Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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Just a reminder from the preseason preview posts, we came into the year ranked #107 in FBS for returning production on offense. In 2022 as a team we were top 20 in the nation overall in returning production. More often than not teams low on experience tend to make more mistakes and appear to be “off” just a bit. jmo.

My view was we probably wouldn’t know what our team could do this year until we got to the first bye week. Because I don’t think our defense was really tested in the first 4 games I wasn’t sure how we’d stand up once the opponent’s offenses improved. After Arkansas and Florida I think we’re doing pretty okay on defense. ESPN still has our defensive efficiency ranked #1 in the nation so, well, yeah, I think that’s pretty okay. jmo.

I think the strength of Alabama’s team is their offense and Milroe in particular. I think their defense may be okay but may be overrated too. In fact I think they have thus far shown an uncharacteristically weak defense. Against OU, AR, and UF we’ve given up an average of 17.0 points per game, 15, 19, and 17, respectively. Alabama is giving up 33.0 points per game to their 3 conference opponents, UGA, VU, and SC, 34, 40, and 25, respectively.

Taylen Green is the 2nd leading rusher for Arkansas; he had negative 5 yards against us. If we can do that with Milroe and disrupt their passing attack we’re probably in business. jmo.

We’re 5-1 so far and our offense is still gaining experience, incrementally, and this week may have some opportunities against what may be a suspect defense. I don’t know how Saturday is going to turn out and while it may be delusional, truthfully, I feel pretty okay about this game. jmo.

For reference, if I was arguably being truly delusional, I’d say I expect Heupel to unleash the Bluetick Hounds of Hell against Alabama but, realistically, that might just be an old man’s dream. jmo.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
More non-biased poor officiating.

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Someone should break it down by ref crews to really see what's going on. See who gets what crew, how often and if there's a correlation to how much or how little they're penalized. It's a bit odd that opponents of Texas, Tennessee, BAMA, and UGA are penalized the least but there's no explanation whatsoever for why there's a huge drop (15 to 6) for us. And we really do need to see how often other SEC teams that aren't the list are doing. Are we the only ones whose opponents never get penalized?
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Transitive property doesn't work in sports. Just this year South Carolina beat Kentucky on the road 31-6. Then Kentucky beat Ole Miss on the road 20-17. Based on those results you would think South Carolina would handle Ole Miss at home. Yet they lost 27-3 a few weeks ago.

Use this type of logic at your own peril. I personally think Georgia beats Texas this Saturday.
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My logic has made me money for 25 years but thanks for chiming in with your wisdom.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Have there been holding calls on every other SEC opponents this season? If so, how many?

You can’t come to conclusions without all the data.

I agree that it’s a mark against officiating. I maintain college officiating is piss poor.
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MarcoVol said:
I would but I just don’t care enough to do that research. Appreciate the work you put into this side of it tho. That’s well done!
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Here you go, Marco......
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Just bad officiating all around. Nothing here points to bias. 😉
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