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Total continuity in the SEC for 2020
If continuity is at a premium this fall, these are the SEC teams that it will benefit from it — and those that won’t.
Coaching continuity in the SEC over the past decade
Does coaching continuity matter in the SEC? It depends, and here’s the data to prove it.
Jim Chaney’s offenses from 2013-18
When Jim Chaney starts mashing the buttons and pulling the levers, offenses get better.
Make Them Remember You For As Long As They Live
Two weeks before my son was born in 2017, we were going through a box of old photos at my parents’ house and came across a letter. I shared this story on Twitter at the time, and it was the first thing I thought of today. I was born in […]
Returning production for 2020
Now that we’ve established why and how much returning production matters, let’s take a look at this year’s results. First up, all the kits and the caboodles: Overall returning production The teams with the most overall returning production are Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, and USC. Also notable toward the top […]
Returning production: Why and how much does it matter?
In analyzing teams for our annual Gameday magazine, we take a variety of factors into account. One of the core data points is a team’s “returning production,” the idea being that experience matters. Generally speaking, any given player should be better this year than last and should be much better […]
Gameday on Rocky Top’s Top 25
1. Clemson The 2018 National Champions nearly did it again last year but ran into a Bayou Buzzsaw wielded by Heisman Trophy-winner Joe Burrow in the 2019 championship game. Balance was the theme of the season for the Tigers with the offense putting up 529 yards per game and the […]
GAMEDAY ON ROCKY TOP 2020 PRESEASON MAGAZINE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
Pre-order our Gameday on Rocky Top 2020 preseason publication and get it before it hits the newsstands.
More on Having a Chance to Win Every Game
Last week we looked at the last 15 years of Tennessee’s SP+ data and found that the Vols’ 2020 projection in that metric would be a season most similar to 2009, 2012, and what became of 2016. The common thread in those years: you came to kickoff almost every single […]