Head Coach Mark Richt, 12th year
(40-33 ATS away, 12-18 ATS off SU loss)
-Owns a 44-8 SU record against non-conference teams, 30-1 SU at home
-Gone 17-12-1 ATS as road favorite L10 years
2011 Recap
-School records for total plays and touchdown passes last year, while averaging 408.5 total yards and 32.0 points per game
-Went on a 10-game win streak, longest in-season win streak since 1982
-Defense ranked fifth nationally in coordinator Todd Grantham’s second season installing a 3-4 defense
-Murray threw pick-sixes in three of the four losses
-Held LSU to zero first downs in the first half of the SEC Championship (135-12 yd edge)
-Finished +155 ypg in the SEC, fourth-best in conf
Offense (6)
-Junior QB Aaron Murray has two straight years of 3,000-plus passing yards
-Three of the top five tailbacks return, but Isaiah Crowell was dismissed from the team on June 29
-Excluding tight ends, top five receivers return, led by Tavarres King (47 rec, 705 yds)
-Offensive line returns two starters, but has 31 less career starts from a year ago
Defense (9)
-Lost the nation’s most versatile player in the secondary, but return three starters
-First time in school history, two players who earned All-America honors the year before will be returning
-LB Jarvis Jones led the SEC with 13.5 sacks and 49 QB hurries
-Early season suspensions in the secondary
-Seven of top eight back on the line, should be one of the best in the country
Special Teams
-Must replace one of the nation’s best kicking tandems over the past four years
2012 Schedule
Buffalo
-Gone 14-1 SU in home openers, only loss LY
-Won 29 straight home games by 30 ppg vs. non-conf/non-BCS schools
@Missouri
-Posted a 9-2 SU mark in L11 true road openers
Florida Atlantic
-Gone 9-0 SU all-time versus Sun Belt conf teams (46-11 avg score)
-Haven’t started 3-0 since 2008
Vanderbilt
-Settled for six FGs and won by five last year
-Gone 16-1 SU in series, including five straight
Tennessee
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark L4 home
-Gone 8-4 SU, two straight wins, allowed minus-21 yards rushing last year
@South Carolina
-Gone 0-5 ATS L5 meetings
-Lost two straight in series six times, but has never lost three in a row
vs. Florida (EverBank Field)
-Gone 1-3 ATS L4 meetings
-Gone 0-4 SU L4 times they’ve won in the series the previous year
Mississippi
-Won nine straight in the series
@Auburn
-Gone 1-3 ATS L4 away
-Registered a 5-1 SU mark L6 meetings
Georgia Southern
-Won all four previous meetings by an average of 23 ppg
Georgia Tech
-Posted a 1-3 ATS mark L4 at home
-Gone 10-1 L11 meetings, including three straight wins
Key Betting Trend(s)
-Gone 5-1 ATS as double-digit home favorites before B/B road games (Tennessee)
Preseason Updates
Maryland Terrapins
2011 season (2-10 SU record, 2-9 ATS)
Head Coach Randy Edsall, 2nd year
(0-8 ATS after SU loss)
-Return 75 percent of the offensive and defensive two-deep from last season
-Recruiting class was ranked as high as No. 35
-Nine bowl teams from last year appear on the schedule
-Installing a pro-style offense under offensive coordinator Mike Locksley
-Brian Stewart hired as defensive coordinator, formerly with Houston Cougars
-25 players with eligibility have departed since coming on campus
-Schedule has no back-to-back road games
2011 Recap
-Suffered eight straight losses to end the season, last seven by nearly 20 ppg
-Defense was 108th nationally, injury plagued
-Last in the ACC in kickoff coverage, 10th in both kickoff and punt return average
Offense (6)
