I'm not a college football coach. I'm a putz with a blog (redundant?).
But why is it that this statistic jumps out at me?
UGA under Richt: 40-3 when....? What?
When are the Dogs 40-3 under Mark Richt?
When we have an individual with a 100yard rushing effort.
Aaron Murray is a fantastic QB with a ton of potential. Imagine if we helped him out by handing the damn ball off to one of our talented RB's. Ealey and King have a ton of upside. Sure they've fumbled in key situations, but that's not a reason to forget the running game.
Dear Coach Richt:
Run The Damn Ball.
Sincerely yours,
Dude that writes a blog called, "Run The Damn Ball".
Thank You.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
My System at Work: Season 2
I outlined a system last year by which we have a short playoff that incorporates existing BCS games. It worked last year. Let's see how it would stand up this year. Remember...you must win your conference AND be ranked appropriately in the BCS.
1. Oregon
2. Auburn
3. TCU
4. Boise
If they schedule based on current rankings, it would look like this:
#1Oregon vs #4Boise - Fiesta Bowl - Jan 1.
#2Auburn vs #3TCU - Sugar Bowl - Jan 4.
#5LSU vs #8Ohio State - Orange Bowl
#6Stanford vs #7Wisconsin - Rose Bowl
Winner of Fiesta vs Winner of Sugar = National Title Game. Glendale, AZ - Jan 10
Any problems with that?
1. Oregon
2. Auburn
3. TCU
4. Boise
If they schedule based on current rankings, it would look like this:
#1Oregon vs #4Boise - Fiesta Bowl - Jan 1.
#2Auburn vs #3TCU - Sugar Bowl - Jan 4.
#5LSU vs #8Ohio State - Orange Bowl
#6Stanford vs #7Wisconsin - Rose Bowl
Winner of Fiesta vs Winner of Sugar = National Title Game. Glendale, AZ - Jan 10
Any problems with that?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Hypothetical
Imagine if you will...you are Auburn. Here is your 2010 schedule:
Va Tech
@Wyoming
vs Oregon State
@New Mexico State
vs Toledo
@San Jose State
vs Louisiana Tech
vs Hawaii
@Idaho
vs Fresno State
@Nevada
vs Utah State
Now imagine that you are Boise State:
vs Arkansas State
@Miss State
vs Clemson
vs South Carolina
vs Louisiana-Monroe
@Kentucky
vs Arkansas
vs LSU
@Ole Miss
vs Chattanooga
vs Georgia
@Alabama
TITLE GAME: vs South Carolina
In a vacuum...which schedule do you choose?
Yeah...that's what I thought. Better yet...would Boise State or TCU like this run...?
vs UNC
@Florida
vsWVU
@Auburn
vsAlabama
@Arkansas
That's only HALF of LSU's schedule.
Piss off if you don't believe that there is a difference in the strength of schedule between teams like Boise State and big conference teams.
The question is not whether or not Boise is a good team. The question is...how good would you be week in and week out with the big boys? Of COURSE you can go toe to toe for one freakin game. We are tired...you are not. You've been playing weak teams. Bottom line.
Seriously...look above again...tell me Boise State's record after playing Auburn's schedule.
By the way...the answer is 7-5.
BONUS ROUND:
You are TCU....here's your schedule...you get a SIX game schedule for all the marbles...ready? go:
@Arizona
vsPenn State
@Michigan
vsWisconsin
vsMichigan State
vsOhio State
Well...!? How did TCU fare thru this schedule? I'm sure they were undefeated, right? Huh? No freakin way. That's the answer.
For what it's worth...the above schedule is a 6 game sample from Iowa's actual schedule this year.
Let me say it again...you do not compete like the big boys do. Sorry.
