New Blog Seaver, GA QBS Cedric Benson

Cedric Benson

I am still in shock from when you told me he scored 15 TD’s in 3 State Championship games (1998, 1999, and 2000 seasons. Midland Lee won the mythical Natty in 1999.) Midland Lee had 5 losses the year before he took over Texas football as a sophomore. Then they went 14-1, 15-0 and 13-2 during this run.

This included a 26 game winning that lasted until they went to West Monroe in 2000.(38-6)

This Midland team was great, but what Allen accomplished is legendary.

J

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Ga Qb’s

We have a new giant in High School Football and especially Qb’s.

2007 Cam Newton

2014 Deshaun Watson

2017 Jake Fromm

2018 Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Jarren Williams.

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It is always good to see Tom Terrific mentioned.

Scherzer has 200k for the eighth consecutive season which is amazing run with his 4 Cy Young Awards.

Sherzer has moved into 2nd in MLB History and is only 1 behind the 9 straight years that Seaver had with the Mets. (Of course Strike Outs are a bit more common these days)

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New Blog BCS Era

BCS Era

If we refer to the Bowl Alliance as being the start of the modern era of crowning national champions, I thought I would look back. We’ve had 28 champions crowned as part of the Alliance/BCS/CFP since 1992. Here is a look at participation in the final game:

• Alabama – 6 wins out of 8 appearances
• Florida St. – 3 wins out of 6
• Nebraska – 3 out of 5
• LSU – 3 out of 4
• Florida – 3 out of 4
• Ohio St. – 2 out of 4
• Clemson – 2 out of 4
• Oklahoma – 1 out of 4
• Miami – 1 out of 4
• Tennessee – 1 out of 2
• USC – 1 out of 2
• Texas – 1 out of 2
• Auburn – 1 out of 2
• Oregon – 0 out of 2
• Notre Dame, Georgia, Va. Tech – 1 appearance with no wins

Only 17 schools have participated in a final, out of 56 available slots. The SEC has won 14 of 28 championships, and 10 of the last 14. They have 21 finals appearances.

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Posted byjcsmsportsJanuary 20, 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a commenton BCS EraEditBCS Era

Tigers Historic Season

Let’s get this stuff recorded while it’s easy to remember. LSU had not only a championship season, but a dream season, a season that if you described it in a movie, everyone would say it wasn’t believable because no one could possibly have a season like that. It will be argued for as long as college football is played, that it may have been the greatest season ever, fitting for the 150th anniversary of the sport. So, while winning their 3rd national championship of the century (2nd to only Bama), they also:

• Went undefeated 15-0
• Went 7-0 vs. top 10 teams (Texas, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Clemson)
• Went 4-0 vs. the preseason AP top 4
• Went 10-0 vs. bowl teams (add Miss St, Texas A&M, & Utah St.)
• Beat 5 of the final AP top 8
• Beat the: Fiesta Bowl champ, Orange Bowl champ, Sugar Bowl champ, SEC East champ, ACC champ & Big 12 champ

The average margin for the year was 48-22. Against the top 10 teams, the margin was 42-27.

The team featured the Heisman Trophy winner (Joe Burrow), the Jim Thorpe winner (Grant Delpit), and the Biletnikoff winner (Ja’Marr Chase). Throw in the national coach of the year (Ed Orgeron) and the top assistant of the year (Joe Brady).

While winning the Heisman, Burrow had perhaps the greatest individual season in history, completing 76% of his passes for 5,600 yards with a record 60 TD passes and just 6 picks.

All sports fans live and dream of a year like this; it’s the ultimate culmination of pulling for a team, just beyond my wildest dreams. And it’s all ours!

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Hammerin' Hank

While looking up the career of Frank Robinson after his recent passing, I had to look at Hank Aaron again, who started his career just 2 years before Robinson and retired in the same year.  As weird as it is to say, Aaron is one of the most underrated players in recent memory.  He was truly an incredible player.  He gets lost in the golden age of baseball just a bit because of the fame and flashiness of his contemporaries.  Let's refresh:

Aaron hit 40+ homers an amazing 8 times, and 30+ a ridiculous 15 times.  He hit over .300 14 times and had an OPS over .900 17 times.  He led the league in a meaningful offensive category 34 times.  At the age of 39, pre-steroids, he hit 40 homers in 120 games.  He hit 755 completely legit homers, had over 3,700 hits, and almost 2,300 RBI.  And his career WAR is 2nd among right-fielders, behind only the Babe.  What a player he was.

