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Wednesday Morning Dawg Bites: Rivalries, Realignment, Statistics, Shatner, and a Country Singer Caught Drinking in a Church Parking Lot on Sunday Night
Wednesday is upon us once more, and, this time, it’s an ordinary workday rather than a de facto college football holiday. Even though National Signing Day is in our rear view mirror, though, there’s still plenty to discuss and much to consider. After the jump, I’ll offer you a taste of the...
Three & Out: Shiny Objects, Boring Defense, and Fickle Voters
Last night I starting thinking about why Penn State is ranked No. 19, when most other major teams with one loss are ranked higher. In today's Three & Out (formerly "Three Things"), I'll touch on a few thoughts I have as to how this may pass for acceptable within the college football poll...
An Anthem to Todd Grantham: The Second-Half Successes of the Georgia Bulldogs' Defense
Grantham’s halftime adjustments were VanGorder-like. Senator Blutarsky (October 10, 2011) In recognition of the Georgia Bulldogs’ apparent football renaissance, we are mixing it up here at Dawg Sports, by bringing you Too Much Information earlier than ever, inviting more literary submissions, and...
Up From 6-7: What Do the Numbers Tell Us About What Ailed the Georgia Bulldogs in 2010?
With a freshman quarterback, a new defensive scheme, and a star receiver unfairly suspended for the first month of the season, Richt had his Dawgs playing well enough to beat an 'average' team, with an 'average' number of breaks, 12 out of 13 times. But that doesn't really matter when a) you're not...
What Sort of Football Season is in Store for the Georgia Bulldogs in 2011?
Earlier today, Senator Blutarsky meticulously set forth the reasons for optimism, pessimism, and skepticism regarding the Georgia Bulldogs’ 2011 football season, and I find it hard to believe that anyone would take serious issue with any of the Senator’s points. I, too, have resisted the siren song...
Auburn Tigers' 2010 BCS National Title Confirms That Defense Still Wins Championships in College Football
Recently, Year2 reviewed Tobias J. Moskowitz’s and L. Jon Wertheim’s Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won, citing in the process Jeffrey H. Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of that same volume, in which the co-creator of one of the BCS computer...
The "Total Defense" Problem
They say that "defense wins championships". In college football recently, that has been true. National Champs Total...
Who's No. 1?: The First Draft of the Dawg Sports 2010 Preseason SB Nation BlogPoll Ballot
It will not be long before it is time to cast our SB Nation BlogPoll ballots. I already have identified the teams I believe are underrated or correctly rated, the teams I believe are overrated, and the teams I just flat ain’t buying. That just leaves the compilation of the top 25 itself, and I’m...
BlogPoll Ballot Time: Why in the World Should I Rank Any of These Teams?
August has arrived, so BlogPoll time approaches. I have tried piecing together a draft of my top 25, but, honestly, it just looks like a random collection of college football teams with which I am familiar. While I believe Boise State will meet or exceed expectations this year, I’m not sure I’m...
Right Result, Wrong Reasons: Why Mark Richt Really Isn't on the Hot Seat
When SB Nation’s SEC weblog, Team Speed Kills, took a look at Mark Richt’s path to becoming the dean of league coaches, I lifted a two-sentence excerpt from Year2’s analysis and characterized that brief passage as "the only part of Year2's examination of Mark Richt's longevity as the head coach of...
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