Va Tech
@Wyoming
vs Oregon State
@New Mexico State
vs Toledo
@San Jose State
vs Louisiana Tech
vs Hawaii
@Idaho
vs Fresno State
@Nevada
vs Utah State
Now imagine that you are Boise State:
vs Arkansas State
@Miss State
vs Clemson
vs South Carolina
vs Louisiana-Monroe
@Kentucky
vs Arkansas
vs LSU
@Ole Miss
vs Chattanooga
vs Georgia
@Alabama
TITLE GAME: vs South Carolina
In a vacuum...which schedule do you choose?
Yeah...that's what I thought. Better yet...would Boise State or TCU like this run...?
vs UNC
@Florida
vsWVU
@Auburn
vsAlabama
@Arkansas
That's only HALF of LSU's schedule.
Piss off if you don't believe that there is a difference in the strength of schedule between teams like Boise State and big conference teams.
The question is not whether or not Boise is a good team. The question is...how good would you be week in and week out with the big boys? Of COURSE you can go toe to toe for one freakin game. We are tired...you are not. You've been playing weak teams. Bottom line.
Seriously...look above again...tell me Boise State's record after playing Auburn's schedule.
By the way...the answer is 7-5.
BONUS ROUND:
You are TCU....here's your schedule...you get a SIX game schedule for all the marbles...ready? go:
@Arizona
vsPenn State
@Michigan
vsWisconsin
vsMichigan State
vsOhio State
Well...!? How did TCU fare thru this schedule? I'm sure they were undefeated, right? Huh? No freakin way. That's the answer.
For what it's worth...the above schedule is a 6 game sample from Iowa's actual schedule this year.
Let me say it again...you do not compete like the big boys do. Sorry.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Cooler Head
Ok. I've had a chance to lighten up a little. Pretty fired up last night at the CBS presentation. The Braves played the Mets after 9-11. The Falcons played the Saints after Katrina and the Dogs what? Oh...they played Cam Newton after a week of being accused of doing bad things...who was then treated like a messiah.
Again...I hope he's not guilty. I hate the idea that his reputation is tarnished. However, I think we have seen a gross pendulum swing the other way. Now what we seem to be hearing is..."See, he's a great football player. He can't possibly be guilty of anything. Look at him go!!"
As for the game, we put up 31 points on the #2 team in the nation. Our offense represented themselves well. Murray is going to be really fun to watch for a few years. Our defense needs some tweaking and we need to recruit guys that can excel under this system. I think what we have now is good players trying to figure it out for the first time. Anyhow...I'm not worried about it. We've done some really good things this year and I'm hopeful for our immediate future.
We have put ourselves in a position to win each and every game until at least the mid fourth quarter. I think the Dogs can hold their heads high.
One more against the Jackets and done. I think the program should turn down a bowl bid but that's just me. I'm not a senior on the team so it's easy for me to be cavalier about such things.
Again...I hope he's not guilty. I hate the idea that his reputation is tarnished. However, I think we have seen a gross pendulum swing the other way. Now what we seem to be hearing is..."See, he's a great football player. He can't possibly be guilty of anything. Look at him go!!"
As for the game, we put up 31 points on the #2 team in the nation. Our offense represented themselves well. Murray is going to be really fun to watch for a few years. Our defense needs some tweaking and we need to recruit guys that can excel under this system. I think what we have now is good players trying to figure it out for the first time. Anyhow...I'm not worried about it. We've done some really good things this year and I'm hopeful for our immediate future.
We have put ourselves in a position to win each and every game until at least the mid fourth quarter. I think the Dogs can hold their heads high.
One more against the Jackets and done. I think the program should turn down a bowl bid but that's just me. I'm not a senior on the team so it's easy for me to be cavalier about such things.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Complete and Utter Nonsense
First off...I'm O.K. with our team being the inferior team on the field of play. What I'm REALLY sick of, though...is the CBS worship session for Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and Florida. Holy Sheep Shit!
Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist are the worst sycophant suck jobs I've heard in my entire life.
