Saturday Down South Top 25 Offensive & Defensive Play Callers

[AlaskaGuy]

The SDS Top 25: Ranking the best offensive play-callers in college football

No. 1 Lincoln Riley, HC, Oklahoma
No. 2 David Cutcliffe, HC, Duke
No. 3 Dan Mullen, HC, Florida
No. 4 Mike Leach, HC, Washington State
No. 5 Jimbo Fisher, HC, Texas A&M
No. 6 Scott Frost, HC, Nebraska
No. 7 Jeff Brohm, HC, Purdue
No. 8 Chip Long, OC, Notre Dame
No. 9 Chip Kelly, HC, UCLA
No. 10 Mike Norvell, HC, Memphis
No. 11 Gus Malzahn, HC, Auburn
No. 12 Kendal Briles, OC, Florida State
No. 13 Dana Holgorsen, HC, Houston
No. 14 Jim Chaney, OC, Tennessee
No. 15 Tony Elliott, co-OC, Clemson
No. 16 Dan Enos, OC, Miami
No. 17 David Yost, OC, Texas Tech
No. 18 Joe Moorhead, HC, Mississippi State
No. 19 Andy Ludwig, OC, Utah
No. 20 Ryan Day, HC, Ohio State
No. 21 Rich Rodriguez, OC, Ole Miss
No. 22 Derek Dooley, OC Missouri
No. 23 Eddie Gran, OC, Kentucky
No. 24 Phil Longo, OC North Carolina
No. 25 Steve Sarkisian, OC, Alabama


The SDS Top 25: Ranking the best defensive play-callers in college football

No. 1 Brent Venables, DC, Clemson
No. 2 Dave Aranda, DC, LSU
No. 3 Jeremy Pruitt, HC, Tennessee
No. 4 Jimmy Lake, DC, Washington
No. 5 Bob Shoop, DC, Mississippi State
No. 6 Kevin Steele, DC, Auburn
No. 7 Jim Leonhard, DC, Wisconsin
No. 8 Mike Tressel, DC, Michigan State
No. 9 Todd Grantham, DC, Florida
No. 10 Manny Diaz, HC, Miami
No. 11 David Reeves, DC, UAB
No. 12 Don Brown, DC, Michigan
No. 13 Alex Grinch, DC, Oklahoma
No. 14 Mike Elko, DC, Texas A&M
No. 15 Justin Wilcox, HC, Cal
No. 16 Pete Golding, DC, Alabama
No. 17 Todd Orlando, DC, Texas
No. 18 John Chavis, DC, Arkansas
No. 19 Jay Bateman, co-DC, North Carolina
No. 20 Bert Watts, DC, Fresno State
No. 21 Clark Lea, DC, Notre Dame
No. 22 Mike MacIntyre, DC, Ole Miss
No. 23 Bud Foster, DC, Virginia Tech
No. 24 Phil Parker, DC, Iowa
No. 25 Tracy Claeys, DC, Washington State

 

[AlaskaGuy]

No. 4 Jimmy Lake, DC, Washington
There’s a good reason Lake is the highest paid assistant in the Pac-12; he’s earned that honor after Washington led the league in scoring defense for the 4th consecutive season. Lake is so well regarded that UDub co-defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski gave up the defensive play-calling duties in order to keep him on Chris Petersen’s staff. Few staffs in the country develop talent at the level of Washington’s group, and it’s the defense that annually churns out the best NFL prospects since Petersen’s arrival. Not only did Lake’s defense lead the Pac-12 in scoring — finishing No. 5 nationally — it ranked 2nd in rushing defense, passing yards defense and pass efficiency defense in 2018.

 

[GatorTheo]

Weird to see Bammer so low.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Weird to see Bammer so low.

Bama is one of the few teams that managed to make the top 25 in both categories. That and Bama recruits like a mofo.

2020 Football Team Rankings

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

What could this possibly be based on?

 

[outofyourmind]

No. 13 Alex Grinch, DC, Oklahoma

Natty on a Platter right there.

 

[7Samurai13]

How is Michigan State’s OC not on the top 25 list. I call fake news on this bullshit.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I'm just curious what this list could indicate? Don Brown has continuously produced top 5 defenses at both Michigan and Boston College before Michigan. How can someone be a DC who produces top 5 defenses consistently yet isn't one of the top 10 defensive play callers?

 

[Codaxx]

Weird to see Bammer so low.

I was thinking the opposite, that looked like the Bama bump to me. Golding has a good rep, but hasn’t got much experience. There is no way they looked at his time at UTSA or SE Louisiana to form that opinion

 

[ericd7633]

What the hell is Wisconsin's DC doing on this list, let alone top 10? Their defense sucked last year.

 

[gobigred]

How is Michigan State’s OC not on the top 25 list. I call fake news on this bullshit.

Easy top 125


Oh wait you said 25

 

[cwalke3408]

No. 1 Brent Venables, DC, Clemson
The mastermind behind Clemson’s tenacious defense in recent seasons is clearly on the top of his game after his unit shut down undefeated Notre Dame and Alabama in back-to-back Playoff games last season. Venables has had a ton of elite defensive linemen to work with in recent seasons and he deserves credit for building the Tigers into arguably the best program in the nation for elite defensive linemen recruits to sign with. You can’t have a great defense without a talented and deep roster of linemen, and Venables understands that as well as any defensive coach out there.

 

[Codaxx]

No. 1 Brent Venables, DC, Clemson
The mastermind behind Clemson’s tenacious defense in recent seasons is clearly on the top of his game after his unit shut down undefeated Notre Dame and Alabama in back-to-back Playoff games last season. Venables has had a ton of elite defensive linemen to work with in recent seasons and he deserves credit for building the Tigers into arguably the best program in the nation for elite defensive linemen recruits to sign with. You can’t have a great defense without a talented and deep roster of linemen, and Venables understands that as well as any defensive coach out there.

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Funny, that right up basically said he can recruit and has loaded defenses. There wasn’t anything about scheme or calls

 

[OregonDucks]

3 of the top 20 for offensive play callers once coached at Oregon.

 

[cwalke3408]

Funny, that right up basically said he can recruit, develop talent and has loaded defenses.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

LMAO!!! The OC that hung 44 on one of the "greatest" Bama D's EVER is #15! GTFO!!!

 

[Red_Alert]

I'm just curious what this list could indicate? Don Brown has continuously produced top 5 defenses at both Michigan and Boston College before Michigan. How can someone be a DC who produces top 5 defenses consistently yet isn't one of the top 10 defensive play callers?

Oh I don't know... 62 and 41 might have something to do with it.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Oh I don't know... 62 and 41 might have something to do with it.

Honestly, I think it more had to do with Osborn announcing his retirement after the regular season. The coaches had sympathy on him.

 

[Red_Alert]

Honestly, I think it more had to do with Osborn announcing his retirement after the regular season. The coaches had sympathy on him.

WTF does that have to do with this 2019 thread, you flaming idiot?

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

WTF does that have to do with this 2019 thread, you flaming idiot?

I was suggesting a number of non on the field performance factors that awarded Nebraska a title they shouldn't have gotten. That's all. Started the season higher ranked, played an extra game and had a generational coach announce retirement.