BigRedBuster Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 https://twitter.com/alantebrown3/status/1348743680040054786?s=20 This site is so frustrating sometimes. Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: https://twitter.com/alantebrown3/status/1348743680040054786?s=20 This site is so frustrating sometimes. So young. Optimistically waiting for the freight train of disappointment that is Nebraska Football. Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Brett McMurphy’s Top 25 College Football Rankings for 2021 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Oklahoma 5. Clemson 6. Texas A&M 7. Iowa State 8. Texas 9. North Carolina 10. Penn State 11. Utah 12. Oregon 13. Florida 14. Notre Dame 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami (FL) 17. Cincinnati 18. Oklahoma State 19. Washington 20. Arizona State 21. Virginia Tech 22. Iowa 23. USC 24. Mississippi 25. Liberty Rounding out my top 40 teams (in alphabetical order): Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, Indiana, Louisville, LSU, Nebraska, Northwestern, Pitt, TCU, UCF, UCLA, Virginia, West Virginia https://watchstadium.com/brett-mcmurphys-top-25-college-football-rankings-for-2021-01-11-2021/ 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, Toe said: Brett McMurphy’s Top 25 College Football Rankings for 2021 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Oklahoma 5. Clemson 6. Texas A&M 7. Iowa State 8. Texas 9. North Carolina 10. Penn State 11. Utah 12. Oregon 13. Florida 14. Notre Dame 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami (FL) 17. Cincinnati 18. Oklahoma State 19. Washington 20. Arizona State 21. Virginia Tech 22. Iowa 23. USC 24. Mississippi 25. Liberty Rounding out my top 40 teams (in alphabetical order): Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, Indiana, Louisville, LSU, Nebraska, Northwestern, Pitt, TCU, UCF, UCLA, Virginia, West Virginia https://watchstadium.com/brett-mcmurphys-top-25-college-football-rankings-for-2021-01-11-2021/ If you by advanced stats as a predictor of performance, SP+ had us as 31st this year. F+ 50th, so different models didn't exactly agree - but neither had us as the dumpster fire we like to think we were. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 @Husker in WI Yeah, and FPI had us at 44, while Sagarin had us down at 68. The small sample size of CFB games always makes rankings dicey, and the shortened season & lack of out-of-conference games just multiplies the difficulty in ranking. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Toe said: Brett McMurphy’s Top 25 College Football Rankings for 2021 1. Ohio State 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 4. Oklahoma 5. Clemson 6. Texas A&M 7. Iowa State 8. Texas 9. North Carolina 10. Penn State 11. Utah 12. Oregon 13. Florida 14. Notre Dame 15. Wisconsin 16. Miami (FL) 17. Cincinnati 18. Oklahoma State 19. Washington 20. Arizona State 21. Virginia Tech 22. Iowa 23. USC 24. Mississippi 25. Liberty Rounding out my top 40 teams (in alphabetical order): Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, BYU, Indiana, Louisville, LSU, Nebraska, Northwestern, Pitt, TCU, UCF, UCLA, Virginia, West Virginia https://watchstadium.com/brett-mcmurphys-top-25-college-football-rankings-for-2021-01-11-2021/ Hey, you have to start somewhere. Quote Link to comment
SECHusker Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Anyone getting the feeling that we are changing our offensive philosophy, to recruit bigger, potentially more physical athletes?Seems like we are going after less and less of the small speedy types at the skill position. 1 Quote Link to comment
Wistrom Disciple Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, SECHusker said: Anyone getting the feeling that we are changing our offensive philosophy, to recruit bigger, potentially more physical athletes?Seems like we are going after less and less of the small speedy types at the skill position. Yes, I would like to believe Frost is evolving his philosophy and focusing more on being the bigger, tougher team rather than simply being the quicker team. Quickness is great when found in abundance. That Florida speed element has been transferring away so hopefully we'll get more balance in the offense. More clock and tempo control, less trying to be faster than everyone else all the time. I think this coming year could be a big step forward for the program despite WR transferring. Putting 3-4 receivers/tight ends taller than 6'2 on the field every play can open up the offense much better during the course of the season. Pulls the secondary back in dealing with tall receivers and opens up the running game. It also gives Adrian a wider target to throw with the bigger receivers. We just need to get some of these guys healthy enough to stay on the field. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, SECHusker said: Anyone getting the feeling that we are changing our offensive philosophy, to recruit bigger, potentially more physical athletes?Seems like we are going after less and less of the small speedy types at the skill position. It's possible. But I think it might just be more wanting a mix of guys and trying to fill in what we're missing. Mills was a 220-pound back when we recruited him two years ago. Wan'Dale was the only WR under six feet tall. Last year we took Scott as a bigger back and Morrison as a smaller back. Fleming was a shorter, faster receiver while Betts and Manning are big targets. This year Ervin isn't a really big back but Stepp is so we have some of both. The receivers and TEs are all tall which is good. Maybe that's all we'll take going forward but I bet there will still be a couple smaller, fast guys in the mix as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 And of course, recruiting is a 2-way street - sometimes you have to take what you can get and try to make the pieces fit. And sometimes, try as you might, you still end up with pieces that just plain don't fit... Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, Mavric said: It's possible. But I think it might just be more wanting a mix of guys and trying to fill in what we're missing. Mills was a 220-pound back when we recruited him two years ago. Wan'Dale was the only WR under six feet tall. Last year we took Scott as a bigger back and Morrison as a smaller back. Fleming was a shorter, faster receiver while Betts and Manning are big targets. This year Ervin isn't a really big back but Stepp is so we have some of both. The receivers and TEs are all tall which is good. Maybe that's all we'll take going forward but I bet there will still be a couple smaller, fast guys in the mix as well. I agree with this, nothing wrong with having a smaller speedster at the slot/duck r. 2 Quote Link to comment
Wunderkind Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Mavric said: Somebody was awful at punt returns and lost us some yards. 2 Quote Link to comment
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