re: College football in the state of Texas turned on its head

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Yeah, the Hogs had this same sort of deal after Petrino left. A talent laden team that people expected to still be a contender the following year. They only won 4 games. Baylor is not going to be nearly as good without Briles. Simple as that.

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Very apt analogy.

Petrino's personal genius for playcalling wins his teams games. Period. To some extent, they are just extensions of Petrino out there.

Like Petrino, Briles' teams are made up of guys specifically recruited and trained to fit a specific role in his system. They played under Briles' personal playbook in his personal system.

Briles & Petrino programs are not at all like A&M or a lot of other teams where the HC hires an OC and the OC installs "his" system (which really isn't unique) and calls the plays. Baylor won as big as they did because of Briles' system, his game-planning, and his play-calling via his son. The new HC is not an offensive genius and will be using players who were cogs in one specific system in a different offense. Expect to see a big drop-off.