Taking this guy at his word, but if true and Steele has us ranked that high, are you buying?
Could he be basing this off Zaire running the read option?
Discuss.
Just to revisit this.....Steele has UF as the #6 best RB group in the SEC. I'm not sure where that twitter dude got #2 in the nation:
Breakdown of Phil Steele's 2017 SEC positional unit rankings
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...il-steeles-2017-sec-positional-unit-rankings/
To get an idea of which position groups are the best in the league, take a look at how all 14 schools measure up in the nine positional rankings per Steele’s metrics:
Alabama: QB-1 RB-1 WR-2 OL-1 DL-1 LB-1 DB-1 ST-7 Coach-1
Auburn: QB-1 RB-4 WR-7 OL-3 DL-3 LB-4 DB-4 ST-4 Coach-2
LSU: QB-9 RB-3 WR-11 OL-2 DL-3 LB-3 DB-2 ST-4 Coach-9
Texas A&M: QB-12 RB-5 WR-2 OL-9 DL-6 LB-5 DB-6 ST-3 Coach-5
Arkansas: QB-3 RB-9 WR-11 OL-7 DL-11 LB-13 DB-10 ST-12 Coach-4
Ole Miss: QB-8 RB-13 WR-7 OL-5 DL-7 LB-11 DB-10 ST-6 Coach-5
Mississippi State: QB-4 RB-13 WR-9 OL-13 DL-8 LB-9 DB-14 ST-13 Coach-5
Florida: QB-9 RB-6 WR-1 OL-8 DL-2 LB-5 DB-2 ST-1 Coach-3
Georgia: QB-5 RB-2 WR-4 OL-13 DL-3 LB-2 DB-5 ST-9 Coach-11
Tennessee: QB-12 RB-10 WR-10 OL-6 DL-8 LB-5 DB-6 ST-2 Coach-8
South Carolina: QB-6 RB-8 WR-4 OL-11 DL-11 LB-9 DB-8 ST-14 Coach-9
Kentucky: QB-12 RB-10 WR-11 OL-10 DL-14 LB-5 DB-9 ST-8 Coach-11
Missouri: QB-7 RB-10 WR-4 OL-4 DL-10 LB-13 DB-12 ST-11 Coach-14
Vanderbilt: QB-9 RB-7 WR-11 OL-14 DL-11 LB-12 DB-12 ST-10 Coach-11
Just to revisit this.....Steele has UF as the #6 best RB group in the SEC. I'm not sure where that twitter dude got #2 in the nation:
Not when he has our OL at 8 in the SEC. Maybe he's assuming we won't be able to complete a pass so we'll stoop to running every play?Perhaps he's accounting for the OLine being more experienced and hopefully stronger after an off-season in the weight room?
Honestly, other than Saban are there any good coaches in the SEC? Several great recruiters, a few that are strong on one side of the ball, but none that are good overall HCs...IMO.Gus Mahlzahn is the 2nd best coach and yet, he was a TO away from getting fired last year.
He already mentioned that some are great recruiters.
Perplexing. I had heard on here that we had completely rebuilt our offense into some juggernaut that was bound to leap to 100th or something. Yet, really, we are mediocre even by SEC (=horrible offenses) standards.Florida: QB-9 RB-6 WR-1 OL-8
Mahlzahn is easily the second best. He is the only remaining SEC coach that has an SECC and NC. He will be threatening this year too with that QB and offense.Gus Mahlzahn is the 2nd best coach and yet, he was a TO away from getting fired last year.
I'm still trying to figure out how anyone is worse off at QB.Perplexing. I had heard on here that we had completely rebuilt our offense into some juggernaut that was bound to leap to 100th or something. Yet, really, we are mediocre even by SEC (=horrible offenses) standards.
Does anyone have the ranking from the last two years for these position groups?
Perhaps they are just going off star ratings? Butters has had a t least two 4 star QBs every year so far, however, and has failed to do dick with it.I'm still trying to figure out how anyone is worse off at QB.
I thought Zaire was really good? Guess notre dame was saving him for us.I'm still trying to figure out how anyone is worse off at QB.
Perplexing. I had heard on here that we had completely rebuilt our offense into some juggernaut that was bound to leap to 100th or something. Yet, really, we are mediocre even by SEC (=horrible offenses) standards.
Does anyone have the ranking from the last two years for these position groups?
Finally went out and bought the magazine. To clarify: he has us as the 2nd most improved rushing offense. Not the second best.