TampaBuckeyes said:

At least he’s not hocking vacuum cleaners.

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To be clear, I’m impressed with his entrepreneurialism. It was not meant to be a sarcastic dig. I think we all knew some kid in high school that was 17 but we all thought was actually 35 years old.

charlohiottean said:

Compare that to Caleb Downs already working on building his empire in real estate. Culture.

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At least he’s not hocking vacuum cleaners.

The Vest must be perturbed.

Damn, if I’d known he’d said that before the game, it would have been the perfect time to break out the”that’s a bold strategy, Cotton” meme.

gmen6981 said:

This might be better in the rumor mill and if so, Mods please move.
Many of the Pedsters seem convinced that they are going to hire Hartline as HC. Has anyone seen ANYTHING that hints at him even being interested in that job? I know we unfortunately won't be able to keep him forever, but taking that job just seems like a stretch.

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I think they're desperate and throwing out his name because everyone else turned down the position rather quickly. And they're fearing that Terry Smith may have to be their only option

Bad news folks.

Just heard that Matt Patricia will NOT be our Defensive Coordinator during the playoffs.

He has been re-titled "Coordinator of War"

It’s Ole Miss. It keeps things as stable as they can for this year’s playoffs and saves money for making a splash hire when they can him in a year or two. Sort of an all in move for this year knowing that they likely won’t often be in the hunt going forward.

gmen6981 said:

This might be better in the rumor mill and if so, Mods please move.
Many of the Pedsters seem convinced that they are going to hire Hartline as HC. Has anyone seen ANYTHING that hints at him even being interested in that job? I know we unfortunately won't be able to keep him forever, but taking that job just seems like a stretch.

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I’m concerned.

After a very successful season, if the Buckeyes would lose a coordinator to Penn State, that could only completely ruin the next season.

billmac91 said:

Wanted to comment on something I’ve found extremely unique to this years team….

We run the fewest amount of plays per game. It’s insanely counter-intuitive, as Day always liked a bit of tempo and to maximize amount of possessions. And common wisdom is, if you have the better players, you want more possessions bc over the course of a game, the extra possessions will favor the better team.

But Day has been pretty pissed over last few years over the amount of possessions per game when a team slows pace and tries to shorten game.

To his credit, he gave up on trying to increase possessions per game, and focused on maximizing points per possession. And to maximize that stat, they take more time between plays to make sure they will execute play to its maximum potential. They play slower but execute at a higher level.

I found this strategy to be very odd as it played out throughout season, but I’ll give him his flowers. It’s not necessarily the most exciting, but it has worked extremely well. It’s like he’s beating our opponents at their game….with much better players. He took lemons and made lemonade…

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Football will always be a “points per possession” contest. A team will almost always have either the same number of possessions, or 1 more or 1 less, than the opponent. An onside kick can steal an extra possession, but that’s really the only way. Fumbled punts can either be looked at as an extended possession, or a possession/turnover for the receiving team. Defensive scores are short, successful possessions. Field position games are played to reduce the likely points in the opponent’s next possession while increasing the next one for your team.

Possessions for the opposing team can be mimimal scoring opportunities due to good clock management, like scoring in the final 30 seconds of a half. A perfect example from Saturday, the Buckeyes got the ball with 5:24 left and scored with 16 seconds left in the half, a thing of beauty. Wonderful clock management by Day/Hartline. At 5:24 I said “It’d be great to have a 5-minute TD drive here “, and went into halftime happy, up 17-9 after a useless 16-second possession by TTUN, looking forward to tOSU getting the second half kickoff.

Somewhat off-topic, but it’s crazy that the red zone stat for supposed RZ effectiveness is the % of scoring possessions. If a team gets 100% and kicks FGs they will lose to a team scoring only 50% of the time but getting TDs. I measure red zone by PPP, points per possession, looking to achieve at least 5.5. 10 possessions will result in 55 points if there are 7 TDs, 2 FGs, and 1 non-score (missed FG, 4th down failure, turnover, or kneel-down). Within a smaller sample, 3 red zone possessions in a game are successful if they result in at least 17 points.

Very much a trend in middle/high. We have had several “held back” in order to gain that experience in age. Yet to see conclusive evidence it’s beneficial. One would think if you do it it’s because your son socially/mentally would benefit. That is not the case I’m seeing….

I have two younger brothers. I know that pose.

You can't turn a heaux into a housewife.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

A lot of coaches aren’t interested in job stability, the want to move to a bigger more prestigious job.

And if there was ever a coach who didn’t give two shits about job stability it’s lane kffin

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You can't fix him bro lol

Zander42 said:

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Some absolute gold here.

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This is my favorite thing right now. Could hold that crown for a long time.

Shit, why not have AI just completely take over.

Your National Champion: Stanford.

Jagdaddy said:

Jeremiah's bobble wasn't a fumble at all, and the whole "controversy" is absurd. Preliminarily, since he'd clearly established possession and control well before the bobble, none of the rules about whether something is a catch apply (I know we all know this but those rules seem to have been in some commentators minds). Then, if a player is carrying the ball in the field of play but never actually loses it (i.e. it hits the turf or another player grabs it out of the air), it's not recorded as a fumble or as any kind of loss of possession. Smith bobbled the ball, but he never lost possession of it by fumbling it.

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Yep. He was a runner at that point. The announcers were discussing it like it was a toe tap fade to the back of the end zone. The ball can shift as a runner and still be considered firm possession.

Thump said:

Games that end in ties.

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Why are you so informal?

In his current, skinny iteration, Kiffin reminds me of Anthony Weiner.

dragurd said:

I wouldn't Ole Miss would have probably matched and you're set for the next 5 years with a playoff appearence there.

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A lot of coaches aren’t interested in job stability, the want to move to a bigger more prestigious job.

And if there was ever a coach who didn’t give two shits about job stability it’s lane kffin

Yeah, but it's Sparty. Also he's a good coach, but no clue about MSU NIL.

This has been an incredible coaching job by Shanny this year. Team has been GUTTED by injuries (even more than usual) and he has them at 9-4. Every game I watch or box score I check, I say "who the fuck is that?" multiple times because we have UFA's, Day-3 draft picks, and Practice Squad guys playing significant snaps.

Also, I don't care the asking price, you slap a lifetime contract with a blank $$$ space in front of Saleh and let him fill it in. Keep him forever.

NFBuck said:

So the Lane Kiffin-Decent Human Being redemption arc has crashed and burned? Shocked over here.


To be fair, I'd take the LSU +$$$ offer, too. The ceiling is much higher in Baton Rouge. Now, can Lane reach that ceiling? We'll see...

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I wouldn't Ole Miss would have probably matched and you're set for the next 5 years with a playoff appearence there.