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There's a few AK posts out there. So this feels a bit like beating a dead horse. My apologies. I've been thinking about it, and here's my "take" -- which is really more of a hypothesis than an assessment. AK is not predominantly anticipating. He is seeing. So his QB "operations" are...

Fantastic post. Thank you. I need to go back and watch all of the passes and point out the fastballs. Off the top of my head, I think #10 on your list is an example (I recall BSF having one go right through his hands and thinking "he definitely should have caught that, but it was fired at him...

Can you point to a timestamp in the video I posted previously that shows clearly his unusual delivery? Thank you.

This histogram includes all 56 of Darius Taylor's carries through three games. -1/3 of his carries go for 2 yards or less (2 yards is the mode). -1/3 of his carries go for 3-6 yards (median of 4). -1/3 of his carries go for 7+ yards. So based on my personal means of assessing a runner (mode +...

I don't think AK will ever have great or even good "touch." I hope I'm wrong, but I think the receiving corps will have to expect fastballs, even when a soft touch would be better. As for accuracy, I suspect he's not erratic in practice. I suspect he CAN throw accurately, but is impeded by...

Go to and look at the play starting at timestamp 10:10. It's the play where BSP tips the ball and it is intercepted. In my view, AK does a nice job of reading the field post-snap. He threw at the blitz, attempting to get the ball into the region of the field vacated by the blitzing LB...

Henderson was all over the field. He'll be an asset all year. Great pick up!

I had to view Saturday's game in a social environment, and could only watch three-quarter's of it. So my view of the game was unfocused and incomplete. That said, here's what I took away. (1) AK showed he has a strong arm and can throw all the routes. But we already knew that. (2) He was...

If you are talking to me, I think you mean Sean Tyler. And, yes, he appeared to bench him for having fumbled. (1) I don't know if Taylor can pass block. Tyler is probably ahead on that front for now (although he had some errors in blocking assignment against Nebraska). You can't be an...

I think we're still figuring out what kind of machine can be built out of the pieces. Last week the goals were: (1) figure out if you have a rushing attack that can function as the engine of the offense; (2) put nothing that you wouldn't already know about the Gophers on tape; and (3) win...

He is completely deserving of this. To appreciate the full import of this, see my posts in "Is AK's play a concern?"

I should probably add (for 100% accuracy). If you only count yesterday's game, Darius' top 1-in-3 rushes were actually 7 yards or more. I added in his single carry of 3 yards against Nebraska, which moved that stat down by one yard. For those interested: He carried the ball 33 times. So his...

Thanks. I'm not an offensive coordinator. That said, here's how I think about things. Ibrahim's rushing stats were this: -Mode: 2 -Median: 4 -1-in-3 carries: 6+ yards So, in any given random grouping of 3 plays (leading up to fourth down), you'd expect the mode (because it comes up most...

I don't think that's the issue. Right now, I think they are trying to assemble the pieces into a machine and figure out how the machine works. From a passing perspective, I think they are trying to figure out philosophically what they want their passing attack to do. Is it a surrogate for...

Let's me watch CU-Nebraska!

Spectacular work! Please keep it up. Plus more analysis.

Out of curiosity, is anyone aware of whether the Gophers have heard from the NCAA concerning his waiver?

Just be better each day than the last respective day.

When I think about Fickell, I regard him as a high-end, successful coach who: (1) has won; (2) knows why he has won; and (3) knows how to recreate the conditions that generate victories. Guys like that know that their "system" generates wins. And -- while they'll never say it out loud --...

9 months, and on the way to 9 years! Praise God. And then Praise Him more.