re: Big 6: ESPN knows what's up

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A&M and JFF will be very humble with the film on them. SEC defenses build their teams to beat SEC offenses. I'm thinking it will be a different story next year; probably about a 20% drop in offensive production.

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Sure -- defenses could be more effective with film and time to prepare (but OU might have a differing opinion on that) -- but wouldn't necessarily equate that with a drop off in production.

Manziel sat out about 8 quarters this year -- some games he would sit after one drive in the 3rd. That's 15% of the season he sat. So if defenses are that much improved, expect him to play more.

He also beat Cam's Total Yardage number by over 20% (800 more yards; 1 fewer game played), so a 20% drop off would be good for the #2 spot all-time in the SEC. I'll take that.