#71 R.P.I. Virginia Tech vs. #16 R.P.I. Tulane:

Today’s word of the day is… fief·dom

/ˈfēfdəm/
noun.

noun: fiefdom; plural noun: fiefdoms.
origin: from Medieval Latin: ‘feodum’.

1. a fief.
2. an area over which someone exercises control as or in the manner of a feudal lord.
3. i.e., who will lord over and control the 2o23 A.D. Military Bowl Trophy come ~6 PM Wednesday?

Houston Head Coach: Willie Fritz: age=63, (54–47 @Tulane and -247–121
overall); has a rep’ for defense and for innovative Secondary play in particular.
$4,500,000.oo.

Baby Ftrizy was born in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Fritz played college football at Pittsburg State University, where he was a defensive back for the Gorillas. He also played for the basketball team as a point guard

Big Whistle Fritz is, well, was… an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Houston. Fritz served as the head football coach at the University of Central Missouri from 1997 to 2009, Sam Houston State University from 2010 to 2013, Georgia Southern University from 2014 to 2015, and Tulane University from 2016 to 2023. From 1993 to 1996, he was the head football coach at Blinn College, a junior college in Brenham, Texas, where he led his teams to consecutive NJCAA National Football Championships, in 1995 and 1996.

And then he kicked rocks… and body-surfed the wave over to H.town, Texas.

Also kicking rocks was his 5 bowling seasons in Tulane’s last 6 overall. His 8o% stellar post-season bowling marker, his 43 wins since his waving bowl streak began, his 3x Conference Coach of the Year awards, his 4x National Coach of the Year awards (most of these were for .edu and community excellence in addition to coaching the verb itself, mind yah) and his ten, that’s 1o or X championship rings at varying levels along the résumé way. This includes his .636 playoff record and his two, that’s (2) Blinn Buccaneer NJCAA National Championship, blings! wowow!

Fritz and his wife, Susan, have three children, Wesley, Lainie, and Brooke.

Now we see a full-time coach who is part-time for the moment, and the dreaded lame-duck-Interim Coach who nearly matters nil… as this is a helluva a coaching the verb misconjugation for the tide is now officially out, g.Waves. 🌊

(new) Tulane Head Coach: Jon Sumrall: age=41, (23–4 @Troy and overall);
has a rep’ for defense, defensing, Linebacking/OLb’s, and nuttiness!
Like 3-mile-Island melt the Foxtrot down, nuttiness.
$1,400,000.oo.* (with: a cool $1-mill in conference incentives!)

Baller j.Sum’ was a three-year letterwinner @MLb1, at Kentucky from 2oo2-o4. He started every game in 2oo4, leading the Wildcats with 72 tackles. He also excelled off the field as he was named to the S.e.c. Academic Honor Roll and was selected to the Frank G. Ham Society of Character. After earning his degree in finance in 2oo5; he subsequently completed coursework on a master’s degree in sports leadership. .edu good on you Coach. Afterward, he was quickly recruited to student coaching.

Sumrall (NO Pat relation, slightly different Surname); Sumrall began his coaching career at his alma mater, Kentucky, after suffering a career-ending injury. Coach God help. After a couple of years, he coached at San Diego under former Kentucky assistant Ron Caragher. He was also the co-defensive coordinator at Tulane for three seasons before going to Troy as their assistant head coach and special teams coordinator.

Sumrall was named the Lb’ers coach at Olè Miss in January 2o18. He was also reported to be a finalist for the head coaching position at Troy before Chip Lindsey a/k/a Uncle Fester was hired.

Sumrall returned to his alma mater Kentucky in 2o19 as the program’s Inside-Linebackers coach. He was promoted to co-Defensive Coordinator in 2o21.

On December 2, 2o21, Sumrall was hired as the 23rd head coach of the Troy Trojans. In his first season at Troy, he guided the Trojans to a 12-2 record and an 18-12 Cure Bowl victory over the #23 ranked UTSA Roadrunners.

His bio’ literally read: “…defensive mastermind…“. WoW. All-in there. Known to rotate his D’s more than most. Known to establish a balanced play-action-centric O.

Poppa-bear Sumrall is married to the former Ginny Nixon, also of Huntsville.

The couple has four children, Sam, Sadie, Stella, and Selah.

(Interim) Bowl Coach: Brandon Slade Nagle: O’cord and Qb-Coach (this year): (o-o)
Said to have a rep’ for: Qb’s, Wr’s, Rb’s, and creative ST’s returns. (Mind that store).

Baller Slade was a quarterback, and Nagle played one game for the Clemson Tigers as a freshman, rushing for one yard on one carry. He then transferred to McNeese State University. A 2oo1 graduate of McNeese, Nagle played for the Cowboys for three years from 1999-2oo1, leading the team to two appearances in the NCAA playoffs and a Southland Conference title. An all-conference selection during his playing time, he completed his career as the school’s seventh-ranked performer in total offense (4,977 yards), sixth in passing yardage (4,596), fifth in passes attempted and completed (378 of 653), and fifth in touchdown passes (35). A top-7 Qb1 to be, sure. Nagle’s career completion percentage of .578 is one of the best in school history.

As a medium-whistle and after graduating from McNeese, Nagle served as a graduate assistant coach at Northwestern State. He then served in various roles as the Qb Coach at Dodge City Community College, as the Qb and Wr Coach at Northwestern State, as an administrative assistant working with the special teams at LSU, as the co-Offensive Coordinator and Qb Coach at Texas State, and as the Rb’s/Ass.Head Coach at Central Arkansas After coaching at Central Arkansas, Nagle returned to his alma mater, McNeese State, to serve as the Rb’s and Special Teams Coach. In 2o16, Nagle was hired as a Te Coach at Tulane. After the conclusion of the 2o22 season and after seven years as the Green Wave’s Te Coach, Nagle was promoted to Offensive Coordinator and Qb’s Coach. On December 3, 2o23, after Head Coach Willie Fritz left to take the head coaching job at the University of Houston, Nagle was named as the team’s interim Head Coach for their appearance in the 2o23 Military Bowl.

Family man Nagle’s father, John, is a veteran football coach in the state on the college and high school levels. So, he came up with a mouthpiece rattler in the crib.

Nagle is married to his wife Kirby.

His wifey only saved her Auntie’s life via donating a, kidney.
St.Elmo’ super bless here!

2022 record: 12 up 2 down and 7-1 in the American Athletic Conference. Props!!!

