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Only a matter of time before TCU is irrelevant againSo they will finish 4th instead of 5th, 7th, or 9th? #WRTS #MiddleofthePack
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Only a matter of time before TCU is irrelevant againSo they will finish 4th instead of 5th, 7th, or 9th? #WRTS #MiddleofthePack
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http://espn.go.com/college-football...llege-football-coaches-dissect-demise-defenseNearly three years ago, after Alabama's defense struggled to get off the field against Ole Miss' fast-paced offense in a 33-14 victory, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban lamented the proliferation of spread offenses and their effect on where college football was heading.
"I just think there's got to be some sense of fairness in terms of asking is this what we want football to be?" Saban told reporters during a teleconference in October 2012.
Despite the efforts of Saban and other coaches, such as Arkansas' Bret Bielema, little has changed about how college football is being played heading into the 2015 season. No-huddle offenses are snapping the ball faster and scoring more quickly than ever before, leaving opposing defenses huffing and puffing to keep up with the game's frenetic pace.
"The hardest thing to do in college football right now is to play defense," Arizona State coach Todd Graham said, "and it's the most important thing."
Only a matter of time before TCU is irrelevant again
They haven't been irrelevant in like a decade lol
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We’ve identified defensive trends to can catch up to RPO offenses http://brophyfootball.blogspot.com/2015/09/overcoming-advantage-of-run-pass-option.html … @alexjkirby @theduece02
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/09/02/could-saban-return-to-the-nfl/
Faced with the choice of trying to climb once again the same mountain he has mastered on many occasions or taking care of unfinished business — like the spots Saban used to obsessively remove while washing cars at his father’s filling station — Saban could choose a return to the NFL.
Sure, Saban was miserable in Miami, leaving after only two seasons. But he was miserable because the salary cap and the draft kept him from stacking the deck the way that his recruiting skills allow him collect as many first-round picks as he can convince to come to Tuscaloosa. What if he were hired by a team that already had a stacked deck at the most important position in the game?
Bob Kravitz of WTHR recently wrote that the pressure is indeed on Colts coach Chuck Pagano in 2015. Adding to the pressure has to be the reality that the presence of quarterback Andrew Luck would allow owner Jim Irsay to lure any coach he wanted to town. If Irsay wanted Saban, would Saban listen?
Saban would want control over the operation, which means that G.M. Ryan Grigson would have to be fired, or at least neutered. An effort by Irsay to hire Saban in 1998 (the year Peyton Manning was drafted) went nowhere because G.M. Bill Polian wouldn’t have given up his authority.
With Luck running the offense and Saban crafting his NFL-style defense, it could work, and it could work well.
I'm not trying hate to on TCU, I respect what y'all have done.
But are we just going to ignore the 7-6 and 4-8 in the 2012 and 2013 and act like TCU is some perennial powerhouse now?
OU is every bit as talented, if not more, than TCU and Baylor...
I can't take the TCU Mountain West years seriously. Sure, they did beat some good teams, but it isn't like week in battle of being in a tough conference
TCU went 4-5 and 2-7 in their first two big12 seasons. There's no doubting the year they had last year and the talent they appear to be bringing back this year.
You can't expect Texas and OU to be down for long. They'll be back in the second tier of the conference sooner rather than later.
I'm not trying hate to on TCU, I respect what y'all have done.
But are we just going to ignore the 7-6 and 4-8 in the 2012 and 2013 and act like TCU is some perennial powerhouse now?
I can't take the TCU Mountain West years seriously. Sure, they did beat some good teams, but it isn't like week in battle of being in a tough conference
TCU went 4-5 and 2-7 in their first two big12 seasons. There's no doubting the year they had last year and the talent they appear to be bringing back this year.
You can't expect Texas and OU to be down for long. They'll be back in the second tier of the conference sooner rather than later.
OU is every bit as talented, if not more, than TCU and Baylor...
The issues lie with the decisions their coaches make.
Also, I pointed it out before, but TCU had incredible luck ALL year. Again, there's something to be said about capitalizing on opportunities and 50/50 balls, but they didn't look great all year and it bit them in the *** against Baylor, they very well could have (should have?) lost to Kansas, and they really didn't play well against Ole Miss (and won by 30. )
They probably won'tget all those bounces this year and OU is installing a more air raid uptempo offense. It won't be a cakewalk. I see TCU with 1-2 losses. Wouldn't be shocked if they dropped 3.
You're the one who started the chirping. Talking about A&M about being middle of the pack.
Like TCU wasn't middle of the pack til last season.
There's a legit 20 programs that can rightfully chirp A&M...TCU is not one of those programs.
Like be good in a major conference for a few seasons before you start chirping.