TrendingRight
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| Registered on: | 7/12/2017 |
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re: Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 12:59 pm to skrayper
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I'm guessing you just started watching this year then?
TFL Allowed per game:
2025 - 4.67
2024 - 5.92
2023 - 6.29
2022 - 4.85
2021 - 6.93
2020 - 4.08 (last time we allowed TFL per game than this year)
My perception was wrong. Thanks for the facts.
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re: Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 11:40 am to theballguy
It's not just the poor running game - it's the TFL drive killers. I can't remember any Bama team with as many TFLs as this one. Ty will have to play a great game to win this one. And lets face it: Jam Miller is a jelly dancer.
Alabama can't win anything much - their rushing offense will kill them
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/12/25 at 12:07 am
If you can't run the ball you're done.
re: For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:49 am to 3down10
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They are all re-evaluated on the same scoring system. Some players maintain their high school scores, some improve. Most however drop a little and that's also the reason why they are transferring to begin with - they got beat out on a better team.
I don't know how accurate any of the scores are, but that seems to be working as it should be.
Two examples of the error of your analysis: Jahmyr Gibbs and Alvin Kamara.
eta: Jameson Williams
re: The only reason I wanted Saban in any role at LSU
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:31 am to stopitnow1
OP: LSU has never and will never have Alabama's pedigree. Alabama changed college football in 1925 bringing the downtrodden south, still under the grip of northern tyranny from the Civil War, a victory for the ages that lifted every oppressed southerners hope for the future. 4 of the greatest coaches of all time (Frank Thomas, Wallace Wade, Bear Bryant, Nick Saban) lead Alabama to 17 NCs and nothing LSU can ever do will come close to that. Saban knew when he took the Alabama job it was the best in the country. He's a smart man - with no previous connection or affinity to or for Alabama except for it's blue-blood history of great coaches, players, and respect from every corner of the college football world. Alabama is Shangri-La for a coach. Saban knew it then and he knows it now. That's why despite buying an $18 million mansion in Jupiter, Florida Nick & Miss Terry still spend most of their time in their Tuscaloosa lake-house home.
re: For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/5/25 at 12:10 am to 3down10
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Yes, I am using the overall rankings which is a combination of the recruiting rankings and the transfer rankings. That's why the classes are 40+
I figure it's the best way to judge what teams are really bringing in, since as you said, Ole Miss is more about the transfer portal than new recruits in the past few years.
Missouri was #14 overall last year, 39 commits. But I'm not sure your final results are going to be all that great to say you've been elevated. You played 5 home games to start the season with mostly easy teams.
Maybe if you can pull off a win against A&M, otherwise you might end up unranked with a mediocre season. And then you've got Oklahoma also. You'll basically end up finishing the season 8-4 while losing to all the good teams you played against.
Ole Miss was #16 last year with 53 recruits. But only an 88.66 average. Top teams are pulling in 90-93. Ole Miss has benefited from a pretty easy schedule this year.
Auburn last year was #6 with 46 commits and near 90 average. Doesn't mean anything if you don't have a good coach and staff.
OK - good argument. But explain Indiana, Georgia Tech, BYU, Texas Tech Virginia - and a host of others. NIL and the Portal have given teams with a competent coach a path to quick success they've never had before. Now that the whole of college football sees it they will connect the dots and parity will be 10 times more likely and obvious.
For skeptics of the new NIL/Portal of College Football
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/4/25 at 10:10 pm
I was, and remain in some ways, its harshest critic. So much so I stopped watching midseason last year and didn't watch my beloved Crimson Tides last 5 games, the playoffs or NCG. But this seasons surprise contenders has greatly surprised me forcing me to question my initial evaluation of the impacts of NIL and the portal - and 12 team playoff. What surprised me most is the 2025 parity - or competitive uprising if you like - of teams who have historically been also-rans and cellar dwellers: Indiana, Illinoise, Virginia, BYU, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh, Miami (and even an already a highly improved LK led Ole Miss) have used NIL & the Portal to instantly rebuild their rosters to become real competition for the Bluebloods, on both sides of the ball - shaking up the tried and true historic conventional college powers in ways I've never seen in my lifetime. NIL, the Portal, and 12 Team Playoff has lit a fire across the nation adding fans and interest from areas north and west that lost massive interest and fans of college football over the last decade.
As of now it appears NIL, the Portal, and 12 team Playoff have rejuvenated college football in places where it was declining and created an air of unpredictability and excitement that hasn't been around for a half century or more. I have to admit it appears to be a good thing despite its warts.
As of now it appears NIL, the Portal, and 12 team Playoff have rejuvenated college football in places where it was declining and created an air of unpredictability and excitement that hasn't been around for a half century or more. I have to admit it appears to be a good thing despite its warts.
re: Ugliest unis in the SEC
Posted by TrendingRight on 11/4/25 at 9:41 pm to 3down10
Any team in maroon is UGLY - ain't no alibi. You is UGLY.
re: If BK got hired elsewhere... why would the school pay him at all
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/28/25 at 11:10 pm to rolltideroyalty
With BKs massive buyout no school is going to offer him a big salary. They'll let LSU pay him 90% of his salary.
re: LSU farm team question
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 8:00 pm to dstone12
Does anybody on this forum, aside Mizzou fans, really want Drink coaching their team?
re: Clark Lea would have been fired at Vandy last year if he hadn't found Diego Pavia.