Tulane Defense: (starters back=8)

• Rarefied thirty-two to forty-two hybrid sets. (3-2 or 4-2), sorta… as the extra post-season time to catalog and tag-n-bag all their assorted alignments should align with better assignment success than on a short or normal 5-day work-week.
• 32nd in Total D!!
• 7th vs. the run!!!
• 91st vs. the throw!
• 48th in Pass Efficiency Defense.
• 99th in Zone Defense.
• 8 of 1o in dLine Havoc. Darius Hodges is a big End. De2, Devean Deal could prove to be the real deal as he has some rush in his passing game. The Green Wave are solid at Dt with a strong rotation around 305-pounders Patrick Jenkins and Adonis Friloux; they are 4-deep in the middle of the G-c-G A-gap pluggers here. The Tulane dLine is the deeper of the three layers here. Starters are legit. The Wave does try to A-gap splash yah with a Dt/Ng hybrid guy. Inside-eye to inside-eye and you need to move if not go’on and whoop him.  dLine; not killars, not freaks… reasonable; kinda like our Dline less A.P.R. Reliable, well-tested Heavy Cruiser caliber guys. If not good/great itself. Good/right-sized Dline, nearly a little bit tall. Watch for a tip/deflection here. The 1’s are all Juniors and should be even ’24 better for ’23 itself. A reasonable size works here. Dt/Ng do internally disrupt well, including pass-pro’.
• 7.5 from 1o in Linebacking Havoc. This is not a bad second layer… it is the least experienced layer of the Tulane three by far. What with the attempted restocking/reshuffling of their linebacker unit after exiting stud and multi-year starting Lb’ers Nick Anderson and Dorian -the human TFL- Williams. This is not a gap this is a whole; or, hole. As in a whole lot out da door. Now we see that…  Jesus Machado, Lb1; and Tyler (p0rnstache) Grubbs, Lb2; have filled in well as you could expect. They are Tulane’s Top-2 Tacklers. Tho’ they have cut nearly ≈75 stops compared to: Andy+Will between ’em. La.Tech’s ex, Grubbs can get upfield a little and Jesus looks more like an Ss moving forward a layer physical/build part… tho’ the play-making is what is down here even if mistakes have not critically risen up. The 1’s are serviceable to solid itself and the 2’s have less firmware than that.
  Lb’ers are just right-sized, barely. Tho’ they do pack a wallop— four-give (#45) Small is a big-licker. No Hallmark or Kens patrol here.
• 9 outta X in Secondary Havoc. The returning Tulane secondary was gutted at Safety. Though returns quality edgers at Corner. Jarius Monroe stepped in from Nicholls State and took over with three picks and eight broken-up passes, and Lance Robinson is a good veteran on the other side. Kam Pedescleaux (Louisiana) has tried to plug the S-glitch admirably enuff. Tho’ still yet, the midfield is mo’ inviting than the hashmarks to sidelines are here. Tho’ Bailey Despanie, S; has been a pleasant run-fighting surprise. Same as the 2nd layer, the 1’s are okay to good on edge, the 2’s are –1 here. Though the starters do play the ball at all times and at all cost(s) here. Very naturally Talented set of ball-hawks. 3rd best in passes pilfered (with 17 picks) in all of D-1 might just be a clue. Though they gamble so compulsively that they did give up some chuck triples and HR’s hits at times. Hell, or high-h2o down in the Mississippi Delta to be sure.
  Pedescleaux is a pure coverage stalwart S1. He good.
  Secondary enjoys good height and at least average size.
  That being said, they have a predilection for missing/whiffing stops here-n-here. Could be a few alleys that open suddenly for burst plays when they do.
  That, and apparently starting Fs1, Douglas could be gonzo as well… hard to keep up…
  …and now: Monroe, too. Eye think(s)?

• D overall: The ’23 Tulane defense departed 5 of its Top-4 ’22 tacklers. That could not help. However, it is not bereft of Talent… with Cb1, Jarius Monroe; Dt1, Patrick Jenkins, and edge rusher De1, Darius Hodges all back. I point this out to you to make the point that it did take some measure of coaching the verb to cover for over ≅46o ’22 halts that just left the Super Dome building. That’s a lot lot lot… not just of production, that amounts to over 2.1 decades worth of Experience and Learning Curve schematics alike. 20% of which was only good enuff to go N.f.l. pro’. All gonzo, doneski in a word.
  That said their pet word is/was: ‘efficient’ Same as their O. (Under the old regime). They are not asexual and do not beat themselves. You have to line up and take. They are ungiving. Grinch Defense 1o1. MisQ free, basic checkmarks abound. Well-coached, and their ballers scheme-obey what their coaching the verb means… or at least they did… now=???
  UPDATE: Starting safety D.J. Douglas, the fourth-leading tackler on the team, entered the transfer portal. Starting cornerback Jarius Monroe is also out for the bowl game, as are cornerback Kiland Harrison, ‘dog Darius Hodges, and Safety Kentrell Webb.
  I, think…
• (film-study): as said (above) you will see a throwback Ng1 here. Some 30s, 4os, and some 5os live here depending upon his toggle itself. At times… it kinda struck me as a base thirty that liked/loved to even things L.O.S. (line-of-scrummage) up. What with three 4-point stancing guys ((Will-side)-De-Ng-Dt) and then two 2-point stancing kinda OLb/smaller-De hybrids on the edge. This is a vintage 6os look and it is designed to swarm/gang tackle things by keeping mo’ peeps mobile and less chicken-fighting engaged. Kinda like the Broncos’ ’70s Orange Crush version gone Green-Wave. Not quite the Bud Wilkinson version… mo’ Jacks/Jokers on the edges who are mostly run-containment committed. The ILb’s spy/key the backfield first; tho’ their pre-snap/set-up deeper drop (s) put them at least a full step closer to being pass-deployed. D can be cushion attacked on edge, S.M.U. preached well here. Seems to want to flow downhill and string things out until help arrives.
  Second-layer (ILb-twins) are just a yard or so deeper; which tells you they trust their speed and that they want to keep everything in front of them and that they want you to really have to reach to scrape/fold to their 2nd-layer. This means oLine stands up and that gives smaller guys a leveraging chance. Their Jacks/Jocker are called: DOG and Anchor here respectively F.W.I.W. LOL…
  Technically, the DOG is an oversized OLb, the Anchor is nearly a thrid-Cb; albeit a very small one here: ( 5′9″, 185 lbs.!).
  Strange, odd, kinda off-sized closeout rack irregular measuring D with discount (on sizing) errors.
  This is a very needy D. Ovulating or in heat(s) for balls. They hit dat pole at the Strip Club and go for the rock at all times and at all costs. Gotta bring the Gauntlet Drill out there as this is a VERY handsy defensive. (And guess what? Our medium-O Staff did just this). They swipe/strip both from above and from below. 28th best in fumbles recovered says so. There is lowercase to downright short-throw room in front of nearly everyone here. Such is expected per halves and sometimes quarter-bounce behind all of that.
  Tulane will back outta the quasi-5o look and drop that mighty mite Anchor back when they passing fancy expect. Then they will Slot or Z-Wr blitz, including off of doubles or stacked coverage. They do gun an OLb or Will side Cb at your Qb if he moves the pocket laterally to force him to throw and disallow his rushing. …will be VERY curious to see how Drones accepts/handles this incoming fire here. Fs’s first step is nearly always backward, there should be a midfield opening here… if we have any Te’s left to get at it…
  Finally, this is a pincer or bookend-centric D. They try to squeeze (hence: pincer) or pinch things outside-in. Their De’s have been very good at this. Be that up-field (sacking/TFL’s) or maintaining lateral contain along the L.o.S. (line-of-scrummage). Then they go kaleidoscope Euclidean nutz. They will come at you from any angle. Including the nearly Oriental-looking slanting/stunting/angling-like mad front wall. Tho’ our Ot1’s must hold down the fort.
  Or it all begins or it all ENDS (get it?) with them.
  ^^^hence, the +++volitality/turnovers inflicted^^^.

