One thing about August — it gets easier to fill the chafing dishes.
- Based on yesterday’s scrimmage notes, it sounds like Sam Pittman is indulging his inner mad scientist a bit.
- Damn it, Andy, you didn’t have to go there: “Evans was fired as Georgia’s athletic director in 2010 following an arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. That case involved a woman who wasn’t Evans’s wife and a pair of red panties.”
- And while we’re on the subject of Damon Evans and Maryland, this seems like a relevant question.
- Bruce Feldman ($$) plans to watch how the new NCAA blocking rules may impact Georgia Tech’s offense.
- FSU’s cut a deal to conduct some of its preseason work at IMG. I bet Jim Harbaugh disapproves.
- It sounds like Arkansas’ offensive line situation is a mess.
- I’ll take obvious answers to duh questions for $200, Alex.
- The guys at And The Valley Shook! rank the SEC’s defensive backfields and the top two look right to me.
- “Contracts for Texas A&M’s assistant football coaches contain a clause that specifically names failing to report a Title IX offense to the proper channels as a fireable offence.” Probably need that in the AD’s contract, too.
- Football Study Hall asks, “What makes the optimal college football offense in today’s game?”
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I agree with a lot of what Connelley says in his piece, but none of this matters more than the tilting of the rules to the offense. Holding is practically legal now and is only called in the most egregious examples. The ability for linemen to go downfield (even for 3 yards) affects the ability of LBs to read run vs. pass. Offensive pass interference is never called, and when it is, it’s never consistent.
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Perhaps I missed it in the details but having a QB that can take advantage of run opportunities is only half of the need, they must represent a reasonable passing threat as well (recent case in point: Jason Hurts). Optimal offense requires some degree of duality, and they have to a decently balanced run/pass threat. Admittedly I scanned it quickly so it may have been covered.
Also, there was no listing of a competent OL which should precede all other points. Perhaps this is so very significant it didn’t have to be mentioned at all. Guess I was looking for some descriptors of what that line might look like in the optimal offense (size, mobility, experience).
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