UGA lost today. They got called for 4 huge 15-yard penalties. We saw ZERO replays on those penalties. What we did see though was the alleged push off on Green and the "hilarious" face punch by Newton on the defender. Huh? That was illegal and described by Danielson himself as, "unnecessary". We also got to see the pivotal moment where our defender almost picked off Cam Newton but the defender interfered. OOPS! Nevermind..they called it on Rambo. Argh.
Oh..and did you notice that the kicker not only tipped it off his calf but also touched the ball with his left hand before recovering the onside kick? Nah? Neither did the officials or the CBS crew.
To top it all off, chop blocks and dirty hits were celebrated all day long for Auburn.
While I don't want to see Cam Newton wrongfully convicted in the court of public opinion, I also do not wish to see a thug celebrated in the face of public decency.
I now fear that the thug scenario is the more likely. Sorry...but the CBS crew was entirely too satisfied to watch Cam Newton win today.
I'll say this. Cam Newton is a great player. Auburn is an average team...with Cam Newton.
It's official. I despise the CBS SEC crew. I cannot watch them. They are total whores.
They care nothing about the ACTUAL GAME....they cheer openly for the "story". F*&k the story. Call the game.
Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist are the worst sycophant suck jobs I've heard in my entire life.
UGA lost today. They got called for 4 huge 15-yard penalties. We saw ZERO replays on those penalties. What we did see though was the alleged push off on Green and the "hilarious" face punch by Newton on the defender. Huh? That was illegal and described by Danielson himself as, "unnecessary". We also got to see the pivotal moment where our defender almost picked off Cam Newton but the defender interfered. OOPS! Nevermind..they called it on Rambo. Argh.
Oh..and did you notice that the kicker not only tipped it off his calf but also touched the ball with his left hand before recovering the onside kick? Nah? Neither did the officials or the CBS crew.
To top it all off, chop blocks and dirty hits were celebrated all day long for Auburn.
While I don't want to see Cam Newton wrongfully convicted in the court of public opinion, I also do not wish to see a thug celebrated in the face of public decency.
I now fear that the thug scenario is the more likely. Sorry...but the CBS crew was entirely too satisfied to watch Cam Newton win today.
I'll say this. Cam Newton is a great player. Auburn is an average team...with Cam Newton.
It's official. I despise the CBS SEC crew. I cannot watch them. They are total whores.
They care nothing about the ACTUAL GAME....they cheer openly for the "story". F*&k the story. Call the game.
Auburn. Game Day
No live blog today. Gonna be knee deep in hot wings and cold beer at the house.
One thing is for certain. Verne Lundquist is going to be really annoying. I mean legendary.
I used to love listening to him call college football. Now he is insufferable. Stick to golf, Verne.
Ten bucks says he'll refer to Cam Newton today as, "Cameron Newton"...and he's got a prepared "off the cuff" call for when Newton scores his first TD. Ugh. I miss Keith Jackson.
Slow motion replay of Cam Newton scoring a TD....CBS music kicks in...silence...Old Fat Verne, "Cameron (pause for effect) Newton. Wow." Cue the Geico commercial.
Old Verne packed a special leather cleaning kit in his bag this week...ready to buff up Newton's satchel. Somebody kill me.
Oh...by the way. Dogs win this game. Did I mention that?
It's 3:15pm. Time for the Verne show. He might actually pull the Jim Baker and cry. Stay tuned.
Ha!!
The game hasn't even started and Verne just did the serious, "Cameron...Newton"...
What a putz. Go Dogs.
For the record...he just did it again.
real thoughts about the actual game on the next post
One thing is for certain. Verne Lundquist is going to be really annoying. I mean legendary.
I used to love listening to him call college football. Now he is insufferable. Stick to golf, Verne.
Ten bucks says he'll refer to Cam Newton today as, "Cameron Newton"...and he's got a prepared "off the cuff" call for when Newton scores his first TD. Ugh. I miss Keith Jackson.