  

• ∑ (summary): returning D production=68% (46th most). Dlinemen: Hodges and Jenkins are your conflict defenders here. Both plum git after it northward bound; they penetrate.
  So, understand… the ‘lane defense is under new leadership after Chris Hampton left to take a co-coordinator role at Oregon, and then the initial replacement hire Lance Guidry departed for Miami.
  Now, the secondary (so to speak) replacement hire Shiel Wood just kicked Cougar rocks. That’s not four Defensive Coordinators in 4-years, or 3, or 2… that’s four Defensive Coordinators in ≤11, months!
  Four, as in, (4)! Never ever seen that one; well, befour. Yikes^4th.
  As that’s an unheard-of amount of volatility and staffing turnover. This is not a halt-unit Staff in-flux… it is a halt-unit staff that is fluxed-up. Brainbox out-boxed and unpacked three times somewhere, else.
  Hard to figure that that helps anything any any any here… ditto what if they are quack-attacking for any remaining lame-duck(s)?
  The ‘lane run defense was a stout one, Cliff’s Notes if you get the Pittsburgh pun. Tho’ now? Who knows? They woulda been a tough match-up for Drones and Co. via daring them to air it out and Hokiebird wing their way to VicTory. Now=??? Your guess is as good as mine… Truly… this is Fletch defensive football folks… here we are in a gray area. How Gray? Charcoal.
• In conclusion… Eye found this to be a good D, not a dum’ one… tho’ it did not strike me as an azz whopping one upon breaking tape. Reasonable+++ or elite reasonable more so than anything else.¤ Tho’  one caveat… the genie a LOT of turnovers. A lot!

Defensive letter-grade:

Tulane Offense: (returning starters=was 9, now 8 due to –1 Wr1)

• 68th in Total O.
• 67th in ground O.
• 69th in aerial O.
• ^^^most centrist/balanced O, evar!^^^
• 25th in Passing Efficiency O. (this was the old-coach hallmark calling card).
• 112th in Zone O.
• Wr’s & Te(s): Wr1, Chris Brazzell II (44 catches, 711 yards, 5 TDs) hit the transfer portal earlier this December. And that really chills this grab-gang mo’ than a few degrees, out.
  Here we see that Tulane had departed 5 of it’s Top-7 snaggers in ’22 terms. They did return: Jha’Quan Jackson. Who is a reliable target who makes big things happen with the ball in his hands. They got former Notre Dame transfer Lawrence Keys; who has too much deep speed to average the 9.8 yards per grab of last year. They also got Dontae Fleming, who is a veteran midrange receiver from Louisiana who should fit in right away. Possession or Baltic Ave. mans Charlie Joyner if you will. Then?
  Well then Chris Brazzell II happened!
  Then he and his team leading: 44 receptions for 711 yards on 7 majors happened to Portal out.
  That leaves… 3 Wide Receiving guys and 1 Te1: (Alex Bauman). All of which receive nearly equal targeting. Tough to pick a remaining Alpha here… Though Keys and JAX are both seniors in their curtain-calling encore post-season game(s). Might be them just Exit Stage Left ’cause. Neither of them is very big tho’ Alex is right-sized and a nice hashmarks worker. Alex is a Swiss Army or vintage Steve Johnson Te1 crosstab running one. Does it all and does all of it well. B— Te1, all over.
  Scores/finds red-zone openings as well.
  Finally, less one-guy, they are kinda shorties, and surely bantamweights. Would like to see us get Olivia Newton-John’s plum Physical here.
  I like this notion even mo’… as the ‘whispers’ say this Catch-corps was very dingy to end the year.

  

