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I have a feeling LSU will name Joe Brady next week. No inside info. They are going to try to have a coach with enough time to have conversations with some of the recruits and also assemble some staff members. LSU is going to look to take an up and comer to save on salary and limit buy out in new coach’s contract. No way someone like Kiffin leaves a playoff team until January, or after the 1st round. So unless Ole Miss loses to Fla or Miss St Kiffen isn’t leaving until they are done with playoffs.

What a cluster f. Will make it difficult to attract a top tier coach when you try to f-over the last coach. They are going to end up hiring a guy like Joe Brady, as they can buy with a bargain price without much buy-out. Could be a home run, but could also be a dud. Always a bigger risk to hire a first time head coach, especially at top 10 program.

We need Cincinnati to knock off BYU so BYu doesn’t have me regular season with 1 loss. If you have 2 - 1 loss big 12 teams playing in the big 12 championship I could possibly see a 2 loss looser of big 12 getting in.

This was a big development today. Pretty much guarantees only 1 ACC team gets in. Ga tech is the only 1 loss team, but they still play Georgia. In all likelihood the runner up in the ACC championship will end up with 3 losses. None of the ACC 2 loss teams will have the resume of 3 loss SEC teams.

BYU is so overrated. They wouldn’t finish in the top 1/2 of SEC and they are undefeated going into week 9.

TRACK & FIELD As a junior, ran wind-aided times of 10.66 and 21.57 in the 100 and 200, respectively, per Athletic.net. Posted wind-legal times of 10.88 and 21.93 in Spring 2025, per MileSplit.

Tech doesn’t have a deep roster and it remains to be seen how they will compete against teams with deeper rosters if they make the playoffs. They’ve played very few teams worth a crap. They can throw out $3m to one guy or $1m to a few guys. What would their record be in the SEC where those DL would face many more future NFL OL.

My main concern is the soft zone coverage will give up easy throws to Branch and allow him to work in space. With our pass rush we should be playing tighter coverage given the qb has limited time to get the ball off. It will allow for more defensed passes and more ints. Perhaps we give up a big play, or two, but allowing teams to have easy completions makes it too easy to keep the chains moving for the offense.

They play pretty good defense. They attack (blitz)and play a lot of man coverage so they can be susceptible to big plays, but they can be a real problem if you can’t protect qb. They beat up LSU on the LOS. They gave up a lot of points to Arkansas, but Arkansas has a pretty good offense, but bad defense.

So they violated the Aggie code of honor?

Most sites are now showing rain free during the game. The cold front from the west is projected to hit sometime between midnight and 3am on Sunday morning. They are expecting wind gusts up to 20mph during game. That is much more manageable weather than 40mph with rain during game.

Lexington weather could really have an impact on the game Saturday. There is a front coming from west to east into Kentucky that will hit over the weekend. Lexington is in the central part of the state. The front is expect to bring 40-45 mph winds and rain. It has been difficult to nail down the timing of when this front will hit Lexington as not all sites show hourly forecast beyond 48 hours. If this hits before or during the game it this turns into a run only game. I know there were concerns before the Fla game & it turned into a false alarm. This Kentucky storm could really make it difficult to throw the ball if there are 40-45 mph winds combined with rain: https://www.wkyt.com Saturday night Forecast from weather station on Kentucky: SATURDAY NIGHT Showers and storms arrive from west to east. A few strong storms will be possible across the western half of the state. Winds will absolutely crank and may hit 40mph or a little greater. Locally heavy rains will be noted. Severe weather kits

Boy the tune changed in 7 days. OU has a damn good defense. Their OL is a problem. Mateer masks some of their running problems earlier in the year and in the passing game he tends to throw balls up for grabs when he’s pressured. Tx A$M has a much improved offense with play makers like Conception and Craver. Plus, their running games was severely limited towards the back half of last year due to injuries. Their backs are back and they can run the ball. Their OL has played pretty good in games I have watched. The challenge for them is the limitations at qb. On defense they have gotten better as the season has gone by. They stabilized their defensive front losses from last year with some good portal additions. They play a lot of press/man coverage. If you can beat it there are big plays to be made. Plus it makes them susceptible to running qbs. Texas A$M will be a tough game, but we still have a bunch to prove between now and thanksgiving. Can we be consistent and continue to improve on offense? Can we stop physical running teams on defense (such as Georgia).

Given the uncertainty around Baxter’s hamstring/health feel like we should give 1 of these guys a shot as a short yardage back. Barnes played RB in high school, in addition to LB. Townsend is a hell of an athlete and very physical. Saw on an another site that Wisner re-injured his hamstring on the td run. Really need to have a physical runner in the SEC for short yardage. Realize we also need some holes for them to run through.

Condolences to the family