Returning starters is weighted heavily in pre-season model, thus UCLA. No media involved. Thanks for link.
Regarding USC, I think Harrell and Team Texas have a good chance to stabilize USC O. If so, look out. They could hang 40 by half-time.
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Regarding USC, I think Harrell and Team Texas have a good chance to stabilize USC O. If so, look out. They could hang 40 by half-time.
Harrell will run some. Two four stars and five star as RBs. Short throws in space could create problems.
USC going gimmick is a gift to the Pac-12.
Urban will fix that.
By ditching the Air Raid? Correct.
How do you explain Wazzu success in P12?
High floor, low ceiling, and that’s with the Air Raid coach being there for 8 years.
7 wins/year on avg, finishing better than 3rd in their own division only twice
Generally the 2nd or 3rd best team in their division. Not bad at all for a team which needs to go gimmick due to recruiting disadvantages. They also have the best Air Raid coach.
USC has all of the recruiting advantages. Why would going gimmick benefit them?
I guess the one argument for it is that the only program in the country to run it (or a variation of it) with blue chip talent is OU...
This is what interests me. If nothing else, I’m curious to see results with premium playmaker talent and a decent D. Run correctly (and I like the OU version much better than Wazzu), it puts stress of the defense with space, talent and match-up problems.
Harrell is a smart cat. Brought his Texas boys with him. Connects with kids. And reportedly Helton is out of the way.
I’ll be a curious observer.
Those are fair criticisms. He’s done it with less than elite talent. Will wait and watch what USC does with Harrell’s version and talent.
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Too heavily, and I still think FPI is a flawed metric. Utah is the favorite to win the South again, and its not that close in my opinion. As far as USC, I expect them to be better-but what number is acceptable to keep Helton? Sure as **** ain't 7-5. Let's talk about the first month of that schedule-Fresno is going to be down.......but I expect that to be a game going into the 4th quarter. Too good a program with too good a football coach in charge of it. They should beat BYU-but they're playing Washington and Notre Dame in back to back games, and both are on the road. Best case scenario for the first quarter of their season is 2-2 IMO-and does Helton survive that?
Have we ever really seen an air raid team truly be a legitimate contender?
Oklahoma
Not one that actually won it all, that I recall? Some of the old school still applies, to be the last team standing. Nice seasons, sure, if that's all you're looking for.
They could run it pretty damn well, though. I guess it depends what a true air raid is, maybe?
Were you talking about the Q Griffin OU team?
Are they truly an Air Raid team?
I’m talking about the Lincoln Riley OU teams
They are definitely a variation of it, but no, not the full on Mike Leach