Unlike his predecessor at OU, Lincoln Riley's teams are soft as Charmin, he made the CFP 3x, and his teams played worse each time. His first team had Georgia on the ropes, but couldn't finish, his 2nd team was down 21-0 to Alabama, and put some cosmetic points on the board, this 3rd team suffered the worst beatdown in CFP history, if LSU wanted to, they could have scored a legit 100
Riley, bolted OU, because he wanted NO part of the SEC, he was content playing glorified flag football at OU, and winning 10-12 games year in the powder puff conference. Great job security, but he knew the SEC would take his powder puff offense and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Kiffin, Kelly, Heupel, even a guy like Clark Lea went looking for the SEC. Riley went looking something easier. If history is a teacher, this will be Riley's physically toughest team, and they are not tough at all.
The Air Raid scheme to a guy like Golden, will have all the complexity of Tic Tac Toe. ND will be prepared, it will really be up to the kids, to be on point with run fits, RUSH LANES, clean tackling, an eye discipline on the RPO. When the QB #13 gets away, he needs to be hit to the echo of the whistle and the crowd should be crying for a personal foul. Turn him into hamburger.
Offensively, it must be the same neanderthal, medievil, trench warfare. Tommy Rees has learned some really hard lessons this year, Marshall, Stanford, 2nd half vs Navy. Last year Tommy was surrounded by a Head Coach who could coordinate an offense and call plays, he had an RB coach Lance Taylor, who is doing a fine job as OC at 7-4 Louisville this year, and John Mcnulty was OC at Rutgers twice and OC at BC.
This year Tommy has not been surrounded by that experience and he has gotten his teeth kicked down his throat, several times. But I think he has learned, he is an exceptional coach, and a surefire future Head Coach.
He will have ND prepared to put points on the board, and I think Pyne will play his best game of the year. This is a sandwich game for USC, rivalry vs UCLA, Pac 12 Title game afterwards. I think it will be a big night for the Irish. Freeman concludes the most successful first year for a Head Coach since Weis in 2005,
Riley, bolted OU, because he wanted NO part of the SEC, he was content playing glorified flag football at OU, and winning 10-12 games year in the powder puff conference. Great job security, but he knew the SEC would take his powder puff offense and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.
Kiffin, Kelly, Heupel, even a guy like Clark Lea went looking for the SEC. Riley went looking something easier. If history is a teacher, this will be Riley's physically toughest team, and they are not tough at all.
The Air Raid scheme to a guy like Golden, will have all the complexity of Tic Tac Toe. ND will be prepared, it will really be up to the kids, to be on point with run fits, RUSH LANES, clean tackling, an eye discipline on the RPO. When the QB #13 gets away, he needs to be hit to the echo of the whistle and the crowd should be crying for a personal foul. Turn him into hamburger.
Offensively, it must be the same neanderthal, medievil, trench warfare. Tommy Rees has learned some really hard lessons this year, Marshall, Stanford, 2nd half vs Navy. Last year Tommy was surrounded by a Head Coach who could coordinate an offense and call plays, he had an RB coach Lance Taylor, who is doing a fine job as OC at 7-4 Louisville this year, and John Mcnulty was OC at Rutgers twice and OC at BC.
This year Tommy has not been surrounded by that experience and he has gotten his teeth kicked down his throat, several times. But I think he has learned, he is an exceptional coach, and a surefire future Head Coach.
He will have ND prepared to put points on the board, and I think Pyne will play his best game of the year. This is a sandwich game for USC, rivalry vs UCLA, Pac 12 Title game afterwards. I think it will be a big night for the Irish. Freeman concludes the most successful first year for a Head Coach since Weis in 2005,