-Junior C.J. Brown rushed for 574 yards, a school single-season record by a QB
-Returns six players that have started on the offensive line, replace three from last year
-Brown completed just 49.4 percent of his passes in 2011
-Inexperienced group at running back
-Three of four top receivers back
Defense (9)
-Senior Joe Vellano led the FBS in tackles by a defensive lineman (7.8 pg)
-11 of top 13 tacklers from last season are back
-All four starters back on the line, shifting to a 3-4
-Linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield is the leading returning tackler in the ACC
-2010 All-ACC safety Kenny Tate remains at linebacker
Special Teams
-Nick Ferrara handled all three phases of the kicking game, recovering from hip surgery
2012 Schedule
William & Mary
-Gone 13-1 SU in home openers, including six straight by an average of 18 ppg
@Temple
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark L4 meetings, 3-0 ATS away
-Gone 2-7 SU in true road openers
-Edsall is 3-4 SU versus Temple
Connecticut
-Edsall was head coach at UConn from 1999-2010
-Program is 28-6 SU when hosting non-conf teams
@West Virginia
-Gone 0-5 ATS L5 meetings
-Edsall is 1-7 SU in series
-Program has lost six straight by 12 ppg
Wake Forest
-Posted a 3-1 ATS mark L4 meetings, 5-1 ATS L6 at home
-Home team has won five straight, average margin of victory 22 ppg
@Virginia
-Gone 1-5 ATS L6 meetings, 1-4 ATS L5 away
-Visitor is 5-1 SU, including three straight wins
-Gone 5-10 SU L5 years versus ACC Coastal teams
NC State
-Gone 1-3 ATS L4 meetings
-Home team is 6-1 SU, including four straight wins
@Boston College
-Gone 2-5 SU in ACC meetings
-Dismal 4-16 SU on the road in ACC play
Georgia Tech
-Posted a 3-0 ATS mark L3 meetings
-Home team is 5-1 SU L6 meetings
@Clemson
-Gone 5-1 ATS L6 away meetings
Florida State
-Registered a 1-4 ATS mark L5 meetings
-School is 2-20 SU in series, including five straight losses by 17 ppg
@North Carolina
-Gone 8-1 ATS L9 meetings
-Posted a 2-8 SU mark on the road in series
Key Betting Trend(s)
-Program is 0-4 ATS w/rest (Wake Forest)
-Gone 1-6 ATS versus Big East teams (Connecticut)
Preseason Updates
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2011 season (8-5 SU record, 5-8 ATS)
Head coach Brian Kelly, 3rd year
(4-6 ATS road, 7-6 ATS home)
-Kelly has gone 0-4 SU versus top 10 opponents over his entire coaching career (0-1 w/ND)
-Fighting Irish are 1-7 SU when trailing at the half
-15-3 SU record when leading at halftime
2011 Recap
-Averaged 4.8 yards per carry, its best rushing average since 1996, while allowing 17 sacks in 13 games (fewest since 1998)
-First time in a decade that the school has allowed less than 21 points per game over two seasons
-Defensive line allowed eight rushing touchdowns, fewest since 1990
-Were 118th out of 120 teams in turnover margin
Offense (8)
-Of the possible 143 starts last season, 100 total starts return to the offense, which is the highest percentage during the Kelly era
-Return 95 percent of its passing yards, 63.6 percent of its receiving yards, 62.2 percent rushing
-New offensive line coach Harry Hiestand, who spent five seasons with the Chicago Bears
Defense (6)
-For the second straight season, three of four starting linebackers return, led by All-American Manti Te’o
-Secondary is an inexperienced group, with only one starter returning, but the group has appeared in 201 games
Special Teams
-Senior Nick Tausch had the starting job in 2009, but was replaced by David Ruffer, who made 33-of-40 field-goal attempts.
