I (predictably) gave this game the extended Study Hall treatment over at Rock M Nation.

Today's Morning Tailgate is a bit more stat-heavy than others this week have been. I really like how it turned out.

Excellent piece about what was perhaps Alabama's single best team. Gotta love the lengthy Sugar Bowl highlights at the end.

I have an attention phobia sometimes, but instead of pushing this aside and making some reflexive "Guess they ran out of people to write about" comment, I'll just say thanks to Vox Magazine for choosing to write such a flattering profile about me. It is very much appreciated, and my mother is about to go store to store, snatching up very copy in Columbia.

The USC profile was due up today, but with the nuclear bomb dropped on The U last night, any profile published today would immediately (and justifiably) get drowned out. So we're pushing USC to tomorrow and TCU to Friday. In the meantime, keep up with all the Miami goings-on with the above link.

Opponent adjusted yard per play measure. Feedback would be appreciated.

Via Black Heart Gold Pants, this is a ridiculously good look at money and its role in college football.

Here's a piece I wrote for Tomahawk Nation that focuses about areas of FSU's 2011 defense that probably need improvement. The piece makes use of data obtained from Bill. [Bumped to Front Page.]

Today's SBN preview takes a look at a team that won 20 of 22 games ... then lost nine of 13. Gravity is a cruel mistress sometimes.

Peter at Burnt Orange Nation takes a look at the new Texas defensive coordinator, who honestly seems like he was produced through some stat nerd's spreadsheets. "My Master Coordinator 2000 model digs into stats like I would as a coach, only he is built to relate to football players and acts like a real coach, so as not to scare other coaches."