NCAA Football '11-'12

[dps]

The spread run that Meyer runs isn't something that once you "figure it out" it's just totally going to collapse. With the right O-line and good running backs you can move the football against anyone with it. Success isn't based on your offense being surprising.

LSU runs a very straight forward, ho-hum rush heavy offense that focuses on pounding the ball and then throwing PA to keep the defense honest. When you have the right amount of talent all you need is some degree of consistency in moving the ball on the ground and you don't have to worry about the rest.

The key is to have a good defense to go along with it, which LSU has. If Meyer has a decent defense all he needs is a viable offense that is consistent and he'll win most of his games every year, just like Tressel did.

talent being equal, some offenses are simply easier to defend than others. myers brand of wing t does not do well once its been figured out

Given the talent that Ohio State can attract, in a normal year they should finish no worse than 3rd in the Big Can't Count if they ran the single wing.

[Valmy]

Pullman. Uggh.

Well...his last job was in Lubbock.

[grumbler]

... Big Can't Count ...

This doesn't narrow things down very much (though it excludes the Big Don't Know Geography, the Don't Know Geography Twelve, and the Don't Even Know How Many Coasts We Are On Coast Conference). 

[jimmy olsen]

 

[Valmy]

Is that some alternative history thing where Moses was the head coach of Wandering in the Desert U?

[Valmy]

This doesn't narrow things down very much (though it excludes the Big Don't Know Geography, the Don't Know Geography Twelve, and the Don't Even Know How Many Coasts We Are On Coast Conference). 

Our conference name is dreadfully inaccurate but it never referred to geography at all.

[Ed Anger]

Is that some alternative history thing where Moses was the head coach of Wandering in the Desert U?

The damn helmets aren't even gray. I want to break Tim's computer. Then torture the artist.

[PDH]

I hate rivalry games.  Hate.  Sure, Wyoming is the better team this year, but the damn greenies will play better just because.  I want a blowout (like last year), where Wyoming does nothing wrong and CSU does nothing right because that is how it should be.

Still, the game will be close just to piss me off.

[CountDeMoney]

Well, well, well...UCLA's certainly come out spirited in the 3rd quarter.

[jimmy olsen]

Well, well, well...UCLA's certainly come out spirited in the 3rd quarter.

TAINT!

[Valmy]

Well, well, well...UCLA's certainly come out spirited in the 3rd quarter.

TAINT!

*sigh*

[Eddie Teach]

How about throwing some of that taint Oregon's way?

[sbr]

How about throwing some of that taint Oregon's way?

[PDH]

Wyoming wins the 103rd (102nd official since Wyoming didn't attend due to rules disputes in 1898), border war, 22-19.  A freshaman quarterback, a good take-away but poor run defense, and a so-so offense manage to go 8-4 this season.

Geez, it is hard too root for a winning team, how do all the timmy homers do it?

[CountDeMoney]

I really hope you guys are watching the Big 10 championship.  Wisconsin and Michigan State are burning down the barn.