-Punter Ben Turk averaged 41.6 yards per punt over his last 11 games, with 17 of 44 landing since the 20 yard line
2012 Schedule
vs. Navy
-Over is 5-7 in the L12 meetings
-Last time the Irish dropped two straight season openers was in 1985/86, suffered a 23-20 setback to the South Florida Bulls as 10.5-point home favorites in 2011
Purdue
-Posted a 3-1-1 ATS record in the L5 meetings
-Irish have won four straight games in the series by 15 points per game
-ND is 12-4 SU in home openers
@Michigan St
-Registered a 3-1-1 ATS record in their L5 road meetings
-Haven’t beaten the Spartans in back-to-back years since 1993/94
-Visitor has dropped four straight
Michigan
-Registered a 1-5 ATS mark in the L6 meetings
-Lost five of the last six meetings, including three straight
vs. Miami FL
-Game will be played at Soldier Field
-Kelly is 11-4 SU in his career after a bye week (0-2 LY)
Stanford
-Outgained by 215 yards in the first half last year
BYU
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark in the L4 home meetings
-Home team has won three straight meetings
@Oklahoma
-Have gone 2-13 in their last 15 games versus ranked opponents
Pittsburgh
-Posted a 14-4 SU record in the series since 1988
@Boston College
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark in the last four meetings
-Won the last three meetings
-Teams have combined to average 32 ppg in the L4 meetings
Wake Forest
-Have gone 9-3 SU in home finales, including 2-2 the L4 years
@USC
-Registered a 1-4 ATS mark in the L4 meetings on the road
-Gone 4-12 SU L16 meetings
Key Betting Trend(s)
-Registered a 1-12 ATS record at home versus an opponent w/revenge (Purdue, Pittsburgh)
Preseason Updates
Oklahoma Sooners
2011 season (10-3 SU record, 7-6 ATS)
Head coach Bob Stoops, 14th year (16-17 ATS w/rest, 19-8 ATS off SU loss)
-Returns 90.8 percent rushing, 100 percent passing, 57.4 percent receiving
-Program is 77-3 at Owen Field in his tenure
-Offense has averaged 37 points per game
-Lost a senior class that combined for 271 starts
2011 Recap -Played the seventh most difficult schedule, opponents were 88-58, with five teams ranked at game time
-15 projected starters missed a combined 32 games, including NCAA career receptions leader Ryan Broyles
-Offensive line ranked seventh nationally in allowing just 11 sacks
-Defense ranked eighth in sacks and 12th in tackles for loss nationally
-Jones didn’t throw a TD pass in the last three regular season games without Broyles
-Outgained opponents by 113.3 ypg in conference play
Offense (8) -Nine of top 10 offensive linemen return, including top six with 102 starts
-QB Landry Jones is third in school history in career wins (29)
-Jones leads all returning quarterbacks in 2012 in career passing yards, touchdowns
-RB Dominque Whaley led the team with 627 rushing yards despite playing in just over six games
-Blake Bell was used in Tim Tebow-type offensive formations, setting a school record with 13 rushing TDs for a freshman
Defense (7) -Mike Stoops returns as defensive coordinator, after spending seven years at Arizona
-Program allowed an average of 15.5 ppg under Stoops from 1999-2003 (20.1 ppg since)
-Secondary returns five full or part-time starters
-Returns four of their top six linebackers
Special Teams -Kicker Michael Hunnicut’s 21 field goals broke the Big 12 record for a freshman by two kicks
-Senior punter Tress Way has a school record for punts over 50 yards with 58
-Way had 34 of his 63 punts land inside the 10-yard line
2012 Schedule
@UTEP
-Won both meetings by 41-plus points Florida A&M
-Gone 24-0 hosting non-BCS conference teams (48-10 avg score)
Kansas State
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark L4 meetings, 1-8 L9 at home
-Jones threw for a school record 505 yards last year
@Texas Tech
-1.5-hour weather delay before last year’s loss, ending a 39-game home win streak
-Visitor has lost seven of L8 meetings
-Lost last three in Lubbock by an average of 12 points
vs. Texas (Cotton Bowl)
-Scored 31 points off five turnovers
Kansas
-Registered a 1-5 ATS mark L6 home
-Gone 34-1 hosting Big 12 teams
Notre Dame
@Iowa State
-Gone 5-2 ATS L7 meetings
-Won 20 straight in Ames
Baylor
-Gone 0-5 ATS L5 at home
-Suffered first-ever loss last year
@West Virginia
Oklahoma State
-Gone 6-1 ATS L7 meetings, 4-0 ATS at home
-Suffered worst loss in series since 1945
@TCU
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark L4 meetings
