Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Let's Assume... dare I say... It's Cumbie)
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Ketch - I'm with you on both Creed and Spotlight. Both were damn good movies. Creed exceeded my expectations by far. I'd have Sly a little higher in my ranking on Best Supporting Actor.
The Heisman should be Christian McCaffrey, then everyone else. The kid is, without question, the best player in D1 this year.
A look at the numbers:
3,496 All Purpose Yards-(broke Barry Sanders' record.)
1,847 Rushing Yards, 8 TDs
540 Receiving Yards, 4 TDs
1,109 Return Yards, 1 TD
And for good measure, he has completed 2/3 passes, both completions for TDs
Odds are that Henry will win it, based on the fact that McCaffrey had a very good QB in Hogan where Alabama's passing game was very pedestrian, and Henry gets more pub at Alabama, but it's hard to look at what McCaffrey has done this year and not come away thinking he is the best player.
A look at the numbers:
3,496 All Purpose Yards-(broke Barry Sanders' record.)
1,847 Rushing Yards, 8 TDs
540 Receiving Yards, 4 TDs
1,109 Return Yards, 1 TD
And for good measure, he has completed 2/3 passes, both completions for TDs
Odds are that Henry will win it, based on the fact that McCaffrey had a very good QB in Hogan where Alabama's passing game was very pedestrian, and Henry gets more pub at Alabama, but it's hard to look at what McCaffrey has done this year and not come away thinking he is the best player.
"(Sell) The Harsin hire was a better, elite-level hire"
Ketch,
2 part question >
1) Have you watched Boise St. play this year
2) If you have what possibly have you seen that would make Harsin's offense or his coaching performance close to "elite"
Harsin is no longer some abstract that failed at UT because of circumstances. There is a real life real coaching performance on a real field this year at Boise and there should not be any mystery why his name did not make any lists for all of multitude of open coaching job were open this year.
Ketch,
2 part question >
1) Have you watched Boise St. play this year
2) If you have what possibly have you seen that would make Harsin's offense or his coaching performance close to "elite"
Harsin is no longer some abstract that failed at UT because of circumstances. There is a real life real coaching performance on a real field this year at Boise and there should not be any mystery why his name did not make any lists for all of multitude of open coaching job were open this year.
Derrick Henry is the better player IMO and he just carried a sluggish offense to the playoff with the greatest season of any back in Bama history.
1. Not much.
2. I was speaking at the time the hires were made. Harsin had turned down multiple jobs and was viewed as a truly elite college OC.
McCaffrey has had to share stats with a top tier QB in Hogan. Coker was not a scrub, but the Alabama game was built around the run, and Coker is not on the same level with Hogan.
McCaffrey was a integral part of Stanford's passing attack with 41 receptions and also returned punts and kickoffs. Henry is a one-dimensional back; he had 10 receptions this year.
You don't break Barry Sanders record for all purpose yards by being one dimensional.
I think Swoopes can be an effective running back. If we hire Cumbie, he will put the ball in the game breakers hand. #4 on our team runs a 4.2 40 and he saw the football in his hand very little this year. We wasted his career. I'll be surprised if he is not in the NFL for a long time. Why don't we go after North Carolina's DC? He was great when he was here before.