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RIP Frank Robinson

We lost a giant of baseball history today with the passing of the great Frank Robinson.  Robinson was one of those players from baseball's golden age that captivated me in my youth.  He was a classic big slugger with huge hands and arms back when hitting 30 homers was a big deal (he did it 11 times).  Always a notch below Mays and Aaron in the NL, Robinson still was fearsome winning rookie of the year in '56, 2 MVP's, a magical triple crown in '66, 2 World Series rings, finished 5th all-time in WAR among right-fielders, and even now is still 10th all-time in homers with 3 of those ahead of him being PED cheaters.  A great, great player.

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NFL Size vs College- Maturity brings Mass

NFL Size above shows that height is not a change, but the weights are vastly different.

College size
BCS Schools  DL 6 4 260LB
Non BCS  DL 6 3 240LB

It also shows the NFL's love affair with the misconception that QB's look over lineman instead of finding areas of sight.

J.

Murray Wins Heisman

At the risk of making you really tired of me posting about Kyler Murray, I can't let the Heisman go by.  I can still barely digest it.  You don't really think that a kid you saw on Friday nights at the local high school will join the likes of Earl Campbell and Barry Sanders as Heisman winners.  In September I was wondering if I would ever get to see Kyler show what he could do in college, then 3 months later he's winning the Heisman.  And, he did it with truly historic numbers.  I was convinced that what I was seeing in high school was special, just glad I wasn't wrong.  National Player of the Year in High School, Heisman Trophy winner in college, what's next?

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Louder Retirement

As opposed to my previous post, the retirement of Adrian Beltre isn't so quiet.  Since Beltre is a certain hall-of-famer with over 3,100 hits, it's a big deal.  It's also big because Beltre had the best stretch of his career as a Ranger.  Easily the best decision made by Jon Daniels, Beltre hit .304 for the team with an OPS of .865, won 3 Gold Gloves and essentially led the team with his play and personality.  One of the few players who was actually enjoyable to watch play defense; he had the hands and the arm to dominate at 3rd.  Interestingly though, he never won an MVP or any meaningful title.  He was actually quite inconsistent before coming to Texas.  He ends with over 1,100 extra base hits and over 1,700 RBI, and his career WAR is 4th among 3rd-basemen.  I loved watching him, and he will be missed.

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Quiet Retirement

A moment of silence for the retirement of former AL MVP Joe Mauer.  Mauer's career went quietly after he took a ball to the head in 2013 and was on the DL for the concussion that followed.  Prior to that he won 3 batting titles and an MVP.  He didn't get a lot of pub playing in MN, but as catchers go his offense was among the best ever.  You might be shocked to learn that his career WAR is 7th all-time for catchers.  Pre-2014 he hit around .315 and typically had OPS in the .850 - .900 range.  You might also remember that Mauer was a highly recruited QB who could have landed at Fla St. had he not chosen baseball.  And he made a cool $218 million and retires at 35.  Happy retirement Joe!

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Red Sox Win Again

I couldn't let the historic year for the Red Sox go by without posting.  We spent most of our lifetime in a world where even our fathers had never witnessed the Red Sox winning a World Series.  A drought of 90 years.  Now, we live in a world where they have won 4 Series in the past 15.  This year's team was historically good, getting to 50 games over .500 by the 130-game mark.  Their win total of 108 is tied for 9th all-time, along with the Big Red Machine and the great 1970 Orioles.  And, despite being known as a big-money team, these Sox are represented by homegrown players across their entire outfield and infield left side.  It's likely that they've produced a homegrown MVP in Mookie Betts if he wins as expected.  In addition to winning 108, they went 11-3 in the playoffs, taking out both of last year's World Series teams along the way.  Truly a memorable year for baseball.

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Murray Follow-Up

I wanted to post this picture as a compliment to your Kyler Murray post.  We knew pairing him with Lincoln Riley in the Big 12 would be a perfect fit.  The below is from ESPN the Magazine.  I only regret that we'll only get to enjoy him playing big-time football for 1 year.  It's a tragedy actually, since watching him is a real treat.  I'm just glad that my evaluation of his passing skills was not off - I could only tell people who viewed him as nothing but an athlete that they had to really pay attention to the overall skill.  If he can perform well in a couple of remaining big games, a trip to NYC is likely, where he'll get to watch Tua T. receive his Heisman in person.  Ha.



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