KK was some sort of offensive analyst I think. Josh Henson is their OC, and I was wrong, he's been there the last 2 years. Seems to be doing a good job, and he has a solid track record. You're right though, Linc has given no indication he'll ever figure defense out. How hard is it for him to just throw money at an at least semi-proven DC and just let him handle that side of things?
I do not think that's a good prediction.
Word is the new DC they took from UCLA is the real deal
if you look at the transfers that came in.. you think he was doing his due diligence .. Bear Alexander, and taking a couple former 5 star DL to mesh.. Think the issue was always on Grinch and his philosophy
Of course, they'll never admit that. But if a team is ranked 11th or 12th nationally and is slated to play in the CCG against, say, #2 Ohio State; they'll likely be destroying their playoff hopes by playing in a CCG. I suspect making the playoff, even if you lose, will end up being a better achievement than playing in a CCG and losing.
If they win it, but I'm talking about the fringe teams. Think Iowa this year. If Iowa happened to be ranked, say, 12th. They wouldn't want to go play #1 Michigan in the CCG with little shot of winning. (They obviously wouldn't say that). That loss takes them out of the playoff -- a playoff that starts with the top teams in a bye.
That was a function of having divisions Under the system in place now, we would have gotten a a Michigan-OSU rematch.
Oh, I agree. I much preferred the prior system. The new system changes everything and IMO for the worse. Michigan could end up playing Ohio State 3 times in a season.
I didn't realize they snagged the guy from UCLA. That's an excellent hire, he improved UCLA's defense immensely in only a year. Grinch must have dirt on every HC out there to keep getting jobs because he is a horrible coach. USC could contend this year that new DC cam bring their defense up. I think the offense is going to be really good again.
When was the last time the best team in the B1G was ranked #2 and the next best team was ranked 11th or 12th at the end of the regular season?
Riley is a disciple of the Pirate ya know. If their offense lays the defense out to dry, so be it. I’ve just never thought his teams had very good talent on defense. A few players here and there, but not enough good ones for places like OU and USC. He should be able to get better defensive players at places like those… without sacrificing any of his beloved offense.
Why the hell does Iowa have three protected matchups?
Michigan was ranked I think 2, and Iowa was ranked 16th just this year. I'm not sure how the 2023 tie-breaker would have worked out for the championship game. BUt teams like Iowa are going to regularly avoid playing some of the best teams in the conference because of the schedule of an 18 team conference and 9 conference games.
2 or 3 losses every year?
That's not relevant to what I was asking since there aren't divisions anymore. When was the last time the top B1G team was ranked 2nd and the next best B1G team was ranked 11 or 12? Iowa was 16th but they were the 4th highest ranked B1G team.