• Qb1: one #7 is merely a: 9,603 career passing yards and nearly a 1,200 rusher with 115 total touchdowns and 25 interceptions.
  Productive… much?  This Michale Pratt is a fun player to scout. Creative/interjective… stirs the Tidal Wave, drink.  Pure arm talent is pretty good B+ or so… He processes the game well. Knocks: below-average mechanics and some scouts do question-mark his accuracy; look at the link, gotta go to the Strip Club on that cockeyed of a windup here!
  Although it has improved every season (from: 55.1 to a now: 65.4%) there is no questioning that. Pratt is a savvy runner who evades defenders. He’s elusive in the pocket and runs through arm tackles. Clearly, he has a nose for the endzone per his 2.8 ypc great for a stunning 28 rushing majors for his career! Michale makes really good decisions, and has high-level anticipation— there’s a lot to like about him. And Sonny Jurgensen had some deft tho’ loopy-azz mechanics in tow too. 6′3″, 222 lb., 4th-year hurler 1o1. Keeps a (now) retro-looking Sting (wrassler or singer) looking cropped blonde spike-top. (Hair) moose is back in style I suppose… then there is this: (48%, 2:3; 44.1%, 1:2; 47.1%, 2:o; and 58.3, 1:1)… those are his Prattling on and on and on… NON-closer efforts in conference title tilts or Bowl games for his career! Where he hath tallied a 1 up vs 3 down marker. And an o, a 32.4, and a 16.7 QBR metric for his folding-up like an accordion big-game ills! wowow. That, and he is up-n-down mo’ than any Smothers Brothers yo-yo routine… posting between 4o.9% and 93.3% passing days this year alone.
  Pratt was a *** or tri-star recruit outta H.S. with a 247Sports: 244th (in-state; FLA) ranking! Pratt got a lotta big-M.A.C. and Ivy looksees… so, he must have some brains downloaded and installed for that. Has a nice PowerAde N.I.L. (which jets him around to other sports sporting-events; kool). Has a kid sis’ who is a pretty fair-to-middling g.Wave hoopHer. Hemmingway Qb1… as a big-big-time Gulf sport fisherman and bow-hunter on the side. His older bro’ (St.David bless) just reposed this last August… dang. Only began football as a 9th grader due to home-schooling, Is said to have: “never been in a relationship.” Godspeed/God Bless…
  4.65 (4o), (84% to the good). 34.5″ (vertical) (82% to the good). So, the metrics pass the eye test to be sure. Tho’ is only 39% in the 20-shuttle however, and that means long-speed not quicks/footwork. 73% short, 83% medium, and a staggering 88% long (QBR-weighted ratings, not a pure completion percentage, mind yah) are very downfield impressive. Slots as a 3rd-rounder at the moment give/take. Though… his ’23 stats dropped (pardon the positional pun) each and every month… 74.5% September down to 59% Nov./Dec. hints at a tired or thrown-out arm in old-school terms. Hence, the bowl break might just be an “F5” keystroke or refreshing indeed. As this M.P. can only INT parole after the 1Q, and he runs much more in the 2Q and the 3Q alike. Is a 1st-down marker typea carrier who gets away from contact(s) or outta-bounds after that. This is a good Qb1, though as said… a bit of a streaky one and that may just write Tulane’s epitaph or obituary here.
• Then?
  Wekkm then he turned Senior Bowl, pro!
• Qb2: r-Soph., Kai Horton, a native of Carthage, Texas, played in 11 games over the last three years. He got high-profile starts against Cincinnati in 2021 and Olè Miss earlier this year in place of an injured Michael Pratt, and came off the bench to lead Tulane to an overtime victory at Houston in 2o22. Seems a modest Qb2 from what Eye could see… in his limited action at Tulane, he passed for 705 yards and six touchdowns. Signaled for a: 5o% and 3:2 so-so Ratio.
• Then?
• Well, then he kicked rocks too…
• This leaves you their Qb3 and a Qb4 too.
• Justin Ibieta… looks like a mop-top geek because Justin Ibieta is a mop-top, geek. Alice the maid is pissed and Sam the butcher is no longer Mister Clean to boot.

  

  Did not find much on this replacement Qb3 kid… as not much footage exists from a one-attempt ’23 passer. r-Soph, 222 lb., 6′5″, Pivot; so, he should have size to be pocket and line(s)-of-sight (L.O.S.) a-okay. His career digits read like dis: 26 of 39: for: 66.7%, 3o4 total yards, with a: 7.8 ypp and an even or 2:2 career passing ratio.
  Does enjoy a noteworthy 10.1 ypc, however! Has a history of dings/dents, however. Godspeed there. NOT highly recruited… only 5oth best down in La. as a Cajun-H.S. Qb1, (Rivals). Does appear to be a dual-threat. Just under 3K hurling and just over 1K grinding scholastically as a Metairie, LA., senior. Where he broke his backup Qb2 seal sharply enuff. Hence the lower rankings as he never really played until his Sr. Prom season. *** or a 3-star, 1,607th ranked baller nationally by On3. Basically, only had a regional D-1aa offer sheet. Though, was named Class 2A Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year by the LSWA in 2o18 for it to boot. The whole fam’ has game… his sister, Jenna, was a member of the Tulane volleyball team… Father, Juan, was a pitcher at Tulane (199o-93), (Arms-race D.n.a.? check!)… and Mum played volleyball at LSU, (cannot coach: “height”? check!). So, there is all of that… Says he his ownself is: “NOLA Built”. Again, from what little Eye could sight… fights small and sits down on his throws, elongated release point too. Might be good for a Tipping-counts looksee. I saw a few wobblers or ducks, seems to overthrow at times… adequate though loose-looking arm. Seems well-liked by his oLinemen from what I could find. Seems a mite social-needia cloistered— +several fo’ not being such a υ.ν. (up-vote) cat just like dat. Tho’ the ‘whispered’ 5.o5 forty and 4.64 shuttle just ain’t all that and a: “snap”. Decent H.S. hoopster, decent enuff to collect a State bling… propers on hardwood that. So, he must be at least a bit more athletic than his metrics suggest… though they did not suggest a lot to be fair.

• Then? Then? Then?
• Well, then… the Qb2 (Horton) apparently came back in threw the Portal for the Bowl game… Eye thinks… very confusing here…
• Kai: Was rated as the 27th-best pro-style Qb in the nation by 247Sports.com. Was ranked as the 127th-best prospect in the state of Texas. Where he was widely regarded as one of the top under-the-radar quarterbacks in the Nation. Where he posted a breakout junior season and led Carthage to the Texas High School 4A State Championship for the first time since 2oo8. That counts, says he knows how to win, too. Then? Well, then he opted out. Haha. Then he only went back-to-back on the repeat. As a senior, he led Carthage back to the Texas High School 4A State Championship and a second consecutive title. Had nice final 2-season digits in Everything Is Bigger ‘ball which leaves you wondering why he did not offer up more than he did. Pretty textbook looking Qb2 from what Eye can see. Moves better than expected, has big-azz paws, and wears a lotta tay-tay-Swift-he wrist bracelets. So, there is that too. Plus, he wears a sweatband ’round his neck as a custom-Taylor’ed choker of sorts. It reminds me of da Bears J.McMahon. Finally, likes to wear shirtless, overalls. Seems to have a nice buggy-whip arm; prolly the best of the three Qb1’s Eye saw. Snappy, in a word. Also seems to move/roll the pocket on his own… an edgy/lateral Qb2 who seems at home on the Chop-Step Drill old-school move. Though a Pocket Protector or Randolph Hall savvy Qb2 via trade. As the –77 career rushing yards might just be a where he will be hint, here. Was down, then up then up again in the 3-(injury)-fueled games he played earlier this year. He does not appear to have a thick set of whiskers, kinda a mite chinny in boxing terms. Is cocksure and will try to thread needles when a seamstress he, ain’t.
• Oline: Here we see that industry insiders only said the following… and I quote directly: “The offensive line should be the best in the AAC by a mile.” 1,760 yards in a mile later and 2,038 yards ground out and yah; you can see what they mean. The Wave crashed ashore per 4 ’22 starters return. This includes all-stars C1, Sincere Haynesworth, and right-G1, Prince Pines. However, some say the most talented blocker of the bunch might be the new guy – odd-Ot1, Cameron Wire from L.S.U. This is a very very good set of 1’s folks. One of the very best we shall see all season long.
  oLine 1’s are all upperclassmen… okay sized… odd or left-side is the right-side or money-side here. Though C1, Haynesworth is a Sunday ₵1, he good… might be the best hiker we see all season.
  Oline is a very mixed-up Class-Rank unit. Though virtually entirely even on tipping the Toledo’s with every single one between 3oo and 3o5 lbs.! Wild, Not real tall either, only one courts north of 6′3″.