Slow motion replay of Cam Newton scoring a TD....CBS music kicks in...silence...Old Fat Verne, "Cameron (pause for effect) Newton. Wow." Cue the Geico commercial.
Old Verne packed a special leather cleaning kit in his bag this week...ready to buff up Newton's satchel. Somebody kill me.
Oh...by the way. Dogs win this game. Did I mention that?
It's 3:15pm. Time for the Verne show. He might actually pull the Jim Baker and cry. Stay tuned.
Ha!!
The game hasn't even started and Verne just did the serious, "Cameron...Newton"...
What a putz. Go Dogs.
For the record...he just did it again.
real thoughts about the actual game on the next post
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Let's Be Fair
I know it's fun to slag on opposing teams and their fans....but let's be fair here.
Absolutely no one has proven that Cam Newton did anything. It drives me mad in today's society that public conviction requires only that one "source" throw out a nasty allegation. The rest takes care of itself.
"Where there's smoke there is fire." Nonsense. Especially when the smoke is concocted by a gutless accuser and there is no proof we're even smelling real smoke. It offends the agreement reality that we've been living in as a country for a couple hundred years. It offends due process and presumed innocence...and it sucks.
Make a hero. Tear down a hero. Just because it's compelling conjecture and there is a 24 hour news cycle to fill in order to keep the masses well fed does not justify taking shots at a person presumed to be innocent.
The "developing story" makes me sick sometimes. This is one of them.
Let's assume we learn that all of this is correct. Fine. Why could we have not just collected all of the info and come forward with it when we've got enough to take the guess work away? In other words..."Cam Newton found guilty of X, Y, or Z".
The sad part is that if we find that he did nothing wrong...we've put him through months of torture in the name of the "public has a right to know". Perhaps it does but we should get ahold of when the public has a right to know.
Approaching it with suspicion and pre-conviction public shame unfairly rips the character of the accused for weeks or months. If and when he's exonerated, it will be a boring blurb scrolling by in the lower third of your screen.... and we'll have already moved on to a new witch hunt.
Absolutely no one has proven that Cam Newton did anything. It drives me mad in today's society that public conviction requires only that one "source" throw out a nasty allegation. The rest takes care of itself.
"Where there's smoke there is fire." Nonsense. Especially when the smoke is concocted by a gutless accuser and there is no proof we're even smelling real smoke. It offends the agreement reality that we've been living in as a country for a couple hundred years. It offends due process and presumed innocence...and it sucks.
Make a hero. Tear down a hero. Just because it's compelling conjecture and there is a 24 hour news cycle to fill in order to keep the masses well fed does not justify taking shots at a person presumed to be innocent.
The "developing story" makes me sick sometimes. This is one of them.
Let's assume we learn that all of this is correct. Fine. Why could we have not just collected all of the info and come forward with it when we've got enough to take the guess work away? In other words..."Cam Newton found guilty of X, Y, or Z".
The sad part is that if we find that he did nothing wrong...we've put him through months of torture in the name of the "public has a right to know". Perhaps it does but we should get ahold of when the public has a right to know.
Approaching it with suspicion and pre-conviction public shame unfairly rips the character of the accused for weeks or months. If and when he's exonerated, it will be a boring blurb scrolling by in the lower third of your screen.... and we'll have already moved on to a new witch hunt.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
War Eagle Logic
This is an interesting video. It's ESPN's Mark Schlabach reporting from Auburn. The reason they're yelling at him? Because he has the sheer audacity to actually report a timely story alleging that Cam Newton may have asked for money to sign a letter of intent.
From their intensity, you'd just as easily guess Schlabach was actually kicking a puppy during his report about how to beat up senior citizens. I sorta wanted to go to the Auburn/Ga game this week but this video reminded me that Auburn fans will be there.
"Tell us the truth!", says one woman.
