. Thomas didn't turn into a bum this season. He needs help, and hopefully Johnson will find the players who are capable of giving it to him. Then hopefully they'll be properly coached to...

Okay, so a couple of things. I know Roof isn't one of the highest paid coordinators in the country, and that's my point. Friedgen was. As for Johnson being his own OC, I'm sure the school would pay for an OC, though we can only speculate on how much. The issue is that there is a cap on...

Well, whether any of us think he should be on a short leash is largely irrelevant. His buyout is, I think, $18MM. He's here through at least 2017, I guess. Look, I agree about the defense. Turnovers are not a repeatable skill. My frustration with the defense is not about the scheme...

I didn't say Johnson did a bad job, because I can't think of a time where I would have done anything differently with the information he had available at the time (maybe I wouldn't have run that play where Stewart threw off the reverse in the rain against Miami, but that's all I can think of...

I'm not predicting regression to the mean next year. That's the gambler's fallacy. I do think over a large enough sample, it'll come out to around .500. However, no, I don't believe any coach means we're a 7-8 win team a year. We could hire a terrible coach and be a 2 win team. We might...

This is extremely important, because it shows something very critical. Tech has played 44 one score games since 2008. Alabama has played 31 one score games in one more year. The best teams don't really win more one score games, they just play fewer of them.

You're entitled to your own beliefs, but not your own facts. Stanford, since 2007 (the year Harbaugh was hired), is 28-19 in one score games, boosted by a preposterous 8-2 in 2012. This year they're 2-1 in one score games (and won one because Wazzu shanked a short FG). Last year they were...