Charlie

My interest in the wildcat is not that Rising can’t run, rather I like taking hits and risks off Cam’s game. We increase the likelihood that Rising is still QB1 at the end of the season if we reduce his snap counts a bit. Next, even though Cam is capable of running, it forces opposing defenses to spend time on the change up offense since the…[Read more]

I did hear Cam say his arm is stronger than it was in the Rose Bowl. He also said it was much better in the Rose than it was when he first started playing last year.

I believe you are correct with Cams injury. The coaches did not misjudge anything. Cam has said now that his arm was getting better through out the year, even better now, but was not well at the start of last season. The coaches were waiting for Cam to come along. I think Brewer also knew that as well, he was watching the process from a close…[Read more]

Whitt does better with early games that matter. So often he is comfortable in OC games early using them for teaching, rotating thru backups, and letting players understand what he has been talking about. He really only cares to win these games and views them as more of a teaching tool. No style points. Last year was just strange with OC games.

ASU is a party school. You will be fine anywhere in the stadium. You are likely to see someone that has had lots to drink and could hear cussing but I have also seen that at home. Most often folks do try to respect kids. If you can laugh at a joke about your own school and be very low on the dick coefficient yourself, all the college stadiums…[Read more]

I will be coming in from the coast for game day. I don’t expect to have much in common with the crowd in Gainesville and there are other parts of Florida that are so much more interesting.

I am hoping that we can work Jackson into regular rotations as a change of pace / wildcat QB. That forces defenses to spread their preparations as well as takes pressure and hits off of Rising. Also if Rising gets nicked up you do not need to replace 100% of the QB play.

Injuries come and go. Last year the OL had people coming and going early…[Read more]

The best way to counter the heat and humidity is depth. It is key that we do not fall behind and keep our rotations quite liberal especially in the first half. Only late in the game go just to the ones unless they need a blow. On both lines, the 2s need to play a third of the game, the strategy of here and there constantly is best and is a…[Read more]

I would prefer taking a few of the best from the Big 12 over going to the Big 12. However, if it is true that Washington and Oregon and/or others have asked for extra shares, I prefer going to the Big 12 as option two over riding out the Pac. Oregon and Washington will be a problem for us unless we go with them to the BIG where there is adult…[Read more]

This is not a value index, it is an index from last years records with teams playing very different schedules. Try to imagine how this will shuffle in the next couple of years. The new teams going to the Big 12 will not at all hold onto these spots with schedule change, as an example.

Most likely he is focused on having teams from both coasts and assumes that covers everything in the middle. Still, the comment speaks to the value of even the late time zone.

I disagree. The Big 12 has a slight edge over the Pac 12 with Texas and Oklahoma. After loosing those two and the Pac 12 loosing USC and UCLA, the Big 12 has lost their edge clearly. Their best program, Baylor, is around 3 or 4 if in the Pac and they have several that are new to this level. There is no reason to expect the next 4 programs to…[Read more]

You must factor in that a school does not necessary own the market they are in. As an example, Houston is a top market clearly, however, this market is owned first by Texas, second TA/M, third LSU. You certainty would not just assume Rice also own the Houston market. Note that LSU is not even in the same state. Others like ND have most their…[Read more]

Likely conference contracts figure in. Does one of the conference contracts make it difficult to leave? Does both conferences each have teams that are not in the top 12 or 14 of the combined group? Is it easier to build a new conference from scratch. This may be the option if you are trying to create the 3rd power conference.

I agree, there likely will not be a change because UCLA is forced. If UCLA was to change from the direction that benefits them it would be because they don’t want to upset the BOR that they may depend on for other unrelated support. All that is unlikely because I’m not sure that if it is a BOR decision they would not also proceed letting UCLA…[Read more]

I am not sure you have looked at this from the Cal perspective. Realignment is very likely to hurt Cal and could be seen as unnecessary in the big picture. At work most decisions I was free to make but inside the limits of those I could were things I would be able to recognize were best done by providing a ‘heads=up’. In this case, the only…[Read more]

I think best players, down and distance, and offense all figure in. I have seen a Utah trend of more sets in addition to the base defense. More depth and different skill sets play into that. I am fine using that depth to do different sets on 3rd and short vs 3rd and long. Was it Oregon State when after Lloyd went out late in the game we were…[Read more]

A division with 2 conferences and 40 teams seems odd. That would be divisions of 10 that would require 9 division games. Not much crossover but could be done. 4 conferences with 8 playoff spots allows for 4 at large playoff teams which provides the BIG and SEC a way to still dominate playoffs. The ACC is set for media contracts and can’t be…[Read more]

I think this is likely, however, it probably will not be 20 teams. I think the top 14 teams can get pretty much the same money as 20. Those driving this conference will want to have as much money as possible trying to match the ACC. Hopefully, it is attractive to Washington and Oregon. Oregon State, Washington State, Kansas, Kansas State and…[Read more]