You live in Alabama and you cheer for the second best team in the state. There's a trampoline, a huge satellite dish, and a bad baby-jesus-plastic-manger scene in your front yard. There's the truth heatin' up, kitten. Want me to go on?
**Update**
As of the morning of Tues. Nov. 9th...new stories are surfacing that Cam Newton may have faced expulsion for cheating at Florida...in addition to the stolen laptops and in addition to the allegations that he wanted money to sign.
I'm sure the Auburn faithful will easily defend this by yelling, "War Eagle" at the nearest reporter. It seems to work for them in the clip below.
From their intensity, you'd just as easily guess Schlabach was actually kicking a puppy during his report about how to beat up senior citizens. I sorta wanted to go to the Auburn/Ga game this week but this video reminded me that Auburn fans will be there.
"Tell us the truth!", says one woman.
You live in Alabama and you cheer for the second best team in the state. There's a trampoline, a huge satellite dish, and a bad baby-jesus-plastic-manger scene in your front yard. There's the truth heatin' up, kitten. Want me to go on?
**Update**
As of the morning of Tues. Nov. 9th...new stories are surfacing that Cam Newton may have faced expulsion for cheating at Florida...in addition to the stolen laptops and in addition to the allegations that he wanted money to sign.
I'm sure the Auburn faithful will easily defend this by yelling, "War Eagle" at the nearest reporter. It seems to work for them in the clip below.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Idaho State Game
Any chance this will be a nightmare game wherein we lose to an opponent to a lower division? I think not...and god I hope not. Not sure how much of the game I will cover but here goes:
Kick off coming to Boykin. Go Dogs.
Murray takes the offense onto the field. Here we go. Nice fake up the middle. Pass to Green for 13. Next play is Branden Smith out of the backfield. I like when we do this. Wish we'd do it more often with him. Caleb King picks up a bunch of yards. We look good so far. We should. We're playing a team that we should destroy. No reason to disrespect the efforts of the ISU Bengals in explaining why...we should just destroy this team.
Hmm...drive stalled at the 20 for field goal.
Dogs 3 Bengals 0
For some reason, we feel as though it's mandatory to give up 40 freakin yards every time we kick off. Here comes ISU on offense. 3 and out.
Dogs ball. Moving it pretty well. Inside ISU territory. Long pass to Green incomplete. For what it's worth, I have noticed a lot of no calls and bad calls against Green. A few TDs that were disallowed and guys holding and shoving him like he owes them money.
Oh boy. Murray just got sacked. That should be enough for Richt to pull the entire O-line. Don't believe me? He just got sacked again. Mostly a coverage sack but we should not be at 3rd and 17 due to two sacks. Oh...make that 4th. He just got hurried into a bad pass. Time to punt on the 1-7 Bengals (from a lower division).
Decent defense. ISU punts. Dumb penalty on us. We've pinned ourselves deep in our own territory. Couple run plays give us some breathing room. This would be a good time to start pounding the ball on every play. Shocking that I would suggest a thing...I know.
Dogs with a few nice runs. Bad call against ISU for a phantom late hit. Murray looks bad throwing the ball. He was hurried. Again. Ugh. 3rd and 10 and guess what? They hurried Murray again. He made a terrible throw. Time to kick a really long FG. Walsh hits 53 yarder.
UGA 6 ISU 0
Our kicking game is great but we need a guy that can kick it into the end zone every time. I'm tired of dudes catching it on the 10 or 15. Not a great way to let them start.
Dogs ball near the 50 End of the 1st Quarter. UGA 6 ISU 0
2nd QUARTER
Nice play to Tavarres King. He gets up limping. Nice pass to AJ Green. Negated by a holding penalty. Nice run by Caleb King down to the six. No bad news to even things out. Go Dogs. Caleb King is in for a TD.
Dogs 13 Bengals 0
We kicked off into the end zone. Bengals take over.
