heisman said:

Wait, I thought "fuck that" would still apply?

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Well it does but in context of at least something got done, it's better than Angel F Hernandez doing his thing.

I read more of the details on why the players preferred the challenge system and all so I can live with it (not that I had a vote).

I think the real "unspoken" part is that hitters know they can't protect the "real" strike zone. Now, if your catcher sets up inside and you miss on the other side of the plate, it's a ball. With ABS, that could still be a strike even though you just missed by 18 inches.

If pitchers learn the truly automated strike zone and figure out exactly how many pixels of it they need to brush with the inside of the ball, offense will get even more unwatchable. Accuracy will take over for velocity and pitch framing is dead. So a lot of dudes jobs will be gone over night, thus "we like the hybrid model".

It looks like ramping the freshman class back to 8200 paid some dividends. Average ACT is now 30.5, and the average SAT is now 1400.

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buchtelgrad04 said:

I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.

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To me it's not so much about how many total passing attempts there are as about predictability. There's been a tendency in the past to run between the tackles on a substantial majority of first down plays. I'd like to see at least half of first down plays be passes, with 3/4 of those being at least intended to go seven yards or more past the line of scrimmage in the air, with more first down plays being passes if the running game isn't doing well.

colobuck79 said:

They obviously have the inside track on Saban.

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I hear Jon Gruden's on a plane to Stillwater right now.

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buchtelgrad04 said:

I definitely hear you.

But check Ryan Day’s track record with a first year starter on his first road start. 24 passing attempts for Justin. 22 for CJ. 33 for Kyle, but a lot of those were extensions of the run game with screens and short passes because the run game was terrible. And none of those teams posed an offensive threat that this Washington team does, so he didn’t have the incentive to keep them off the field.

He doesn’t take risks. And with a dominant defense, he has more room to play conservative.

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And Fields is the only one that had a defense anywhere nearly this good. BTW I am fine with the run extension plays to number 4. Good things seem to happen when he gets the ball. Don't overcomplicate things.

Tanner said:

It's crazy they didn't let him finish out the year

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They obviously have the inside track on Saban.