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Katfid54

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  1. I used to always think LotusHorn was Bobby Burton's sock. Now I think it must be FCB's sock.
  2. That stupid nickname has led to ongoing confusion among Horns fans trying to figure out the safety spots in Orlando's dime defense. Yes, Deshon Elliott nicknamed himself The Joker. Yes, Orlando's dime 3-2-6 look has a safety spot named Joker safety. No, Deshon Elliott did not play Joker in Orlando's system in 2017. Jason Hall did. John Bonney played a little, too (remember the INT against Mayfield near OU's end zone?). Then, at the end of the year Antwuan Davis was fantastic at Joker (remember the pick six against KU). Anyway, this is just a PSA from me to the universe, shouted meaninglessly into the void.
  3. He is Machinator's cousin, WebMD.
  4. I can see someone making that point. The trend lines are also consistent with someone who started Juniors and Seniors almost entirely across the board in 2017: The trend lines are also consistent with a rapidly decaying Pac 12--a down Oregon, down USC, and down Stanford. Because when you dig in, the results aren't that impressive. In 2017, WSU gave up: 44 to Boise State (albeit in 3 OT) 23 to Oregon State (who was ranked 59 in S&P+ for offense that year) 37! to Cal (who was ranked 62 in S&P+) 58! to Arizona (one of the Kalil Tate games) 41 to Washington 42! to Michigan State in the Holiday Bowl (ranked 72 in S&P+)
  5. This wasn't a call out of you. Frankly, my post was consistent with yours. I was just using your post as a platform to rebut the conventional wisdom, repeated by many, that Grinch was good at WSU. He really wasn't.
  6. Sorry to quibble with you. But I'm questioning the idea (repeated by you and many others) that Grinch had even one good year at WSU. Grinch's tenure in Pullman (S&P+ defensive ranking): 2015: 77 2016: 60 2017: 30 OU's defensive stats those same years under Mike Stoops 2015: 17 2016: 31 2017: 43 That's right, Grinch was significantly worse at WSU (against much worse offenses) than OU was with Stoops. Only in one year did Grinch outperform Stoops (and only by 13 spots). That was the year that put Mike Stoops on the hot seat at OU sufficiently so that he was fired mid-season 2018. Go ahead and crown his ass.
  7. I've been too busy having sex with my supermodel wife to read any of these posts.
  8. That's true, although I've seen more reports saying that it was Jamison making a move than Boyce. If Boyce is the starter over Jamison, I have more confidence in Cook taking over in the 2nd Half against La Tech.
  9. Cook is out for the 1st half of the La Tech game due to the targeting penalty from Georgia. Boyce "starting" week 1 doesn't necessarily indicate anything about Boyce vs. Cook.
  10. Looks more like Jamaal Charles to me.
  11. Don't want any of my comments to come across as putting Fillinger down or saying that I don't think he's a good prospect. I'm super excited about him. With his size and aggression, I think he's going to be what everyone thought Fitzgerald could turn into.
  12. Gifing one more play, because it's gorgeous. Here's a beautiful run blitz, where Fillinger stunts inside, then uses his leverage to fight back outside to bust through and stop an inside zone.
  13. Maybe. Although I can't tell much height difference between the dude in clip 1 vs. the dude in clip 2. One thing that I'll throw out is that in the second clip, Fillinger has an assignment--he's run a "TE" stunt with DE lined up outside him. Because of that, he knows his first move is a press, and his second move is to disengage and loop outside the end, who is crashing inside the tackle. I could hypothesize from the highlight video that Fillinger is really good when he has a specific job/stunt to perform. In times that he's asked to read and react, he is a step slower to respond, losing the benefit of his length. Examples: On the first clip, there's no stunt or assignment--he appears to just have B gap responsibility and, once he sees pass, he begins to pass rush. In the time he uses to react to the play, though, he stands up and runs into the guard, who he then has to press back off of himself as he makes a pass rush move. The second clip is the TE stunt. He knows exactly what to do, and he executes it violently: Here's some other plays from his highlights where he clearly has a rushing assignment--to show how well he plays when Here's him running the T portion of an NT twist. Watch how well he uses his hands here to ward off OL who try to lay a hand on him: Here, he's running a pretty simple "Blood" stunt from the B gap into the A gap. Look at how well he uses his hands here (although his pad level leaves something to be desired as he's splitting the Center/Guard): And here are two other plays where has no obvious assignment other than to play the B-gap: This one is against the same guy as the TE stunt. It's quintessential high school talent domination, where he runs up on the kid and presses him back.
  14. One thing Fillinger will have to work on is consistently using his good length to keep OL at bay. There are several highlights in that clip where he lets the OL get into his pads before pressing them off. That's all well and good when you're massively stronger and bigger than everyone else, but it doesn't translate to the next level. But compare this clip, where he lets an OL get all the way into his chest: With this clip, where he keeps his arms fully extended, then rips past the OL (and enjoy the hell out of seeing the OL get shucked to the ground): There's a caveat here that this is a common problem among high school D-lineman, so this isn't a huge concern with Fillinger. Some coaches/evaluators describe it as DL who "catch" the OL before making a move, which is what Fillinger does sometimes.
  15. Honey, I'm home:
  16. I wish I was Eaton her out.
  17. Candi walked away from Jimbo. I thought that was known?
  18. Pretty sure Alderaan got blown up a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
  19. My words were:
  20. Can't wait to see them after an offseason with Yancy.
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