-Visitor is 8-2 SU
Key Betting Trend(s) -Gone 0-6 ATS as road favorites off back-to-back wins (Texas Tech)
Preseason Updates
South Carolina Gamecocks 2011 season (11-2 SU record, 7-5 ATS)
Head Coach Steve Spurrier, 8th year (20-8 ATS vs/revenge, 15-15 ATS w/revenge)
-Welcomes 44 letterwinners back
-Lorenzo Ward takes over the defense, DB coach since 2008, expects to blitz more
-Return 89 percent of rushing yards, 64 percent passing, 66 percent receiving
-Undefeated in regular season non-conference action the L3 years
-Posted a 20-3 SU record in L23 home games
2011 Recap -Converted 24-of-31 fourth-down conversions
-Only attempted 11 field goals
-Ran 42.5 times and passed 24.4 times per game
-Nation’s No. 2 pass defense
-Posted a 7-1 SU record in first eight games despite not scoring first in any of them
-Won the statistical battle by 82.3 ypg in the SEC, fourth-best in conf
Offense (7) -QB Connor Shaw finished as the team’s No. 2 rusher
-Brandon Wilds had three 100-yard games in his four starts
-RB Marcus Lattimore has rushed for 2,015 yards and 27 TDs in 20 career games
-Freshman WR Shaq Roland is expected to make an impact, fourth-straight Mr. Football in SC to sign with the program
-Offensive line lost three veterans, one senior returning
Defense (6) -Secondary is a primary concern, with three CBs leaving the program
-Line is young, talented, w/Jadeveon Clowney leading the way
Special Teams -No returning starters
2012 Schedule
@Vanderbilt
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark L4 away
-Posted a 17-4 SU mark in series, including L3
East Carolina
-Registered a 1-4 ATS mark L5, 0-4 ATS home
-Have won 10 straight home openers vs. non-conf
UAB
-Spurrier is 44-0 SU all-time vs. non-BCS schools
Missouri
-Dropped both previous meetings
@Kentucky
-Shaw became the starter again, won the yardage battle (639-96)
-Registered a 5-2 ATS mark L7 meetings
-Gone 11-1 SU in series
Georgia
-Basically scored four def/special teams TDs, but only won by three
-Perfect 5-0 ATS mark L5 meetings
@LSU
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark L4 meetings
-Gone 2-16-1 SU, L4 losses by 17 ppg
@Florida
-Perfect 3-0 ATS mark L3 meetings
-Gone 1-12 SU at the Swamp
-Posted a 6-1 SU mark L7 reg. season conf road games
Tennessee
-Registered a 1-6 ATS mark L7 home
-Gone 6-22-2 SU all-time in series, wins in three of four
Arkansas
-Gone 1-5 ATS L6 meetings, 1-4 ATS L5 at home
-Lost three straight in series, all by 16-plus ppg
Wofford
-Won 15 straight in series
@Clemson
-Gone 5-1 ATS L6 meetings
-Won by 22 points last year, highest victory margin since 94
Key Betting Trend(s) -Host in Tennessee series is 2-13 ATS L15 (Oct. 27)
Preseason Updates
Stanford Cardinal 2011 season (11-2 SU record, 10-2-1 ATS)
Head Coach David Shaw, 2nd year (5-0 ATS road, 0-1 ATS w/revenge)
-Returns 50 letterwinners and 15 starters
-11 victories in 2011 were by an average of 2.74 points
-Served as the school’s offensive coordinator from 2007-10
2011 Recap -Made its second straight BCS bowl appearance
-Offense ranked eighth nationally in total offense
-Ranked third nationally in rushing defense
-Tight ends caught 20 touchdown passes
-Ran the ball on 55 percent of 935 total plays
-Slow starting team for the most part, even with Andrew Luck
-Out gained conference opponents by 152.1 ypg Offense (6) -Ongoing QB competition between Brett Nottingham and Josh Nunes, as all current signal-callers on the roster have 13 combined passing attempts
-Returns its three leading rushers from a year ago, accounting for the third-highest rushing total in school history (2,738 yards)
-Senior RB Stepfan Taylor averaged 102.3 ypg, second straight 1,000-yard season
-Three starters return on the offensive line
Defense (7) -Returns three of its top five tacklers
-Five players return with starting experience in the linebacking core
-Secondary returns four players with starting experience
-Terrence Stephens demands double teams on the line
Special Teams -Returns its top two return specialists
-Kicker Jordan Williamson made 13-of-19 field-goal attempts, but missed three of four during the Fiesta Bowl
2012 Schedule
San Jose State -Registered an 8-1 ATS mark L9 meetings, 7-0 ATS at home
-Home team has won eight straight meetings
-Won L4 home openers by an average of 31 ppg
Duke
-Home team has lost the L3 meetings
USC
-Registered a 3-1-1 ATS mark L5 meetings
