The following quote is from Lou Cella, O-Line coach extraordinaire and co-owner of the great Flexbone Association site and Flexbone Forum (both of which I have been avidly following for years, btw.)
How many athletic scholarship players did Navy have on Saturday (23 Oct 2010)?
A: zero
How many athletic scholarship players did Notre Dame have on Saturday?
A: 85 on roster
What was Notre Dame's 2010 recruiting class overall rank as compared to all Division 1 schools?
A: #20 (on average)
What was the score on Saturday (I was there and for the press conference afterwards)?
A: 35-17
Oh yeah, and Army is 4-3--most likely 5-3 after Sat. afternoon (I'll be there).
How many athletic scholarships do they have?
A: 0
They (Army) start running triple option and all of the sudden they are up for their first bowl game since 1996...
I rest my case.
Food for thought.
*********** As a fan of Georgia Tech and Navy, I'm accustomed to reading derogatory comments about triple option-oriented offenses from fans even more clueless than me, and Tech fans in particular enjoy referring to Paul Johnson's offense as "our high school offense," primarily hoping that no one else in southern 1-A college ranks starts running it.
Anyway, I started googling around a bit for the weekend's college results. Looks like option-oriented offenses did pretty well this weekend.
Georgia Tech wins on the road;
Navy wins on the road;
Air Force loses, but pushes # 7 Oklahoma to the limit, 24-27;
Army wins;
Georgia Southern wins;
The Citadel wins;
Wofford's wingbone gets a victory; Div. 2 Brevard College wins; Div. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne wins;
Div. 2 Carson-Newman (still running the old split-back veer) wins; Div. 3 Maine Maritime wins (and "only" gets 615 total yards in the process);
Div. 3 Springfield College wins (with over 500 yards rushing);
Div. 3 Ripon College wins;
Cal junior college College of San Mateo wins;
and Shorter College from the NAIA ranks wins.
Just wanted to pass along the above, thinking you might get a kick out of it.
Dan Walker
Tallahassee, Florida
That is great. Really good research.
I don't think many opponents will take up unconventional offenses until Georgia Tech provides them cover by winning something really big, and even then I don't think too many guys at the college level will swing over, because it’s not politically popular to run the ball. And at the high school level it gets the quarterback's father on your ass, and sometimes that's all it takes to get your fired.
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Coach Smith
Players from Middle and East Tennessee and Central Kentucky were on hand for a hot but productive camp. Sorry about the low number of pics – it’s hard to snap ‘em and coach, too. (Anyone game for creating a hat-mounted “Coach-Cam??” On second thought… probably not a good idea!)
You want reps…? We’ve got reps!
Taking time to go over assignments.
Getting it done.
Even with 3 sessions per day, there was still time to mug for the camera.
Logan and Ethan from Campbell County… I’m going to miss you guys next year.
Jacobi and Zach from Portland… two players from my new school.
Camp Picture.
At first I thought the heat had gotten to this unidentified player from Kentucky. His coach assured me he’s just like that all the time…
Scott and Lou take a break from the heat between sessions.
Coach Smith
I found this under the heading:
“Why there was no looting after the Nashville Flood.”
Indeed.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010- "Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself."Paul Begala, Clinton advisor
(This quote seemed so appropriate to Lane Kiffin's grand arrival on the Pac-10 scene that it had to be carried over.)
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Two of my newest favorites (plus anybody who's playing USC) |
*********** Well.
Now that Lane Kiffin has taken the latest Dream Job on his rapid ascent to Wherever He's Headed, I can resume liking Tennessee and hating USC.
I couldn't root for anybody coached by that a**hole Kiffin, and it really was hard to dislike Pete Carroll.
But now? Bring out my UT hat and my UCLA sweatshirt!
Did you catch the self-congratulatory way Kiffin described his hiring as a "perfect fit?" Actually, he didn't realize how spot-on he was: out here on the West Coast, USC is short for University of Spoiled Children. Kiffin and USC? Perfect fit.
Despite Kiffin's vaunted ability to recruit, his hiring is not exactly striking fear among Pac-10 rivals. In fact, between the likelihood of NCAA sanctions and his yet-to-be-demonstrated ability to actually coach, Kiffin's arrival at USC has the potential of increasing the job security of every other coach in the Pac-10, not the least of whom is just across town - Rick Neuheisel.
So detestable is Kiffin that he makes Neuheisel downright likable, not to mention trustworthy and loyal. And unlike Urban Meyer, who chose not to return Kiffin's fire, Neuheisel will fight back. It won't take long for loudmouth Lane to discover that Slick Rick is a pretty handy guy with the jab himself.
Oh, and by the way - with Kiffin's loss to UCLA this past season, he's already 0-1 against Neuheisel. So go Vols! Go Bruins!
And Go Beavers! Go Cardinal! Go Cougars! Go Ducks! Go Golden Bears! Go Huskies! Go Sun Devils! Go Wildcats! Go anybodythat plays USC! (Yes, even Notre Dame!)
Beat Kiffin.
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