  

• Rb(s): Makhi Hughes, Rb1, who was only good for: 1,29o yards per a 5.3 ypc average with a 58-yard long and 35-ponits behind that. Hughes ranks 1oth in pass-catching itself for Tulane; so, this is an Rb1 you can key for the handoff or not at all as touches go. 5′11″ taller who has gone out and found nearly 1-stone (~16 lbs.) as a weigher, in less than a year on campus as a rookie or nugget-year rusher. That said, this is a post-September breakout carrier to be sure. As Makhi has hit for ≥121 on the ground in seven contests, that’s (7) ever since. As H.S. mak.hug. earned a three-star rating from 247Sports. Who tabbed him as the 85th-best Rb in the nation and the 46th-best player in the state of Alabama. This was something of a 1.7k-yard senior season late bloomer. He tallied okay to okay+++ digits before that and then final year went grounder totally off. His handle is: ‘the big dog’ or ‘the bulldog’ take thy pic. BIG Hokie recruiting miss. Carries a football during most of his S&C training— I like that. Seems smaller than listed to me upon breaking tape; shorter/narrower in particular. Is a dedicated power-lifter. Which does ‘splain the right-mass gain. Low to the ground choppy quickster with a very tight core. Okay speed, not a pure blazer though. Only 2 carries north of 31 yards helped locate this. Does wear down a bit as the game progresses, as his ypc drops nearly linearly from 6.4 to start to 4.1 to close. That said this is a good overall Rb1, who just so happens to be having a breakout year. Good vision, and very deft/soft footwork. Glides a bit and makes it look easy. Kinda a softer Cy.Lawrence if that makes any sense. Makes you miss then makes you pay… very diversified in both asset classes. That, and he claims he is some sorta, bulldog; flashes a lot of ca$h, and takes digitally ‘shopped selfies to prove it too. wowow…

  

  ^^^this^^^ does not even mention near career 6.o ypc Shaadie Clayton-Johnson. A not primetime enuff ex-Colorado Buff’. He was your Rb2 in ’23 whom everyone thought to be your ’23 and beyond Rb1. A consensus four-star, Top-300 prospect by the recruiting services, who peaked at no.127 from 247.
  Nor does ^^^this^^^ even mention: Shedro Louis. Who was expected to be Liberty’s Rb1 in ’23 before he transferred down south. He’s a smallish (5′7″, 171 lb.) speed-merchant back; the fastest on the field to be sure.
  As Tulane has three, that’s (3) legit Rb’s who can all Wave goodbye. (As pretty fair-to-middling Rb4, Iverson Celestine, cannot even get on the field (3-touches)).
  Their Rb’s ain’t heavy— not at all as only 1 guy tips the Toledo’s ≥199 lbs.

• O overall: So, the word around the campfire here is/was (before coaching musical chairs breaking several legS pluarl)… that this is/was a very efficient offensive set. That, and one that has air-raided the Portal of late itself.  The word also said that Pratt was more accurate, sharper down the field, and he took off more effectively in the last two years. Not a pure runner or dual-threat; tho’ a guy with an eye for the sticks and the 2o-2o field-vision accordingly.
• ∑ (summary): returning O production=73% (35th most!).
  (Film-Study): Tulane’s O is your modern basketball on grass Spread-Gun’ look. With a Hb beside the Qb and 3 or 4 Wideouts. They do bunch and their oLine frankly looked airplane wing to me. Not sure they had seven guys on the L.O.S. at all times? Also, have a naked backfield penta or 5-wide look that they will even 1st-n-1o. Not just for passing downs.
  They have a lotta fanning or parasol looks off that bunch set. One guy goes L one in-between and one guy goes left/right. They are not as epic in Pass-Pro’ on the Ot edges. Tho’ they do create a lotta short to medium East-West stretches. They have an I-Pistol set with a Wb offset. They will pull the backside-G and the Wing/Te guy and try to work internally off a Read-Option look. They have several crossbuck or countering looks that go against the Te/Wing grain.
  This is a short+++ to medium— throw-set here. Tho’ it will bomb away once or twice early on to at least threaten you vertically. As the vertical rocket guy tries to capture a Safety or at least clear something underneath his pattern out. As Tulane only hit four, that’s only (4) bombs (≥4o yards) outta 347 chucks all year long! However, …see: below: they bundle all kinda 20-somethign gainers all over the field.
  Though curiously enuff, their Top-3 grab-guys all posted 17 to 18 ypg averages. Again, a lotta midrange lives here. They will test our S’s (who needed this downtime to R&R) and our 2nd layer on MID-range thingys. Good thing our Lb’ers are not Lb’ers and are S’s via home-position nomenclature or, trade. Maybe that will finally, help? As Eye saw me a slew of pattern mixing (some: angular, some crossings, even a few hooks/curls) whereby everyone less one guy went a good 1o-15+ yards downfield to the throw-point. Now would be a very good A.P.R. or in-Payne time! As Pratt can get happy feet at times; and his edge blockers (Te/Wing included) did him no favors.
  Also, they have very good hands overall; and they do pretty dang sharp Y.A.C. work; (yards after the catch). May not be a great one here, tho’ kinda-good to pretty-good catch crops guys abound. They are also quite capable carriers. They showed something of a Wingback in motion triple-mesh-point at times on O.G. End-a-rounds. They have three Wr’s here who basically average a 1st-down per carry on the ground.
  O will go under C and Qb-sneak it. O will play-action long on short-yardage and take deep shots… beware here… including curious looking near Flexbone play-actions off of said Wing/Wr motions…
  Base outside/inside zoning O, with a few G-pulls. Not a whooping your azz one; a blocking just enuff fo’ long enuff one.
  And the mo’ Eye watched the mo’ I liked my Cy.Lawrence compassion. A relatively similar guy at a relatively similar stAGE.
  Lastly, Wr’s will throw— and with this much turnover/flux… why keep ANY trick play in the bag?
• was: 59% run:pass 41% mix. ??? is your secret sauce offender here. Eye dunno? Tho’ do know that this time is the right time for someone to pop ’24 depth chart clean.
  However, I also do know that this is a Bernard King of ny.Knick savvy O. Same as him on 1.8+ good knees… they are good at intermediary work(s), sometimes, great. That, and Eye knows that they hit a buncha stretch plays via the airwaves. 77% of their 20+ gainers were hurled. i.e., that starry debut Rb1 baits you then their pitch-n-catch switches you! Real tight Y.A.C. (yards after catch) too.

