Glass Joe

I think that was the case, but Big Ten expected a fixed number of AQs (4 for them), and that was a non-starter for SEC.

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Another way to look at that data is 5 of the teams on the bottom of your list were all ranked in the top 12 of the final CFB Rankings last season. That’s 43% (5 of the top 12) ranked teams were outside the top 75 in time of possession. Tech, OU, Notre Dame, Texas, and Ole Miss. 3 of those 5 teams (25%) made the Playoffs, and the other 2 teams were the first out (ND, Texas). And North Texas would’ve made the Playoffs too if they’d beaten Tulane in the AAC CG. Personally, I don’t think time of possession is a terribly relevant offensive statistic any longer in modern college football. It’s the flip side of many of the advanced offensive efficiency metrics. If you can score points while requiring fewer offensive plays to do so, that’s a more efficient offense. That said, I DO think time of possession can be an indicative stat for defense (counter intuitively) as the more snaps your defense faces on the field, the more likely the opposing teams are to eventually score points. Of course, ND, OU, and Tech all had top defenses last season, so T.O.P. isn’t revealing defensive fatigue either.

A few weeks ago, Schloss let Cozart throw 65 pitches (3 innings) against Vandy on a Sunday to preserve the win. It was yet another Luke Harrison start where Texas was down early and Harrison was pulled early leaving the game to the bullpen. Cozart was still bringing elite stuff on the final pitches, which signaled he COULD throw 65+ pitches against an SEC line-up and make bats miss balls the entire time. Noteworthy. At this point, Luke Harrison is little more than a BP pitcher against elite SEC line-ups. We will need a reliable 3rd starter as we move into post-season play, due to the format (double elimination) and the competition being better and better the further we advance. Harrison can’t be a 3rd starter against better competition. So, the decision is whether you put Cozart in the starters role and hope that the last 2-3 innings of a game can be handled by the trio of Crossland, Burns, and Laffew. Or, you keep Cozart exclusively as a closer in the bullpen and burn 6-7 innings of bullpen arms for every game Harrison starts in the post-season (and hope this lineup can overcome a large deficit Harrison creates). For me, this is simple…any Closer only has value if there is a win to be closed, and very little value if your team is behind by multiple runs in the late innings (which, in the case of Harrison starting, means Texas is down big by the 3rd or 4th inning). So, you get as many innings / pitches as possible from your best pitchers in the post-season, irrespective of where you get them in a game.

Happy B-Day, Gerry….make sure to party through the whistle.

Edorian McCullough belongs on the list. 10.0 to win the state 100 championship.

Or even a Trinidad Chambliss situation (lesser known assumed back-up QB takes over for an ineffective, annointed starting QB)

I think he’s exactly correct…it’ll be Texas vs Oregon for all the marbles.

I thought it interesting that LSU also paid top dollar for USC back-up QB (Husan Longstreet) this off-season. Quite an expensive hedge, and a great fit for what Kiffin looks for in a QB (running ability, throws well when mobile, etc).

For me, the real headline from this NFL draft is that only 4 players from FCS level were drafted…and 2 of those 4 players were from North Dakota State (who is moving up to FBS this season). What is shows is that economics are driven college football more and more into a true Major league and Minor leagues structure. Talent will always flow to the top conferences - and increasingly the lower leagues will be devoid of elite talent (NFL-worthy talent). I have not seen the analysis yet, but it would be fascinating to see the number of NFL draftees by school originally attended out of high school (instead of the college where they played their final season before getting drafted). This would be incredibly revealing. For example, Tech had 9 players drafted, but 8 of those players were transfer via portal from other schools, and only 1 was recruited to Texh from high school. This is why the number of players drafted for the Big 12 is surprisingly high…they can source players from G5 or FCS that are talented enough to get drafted.

I see at least 4 first rounders (Colin, Arch, Coleman, Goosby). I can also see anther 2-3 Horns as “likely” day two draft picks - McDonald, Biles, and Wingo. What I don’t know (yet) is where the relative rankings of the next tier of Horn will project to a draft round - Hero Kanu, Bo Mascoe, Derek Williams, M.Siani, R.Brown. It’s just too soon to know how these guys will compare to the other players at their respective positions, (particularly without the Combine testing results). It’s all about relative ranking for these guys. As for the Day 3 Horn potential draftees, the list is almost endless: I.Geffard, H.Smothers, E.Mosley, M.Mousakis, R.Niblett. And this doesn’t even consider the possible earlier entrants if they have a breakout season in year 3: Zina U, M.Watson, A.January, K.Black, B.Baker, S.Shannon, etc. There’s a pretty decent chance the Horns will have 12-15 players drafted next April. Wow!

I actually thought he wasn’t too bad doing TV commentary

No trouble at the airport when Texas is involved 😉.

Anyone else having trouble with the order processing website last night? I repeatedly got the “Unable to Process Request” message. Pacolian software / website is not Texas good.

Keyon Hemphill-Woods.