SEC football discussion thread #3

[jojo]

Here is a list of the 25 fastest offenses from 2013. For all of the saber rattling by Beilema and Saban, only 2 SEC teams (Texas A&M and Ole Miss) made the list.

Yep guys, Gus beat you simply because he jammed the ball down your throats and you couldn't stop it...he ran it through your teeth and you weren't man enough to stop Auburn's running game.

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/...enses-29943371

Top 25 Offenses in Fastest Time Per Play

1) BYU — 19.51 seconds per play (2.8%)
2) Texas Tech — 19.52 (12.3%)
3) Wyoming — 19.56 (-4.0%)
4) Baylor — 19.81 (20.5%)
5) Indiana — 20.03 (14.0%)
6) California — 20.18 (-6.7%)
7) Hawai'i — 20.26 (-8.9%)
8) Fresno State — 20.34 (9.9%)
9) Oregon — 20.44 (20.0%)
10) Clemson — 20.53 (13.0%)
11) Marshall — 20.70 (8.6%)
12) Houston — 21.04 (-2.3%)
13) Oklahoma State — 21.13 (10.2%)
14) Boise State — 21.52 (3.9%)
15) Arizona — 21.58 (10.4%)
16) Louisiana Tech 21.75 (-15.2%)
17) Texas A&M — 21.87 (24.0%)
18) Washington — 21.87 (12.1%)
19) SMU — 22.04 (-2.8%)
20) East Carolina — 22.25 (7.4%)
21) Tulsa — 22.27 (-12.2%)
22) Washington State — 22.35 (1.5%)
23) Northern Illinois — 22.35 (4.2%)
24) Southern Miss — 22.58 (-19.8)
25) Mississippi — 22.79 (5.3%)

[Boston Red]

It doesn't really help Bielema's argument when half of the top 10 teams on that list range somewhere between mediocre and terrible.

[jojo]

It doesn't really help Bielema's argument when half of the top 10 teams on that list range somewhere between mediocre and terrible.

I think the take home is that if your offense isn't very good, snapping quicker really just gets them off of the field quicker. Auburn's offensive success, and indeed the success of Gus' offenses in general, have little to do with speed of snap. The point of the HUNH, really is the NH aspect that allows the offense to dictate. It's like that old Bill Cosby joke about cocaine. He is talking with a drug user who is arguing for taking drugs. In the joke, the user explains that he uses cocaine because it excentuates one's personality. To wit, Cosby responds, ya, but what if you're an ahole?!?

Gus' offenses when they are executing are designed to dictate tempo, limit the flexibility of the defense and first and foremost grind the defense down. There were no gimmicks last year unless repeatedly punching someone in the nose is considered a gimmick.

I'm not convinced that Beilema's devotion to big tubbies is going to work going forward. He's always going to have a recruiting disadvantage and will never be the most talented kid on the block and he's also locked into not being particularly innovative either.

[jojo]

Wowsers.... 5 star running back recruit will not enroll at Bama until Jan, 2015 at the earliest....also Saban suspends 2 lineman and a linebacker (Brandon Ivory, Jarran Reed and Tim Williams) who are expected to be significant contributors.

Sand Moutain is burning!

[RiverRat13]

Gus just stole 4 star safety Ben Edwards from Urban's evil clutches as Edwards decommitted from OSU and committed to Auburn following the A day game.

Oops...

[RedTeamGo!]

Oops...

Wonder what the deal is with this kid, why commit and decommit to two seperate schools?

[IslandRed]

There are some like that every year, they just have a hard time saying "no" when put on the spot. Commit in haste, repent at leisure, something like that.

Of course, the whole recruiting game has become performance art -- not just selecting a college, but starring in little mini-reality shows about selecting a college. A lot of so-called commitments are really more like, "save me a spot for now." And some kids who commit early get jealous of the attention other recruits get later in the process, and "open things back up" to create some drama. But the coaches usually know who's solid and who's still looking around.

[jojo]

Wonder what the deal is with this kid, why commit and decommit to two seperate schools?

Recruitment isn't a trivial thing or 17-18 year olds. I think he's sincerely confused. The latest round was precipitated by Stanford coming after him hard. It would be silly of him not to seriously consider a free Stanford education IMHO. Mathews changed the calculus too.

Whatever school gets his signature will be getting a good one.

[Sea Ray]

Time Warner has added the SEC Network and it sounds like it's not in the extended tier either:

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...house-networks

Looks like the SEC Network will be pretty much everywhere by this Fall

[jojo]

Pretty crappy news out of Athens.

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/colle...-to-con/ng2TK/

[dabvu2498]

SEC Network just went live.

I'm going to save a lot of money in remote batteries now.

[jojo]

SEC Network just went live.

I'm going to save a lot of money in remote batteries now.

This has the potential to get painful in a hurry. I think they're gonna find that the prototypic SEC fan is actually an insanely zealous fan of their college and 90% of that buy-in centers on that school's football program. I don't actually care that the upgrades to the stadium in Lexington are being made using only building materials from KY. Frankly, I don't want to see close ups of that ugly bulldog in Athens. Also everyone knows that Aubie is the only true Tiger mascot. Showing the posers on camera is just tacit acknowledgment that the SECN doesn't yet have the cache to score Aubie.

Ya, actual football can't start soon enough.

[Sea Ray]

I noticed that TWC did not have it in HD. Is it available yet in HD or this a glitch with Time Warner?

[jojo]

Auburn has seven opponents ranked in the AP top 25. Ohio State has one.

https://twitter.com/ClayTravisBGID/s...72512894394368

Strong analysis here. RT @GW_USPS: a closer look at Ohio State’s schedule pic.twitter.com/1iABqtDv4c

https://twitter.com/ClayTravisBGID/s...77915279564801

[RedTeamGo!]

Totally agree OSU's schedule is a joke, but why are OSU and Auburn being compared? The preseason polls? Who cares about preseason polls?