Offensive letter-grade:

UPDATE: TSL.com reports the following… hope they have the measure of it…

Tulane Special Teams: (return)

Tulane is 41st in Net Punting and so is P1, (6′4″, 21o lb.,) Will Karoll. Accordingly, aim block-point higher here. As Willie is a cute-looking boy from Down Under. Or, Sydney, Australia. Men at Work to be sure here. He is from a black-tie Naval family and +1 as they were our life-n-death Slotting Allies in WW2. Karoll played Australian Rules Football at The King’s School. Where he later on was a member of the prestigious and American football exporting Prokick Australia. A good directional punter with good covering hang-time. William has a solid leg (65-long) if not a bionic one. True-Fresh youngling and he is not off to the worst start; as Tulane may indeed have a 4-year P1 footsie on their hands here.

• 22nd best in Punt Returns | 7th best in KO returns!!! wow.

  

• 69th in punt coverage | and 51st in suicide-squad.
• Tulane has blocked o kicks and allowed 1 kick to be blocked.
• Tulane has blocked o punts and allowed 1 punt to be blocked.
• D field position 34th best! | O field position 8th best!!!

Valentino -greatest sexifying footsie name ever- Ambrosio is your Tulane PK1. Little dood (5′8″, a buck-seventy-five (or, 175 lbs.). So, do aim kick-block low here. Ex-Rutgers PK1b or so… has a higher 4o’s range and that is basically make-cycle all. Val’ is a reliable 81% for his career even with a slight dip in booting acumen this season. 2-sport guy at RU (football+foutball). Had good though not quite great scholastic numbers… while being named: NJ.com 2o17 First Team All-State. So, this is a r-Senior year older kid who can get that kegger work (legally) for you. A.A.C.’s All-Academic Team; so, that Tulane.edu connects. Has never attempted a Fake, not passing or rushing… and has never had a kick blocked at any level of play. 99.5% P.A.T. guy (on two bad snaps) as well. Valentino rolls the beach, fashionista, and mardi-gras life pretty hard. Had his own Mardi Gras float last year. (No joke). Ambrosio did not miss a ’23 kick until right before October 31st. Afterward, he has not entirely been yo’ “boo”. As he has yo-yo’ed up-n-down ever since. Though still, he courts 281 mo’ collegiate points tallied than you and I do combined; he is reliable if not epic and there are worse K1 things you can say den dat.

Special Teams letter grade: if not for the -2 on blocking out… this ST’s unit is on the in. Really good overall other than that. B+++, and it could be mo’.

Unit Rankings:

1. VT D/Tulane D. (tied).
2. …gap…
3. VT O/Tulane O. (tied).

X-factor(s):

• motive: …prolly is the Hokies’ checkmark now. Tulane could be up, they could be flat. They could even be down if they miss their broke-them-off sompthin’-sompthin’ proper exes. EDGE=Hokies.
• weather: IF/when this Military Bowl goes soggy bottom U.S.of.A? This favors a Under and the better line-play. EDGE=prolly Tulane, surely the D‘s.
• health/off-field: Tulane has a very thin OUT injury list. They have been Blessed to be pretty dang healthy by the bye. VeeTee had several (Tuten & Drones and the Safeties) who serially needed this R&R. Edge=close to a push. Tho’ not VT’s to be sure.
• penalties: Tulane is/was about twice as disciplined as VT has been here. EDGE=Wave.
• intangibles: Tulane is/was just downright sharp in both T.O.P. (time of possession) and in all-important Turnover Margin alike. VT has been TOP average and better than average in Turnovers. Tho’ Tulane merits the gold star here; in theory. EDGE=Wave.
• fatigue: N/A. Both have a month to sleep in and rest up.
• Surface: …this one is set to be contested upon: FieldTurf©. Tulane routinely scrums upon the synthetics (or, upon: Act Global UBU Speed Series S5-M). i.e., an artificial carpet/rug. EDGE=Wave. (And their strawberry joint(s) taping/management).

Lord Haw-Haw …or… Tokyo Rose?
…inpowerHERment 1o1.

It is Talenting the verb!

• Tulane Talent (average ranking)=71st
• Virginia Tech Talent (average ranking)=53rd.
• Time for coaching the verb to put in (NO excuse), work!

 

Illation, conclusion(s) and OPT digits:

Number of  g.Waves who could surf @Slusher Beach=now? 11 or so, was, 15.

the takeaway:

HARD, like an eleventeen on the Mohs Scale of Hardness to be sure of much of anything Tulane here.

As diamond cutters were dropped all over my O & D attendance analysis alike.

I can tell you thus…

…at full medicine and carrying a full roster?

I would have to R.A.T.T. favor Tulane as you have schematically seen above and as you will formulae see below…

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IF, these g.Waves were all in splashy play they would be not less than our 4th toughest match-up in ’23.

And yet if my Aunt Kim had nutz-n-a-bolt?

She’d be my Uncle, Tim.

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xxx‘s & ooo‘s

caption the, pic………………..

Game Ball or mag·num o·pus:

https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/tulane-football-coach-jon-sumrall-drops-three-assistants/article_b51434a8-9a15-11ee-a4b6-073b05aa7501.amp.html

With about a handful of Bowl practices remaining… Tulane was down to seven, that’s (7) ass.coaches remaining in situ on campus!

i.e., how many less do you need to one-up, them? 6?!?

permutations:

1. Δ1=35% that Pry goes early Indy Bowl vs. Indy Frank and works ’em “I have something personally to individually, prove” too damn hard. The team goes flat here.
2. Δ2=35% that Pry goes latent Orange Bowl vs. Dorthy & Kansas Frank and works ’em not enuff. The team is on vacay here.
3. Δ3=3o% That Tulane is coaching and star-power is lame here. They are attriting some very quality whistle(s) and Wr(s) to boo. And there is NO way that that is code for help in this one.
4. (BONUS) Or, fiddy-fiddy: 50% that this new(er) Tulane Staff goes Shane Beamer per-game speech and whips them into a Dickens of Hokiebird Christmas dinner feeding-frenzy.
5. That… or, NO soup fo’ you tiny tim!
   

