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“With that said, I like Baylor even more. That’s why I moved the Bears ahead of Ohio State on my Harris Poll ballot this week. And I did it with confidence and conviction.
You give me a neutral field and put both of those teams on it, and I don’t think it’s even close. No offense to Ohio State, because the Buckeyes are well-coached and have excellent players, many of whom will contribute at the next level. But because of the way football is played today offensively, where players are spread out all over the field, really good Big Ten teams like Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin will always be sizable underdogs against their SEC, Pac-12 — as well as many of their ACC and Big 12 — counterparts.” [Brandt/NFL.com]
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“After the fake, you can tell how Cameron still would’ve been relatively open had the ball been thrown. Nonetheless, it does draw one of the players on Ogbonnaya back. A good throw to Ogbonnaya here would allow him to pick up a first down, and possibly even make a move to get in for a touchdown. Instead, the pass gets sailed…to where Greg Little is standing, at his feet, with the defensive back almost jumping the route. Eventually, the Browns had to settle for another field goal, going up 6-0.” [Pokorny/Dawgs by Nature]
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“It’s not exactly a 2-3 set, because I don’t think there are any actual offensive principles at play here. It actually acts as more of a 1-4 low, but most of the time the big man setting the screen never bothers to actually get to the block. Normally, I’d call it the “Vomit-inducing, Offensively Inept” set, but for the sake of needing to call it something real in this space, we’ll call it a 2-3 low pick-and-roll. The 1-4 low is not a bad set in and of itself — as I’ll explain later, there are wrinkles to make this play work — but the way the Cavaliers are running it thus far is the problem.” [Vecenie/Fear the Sword]
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“This brings up a fundamental tension at the heart of college football that the BCS never really resolved: If you accept the problem the BCS was trying to fix — the lack of a true, declared national champion — then you also, implicitly, accept that every other bowl game is pointless. There was a time when bowl games were their own rewards, and that reward was enough. That time is over. In a worst-case scenario, if Ohio State goes undefeated this season, it will play in the Rose Bowl. It wasn’t long ago that the Rose Bowl was the ultimate goal; now it’s a booby prize Buckeyes fans will be furious about having to play in for a decade. If the Rose Bowl was enough, the way it once was, no one at Ohio State would be disappointed by a blowout victory over Illinois. It would be just another victory en route to Pasadena. Everything was an audition during the BCS era, a fundamental change to the game, and the BCS itself never quite caught up. It couldn’t have. In an age where perfection itself might not be enough, a system set up to land on just two teams was just never going to cut it.” [Leitch/Sports on Earth]
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Finally, the tweet of the day.
Noah Spence 7.5 sks 12 TFL
Joey Bosa 4.5 sks 7.5 TFL
Michael Bennett 3.5 sks 7 TFL
Steve Miller 3 sks 5 TFLJ. Clowney 2 sks 8.5 TFL
— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) November 20, 2013
9 Comments
I wish we could just dispense with this whole “BCS #3 or #4???” question.
It. Doesn’t. Matter.
so, Brandt thinks that Ohio State doesn’t spread the ball out nor has speed? yes, Hyde is more Lynch than Sproles, but that’s not a bad thing either.
I get the arguments for FSU and Baylor from others (plenty of merit), but that article rings pretty hollow when it tries to say that the Buckeyes don’t spread the field nor have team speed.
until FSU or Bama loses a game, then it means everything (because whoever has the “slot” will likely keep the slot on moving up).
I assume you mean “if,” and not “unless;” but neither FSU nor Bama are losing a game.
But, yes, IF they do, then it certainly means everything.
no, I’m trying to be more positive. it’s gotten a bit negative around here lately. so, the until was on purpose 🙂
Well then, let me suggest “when”!
Tell Miller he has no speed.
well, I’m not pollyanna here 🙂
The user comments are priceless (and unusually reasoned and cogent for a comments section); each commentor has a great takedown of Brandt.