It's rivalry week. The biggest game you've waited all year for is finally here and it is a clash of the titans, 11-0 vs. 11-0. Michigan and Ohio State. To get things going we're starting on the offensive side of the ball, where the Buckeyes have a great unit and a number of familiar faces from last season. The Film: Ohio State has played a couple really good defenses this year and I wanted to focus in on the latter half of the season, which brings to mind Penn State and Iowa. Of the two, Iowa is definitely the better defense but unfortunately that game was a bit unusual, with Iowa's already-bad offense turning in an all-time horrible performance and gifting OSU exceptional field position on the majority of their drives. It is difficult to extrapolate much from a game in which the offense you're charting is starting every drive at the opponent's 25 yard line. So, I felt that Penn State was the more useful one to use, although I watched the extended hi
After a few weeks off, we're back with the most pivotal FFFF of the season: the Orange Bowl, everybody! Michigan and Georgia square off in just a few short days for a clash between #2 and #3 in the College Football Playoff semifinals. We kick it off by looking at Georgia's offense, which has gotten much less coverage than its legendary defense, but this phase of the game could be as important as the other dimension. Keeping UGA's offense in the yard is hugely important for Michigan on New Year's Eve, so today we're going to look over the Georgia defense and analyze how it is one could slow down this unit.
The Film: Just like the preceding two editions of this column, I decided to use two games to get a feel for Georgia because there are two distinct kinds of Georgia games this season. The first kind saw the Dawgs pound the living daylights out of the first 12 teams they played. The second kind was them getting torched by Alabama in the SEC Championship Ga
Welllllllll it's #HateWeek everybody and that means it's time to examine the most fearsome unit in America, the Ohio State offense. As it stands presently, the OSU offense is a mindboggling product that can rip a defense to shreds by having the best talent of any offense in the country, which is perfectly calibrated to fit its scheme. The numbers are staggering: 559.5 yards per game and 47.2 points per game. 7.9 yards per play, a full 0.7 yards better than the next best team. They just hung 56 points on the only team that Michigan has lost to this season, including seven touchdowns on their first seven possessions in that game. Three future first-round NFL receivers. Two probable first-round NFL offensive tackles. A Heisman candidate at QB. Two running backs who average >7 yards per carry. Their SP+ offensive rating is 47.2, a full 4.4 points better than #2 Alabama and starting to challenge 2019 LSU as perhaps the greatest offense of the analytics era. How the f do yo
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Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts.
In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts.
Today’s Question: Which non-Olave/Wilson wideout will have the most receiving yards in 2021?