-Home team is 1-5 SU L6 meetings
@Washington
-Registered a 4-0 ATS L4 meetings, 4-0 ATS L4 away
-Posted biggest margin of victory in the series the L2 years
Arizona
-Registered a 4-1 ATS mark L5 meetings
-Won back-to-back meetings, once in series history has has a 3-game win streak
@Notre Dame
-The visitor is 4-12 SU in the L16 meetings
@California
-Registered a 1-3 ATS mark L4 meetings
-Gone 3-7 SU L10 meetings, but won the L2
Washington State
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark L4 meetings
-Won L4 meetings by an average score of 45-14
-Gone 15-3 SU L18 conference home games
@Colorado
-Registered a 40 ATS mark L4 meetings
-Won three straight in series by an average of 17 ppg
-Gone 8-1 SU in conference road games L2 years
Oregon State
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark L4 meetings
@Oregon
-Registered a 2-8 ATS mark L10 meetings, 1-4 ATS L5 away
-Lost last five meetings in Eugene
@UCLA
-Registered a 3-0 ATS mark L3 meetings, 1-3 ATS L4 away
-Gone 1-6 L7 trips to the Rose Bowl
Key Betting Trend(s) -Registered a 17-22-1 ATS mark as a road underdog L10 years
-Underdog in USC series is 4-0 ATS L4 meetings
Preseason Updates
USC Trojans 2011 season (10-2 SU record, 8-3-1 ATS)
Head Coach Lane Kiffin, 3rd year (11-6 ATS conference, 5-7 ATS home)
-Adapt to a thinner roster by limiting contact during practices
-Depth is a real issue due to loss of scholarships
-Roster should be motivated coming off a two-year bowl ban
2011 Recap -Beat both teams that played in the Pac-12 Championship Game
-79 players are back, including 46 that saw action in 2011
Offense (9) -QB Matt Barkley is on pace to be the school’s all-time passing and total offense leader
-WR Marquise Lee had 73 receptions and 11 touchdown catches, most nationally by a freshman
-RB Curtis McNeal gained 6.9 yards per carry, most at the school since 2005
-WR Robert Woods caught a Pac-12 record 111 passes
-Return four of five offensive linemen, losing first-round selection Matt Kalil, group has 60 career starts
Defense (8) -Dion Bailey and Hayes Pullard were the first two freshmen to lead the school in tackles (81 each)
-Top four tacklers are back
-Entire starting secondary returns
-Line is the least experienced unit
Special Teams -K Andre Heidari hit 15-of-17 field goals and all 50 of his PATs
-Punter Kyle Negrete saw nearly half of his 39 punts pin opponents within the 20-yard line, only 10 were returned
2012 Schedule
Hawaii -Come in with a 7-0 SU record in the series, winning by an average of 35 points
-Won 14 straight home openers
-Registered a 3-1 ATS mark in the L4 meetings
vs. Syracuse (MetLife Stadium)
-Gone 11-2 SU in its first road game
@Stanford -Lost the L3 games in the series, have won by an average of 18 ppg in their last four opportunities to break such a streak
-Registered a 1-3-1 ATS mark in the L5 meetings
California
-Registered a 6-1 ATS record in the L7 meetings
-Won eight straight in the series by 19 ppg
@Utah
-Gone 32-11 SU on the road in conference play
@Washington
-Registered a 2-5 ATS mark in the L7 meetings, 0-3 ATS away
Colorado
@Arizona
-Registered a 1-6 ATS mark in the L7 meetings
-Won five straight in Tuscon by an average of 16 ppg
Oregon
Arizona State
-Registered a 1-5-1 ATS mark L7 meetings
@UCLA
-Registered a 3-0 ATS mark L3 meetings, 1-3 ATS L4 away
-Won five straight by a 32-7 average
Notre Dame
-Was coming off a big game against Stanford the week before, while the Irish were playing their first road game since 1990 off a bye
-Home team has lost three straight
-Registered a 4-1 ATS mark at home
Key Betting Trend(s) -Registered a 7-2 ATS mark on a neutral field the L10 years (Syracuse)
I'm also previewing each of the major conference teams on my blog - not as much detail per team as Mr. Grant; I'm taking a value based approach and ranking teams as Up, Down, or Neutral compared to last season. For instance I have Alabama down and Tennessee Up. SEC , Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, and Pac 12 so far (havent gotten to ACC)
where are daily college handicapping preseason preview
jeff grant said c ollege footall handicapping review would be updated daily each team in alphabethical order i have'nt seen any updates the last team was georgia i been trying for someone at sbr to help me no one response you people treat people like shit thank you for not helping
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