   (Scrooge says: ‘That’s okay’ he don’t like, soup).

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#ChallangeA.c.c.epted… there are 1,440 minutes in a day and this one is right at 60-minutes or maybe just a scosche less than 1 hour if/when we catch a few breaks/bounces, rabbits-feets, and quad-clovers. And at 65+ minutes if/when we, don’t.

the optics…

S.O.S. or Strength of Schedule… 1-o-(n)one?

• • NC2A.: Vah.Tech.76th-ranked Strength of Schedule vs. Tulane 83rd-ranked S.O.S.
  • βeta(s): VT-O faced 41st S.O.S. D’s ¦ VT-D faced 94th S.O.S. O’s!
  • βeta(s): Tulane-O faced 12oth S.O.S. D’s! (wow) ¦ Tulane D faced 81st S.O.S. O’s.
  • SBD: VT faced the 54th toughest S.O.S. ¦ Tulane faced the 88th toughest S.O.S.
  • PRG: VT faced the 77th toughest S.O.S. ¦ Tulane faced the 84th toughest S.O.S.
  • CFHQ: VT faced the 67th toughest S.O.S. ¦ Tulane faced the 61st toughest S.O.S.
• Population Range: VT: hi=77th; lo=54th.
• Population Range: Tulane: hi=1o1st (βeta ave.); lo=61st.

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So, as you can see, the S.O.S. argument is only a slight to modest-lyte winning one. Tulane has the greater range; tho’ typically concentrated at/near mid-80s on S.O.S. While VeeTee was mo’ like mid-60s give/take. The overall arithmetical means were: VT=74th toughest S.O.S. and Tulane=86th toughest S.O.S.

A difference? “Dah-dah” comrades. Fair-play. It is…

A difference that the rest of the traditional media is making much-‘n-mo’ over? “Nyet.

Do you see what Eye mean(s)?

Meaning: either this one is closer than anyone else thinks; or,
everyone is making too much outta the S.O.S for this one.

the skinny…

The Tulane football program, well, last year they only won the American Athletic Conference and only took down So.Cal. This year they only took down another ten, that’s a (1o) win campaign. That’s 43 wins in ½ a decade and 6o% in five bowls just the same. For comp’s sake… VeeTee=22 W’s, 2 blowing L’s, one inherited F.u.B.A.R. culture/hygiene and recruiting pitfall, and two massive program hat-hanging signature streaks gone: “SNAP” over the very same timeframe.

So, you’ll have to forgive Tulane if it has a little bit of a chip on its shoulder seeing other A.a.c. schools get asked to be part of the space program while it’s still testing last-gen fighter jets.

Next year when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 you’ll have to forgive 1o-win Tulane
some mo’ if they get all triskaidekaphobic.

WWI: “The Great War”…

Trench Warfare favors…

Lo.FM (Long-field Management©)

• VeeTee is a below-average 82nd best in 1st-down O | whereas Tulane is an average 68th best in 1st-down fighting D.
• Tulane is an average 69th best in 1st-down O | whereas VeeTee is a very sporty 14th best in 1st-down fighting D!
• VeeTee is an inert-looking 113th best in 3rd-down O | whereas Tulane is a downright useful-looking 38th best in 3rd-down fighting D!
• Tulane is an average 67th best in 3rd-down O | whereas VeeTee is a very manageable looking 41st best in 3rd-down fighting D.

Lo.FM Analysis:
Well… here we sees that… yet again, the real edge(s) lies with the opposing D’s mo’ so than with a pure match-up side itself. As Tulane opens a given series in mo’ of a read-n-react initial look, then tightens screws and will take mo’ risk:reward capital ventures if/when 3rd-down measuring(s) dictate. That said, Drones & Co. are a concern on the money-down here… as they really do just gotta win 1st-down under this scenario to have a better 3rd-down chance. EDGE=push or the defenses. (Or, perhaps Pratt his ownself if you were just outright forced to split-the-diff’ pick… well, Pratt-tense of course…)

https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/c8cae413-8efb-46ce-b3d6-380ce077e953

TTT (Time To Throw©)

• The Hokies were a middleocore 63rd best in T.F.L. (tackles for a loss) allowed O | whilst the g.Waves were a Spartan 30th best in T.F.L. inflicted D.
• The g.Waves were a clamping 23rd best in T.F.L. allowed O | whilst the Hokies were a downright hurt-game 1oth best in T.F.L. inflicted D.
• The Hokies were a centrist 59th best in Sacks allowed O | whilst the g.Waves were a punchy 26th-best in Sacks-inflicted D.
• The g.Waves were a middle-of-the-aisle 67th best in Sacks allowed O | whilst the Hokies were an abusive 8th best in Sacks inflicted D.

TTT Analysis:
Well… here we sees that… yet again, the real edge(s) lies with the opposing D’s mo’ so than with a pure match-up side itself. The g.Waves oLine is not worse and the Hokies dLine is a mite better. So, that’s a strength-on-strength crime right there sports fans. Which is typically code for a punt to a weak(er)-on-weak(er) match-up surprise or breakout winner. Or, may chance a default to the Lo.FM. above… as winning 1st-down— or at least not getting chasing the chain-gang and gettin’ beat on the same; might just be the prologue that writes the post-game epilogue, here. EDGE=the D‘s, again.

Our handy dandy friend, the so-called: Forum Guide of Graham Houston fame is merely calling for, well, not much. Lumps of coal ¦ and switches. As round-robin analysis got its wings clipped here.

Marginality… overall says we win by one full, Safety-Dance or a 2-pointer here. These two are virtually even-steven on the duration with VeeTee only holding the slightest of advantages. Very thin. Damn near invisible.

3-game splits, …here we sees that… in theory… VeeTee woulda done well to play Tulane right away!

As the Hokies were peaking at the close of November business. A Hokiebird bull market. Whereas Tulane was flat (on: D) and recessionary on O. This amounts to predicting a whopping… +18, yes, an eighteen-point VicTory Dance. Had they played right away… which makes you wonder out loud if VeeTee might just suffer a Rust not Rest or oxidization here? As Tulane prolly cannot play much worse ¦ and V.P.I. cannot play much, better!

H/A, N/A here. Neither team played a Neutral or Swiss field game for me to scout to boot.

Triangle Theory says that… I’ma square here. Nothing ‘reaches’ in 6o’s Coach Spock terms…

βetas… the neverawasbeen alpha… haters!

