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Too Much Information: Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores
Next Saturday night, we will be gathered together for the Second Annual Dawg Sports Sacrificial Goat Roast to watch the Georgia Bulldogs tussle with the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville. This is a big game, insofar as it will either build on or obliterate the momentum the Red and Black have...
Some Clarification is in Order: The Defense and NFL Trends
We're on the home stretch here, with only the defense and special teams remaining as we look at some of the major trends in the NFL over past few decades. This week we will be looking at the defense, how it has changed, adjusted, and fluctuated in the recent years. Next time we will be covering the...
Turnover Margin and Fumble Recovery in the SEC
While he was head coach at Auburn, John Heisman stressed the need to avoid turnovers. "Gentlemen," he told his Tiger team, "It is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football." More than a century has passed since he felt the need to admonish his squad but the importance of...
Alabama By the Numbers: Turnover Margin
If there was one single moment that defined the frustration of the 2010 season, it would have to be Mark Ingram's fumble in the second quarter of the Iron Bowl. As No. 22 barreled down the sideline it seemed the game, already 21-0 in Alabama's favor, would be put away completely. It wasn't to...
Cavaliers Drop ACC Opener in Rout by Florida State
The Cavaliers suffered a deflating loss this past weekend at the hands of Florida State in head coach Mike London's ACC debut. The Seminoles took care of business, getting the win 34-14 after jumping out to a 27-0 halftime lead. Virginia was sacked six times for a loss of 27 yards in the first game...
Georgia Bulldogs 55, Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 7: It's a Start . . .
I can’t speak for the rest of you, but the King boys arrived in Sanford Stadium yesterday prepared to be disappointed. The pessimist in me was prepared for there to be growing pains with a redshirt freshman quarterback playing in his first collegiate game and a newly-installed defensive scheme the...
Will the Georgia Bulldogs' Secondary be the Bright Spot in Todd Grantham's New 3-4 Defense?
You all know that I err on the side of pessimism automatically, so it goes without saying that I share Doug Gillett’s concerns about the front seven in the Georgia Bulldogs’ new 3-4 scheme. What about the secondary, though? Granted, the defensive backfield differs little between a 4-3 and a 3-4,...
Ragnarok's Random Ramblings
A rundown of several unconnected thoughts that occurred to me while spending a Saturday watching football. We're Bowl-Eligible, Bears! I know, I know, Cal has now participated in 5 consecutive bowl games, and pretty much every student currently at Cal has no idea what a losing season of Cal...
You cannot compare Fred Smoot's hands to Carlos Rogers' hands
If nothing else, that's what one should take away from Dan Steinberg's investigative piece into the state of Carlos Rogers' hands, per the mouths of Coach Zorn, Fred Smoot, and Rogers (as himself): Smoot: "I've got better hands. My hands actually didn't get suspect until about the last two...
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