Charlie

These two guys (who together make 22) could be X factors for the team. Either Cope or Parks will be the exciting new WR this year and will figure in on some big plays. Hubert, before his injuries was expected to be the next great safety. If he returns to the form that was so promising at FS it would be an important part of the defense.

I don’t expect issues. Whitt is good at improving weak points in the off season, especially STs. We do need one of the two punters to work out. I don’t recall, was Peasley the punter that struggled but is now gone? Most often the kick and kick cover teams benefit when the LB, S, CB, and WR groups have depth because other then the return guy…[Read more]

10 and 2, I think, is a good starting point for the season then we can push past expectations. I view the Oregon and USC games as even odds. The UCLA and Florida games have a good possibility that they are better than expected and can clime up to even odds. We need to see who these teams are. The good news is that no one on the schedule is…[Read more]

Quite interesting with the exception he has no idea why Charlie Brewer was starting at the beginning of last season. He had concern about the DL and pass rush. I am hoping some of the new options for situational pass rush will be noticed as well as the progression of linemen with another year of development. The LBs will miss Lloyd and Sewell…[Read more]

Cam is beyond awesome, and hearty. Still we lost him for a season at USC and missed him for the last 7 minutes of the Rose Bowl. I don’t look for the wildcat as a cherry on top of Cam. More something to control snap counts and transition if Cam is not available. My experience has been no matter how well you are rolling along, it is imperative…[Read more]

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.