Pick 6 for Rambo. I wish he could've caught the one against Florida last week with the same results. Ugh. What could have been. Ok...I'm back to this game. Go Dogs.
Dogs 20 ISU 0
Decent defense for a couple plays. Boykin INT return to the 4. Dogs have 1st and goal. TD for AJ Green.
Dogs 27 ISU 0
Looks like my wife will be dragging me from the friendly confines of the couch out into the real world for something called, "lunch". I can hardly wait. Until then...Go Dogs. Put in some youngsters to give them some reps.
Ok...blah blah blah and a bunch of shit happened and the Dogs win 55-7.
Next week is Auburn. I believe we will knock them off their high horse. I believe Cam Newton is the best player in college football but will have an off day. We'll knock him around and confuse him to create a miserable Saturday for Tiger fans.
Go Dogs!
Kick off coming to Boykin. Go Dogs.
Murray takes the offense onto the field. Here we go. Nice fake up the middle. Pass to Green for 13. Next play is Branden Smith out of the backfield. I like when we do this. Wish we'd do it more often with him. Caleb King picks up a bunch of yards. We look good so far. We should. We're playing a team that we should destroy. No reason to disrespect the efforts of the ISU Bengals in explaining why...we should just destroy this team.
Hmm...drive stalled at the 20 for field goal.
Dogs 3 Bengals 0
For some reason, we feel as though it's mandatory to give up 40 freakin yards every time we kick off. Here comes ISU on offense. 3 and out.
Dogs ball. Moving it pretty well. Inside ISU territory. Long pass to Green incomplete. For what it's worth, I have noticed a lot of no calls and bad calls against Green. A few TDs that were disallowed and guys holding and shoving him like he owes them money.
Oh boy. Murray just got sacked. That should be enough for Richt to pull the entire O-line. Don't believe me? He just got sacked again. Mostly a coverage sack but we should not be at 3rd and 17 due to two sacks. Oh...make that 4th. He just got hurried into a bad pass. Time to punt on the 1-7 Bengals (from a lower division).
Decent defense. ISU punts. Dumb penalty on us. We've pinned ourselves deep in our own territory. Couple run plays give us some breathing room. This would be a good time to start pounding the ball on every play. Shocking that I would suggest a thing...I know.
Dogs with a few nice runs. Bad call against ISU for a phantom late hit. Murray looks bad throwing the ball. He was hurried. Again. Ugh. 3rd and 10 and guess what? They hurried Murray again. He made a terrible throw. Time to kick a really long FG. Walsh hits 53 yarder.
UGA 6 ISU 0
Our kicking game is great but we need a guy that can kick it into the end zone every time. I'm tired of dudes catching it on the 10 or 15. Not a great way to let them start.
Dogs ball near the 50 End of the 1st Quarter. UGA 6 ISU 0
2nd QUARTER
Nice play to Tavarres King. He gets up limping. Nice pass to AJ Green. Negated by a holding penalty. Nice run by Caleb King down to the six. No bad news to even things out. Go Dogs. Caleb King is in for a TD.
Dogs 13 Bengals 0
We kicked off into the end zone. Bengals take over.
Pick 6 for Rambo. I wish he could've caught the one against Florida last week with the same results. Ugh. What could have been. Ok...I'm back to this game. Go Dogs.
Dogs 20 ISU 0
Decent defense for a couple plays. Boykin INT return to the 4. Dogs have 1st and goal. TD for AJ Green.
Dogs 27 ISU 0
Looks like my wife will be dragging me from the friendly confines of the couch out into the real world for something called, "lunch". I can hardly wait. Until then...Go Dogs. Put in some youngsters to give them some reps.
Ok...blah blah blah and a bunch of shit happened and the Dogs win 55-7.
Next week is Auburn. I believe we will knock them off their high horse. I believe Cam Newton is the best player in college football but will have an off day. We'll knock him around and confuse him to create a miserable Saturday for Tiger fans.
Go Dogs!
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