Insanely enuff… guess which O is a hard-to-believe fiddy, that’s (5o) spots ahead of the other O (and this was at full roster/availability medicine, mind yah)? VeeTee’s Ty’.Bow’ O. wowow. Now, some of that was the user-friendly or most inviting S.O.S. (strength of schedule) defenses (12oth best) that Tulane campaigned against. Still, yet, they tallied very poorly in Explosion and in Drive Efficiency; and this was vs. some flimsy-looking halt-units to be sure. Whereas the VeeTee O was C+++ to reasonable enuff across the board; tho’ particularly adept at avoiding Negative Drives. These help you slowly nudge that field-position needle into long FGAs or the like.

On the other side, we see that… the Marvelous One and Co. were actually average overall. Better vs. the pass than vs. the run. However, they scored nearly piss-poorly vs. Drive Efficiency itself (hence the nutty blend of good: sack and TFL counters though is also juxtaposed with blown/housed chunk plays allowed). This was all industrialized vs. only the 95th best set of little-O’s year-to-date. The Tulane D was… nearly ~4o spots north of or superior to the Gobblers D for the duration. They were an impressive 47th or better vs. everything not named S.O.S. (strength of schedule). Basically, a C+++/B— to A— D at everything. Though the g.Waves made a very big slash (14th best) in Drive Efficiency and they scored very well in defense of the run just the same.

βeta… ζetas… or the final word…

So, as you can see… VeeTee must not allow Tulane to tee off on them when we have the ball. As we do have a very noticeable Special-Teams bandwidth built-in and that could go a long way in a close game.

Overall, “aye”, there were a lotta canceling effects here… tho’ at full strength that tight run-D of Tulane would give them a narrow advantage. IF/when they can force Drones to win this one aerially. As that would be a mo’ availing ask of a ’24 or ’25 bowling and mo’ airwaves precocious Drones to me.

the call…

the sportlight…

…here in the sportlight…

We do acknowledge that Tulane has been there and post-season done that. At least under the former Staff. Which is now the ex-Staff and apparently the new Staff will not (actively) coach the bowl.

That woulda given Tulane the ‘handle’ things better than our rookie bowling guys… who could roll a strike every bit as much as a 1st-french-kiss gutter ball miss-split.

Now, however, and who knows?
Tho’ I do know that our guys are playing for their likely ’24 staff with 4 days left in ’23.

Tulane Projected S&P+: 22nd.
g.Wave Projected S&P wins: 9.4 W’s.

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So, when you look at the balance of Tulane ball on both sides of the ’23 L.O.S. (line-of-scrummage) and then peg that vìs-à-vís their red-zone digits? Something(s) is not adding up there…

…as they are very very balanced, pretty dang efficient, or outright good, until the field compresses. Now their fulcrum has shifted -in the direction of H’town- and you gotta wonder out loud just how imbalanced they are now for it?

’cause… IF Prybar and Co. lose leverage on coaching the verb here? Their coaching critics can -and possibly should- misconjugate them until the Ag.School cows come, home.

-oOo-

’cause… there damn sure is NO excuse for not out-head-setting Tulane here.

Zlich. Zero. Zip. Nadda. None. Nil.

Not 1-iota, (–1ι)!

Eye say this in all candor… ’cause here is the chance for the former lame-ass gelding Trojan Horse coaching crowd to finally pull an R.A.T.T. legit Upset vs. Man o’ War.

Even as rookie or nugget year post-season BIG-whistles… how many mo’ Tulane coaches need to ‘wave’ goodbye to N.O. and my TLS namesake b4 your play-calling calls the ‘ball?

 Now or never… fish or get off the, pot!

The Digits:

Honestly?

Eye’ma just not as much the smitten-kitten as I was with Tulane… not after all these press box and sideline defections and not after film study itself.

Tulane is a near-zero headroom crew. To their max’ed out ’23 smartly enuff credits.

Tho’ they kinda had the feel after what Eye saw So.Methodist do to them that they were at least a little bit umcomfortable with fighting on the inside in boxing terms.

That makes this one a Real Estate game or: “Location. Location. Location!“

We need to locate some power shots early and that should be in Drones and King-Tut’s wheelhouse. Make this one a phonebooth bout, or a end of the Pier-6 brawl.

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Nevertheless, here is the kicker… do recall the metrics on Line-Play that someone used to real off all those winning calls… remember them?

formulae here favors… when Pry & Co. find a slack-jaw front line or even better… front-line(s) plural to jaw-jack. Check it…

O.d.u.: virtually the worst oLine we’ve drawn. Dline was poor. W.
Purdue: decent to solid oLine and very mean on Sacks/T.F.L. inflicted D. L.
Rutgers: EPIC oLine play. Both in Sacks & T.F.L. denied. Dline was mixed. L.
Marshall: 3rd best oLine we’ve drawn. Dline was so-so. L.
Pitt: They were hurting on both front Lines (seriously hurting upfront on O in particular). W.
F.s.u.: loaded for ***** bear on both front lines. Whooped. Blown totally spark out. L.
Wake: worst oLine and hurtin’ too. DLine was decent. W.
‘Cuse: b.Walton ‘hoooorible’ Pass-Pro, poor T.F.L allowed with a decent dLine. W.
Louisville: 2nd best set of front lines. Nearly whooped. Mostly blown out. L.
BeeCee: Anomaly; does not fit my model. Mea Culpa. Denied.
State: average oLine though a very Gollum tricksy/false dLine that is very shifty good. L.
uVa: oLine was on-trend as sieves go and the Maginot Line was even sorrier. Twice whammy, XL W!
Tulane: very rugged dLine works; okay Pass-Pro’ tho’ very right run-shapes. L?

Well, the Line-Play metrics do NOT predict a VicTory dance here.
They do posit, aver, and connote a… VomiT.

As that Rb1 is the one thingy Tulane truly, madly, deeply does have left. That, and we ain’t exactly good or even average at Mike1, and our Top-2 Safeties are –2 for this one here. And as you can see up above, Tulane is really good -with a great debut Rb1- on the entrenching side.

That makes this one a fu’gly one at least to we four.
The first one to three plays (~20), wins.
3-hour stomach ache déjà… fu’.

All the mo’ so if/when it gets, wet.

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#EarthEatsPandora!

(UPDATE): Team feeeeeelin’ NO pain. Nadda. None. Nil. Very loosey-goosey—
take that as and where you best see, fit(s)).

#wimps!

Virginia Tech=2o, Tulane=24

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