Have to admit, 2 of the main reasons for ranking Michigan State here are The ability to use the above picture This game of chicken that Biscuit, DMQ, & I are playing with respect to ranking ND (which is totally going to backfire on me when they don't blink) The last impression most people have of Michigan State was their absolute domination at the hands of Alabama in the Captial One Bowl. That utter humiliation changed a great deal of the perception surrounding their 11 win ...
HLS Top 25 Roulette – #22 Mississippi State
Let's all just ignore DMQ's insane ranking of South Carolina, who I think is a better team than Mississippi State. Agreed? Cool. Mississippi State came out of nowhere, benefiting from Georgia and Florida's abysmal seasons, to win 9 games last year. They finished the year by destroying Michigan (sucks) in the bowl game and ended the RichRod era. Dan Mullen, an Urban Meyer disciple and the offensive coordinator for both of Florida's National Title teams, is recognized as one of the ...
HLS Top 25 Roulette: #25 – Arizona State
Why? That's why Reasons why I've ranked them #25 Because I'm a follower and plenty of people whose football opinion I respect feel like they should have been included in the Top 25 Since USC is unable to play in the postseason (hahahahaha) the Pac-12 South Title Game Participant will be a battle between Arizona State, Arizona, and Utah. None of them are exactly dominant and I think Arizona State can take it Because they lost extremely competitve games to USC, Oregon, & ...
Schutt & Day: …What???…What Just Happened?
For you lucky souls that don't brave the hellholes that are Notre Dame Football Message Boards and don't follow my ranting on twitter (sidenote: and you really should be following me, DMQ (f that real name bs) & Biscuit), the boards exploded today with the news that Tommy Schutt, a consensus 4* NG from Chicago, was told by the ND coaches to cancel his planned visit in the upcoming days. Essentially, it was a thanks but no thanks. After the commitment last night of Sheldon Day, a DE/DT that ...
2 BCS or Not 2 BCS: That is the Question
And we’re back! Sooner than expected but DMQ is a harsh task master. Actually, NCAA 2012 was released Tuesday and once I get my hands on it, there goes any productivity in my life. You’re lucky you are even getting this post. However, since Amazon hates me for unknown reasons resulting in my copy’s delivery being delayed until today, here you go. On to the defense! And even more charts. (Charts, if I may say so myself, that are far nicer looking than anything produced on that ...
To BCS or Not To BCS? That is the Question.
After the strong end to last season on the field coupled with he strong numbers of returning players and the outstanding recruiting class of 2011, plenty of Notre Dame fans are excited about the upcoming season. Perusing the variety of blogs, message boards, and twitter, I’ve seen plenty of fans hoping (and some expecting/demanding) a BCS game from the Irish. As we all know, Notre Dame has never won a BCS game and we haven’t even been to a BCS game since Rick Minter and the Irish D help ...
Must Read Link: SBN’s Football Study Hall’s ND Preview
LINK: SB Nation Notre Dame Preview HLS Motto: "Why do the work when you can link to someone who's already done it and probably did it better than you could ever do!" This is an awesome preview by SBN's Bill Connelly. It has all the nerdy tidbits that I love in football analysis. It has actual research done into our depth chart and doesn't miss returning players. It dives into the Rees vs. Crist debate and uses stats in the argument. (No lame "he just has it!" arguments) This ...
Recruiting News & Updates
The ESPN 150 was released today, so I thought it would be a perfect time to see where ND stands in recruiting. With South Bend RB/OLB David Perkins verbally committing to ND yesterday afternoon, the Irish stand at 10 commitments so far. With an expected class of 20-22 players, depending on how many 5 year players are invited back, Brian Kelly and staff have to be happy where they are. In the past month or so, the Irish have gotten the following commits: Deontay Greenberry - WR: 6’3†WR ...
To Turnovers! – The Cause Of, and Solutions to, All Our Problems
This table and information was posted about a week ago, which is like 2 years in Internet Time, but I was studying for an exam, so deal with it. So over at Scout.com (via Football Study Hall (SBN’s Football Nerd Stat Blog)), they looked at the last 8 years of Turnover Margin data for all 120 D1-A football teams and came to two conclusions: 1) Turnover improvement very strongly correlates to record improvement. 2) The turnover margin from one year generally has a very small correlation ...
Tale of the Tape: Crist vs. Christ
Continuing the riveting coverage on HLS of Notre Dame quarterbacks and fans' spelling issues, I began to wonder if people weren't actually spelling Crist's name incorrectly and were actually discussing the possibility of Jesus leading Notre Dame onto the field against South Florida on September 3rd. With that thought in mind, I decided to do a breakdown of Dayne vs Jesus in a classic Tale of the Tape. Category Crist Christ Advantage Arm Stength Can hit all throws on route tree. ...