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 7:57 pm to hawgfaninc
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This seems like a melt
Lea is just 14 - 7 with Pavia.
Clark Lea would have been fired at Vandy last year if he hadn't found Diego Pavia.
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 7:48 pm
This is what Clark Lea really is: a loser.
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2022 Vanderbilt 5–7 2–6 7th (Eastern)
2023 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2024 Vanderbilt 7–6 3–5 T–11th W Birmingham
2025 Vanderbilt 7–1 3–1
Vanderbilt: 23–34 8–28
Total: 23–34
Why would any half-arse AD hire him at a P4 JOB?
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Vanderbilt Commodores (Southeastern Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2022 Vanderbilt 5–7 2–6 7th (Eastern)
2023 Vanderbilt 2–10 0–8 7th (Eastern)
2024 Vanderbilt 7–6 3–5 T–11th W Birmingham
2025 Vanderbilt 7–1 3–1
Vanderbilt: 23–34 8–28
Total: 23–34
Why would any half-arse AD hire him at a P4 JOB?
re: Louisiana Governor
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 6:13 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
Louisiana Governors have always been involved in LSU football. Governor Huey P Long built and expanded Tiger Stadium - he hired the coaches - and he even attended practices and occasionally called plays. Politics and football are genetically connected in Louisiana.
re: Saban's thoughts on returning to coaching
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/27/25 at 5:54 pm to Jimmyboy
Anyone who thinks Saban is entertaining thoughts of returning to coaching is smoking crack or an LSU fan. Saban has a dream life with a net worth of $200 million. He's still involved in the game and respected universally for his intellect, coaching skills, and leadership.
re: Are we witnessing the end of college football as we know it?
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/22/25 at 1:28 am to 3down10
OP - I thought it was the end of college football but this year has rung a different bell: PARITY. I'm pretty old and I've never seen parity like this year. I'm still trying to figure out if that is a good thing or a bad thing. The more you think about it, the more you see it, the more you realize how many ways there are now to build a program - the more difficult it is to say NIL and the portal have hurt college football.
re: Why Lane Kiffin may stay at Ole Miss
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/22/25 at 1:15 am to Tex117
quote:Kiffin isn't a leopard. He's an extremely talented coach who, until the last few years, made lots of immature decisions about his career, life, and family. All that changed in Oxford - the spots are gone.
A leopard doesn’t change its spots.
re: When Vanderbilt wins this week
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/22/25 at 12:47 am to EZOU
Pavia is all Vanderbilt has - that's it and that's all. Diego Pavia is one of those strange anomalies like Johnny Manzell. He has more heart and want-to than actual talent. He'll never be a star in the pros. But at the college level he's a gamechanger because he can escape the rush and run the ball. He won't be able to do that in the pros and that is where his story will die.
Having said the above Vanderbilt might win this week - but they won't win the future big game that would actually get them somewhere "over the rainbow".
Having said the above Vanderbilt might win this week - but they won't win the future big game that would actually get them somewhere "over the rainbow".
Why Lane Kiffin may stay at Ole Miss
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/21/25 at 11:39 pm
If you take a few minutes to review Lanes bio you'll realize Lane and his family are 100% southern in almost every way. Lane will never go to Penn State. His ex-wife, Layla, daughter of ex-Florida QB & 12 year NFL vet John Reeves, and 16 year old son Knox recently moved to Oxford to be near Lane. Lanes brother, Chris (and his 4 children), lives next door to Lane. The only member of the family not in Oxford is Kiffin's 18 year old daughter Presley. She's a volley ball player at Southern Cal. Kiffin's father, Monty, died in Oxford in 2024. Kiffin's mother, Robin, died in Oxford on June 17th this year - 2025. Lanes ex-girlfriend Sally Rychlak wasn't some insignificant hottie on a long list of sidepieces. She was with Lane for 4 years and made a profound impact on Kiffin - settling him down and changing his views on life, family, and himself. Kiffin has changed - he's a better man. Oxford is where his roots have dug in - deep. The only job Kiffin would leave Ole Miss for currently is Florida. I'd say it's a 50/50 proposition as I write this post. Believe it or not - it would be a very hard move for the once easy-come-easy-go aloof and arrogant Lane Kiffin to leave Ole Miss. His life changed in Oxford. Leaving it behind would be one of the hardest decisions of his life.
Milroe was Sabans biggest mistake at Alabama.
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/21/25 at 12:02 am
Don't know why. Saban had lots of other options but recruited Milroe probably because he could run the ball - similar to Jalen Hurts - but I'm only I'm speculating here. Whatever the reason Milroe should have never been a starter at Alabama.
re: Tim Brando said this in the Nebraska/Minnesota game tonight: "This nine minute drive....
Posted by TrendingRight on 10/17/25 at 10:50 pm to koreandawg
Despise TB. Vote.
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